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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25
SEcEc WHAT
DR.. MILLER'S SPAWN OINTMENT


BAKERSFIELD, VI, an. 10, 1889.
Recommendations TO your letter asking
what resulted from the use o. DIR. Millers SvaYin
Ointment, 1 4 make this statement In "A few hours
after applying IL 70 a large blood or bog SPAWN on
one horse a discharge Of matter took place and
after a few days treatment the bunch disappeared
as well as an Iameness, and | consider IL perma-
nently cured. / have treated a bone SPAWN on
auorher horse with like success. With the further
treatment / intend giving il / have no doubt but
that it will be permanently cured. / have used a
little more than one box. Your remedy does all
that you claim for it. Very truly,
WARREN SOULE.
New HAVEN, VT. Aug. 10, 1856.
GFSrLEMEN,-I have used your Ointment upon
a valuable horse Of mine with marked success. A
bunch, having every appearance Of a coming spay-
in, was treated thoroughly with the Ointment and,
within a week, the slight lameness. OF tue horse dis
appeared, the bunch was gone, aud mp 10 this writ
ing no sign Of any new growth or lainencss has
shown itself. 1 regard your medicine as Of great
value to horsemen. Very truly,
WASHINGTON WARD.
Ask your druggist for i or send 81 20 The manu-
facturers, who will send you a box, carriage paid.
Manufactured by THE q DRUG STORE,
yergennes, W. hAy
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25

Beware of ointments for catarrh that contain
mercury, as mercury viii surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucus surfaces. such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
tons from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do are ten fold to the good you can posi-
bly, derive from them. Hairs Catarrh Cure, manu-
featured by +. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., con-
tains no mercury, andi taken internally, and acts
directly on the blood and mucus surfaces Of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure
you get the genuine, it is taken internally and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by f. j. Cheney & Co.
B9-Sold by druggists, price 7jc per bottle.
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Epoch.

The transition from long, lingering and painful
sickness TO robust health marks an epoch in the life
of the individual. Such a remarkable event il
treasured in the memory and the agency whereby
the good health has been attained is gratefully
blessed. Hence it is that so much is heard in praise
of Electric Bitters. So many feel they owe their
restoration to health, to the use Of the Great Alter
alive and Tonic. If you are troubled with any dis
ease of kidneys, liver or stomach, Of long or short
standing you will surely find relief by use Of Elec-
trio Bitters. Sold at soc. and 81 per bottle at H.. @.
Pierce's drug store.
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barton.

Barton.
The village schools start up again this
week.
Geo. Norton caught two coons last
week.
Court opens again on Tuesday morn
ing.
The ''spring campaign" has opened.
Read o. ID. Owens ad.
The Chautauqua Circle will meet at
Mrs.H.S. Bickford's, on Tuesday evening.
Roswell +. Fisk, whose illness was re-
Gently mentioned, continued to run dow
after his shock, and died on Tuesday night.
A. r. Cowles will hold a singing con-
vention at Beebe Plain, commencing on
Wednesday evening, March 9Th, and con-
tinuing until Friday evening.
Pay up for your MONITOR: remember
your promises and keep your names out
of bad company by getting into a certain
list we publish occasionally.
1t is reported that Francis Richardson
will go into a hotel in Sherbrooke, j. G..
His brother has purchased or rented one
there. If Mr.. r, goes is Sh~erbrooke, Mr..
Carbee will run the hotel here.
The papers were reporting a blizzard
in the North West on Thursday and Fri
day, and the creature himself made an APP
pearance here on Friday night. Satur-
day was the most uncomfortable day of
the winter.
The NJ. E. Ladies' Aid Society and the
Odd Girls meet with Mrs. I'll. ID. and Mrs.
Schuyler Bickford next Wednesday after
noon. Cordial invitation extended.-Mr.
week Wednesday. Subject, The Unity
of the Human Race"
Fred Sisco. who has been working foI
DIR. II. B. Skinner, has the California fe-
yer, aud thinks of leaving for that cline
some time next month.-Mrs. Frank Lar
gig and children start for California TO.
morrow. Their many friends will regrer
their departure.
As wiM be seen by our local sd., C.
PereiEal wants a LOT of wood suitable FOL
excelsior making, white birch, poplar, etc.
and will put excelsior machinery into thu
mill 500 after he comes in possession O.
it. This will make a new industry il
town. which we are glad to have added
Glib. Ellis writes from California tina
he has secured a position as overseer o
electric lighting in Los Angeles at
good salary. J. NJ. Pillsbury, who re
Gently went to Southern California, write
that he likes the eoHntry and the climat
much. He win return home in May, an
we wouldn't think it strange to see hi
real estate in the market, preparatory t
making arrangements to return to tn
land of sunshine and of oranges.
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600 small butter tubs just received at
o. d. Owens.
Mr.. Whitcher has just received a car
load of apples and onions, which will be
sold at reasonable rates.
b. F. Tower wishes to sell or exchange
his place in Coventry for one in Barton
village. A good bargain will be given.
GIRLS WANTED.-25 girls wanted at
once in ladies' cotton underwear factory.
Work light and clean. Machines run by
steam. Good wages and steady employ
ment. Address, stating age and previous
occupation, Peerless Mfg. Co., Newport,
New Hampshire. SO
\ lot of nice spring pigs for sale at the
Comstock place, Barton. $40
Wanted at once, 300 cords wood, cut 4
feet 6 inches long. Poplar, bass, white
birch, silver birch or white maple. Cash
paid on delivery at Baldwin's mill-yard.
c.. F. Percival, Barton.
Yes! the .Wrens'' are coming to give
their grand musical and dramatic enter
tainment in Opera Hall, Barton, March Z.
under the auspices of Orleans Lodge, No.
80, F. & A. NJ. DO not fail to hear them!
Secure you seats early. Tickets for sale
after Wednesday, Feb. p, at H. G.
Pierce's, Barton, and c. A. Barrows',
Glover. Read the following testimonials ::
bennington, VT, Feb 2, 1889. We
cheeTfully recommend the 'Wrens' to the
amusement loving public, as they give a
neat, clean, wholesome entertainment.
We heartily endorse the many favorable
testimonials they have received.-COm."
Laurel, Del, Sept. 24, 1888. Mr..
Wren Dear Sir-I was present at your
entertainment given in this place on Sat-
urday evening; was greatly pleased at
the versatility and adaptness displayed
by yourself and Mrs. Wren and the old
gentleman. You deserve to be we'll pat
roniZed in YOU travels, and allow me to
wish you prosperity and good luck al
ways. Very truly yours, Rev. w. L.
Githene, Pastor st. Philips Church"
''Lambertvi1le, n. j., Aug. %, 1888.
Mr.. Oliver w. Wren: Dear Sir-I take
great pleasure in testifying to the e%flicien-
cy and worth of the Wren Combination,
as the performance at Halcombe Hall last
evening was all and more than advertis-
ed, every person present being perfectly
satisfied. l wish you success wherever
you may pitch you tents. Very truly
yours, J. B. Kline, n. c."
The annual statement of the Connecti-
cut General Life Insurance Co., on first
page, shows the company to have made
material gains during 1888. A glance al
the rates of interest realized, and the very
low per centage oil deaths to the amount
insured, shows why this company has
reached the enviable position it ha:
among the solid institutions of the coun
try. It's ratio of assets to liabilities ($l3-
to each 5000 is the highest reported b.
any company. Its policy with "casl
value" endorsed on the back, and free o
all restrictions as to residence, travel ant
occupation after two years, is most liber
al and fair.
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ST. I, a. [, C., r, r,
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Probate Courts will be held on the second and
fourth Fridays of each month at the Probate Office,
in Newport; and on each Thursday preceding the
second and fourth Fridays of each month, at my
Office in Barton Landing, and at F.. w. Baldwin,
office in Barton, on the Second Monday of each
month. o. I'll. AUSTIN, Judge.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25

DUrcHER's GOLDEN LIQUID.-The best butter
color made. Is stronger, more true to nature, and
PIvNeu, by aCtuai test, Prcuminsasr v~Paste"' O."
sustained by highest testimonials from the best dai-
rymen, creameries, dealers, who say it is "far supe-
rior to anything 1 ever used" Gives the June tint
always. No danger in excess Of getting a red or
brick color. Try it-by weight or measure. Apply
any test and you Will know what color TO use in flu
ture. Fred'k butcher & Son, 81. Albans. $40
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25
Sperial 9ntirGs.
To-Sigb1 and To-lIorro,y Might.

And each day and night during this week you can
get at all druggists kemp's Balsam for the throat
and lungs, acknowledged to be the most successful
remedy ever sold for the cure Of coughs, Group,
bronchitis, whooping cough, asthma and consump-
ton. Get a bottle to-day and keep IL always IN the
house, so you can check your cold ut once. Price
soc and al. Sample bottles free. 90
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piles. piles. Itching piles.

SYMPToMs-Moisture intense itching and sting
ing; most at night; worse by scratching. II allow
ed to continue tumors form, which often bleed and
ulcerate, becoming very sore. SwAYNE's ONT
MENT stops the itching and bleeding, heals ulccra-
ton, and in most cases removes the tumors. At
phfIadalnbia oIs.QQ
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25

Supt. Folsom is off on a business trip
South and West.
sutton.
Mrs. Lewis Gordon is worse again.
Angie Tracy is sick.
Alden Rennie is starting up his engine
and saw mill. Alf. Burnham is working
for him.
The West burke Good Templars hold a
meeting here tonight for the purpose of
forming a lodge.
Freeman Hyde has gone to st. Johns
bury to work for A. p Taft Ada Berry
has gone to West Burke to attend school.
G. NJ. Campbell, E. w. B~rockway. Har-
ley CODY Alden Rennie and their wives
Joined the Rebekas at West Burke last
week.
Charlie Whipple and Fred Craig are
home from st. Johnsbury, where they
have been running the dairy farm for the
~Fairbankses.
The town is running the rollers,
one of them requiring three yoke of oxen
" uIdW IL. W. nave IOdNS bIdl i phoo
able this winter.
Thomas Barker, one of our oldest and
most esteemed citizens, died on the 18th
instant. He came to this town forty-six
years ago and settled on the farm owned
by Harlow Easterbrooks. He had held
several town offices and was a very genial
man. Our aged citizens are fast passing
away.
West Burke
Fred Davis is training a lot of horses
for outside parties.
Mrs. Aldrich is better.-Mrs Colby
does not improve.
A juvenile Temple was organized here
last week with "a members.
Frank Hull has returned with his family
and gone into business at his old stand.
w. S. Anger has purchased a small
piece of land of Mrs. Newell.
About go attended the Masonic levee on
Friday eve. Speakers, j. E. Willard of
Sutton and j. H. Walbridge of West Con-
cord. Good music by the young people.
The Mystic Lodge No. 3, degree of
Rebekah, L. O. o. F., was instituted here
last Friday evening, FEB. ID, the work
being finely done by Olive Branch of st.
Johnsbury. The Lodge starts with a
membership of As, including the ten
charter members. There were about 60
visitors present from St. Johnsbury,
Lyndon and Newport. At the close of
the exercises an excellent banquet was
enjoyed by all.
HardwIclx.
Some very large stone are being drawn
from the VoodrY quarry these days.
Quite a number of our singers attended
Mr.. Humphreys singing convention at
East Hardwick, and report a most enjoy
able time.
Stannard-
Mrs. Albert jameson is sick at her
fathers, Mr.. King.
David Smith died at his residence Fri
day morning, of lung fever and typhoid
dysentery. He was sick only Il few days;
funeral Sunday aged about so years.
Grandma McNatty died on Friday of
last week at the residence of her sOn-in-
law, Mr.. Richard Mcdowell, at the adj
vanced age of 81 years, 3 days, and at the
time of her death the Oldest person in
town. Until about a year ago she was in
good health retaining all her faculties,
but she has been failing gradually since,
lying in bed most of the time. Her fu-
neral took place on Sunday at the Union
meeting house. Elder John Smith of st.
Johnsbury attending. She came to this
country some fifteen years ago, to live
with her daughter, the only one of large
family of children residing in this coun-
try.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25

have declined from a to 10 cents per pound. We have the.
the New Prices, and have all the well known brands, auc
40 Dnrs," "B g. L." Lucky Strike" "Swcot hua.
"Mayo's Holly" Mechanics Delight" "spurra Dr.
'Climax," "Oh N.Y." &c,
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In Glover, Feb p, by Rev VS. Iennc, william
o.. Bailey and Mary a. Tumbullt both ~ nrccns.
boro.
In Lowell, Feb. ~, Frank Martin and Mlss Emo
Fletcher, bom Of Lowell
In Lowell, Feb. 20. Walter Pope and Mis- jennie
smith, both Of Howell.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25
Probate Business.

L. r. Wellman appointed administrator
of o. S. Fleming's estate, Lowell; Lew
Wheelock and f. j. Smith, commissioners.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25

Short advertisements, notices, announcements
cards, etc., will be inserted in this column at two
cents a word first week, and one cent a word there
after. This must be prepaid advertising. No
charge for mention fads running in other columns.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25
RUCKI.EN,s ARNICA sALvE.

The BestSalye in the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
Eruptions, andpositively cure Piles, orno pay re
CURED. tits guaranteed to give perfect ~satisfac-
ton ormoney refunded. Price 25cents pelbox.
For sale by &c. Pierce.
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All Fits stopped free by DR.. klinc's Great
Nerve Restoror No Fits after first days use. Mar
velous cures. Treatise and $500 trial bottle tree to
Fit cases. Send TO DIR. Kline. 1871 Arch ~. Phlla. Pa.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25

A ton of choicest ~sugar-Cul
smoked Hams now roac.
also, Tr1Pe, Fish or ali IElAc
Canned Meats, Canned -
mon andLObStCT8-
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HD+Al notices 81 deaths inserted ffprs ONlluHfN
notices and poetry rlyE CENTS par ttsE.
Ia Lowell, Feb. n, Oscar 5. Flcmior, aged about
90 years.
In Lowell, Feb. 10, Mrs. Martin, rellct of Elcnzer
Martin.
In Barton, Jan. Is, Mrs. Susan Fi-t, aged about
50 years.
In Barton, Feb. ~. Roswell y. Fisk, apcd shout
o. years.
AT Barton Landing, Feb. rs, Mamie, wife oftlrr.
bert u. Dane, aged 81 years and 4 months.
In Cransbury, Feb. n, Willie a. Merrill, aged
% years.
In Hardwick, Feb. l6, Asa KittidRo aged o. yrs.
In Hardwick, Feb. ~. Pembcr sull, aged ~ yrs.
In Glover. Feb. I, Emclinc s. Drew. wife ri ~.
f.. Phillips, aged IS years, p mouths, ~ days.
O Mother thou art gone,
And our home now seems so sad
For no mothers love o. there
To make the heart feel glad.
when we gathered round her death.bcd
She told rs not 10 cry,
For she hoped 10 meet M all
In the "sweet bye and bye
Fold her, o Father, ia thine arms,
And let her henceforth be
A messenger OF love between
Our human hears and Thee.
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- m. 4. R,--PASS. DIVISION.
Passenger Trains leave

NEWPORT-SoUrH-T.15 a m; LOS p m; GAO p m
1880 D m; 1905 q m.-NoRTH-(a3.3 0) IN;
600 a m; $50 p m; (a4.43) p m; (a6.30) and
1855 p m.
COVENTRY-SoUTH I.25 a m; $40 p H.
NoRTH-2.s5 p m; $40 p m.
ARTON LANDING-SoUTH-7.35 a m; Fl. 20 p
m; 7.13 p m; Ills P m.-NoRTH-.4s a m;
2.20 pm; +4.2s p m; 6.10 p m.
BARTON-SoUTH-74e a m; 1872 p m; 7.S5 p m /;
II.32 d m; II. SO a m.-NoRTH-3.0O a m; 4.32
am; 200 p m; 4.16p m; $50 p IN.
SOUTH BART0N-SoUTH-E59 a m; 7.54 p H.
NoRTH-1.43 p m; 5.45 p m
SUTTON-SoUTH-s.14 a m; $50 p N; NORTH
LOS p m; $50 p m
WEST BURKE-SoUTH-s.21 a m; s.30pm; 12.10
am.-NoRTH-3.5S a M; 1856 p m; $3.50 p
IN; 5.23 p IN.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS II m; 2-12 p m;
900 D m; Il. 80 a M; LIS a m.-NORTH-3.3S
am; 1880 p m; 1861 m; SOC p M.
. Stops only for passengers to or from connecting
roads.
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To TEMPT the appetite we have i-

Horse Radish. Chow Chow, Pickles, Kotchup, Pepper sI
Mustard, Bananas, Lemons, Oranges, Apples, Grape. IF
Dates, Prunes, Nuts, sardines, &c.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25
We have Just got in a fresh ST.


OfDutCher'S Golden Lieu.
wells &c F1choTda0n'@, ana
ThatCher7S color
Also, Dairy Cloth AUDN
Tubs, Tub FaStOnCTSy GGC-
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New Advertisements To-Day.
c

O. d. Over Barton, The Spring Campaign
\. \. Ascltine, Lowell, New Goods
Connecticut General Life Insurance Co.
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The Spring Campaign

Has Opened at OWENS and Ne
GOODS arc RrE1V1n@ daily
Piles OF OttOnS, &dngh1IIr.
Prints, Dress &O0dBs IAUU
burg EdS1n@5y Table
Bed Spreads, TOVVClav dEC-
new lot OfEIathoVu3J'@ COL
brated Cotton UndCrVVco
just opened
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HardwIclx.

Some very large stone are being drawn
from the VoodrY quarry these days.
Quite a number of our singers attended
Mr.. Humphreys singing convention at
East Hardwick, and report a most enjoy
able time.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25
Barton Market.

Corrected every Saturday afternoon for
the ORLEANS COUNTY MONITOR by
. ID. - w H. ~
DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
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IpIIlID.

Hg-All notices Of deaths inserted free. Obituary
notices and poetry FtyE CENTS PR llNE.
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Bread is the staff of life, and to h

good bread you must have good -four. Our brands or flo'
always reliable and always give satisfaction, and thc p
always right. Remember that a box OF yeast goes with
barrel.
o. car Of Cane SoH and Dairy san iut eeo-rrd, o7 e'"H
,rps aan hare erer been ktopn Il, Burton. Do'1 Dag So" ""
oT prices. wr.
Barton, Feb. 25, 1889.
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Our readers will peruse our war article
of this week with interest. Those who
recognize the initials, sc. w. b." will
not need to be odd that the writer was
one of the bravest men in the Old Brigade,
and that means superlative bravery. We
will state, from reliable information, that
this lieutenant, when he saw the New Jer-
sey regiment breaking and rushing back
on the old Second, stepped in front of
the regiment, sword in hand, and, cutting
right and left, showed the fleeing towards
that there was more danger in the rear,
thar in facing the bullets of the enemy.
He forced a large number of them into
the ranks and compelled them to go for
ward to the capture of the Heights above.
C. F. Percival, VINO is interested in the
matter of electric lighting, and who is
running a small dynamo to light his fur
niture shop, has been Investigating the
matter, and believes he can set forty 25
candle power street lamps in this village,
and maintain them if the village will pay
him S1.OO a night. This is with the ex-
pectation that citizens in the village,
stores, mills, houses, ETC., will take 16O
lights at a very reasonable rate per light.
He will Immediately make a survey of the
village, and if he gets sufficient signers
will put in the plant. His project is to
get his power on to the falls below the
Mansfield bridge, putting in his wheel
and dynamo there. running his wires to
the village. The system is something
new which has been recently developed,
making the cost much less than any
thing heretofore put in operation. We
think the village will not hesitate to light
itself, when il can be done at this low
rate.
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SaIem-Derby.

Our people from this vicinity with
others from E.. Coventry and Browning
ton met at L. T. Days on the evening of
the 18th as a pound party to contribute
to the necessities of Mrs. Lydia CASTILLO.
The gathering was enlivened by music,
recitations, select readings; and refresh
ments were had. Rev. Mr.. Millar of
West Derby was present and scriptures
were read and a prayer offered. The con
tributions amounted to $14. hanks to
Mr.. and Mrs. Day for their kline hospi-
tality.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-02-25

Holland.
Geo. Brown has started a singing school
in Caswell school-house.
Lee Hall of Mass.is here visiting friends
and old acquaintances.-Artie Kinba
goes to West Charleston to attend school.
lraSbIIrg.h.
Business meeting at the NJ. E. vestry
next Thursday afternoon, 2 O'Clock.
All interested In the NJ. +. church are re-
quested to attend.
Ed Keunison drew 1899 feet and his
brother iii feet of spruce logs at one
load from the mountain to Brewster &
Russell's mill last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs Eben Grant were present
ed on the goth and 10th inst, their re-
spectaye birth days, with an easy chair
and hanging lamp. The gifts are from
their children.
The school in the Webster dist. taught
By Miss Ida Chaffee, closed last Friday,
and the exhibition which was to have
been given that night Is postponed until
Saturday eve, March 2.
Jay
Mrs. Elmipa !. Day, wife of Lucaius
Day, died Feb. II. after a long and Sc
we're sickness. Age nearly "A.
Nj organ.
Mrs. Geo. Jenne is very sick with pneu
mOnia.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-01-26
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISC USSiON.


To the MINING JOURNAL.
The school board fails to realize that
building school houses and all such
forms Of material activity have little
to do with an effective public school
system. Our handsome school house
may be "whited sepulchre." The
education of our children Is the iutcu-
ton of the public school system. It's
scope is mainly literary and has to do
for the most part with ideas and not
brick and mortar. The selection of "a
competent examiner Is the first thing ::
then your system must be perfected /:
your corps of teachers must be well
chosen and kept mp to Il high standard {:
YOUR textbooks must be filSt class, SO
that sklllful teachers will not have
their work spoiled by dulI-cdgrd tools
These are the essentials the brick
and mortar are secondary. This may
seem like an obvious truth, but II
seems scarcely to have been Thought
of by the school commissioners OF thi,
county.
FIRST IN importance, we insist. is the
selection of an examiner. As stream
can never rise higher than lis source.
the schools will never be above the cN-
aminer. His intellectual stature wl,l
be the stature of the schools.
In Cumberland they have had in re
cent years striking instance of this.
John Mason Duncan took hold Of the
Academy there. In less than "a year
wonderful results began to follow, he
being LETT almost untrammelcd hy Il
most intelligent board OF trustees.