Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-04

wonderful and unique "Time Limit" al
ready once or twice referred to.
Ia the asking by tho proper authorities
for school money for the coming year,
the estimate is made up of several items !:
first and foremost, as IL must always be,
comes "teach hers wages" and IL may not
be out of place to remark that this item
alone is 5000 more than was expended,
six years aeo, for ;he whole running ex-
penses of the whole school depart ment
for year, and 10 fl1 900 in excess OF what
was paid for the same purpose last year |;
see school report for '93). Then follow
In due order, jsnitors, repairs, fuel, print
ing, apparatus, furniture, free text books
and evening schools, each one of these
several requirements being inflated "way
up to the top NOTCH" aud then, rs II not
satisfied with what they had done, and
with a laudable (r)desire to see just how
far they could go, there are tackled on a
couple of "riders" In the shape OF "sup-
plies, q, 900 and incidentals, f3, ,669. .92. +"
Just what that odd 92 cents Is for does
not appear. Can 1t be possible that
another hen coop Is wanted, or another
pair OF rabbits, or 10 an additional batch
of colored blotting paper to be bought
and cut up into lanterns to trim christ
mas trees. Is there to be another model
for "posing" set up for the little people
to draw fromH II so, the writer would
humbly suggest for the purpose a mud
beg pardon, a clay statue of Pawtucket In
the character of "Rschel weeping for her
children, and refusing to be comforted,"
The late, and lamented, Ned Dispeau,
when he had more laborate supper or 4
larger collation. than usual to furnish, was
wont to take an old newspaper and a
short lead pencil, rub the -four OF his
hands on to his face, and figure up how
much 1t would cost. Sitting beside him
one day, while he was thus engaged, and
watching him as he jotted down on the
margin OF the paper "oysters, meats and
game, vegeta bles, salads, herbets, cake
and creams, fruits, nuts and coffee," the
writer noticed at the foot of the long list
--"D. r. q. $500" Naturally his curiosi.
ty was aroused and he inquired what that
meant. Throwing back his head, wsg-
ging his chin and hesitating, not to say
stammering, a little, there came into
Ned's eye that jolly twinkle which those
who knew him intimately Will remember
so we'll, and, as he gave the -four on his
forehead an extra dab, he said-"DoEt Z
know what ID. +. G. means, ehf Well, 1t
means darned fuss generally, and | don't
half get my money back at that" Now
erhaps the overburdened taxpayers
would not object to paying for a small
and choice quantity of "darned fuss gen.
orally" in matters educational, but when
they are called on to hand out "a $3.50 so
under this disguise of "supplies and incl
dentals," II would not be strange IL they
should "kick." The place and time to
make this licking effectusi is at the aP-
preparation meeting of the City Council
In January '94, and 1t Is to be hoped that
the "kickiDg" then and there exhibited
will be of style and quality to give
points to a uiule, and make Maggie Cline
fairly turn green with envy.
But, soberly and seriously, this is a sub
ject that calls for careful, earnest, con-
scientious consideration. 1t involves the
future we'll being, the symmetrical mem
tai growth OF the rising generation, and
the prosperity, the progress, the very life
and existence Of our city OF Pawtucket.
Reader, you are yourself personally, in
timstely, nnsvoidsoly involved in the
proper solution of the problem here pre-.
sented. Whether you are alderman,
councilman, city official or private citizen,
look into the matter in all It's bearings,
weigh well the responsibility resting upon
you, get at the bottom facts, and act
accordingly. X