The Newtown bee., 1899-10-27
town, last week, visiting his father, s. D Moore.
WOODBuRY.
A BUGLE BLAST FROM THE wEEKEEPEE
 NEE ORATOR..

| A BUGLE BLAST FROM THE INTERPRETERS
 NEE ORATOR.
 Mir Editor: My alter ion was called to little article in the Reporter sigi ed ''Amicus.o Some pc ople tbibk 1t shou have been signed, sAm cuks." Tn, wise man said, "Answ CT not fee &C., cording to his folly, lest thou also bt like unto him." He also said, "Answef fool according to his folly, lest he
 wise ill his own conceiG." In this case think Amicus should be answered accord ing to his folly, for the person he ha
 reference to never has and never vii
 attend the graded school any more thai
 ment, but belor to the school of higher grade such as Mr Mitchell intended hi,
 money to be exclusively used for.
 Besides, this person is studying tht
 same study and in the same book, and if am correctly informed, would be in th.' same class if Prof Weeks was principal, so would like to say to Amicus that
 kindergs rten and graded school never has and never will be any help to hin
 and as near as I can fad out he is no
 getting along 1s we'll in his studies as h. was in the Parker Academy. Besides b; | knows how to play marbles, jack stone , l i ack st raws, and in fact nearly all ga mes | l And fr nm the bottom of my heart l an | thankful to the kind Providence of Goo | that kept the Evil One out of the distric schools until sll of my children got be yond the age of playing marbles, Or hiring teams to carry them to and from schco ol.
 l It may be very amusing and enter tain il g for eslsried people who have ! :nty f spare time to step in and see childrel
 under five years of age taught. Shs justly belongs to true mother, at the
 expense of the poor taxpayer, who, ss
 our honorable judge said at cur annuS town meeting, has got to buckle downt
 meet this extra tax. l sincere ly hope tht
 these little tots Gas the clergy call them)
 will do as much good in the world g.
 Moses, Dorcss, George Washington and
 Abraham Lincoln did. Abraham Lin
 coin knew how to split rails and the
 Father of Our Country knew how to use
 hatchet. and Dorcas knew how to
 thread needle aud use 1t. not oLly for , her good but for others, and from the . time that Moses was taken out of the
 bullrushes until Pharaoh's daughter gave him his higher education, Moses
 was under the instruction of his mother, where every child should be that has & 3 mother. F,r God put into mothers
 heart what person outside of 8 pa rent
 is stranger to. The great prophet
 Samuel was under his mothers care as
 long as she could keep him, and the par
 ents of the Lord Jesus Christ spent three
 days looking for him when he was at a the age of 12, and yet the Legislature a has passed law that few cranks can a step up to parents and deprive them of n the rights and privileges God gave them
 l when he ordained the marriage relation h in the Ga rien of Eden, before the LeRis- !, lature, or the enemy of our souls, invent a ed town management. The good clergy. :. man says in hia articles on graded n schools that the fficials have been com V pelled, the past year, to sit through nc ri . than sc )re of sessions, some of then F extending nearly to midnight. Why P were they compelled to hold Il of these if sessions at the expense of the town, and 10 why couldn't they agree until rly .s midnight? And why couldn't they az .e ro upon e r5ain schoola, one of which has :, fiually been opened?
 ,+ If Chrigtlike spirit had been mani .t fested in that Town hall, if 8 Christlikt 10 spirit had been manifested throdghou d all of this school business, would it hav ,t been necessary to hold over 20 sessions
 ome of them extending nearly untl
 midnight? If Christlike spirit hat
 been manifested would the whole tow
 of Woodbury been stirred from center t. n circumfe 5nce? If the town committe )r had been in their closets wrestling witt E Israel's God, as Jacob of old did until hi G. name was changed from Jacob to Israel Ut ar d then gone into court and stood u - for temperance and righteousness, 8 }; Queen Esther did for the lives of he L." own Kindred and people, would tn IT scales have turned at our last annus }; town meeting in favor of the greates < curse that rests upon the town, stat' 3, nation and world? Which is of the mot is importance, a little brain knowledg 3: that must be left at the portals of th r. grave, or immortal souls that must exii B. through the ages of never ending etel
 nity, either in eternal happiness or eve
 lasting misery and woe, and if no drunl DO ard can ever enter the kingdom ( I heaven, why should the churches b se asleep or quarreling over the best way od get brain knewledgeS The great apos tl' ee whose name was changed from Saul :. Paul, says: "Though I speak with tt sii tongues of men and of angels, an ak though have the gift of prophecy, an
 unde rstand Il mysteries aud all know w. edge, and though have all faith so ths iss 1 could remove mountains, and have n(
 charity, or love, am nothing, but au on become as sounding brass or tinkliD
 cymbal." Was it charity, Gr love, thu 70 n paid no regard to an old persons wishe N' who furnished the money for this memt as rial building? Is it love that compe or little children to go miles in all kinds ( weather and traveli: g instead of fe ne rods or furlongs? Is 1t love that lay
 the cruel hands of an unhC l7, unrigh ar eous and unjust law that forces thel {, through trials and hardships whic h. might be avoided? Is it bye to il jure 't- child's health and br ak down it's const D" tuition Oh the corrupt Legislature an , aristocracy of New England that Is d. 'll stroyipg the homes of the poor aud rol m ping the Church of the Lord Jeau 5: Christ!
 ." As sit here the thoughts come rush a ing into my mind so fast that coul o, fill volume, but if do not lay dow
 my pencil my good brother w'lt accua g me of burdening the columns of highl CT esteemed paper. So in conclusion wi y say I am thankful that do not live ol IT. the plains where it smells 30 strong ( fire and birthstone, especially since tn to rumse Il ITS csI ried the day by licens t' vote. I had rather live up in the will ID of Weekeepeemee, where tempe raDc
 and righteousness reign and whel )r courageous women reside who stan n roady Rith drawn swords to defend thei re Cffspring, and the ancient landmar
 which is the inheritance of their fathers Ta ard some of them are determined to kee