The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1882-06-01
WHOLE NO. 24Ol

amount that the more experienced, and conse-
quently more useful, teachers are tempted and
do go to other localities, leaving us with the
younger teachers TO make success Of means
entirely Inadequate to the conducting Of q sue
cessful school ~ would seem that our most
feasible remedy would be less Districts, and
thereby a greater. tuition fund 10 those that
remain. But this remedy viii be difficult Of
application, unless greater interest is shown
than has been done in the past. There are in
this township eight fractional school districts,
and according TO the school law no change can
be made unless 0 quorum Of each township
board lis present, circumstance exceedingly
rare. The Auditor complains Of the trouble in
the appOrtiOnment of the school fund, and the
people complain Of its being too small for each
district, and Of poorly attended, and frequent
ly poorly managed schools but AL this can
only be remedied by more attention TO the
fountain head of Improvement in this direction
the township boards of education. Let
there then be more concerted action there, and
we may have greater efficiency out Of what now
seems neglect and'bad management.
In looking over the ground, whereunto he is
called, your correspondent is as much pleased
in every respect with the hospitality by which
he is met as he is by the general evidences Of
prosperity on all sides. No finer farming lands
has it been my lot to see, and never in all my
newspaper work has it fell to my lot TO be a.
sisted by 80 general favOrite as the News.
1 have but to mention the name, and the an
swer is ready TO hand; why, yes; I always did
like the NEWS, but neglected to renew when
my time was out and have missed II often"
OF course, Mr. Editor, such salutatiOns are
pleasant and prompt one to make his future
work still more deserving. Owing to the rainy
weather, 1 have not had the opportunity 10 see
| the farming country in that completeness one
would wish but hope to make more extended
visits next week. Volumes might be written
| in praise of its material prosperity, but space
| forbids; suffice it to say, that from time to
/ time as occasion may offer, / shall dilate upon
its resources and Advancement.
Your correspondent took iaunt last We'd
nesday for the purpose of gathering an item
or two and few subscribers over the Hardin 8
! Creek pike, now in process of construction
from Fairfield to the Hardin's Creek Friends
church, Arriving out on the pike, we met Mr..
/ Matthews the contractor, got few subscrib-
ers and took look at the Glitch" AS there
| seems to be some difference Of opinion in the
question of bridges, why can't this question
be amiCably settled by the commissioners con-
structing a permanent bridge over the
''ditch," and after it washes ont sufficiently
wide to accommodate all the water, which it
will certainly do in year or two, as the water
rushes through at a fall Of six feet, then tear
down the old bridge and fill up the old chan
mel The present bridge is decaying rapidly
and will soon be almost useless, it seems that
such a course would settle the whole question,
and with but little additional expense