The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-12-16
CASUAL OBSERVATIONS.
The Unjust Man and the Beau
tiful Snow.

They TeIl-Theory Versus Practice in
Teaching schooi-The NJ an and His Horse
Our city officials are evidently
not alone in their neglect to en-
force the snow ordinance rigorous
ly, if we may judge from the fol-
lowing from the Detroit Joaqnal.:
while the snow falls ON the
just and unjust alike, you will
notice that the unjust let's it stay
on his sidewalk long after the just
has hustled it into the gutter.
If the CHRONICLE were to put
the matter in that gentle way, we
are just afraid that some people,
who think themselves real nice,
wouldn't like it.
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The tramp nuisance is again
becoming prominent. Year by
year the tramps arrive here in
considerable numbers at stated
seasons. The difficulty in dealing
with them is that some are tramps
from choice and some from neces-
sity. The former deserves no en-
couragement, not even a term of
comfortable idleness in the county
Jail The latter are deserving of
sympathy and help, The question
is, which is which? That cannot
be decided from the tramp's own
story. Indeed, it may be safely
said, "the better the story the
wosre the man p Indiscriminate
giving of food, clothing or shelter,
especially Of money, may simply
be helping the thieves who will
rob yourself and your neighbors.
A labor..test is absolutely required.
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We have made inquiries at the
Market Street Mission and find
that although the wood yard is
only partially in operation, that
no man is being turned away who
is willing to do any work, and
work of some kind has been fur
nished to every applicant. 1t is
therefore wise to refer all beggars
to that institution. All who are
willing to work will be received
and our cititizens may be perfect
| ly sure that those who are Sleep
ing in the mission dormitory will
neither break into their houses nor
rob their chicken roosts. Tick
cts for use in referring applicants
to the mission may be had on APP
plication to the superintendent at
! the rate Of ten for one dollar.
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The communication concerning
the Teachers Institute, which
we print on another page, is, if
somewhat radical, exceedingly
well timed. Reports Of the pro-
ceedings of institutes in other
places show that there is ten
dency to lose sight of the practi-
cal, and to turn the institutes into
gatherings to listen to abstract
addresses, or where there is an
approach TO anything practical, it
is apt to be altogether irrelevant.
1t might be well to devote some
time to an open discussion among
the teachers themselves on school
organization, discipline and meth
DDS Of instruction. Teachers, for
the most part, understand the
/ theory of education, and it would
be of great value to them to COM
pare notes as to the best ways of
reducing theory to practice.
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It is an old saying that "the
merciful man is mereiful to his
beast" but it seems that not even
self-interest will make cruel or
thoughtless man give proper care
to dumb animals. The occasion
for these remarks is the large num-
Der of unblanketed horses to be
seen standing about our streets,
and more especially at night.
Those who are guilty of the Of
Tense are generally in Morristown,
many OF them dependent on their
horses for a living. For instance,
hacks may often be seen standing
in front Of liquor saloons at night
with no blanket on the horse. 1t
is true that most men who drink