Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-11-18
Shanghai.

The dearth Of news worth re-
porting has prevented me from
annoying you for sometime.
Mr.. II. G. Evans has shown me
one of the Victor School desks. /
think il greatly superior to any
desk ! have even seen. Mr.. Il. is
the agent for this county, and
boards of education wanting any
thing Of the kind will do well TO
call on him before purchasing.
What has become OF G. +. L.?
His articles were always interest
ing, and / miss them from the col
umns Of the INDEPENDENT
know that school duties are ardu-
Gus, aud it may be that pedagogu-
ing occupies his time to the exclu-
sion Of every thing else. fthe re.
suit of the election in Berkeley
has thrown him into a 8lup0r /
would say, "Charlie, awake you
have captured the hero OF South
prn spoons and that should be
enough Of political glory for the
next two years.
A series Of meetings under the
auspices of the Methodist EOisco.
pal congregation at GanotGWn
have Just closed. Several persons
protested conversion and have
Joined the church. | an glad TO
see any WORK going on that will
improve the moral and intellec-
tn status OF our country. rbe
men aud women Who desire TO be
useful land all should), will 10
nothing by which beginners in a
good work should be made weak
or to stumble We are sorry to
say this Is not always the c Sc.
As soon as q work with reforula-
tory principles IS begun there are
men with grey hairs; men with
wrinkles on their broWs, (which
ought to Gean wisdom) begin to
denounGe them nor does it stop
here, denunCiatiOns are heard com
ing from the lips Of young men
and men whose anxious inquiries
at that stage Of life should be,
"What shall | do to make myself
q respectable and useful citiZen23
nor YET does it stop; we hear ii
coming from the boy and girl Of
ten years. This is evidently the
result Of home education. Parents,
guardians ana teachers should re-
n mber that they are responsible
to = great degree for the manner
in which the young placed under
their care deDOrt themselves IL af-
Ter life. To be Il To IN is one thing, 10
be gentleman is another A
mere man Is mass OF Hesn vita
an uncultivated mind; d mind that
is not susceptible 10 int Ice ual.
moral or social improvements gen
orally made so by improper train
ing. In short. the lera man Is
nothing more than bsu ID hu-
man form so il is with woman.
Ii car e rls could all have "a proper
course of training we would never
find them mInging with the low
ana vicious of the opposite sex
we would never find them cOngre-
gated in front OF churches, school
houses or other public places, for
thepurpose ofgossip and INDUCING
in slang, and sometimes almost
obscene conversation; we would
never find them stroIliGg the high
way at the mid-hOur OF night for
the purpose Of. having company,
and that company by no means
edlfVinp, Such expressions as.
On, h! BY c.! pll be D.
would not enter the minds, much
less escape the lips Of those who
were created for a more dignifed
position in life. Parents these STATE
ments are not hypothetical they
are true those tpings have come
under my own observations, aud,
/, rs q teacher and advisor Of the
rising generation fntreat YOU a.
parents 20 exercise an me care pos
sibie in fitting your children lur
lives Of usefulness and respec,u-
bility. Remember that your boys
and girls are TO be the men and
women of the country. Ii they
are trained in the paths of virtue
and usefulness, your names will
be remembered with honor, but if
the contrary be the case, you will
be spoken Of only as something Of
the past. {.
Garfield Memorial Fund.
THE NATIONAL BAZAAR,ART AND