Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1908-11-13

Mrs. Chanworth, who underwent
q surgical opera ion at the Water
town hospital last week for appen-
t'dicitis, is said to- be recovering.
nicely 81.
The Watertown Garbo nating Cons
pany has new wagon on the
streets for the de- livery Of their
produce. tt is built low, designed,
especial y for handling cases and
bottled goods.
Mrs. Steve johnson entertained,
| the ladies' aid Of the Norwegian
Lutheran church last Thursday af-
ternoon id the basement Of the
church. After q short business;
session the ladies' spent the after
noon in d social hour, which was;
followed by a light luncheon
The large Keystone to the arch
spanning the main entrance to the
new federal bull ding was placed in
position one day last week Ita
was a very particular piece of MAJ
son work, as there is q great deal
Of massive work to go on top Of it. j
Mr.. Pruger, the contractor. ex-
poets to get the building enclosed
before the excessive cold weather.
An editor works s65 days il Al
year to get out Fl fty-two issues Of
a paper, that's labor. Once ia
while q subscriber s!pays d year in
advance for his paper, that's capi-
tai. And once in q while some sons
of-a-sea- coock of q dead beat takes
the paper for two or three years
then skips out without paying for
it, that's anarchy
Clint Bibbins has removed hisI
family to Watertown from his
farm in the northern part of theI
county. Clint says that personally
he had rather remain on the old
farm instead Of moving into town,
but the children did not have thel
school facilities ia the country that
they will. have in,the city, hence the
move.
Do not NEEDLE with business
you know nothing Of unless you
commence at the bottom of the lad
der and round after round work
towards the top. Forsif you are.
successful enough to reach the top
round you will find plenty to APP
fplaud and assist. But he who COM
mences at the top Of the ladder
inus it an easy matter to descend
md oft with great rapidity. And
When he has reached the bottom
ne will find hundreds there watt
ng to kick him.
The schoolma am is the guiding
star Of the republic. She takes
the little bantling fresh from the
home nest, full of his pouts, his
pets and his passions, ungovernable
in many cases, rampant riotous
little wretch whose own mother
often admits she sends him to
school purposely to getSrid Of him.
The schoolma' am takes a whole
carload Of these little anarchists
halfo whom singly and alone can
notsbe handled by their own moth
ers and she puts them in the way
of becoming useful citizens.
Isit because teachers fall into
mechanical, monotonous ruts Of
teaching and perform their work.
in manner so school like and SO
little school-like that it never oc-
ours to the pupil that what he
learns from his books has any con-
nection with or application to the.
things that occur. in everyday life?
Here we think is@the trouble.
Let each teacher make his work.
more and more practical; let him.
strive to lift his pupils from their
unthinking, impractical methods
of study; let him give them matter
for thot upon the simple common
things around them; let him en-
deavor to create an interest in
their minds upon the subjects dis
cussed by the older people of the
community and soon we shall have
a race Of children in our schools
who will know more at the age of
~ Of what is practical and useful
than our children know when they
leave the common schools.
Tell us not in idle jingle" mar
rage is empty dream" for the
girl is dead that's single, and
things are not what they seem.
Life is real, life is earnest, single
1blessedness fb; Man thou art,
/ t5man returneth Z, has been spok-
en- Of the rib. Not enjoyment and
mot sorrow is our destined end or
way, hut to act that each tomorrow
finds us nearer marriage day Life
i ID 1nrer and Youth thjs f1eatinr5