Year: 1866

Especial Correspondence of the Cleveland LEADkR.l


ORRvILLE, WAYNE Co, o, March Ia.


We are having regular old-fashioned


month of March. Now it is clesr and


pleasant, presently the wind begins howl


ing around the corners and in few min


utes the air is filed with the falling snow,


equal to midwinter. The cleud passes


rapidly away, and we are again left to the


cheering influence of old Sol. This is


about the days programme changing once
in each hour.


The chief topic of conversation in our
town is the satisfactory manner in which
the students of the Orrville public schools
passed through rigid examination at
the close of the term on the 9th inst.
The principal Mr.. Palmer, is certainly
deserving great credit for the rapid ad-
vaneement made by the students in his
department. When we consider that the
school room was continually crowded
with nearly double the number it could
conveniently accommodate - thereby
greatly limiting the time that should
have been devoted to each class
the examination was not confined
to any previously selected les
sons for the occasion as is too frequently
the case, but strangers and others We're
permitted to PROFOUND such questions as
they saw fit, which always received |
prompt and correct reply. The exam
ination exercises were interspersed with |
delightful vocal and instrumental music |
by Miss Lehman's class of students, the |
majority of which are quite young girls, |
but their performance would do credit to
persons Of more years and experience.
In the evening happy Reunion was
held at the residence of DR.. Boy
er, where the little folks, as well as
some larger ones, enjoyed themselves
hughely. The Cornet Band was in at
tendance both at the examination and
reunion. Closing a session in the above
manner is much more worthy of eommen-
dation than the usual country style of
giving Hgrand exhibition" for which
six or eight weeks of the most valuable
time are thrown away in a fruitless at
tempt to produce some foolish theatrical
play which amounts to nothing at last.
We are in sad need of new school build
ing, but owing to the numerous other
improvements in which our citizens are
engaged, the old building will have
to stand for a year OF tive yet


Here is fine opening for large, first
class hotel The constant and increasing
number passengers always stopping here
for a change of cars, makes it q most de-
sirable point for such a house. We un-
derstand that Mr. Phinney, the present
proprietor of the Orrville House, is pre-
pairing for the construction of such build
ing as is required at the railway junction,
which, needs to be on pretty extensive
scale to meet the demand.


The Western Union Company have just
completed new telegraph line along the
route of the P. F. W. & @. Railway,
which makes the third line now
in operation in connection with
the great thoroughfare. Two of the
lines are connected with the office At this
place. .Biily," the operator, thinks II
very good joke on the man who supposed
the instrument to be printing apparatus
and inquired the price of job according
ly-but some other persons consider 1t
much better sport to near an old Hoosier
interrogating the operator as to his abil-
ity in the art of repairing old clocks, and
the price for such labor.


Our staunch and reliable Unionists
fully concur in the sentiments expressed
by the LEADER in regard to the late veto
message and 22nd of February speech ofthe
President, while on the other hand the
former supporters of Vallandigham are
quite loud in Expressions of qualification
over the action of the Chief Magistrate.
From such expressions and the tone of
their press in general, it is easy to form
conclusion of the propriety of the Presi-
dents course of action. w.