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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-01
A Hanny Endinr.

Shortly before I o'clock the othe
morning milk-wagon with red wheel
turned into Charlotte avenue from
Woodward. At the same moment ;
Imilk-wagon with 4 y,ca o. bee (ose
mite on the cover turned Cparlott,
from Park
They met.
The driver Of one had q ..u Go,r ant
melancholy look. Thr .g.rrr OF tbs
other had Il fat face and va. minus two
front teeth.
They stopped.
The driver OF one trrIed red and
green, and his eyes flashed, and his
hair stood up, and there was murder in
his eye. The driver of the other seemed
to sink down into his boots, and he
looked wildly around for club.
"You hycna" yelled the first.
You calf was the prompt reply.
At that moment policeman came up
and remarked that if there was any row
going on he wanted to take hand in.
I'm crush him. howled the one
with the long nose
II defy your whooped the one with
the missing teeth.
Then the melancholy driver of the
milk-wagon with the red wheels told a
story. He had courtcd girl in the
suburbs for five years. They loved and
were engaged. They were to have been
married this fall, but he with the Yose-
mite landscape came along, wearing a
new brand of paper collar, smoking a
seventy-iiye-cent pipe and using real
hair oil on his locks, and he won the
girls admiration and affection. She
had left the old for the new.
And I'll pulverize him. howlcd the
rejected,
"And I'll leave him corpse'' chirped
the accepted
By and by they agreed to leave the
settlement OF the case to the officer, and
both made a solemn promise to abide
his decision.
"Well, said the officer after delibcrat-
INC awhile, ~ Girl should marry where
she loves, She evidently prefers n man
with two teeth gone to one with long
nose. Still, the rejected has taken her
IN two excursions, given her a fifty
,cuj ldH' tuu DOuIuI ulOIc Ol less
ANDY, He should have some dam
ages.
III give him three quarts OF milk,
the lucky man.
And I'll never take it, said Melan-
holy.
My decision is that you must allow
lin nine quarts, remarked the officer.
4 figure his actual damages at So, but
mock off twenty shillings for the COM
ort he has taken in sparkling the girl"
There was Il war of words over the
|ccision, but the one finally gave in.
nd the other accepted, and the milk
hanged cans and the men shook hands.
That what like to see, observed
he officer. "Why should two men fight
yer woman when little candid talk
nd nine quarts of milk will bring about
happy arrangement Drive on. my
hildren, and may the dream of happi-
ess attend you.'-Detrou Free Press.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-01

Wolk given out. On receipt of your ad-
dress We viii make an offer by which you
can earn 81 to 81 evenings, at your home
Men, women, boys or girls can do 1t. II. c.
Wilkinson & Co., 1875 and 1871 Fulton street,
New York
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-09-01

TIE Monterey of Bayard Taylor and
Richard Henry Dana is fast becoming a
ii" IN of the past under the pressure
of advancing civilization.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25
No II74

a ~ ellrs ar, a go ..ses abost 10 n-r..
eag,re ereek scfl1a, he1fly e n cniilEnfion re-
i.l.5e 81 - qlaliiJ sr1Eing % rgo lErgs lions
On fIFuTlbi5 terms
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25

A minister Of the Gospel told me one
Of the most thrilling incidents / have
heard In my life. A member Of his
congregation came home, for thesfirsl
time in his life, intoxicated, and bis
boy met him upon the doorstep, clap.
ping his hands and exclaiming
Papa has come home % He seized
that boy by the shoulder, swung him
around, staggered, and fell in the hall.
That minister said 10 me: II spent
the night In that house, / went out.
barred my brow, that the night dew
might fall upon Il and cool il. ]
walked up and down the hill. There
was bis child dead there was his wife
In commissions, and he asleep. A man
about thirty years OF age asleep, with
a dead child In the house, having q
blue mark upon the temple where the
corner Of the marble step had come In
contact with the head a. he swung
him around aud his vile on the brink
Of the grave! Mr. Cough, said my
friend, 81 cursed the drink He had
told me that l must remain until he
awOke, and did. When he awOke he
passed his hand over his face and eX-
claimed What Is the matter? where
II my boy : on can not see him.
Stand out q my way 1 will see my
boy To prevent confusion / took
him % the childls bed and as / turned
down the sheet and showed him the
corpse, he uttered a wild shrek All,
my child y That minister said fur
Their TO me: zone year after he vas
brought from the lunatic asylum TO
lie side by side with his wife in one
grave, and / attended his funeral. {"
The minister OF the Gospel who told
me that fact IL to-day q drunken host
Ter In q stable IN the city Of Boston.
Now tell me what rum will not do
It will debase, degrade, inhEnte and
damn everything that Is noble, bright
glorious and GOd-like In n human
being. There Is nothing drink will
not do that is vile, dastardly ,cOwardly
and hellIsh. When are We not Ia
fight till the day Of our death ?-J. b
Cough.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25
TEMPERANCE oOLUnN
Fam aaa WOsAA

81 - n p alALAA
INT h art gallery Ga Paris may be
esen an elegant picture Of 3 cross
standing en- the water, near the top Of
which beautiful young lady is cling
ing with IN Inyielding ghsp, while
the waves IN fury dash upon its sides,
threatening 10 OverWhelm her: this
represents faith. In another part OF
the gallery is smother lady, clinging 10
q similar cross with one hand, while
with the other she reaches down 20
rescue the perishing from beneath the
waves dashing and foaming az the
base Of the cross. This is fine illus-
tFation Of faith and works, and Wv
idly recalls 70 mind s "reminiscences I'm
cur itfnerant iIfe that may be Of in
terest IN the Temperance work.
While residing at D., the parsonage
wns just across the green from one Of
the most low and vile saloons with
which our land is cursed. Two boys
in our home were forming characters
for eternity, and the pure air Of
Heaven was poisoned with the venom
from this open mouth TO the bottom
less pfc, while the polluted breath Of
thiF deadly Upas east its whitening
blight over the entire town.
To create q sentiment and put it
down was impossible The Crusade
was not even in its embryo state, and
what could we dO2 Nothing but cling
10 the cross with one hand, and help
rescue the Derishing with the other.
And 80, Ia the name Of the Lord Jesus
we vent against Il, having secured the
company Of a lady as q sort Of body
guard. Entering the living or family
rooms back Of the saloon, where were
assembled some twelve OF fourteen
women, besides q gOOdly number Of
children las Il happened 20 be town
meeting day., we talked and prayed
with them, and left the whole conf
panY bathed In tears, Tor torn and
bleeding hearts were there, while bus
bands and fathers were partAking Of
the liquid fire that ruins both soul and
body Ln hell
As we departed, We saw that the one
hundred men who were In and around
the saloon had heard the voice Of
prayer, and fed and tFiumphantly
exclaimed 1.-THE wicked fee when no
man Pursueth. but the righteous are
bold o. q lion"
The sequel proved that while ''faith
without works is dead, being alone
yet when manifest by its works, 1t
may say 10 the mountain, Be thou
removed, and be thou east into the
sea, and It shall be DONE" for very
soon the saloon keeper and his wife
bowed at the altar, proving the power
Of Jesus 10 save 20 the uttermOst.
Their children were gathered into the
Sunday school, the nest Of vipers was
cleaned out, the unhallOwed infiu
eHces were removed from the presence
Of our boys, and He who said, "Ae-
cOrding 70 your faith be Il unto YOU"
received great glory.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25
FOE. SALE.

y acru., g ne1ss Upland. sn acrus botiou. 8
i.sl ifoIn Ala4Fil % hfi,hsl,on branek 81 ID p.
lL * 4a.ared b living strcla and vel, - nsrrs
~. Haied small ele-atoTy hSaas gocd sanrs -
lalaing- Pres, 90.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25
No. II7n

AsaeFr4 raotse smooth tabl1uf. q uiifss ns-th "a
solo1oa CllT, god fralis uss eomnarsfIgsiV
S Sss Z. t. - e ';sTs . r. saiilIIisd -
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25

Though Iowa went Republican, the
returns slIOW the adverse influence OF
the prohibition agitation. Rural Iowa,
like rural Missouri and Illinois and
Ohio, whether Republican or Demo
cratic, Is for prohibition first, last and
against t. In 1876 the Republican
plurality was about $4,000; in 1880 il
was $4,000; IN 1881, again, Il was
60,OO0. But In 1882 il reached only
1900, and this year, 1t seems, Gov
ernOr Sherman's lead does not much
exceed 25.OO0. Iowa, however, Is still
q grand old Republican State.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25
LAKE ERIE { TESRN R'Y

Formerly lAFANETfE, BLO0HTN0roE & MUNcIE
and LAKE ERIE LOUISVILLE Railways. The
shortest and most direct route, making immediate
CONFESSIONS Tor passengers East and West.
The shortest and most direct route between
kansIs CITY. Cleveland, Buihio, Pittsburg, New
York, Boetsn, Philadelphia, Washington Baltimore
and all points Eagt-lnnking clos counection with
~ The Trunk Lines,
PifSi class equipments, steel rails Westinghouse
Alrlfukcs, Miller platform and coupler, elegant
tached n al thrUuEh rasseEEeF trains, free Of eE-
ia charre 70 an 1rst class passenger boiling
thruegh tickets The feW changes By this
Ilouts ARE AZ msie % Union DePois-no Omnibus
fruuafers
Ash for tickeis 70 any point East via Lake Erie
q Western Ry. Maps and other information
furulshad free upon Hplcation % principal Ticket
olieds or aidress q. W: SMITH,
80 Geul Pass. Agent,
Lafayette, Ind
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25
Sherif7s Proclamation
? Notice Of Election.
sTATEOF KANSAS,
SALINE CoUHTT
sIEEIFF78 UTTICE1 [
SeptenSer n. A. D., iscl J

Wheneas, % the 18th dag q September. a. D.,
fs6l The Beard oi County ComuiiEsee>rs Of Same
euIGty "a the state q Kansas, daily made and
clll-ei % BE- entered 81 record upon the journal q
ND na1rd. the following order, to-Wit.
On the l1ih day q eeFtembefs a. D. 1854, tha
Board 81 County Commissioners Il saline county
Eans1s, beinr daily ouuEencd Ia q called nesting
Of MD Beard n the once q the County CLERK Of
aid couuty pursuaut 20 Tie statutes In such c1se
made and provided and entered OF record the fol-
lowing oricr t0-Hit: In NE natter % suhacrip-
tion 70 the capital stock Of The salsa, Linculn
Fremont Railruad Company IN kansas, In tbs
eouniy q Saline and STATE q Kanszs-
Mhe-eas. A petition In writing, signed By A. n.
Clnfin and sf5 oiheu q the resident legal tax
payers 81 the county Of Saline, State Of Kansas and
being more than two hfths Of the resident tax
payers IN aid cuuuty has laen this i2ih day 81
September. A. D.. lssi, preagnted 20 the Board Of
County Commissioners 81 sid county, for TIE
Consideration and action Of aid Board there being
present ". B Scholl, Chairman, Auson Miller and
Olof Forsse, members thereof Constituting fan
Bnanll and Joseph Sargent, Clerk Of said county,
and Clerk q slid Board. which Eid petition viii
the signatures thereunto omitted Il In the words
and figures following to-Wifs
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25
SMOKY HILL MILLS
CASH PAID FOR GRAIN.

The bet Of Family Flour constantly on hand V
rchahnge for wheat An grades Of Family and
sasreantile d0ur. Corn Meal for ale 81 ali tinea
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25
WANTED AGENTSl

nd GUide, .tkat ever l1.ed - : 4 .,
Ill II CkAHERs Pinned a - -
q Psyas. ErefuzelT 1llugsrafea. 49,
c.o-n 80 pePE ZIG MeUEl Sad o0rFt
actn % RnF address, Pusse 80 ~ 81 4
paper ~ cta- Address t. AnGIor P-Illiriir.
-. 81 L0uis. No.. ChisaZo. m. o. Atasis. e
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25
No. I2Ia

y5dEqhsHILLR co.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25

oury and y miiea from HidTspori. 81 -
plsHed. Prica, q 30.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25
) n. erseisy. ar. al As eouniJ Trdas---- AZ .
STATE OF KANSAS 4. 1q
CoUFTT o. GA1fNn.

Kansas dcherebJ certify hat Che aboFe and lore
going & = true statsmeuf q the bilis eniiled and
ElioWed b. the regular session 81 a1id 8card co1a-
mencins on October lst nnd cnding on October
wines ny hans and ohslsl sal dis lsih azy
Of October 1ss3 JoEEfH sAnaENT
raEaL-l Ccanty Clark-
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25

- ~N rot EaNFTHE BesF
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Illusirlied Weekly Paper
~ publishedf II a nh
~ scrile or Ths weekly
GFaphio. u contains four paess
) ~ ~ dStrufisnsc EndF lsighi r5aSsI
o. reading matter. Il b tsna
q Hr,h Vt1rolHc 3 heelsaa rnni
heslihy. Il FigoI nll he nssl
~ hoDo deI9giEent y fliirtaf 49,
'litsfstufL Faliiinz inleres.s receive -
eel a1d lregular afiention. IA fraaiB fads-
psndtallY b politics md aHaifl Ddfing
ihs year Il gives cEer 90 pagsa q llrSirs-
io15 elislsriis sseiy Vtfiiiy q tltl)sef.
ron. IA choiresi ar pfod1ciion 3 -
s1ae a1annf1i ald noieHosy nd -
sd eEGyd1y nenes q ever peopios end
Carioons upon events, men ed lhaa1Fta
1Sy 4 q year, subscription prics t3-t0 ayuar.
Simple copics and terms . 800. s e.,
AeDAE8 THE WEEKLY 9HAEHIu,
is3 4 iel DEaaeoaN SEREEz, CIsl1ea
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The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-25
FInsi NotlOo Or Assignee.

AUrIcR a herebY given liat a. the NoFombsT
~ tern. fao3 % Tie District Co1rt % Saline
county. kansas VIII petitidn aid court ior = anai
dischnrEe from the trust Imposed on ne b. Ne
n.al gnuient % John Gels O., compo.sd % gohn
Gels and william r. Gels, uson The ground that
u l. no longer adFantaEeoua 10 croiltorH b kuap
said assignment opsn, and lhat an claim1 have
been pllid nnd uaiihl-d IN f1l
September, 9Th i6e1- h. T. FAULKNER
S5-si- Aasigaee o. John Gels 4 CO.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-12-28
A Deserted City.

Virginia City, Nevada, which eight
years ago had 81, 900 inhabitants, three
daily newspapers, three banks, fine
theater, gas company, splendid hO-
tel, nearly IA score of millionaires. and
several private houses that cost SlOO,-
900 each to build and furnish, has now
less than 5000 inhabitants, no banks,
no hotel the gas company is bank
rupt, the fine houses are abandoned
and going to ruin; the millionaires
have found homes elsewhere real es-
tate cannot be given away. The rea-
son is that Tie Comstock mines, which
gave the place its Importance and its
wealth, have given out. They are
still worked i'll Il desultOry way, but
yield no profits, and will soon be
abandoned probably. Then the mi
ners and gamblers, who make what
is left of the population OF the place,
will leave it, and Virginia will be ii
forsaken city, whose crumbling ruins
will interest the stranger who visits
the place where within twenty years
nearly three hundred millions of gold
and silver were taken from the bowels
of the earth i'll a space less than three
thousand feet in length.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-12-28
Twenty-Gour Hour watches.

The new time standard adopted on
November - is being followed by the
introduction of 24-hour watch dials
The American watch company OF
Waltham has issued notice that it il
manufacturing these dials in such
shape as will permit of their being
substituted for any of the ordinarily
divided watch dials on their watches
At Edwin A. Thrall's, No. Maiden
Lane, one of the new dials may be
seen. The hours from II to u are
placed close to the outer circumfer-
ence of the dial, the figures from to
II being within a smaller circumfer-
ence. Thus just above the figure | is
the figure l3; above the figure , the
figure IA, and so on. The ordinary
distinctions between day and night
will sufficiently indicate t. the observ
er, unless he has been on prolonged
spree, whether the time indicated Is
| o'clock in the morning or l3 o'clock,
which would be equivalent to p. M,
according TO the present method OF
registering time. Most of the orders
for these new style watches have thus
far come from railroad companies. :"
regard them," said Mr.. Thrall, ''as the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-12-28

The boys in Washington hotel re-
Gently invented some Ostensible cara
mels, with which to make miserable
the lives of other children, and grave
and reverend senator who owed Sena-
tor Garland a practical joke, saw in
them, as he thought, medium
through which to discharge the debt.
SO he got some of the things and plac-
ed them on his desk. Pretty soon
Garland sauntered by, picked one of
them up, and asked what kind of
candy they were. "They are cara
mels. Try one" Thanks; | will"
and he placed one in his mouth.
Now, says The Washington Capital,
which tells the story, the caramel was
filled with soap, and the jokers expect
ed to see Garland spit out the nause-
GUS stuff. That was where the laugh
was to come in. But Garland dis
appointed them all. He ate up the
whole thing, soap and all, and never
made a sign. The perpetrator became
frightened, and ran out into the cloak
room, eXclaiming: Good Lord Pm
afraid the mans poisoned" "Oh, you
needn't he alarmed" said Butler, of
South Carolina; "Garland's got an
Arkansas stomach" TO this day no
one knows whether Garland tasted
the soap or not.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-12-28
SqIIibS.

a Paris surgeon advertises "dimples
to order" Please send two 10y return
mail. We want 'em for a New Years
present for our girl.
You will observe this, the devil
never Offers to 90 in partnership with
ii bizzy man, but yu will often see him
offer to jine the lazy, and furnish all
the capital besides. - Josh Billings.
There are said to be about 1000
One-eyed men in the United States.
This is sad showing, but if people
will get married they must take the
consequences.
We recently saw an article on GLOW
to raise dogs" but did not read it, be
cause we have successfully raised sew
eral ourselves. Our method is to draw
them up with slip moose to the lower
limb of an apple tree Burlington
Free Press.
Are your domestic relations agree
able ?" was the question put to an un-
happy looking specimen of humanity.
- Oh, my domestic relations are all
right was the reply, " it's my wife's
relations that are causing the trouble"
The most recent agony for young
ldlles Is 10 decorate oyster shells. II
they want to please the young men,
let them decorate 'em with first-class
oysters and little bordering of lemon
slices.
The musical critic of the daily paper
wrote, Mr.. So-and-so is the tenor of
the company" 1t was printed, " Mr..
SO-and-sO is the terror of the com
pany." Why the musical critic of the
daily suddenly resigned and went to
Chicago after few words of consulta-
tion with the proof-reader is not fully
understood. - Musical Record.
Many of the sunsets during the past
week have been very red. We have
ONLY heard of one blue " sunset, and
that was " Sunset" Cox of New York,
visible in Washington Norristown
Herald.
There are five persons in the ear
and only four fares in the box :" said
the car-driver, as he opened the door.
All the passengers looked up at each
other, and man who sat reading Il
paper slowly turned to his wife and
queried - Why, dear, didn't you pay
your own fare when we got on ? YOu
are becoming very absent-minded."
n Detroit Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-12-28
ST. Johnsbury Church Directory.

Aduent-Paddock Village. sabbath Services at
1880 a. M. l:i5 and 6:3O p. m Sabbath school
l. M Prayer Meetings AT 1870 =. III. Sunday, Tues
day and Friday evenings.
baptist Railroad Street Corner Maple Rev
L. / Sandiord, Pastor Preaching 1880 >. NJ )
Sch"ul l. NJ. Prayer meeting $50. Prayer meet
InE Wednesday evening at 1:.tO.
FREE Baptist-Main Street. Corner Prospect
sabbath services 1890 AN, and $50 T. NJ sabbath
school at IL NJ. Prayer meeting Wednesday even
Ing AT 1880. Rev. ID. II. Adams pastor.
Church ct The Messiah, universalist) Eastern
avenue. corner Cherry street. Sabbath services
AT As. $50 +. NJ. Sabbath School at l9:3u p. Nj.
Wednesday evening meeting at 7:ju. Rev. Il. W
Jenkins pastor
Mehodist-Central street Rev. Z. W Culver.
Pastor Residence next to the Church. Sab
bath services at 1880 A. NJ, and $50 r. NJ Sabbath
Sch""l at IL Wednesday evening meeting at
1;aO.
North CongreyationaI-Main street, corner OF
Church. Rev. Henry " Jones, Pastor sabbath
services at 1890 A. NJ, and $50 Z. NJ. sabbath
Sch"ol at las +. NJ. Wednesday evening meeting
at $50.
South Congyegationai-Ma street Rev Ed
ward T. Fairbanks Pastor. sabbath services at
1880 A 81, aud $50 2. ~ sabbath School at II NJ.
Wednesday evening meeting at 1880.
Presbyterian ChuTch-Eastcru Avenue. Rev W .
X. Laird pastor. sabbath services at 1880 a. m.
300 $50 =. sabbath school at II III. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening 1880.
81. 1ndre0s-tk kpscopalJ Main street, Rev.
+. :. Fisher, Rector. Services sundays at
lO'io a. m. aud p. m. Wednesdays at 7:3O p. M.
sunday Schuo'. at l. M
RomdH CATH ,c-Cherry Street. Rev. j. \.
Hoi-sounault Parish Priest. Mass and 10 a. m ::
Nespers and Beuedction at p. III. TN the
second sunday of the month service at 80 a. ~.
and p. IN. At Lyndonyillc same day at 1890 a. d.
\. ". G. A.-MectngS at the hall of the Y NJ. c.
\, Main street Sunday mornings at $50, Satur
day evenings at 40. Young Mems meeting Sun
day at 5.3U p. IN. Noon meeting every day at
rooms on Main street.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-12-28
Butterick Patterns
N. M. JOHNSON.


The old days of apprenticeship to
learn trade are gone. EVERYTHING
got to going with such IL rush Young
America could no longer linger three
or five years in learning how to build
house or make wagon or a shoe.
Then, too, machinery for doing much
work once done by hand was rapidly
introduced, and boys could run it with
out giving their time from eighteen to
twenty-five to learn how. And, be
sides this, it became rather more fash
ionable To be Il tradeSman or clerk
than an artisan and so in these davs
we hear little about learning trade.
find a dearth of frst-class. well-trained
men i'll the departments where skilled
labor is required, and Il surplus of
young men waiting for "soft'' Job in
some establishment where manual la
Dor will not be required. The drift
toward this state of things has carried
everything before it. Our school svs-
TEN has tlOated into the current and
becomes a part of the force that over
rides the old plan of thorough work by
trained wOrkmen. Many of our best
educators have recognized this for some
time, and the matter has been freely
discussed by them. A remedy for the
fault has been sought, and the more
thought that has been given it the
more has been seen that the tendency
of our schools, as at present conducted,
is to turn our boys knowing enough,
but without special knowledge, yet
on the whole better adapted to do
some ''genteel" work than to 20 into
some department of manual labor.
They have been given an impulse away
from the field and the shop of the arti-
san. To change this the Boston School
Board has taken its first step in prac-
teal attempt to introduce manual
training into the public schools of that
city. Suitable rooms are to be fitted
up in the High school building with
benches and tools for instructing the
boys in the neighboring grammar
schools in the rudiments of carpentry.
The classes are to consist of twenty
boys each, who are to he excused from
attendance at the grammar school for
half a day each week. This will allow
about 200 boys to engage in the work
under n single teacher, and S2500 is
asked by the School Board for the es-
tablishment of the experiment. The
success of this movement will he tested
before extending the system, but if it
proves desirable seven similar schools
and seven teachers will he required to
accommodate the boys of the city who,
it is presumed, will wish to take the
manual COURSE Greenfield Gazette.