Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-09-14
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The west End Of Ir0n County
.. Some time ago the lightning struck tn
chimney of the house Of Elder John R Adams
The chimney IL about thirty.fve feet high
and had been very solidly built Of good stone
The lightning honey-combed 1t completely
and did the work of chimney sweep yer!
thoroughly No one was seriously injured
- . : ----.t orderly Christian lam
1t sthe principle design of this nrsss'e q
report on the schools visited during the re-
cent trip. We will begin with Sub districa
No. 2, T. "a, n, r. w. This district Is like
the Indians acre, call long and no wtde.'
This fact fnterferes with the school, as small
scholars cannot attend much Of the time
Added to this, q few parties in the district
have gained for 1t u most undesirable repu-
tation. The reporter taught the school some
years ago, and his administration was not u
brilliant success, and, as Is usual In such
cases, an effort was made to throw the blame
on him. But, according to his rule
sswhen with Fraud and Nate at strife
rims and Truth he made his SHELBY
and the events have justified him. He taught
his school through with whole skin, where
as his immediate successor was pounded by
one patron of the school and the school house
burnt by another-this being the Turkish
mode of holding an Indignation meeting and
adjourning the school. Since that time a
very small but comfortable school house has
been built, out of which two teachers have
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grandly noble woman, but one of the best
teachers in Iron county. 1t will thus appear
that Miss Almeda Love showed heroic moral
courage by taking charge of the school. The
reporter spent one whole day in the school,
and was much pleased with the punctuality,
industry and vigor of the teacher. The
school Is cramped for want Of room, and
waterlogged with spelling books. Relieved |
of these hindrances, the teacher would not
have to whip Us much as she does. At pres |
emit she wallops them like mules. Taken al
together, she is doing ss well rs any one
could there.
The next school visited. is in the Adams
district. Here the reporter found a good
teacher; and aIlarge collection of very pleas
ant young folks, with good supply of suit
able books. The reporter had the pleasure
of showing some of his young friends the
secret of synthesis of sentences in grammar,
and solving bothlsimple and compound pro-
portion by analysis in arithmetic. The schol-
ar whom the reporter took through COM
pound proportion has talent much above the
average, considerable weight Of character,
and would to-day be very effective school
teacher. The house Is entirely too small for
the school,. The house is private property
and liable at any time to be locked up. This
of things has led to its being burnt
twice, and may again. This Is the Reynolds
county mode Of confirming the records. The
reporter would not recommend the burning
Of the house, hut he would earnestly urge a
division of the district. There are scholars
enough for two, and the territory is too large
for one school, and it would free the whole
thing from the one-man power. To con-
struct a frame school house "a by 26 feetneed
not take a cash outly exceeding one hundred
dollars. Let the building be plain and
strong, and then put the present incumbent,
Miss Rebecca Lindsay, In charge, and they
will have school. At present, while there
are many strong points in its favor, it can
not be great success. If the patrons Of the
school could see the probabilities which lie
behind those clear, earnest eyes, and are but
toned under those jackets, and could be made
to feel Alright the advantage Of developing
them, the necessary changes would be made
before year would elapse.
The next school visited is in Sub-district
No, 1, T. "a, N, II. E., and is known as
1.-THE Bell School," There, thirteen years
ago, the reporter taught his first school in
Missouri. The sight of the old building,
with its rude log benches, brought up sad
thoughts. The building Is of hewed logs,
very solid and comfortable, and large enough
for the use Of the school, but not well
lighted. John 8. Luthy, ESQ.,, was on the
throne. The number OF scholars was not
large, but NIL were quietly making very
creditable progress. He is one of our judic- I
iously progressive teachers. He was ham,
pered by little too much spelling book, be-
queathed by his predecessor; but is aware of
the fact, and is remedying it as fast as he
can. The foreign immigrants are filling that ,
school with very bright children, whose ex-
ample will stimulate the ambition of their
neighbors. Mr.. Luthy will never receive
due credit for the one-tenth part Of the good
be has already done and Is still doing In that
The next school visited is In T. "a, N, R. 9
E., and Is known as "Andrew Chapel" on
the Imboden prong Of the East Fork. There
Twelve years ago the reporter taught his Sec
ond school in Missouri. There he found Miss
Barnes presiding over about twenty five
scholars, in building that would not be q
Tery effective pig pen; because the shotes
would 90 out through the cracks. He did
rot need to be told that Hugh Copeland and
James F. McNail are not on the Board Of
Directors. But even there Improvement
vas visible. Formerly the house was used
or church purposes. and had a stable built
It one side of 1t, and by courtesy called a
pulpit, in which they shut the preacher:
probably to keep him from being breachy in
ime of meeting. This pound has been re-