Year: 1867

EDITOR JOURNAL If you will permit me a lit.
tie space in your paper, will improve it by brie,
reference to the late School Ball and its results,
1t is true you have spoken of II in general terms,
but Am in possession of the exact figures. which
show an even better result than YOU anticipated
penscs were Slee 50-learing nett balance OF
S4OS 25. True, the amount is not so large but
when we take into consideration the sparseness
of our population, the extremely bad weather.
and above all the fact that our community is not
one of the wealthiest in the State, we must GER
tain!y acknowledge that great energy and perse-
verance was required to realize SO handsome a
return


One of the greatest disadvantages realized bv
men of families residing in the mountains is that
their children are deprived of proper education
al facilities The School fund is SO meaere that
it will barely suffice to maintain school for FIVE
months of the year. Extra taxation is disa-
greeable remedy, and one which many seriously
oppose. The teacher knowing that be is only
certain of employment for a short time is COM
PEELED to seek some other source of revenue con-
sequently it is often difficult to secure suitable
person. Our worthy School Trustees certainly
deserve the thanks of the community for their
untiring zeal in getting up and carrying to sue
cessful issue the late benefit party. They met
with much difficulty at first ; the weather was
bad, some argued that the tickets were placed at
too high figure, and there were plenty of croak-
ers to throw cold water the enterprise. No
thing daunted, they persevered, and to their en-
ergy the noble result is due. Parents should re-
member such faithful services, and re-elect them
when the time comes to choose Trustees. They
are worthy of more lucrative positions and |
will here state for the benefit of parties who have
either wilfuly or ignorantly misrepresented the
facts, that emoument is attached to The office
of School Trustee. The amount raised by the
late party in addition to what will be received
from the State by the February apportionment,
will be sufficient to maintain the school for eight
months, length of time nearly equal to the
school year in the large cities.


As usual, the ladies were first to aid the efforts
of the Trustees. They not only (by the arts so
well known to themseves) induced many a close
fsted bachelor to buy ticket. but furnished
material aid in the shape of decacies under
which the supper table groaned They took
nearly as much interest in the affair as they did
in the Sanitary Festival, and failure was there
fore out of the question.


The Trustees acknowledge debt of gratitude
to Volmers Co. of the Union Hotel. They
cooked and prepared all the necessary meats free
of charge-a iberality which materially decreas-
ed the expenditures. Our jovial fellow citizen,
Henry IIindley. better known as q Johnny Bull, :"
has earned the honor of having contributed, by
his influence, more than any one to rapid sale
of tickets. Messrs. Bennett Young and Edge
comb also deserve thanks for their efforts in dis
posing of tickets.


One class of our citizens, forgetting the
lessons of the past, and unwsely attempting
to keep up the spirit of strife and dscord of
the last five years, attempted to place obstacles
in the way Of the Trustees. But their efforts,
as heretofore, were in vain. hope that, seeing
the error of their ways, they will repent, and
in the future join US in the noble effort to edu-
cate the growing youth of our county, for edu-
cation is the foundation from which to raise
good and useful citizens.


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