Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-09-27
Rockville.

The heavy frost OF last week will re-
duce the corn crop 10 about one-half.
The frost seemed to be general on the
high grounds as well as the valleys.
Mr.. d. C. Phillips took in the State
Fair while at Madison last week.
Mr.. w. X. Cooley, OF Mt. Hope. com
menced school in the British Hollow
school last Monday.
Miss Fanny Van Dyke, of Lancaster,
Miss Mary Ennor of Potosi. and Miss
Ida Thomas of British Hollow, were
visitors at Carthew's and Phillips for
a few days last week.
The pleasing and hospitable face Of
John Howe, of Lancaster, was cast
upon our village last Friday.
III. Schulters. Of Burton, stopped
few hours among the citizens of this
place to see who were in need of tomb
stones, but 10! Our surrounding atmos-
phere is too pure for that sort of trade.
MIR. ID. b. Jencks, the promising
young lawyer of Boscobel. called on
some of his friends at this place last
Sunday. s.Barts'' countenarce beamed
down upon some of the fair ones at
Potosi also.
The two Miss Barnett's of Lancaster,
were callers ON Miss Maggie Phillips.
one day last week.
The hum of the threshing machine is
still heard in the land. The gentle and
refreshing showers help wonderfully in
maturing the frost-bItten corn.
Mr.. Beckwith who has been absent in
Crawford and adjoining counties for the
last six months, selling machinery, buy
ing cattle and hogs, returned home last
week for short visit. He returns next
week.
The school here for the last three
weeks has had good average attend
ance considering the busy times. 1t is
to be hoped, the patrons win manifest
deeper interest in the welfare of their
school than heretofore. When the par
ent visits the school and looks upon the
welfare of his boy and girl, then he is
assisting in building up the reputation
of a school, and until he does make a
business Of visiting the school it can
not attain a very high degree of
culture.
/ think it is the duty of every parent
that pays cent of school tax to
look after his interest in that line Just
in the same proportion as he looks after
his private affairs at home. Great
many say we do not have time to visit
our common school we are too busy and
we can generally tell how the school is
prospecting by what we hear. Can we
judge correctly and conscientiously on
hear say? My answer would be, we
can and we can not. Doubtless the
latter. Many parents do not prehaps
understand what are the benefits de-
rived from their visiting and staying a
few hours every day or every week
with their children in school. The WIS.,
iting of school by parents during their
leisure moments has a wonderful in
influence on the welfare and prosperity
of any school The parent sees with
his own eyes what his boy or girl is
doing, he sees how they behave, he sees
how other children are progressing in
their school work, and draws his con-
clusion far better by his eye than he
can by the hear-say process. Visit
ing the school occasionly by parents
mas tendency to stimulate the teacher
in his work more particularly where the
mind of the teacher grows monotonous
and tired. Everything on an equal,
think if we had more visiting done
through tho QUOT seasons of tho fall
aud winter months we would have bet
ter schools, better class of teachers and
better class of young men and women
to turn out into the active fields of life.