The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-01-13
MUSINGS FRoM MoNoNaALIA

hcnools are cmtn forth ~ this cour-
tyt seeking whom they may .deiude.
they may be expected to move in a
mysterious way their antics to per.
form. The seedssthey sow may b ythe
golden grains Sot.wisdom or the wild
oats OF folly, anyway the salary will
be the same. Be prepared, dear voter,
to yield to their gigantic srins and
seductive smiles. Blessed are they4that
swallow an overdose of fulsome flat
terry for they shall never need a com.
fortcr.
II teachers were paid according to
labor performed there would be more
than three diameters to the salaries.
What percent. Of the teachers have
read the three greatest works In edu.
cation In the world. .Piato'e "Repub.
lie" spencer's Education" and Rous.
seau'e "EmiIe ? ~ Ministers are sup.
posed to read the Bible before they
stand n the pulpit, and should not
sehnoI teachers be expected to study
the standard works on education be-
fore they reduce tho States revenue:
We venture the verdant guess that
when Or. Fred FoolthemaIi Cook Is
found he will be at the pleasant task
Of contemplating the beauty Of that
S1oc,ooc secured from a ereduious
world. "The jingle Of the guinea
helps the hurt ti,at honor feels"
II you ate a dishonest oyster you
can not escape the penalty and said
penalty is greater than the price Of
the oyster. This statement will smile
upon a rigid investigation.
Bryan says he does not Took upon
prohibition as a paramount Issue and
this moves a cruel editor to remark
that infant baptis:n yet .remains for
the laxative Bryan to bring forth 40
a pressing question for poIitictans to
pirate over. -
The winds came and the rain fell
and that resolution you recently made
will soon be lost In the waste basket
Of foraetfu:fcss. See; -
We trust that tumuituouu th%eoIogian
Of Fairrnont will again soon favor US
with. a lengthy Grafton on SHOCKING
Christians" It will receive all the
consideration 1t deserves ~,
Dear reader. we wonder II you are
not deeply impressed with the fol-
lowing simple of profound wisdom
from Josh BilIings?- eft Is better to
not know much than-to know SO muci,
that ain'tttru:." ~ 80 ~,
A. modern producer of placid pro-
verbs says a man "a often known by
his paths through the snow. We pre-
sumo that he is limiting at the fact that
a ztgzag path indicates tina. recent
absorption, of an express package. 3
Poultrymen in this county are COM
planning that hens refuse to lay when
prices are up and the thermometer
down. It is useiessato kick against
fate or the decisions Of a hen.
Tine following iron, a journal Of
ability and worth should be reprinted
in every daily, weekly and monthly
periodical in the world: ain sixteen
years our naval expenditures have in
creased from $22,Ooo,coo to $4,000,
oco. If some Of the millions now be-
ing expended in preparation for wars
that will come, were devoted to
the making of good roads and lmprov.
irg inland waterways, our vast popu-
latfon would be better housed and
better fed. It is clear. that It Is not
battleships this, country needs but
better means Of getting to market.
This Is another SUBJECT to talk over
with your Congressman when he SO.
iicits your vote" Think Of the. in.
consistency OF SO called Christian M
ttons spending millions for war yes.
sells to protect us from other so called
Christian nations and thousands suf-
fcr:ng for food and clothing. 'Alas.
the rarity of Christian ctarity.r
A few years since Prif. Lester r.
Ward delivered a series Of lectures at
the University which caused the in.
teilectuaI slussards and those who
possess %sedentary mental machln cry
to open their orbs and notice things.
In New York c:!:y, last week Prof.
Ward delivered an address on "Spain
and the Martyrdom Of Ferrer." The
following selections from the address
indicates that Prof. Ward does not
yet have an abundance Of love for ia.
norance and ~superstition: "lmagine a
Country In which only every third man
you meet can read a newspaper. What
kind of a country would that be? Il
would be one In which Just such phe.
nomena as the enc we are here to con-
s'der tonight would be possible. In
a country where, the. percentage Of
illiteracy Is relatively small, such phe.
npmena are InpossthIe that In and