The Newtown bee., 1897-08-13

not perfect harmony between myself
and assistants, and that they did not like
this little arrangement about the ''sur-
plus" But this is far from the truth.
AT no time during my incumbency of
the Office of principal was there any
thing but the best of good will and CO.
operation between or among US. And
this was true to the end despite illY-dis-
guised efforts of small coterie of NAL
contents to stir up strife. I shall hold
each and all of my assistants in pleas
ant recollection whether | meet them in
the schoolroOm again or not. | certain
~ know the committee lived up to their
contracts with all the teachers and paid
each exactly what was owed And what
more do they ask? When the cut of $50
was made last year, it is true both assis-
tants declined to work for less than their
former salaries. So didI. The commit
tee then re-engaged all the old teachers
under the district vote upon the old
terms, and paid them as long as the ap-
preparation for the schools held out,
which was 80 weeks. That was equita-
BILE and what the district voted. They
got what they bargained for so did l.
except remuneration for janitor's work,
performed by my son the last year. (
noticed the reverend record-searcher
failed to give the surplus for the last
year; SO L will. 1t amounted to So and
few cents. Was the withholding of
this little fact willful, or not? Answer,
you who know this good man.
But here is the plum in the pudding.
Read what he says about it:
"Mr Corbett's first bill for the wear
was as follows: TO tuition senior de-
partment, September, 1896, $50. To
making enumeration and district book
$40. Total, So" The number enumer-
ated last October was 1873. The law al
lows the committee 81 for the first so
enumerated and three cents for each ov-
er that number, which would amount to
$3.49 for enumeraEing, and the district
book, in which to write the names in
fer. would cost 1851"
The parson made the above mistake
that all tyros in logic make-that of mis-
taking an inference for a fact, and using
it as premise. We reason from the
known to the unknown but we never
draw deduction from an inference, UNI
less we know no better, or unless we get
tangled in our own special pleading.
do not know which difficulty affiicts the
good parson, but suspect the latter. The
book referred to above, and which cost
SO 81 by the dominie's calculation is q
book prepared by me for district use
containing the district bounds, taxable
property list and enumeration by streets
and houses. This the committee deem
of great use for the future needs OF the
district. Lie Is authoritative with re-
spect to future taxation as it is a copy
made by the undersigned when assessor.
The committee gladly paid the bill. The
good parson inferred it was small pass
book costing or 10 cent perhaps. He
meets NE every day. Why didn't he
ask me about it?. Why? Don't be fool
ish. That would let the
milk out of the cocoannt.
The Sandy Hook parson reiterates the
same old idea given in pal1iation of the
doings of the board of estimate in June !:
Why then should the Sandy Hook
school with two departments of 30 pupils
each, more or less, pay its teachers, men
or women, more than the teachers, men
or women, are paid in Huntingtown with
It's 81 pupils, Taunton with It's 81, and
Lands End with its 80 children2 Is there
any different work done? No. Ts there
any better work dones No.
This is the worst case Of special plead
Ing ever knew presumably cultured
man to use Why, indeed, should the