The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-01-15

offered. ana having thus in brief accomplished the
object of the visit the slegs put in motion on
the road to Taneytown, meeting in one enormous
sleigh merry party composed of both sexes gayly
attred the ladies' nodding piumes gracefully way
ing in the breeze in way attractive as to start the
duest heart to beating heirreturn to Gettysburg
| from Taneytown, to which place, it was said the
party had gene to enjoy Maryland dinner and,
doubtless to laugh cry, over the result of Leap
Year compliments and to place the duty of initial
| ing matrimonial speculations in holder hands than
those in which the responsibility has rested for the
| last year. ....-.
| Having arrived at Taneytown the Dr's. h rse led
| Don to Il well supplied stable, and the Examiner
was kindly taken to inviting dinner table abun-
dainty supplied, and graced with the agreeable
presence of pair of sisters exceedingly pleasant to
| contemplate. Should the reader be curious about
these interesting sisters, if he be youthful he may
indulge his imagination and listen to the beating of
his heart but if of maturer years. he may speculate
in pleasant doubt about the identity of the sisters
and he must continue to doubt; but whether youth
or maturity be ascribed to them, the reality, in
either case equally charming, could have found on
application at the time in the house, bride being
embraced somewhere among them.
A"CoLoRED" SCHooL.-After dinner, tearing HIM
selfaway from the agreeable sisters the Examiner,
scrambling through almost unbroken snow in a
wood bordering the road to keysviQe in that d-
rectiOn worked his way to lower room of a dwell
ing house; and Lere, nearly mile from town, he
found a colored school nomnally of about 20 pu-
pills only eight of which were present, the
absence of so many, doubtless being owing to the
bad condition Of the roads Finding little attract
attention here the visit consequently very short
1t had been the intention of the traveller to call at
ShdW'S and at Martins schools, which would have
completed the WORK for this time in the first cleo
Lon district: but, remembering the kind of roads
cdd The latter, he began to doubt his ability u
pass siv.y over the snow drifts and broken ice COW
el.Is Tie deep pools OF water likely to be in that
direction, ana he uttered the word home with an
emphasis, whereat Don pricked up his and
darted OF with admirable spirit, seeming to know
tina. It was Friday, and that home meant two days
Itst for him.
FAIRvIEw-At this place, cminence, be-
tween Taneytown and Uniontown, Mr. Adam H.
Dtenbaugh with his usual spirit greatly improved
by his long experience, was found as buSily en-
gagged ever successfully impartng instruction to
well governed and very pleasant school of nearly
90 attentive pupils. As a teacher, Mr.. Diftenbaugh
is pro sressive success his pupils orderly and
agreeable and it pleasant Learn that the school
as organized and conducted gives high satisfaction
to all interested pair of graceful little girls hay
ing been called to the board in off hand drawing
merry birds, in few minutes, presented each cor
rect map of an important division of the United
States, which would have been highly creditable,
had it been the work of many teacher. On being
asked fthe city of Pittsburg which she had placed
at the junction of two rivers, not nice clean
town, because it was SO abundantly supplied with
Water-"No; sir!" quickly replied the geographer,
sit is quite dusky, blacklooking place." and she
was going to give good reasons, when the visitor
seeing that she competent to deliver an inteli
gent lecture her beautiful work. took his depart
ure relieve the Impotence of Don loudly calling
at the fence outside
UNIoNToWN GRADED SCHooLS-Setting off 1T a
brisk trot the capacfous new school house Union
town, was reached. Of all the fine school
houses built in Carroll county, that at Unontown is
the most attractive for which the good taste and SUI
perior Judgment of Mr.. Alfred Zollickoter and the
intelligent school trustees at Uniontown must be
credited The house is 7OX26 feet in size, affordng
1920 square feet of floor space each room being 35X26
feet and the height of the ceiling is reported to be
II feet, but it looks higher. The bounds of the
school grounds, fenced nearly all around enclose
40 square rods giving pupils ample space for exer-
else But time and space will not permit more
detailed description.
The first department of these excellent schools is
very thoroughly taught by Mr. II. p Engler, and the
second department by the accomplished and highly
esteemed Miss Ella Beam, very much aided by the
advice and assistance at times by her relative, Miss
Hyder lady of experience superior judgment, tact
and the temperament and manners to engage the af-
fections of children-qualties that also eminently
distinguish Miss Beam
For the want of time that evening the usual exer-
cses these occasions had regretfully be omit
ted but from hasty observations made in passing
through the Schools the Examiner came to the con-
cusion that each department OF the Uniontown
schools is III good hands; and that the pupils are
orderly Industrious sprightly, pleasant, and thor
oughly and critically instructed.
In the second department, Miss Beams) the ami
mated little pupils detained the Examiner long
enough to have him hear neat little address from
Miss T. L. Erb, charming little girl apparently sew
era years below the teens, who in appropriate terms
expressed the thanks of the pupils for their nice
school building and all her other ample provisions
for their comfort and education, which they so
highly prize. Miss Erb's address was as follows:
orr dear Professor We the girls and boys of
School No . thank you most kindly for having such
nice comfortable, beautiful, school house built for
us. We think our room Just lovely and shall Try TO
keep it neat d clean. You, Professor have all the
schools in this large county TO look after-you must
feel like Atlas with the whole world on his back.
shall think of our young days OF our dear Professor
and of our new and beautiful school room, for "a
thing Of beauty is Il JOY forever.
MoRELoCKs SCHooL-Hastening on to try to reach
another by the wayside before its close in the
ing the sleigh was hurled up to Morelocksin ample
time for the Examiner to have haitian hours pleas
ant chat with his very greatly esteemed young
friends the pupils of both sexes and their accom-
plished teacher, Mr. Simon p. Weaver. Scarcely
anywhere can be found a teacher who can throw
more life and animation into his work than Mr..
ar,JI m
more thoroughly trained in the elements of school
science than those at Morelocks, each one appar-
emily apprcciatng their teacher in the highest de-
gree: and well does he merit their esteem and conf
Gence With the bravery which is said to have
characterized the Spartan boys and the devotion SO
admirable in the Roman girls, they respond with
alacrity the requirements of their ever faithful
teacher and by their readiness to exert themselves
in whatever is submitted to them, they are swiftly
climbing up "the Hill of Science" making every
foot-hold secure they go up, thus safely guarding
against slipping back, as some pupils habtually DO
only to renew the effort again. The visitor, having
asked the pupils they believed that each one knew
more in the evening than in morning OF every day
was very much gratifed with the reply OF brave
boy who confidently afirmed-'1es sir, L know
DO; and am determined to keep on learning every
dav something more than knew the day before
None whatever ifhe shall manfully adhere to his
resolution and never fall short of it.
A suggestion about the practice of public school
singing having been made, it was delightful to see
pupils quickly turn to their musical department
and the way they executed THE Prodigal," Bring
ing in the Shcaves,' and other Lively pieces, made
the school house ring as if food of heavenly har
mony had been poured upon the earth! 1t Will pay
well to visit Mr. Viewers school, if for no other pur
pose than to enjoy the lively singing when those
pupils are in the humor to sing their best they arc
kind enough to do for the enjoyment Of
The time for closing having arrived, the Examiner
having filled his sleigh with pupils going his roac
bomewards slid down the pike at a rapid rate, drop
ping one here and another there, until at the moutf
of narrow lane almost full of snow and melting ice
he found himself with only passenger, and thl'
one being pleasant young lady, he could not beal
to imagine her trudging on her feet down that sub
merged lane over that drift quite deep enough
to swallow her up out of sight and bury her alive
| Dons gallantry tired as he was, had to be calico
| rno,jsitiop. and although he shook his heaC