The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-04-01

ATwATER, March 30th. '9t.
| Some of our school teachers are back ready for
work again. Miss Matte Ripple has returned
from Youngstown whers she has been for a few
| weeks. and will attend school here the coming
| summer.
| The new member on the board of examiners is
showing his smartness rather too visibly. Some
teachers who got certificates year ago failed to
get them this spring. The fault must be with the
examiners. Tn 'e teachers ought not to have
got certificates year ago or they ought to have
| them now.
| 1 saw some criticisms few weeks ago, in one
| of the county papers, on modern declamations
The writer seems to think there are too many
fixings about it. too many gestures and too many
variations of the voice from low to high. Aide
chalmers and public speakers ought to study the
physiology of the ear. if they want to be agreeable
| to their hearers. There is way of tightening
the ear drum when we are listening to low, soft
sounds, and of relaxing it when we hear loud,
shrill. or coarse sounds. It is extremely unpleas-
| anr when We are listening attentively to low
sounds. and fix the ear drum to its highest state
of tension. and then have it nsulted with shrilI
scream or hoarse roar. Musicians have their
ears trained to every slight variation of sound,
| and it is extremely annoying and painful to them
to hearl such sudden and extreme changes in
| sound before the ear has any time to make prep
| aration Cor it. 1t is equally unpleasant to all
who are dull of hearing and have to strain to the
utmost to hear the words of the speakers COM
mon tone. to be startled with few words in a
very loud voice. is entirely provoking 1t does
not add to the understanding ofwhat has gone be-
fore or what is coming behind. Elocution should
flow in steady stream without jerks or snatches,
and loud enough to be heard all through the au-
dience. Many speakers seem to talk to them
selves. in an undertone. very good rule is to
speak to the furthest individuals in the audience
and all the est can hear.
Three of our young married men have a chance
to get employment in Cleveland. Perhaps thew
will accept.
James Norton. of Michigan. is visiting his
brother John. of this place. who is in poor health
They are the of jeremiah Norton who
walked all the way from Connecticut to this town
when he was a young man. The boys inherit
some of the oddities of their father. Perhaps
he was a larger pattern in some ways, he was an
active church member. and strong in what he
professed.
VIM. Hizer & Co. are near Canton with their
sawmill. Calvin Baight and brother are near
Limaville with their sawmill. VIM. Baight's
mill is also at work. There's work enough for all
good lot of molasses was made last week. but
the time for that work is nearly for this year.
Miss Willard gave very singular lecture in
Washington. d. C.. shsrt time ago. She told of
q company of men of New England who were
out on a hunt with one valuable hound, and he
got scent of wolf. The men tried to call him off
fearing the wolf might kill him, but the more
they called him the louder he would yelp on the
trail. So they concluded to follow him, and
when they caught up with him he and the wolf
were in deadly combat. The dog had injured the |
VOLTS throat so he had to succumb and was con- |
quered. Then she says the W. C. 7. U. is the |
hound. the wolf is the liquor traffic. We cannot |
be called off, we cannot be turned aside, our nose |
is close on the trail. we have scented the game"
1t is the nature of the hound to fight. She hardly
does the ladies justice when she compares their
labor to the animal instincts of an unreasoning,
fighting dog, If they are coming to that we had |
of her strong mndedness. 1t is fine thing she
is not married: her children would be more
cranky than she is. I believe in hereditary
descent of the vices and cccentrcities as we'll as
the virtues of parents. Education in some meas
ure restores the equilibrium. 1t wears off the
oddities of some and brings them into more
reasonable state. It is the duty of everyone to
try to avoid getting into one idea condition.
They more likely to become insaue when the
mind is occupied with one thing. The best thing
for her would be rest for few months in some
quiet place, away from public excitement. until
she is restored to health.
You did not get o. W. Holmes opinion correct.
He says bcy's education should begin two or
three generations before he is born" have no
doubt the best men have had good ancestors that
length of time. W.