Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-07-21
Letter from C0mus.

The closing of the public school here, on
the last Of June, was the finale OF remark
| able years work, the attendance having
been unprecedentedly large during the year,
the work done being OF high order, two OF
the pupils passed creditable examinations
in Frederick county and iour in Rockville,
Others are LETT still preparing for probes
| sional work, some will go 10 college. This
school will have To employ an assistant at
no distant day, indeed it should have had
one during the whole Of the year just closed,
and can only be made perfectly efficient by
doing 50. Ii any school wants an earnest
teacher, fired with an inspiration in and for
their work, and will write to A q. Harley,
the principal, ii can doubtless be supplied
This is grand place for educational and
living facilities, located on this line OF breezy
hills, healthy 10 perfection, with the best air
IN the world, backed up BY the beautiful
sugar Loaf Mountain, it is no wonder that
teachers grow and develop here, let the
school be crowded with them next year
Western Maryland ought to have Norma
School OF its own, and there is no better
spot for II than here at Comus, where amid
natures brightest surroundings the students
can have what the cities anu large towns
can never furnish, the finest air, the purest
water, and all the surroundings free from
every thing calculated 10 faint the charac.
ter or vitiate the desires, or democrat ize the
habits Of this young men and women. Spe
cial work Is being done in this school all
the time, pupils make their own apparatus,
experiment with them and then study the
philosophy OF the thing, the natural order.
AS To local news In general, there is no
plethora, Thy harvest Is past" but ii you
We're here thu morning, you would soon
realize that the summer was not ended
The wheat crop is good Mr.. John T.. Sell
man was ne FIRST 10 thresh aud realized
handsome crop. The hay crop seems 10 be
good, MT. Q. X. Hershey leading in this line
with beautiful field OF timothy, now fully
saved. The corn crop is promising, and If
prices for wheat and corn would only 20
up to any reasonable figure, a broad smile
would light up the faces OF the farmers, and
send a thrill of happiness through many
homes. Oh what Held for the latter day
politicians, who are fitting through the coun-
~ and country just now, if they could only
lind time to devote themselves to the study
OF political economy, and bring about bet
ter state OF affairs in the country, then would
the present generation rise up and call
them blessed, but alas it takes too much
time @ ride aronnd, kiss the children, tlatter
the women aud make promises of place to
low has tied tor him, deny reports in circu
latiOn about him and circulate some on the
other side. Ii there Is a better day coming
for American politics, as the boy said ia
school, "Let her come"
Our mechanics, Messrs. Lnhn and w olle,
are always driving things on some i ne aud
doing good work. Our mercha mt, Mr.. Max.
we'll, is, when you call him, always "all
right" some where. The only case OF sick.
ness is that Of Miss Marge Harley, whose
health broke down in the early spring she
is much better and hopes Tor a speedy re-
covery. We have new mail carrier now,
and some Of the girls hope TO have a new
beau after while.
Chidren's day was bright and beautiful,
the crowd WINS large, the singing sweet, the
Rotations good, and the speech, ah the
writer made one of them, that is sufficient,
the other two were good, and Superintend
ent Maxwell was and is in his glory. Our
farmers are In good trim and next week
will be turning up the soil for another wheat
crop.
Co@as,J July II, 1893 ABIyF