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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-12-17
etaat Sb 10, Stabt EoIebo,
GucdS Gpuuth. s. s..

.GrantS. Gbeneh bef9p5rt, bab CT ber
dftere @artner ber l5irma s. 8. gbene9 &
60, 1T, pelde @ef1afte in ber Statt SO.
lebo, in oben senannteia gountb unb @taate,
tbut unb bab belaste 0irma bic Samme bon
eiubuubert Dollars fur ieben Sail bo,
sfatarr6 be3 ablen tpirb, ber burd ben Gebrau@
bon SaII8 &atarrb Rnr niht sebeilt
perben fam. Grant 8. @beneb.
8ef6mrren bor mir nnb untsrl1riehen in
meiner @e9eawart ain 6. September A. D. 's8.
GN u. B. @Ieafpn
w OifeutIider Aotar.
Sall's aatarrb aur pirb innerli4 senpm.
men unb ipirft brett auf bas BIut anb bic
fAlsimieeu SberFdden beS ghfems. Saft
gu9 umfonf eeueniffe fomrueu.
8. =. gbeneA & Co., Eolebo, Obio.
sg Sertduft bon apotbeteru, Is Gts.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1891-12-17

ten @elibt, ert6nter iiberan berslid)e
@orte, fuurbe ntan6e Ebrdne raid ab,
geutlht; /; uur Inn ibm bas 9er3 slt er>
let9tern, ibn, Dem Starferl, bas
idtpa6e. perldfterte @eib !! - llnb Der
Danf? Sin lniirrtI9eS 8ort, ftltut,
pies S6meigen, uirgenos etn Seritdno-
ntb fiir bieie unl6etnbaren unb bod
aus 70 betltger Tiefe ltan1menoen
Strablen, bon benen elmer auf9efanseu,
etne 00lle ertrdsli6 MAIDEN fam.
&arlin err0tbete bel bieiem Nnblid.
9lls bte Mutter itarb, mar lie pter3ebn
Sabre alt, BON oa ab fiibrte lie ben
gai13en Sausbalt I'M Nuerbauernbot,
nno iest per9aB iie gang, fiir ben Vater
Su lor9en, fiir ben obnebtn Der Nnfents
bait bier fiir@terlid iein muBte. :
God ber Stemart mar ibr i6on 5uoor
gefon1lnen; er bate cine etsene netne
Mbtbeiluns fiir 8eioe ;uriifgebalten
unb aGIes TT SrOnuns 9ebra6t. Mfit
neibil6en 8ltden unb nerbrieBlt6en
8emerftngen iaben ieine eng 5ufam>
men9epfer6ten @enoiien iie bapon 8es
fits nebmen.
BeIonbers that oies etn Mann in
mittleren Sabren, Der burd letn ab,
it9tli9 freies, berausforSernbeS @elen
auffiel, ein Wetttelotng apil6en Sano>
iperfer unb &iinitler, nit ben1 offetts
barren 8eftrebett, feiner Perlon niebr
ben unberedti9ten S9etn oes letteren
;lt seben. Der erobe S6lappbut, Der
absel6oHene Sammetrod iollten basn
btenen, ndbrenb bte BON irgeno pel6en
@beutfafien braun sefdrbten, ettpaS
berben, arbeitsbarten Strger, Der sez
tp6bnli9e e@eit9t8ausorud, Die f1retenbe
9ratpatte NIT sen fali9en Diananten,
bielen eriten @inbrud raid pertpii i6ten.
Sim mar BON Nnfans Sobann &ieoer,
Der Guerbauer, ein @e9enitanO ft6neiger
Wtkeleien, ipabrenb ct nit Der biibf6en
aarlin auf fre6e 8eiie 3u fofettiren
perlu1te, tlatiirlt1 obne 6ab oiele boz
bon MIR bic serinsfte Sioti5 tlabut. Sn
ben ipenigen Stunber bate er bereits
elite beionoere Stole iid ansemabt,
aud ben 8ebienltetet bes Sdiffes
se9eniiber ipielte er ii6 septHerulaBen
ais Der Spreher Der ganSen @eleGidaft
anf. @r f1tnpfte iiber alle @inridtur,
gen, fpra9 BON l1nberl6dn1tbett ber
@eieaf9aft, bonn 3e9t bes armen
Mannes 1nb beste anb fdwaoronirte
TT etneut fort.
ODrtiesans fOIst.)
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Gieienisen 6oru,er, mel9e bic Mil1
ibrer Giibe unberorbeitet nod ben
etdbten aum 8ertauf fenbea. bei6we.
ren ii9 bartiber, baB BITE Geiebe he
atpineen, nur inl9e Wil6 In ben
Wartt au brinaen, BITE minbefens 12 Bis
ID YtDcent feife 3sifanbtbeile entbals
ten. Gie neinen ibre belle 96ulbigs
tsit getban 3u baben, lpenn fe bic
Wfil1 in oem 3uifanbe berfaufen, in
peI@em He bieisIbe Der Qab enineb.
men, unb bob ss b6@ft unbillig fe:, f!e
fur bic demiffe 3ufammenisBung Der
Wfil9 Derantmottll1 5u raahen. unb
bod 1T bieie UtaBresel cine bhllts ge.
reGtfertiete, neil He stnou bic 1es
i6aHenbeit Der Mild i.fitlt, in mel.
der aiefe alsiu als Elm martifdbises
9tabruugsiniittl fhr bic Mtenihen an.
gefeben werfen tann. Gp menig ber
Wdler, osr WebI aus eingef6rumpften
WsBeIt6rnern u,abit, erDaitea faEn,
coB es bem Abnebmer gleihgultig hiu
follis, oh bas Wsbl aus polltommenen
oDsr unpolltommenen Wsi5entornern
grG.a1t III. ebtnio pehig tonn aud her
Wil1proouesrt i6 ber obsnetmdbnten
fauitdti,h.n Nabregel aus oer @tunbe
mibsrieyeu. mel, fstne adbe niGt i'm
Stanbe Ilnb, WtIh su liefern, ble ben
eeiebiiG f.iieeii llieu Snbalt on ftfitn
geitaattbsilea etreidt. gins 10 DE
WllG lieI,tt db,r jebe geD6bnlibe
Ganblub bei eebbiger biiitsruu9. Sa,
bitten bas @ssbeimniB liest barin, BOB
bic Uarmer, um ben W;idsriras 3u
bnstobsru su biGisen Dutte,mittsln
greifen, tuelde bic faifgen, aher ni6t
bic fsiten Bedanbtbeile Der Msil1 Der.
msbren. @hrben He ibre 2hbe nit
berielben 3hfh6t cuf Bermebrung Der
feiteu 8efiaabtbelle thitern, als fie biss
fes au bem 3wede ibun, I'm bic bIcbe
Qaari3abl Der Ylln 5u psrmehrsn, 10
naroen fie ni6t in Rolliiion tommen
nit obiger NerorbnuHg. Sollte IS
absr benz Tormer ieIbit bti better Gut.
terung niGt gelinsen. bic Wlil@ ieiner
Rhbe tnarfifdbis 81 MAIDEN. 10 muB er
einfad bieie Sbiere abi6offen unb ba'
fnr fOl6e oufaeasn. bic ben bilis ses
fteGten 4aforberunGsu Der fanitdfspo'
li5eiliGsn MaBreaeln Gsuiise leifeu. !.
(,N. 3. 5taatsaig.4)
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= Sn einer pariisr &orresponben3
an bic 2cnboner vSimes" tpirb croBee
glfaunen batuber ausseipro9en, BOB
prdfbsnt 6orriion bie &epublit @bile
wegen elmer Matroien prhgelei nit
Rrieg bebrobt. gs nirb angebeutet,
bob ber prdfibent nur bes na9baltise,
ren ginbruds wegen 10 enersifdb auf.
getreten iei.
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8, btefe Iroueu!

5rau Weier: vWeld' 6errIider Out,
ben Du oa mieber bait; uie bel bat er
Did benn eetoRet2"
Grau Maller: v6 Mierdnen, 2 Wein.
trdmpfe unb II - Is Obnma1teal II
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s@ Die Morgan City Fish and
Oyster Company bat neis bic beiten
Nuftern unb frii9efen Jii1e, Wilb &C..
Nle Auftrdge perben prompt ausge.
ftibrt. Selepbon SO. 81.
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@riber 8ros. Rnb 6abritan.
ten bon e9mudia6en aller Mrt uno
praitiibe ubrma9er, bic ibr @eid0ft
perfeben.
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aud elm Waemerianer.
Srb5ler (aiten Rram orbnenb): 80
III e e6anb' baB i9 mid 70 f9tub nit
benz S9uub."
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Sm easliihen Canal ideiterte
6er bolldnbifdbe Dampfer rglterfin"
Bon ben 81 Maun oer 8eiabung nuts
ben nur 3 gerettet.
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"a poucoaf & Gobn &nb
bic Ngenten fur BITE berhbmten 6tutt.
garier @eiunbbeits. uniertlsiber. Ser.
fu9t fie; He Rnb Die bsnsn i'm Warfte.
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Mdntel, eSSadelt ltnb III
berwiirfe.
Mebmt ben Glebator.

9as srDbte, rei6baltisite, Oolifanbisae
beit ailortirte unb billisite Gloat @aus in
Teras.
Damen.Saden gu So 80, tpertb $500.
Oamen-Saden gu $500, tpertb $3.50.
Sanbssemdbte Saden gu $3.50, tpertb 5000.
sonbpn Promenaoensa0de gu So, ipertb $11.
Danen 3eus Gapes gu $4.75, tperib Sc.
Samen Nitradan gapes gu $3.50, tpertb
$5.75.
Samen Slui6 llebertpiirfe, Satin 8eiat gu
$3.50, tpertb $12.75.
$1S 9fetpmarfets, rebucirt su $3.50.
SIS Saewntarfets, reb,leirt ;u $40.
$3.50 Siemmarfets. rebu3irt gu 1915.
$3.50 glptb Circulars, rebusirt aa $500.
llnb 70 ift i'm sansem eDepartement Bel iebem
einselnen @rtifel cine Griparnib bon 20 Bis
80 Prpaent ipabrnsbmbar.
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6iftuno0eoetteif
Homatt BON
Amtot Sret6etrm y. 8erfar.
(Eortfebuns.)

SetW NNIltg IOlgeIe ltu] UOr tNNeIeC
Grregung, un6 bel ben leeten @orten
feu9teten ii9 ieine glusen.
ul1nb bod bait Du i'm bergeseben,
ben beilieen 8oben." faste In ipebniis
tbieen1 Con 4arltu.
Der Nlte fubr auf oas mar lein
tpun6er punft.
rWetl t6 miilien bab', neil fein Sort
fomlaen n1ebr 1T fiir ben fletner 2anbs
ipirtb bet u,ts un6 i'd nod oie 9raft tn
mir fiibp, nit ben paar Tbalern ba, Die
mir nod 9eblteben linb, briiben etnen
,tetet 8oben 3u i9affen, iet es aus
Suntpf un6 Wtlbntb beraus, Der ieinen
Mann i1dbrt. l1nb LIT er einmal ges
i6affen, &arliu, tpd1it ba8 erite 2orn,
lna9' i6 Die erlte Mabo, baum min i9
nidt Der Nnerbauer iei1,, ipenn ct mir
nt4t 9erab 70 beilis ietn loI nie Der,
ben r1eine Qeut' felt ettem Sabrhunoert
befeiien. .Getn Menl6 ioll n1t6 u,ebr
tpegbringen bapott. Sd tnetn' alIeicetl,
folde 2eut' f0nnen's brau6en ba briis
belt."
DaS Mdb6en peritanb ebeniomentg
tpte er telbft ben ttefen Stnu fetner
@orte, ibre @ebanfen fparen anoerswo.
nl1no iDte Der alte @raf geitorben lit
Dortses Sabr,A fniipfte iie baS friibere
GeIpra6 an, uipie lit eS bann ge9au>
gen?A
uSebr einfad, J" nteinte Der anerbauer.
Der 6lteite Sobn abernabm baS @ut,
Der iinsere, ber Nooi, batte bas ga4.
ieben. Or befam ett mageres Sahrselb
auS9elest, bas a1oere mar Der Barrns
ber5tstett bes Vruoers iiberlahen. geo9
Dor einigea Gagea eitl ret9er iunger
Wtann, mar er jett eit1 arrner Tenfel
iino 9ufarenoffi5ter. gSetter bab' ib
nt4ts nlebr 9ebort BON iAul. - ST fat
einfad oas alte Seben niht laiien f0n,
men, 9nuloen 9ema9t, tDetB @oft, mas
fir S6nlben, mo es nur 3tDei Me9e
gibt bet biefen 0erren, cine &ugel Dor
ben 9opf o6er amertfa Gr bat bas
0ettere gewdblt. Warum es i1imu1er
5nnt RetiegelG gelangt bat, iDeib td
nt9t. oaS LAP DIR bon tim ielber er5dbs
len
Die p9ammonia oampfte jekt lang,
famer ote @lbe btnab. Ole Stabt,
griins iippi9e Slnren NIT lpeioenoenl
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&iuoer : Wfdntel.

sfie borber baben tptr barin au9 nur cine
halb 10 sroBe auspabl sebabt, ipie bieies
Sahr, ,ie porber baren bte 4reiie 10 entl9ies
ben gu @nniten Der &unben ipie be,lte.
Nunberhiibf6e seftidte Gloafs fit &inber
bon 2-5 Sabren, in tpeiB unb farbie aes
suldrer greis sieier 8aare pom $3.50 bis
$500. Bir perfaufen bieielben fiir
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81 I 3 II m 8

gum Suiamnenlesen unb gum auf1tellen in
@liiids unb Maroceo 9efe(n nit oribirten
Silber i.no antifen @lfenbein Defprationen.
gbenio auf bie'e1t lebernen Soilettes Rditen
fiir 9erren, 4liiid Rau9- Sets, Gancb plaih,
MetalIz nnb 9orn @eitelle fir perldiebenei,
@ebrauh. sae Grtifet trasen bic pppuIaren
@reiie in 3abIen.
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s@ Die bshen California Rotbs unb
Weis. .Weine BET 3. QunteI.
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Yliii6 goilette> 3dfttber

Sanbfhub. RditAets, Yarfimeriez8dft4en unb
sGlaiden, Saidentuh aaften, 3aud Sets,
@lbums, 8ilberrabnlen ,c., ipeldbe ausseseits
nete @eburtstasss, @o45eitss unb Seiertasss
@eihenfe
bon tuirf1i@ E m 90 ertbe
abseben, ipie fie I'M san3en Beitea elesanter
niht sefunben tperben f5nnen.
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$500.

9unoerte bon &leibungsitiiden fir &inper
III iebem Sitter Bon $3.50 Bis $14.
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!. 8eionoere 9lufiEcrflantfeit lenfen mir auf
infer Nflortiment bon
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&unitm0bel, &rit=a=8racS
ano Yldi9=O Ornanteute,

Betpunoernswertbe Mustpabl BON Sanebs
unh &tnits sMObeln, 8ilbern, SdaussItablen,
parlor &abinets, Gbiffonieren, Sntftanbsn !;
eehte Smprnaer anO tiirfiiae SeppiAe, yuss
unb 9ortieren; 8riiiieler, Npnttniter unb
gelpet 'Geppide ghaiie tongues, 9ebaftable
(bie einem @aIait Gbre MAIDEN tpiirber); ieis
Ssne nnS Gbenifle Sorhanse; Quilts bon
Giserbaumen, feine 8ettbeden, Subbanfe unb
taufenb anbere MrtiteI, nit einem fomplettem
gorratb bon
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Die
W09entli@e Treie Yrekt fir 31ss
erf9eint
ie0em QounerG6e
unb toitet
$3.50 fttr oas Sabr Ooer @1.26 fel.
q wsnnate tn Vpraus besabgass.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-02-19
None Of That for Him,

a seedy looking individual walked in
to the Lafayette bar recently and request
ed group OF young men, who were inn
bibing, to purchase him drink. One OF
the group said he would buy him six if
the tramp would allow himself to be hyp.
Noticed.
As the young man uttered the last
word the tramp uttered cry of despair,
and started for the door. He ran down
Sansam street until he had to stop to re-
gain his breath. One of the group fol.
lowed, and catching up to the vagrant,
asked:
"What is the matter? 1t wouldn't
hurt you to be hypnc:ized."
"Hypnotized, is it? No, Sir I read
in yesterdays paper about a hard drlnkel
out west whose wife got him hypnotized
to cure him of getting drunk. The hyp'
notizer actually made it impossible for q
drop of liquor to be swallowed; the pal
ate would low it to pass, and elected it.
Young man." he continued solemnly,
"before I'd consent to be bypnotized I'd
20 to work for my living. ."-hiladelphia
Press.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-02-19
a PLEA FOR rErrER SCHOOL HOUSES.

Mr.. EDITOR: Doubtless everybody is
ready to say they thought the above SUBJ
ject threadbare long ago, but, be that as
it may, want to put in little filling.
have taught school nearly ten years in
my life, and during this period have
never taught in house that was decently
respectable and comfortable. Many men
work aud toll and worry for years to
erect comfortable dwelling house-one
that will protect them and their children
from the wintry blasts. Fact is, some OF
our people have better barns than our
school houses. How is it that our
parents can have the heart to send their
children out from warm, cosy, fire and
comfortable dwelling to one of these
bern school houses and expect them to
learn much is passing strange to nae.
And yet, such is the case. And that is not
ell they expect first.class work from the
teacher. feel like exclaiming, "Con.
sistsncy, o thou jeWell'
I notice that in about three or four
weeks school children usually have
severe colds and coughs after they start
to school. Parents esclaim, Oh! just
bad cold. a lapse of time, a change of
weather aud The grorth of the child
brought it relief for the present. But in
reality, the germs of disease, such as
catarrh, and that yet more fatal of all
diseases consumption, were planted in
that child's system by exposure in an old
barn school house. Our country schools
are a powcr in the land for good, and the
education of the masses; but they can
never be made as effective as they might
be until the people are willing to make
their school house more comfortable.
No wonder that 80 many Of our people
are moving Into cities and towns for bet
ter educational facilities. Some of the
bright intellects of our country, and
whose names adorn the pages of history,
got their start In the country school room.
Arise, o ye people ! Arise in your man.
hood and let us rave better country
school houses.
D. EDWARD KING,
Mountain Springs School Room, Eb,u.
arg 9Th, 1891.
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is bright little lassie of about ten years,
and q pupil of Miss Leila Brown, at
Trinity School:
Once there was little boy playing
with several monkeys, and when the lit
tie boy got tired playing he wanted to go
to bed, and SO he got the whip and whip.
ped the monkeys and made the monkeys
stay still until he went to sleep and
rested awhile, but as you know, monkeys
are always in some mischief. They said
let's all go when the little boy gets
asleep and take him off and wake him up
and scare him. All said we'll. In few
minutes the little boy was fast asleep.
They were looking around for place to
slip in and not wake the little boy up,
when the little fellow raised up and said
"Please go off and let me sleep" So
they went off and stayed until they
thought he was asleep again. They
went and carried him off and told him
that they we're going to kill him, and so
the little fellow said next time that he
was going to close the doors up next
time he tried to go to sleep, and he knew
that the monkeys were about he told
them that he would not play with them
any more if they didn't let him go, but
when they let him loose he said that he
wasn't afraid of them. When he said
that TO them they said to just try it again
and they would show him how to fight,
but the little boy said no he didn't want
to, because he was too good a boy to do
such a thing as that. The old monkeys
said that he was afraid to, but he wasn't,
you know. I didn't mean that he was,
though I put it that way, but you know
people are apt to make mistakes.
RUTuIE RUSH.
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Distinguished Plety on The Field Of
Battle,

Colonel James A. Hoyt, editor Of the
Baptist Courier, pays the following tri.
butte to the late Rev. William Thomas, of
the South Carolina Conference, whose
memoir we published few weeks ago:
In recent issue of the Southern Chris.
tan Advocate we find tender and beau.
tiful tribute to The late Rev. William
Thomas, q member of the South Carolina
Conference, who died at Florence on the
lst of December, 1890, after brief ILL.,
nsss. He was on his way to attend the
annual meeting at Anderson, although
sick and suffering when be started, and
it ls told Of him that he spake and sang
his joy and hope till death sealed his
lips The sketch ia written by our
friend, Rev. John o. Wilson, and brings
to mind the only occasion upon which
re ever saw Brother Thomas, to which
allusion Is made in the sketch. It was
st CampbelPs Station, in East Tennessee,
in the Fall of 1868, when Longstreet was
pressing the Federal forces back towards
Knoxville, and We had been pursuing
the enemy from daylight until the mid
die Of the afternoon. General Burnside
made halt at the little railroad hamlet,
and the lines were joined for desperate
conflict seemingly. The artillery was
brought into action Immediately, and
hurtling missiles were filling the air with
death and destruction. Jenkins's Bri-
gade of South Carolinians was supporting
The artillery of the Confederates, and
was fearfully exposed in an open field
without protection, while shot and shell
we're thinning ranks here and there.
Not far from us, in most exposed posi-.
tion, gallant soldier received his death
wound, and soon after he called earnestly
for prayer to be made in his behalf.
Then took place the scene described by
Brother Wilson, in which the brave and
loving Christian manifested the spirit of
his Master, and went to the relief of his
fellow man unmindful of danger and
needless Of the consequences to himself.
We cannot recall the words used in the
petition, though they we're distinctly
heard at the time, smid the clash and
fury of the battle, but We will venture to
say that no soldier within sight ever
forgot the scene where VIM. Thomas
poured forth his soul in behalf of a dying
comrade. Brother Thomas was private
in tho Hampton Legion infantry, which
was commanded at that time by N. W.
Gary, and in the official orders issued a
few days afterwards he was promoted to
the Chaplaincy Of the Legion for distin-
guished piety on the field of battle, if
We remember the words correctly. The
Legion was shortly afterwards transferred
to the cavalry service, and We believe
that Brother Thomas continued to fill
the position so honorably won until that
famous command cut its way through
the lines aud refused to surrender at
Apoomattox.
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PByvlNCIALIsMs AND OTHER
THOUGHTS.
WACO, S. g., February Z, 1897

NACo, =. ", reosuaTy 4, loSl'
Mr.. EDITOR: am glad to see the
"ice has been broken" by some Of the
teachers, and perhaps others will send in
contributions, thereby exchanging ideas
aud helping to make the Teachers Col
umn more interesting.
7 heartily agree with Miss Roberts in
regard to the phonic method preferred to
the old a B O method. The advantages
of the former over the latter are too nu-
merous to mention. From what I can
ascertain, the A B G teachers are greatly
in the minority, and hope the time is
not far distant when such a thing as
teaching child to repeat again and
again A B g will be thing of the past.
No wonder child thought that school
was "next thing to JAIL" when he was
pinned down to the old "blue.back
spelling.book" day sitter day, and maybe
wear out two Or three pages of the A B
C's before be mastered them. But learn
them he must, forwards and backwards,
and "skip about" until the poor little
fellow wished there never had been such
a thing thought of as schools or teachers.
I have been along there myself, aud
know whereof 1 speak.
Mr.. Few's remarks on Provincial
isms" called forth 10 my mind my stay
in the low>country, having taught school
eight months in Oraugeburg County,
and used to laugh to myself at what I
considered their "lunny way OF talking"
Along with all those Mr.. F. mentions I
will note few more. To my ear, one of
the most outlandish expressions was to
"outeu the fire. IF child carried an
order from the mother to another child,
it would be delivered in this way: 'Ma
say how for you," &c, If fthey wanted TO
kuow where anything was it would be:
"Where it is?" Speaking of anything
boiled, it would be "boilt." Where we
would say, II never SEQ them now" with
them it would be II never see them any
more," that any more being used wher-
ever they can make fit it. I CART
recall many of their expressions I picked
up while among them. 1t was in vain
tried to get some OF my pupils to sound
the h in which, avhat, eohsre, &c, that
being their mother-tongue. I was
among irst.claas, well-to.do people, but
have often heard "diB' (this), "dere"
(there) and "dey" (they). No doubt
they would think We talked as funny as
they. Here are some provincialisms ]
have heard in our own County. Your
hostess will say "Take out some ham" for
whatever 1t may be). "Pass me the but.
ter" I have heard often. There is that
word "tote" that worries me, to hear peo-
pie who know better, use constantly !;
how often do I have to reproye my pu-
pills for using it, but use it they will.
AS it is not my intention to set myself
up as critic, I'll leave the subject aud
talk little about our school. I Will
lust hore state that the children and I
IRE delighted with our Arithmetical
Chart, with which our Trustees have
provided us, and to wLocl sc extend
sincere thanks, fer find it of much help.
Come to see us again, Mr. Editor. Hope
I have not trespaused too much, but hav.
emit said all wanted to.
Respectfully,
LEILA BROWNE.