Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-01-05
VERMONT NEWS.
TIE STATE rEAcHRRs, ASSOCIATION.

THE STATE Teachers ASSOCIATION.
The meeting of the Vermont state teach
ers' association at Montpelier, last week,
called together a larger number of teachers
and friends of education than usual. Supt.
II. F. Hill of Montpelier gave the address of
welcome on Thursday evening" and an inter-
esting discussion on school supervision fol-
lowed. Friday morning Principal Henry
Priest of Goddard seminary, Barre, opened
a discussion on the system of common
schools in Vermont. Mr.. Priest favored the
town system, claiming as against the present
= that it is entirely inadequate and
he needs of the state. I'd,
that there Is no element of permanence in it.
3D. that there is no definite responsibility in
it. 9TH, that il is iamentably insufficient.
9th, that there is practically no public inter
est in the work. The discussion vas contin-
ued, pro and con, by Prof. Dole of North
field, @. @. Gore of Beeman academy, ]. A.
Pierce of johnson, and others. President NJ.
H. Buckham of Burlington, spoke of the re-
lation of industrial education to our schools.
He wished to avoid the word practical as APP
piled to education, and substituted for it
technical. Friday afternoon methods of
teaching reading Vere illustrated by pri-
mary class from the Montpelier school and
grammar school class from Mortified. Prin-
eipal Haskell of Windsor read a paper on
supplementary reading, and Rev. L. G. Ware
of Burlington gave an essay on the library
as an aid to the reading class. In the even
ing Prof, Stanley Hall gave a lecture on re-
cent educational progress The exercises of
Saturday morning consisted of an address on
Science for the Common Schools" by Prof
l. j. Osbun, teacher of natural sciences
state normal school, Salem, Mass paper
entitled, "How Should Teachers be Exam
ined 2" by Principal j. Raymond Bracket of
Montpelier, and lecture by Frank Plumley,
ESQ, Of BoFthleld, on Temperance Work
in Schools Z board Of offioers was elected
With Principal 1eavenworth { the Q4stleton
Normal school as president.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT WHITE RIVER JUNCTION.
Early Tuesday morning ERE was discov-
cred bursting out Of, Passumpsic railroad
depot large w N structure, at White
River junction. Inc flames soon spread 10
the Woodstock railroad depot and the store OF
the White River paper company on the west
and to the flour store of Daniel Tilden on the
north. The Central Vermont passenger de-
pot, only a couple of rods distant, was greatly
endangered at times, SO intense was the heat
from the burning freight depot. One por-
ton of the freight station house was occupi-
by Horace French, wholesale dealer in paper
This building was occupied also by the Cen
trail Vermont road. The books of this com
RgEs nolp Hh1HlI Wv tuObo D6lOuBluB 10 tl6
fassumpsio Rad with Rost Of the freight in
the depot, was burned. Mr. French lost his
entire stock of paper and stationers' goods.
4 large lot of gun cartridges belonging to Mr..
French exploded during the fire and caused
much excitement among the lookers-on.
The explosions were numerous and deafening,
and TO add 10 the excitement of the scene the
flames spread to twenty barrels of kerosene
stored as freight near the depot and caused a
tremendous blaze, visible for many miles
around. The buildings were located between
the Central Vermont and Passumpsic main
tracks. The total loss is $40, 900.
MURDERoUs ARRAY AT WINDSOR.
Henry Barrett, Q young farmer, who
liyes tht0e miles from Windsor VILLAGE, was
bfptally pounded and stabbed, Saturday even
ing, by seven roughs, employees Of the cotton
mills, who call themselves Molly Aiaguires. "
1t seems that Barrett was a notorious fighter
aud came to Windsor often, where no drank
and fought with different ones Of this notori-
GUS gang, out of which alterations grew a
deadly feud, Last Saturday night they laid
their plans to give him severe pounding,
and while he was in store one of the gang
called him out and they pitched on to him.