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Year: 1872

Pubic School. We suppose everybody knows
that the public school III Auburn commenced the
Fdl term on Monday last. We now tell you
th!t, under the provision, Of the County Super
intendent and Trustees, the school has been
graded, and everything set in good working or
der Parents should make great effort TO let
their children begin wi h the term; by not doing
So YOU greatly increase the labor of the teacher
anl DO your little ones great injustice, which
you perhaps do not realize. In grading the
school we suppose some of you may perhaps
have new books TO purchase, and no doubt some
viii blame the teacher but it is not his fault, as
may be seen by referring to another column. II
you can possibly afford it, buy your children all
ue books they need; the investment will pay
COOL interest. II You cannot afford to buy books
1T the trustees know il and they Will provide
th.in
Year: 1872

Inere seems to be o misunderstanding among
the parents, and patrons of schools generally, i'll
regard to the authority of teachers for sending
orders to them from time time for certain text
books or other apparatus required by their chill
dren. Most parents seem to believe that it is
the result Of some newfangled idea of the teacher


md not unfrequently heap invectives upon him,
when if they understood the matter better il
would be plain to them that the teacher is as in.
nocent as lamb For the benefit OF parents and
patrons OF schools, we give below few extracts
from the school law, which we hope will enable
them to look at this imposition, as they often
term it, in the true tight. and lay the blame il
they continue to think there is cause for anv,
where ii belongs


Sec. 2. The State Board of Education shall
have power to adopt course Of study and rules
and regulations for all public schools in the
State; to adopt uniform State series of tex.
books to be used in all public schools.


Sec. 62--Last clause Teachers shall faithfully
enforce in school the course of study and the
regulations prescribed in pursuance of law; and
If any teacher shall wifully refuse or neglect to
comply with such requisition, then the County
superintendent shall be authorized to withhold.
my warrant for salary due until such teacher
shall comply herewith


See ~, subdivision a. requires trustees 'To
tnforce III school the course of study adopted
and prescribed by the State Board of Educa-
;ion."


Sec 16, subdivision 5, requires the County
superintendent 'To enforce the course of study
md the use OF text books prescribed by the State
Board of Education"


From this it will be seen that neiteer the
County superintendent, board Of trustees non
the teacher has any discretion in the matter
The course of study rs we'll us the text books is
adopted and prescribed by the State Board of
Education, and subordinate officials are bound
by law to comply with their regulations. 1t is
the teachers part to know what books are re-
qUired by certain children and the parents part
to furnish them. Teac ers seldom complain
Of their part of the task and if the parents cannot
stand theirs, they must apply for change OF
the law.
Year: 1872

Moon STRUCS.-We have often heard of peo-
pie being sun-struck, bu. the idea of being moon
struck may to some Of our readers sound very
strange; not so strange either, when it is under
stood to be a figure, unusual we admit, mean
ng dead in love-" At least this is the con-
struction put upon it by gallant young
Auburnte, who has just arrived at that age when
youth feels himself rather the smartest and
decidedly the most handsome man in town This
youth, usually very hearty eater has been
noticed for some weeks past to rather decline
the delicacies set before him at his sumptuous
clearinghouse. His palate seemed not to crave
wen the most dainty article This change was
noticed by his ever watchful landlndy, and


.aused her much gaoasness. She began to
ear he had encountered something in his food
which had set him against it. At length her


nxiety became great that she made bold TO
lnq ire, and received the Frank reply Il am
badly moon-struck" Those at the table We're
thrown into establishment at the expression,
which was not relieved until the explanation was
gwen as above. The youngster was excused,
and his anxious friends, who had feared his un-
usual reticence portrayed evil, were set at ease.
Year: 1872

The Seventh arrived at the Forty-second street
depot last evening after an un-eventful Journey
by rail from Saratoga, and marched through Forty
second street to Fifth avenue, to Fourteenth street.
to Broadway to Astor Place, and thence to the
armory. They were heartily cheered by the spec
streets through which they passed. Each company
on It's arrival at Its quarters found nice Iittle
luncheon laid out for its benefit thanks 70 tne
thouphtfulness OF the honorary members and those
who had been unable to go to the encampment.
The marching to the armory from tne depot,
the steadness OF the men In the ranks,
and the way the distances were INSpery Kept
showed that camp life and its many everyday drills
have had beneficial effect all round, although, IN
the single matter OF marching, the command always
has been as perfect as can be. One thing ls GER
tan Judging from the regiments drlll work In
service ON the 18th instant 1t Is pretty certain that
the way IL has been drilled in the use OF the new
anv class Of people who intend TO make disturb
anca
Year: 1872

A Washington special reports that Judg
Bond has arranged that the enforcement act as
amended by the last session of Congress be put
in force in North Carolina during the coming
Presidential election.


Long John Wentworth is accused of using
a telegraph pole for a cane when he is at home.
The telegraph poles must be very short in Chi
cago.
Year: 1872

A physician examining student as to his
progress, asked him, 'Should a man fall into
his well forty feet deep, and strike his head
against one Of his tools with which he hsd
been digging, what would be your course if
called in as surgeon?" The student re-
piled, 81 should advise them to let the man
lie and fill up the well.''
Year: 1872

A Solomonian parent in Michigan having
rather spoiled rod than spared his child, the
dutiful little boy laid wait for him with a
shotgun and gave him another sort of charge
to keep.
Year: 1872

AN ESSENTIAL OF LovELINFss.-To be en-
tirely beautiful the hair should be abundant
and lustrous. This is absolutely essential to
complete loyeliness. The most regular features,
the most brilliant complexion and pearliest
teeth fail of their due effect if the hair be
thin, dry or harsh. On the contrary the plain
est face, if it be but surmounted by luxurian


and silken tresse., is apt to impress the behold
er with sense of actual beauty That CROWN
ing ornament of her sex is, happily, within the
reach of lovely woman, and being as discrim-
mating as she is lovely, she long ago discovered
that LYONS KATHAIRoN was the sure means of
securing it. No preparation for the Hair ever
enjoyed 1.-THE of its popularity, and no won
der, since it produced such gratifying results.
Applied to the waste and barren places of the
scalp, it fructifes and enriches them with a
new and ample growth. 1t is not of course,
pretended that it will do this if the ca
pacty for reproduction is extiact, but so long
as it remains that wonderful rehabilitant will
assuredly propagate the germ of the hair into
life and activity. au19eod1w&w1t
Year: 1872

To Our Ministerial Brethrea:--


You are each appointed by the Council spe-
cial agents to get up the fund of $1O5O, recon-
mended in the report of the Committee on
Publishing Interest When that fund is raised
THE WITNESS will be forthcoming. 1t is,
therefore, now with you, and our brethren, as
to how long THE WITNESS shall be delayed in
its publication. Brother Bowen, who has
power press and a large printing house, and
is practical printer, is ready to give ample
guarantees for the fulfllment of his PROPOSE
tions set forth as above in the Minutes. Now,
brethren, one and all, the whole matter of the
resumption of THE WITNESS rests with you,
and you only. If there be any delay in its
publication, it will be your fault Come, then,
and show your faith by your works! and your
homes will be cheered once more by the well
come visits of The CHRISTIAN WITNESS


The RECORDER.
Year: 1872

The total yield of the new
hop crop in the United States is
now estimated at 100000
pounds, or about 10000 bales.
The yield in Wisconsin is twice
what it was last season. The
total supply in this country,
however, is less than it was last
wear.
Year: 1872

~ am the vine, ye are the branches"


"There shall be one fold and one Shepherd"
"Neither pray | for these alone, but for
them also who shall believe in me through
their word; that they all may be one: as thou,
Father, art in me, and in Thee, that they
also may be one in us; that the world may
believe that Thou hast sent me;n


And the glory which Thou gavest me, 1
have given them, that they may b. one, even
as we are one; in them and thou in me, that
they may be made perfect in one; and that
the world may know that Thou hast sent me,
and hast loved them as Thou hast loved me-"


From these and similar passages of Scrip
ture 1t seemed very clear to them that Christ's
church Is one, and that the Savior deSigned
that his people should be one.


And 1t appeared to them equally clear that
the principal reason why Christ's Church and
people are not one, not united, is TO be found in
the various sectarian churches lording it over
Gods heritage, and which have created dici-
sions, and hatred, and strife among Christ's
people, thereby destroying the oneness Of His
church and people, whereby the world has not
6elieCed that He was sent OF the Father.


Therefore, believing that the most efIectual
way to bring about the unity of Christ's
church and people Is to discard all human
creeds and sectarian divisions, and unite on
the Bible as the only Bond Of linton, they
adopted and subscribed the following
Year: 1872

Our fascinating friend, the Great
Sea Serpent Snake, once more!
Seen by Captain McTaggart, of the
good ship Kent of Liverpool, on the
goth of September, on the West
Coast of Africa, between Cape Pal
mas and Grand Bassa. On the eve
ming previous enormous shoals OF
fish of every description, including
sharks and pOrpoises, surrounded
the vessel. The next morning his
Snakeship was seen with his great
head eight feet out of water. He
was apparently from 180 to 200 feet
long, and his tail was like unto the
tail of a mackerel, and so was his
color like that of the said fish. He
travelled at rapid rate, but kindly
stopped a few moments while the
Captain examined him. 1t is sup
posed that the fish seen in such
numbers the evening before were
fugitives from the jaws of this hun
cry and devOuring monster.
Year: 1872

A. H. Stephens "goes for" Gree
ley in q way not acceptable to the
sage's friends. He says sit is true
that MIR. Greeley did a most mag
unanimous act in standing bail for
Mr.. Davis; but in this he acted a
part no more magnanimous than
Grant did, when he notified Mr..
Stanton that he would resign his
commission in the army if General
Lee should be arrested in violation
of the parole given him on the
memorable surrender at Appomat-
tox Court House"
Year: 1872

The Lewiston (Me.) Journal says
the Democracy of that section of
the Pine Tree State are a unit for
Greeley, and this is their reasoning {:
awe go for Greeley, because it is the
only chance we have of getting into
power; and we believe that when
elected by US, he will change his
course and become practically a
Democrat, as we have noticed that
men are usually moulded by those
who elect them to Office; and our
votes must elect him, if he is elected
at ALL"
Year: 1872




The selection of Mr.. Greeley
places an impossible barrier be-
tween the Liberal Republicans and
the conservative masses of the coun-
try. He can never receive the sup
port of the Democratic party or any
respectable number of its members.
The men or clique in our ranks who
would foolishly endeavor to bring
aboutsuch contamination would be,
crushed to atoms. His record as
bold, ,vindictiveand uncompromisins
Radical is too fresh in the minds O.
the people to make him in any
sense a popular candidate; and h
and his followers must be conteni
with the strength they will hold in
their own household, and not expect
to gain any accessions from the
Democratic or Conservative ranks.
If, through patriotic or prudential
motives, there has been in the past
any disposition shown by a portion
of the Democracy of the Union to
yield to the pressure of events and
accept the action of the Liberal Re.
publicans, the course of the Cincin-
natl Convention has put that ques-
ton beyond all discussion. 1t is
now, we rejoice to to say, among the
things that were.
Year: 1872

This is "sarkasum" from the
Chicago Times: "Those hard head
ed old Democrats who have been
steadily voting for Democratic meas
ures and men since Jackson's time,
but cannot now quite make up their
mouths to shout for their life long
enemy, find themselves in a most
unfortunate attitude. They find
themselves in the attitude of being
read out Of the Democratic party
on the new test of Democracy-the
support of Greeley! Poor old hard
heads ~
Year: 1872

The Nation, in one of its shrewd-
ly philosophic moods, says: "Peo-
pie say a great many wild things,
but they do not say them in court
with their right hand up, and there
will be a great deal of admiration
expended on Greeley'S old clothes
and sbig brains between now and
November by men who will take
care not to show it at the polls"
Year: 1872

With what musical instrument would you catch
a fish? Cast-a-net.


OF what trade is the sum- tanner, to be sure.
What is taken from You before you get it Your
phOtopragh.


Where is money first mentioned in the Bible ?
When the dove brought the green back to Noah.
Year: 1872

| grocer neither knows the weight the first
cost Of box Of tea. He only recolects that If he
sold the whole at % cents pound he would have
lost sixth of what it cost, but if he sold it a.
33I pound he would gain l-9 of what it cost him.
Find the number of pounds and the first cost
/ nnund
Year: 1872

For a good broil-go down into
the kitchen. If your cook is a wo-
man Of any spirit, or more than one,
she will object to this. Ask for the
frying-pan, and, when it is produced,
say it is filthy and not fit to be used,
which will probably be true. Throw
in a few suggestions about the police
man, garnish with allusions to the
dripping, add hint that you have
missed things from the cellar, and
serve up with threats Of instant dis
nissal without wages. If this sort
Of broil won't do, you must invent
one for yourself.
Year: 1872




The annual expenditure of the
Western Union Telegraph Company
for maintenance of galvanic batter
les is over one hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars per annum.
Any improvement, by which this inn
mense outlay could be reduced with
out diminishing the supply Of cleo
tricity or increasing the labor OF
maintenance, would be Of value and
Importance. Here is a grand oppor.
tunity for students in electricity. A
simple battery, more easy and eco
nomical to maintain than those now
in use, is what is wanted.
Year: 1872

REMOVED Ilagood has re-
moved his barber shop from Laurel street
to the old stand of Flynt Bros. on Main
street. Immediately under the sanctum of
the INTELLIGENcER. The public can
now get good shave. and good paper in
the same building. The new shop Is much
larger, more pleasant AMI more elegantly
furnished, than the old one.
Year: 1872

throughout the county. The wheat crop
will fall far below its usual average, though
will be better than the promise given q few
weeks ago. In Freedom township it i, said
TO be about an average. In Washington and
tia! townships there are many far crops In
Middleton aui Dover the prospects are not
80 good. On many farms 1t is an entire


failure. The yield in the county will be at
least enough for bread and sceed, which is
more inan expected in the Spring.
Year: 1872

CHICAGO, January 26.-The present
snow blockade on the Union Pacific
railroad is the worst of the season. An
other driving snow storm along the line
yesterday increased the already formid-
able distractions. There is no telling
how long it will be before the running
of trains will be resumed.
Year: 1872

all power, State and Federal. in one
person; ajust cause for patriotic alarm;
a glaring menace to the freedom oil
selfgovernment by the people, and q
species Of tyranny, equaled alone by It's
audacity. That it is the solemn duty
Of the people, if they would preserve
those rights secured by organic law to
displace the bayonet Of oppression by
the ballot Of freedom.


The resolution lays over under the
rules.


Adjourned.
Year: 1872

From the Lebanon Herald.


To the Editor of the Herald


LEBANON, Aug. 5, 1872.-Quite a num-
of my personal friends in Wilson and Da-
wilson counties have expressed to me their
desire that / should declare myself candi-
date for State Senator from this district. |
have not at all times been able to give my
friends q definite reply, and now the calls
upon me Of similar import which have ap-
peared in recent numbers of your paper al
ford me this opportunity of making public
my purpose not TO be candidate.


| am not insensible to the tribute of
praise contained in the communications to
which l refer. l would rather be COM
mended for efficiency and fidelity as a rep
resentatiVe of my county to the State Leg
islature, than to Eli the more honorable and
distinguished places in the land without
profit to my constituents or credit to nv
self; and it will be the most pleasing refiac-
ton of my future life that the record of nv
first official trust has met the approval of
the people whom served.


The reasons which decide me not to be 4
candidate relate to my private affairs. Duty
to my family will not permit me now to
neglect my profession, to which look alone
for support, and accept political prefer
ment which does not Of itself yield me
competency.


There are many others in tho district far
better than myself, who are in condition to
accept the place ana can doubtless be in
duced to DO so; and trust The two eoun-
tics will act harmonioasly in the selection
Of good man. Very respectfully, your
friend, AND. B. MARTIN.
Year: 1872

PARIS, Aug. S.-The Pope has written
letter to President Theirs congratulating
the French nation upon the great success of
the new loan which his holiness thinks is
attributable to the refusal of Goulard, the
Minister Of Finance, to accept the position
Of Ambassador to Italy, the invader and
enemy of the Holy See.
Year: 1872

HEARTBURN.--Why the sensation occa-
stoned by the presence of an acrid acid in
the stomach should be called heartburn it
is difficult to say, as the distress is not
even in the immdiate vicinity of he heart
Common parlance, however, has sanctioned
the misno mer, and like many other errone-
Gus terms in general use, it is a fixture in
our language. Bi carbonate of soda is
usually given for heartburn; but it merely
neutralizes the acidity for the time being,
and does not prevent speedy return of the
complaint In fact, all the alkaline solu-
tions given to relieve the burning, serve to
weaken the stomach and thereby aggravate
the cause of the ailment, viz.--indigestion.
What is needed in such cases is something
which, by toning and invigorating the
gastric membrane and thus promoting a
free flow of the secretion which dissolves
the food, accelerates the work of digestion
and assimilation. Avoid nostrums and
consult physician.
Year: 1872

Julian while upholding the interests of
labor has always been consistent Republi-
can, and will not lend himself to the
scheme of destroying the party he has aided
so much to build up He has lately writ
ten letter denying any connection with
the present movements to bring him out as
a Presidential candidate, and the Republi-
cans Of Indiana propose to put him on their
State ticket for Congressman at large, which
would of course defeat the Democratic
scheme to capture him.
Year: 1872

The San Joaquin Republican gets off the
following good thing: "There is probably
no greater lie nor one more often repeated
than is embodied in the words '.Tl e People
of the State of California represented in
Senate and Assembly do enact as follows" !"
which are always found at the head of a
bill or an Act. In nineteen of every twenty
instances the people do nothing of the
kind, and if they had an opportunity would
promptly repudiate the bill at the time as
they generally do its author at the next
election"
Year: 1872

"The ene-term principle says the
Boston News, 'is almost universally accept
ed by the press and people of the county,
with the stray reservation that it shall not
now be passed as a divisory movement to
defeat Gen Grant. We are sure that
when the question comes up upon its own
merits, the one-term principle will be
adopted, with the addition of two years to
that term.
Year: 1872

SOUTHERN BoRGIA.-A horrible tale
comes from Alabama. Three disguised
men robbed the wife of tax collector of
the public funds, and then ordered her to
serve supper. She did SO, and put arsenic
in the tea. On stripping the dead bodies
Of their disguise, one pro. ed to be her
husband, who had taken this means Of
stealing the public money
Year: 1872

Entering the door OF our comfortable
modern houses, what meets us 7! A pun OF
scorched air from a register, redoient OF
burn;nu ;ron-or of boiled air from steam
heater. The thermometer is standing at
about 744o. We advance to the parior.
rbere matters are even worse, for no out
side cold has entered with momentary
freshness. The plants in the window look
yellow and forlorn. Ominous cracks are
visible here and there in the furniture
nay, a strip of ornamental veneer has
actually split off from the piano and lies on
the carpet Our hostess, coming forward
to greet us, is wrapped in little shawl,
and remarks that it is an awful day that
she hasn't been out, of course, but even IN
the warm house has felt the cold In
effect. she looks blue and pinched. Where
at we wonder, for the room feels insutfer-
ably hot; but we place ourselves beside
her where she sits covering over the re-
sister, and conversation goes on with what
spirit it may under these circumstances.


At the end of an hour we are surprised
to find ourselves little chilly. That is,
our head is hot enough little too hot,
perhaps-but both hands and feet are cold
and we we are inclined to agree with our
friend when she opines that 1.-The girl must
have let the fire 90 down. But glancing
at the thermometer, we stare to see that
the mercury has risen instead of falling.
1t is now at 500 And, after all, why
should we wonder? Nature is inevitable
10 her retributions, and we, no less than
the poor geranium in the window, must
suffer the penalty of deranged circulation
when we violate her laws of temperature.


Bad enough, if this were all One can
live and be useful under the trifing dis
comfort of cold extremities, as our worthy
forefathers efficiently proved But how
much of life and of life's best energies, of
thought, of wit, of good humor, of aspira-
ton, goes down through those holes in the
floor into neither silence As from some
Kobold's cave, the invisible gnomes of the
furnance climb, emerge, and steal from us
the choicest, finest, most intangible part of
ourselves No man ever lived and work.
ed his hest in room heated over 6So-a
sentence we should like to engrave in let
ters of gold on the iron plate of every
steam heater in the land from this day
forth and forever -Scribner.