Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-19

fowls and cried for more was horrible to
behold The contents of that box disap-
peared as if by magic. Then one of the
despoilers, with fiendish grin, produced
from his pocket handful Of illy-perfumed
oakum. This was stuffed in the box, and
the parcel was deity wrapped and tied and
replaced where E Idle had left it..
AT the proper time the victim donned his
satin. lined overcoat, brushed himself well,
and seizing the parcel hurried down to the
depot. The parting was lingering, and the
horrid conductor actually sent the train off
five minutes ahead of time. But there was
no time for complaint, so the gallant babe
the ladies farewell for the sixteenth time,
ard drawing the parcel innocently from lis
oyerclat pocket handed il to them with a
bland smile and asuggestion that sit might
be company on the read" He dropped off
at the bridge and went back TO work.
He received a letter the next day-and
oh, such a letter The csndy-man, of
course, denied all knowledge Of the matter,
and now the victim is on the trail OF the
heartless villains.
"Ssn Francisco is getting to be tough
place." said George Register, as he spoke to
a iiierd who boarded red car at Eighth
and X streets. IL am told that few days
ago d masked burglar was seen operating
blow the strong box open and walk of
with its contents. No one attempted to
arrest him or whistle for policeman"
us that 50? l had not heard of it.
| Where did it occur?'
ION the stage of the California Theater."
| A lady who is prominent in local kim
| dergarten work told the lowing to a re-
porter curing ride out q street the other
| day:
Il have just left the house of a lady
| friend of mine who is a Gisbeliever in the
| efficacy of kindergarten work, and she
vexed me awfully by her absolute refusal
to be convinced by sensible argument.
This is what she says: It is absolutely
impossible that one man (meaning Fried
erich Froebel) should have discovered and
laid down laws or rules By which every
| one should receive a stereotyped education
which should serve for all times and all
peoples, and eventually supersede all other
systems. 1t is some time since Froebel
| died, yet his system, intended for little
Germans of eighty years ago, is expected
to answer for the enlightened young Ameri-
cans of to- day Now, she backs up her
argument by asserting that she is a pro-
gressionist, and does not believe in hang
| ing on to old-time ideas. She is mistaken,
or else l am. Froebel was g reformer and
a man of progress himself-so much SO
that ne was regarded by many as fanatic
and an anarchist, and narrowly escaped
! imprisonment and exile and as such he
| would have been the first one to object to
| the very circumscribed form of education
| which, in the mind of my friend. forms
| the kindergarten system. His sole aim
was to introduce form of education
which should lead the child into
harmonious life "a life in harmony
with nature, in harmony with his
fellow. men, and in harmony with his
inner self. Therefore he endeavored to
| educate the child in accordance with the
laws of nature, rather than by the rules
and theories laid down by other men. As
the worlds knowledge of these laws in
creases, so will the teneis of the kinder
garten extend and advanoe-not, perhaps,
under the same name, but its purpose, that
of encouraging progress by guiding the
child to seek after knowledge for himself,
and to assist his neighbor as well as him
self to lead a happy, useful, healthy and
harmonious life, remains the same
Secretary Edwin F. Smith of the State
Agricultural Society is cutting wide
swath with an alleged new joke which he
picked up while at the Oroville orange
show last week. He rides up and down
| the cars three or four times day in search
of victims, and they are legion. Here is
| his modus operandi:
Mr.. smith-''Just got back from Oro-
| Vile"
Victim-"Yes? How was the fair ?"
Mr.. Smith-"Oh, splendid. But Butte
county won the belt"
Victim-''What belt?"
| Mr. Smith-"CitIus belt!7 Hs, ha, ha
ETC., etc.