Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-01-26
High School Column.
Mt. Hope High School.

very laTSe croWu IOr Sech BAD
weather
The mercury fell to So degrees below
zero on January Is.
Mr.. Halierty got one of his fine car
rlage horses injured last week by his
mate getting loose in the stable.
In teaching fractions a teacher took
an orange to impress upon the pupils
minds the fact that one was unit
The rind was cut into live parts and
each part was taken off separately.
The teacher held up the rindless orange
in one hand and the rind in the other
and asked the class what she had in her
right hand, bright lad thoughtlessly
answered.: "Fhe skin of a unit"
U. 5. Boundary: The Northern
boundary of the U. S. is marked by
stone cairns, iron pillars, earth mounds
and timber posts. A stone cairn is
73xo feet, an earth mound 7x14 feet. an
iron pillar is feet high, 8 inches square
at the bottom, and 4 inches at the TOP.
and timber posts are feet high and
inches square. Between the Lake of
the Woods and the base of the Rocky
mountains there are 385 of these marks.
The portion of the boundary lying east
and west of the Red River Valley IS
marked by cast iron pillars at mile in
tervals. The British, place one every
two miles and the u. S. one between
each two British bats Our markers
are hollow iron castings, three Fights If
an inch in thickness, ia the form of a
pyramid. Upon opposite faces are cast
IN large letters the Inscriptions: Con
vention of London and .Oct. 20,
1878" The interior of the hollow posts
are filed with well seasoned cedar posts
sawed to fit and securely spiked through
spike holes cast in the pillars for he
purpose. The pillar when completed
weighs 50 pounds. Where the bound
AIRY crosses lakes, mounds of stone have
been built, the base being, in some
places, Is feet under water and its top
projecting 8 feet from the lakes surface.
The line is marked by telling the tim
Der rod wide, in forests, and cleaning
away the underbrush.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wm. Bishop, of Platte
vile, spent a few days in our town last
week.
Mr.. r. Cooley, school treasurer, spent
an afternoon visiting the different de-
parments of our school, last week.
Should be pleased to have other patrons
do likewise.
Grand Chief Templar Chain, Of the
/. 0. G. L. gave our people an hours
plain talk ON temperance last Tuesday
evening. We were in need of the kind
OF information the lecturer gave and
we sincerely hope the middle age and
| older people Of the place will at once
unite with the young people and thus
strengthen the probability of saving
young men from curse the of rum.
Mr.. VIM. Page succeeded in captur-
ing another wolf recently.
Our school has completed plan pro-
viding for course of entertainments
10 be given during the winter-proceeds
for school supplies.
The advanced class in physiology
gave some interesting discussions rela-
tive to the ''retina of the eve and the
spinal cordr Some claimed that the
retina to be an expansive of the optic
nerve and that the spinal cord was a
nerve; other members OF the class gave
opposing arguments to these state
ments.
The school acknowledge their in
debtedness to our county clerk, Mr..
Thomas, for the book sent us for our
library.
A week ago last Sunday Mr.. Garth
waite had q horse horned by COW.
The wound was just in front OF the
shoulder; the horn after entering about
three inches, seemingly was wrenched
about, thereby tearing the flesh in a
terrible manner and leaving wound
large enough for a man to insert his
fist. Mr.. McClusky was called to sew
the wound and we understand the
horse is doing well.
Teacher What is an emergencyP"
Pupil-'When an accident occurs when
it is not expected it is called an emer-
gency."
AS a boy should not be brought up
without learning some business to oc-
cupy his time as well as q means of self
support, so girl should not be brought
up without an education. all parents are
capable of educating their girls to a
certain extent and all girls are capable
of profitably improving the time given
them, why then are there so many I'M
educated women, we have all seen the
i'll effects of ignorance and none of US
wish 10 become its victims, OF course
there are some who have not the oppor-
tunity of obtaining an education, then
why should mt we who have this oppor-
tunity, take advantage and rise above
the level of Incidence which not only
leads us astraY from school work but
which also proves hinderance in every
duty of life which we attempt to per-
form. 1t is truly said that idleness is
the root of all evil and 1t is absolutely
unnecessary and extremely unpleasant
to see this vice preying upon enIight-
ened minds, however we are determined
that it shall not exist in our minds, and
our teachers are doing all in their power
to aid US in this decision
One OF our teachers in Physiology
Glass was rather surprised to tind some
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