The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-01-07

now hfii'fu the carcass Of lSeD into HE
leulf of me past. winch II supposed "a
ron'ain The remains Of some six thousand
years.
I Standing. fellow-teachcrs. as We are.
y upon lie threshold III 1881. 40 we scr
The debris Of onr drtunct methods twirl-
ling and sinking Ia vortex That draws
the year That saw them born down "a
lion@urlfss Siicnccl Or do not the caor-
ific rays Of 1ssl warm our torpid ener-
li's and thaw The i0ssIized modes that
grew ~ 'ormcr Years. TN hAve now out
crown their usefulness Have Ne. N,
have Wc not. fxed!y resolved 10 trim ihc
tree N 'nr knowledge with The pruning.
hook ofexperiencc DO We fail fo W.
cogni<c Tie fact that. Not 10 go fnr-
ward III 70 go backward. III uc do.
our rareer ~ usefulness Is short Lot
rs rather hold np The lamp Of cxncri-
cnre" 70 guide cur steps, aMd rim II. ana
scc illnt u is ever replepishea will iliaf
oil which industry alone affords ,ho-g
who nightly Toll, drl,ng among fhe
musty tolncs and coming over fhc great
Ideas of his worlds majestic thinkers.
n we Lc MOI voluntarily blind 10 II
souse ~ our own Interests. AZ we'll a. fiiaf
Iof those vino arc the immediate objects
Of our care. WE mny rlcau from tic iieid
HI loeo many sanitary lessons "a gninr
~ and ours from the onlcksnnes ihul
order ever an he road of lfc. Ihf
rycrfS Of The past ycnr have leif fhnif
Impress upon lle tacc Of time. and lc.
who at some future ,ate con,fs Clio
muse. win rend how lie Crescent wanca.
and Turkeys domain WAS dsmcm-
bcfed. Peace and plenty AZ home. re-
|ertciab'i'y abroad. md an cvcniiu cleo
lion gsisflly concluded. leave Us io bless
our existence as u nation. And puoi
Ireland IN the ilroes ofillrAldom. wfisis-
INK beneath a CALLING soke ol high renis
tliat have brrn eating into her flesh fui
seven. hundred wears. claims ihc retf-
|ln- trihule ~ d word 81 sympathy ID
chccr and piiy her mighty desolaiion.
lrleSSep'S project ~ connecting f'ie iva
iAt.H ponds through fhc isthmns III Pan
anna: TWO Suilth American pcrnhlirs
Idrcurhcd ~ ita'otnnl blood the Mill
list freezing terror into the heart az ihf
tzar ~ all The inssla~. aud Jaspct's
connection with Evansville by rail. nilors
q chancc oi contrasting what we are will
vlai we mi4lAt have been.
Ibis Is also the season for making
roud resolutions for The year. III cyer,
teacher in Dubois county. who secs no"
powerful, for good or evil. II tie work
~ which he is engaged and VINO Il con-.
scious of how his labor reaches down.
deep down. 10 The ver, roof of tic mora
urll-buing ~ society. which guarantees
The prrpcluaiion m our American ins,i-
fu,ionS i! lic mike n solemn covenant 10
cousccraic himself ID IND holv work or
spreading tic lamhent isif of inf fma-
tinn within lis sphere 10 the fusl measure
Of his ability. ~ will l.astcn iie nfyonf|
0i that lang scu1 III milltninm. which
was the dfsire 81 Tile rGophet. lie ex-
iiecinilon of The pisiianiholfiSt, and ilel
trembling hope oi Ciri>inns. To hasten
Tint time II ;.sr duty ofthe hour.
Will YOU ulso read these words make
cOhHtcTAsin Arnlseif'tp his laliln-l
hic work? Ifyou havca realizing sense
os your du.v you MUST. Where ALL
compelling duty points tic WAY. you|
must psfiuicc. follow. Let rvcfy ono ofl
KS, then. oh Tie threshold az Tie new
scar. resolve 10 bc teachers III the hjrl-
cst and nobicSt sense Of Tic wor,i. and
when tlis Year III ils turn follows itSl
't t't r7fft F. ~ " tti> WV ANitts F AlfN u
inrIhcr than To-day Mother Shiplon'sI
words to The contrary, Notwithstanding
a gem idea was dropped "a ns by'
postal card from one Or the most pro-
young teachers OF the county.
II Mns regarding township Institute r. I
ports 10 tie various county papers. mi
substance, he says; "If the sccreiariesl
Of The various Institutes, instead of ex-l
their vocabulary 81 compi-'
mcnlary cXp'etivee. III plaising TIE man
nrrin N hich the exercises are conducted.
would give the principal points brought
out either hy the instructor or in discus
~ion, and ,hc conclusions rfrivcd III. tlcir|
minutes would bc tar more useful" Ilisl
words are very pertinent II the issuc. Jill
fact, we have seen hut very few of these
reports that contained as much ~ even,
one useful fact 10 dignity them. Nrl
hone that hls suggestion may hc hccdcd|
md new departure for the better hc|
made aud ralpably felt 10 rebound fo NE
benefit ofalI The teachers. who Min MI
next 70 drop us another gem; Rcmcm-
prr that "mnny gem or pnrrst n,
serene may hc hidecn away bA1k III tile|
dark untalhomrd cnverns oi yuur clanI-
nm Dig II ont, aud lei the ihe world
- i shine