The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-09-13
GREAT SPORT FOR THE SMALL BOYS.
Rival Teachers In Ono schooIhouse
In Maine Town.
Tho Issue Which Is Making Life Ex-
citing in Bristol Mills.
Five Arrests, a Broken Lock and
Many Legal Complications.

ROUND POND, Me-, September 12.-In the
three miles from here, there Is intense ex-
element over the public schools The trou-
BILE has been brewing for year or so back.
1t has resulted In the arrest OF five persons,
and both sides say that the worst Is yet TO
come. year ago this spring there was a
division among the inhabitants as TO wheth-
OF they should hire a teacher that lives Ia
thelr vicinity, or send away and hire a more
expensive one. The home talent party claim
that In the school meeting Of last wear II
carried the day and put in a man who Il
thought would hire a local teacher. But In
this man they were mistaken, as he hired a
teacher from out Of town and paid her s65 a
month. OF course this vexed them very
much, but they submitted, waiting until an
other year should roll by
Now 1t happened that the following win
ter this agent stopped in Boston, and when
IL came spring and time to call a school
meeting, he, Notwithstanding he was far
from home, wrote out return" saving
that this day he had written and posted
two notices., and 1t Is upon this point that
an the trouble has centred. He sent the no
tlceS down to boy TO tack up. However,
the meeting was held. and the home talent
again secured the most votes and got their
agent, whom they were sure now to be true
blue. lie hired girl In their own district,
but TO their amazement they found that the
towns supervisor wouldn't grant her certi-
hcats. The supervisor maintained that two
persons had objected to his giving her a Ger.
tihcate; therefore, according TO the law, he
eouldn't possibly do 20. During the summer
the agent hnding that this girl couldn't get
certificate, permitted her to teach without
one, thus making herself liable 10 the law.
ohe was arrested and fined 81 twice for this,
payin. all costs also. TaeD, after an unsuc-
cessIul attempt to teach private school she
gave 1t up, determined TO try IL again later
on.
The other party, finding that they were be-
Ing cheated out of their school, petitiOned
the selectmen to call school meeting again
ior district No. 10. This the selectmen OF
the town did, much to their regret now, and
another agent and clerk were chosen, re-
gaTding the other meeting as Illegal. The
latter agent hired man teacher, Mr.. Little,
from neighb0ring town, to take charge OF
this fall term Of school. The first agent now
showed his authority in refusing to give up
the keys, so that when Mr.. Little broke the
lock he bad him arrested and put under
bonds: The school, however, went on un-
disturbed for two weeks,when the first agent
Poole, also put IN teacher. Thus In the
same room were two schools and teachers,
one teacher telling the other teachers pupils
to be quiet while telling his own to make all
the noise they wanted. First one would have
IcCooS IlBuL III Lu6 sCuOOlnOuots Lueu tue
other would, 50 in this manner things went
on.
The first agent was arrested for breaking
the peace, as were also both Of the teachers
and all had to give bonds 10 appear at the
next court. Many of the new books that the
State furnished this year are missing, each
side accusing the other Of stealing them. The
questions now being agitated are: Who will
hire the teacher for the winter term? Who
VIII pay all the expenses for lawsuits, books.
etc., Where did the supervisor find author
ty for Withholding a certificate? COnsidera-
BILE anxiety Is felt throughout other parts Of
the town, fearing lest the whole town will
get drawn into it and. therefore, have to pay
all the bills that these rival factions have
caused
Sonuu~soT oTo~n Senrsnceo.
SALEM. Mass. September 12.-This morn
ing jerome A. Brown, Boston Il Maine
conductor, arrested for embezzlement Of
tickets between Salem and Lowell, was
brought in for sentence. he having pleaded
guilty on two counts, aggregating 1880 He
was sentenced to one year In the house OF
eOrractiOu.