The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1892-01-01

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happier. A person cannot expect to feel
very cheerful with the pores of his skin
all sealed up, while he sits day after
day in a close room breathing his own
breath over and over again.
Numerous reasons are given why peo-
pie do not go to church. We have paid
considerable attention to the matter
and our conclusion is that one reason is
all sufficient. There is no need of enum-
Grating II excuses when one covers the
whole ground. The sheriff announced
to the court that there were 81 reasons
why the accused in certain case was
not present to respond, the first reason
being that he was dead. The judge de-
clared that one reason sufficient and
waived all the others. We have con-
cluded that the reason why so many
people do not go to church is because
they don't want to and it is better to be
honest about it at once. This is suffi-
cient reason and, in most cases, probably
covers all the rest.
A corner in coffee and a panic in
wheat! Oh, the denominations of trade!
What buying and selling! bodies, souls
and rubbish! buying cheap to make
dear and selling dear to cheaper. Buy
ing up to make a demand and selling
out when nothing is needed. Getting a
living by withholding the necessities of
life from others. Adulterating the ma
terials of poor mans blood for the
wages of his toll Are these immortals
who can do such things or swine herd
scrambling over each other for a morsel
in the dirt? Bulls and bears. Well nam
ed. But it is far from honorable to the
brute beasts, which are, at least, true to
their native instincts.
The first business of the school teach
er is to teach. To teach both by precept
and example. AS the teacher is so will
the effect be more or less upon the pupil.
The manners and morals of the instruct
or of children and youth may be so i'm
pressed upon them as to remain with
them for life even. For this reason, the
teachers life needs to be rectified and
enlarged by wider studies and the fire.
quent advices of an experienced super
vision and by association with other
teachers. The practical work of teach
ing begins with giving out the lessons.
Many teachers fail at the start. The
lesson must be adapted to the pupil and
he may need most of all to be taught
how to learn it. 1t is great point to
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help him so that he may best help him
self and yet not do the work for him.
Teaching should prevent mistakes as
we'll as correct them.
II we had riches, we would invite the
surveyors of highways to 60 on an ex-
cursion through certain towns and then
give them a good dinner. In this pleas
ant way, we would endeavor to call their
attention to a few simple facts about
roads. The highways of a town are of
great public Importance, not simply in
the matter of going to market, but as af-
fecting the health, manners and morals
of the people. Besides that, we spend
more money on our roads than for any
other public interest. That money should
be wisely spent for the public conven-
fence and comfort. The essentials of a
good road are few and simple. First,
track broad enough for two teams to
pass each other without danger of upset.
ting, or provocation for swearing. Sec
ondly, clean out the stones and dig the
rocks. Material to work with? There is
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down the hills and grade up the hollows.
Gravel is good, but it needs Judgment to
go with it. 1t is seldom needed on the
tops of hills.
The communist, at least of certain
class, says: tWhat is yours is mine, for
men have no right to be rich.' The doc
trine of Christ is: "What is mine is
yours, if you need it, for wealth is the
gift of heaven" God gave the earth to
man for his use. But the true use of
property was lost art, if indeed it had
never been discovered, till Christ came
to reveal the divine worth and spiritual
significance of this life and of all materi-
al things. 1t takes the son of God, by
whom the world was made, to teach us
its best uses. The spirit of the Gospel
is directly opposed to the narrow, selfish
spirit of mine and thine which belongs
to the disturbed and unnatural condi-
tions of society. The human family, as
it now is, does not purpose to make COM
munity use of the world. 1t is charac-
teristic of the animal man to get all he
can and keep all he gets for his own. But
from the spiritual standpoint, all things
belong to the children of God. As St
Paul wrote: 'All things are yours and
We are Cbrist's and Christ is Gods"
What pity that such beautiful streets
as we naturally have should be so neg
lected and abused. Our roads suffer
more from lack of systematic draining,
probably, than from any other cause. A
great deal of work is done at random. A
good piece of highway will be found to
be good watershed. The roadbed is
rounded up and has a continuous gutter
on both sides, hence it gets washed out
but little and settles quickly. A good
deal of our highway has but one gutter
and that is in the middle of the road.
We have had some experience with
good many different sorts of people and
we think that, by all odds the hardest
subject we ever had to deal with, is the
man who always prides himself on al
ways minding his own business. He new
er hires anything done that he can do
himself; he never borrows because he