Decatur Democrat, Volume 25, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 16 September 1881 — Page 2

THE DECATUR DEMOCRAT. BY A. .1. HILL. Friday, September 16,’81. ASSEMELIp WISDOM. Teachers of Adams County in Institute Convened. GENERAL VIEW OF Ol'R EDI C.VIIONAJ. LEAD CENTERS. WIGHT * • After gjPKLPg by lb* choir, Trof. Ertfltt, of Bluffton. delivered a highly interesting lecture on “ts t-uuat on ot Country Schools, ilo defined his subject. “»hfe what, the i-hew. and the how much. ’ He regarded it ns h system; and in this case pantun ar’y system means advantage tv both pupil and leader. The time, under the system is used well, and the wotk is balanced. All I the branches are essential to the success ot ; the echo ar The speaker had found that i a scholar who was »specially proficient in one branch and spent all his time on that branch Was not so veiy good after all, and I that as necessity counseled no one, he should go back and bring up the other i studies. However, jt was not advisable to • send.him back at first, but to allow him I gradually to foel hi- need. The Professor showed to his hearers moat | distinctly that gradation applied rot only i to the pupil but to the teacher aa well. I Far greater skill will be required under ” this system than under the oid plan. He jo n ted bui how the reports were benafici a I in showing in what branch the teaching had Veen a failure. There is not really any irreparable haim in failure, but in the repetition of failure thet eis great harm. If he wilt but seek counsel he can avoid 5 treading the second time in the w’on«t path. If errors do arise, if teachers get wrong sometimes, the speaker was positive that the fault does not lie in the system He felt positive that there is no defect in the system. In connec ion with the presentation of diplomas. he knew that the scholar would be busy and iotereste I dur ing the entire term in order to gain the coveted parchment, that he may be advanced to the High School, and afterward to • the State University. An ambitious pupil will be tco busy to make trouble for the teacher For these and for tnnny oUier reasonß not here noted the speaker knew 'thaf.gradation c annot be a burden, but a ' very great help. The lecture was very interesting and appt eciated by those so fortunate ajj ro be enabled to hear it. Note:— The Secretary is under obligations to Mire Maggie Metts for services rendered him in connection with Wednesday evening s work. Thanks. A. F. 8. THURSDAY JiORXISG. Institute was opened by music by the choir followed ly prayer by the Superintendent. In rendering the piece of music entitled ‘•The Bridge, the singiog was grand, and it is no disparagement to the ‘ offier members of the choir to say that the singing by Prof. Leonard Luckey and Miss ' Katie Numbers was very noticeable be- i cause of the pure and touching tones em- ; ployed in the rendition of their parts. The first exercise was a language lesson by Prof. Ernst. E/ery teacher in Indiana I should have heard thia gentleman; those 1 who did not hear it lust a rare treat—a treat containing more nuggets of wisdom iban words. Practical grammar Was dealt with in a manner which would have made j technical grammarians tremble. The daily triors us common speech the speaker con - I , sidered of such importance that be would I discard grammar proper and have attention paid to the little but annoying ami very important inaccuracies. The errors into which the child falls, and "holds to until they become second nature it were, ; re the errors which should be corrected ■ and eradicated before technical grammar j is even thought of The Professor had no* sympathy for a man whom people say “He I Knows more than he can tell.’ That man neglected his education If he had fol lowed a proper course of language lessons such a remark would not be true of him. Intermission. After the Institute was called to order a lesson on ARITHMETIC, BY PROF WALTERS, Was given It treated of advanced ariih- i metic-—of the divisions and subdivisions • of the terms used in mensuration. The j board was used ami the terms traced out before the class. Their application was * and their uses described in a manner which can be but beneficial to the class. The thorough knowledge of the subject of maihematics as shown by Prof. Walters Was conducive of great good in the Insti- . lute. He Isa teacher, not merely a school master, and the students feel a confidence in what be says that is a just cause of .. pride to him. One general rule which the ' I‘EofesSor gave out all through his lessons vreji to the effect that reviews should be , frequent and that every means should be taken o make the scholars familiar with the terms of arithmetic. Oue of the greatest difficulties in Leaching is that the - children are not thoroughly conversant . with these terms. The next exercise was on MATHEMATICAL GEOGRAPHY, BY MISS MATTIE Baldwin, The lady is a teacher in the Valparaiso school, and the conducted this lesson with the entire Institute organised into a prim ary class. During the recitation she led the class into a quandary and left it there. If it be 12bi. at Deoatur and ail along its meridian it be i oon. it is noon at the poles. * If it be U a. in. at Valparaiso it is 1 i am. 1 all along Valparaiso's meridian and it is 11 a. in. ai,the poles, is it? Institute answjered “Yes It is 9a. m at St. Louis and all along its meridian it is 9 a. m and it is 9a. in. at the poles, is it? Institute answered -‘Yes.’’ New. can it be possible that it is 9 a. m , 11 a. m , and noon all at once at the poles? Note:— l note this instance for the special benefit of children who have not attended the Institute, and hope they will be benefited by thinking over the question. ’ The next exercise was a lesson on PENMAXSHIP. DY FROF. LEONARD LUCKEY. And was intended especially to show the : teachers how to teach the diuereuL grades | at the same time, and was important; particularly so, because it "answered the ques- ■ tiou which is so often asked in the monthly examinations. Adjourned. Institute met at 1:45 p. m. and after music by the ebuir a lesion on leading was given by PROP- ERNST, Who organized the teachers into a class of primary readers. The Professor insisted : that the child should use words which are I *1 ready in his vocabulary. Te-tch him no new words at the beginning. Fur instance the teacher selects the word u Ca'.” Now let the whole course of the les Ain be which will impress on the min.! of the Miild the to.-m word cat. Next let the child form as many sentences as possible about the Oat. If a word is used ifi a wrong sense have the class substitute other words until they get the right one. This, iu the opinion us the speaker, widens the range and swells the vocabulary of the child. As the close of his remarks Pror. Ernst paid a high compliment tu the teachers of Adwns county becau e of their very close attention lo ibe remarks us the instructors. SCHOOL OjVtINMMT, UY PROF. WHITE, Was the next lesson. It was in the same good strain of all the gentlvmaia's talks. i Intermission. Upon the reassembling of the Institute a lesson on language was given by Miss MATTIF BALDWIN. In teaching the 3d and 4th readers you can teach the abridgement of sentences. You koow that there are many ways of saving the same thing.. ion can say a * thing in an expanded sentence and in an abriJgeJ wuleuce. TU abridged Grin is

_ awMMMaMKMBBSaVWEI. - 5.1 —1 1 not always the best, because it is not alwaja the clearest Don’t sacrifice clearness ot expression to »n abridged sentence. You ought to give iheiu a variety of expression; fur.instance, “lie came talking slung the street,” or -He was talking as he came along the street,” or ‘ He came alonff the street, and 1-e was talking us tit came The ronbt pleasing °pe.ik»-rs are those who say things in the mo-t pleasing way. If we Isave a pip°r wherein the wilier has exprobted himself in a pleasing way wo r -u-i it; bu? if the writer hasexpress-d himse’f in a dry uninteresting way, even | thought may be stronger than in the form i i er paper, we cast it aside, and call ii fiat. I When 1 come to school 1 often have a se- ! : letab-n ofjioiUA Bin or twelve lines which I ! ! intend to report or read to the ch ldren. 1 , i Fell them to put away their books and to j limit' adckuuu .TUuj du it, *ud ; l when all is qnh t I read or repeat to them r i my choice, and then 1 ask them to toll jue j ' all that |hey can of t I|<j subject of which' ‘they have juslhe.id. Some ot them can , ’ f tell mo all about it; some will leave out | ’ part of it; some may supply something ( which they think ought to go in \uu will j 1 be surprised to fiud how much they know, i ' and you will be surprised iu find bow little they know The lady related the story of Rip \an j Winkle, and tofd the audience that the , I Japanese have beard of livings Kip an ; Winkle, and hit they 100 have a Kip X an. ’ Winkle. Their story runs thus; A y'oung man was out on the ocean fishing as 1 the goddess of the sea came to him inviting j him to her home beneath the waves. Ho I went, and after be had been there three -Jays he expressed a desire .to vewiru and ; see his father. She guve him a golden key j and told him that he mi girt go but must not open the castle. He returned and caiqe to the place of his father's foTtner residence but could find no trace of father, stve the castle. At length he found an old lady and she told him bis father w*s dead. He ; found the grave and the grass growing on ] it. He could not lealize such a change, so, | thinking that he must be under a spell, be | took out his golden key and opened the chs- : tie. Immediately a whi'e vapor arose and I enveloped the unfortunate youth, who fell ■ down aid died of old age. Such is the Japanese Bip Van Winkle story, ami the ' children listen tc it'eagerly. Then I ask them to repeat it. They attempt it with • varied success. Some leave out about the key, others about the vapor; some one thing, some another. Some will use very nice language indeed. I have the larger . ones write the story. They all attempt it, j and generally aftei a little practice they can reproduce what I have once told them in a pretty accurate way. I call the little , ones around me and Lave them repeat the story and talk it ail over with me. They learn the use of language and learn to apply it very rapidly. Don't teach them that this story, or anj r other of Its class, is true, but that it is instructive. In this I way the children get into the idea of eompositioß. It teaches them to reproducer, it I teaches them to remfember what they have been once told. You must be very careful i 1 to let no little fellow practice anv tricks on i you as one did on me. I toid a little story to the class and hid them write it down. ’ This boy continually looked around and I watched the other boys write; he appeared ! ’ i to be very dilatory and when his time came ’ v j to read thtt which he had written I won- 1 ! dered what be would say. He jumped to ’ ! his feet a.id commenced to read He read, 1 ; and read and tead. 1 wondered at him, ! I ' and coukl n t help but lo,k at him, yet j 1 still he read along. I suspect that he would t i have been leading yet had I not stopped 1 him. 1 took occasion to walk around be- I ’ hind him, when wnat was my surprise to 1 had that he had but four words on hi J tlale; Os course I did not expose his 1 trickery, but 1 ptiva’ely talked to him ! 1 about it. Another subject here given in the out- ! * j line is the “Transportation of poetry into c prose, and of prose into poetry.’’ The 1 considered that the last part of' 1 1 this subject is asking an impossibility, ex- 1 f cept under conditions. We are not all I born po-ts, and we can no more make poet*of ourselves than we can change our color 1 But It is very easy to change into prose. Poetry is crystalized, and just as ‘ clear from superfluous language as a com- c ! position can be male- You cm easily get 1 prose out of it. Take that little thing, 1 ■ Twinkle, twinkle, little star,’’ and break 1 up the measure, tear down the versifica- 1 tion, and see what good prose you can get out of iu Paraphrasing is another point which we must, notice Paraphrasing is the act of 1 taking another's ideas and forming our ’ f own sentences carrying those ideas. There I i are sentences which strike us forcibly and 1 we can but remember them. I once read a ' book and to-day Icm recall but one sen- 1 tence. Holland wrote it, and here it is. * “On, sweet first time of everything good < in life-’’ Why do I remember this sea- i tence? Because it is so direct, so much to f the point. Another point is the disanc ’ tion ot synonyms. Really yre hare nu 1 synonyms in the English language* No ' two words in our language mean exactly 1 the same thing For instance the words 1 maternal and motherly. How differemry T the two words strike us! ‘ If one says 1 “James lost his maternal relative,'' we . t don't care very m’nch*. But if one say? f James lost his mother,' we fee! sorry for 1 James immediately. You get a newspaper s and you call it what? A. A daily paper, s Q. Now the world revolves once every twenty-four hours. What kin! of a mo- f tion is that? A. Diurnal* Q* Then i daily and diurnal mean the same thing, 1 don't ’hey? A. Yes. Well, when I get i home I shall take great pleasure reading my diurnal paper- (Laughter) The lady f then gave a long list of such words to show t that there really are u’o synonyms. < There was no mdre interesting lecture 1 during the Institute than this of Miss f Bild win, and were onr Space as large as . ! our measure of gratitude to the lady, we ' t should publish it in full- At the close ot 1 £ the lecture the Institute adjourned tu meet t in the court house at 7 30. i NIGHT bibafLUM At 8 p- m. a very Jarge and fashionable audience having assembled to hear the i . lecture of .diss Matlie Baldwin the meet- 1 < ing was called to order by Sup t Luckey * and the exercises opened by music by the choir, followed by prayer by Rev. Gleason. I Mis Baldwin, the gifted instructress from j Valparaiso, was then introduced and dei iivered an unexceptiunaily able lecture, a i very brief synopsis of which we give bate**: Ol’R ENGLISH TONGUE. ' Language Is as old as creation itself. ' ; The morning stais sang lugethpr for j-»y. What their language was tradition does * not tell us. Since that time many and va- 1 ried have been the tongues up «n this, our i little earth Probably the language of the ' earliest human beings was little more than ■ inarticulate mutterings* To us history reveals nothing definite ' nn’erlor tu the Deluge. The science of i philology can trace no farther It was, | until a oom par* lively recent time, supposI ed that Ihe Hebrew was the oldest written language; and mnny and labored attempts have be»-n make to truce all forms and routs to that. Some time in the las* cento- j ry 4 * discovery was made which revolution- : iced all former theories and reveale-l m iny things previously obscu-e. Ai the base of ' the Himalayas, on the plains us Hindustan, was found a language which cease! to be spoken more than two thousand years ago. This long buried language is the Sanskrit. Out of it have arisen the many languages spok*u and written. In it are found the elementsof all. Probably the central hive of population, . perhaps the Garden of E-ieu irs**lf, was j on India's fertile olains. From this center I the waves of population rolled westwardly in successive tides until arrested by the Atlantic. Settling iu countries diflering gttally in surface, products and climate, and becoming isolated each from the other, the language us these nomadic tribes necessarily changed, finally becoming sepa- , rate an' distinct. (The lady here gave an extended history ' i of the Hnghsh language, tracing it through 1 the Roman, Saxtn an I Norma *£♦'*•) t Lt must no< be infer red that oue language i is compose I wholly of Anglo-Saxon and a Norman-French words. The Dauish inras siup bruughi ‘owe new wards from Den-

mark, but these are so nearly related to those of the Anglos and the Saxons as to be scarcely distinguishable from them Then during the succeeding eetitim s, 1 t eiatuie, si t, and f>ciet:ce, have unit con tri bitted to it. Century, after century has poured in new terms knl phrase-* from every known language. Our scientific terms are largely frtfni the Gnvk our mfibie.il ones from the Italian, util onr words of conresy ami punctilio are French an I Spanish. These last three languages a*e but dialects sprung from the Lilin, the dead language of the Romans. Even the i Snidwirt’i Inlands have given thvir mite in the wunl • taboo. After the Norman Conquest; the island I of Gre’t Britain slowly gainel Uanquility- Wiih th? incoming nf petce, language 1 began to assert itself. Naturally attention ; was paid to various forms of literature. ' t?r»iMiially the oommitigling of longuox developrj itself in the new language—the ' mo'ngrel Called Ang!(J-Saxon still, because I two-thirds at least of al! the words we’re | from that sour-e. Not until the fourteenth loentnrv was any of what is now recognif ed s? pine English written. A poel of uni common power produced compositions whose brightness not nil the centuries which intervene hive been able to ditm This writer is Chancer, who has been ! justly styled “The Father of English PoetI ry.” Yet even he was compelled to use ' many so-called foreign wo ds. I su”pect that we of the present dnv find it difficult to understand this early English, an,d our tongues blunder over the lines which Ml trippingly and' musically from the lips of our old ancestor. • • • a Our lexicons tell us there are IQOOQO, words in our language. Os these pe.’haps thirty thousaul h ive come either dir»c*iy or indirectly from the Latin. The in tjority of the remainder are Anglo stantially the same as spoken by Heagist and Horsa, and afterwards used bv Chaucer. The spelling an 1 in mmy instnnoun ! the pronnncia’ion have been molernixed. Three hun ired years ag » the immortal I bards Milton an I Sh-ikospeare lived and i thought and sung. To-day we have th®ir thoughts and words as pure and clear as when first given to the world. But could ! thuse poets return and taks up a modern ; vi lume of their own writings, I Bii«»p *ct j i hey would be puzsled in the reading i Their writings have been moderniz-d, but lin rhe process no ward or 1 in« his lost aught us its brightness or power An-1 ’n the centuries to com? th r chan gw? through which our peerless English is tv pa*s. can never be such asdo mar or injure the glory of our lireratnre. No legitimate changes in our iangungecan in the least injure U. The dangers which fhrciten it are not irom that source. Whtt'we hive moSf'do fear is a ation arising from the growing tendency of modern wri’ers to incorpor i r • jm I use words of doubtful authority. We are tai l iheit Cicero at it-in pied to ialrojoee new w unis iato the Latin; but though the wo<*jg he coined were admirable, and st the lime, much needed.the people rejected them. That which transcended the power cf a Cioern dbes not transeend the p >wer of some of the commonest writer-* of our own tim?. With refreshing assurance they make and use words which wou!d have made the ancients stare and gasp. Every newspaper of the day teems with these new and often , timeasenseless wonh. And our n. wspi-l pers are larg-ly the educators of o i>* poo- ' pie. We, Americans, ohu bo»st with pxr- ' doaable pride that we a-e the best rea l ; people in the world. But if the d.ily I bread of our literary li ’e is to b.■ Adulter- 1 ated with so many mranihgless and un-| English wt>r4s, how soon will all our !an-giMg*-hecone cor runt An l n*t only is this true of our papers, but oqr authors are becoming addicted to the s une habit. They too scruple nbt to com worh, Instead of rmpoying the rlrcady gre’it wealth of our noble English. Suinetiin/s the word' they tn tke is so apropos that wc feel in-I cline 1 to forgive the departure from our 1 common laws. Au instance of f'ais is ’ f.Hin i in that greatest of American poems ! ••I’be Cathedral. Ixjtfpll in describing the 1 transition from infancy to chil lho>i says.* • ■*Kre yet the child had biu’enei J .o the* buy. Nu word lu our language wotiM ' Cviivey to us so expressively the i lea conveyed in that word “loudened.' an I h’S ! use of it in that grert poem has sanctioned its insertion in onr dictionaries. Litera- ■ cure abounds with such exarnp'e*. An American critic has justly said,' •‘Tne cuise and peril of language in our j day is th it it j? at the mercy of men. who instead of being content to use it well, according to their honest u<e it ill according to their affeeted knowledge who, being vulgar, would seem elegaani; who, being empty, would seem full; who l make up in pretence what they lack in ; reality; an I whose little thoughts let off in enormous phrases sound Lke fire-crackers iu an empty barrel.'’ But a hen we bear from the lips of our sub -ol boys and girl-*, words which they hare g«athere I iu the perusal of our current litei *ture, words ( which they have nu means of knuw.ag how . to reject or distinguish from g)od ' English, then have we indeed cause to tear , the serieiw injury of our mother tongue. : I allude to suvh words as en:biue, orate ' bulldoze, boycott, Xc. No.king to fear ' from slang. The English say we Americans are most given to this exaggerated form of writing and talk ng, and indeed it would see.n so When we read of afire it is called “the devouring ele nent,” and insiea I of burn ing a house, it “consumesan edifice - -unless it is subdued; then they say “its preg ress is arrested.’ The aid-fashioned term ••married is not good enough for u<. Our grandmethers were married, bu in our time ladies are -‘led to the hymppial altar’ or “embark on matrimony s perilous sea We «Io n»t eat nowadays, but “partake of a repast, which is so much more elegant Nothing is nice, good or pretty; bu'- everything is delicious, ypleHdid, magnificent, gorgeous or bcauiiful. The moat common things are called by the must uncommon j names and the more out-of-the way and far-fetched the-, w-or.l ,w- use is, the better. . Tho-e ambit ous of fiue writing never say a man was asleep, but that he a is ••locked ; in slumber.” People do not take off their j clothing, they “divest themselves of their | habiliments.” They never do so common-1 place a thing as take a walk, they * make ; a pedestrian excursion.’ A ui-n never! breaks his leg, Le •• fractures his limb | He doesn’t die. he either “goes over the dark nver’’ or “passes in his checks.' Every one uow, high or low, h »,s s>aie title, j Our barbers are ‘ tonsoriai artists; ’ our i doj? trainers are “kunopielists;'’ fortune! tellers are ‘ vaticiuators; conjurers are ‘•prestidigitators. ' Ever/ one, no matter; ho w little learned he mvy be. if he has I taught in any kind of school for three! months is “Professor.” Even our medical 1 faculty becomes tiuged with the spirit of j I the age and talk of “emollient cataplasm” I i when they mean only a poultice, and of’ -epistapes when they meau a bloody nose. ' Matthews says “Fancy one school boy d >ubling up his fist at another and telling him to look out for epistaris!” Dr Johnson once, when at the bowse of a friend, picked up a 80-ealkd “Liberali Translation of the New Testament.” In ! the eleventh chapter of John, instead of I the touching and simple legenl “Jtsus wept,” he found the following.- “Jesus, the Savior of the world, overc »iue wiih grief, burnt in*o a flood of tears.” Tie threw the book down in a rage, and had the author been present, he would probably hive thrown it at his he id. Yet Johnson himself, sinned greatly in the use of p »mpous language. Golddiuith on<ie said to him, “Dr. if you to write a fable aboirt little fishe*. you would mike thjm talk lilts whales.” • • » » The small and apparently unimportant words are in reality the heart and soul of our tmguage What may not be expressed by th it gramm ilicaliy useless word, the interjection? In it all phases of joy o’ sorrow, ecstasy or despair, find vent. And [ whj does not Know the power cuarained in ' the simple yes or no? When temptation 1 a<*stils, the.yield'Qg yes brings sorrow and shrine The peiitive no gives strength and happiness, and drives S?tan's legions back dismayed to. ths tempter. Tu the tondemaed one the decisive no shuts out all hope, while the pardoning yes meius

' feedom life, an 1 perMitncs restoration to honsr one * more. Tu the tnx ; o:n lo? - the maiden s low-breathed yes gives thumb of a bright and hippy home, the crowning joy of life. To die erring and 1 repentant child the mother s forgi/mg Jj es t ikes off the depressing weight and sets the spirit free again. How mmy have hung breathless on the tantalizing‘‘H : . We oo tid almost won--1 der whether life tonlains anything with- ' i out an “if.” No question c»n be askuJ ■ ' without the how, or why, or #h),or - or wh.it The small words tfien are the 1 slaves th it do our daily bidding, that bear the burden of our thoughts expresSel io I men. Over and over and over again do they go the ceaseless round, never jiring • never wearing out. our larger words,and 1 those of foreign extraction, lo m up sud?* • denly upon our literary horizon, and these - after serving our purpose, disappear, be- \ come,obsolete, giving place to others tlhat-’ ’ in their turn serve our transient purpose ‘ ' and also die. these, our -shirt and i simple Saiua w-ords Hye through the centuries, artj like wall-tried friends, remain • constant amid all ch mges. Jruiy then du ’ we-need i,h?m all-r-each in Ha own place. The great and the small alike powerful. And what a power our wondrous English is! It Ins penetrated every region, and is spoken ua every soil. There is no nation or tribe to whom it is unknown. What then is our duty as teachers? This language with all i’s wealth an I fulln iss is ours. To the children it must be given in its parity They must be taught its use and power. They ninut learn the beauty of right speaking. They must be early trame i to the use of idiomatic English. ' In their hands must be placed the writings of our masters iu litewMUre —thus? masters who have given us the simplest and clearest expressions. The children m ist acquire a taste for that form of writing which will help them in the expression us direct and forceful thought. This cannot be begun too early. They should know that learned and higb-souuding words are valuable in their places, aud that they have a legitimate use in language. But they must also know that the surest evidence of learning is to express thought in such away that the language will not be a hindrance, but will be the trtre medium ; through which the thought navy be most clearly seen They should kuow that our great speakers an i writers are gre»’ solely ! necausethey have learned :«nd practiced the simplest form of expression—because they give vent to tbe ricuest treasures of their minds in the short an I concise Uaguag^of-1 our mother tongue, becauiee they never choose a long and oftentimes little known word, or one of foreign origin, w'leo one or twn, or mire Mixon words will do a-* well or better. They should know that only the half-elucaied or th i ig.ioi-ant affect the use of big dictionary words. To teich them this requires n> greit or > high degree of letruing oo our part. Simply gowi sense and g>od julgmeat iu the selection of whit we set before them and infinite patieme an I watchfulness during •the training of their young an! plastic intellects. Tne results of a few years o: such care on the part of the teachers in ; our land will be a n »tion of bin king and clear-speaking people. A -people ot better written an I better construe el laws. I ; A nation eulturel and refined —for. htopi- i j ly, our mo*t masterly writings are p-ire anJ elevating, an 1 ci/nstiat ndudy of ! these by the young, cannot fail tooeanjbbl* ' an I purify. Our noble English' Rcw*t ot all I<QI g'tngus, most p iwerful of alt tongug*. Spoken in the Stillnesses us the dreary, frozen north, its echoes re/erbeiating to the throbbing, pulsing heat of the tropics I Borne on the rushing win I of Sibert * s I barren steppes, and gently wafted on the perfumed breezes of the Pacifie s gem like isles. VYhCrever civilization his found a I footing, there is oir peerless English w ak- ' ening to life the dormant brain, aui ! quickening the untaught fingers No tribe 1 that it has n)t rescue!, nu ua ion that it 1 nas not helped Richest of all ling iages 1 in literature, Beienc.*anl art, strongest of 1 all in eloquence an! oratory. Exton ling farther and Yarther, growing richer »«• 1 yet more rich as years swell into centuries, who can estimate its greatness or calculate | its power? At tlie close of the leetnre. the- institute I voted its thanks to Jliss Baldwin for her ■ valuable address. Adjourned. Institute met at 9 a. m on Friday morning. and was opened with the usual devotional exercises, conducted by Prof. White. The first lecture was on MORALS, BT I’ROF. WHITE wh° a!vise 1 the opening of our schools ; wiih prayer, or th-j reading of scripture i when tbe teacher is himself in earnest . If he do-'S not feel person illy interested, mor? j harm than gon! will be dori® by the reading of the bible in the school room. PR«F. WALTERS next organized tbe institute into a clas«. ’ and gave them a lesson on arithmetic. He I cal el on the members to give a definition I of many of-the terms used in alvinco-i ' arithmetic. The definition of line was I given as - length’ by one member. “Somei thing which consists of length, but h-i'* : neither b etl h nor depth,’’ was given by ’ another. The Professor kept calling for I definitions until no more could be given, and the list was exhausted, when another term was taken tip To some,teachers. who content themselves with attaining but one definition to any term this course was rather embarrlosing *n l will probably luce them to further research. This, tne last lessen on arithmetic for the institute was considered an especially inter sting one, and the opinion es the teach- ’ ers was tfiat as a thorough temper of ma l tbemaucs Prjf Watters ha« ho superior and few equals. Intermission. Upon reassembling tbe institute listen?! J to Stip’l Luckey, who give* lesson on primary .eading. A great deal of time has been devoted zo this subject, an! many ! teachers can not help but be benefited by ; the course pursued. I’ENMANSHIP, BY PROF. LUCKEY was next oousi lerel and quite a flattering • interest was manifested by many of the ! teachers. Adjourned. FRIDAY AFTERNOON. This, the last afternoon us the Institute ■ of 18AI, was marked by the same goo! attention and order that h is marked tbe other ■ days. The week of inteosily not weather • his been very trying to froth the bodies! I an i spirits of the teachers. But they have ’ been in earnest and have show a it iu-their j ' daily walks. The first lesson was on 80UU0L GOVERNMENT, BY PROF, WHITE’ ( There can be n> doubt but thtt this p*r- i j ticular course of lectures have effected I great good f>r th? teachers. The Profesi s-»r, in opposition to his owa alvice, is m j the habit of whipping on ibe hand. He , acknowledge! that it is a bad plan, yet he had whipped u-xil thj blood was dr.tWn. | I He advised whipping on the back, and the reason wbv he did not do so is because he ■ can uot bring hiiuself to take a boy by the i collar and jerk him out and thresh h m. Your committee appointed tor prepare i resolutions expressive of the success of rbe Institute on the interests of the public i schools m this county have carefully c >n sidciel ti e sain*, and beg leave tosubo'.t the following, viz .- U th a String Uio J e <r there has been a steady and couigiend < ,' ble progress iu the cause us education in . this county. 11. Tint the taachers have in thin conn- ; ly manifested increased zeal and devotion I to their work. 41L That they have labwre 1 diligently to extend the range of their knowkdge iu r every direction that would improve "theft I qualification, and dignify the profession > which they have chosen, aui in order i further to facilitate the work in which I they are en gaged. they would rei commetid that the following resolutions i be ndooted at this institute. I i. Resulted, That it greUly conduces i to the interest of the pubße scifoo!? in this j county fur several townships as far aS pr«c---5 usable, to appoint and hold jointly te&cht ers institutes as often as may be found • convenient during the school tt-im.

j “.j '"L'" ■ [ r 2 Resolved That it is uncompatible with i I the dignity and calling of a teacher in tbe I i way and to any extent to underbid each oiher with a view to obtaining schools, i and that this institute hereby c onleqin the . aforesaid practice. 3. Resolved, That we petition the several trustees ot the county to provide suitable mips, and proper school apparatus for the use of the different schools, and heartily in I irse and approve ot the action l of such trustees who have already done so, ? and would also recommend the use ot Web- ; 1 ster’E Unabridged Dictionary in our | . HchoeVs-'an I humbly beg that sni d work | t>e furnishel by our township trustees. 4. Resolved, That the interest of the’ common s-hool.s of this county would be greatly promoted by i*he visiting es the . school by the parents of the children dur I ing Lae school terms, and that thereby the | teachers would be en3o»ir.vge Ithsl r auihori- ; ty established and maintained and tbe in- j > terest ami diligence o* their children in obtaining an education would b® greatly ( ‘promoted. * J 5, Resolved, Th it it would be promolive of the best interest of ’he schools tu I tbit ouunty to grade them wherever preen- I cable as from these eventually we i must expect to receive our teachers I as a general rule, *ud th it we the teachers pledge our assistance to boih the trustees and the superintend eat in the work of grad»tioo. , 6. BesolreJ, Tbit the presence of the trustees of the several townships in the respeeti.e seho .Is is » necessary part ot their ■ ofheial duties, and Ihu such visitations would contribute larzsly to the advance- | ment of education among us. 7. Re. lived, That we the teachers should | impart to ear pupils not only by precept, ; but example as well a daily lesson in good I morals and manners. I 8. Resolvod, Tint wi the teachers of! the entire county organise ourselves in au association, bavin- tor oar object the benefit of ours.lves, our schools aud the further advancement us oar county's edacatioaai | interests. 0. Resolved, Tint we reques’ the superintendent to refuto any renewal us six ; months licenses. 10. Revived, Thit we stand together •ts a whole in asking of the trustees the services of a jauitur for our respective , schools. ’ . « ’' I 11 Resol veil, That the thanks of thb* 1 institute be tendered io the able andeffi- ' cient workers who bate instructed us during itJ tejrfion | 12. Resolved, That we the teachers of ’ Adams county return our* thanks to the superintendent for the very efficient manner in which he Las conducted the institute. , u *' AJI of which is respectfully sub-m-ttei. Dan. Drath, Pre'!. Matti* Sewell, Sec y. After the reading of ihe resolutions,they , were taken up singly and disposition of them made as follows' First resolution was adopted without dissent. Second resolution was opposed by a few teachers bd by J. »V. Teeple and W. II ’ I Teeple, who considered the bidding for ! , schools* private business matter, affecting i no one but the teacher. I Messrs. Unken -w. Fristoe, W If Har t i ris. Brothers and Siaip*->n favored further strengthening, rather than weakening the ■ re solution Passed by a heavy nnjotiiy Third resolution was oppos’d by tbe institute led by Prof. Walters, not because us , i its phraseology. , , Prof. Wahers wis n-» b*g«*r an I ho , would ‘-humbly beg us no man to get any- i • thing from him or his schxil. iue resulu- . i tion was finally nmvuded suas t-o read thus; . I Resolved, That we reoom nend ti the!: truster* of the county the pu roh use of Web- i j i ster s Unabrite i Di t ju uy fertile echo -la The resolution as ameuded was passed. { i Fourth resolution was passed unamiotu Fifth resolution was opposed by Prof. Walters because of its phraseology. Mr ( Death supported it, but tbe w..rds “whereever practicable' were strickm out and < i thus amended the resolution was passed. | Sixth, seventh and eighth resolutions l were uuanimously parsed. Ninth resvdmion wis opposed. The six i i month licenses' representatives of course , , all opposol it. Many who were tearful ol s I tho result of such a resolution being pas st d . _ i voted “No wiihuul ready opposing it. Ibe * j resolution wh v red d >w i. (The Superintendent, after the result of , t 'the vote was known, tuld the instit me that i .it would soon he the ease ili i- six mtuch. | I licenses would not be reissued, as the ?u-. periuleudeuts in convention ha I resolve!) | Tenth reiolunon wis adopte i with but > ! one dissenting voice—Mr. J. C. Galbraith, j j Eleventh resuluuoa was unanimous y; , ■ adopted. At this piint the secretary asked the su- : ■ perintendent to vacate the chair. Dau ' Death being called iu his place, the 12th . resolution was passed wth enthusiasm j j With tbe passage of the resolutions end ed tbe regular wurk of the institute, and i ?ust as a muJon was about to be m ide to | adjourn, Pruf Walters came forward and * presented to Supt. Luckey, in behalf of the ; institute, a beautiful * easy chair At the I close of Prof. Walter’s neat presentation ' I speech, the chair was brought into the court room by G. W. Peters >u an 1 B. Ashbaucher. Supt. L tekey wu greatly surprised and fittingly returned his thanks to the donors, in a few touching remarks. i i A motion tu adjourn zinc die was made 1 and carried, and boon the third institute • held bv Eupt. Luck?/ was a thing of the past. ’ B. F. SIMPSON, See J. MoxnoiTn iTua.4. ar -viaE..' Refresh ini; sjipwcr-jjaturday. Cutting corn is'now in order. The Institute was well represented by the pedagogera of MuumoutL “ Joh n 'Valters' school is progressing finely. John is a good teaeher and tbe trustee did well iu securing his servi- j ccs lor the whiter. Toni Luckey commenced his school No. 2, ?.ber school house, two weeks ago. Reub. Chenoweth and Cal. Kunkle : intend making their debut as wielders ! of the birch, over in Wells county. j John Mag’ey has made over 2000 j gallons of cider to this time with his I large double power beam press. Miss Counsellor, ot \an Wert, is i visiting friends here. John Chenoweth and bride intend moving down on the old romantic hill- . sides near McKuights.llun. I Prof. Keith has been delivering a very good and interesting course of I lectures here through the week, which have been well attended generally. A certain bu iness man of this place , has discovered a new article of fuel, ; in the way of new shoes, lie says i they burn good, give a cheerful blaze. • and drive away angry thoughts. 1 Dauiel Kitsou claims to have the boss colt in this part of the eountry, I i In proof of which we would say, that 1 Dan has refused sixty dollars for it. , The potato erop iu this section is alr most au entire failure, and the next ’ years ' wheat crop will be short, unless 1 we get more rain soon. ' j Last week everybody was attracted by tbe novel sight of a man wheeling 9 an old woman through town on a - wheelbarrow. The man and woman J with a littlef>oy, claiming to have came all the wav from Illinois.

DEATH OF HECKE. Coroner’s Inquest — Prine p.tl Testimony. Dr. Arthur Fled to Avoid Arrest. The young man Edward Ileeke, who was cut by Dr. Arthur, at Buena ' ista I died from the effects of his wounds on | Friday last. His death is a sad affair, and has caused considerable excitement ! in the neighborhood where it occurred. | So far as could be learned of the affair lit should never have happened, there ; was no particular ill will between the ' parties that should have caused such ‘ an encounter, with sueh dire result. It | seems that Dr. Arthur, and other young men have been in the habit ot ' badgering and chaffing young Ileeke, uot maliciously, but wischieviously, in ' regard to a present that the deceased had made to an estimable young lady of their acquaintance. This offended Ileeke more deeply than they imagined i and finally resulted in a quarrel, which | contained other elements, and which ended in the untimely death of Hecke. On being notified of his death, Coroner Smith proceeded to hold an inquest. The following is the most important testimony : Peter Huffman testified on the Gth., there was a difficulty between one I B. Arthur and the deceased, in his ,■ store. The parties were quarrelling I when he ordered them out of the house, which thsy did uot obey, but ceased quarrelling for a few moments, when Arthur said to lleche that he had not sought any fuss with him and did not wish any. Heche reminded him of an act of Arthur s that occurred at Linn Grove, saying that a frenchman or a dutchmau would not do the like being a married man ; that a man who would do so was not a nice man, and accompanied the assertion by slapping Arthur in the face; that Arthur clenched him, grasping Heche by the wrist, while with the other, struck him with a knife, which was a surgeon's amputation knife. While Arthur was striking the deceased he said that if Heche ever opened his mouth to him again he would kill . him. He also commanded Heche to I hold up bis hands or he would kill him ■ which command the deceased obeyed, when he was released by Arthur. In a moment Heche dropped his arms, when the blood fell from his sleeve in a large pool. Arthur then said I have killed this man, but did it in self defence; that Hecke made no defence as 1 could see while Arthur was stabbing him. Ileeke walked toward the front dcor, when another discharge of blood | occurred. Arthur called for help, but ' before any assistance eould be rendered. Ileeke fell outside the door on the walk. His coat was removed, Arthur calling several times for assistance, for some on« to go for a doctor, for a bandage. and wanted some one to telegraph for Dr. Arthur, of Portland. He called for sponges and water, and tied up . Heeke's arm. had him conveyed to his house. B. F. French s testimony was ; similar to Mr. Hoffman's. Drs. S. G. Ralston, of Geneva. J. D- ’ Fitzpatrick, of Newville, and B. R Freeman, of Decatur, testified as to the nature of the wounds, subsequent treatment, etc., and as they substantially agree only the testimony of Dr. Ralston is given. He said : "On examination . I found on incision iu arm and on his i person iu posterior portion of the left i shoulder; also in posterior portion of left arm. Tbe result of the woun 1 was severing the br..cinal artery; there were j two other flesh wounds that were uot | serious. lie was prostrated and exhausted from hemorage and would not have lived to exceed fifteen minutes without attention. I think the severing of the artery was the cause of his death. He was under the influence of liquor at the time which had something to do with the sudden collapse of the deceased.” State of Indiana. Adams County, I, John E. Smith, Coroner of Adams ' county, after hearing the evidence and | examining the body do find that the deeecsed, Edward Heeke. came to his * death by reason of wounds inflicted 1 with a knife in the hands of Frank B. . Arthur, on the evening of September I Gth . 18S1, in tbe drug store of Peter I Huffman, in the town of Buena Vista, Adams county, Indiana. John E. Smith, Coroner. Dr. Arthur fled after Hecke’s death and has not been arrested. His friends I claim he is only temporarily absent until the excitement caused by tbe tragic event has had time to subside, i ° when he will return and accept the - consequences of his rash act before a jury of his country. ■ Sabbath School Convention. The Adams county Sabbath school convention will be held at Pleasant Mills, on Saturday, October 8, 1881. ; Tbe convention is for the Sabbath schools of no single denomination, but i for all tbe Sabbath schools in the 1 county. We urge upon all in the | county to see that your Sabbath school is represented at the convention. Appoint representatives as soon as possi- . ble, say next Sabbath, and send the i names to the president of the S. S. Union. Have as many other members of the Sabbath school attend as can. When your school is called, be sure that i some one is ready to answer and give a report of the school. Those that have j not reported to us please report the ,; name, place, aud the name of the Sui perintendent at once. S. G. Hartimhh. | Pres. A. C. S. S. Union.

NDAUisSPAmCURE. ' I' / T KENDALL'S IB (SPAVIN CUREfjI I; cure< Spavins, Splints. Curbs, Ringbones an I all similar blemishes, and re-I movM the bunch without bliateting. Ferm n it is now known to be one of i the lest if not the best liaiattnt ever dia- I covet ed . We f-el positive that every man can have perfect success in every case if he will on'y use giaxl common sense iu applying Kendall's Spavin Cure, nnd preserve in h »<l cases of longstanding lieud below the experience of others FROM COL L. T FOSTER. YovxttsTOWs May 10. 1880. bit- B J. KashAl-t A Co.. Gent-.-—I had I « very valuable liambleionian colt which 1 piiie.l very highly, he had a large bone sp <vin uu oae joint and a smaller one on ; ilie o lu;i which made him very lame: 1 had him under the charge of two Veterinary! eurgeons which failed lo cure him 1 wa« one day reading the advertisement of Ken- ; ball's Spavin Cure in the Chicago Kxprwt, I determined at once to try it and got our Druggist here to send for it, they ordered thiee bottles; I took them all and thought 1 would give it a thorough trial, I used it according to directions and hy the fourth day the coll ceased to be lame, nnd the lumps had entirely disappeared. 1 used but one bottle and the colts limbs are as free from lumps and as smooth as any , horse iu the State. He is entirely cured Ibe cure was so remarkable that! let two ; ot my neighbors have the remaining two , hotties, who are now using it. Very rej speetfully, L. ' FOSIt.G. I’ersrvei-auce Will Tell. Ftouuhton, Mass , Match IG, 1880. B J. KasuALL * Co , tixhT»:--ln justice to you aud myself, I think 1 ought to let you know that I have removed two bone : spavins with Kendall’s Spavin Cure, one very large one, don't know how long the spavin had Peen there. 1 have owned lhe horse tight mouths. It took me tour months to lake the large ope olf uud two tor the small one. 1 have hsed ten bottles Tbe ho se is extremely well, not at all stiff, and tu> bunch to be seen or felt. This in a wonderful mvdicine. It is a new thing here. - but if It does lor all what ii has duue lor ‘ m« iis sale will be very great, lit-speet-fsl’y yours, CHAS f- I'ARK Ell. KENDALL S SPAVIN CURE. Acxue, Mich, Dec 2S, 1879. Dr B J Kendall & Cu. Gents: — I *eut jou oue duliar lor y«»ur Kendall s bpnviu t’nre : ;a.-t rummer which cured a bu*e Bpnvin with lu.il h boitl . The best huimeu. 1 ever used. Yuuis respectfully, HOMER HOXIE I, From Rev I*. ."a.<*rauger I’njsiJing Elder of ibe St Albans Dssiric:. St Albans, Vi, J.tu 20, Dr B J K’ lid.ill N Co, replj, ! io >**<n leno i wiU?ay iLm mjr rxpeiieuce with Kendalls Sp»Uu Cure Lm- been very ; MMtistuc’o:y indeed' Three or four yua<» | .tgu 1 procure** b lottie of jour agent, and w>iu it cured u Loise us l*tueu« s-eauard j by a spavin. Last season ntj burse b-came laiue and I turned mtn out fur a frw wet Ite I when he became'betted, but wbtn I pit liitu uu the raid he grew woise, vrbeu I ! dipvuveied that a riugb.ue was lorming. I ; precitrtda buttle of dwud-Ul's spavin < ure aud w;<b let>s than a buttle cured bint t-u ' (but be is u«»i lame, Dtitutr can the buucb . , be ;uuud. Ke^pecifully yonrs, !’ N GRANGER. uicnl Made I hder Oath. To whom it msy concern—'n the year , IS'.'i I ne.Liid wi li Kendall's Spavin < uie. j -v la-ne spavin ot several luoirtbs growth, nearly In f as large as a it us egg, «i;d eumpivlely Mopped the lamrneM ai d removed the enlargement. 1 have worked . tbe h-nae ever einow very hard, an-l never . ; has t-een lame, nor could 1 ever s.e any diffwrenow in the sue of ibe lux k joints I since 1 trerteJ him with Kendal, s Si-.ivtn i: A G LINES. I Eunsburgh Falls, Vi, Feb 25, 187‘J. Sworn and subscribed to before toe this j 25th day of February A D ISi’.'. J JOII.N G JE.N.vE, Justice of Peace. KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE On human desk it has been ascertained by repeated trials to be the very b st liuiI ment ever used for auy deep sealed pain j I ot king statuding, or ot short duration. ■ ! Also 'or corns, bunions, frost hues, or 1 snv bruise, out or lameuess Some are »fra d to use it on human fi-sb simply he- ■ ! cause it is a horse medicine, but you should | remember that what ia good lor beast is go .d tor man. and we know from eape I lienee that ‘-Kendall s hpnvin Cure van be used on a child 1 year old with perfect safety. Its effects are wonderful on human flesh snd it does not blister or make a sore. Try it and be convinced. What is Good for Beast is Good for Man. agin its nrritis on hixas riasu! Patten ■ Mills, Washington co. N Y, 1 February 21, 1878. f B J Kendall, M l>, Dear Sir -The particular case on which 1 need your Kendrips Spavin Cure was a malignant ankle ! ' sprain of siateen momhs eiaoding. 1 had ! I tried many things, but in Vain. Your | : I “Kendall Spavin Cure' put (befool to the > ground again, “nil, l® r tee first time sin e I hurt, iu a natural position. For a family liniment it txcelbi auyiliing weever usid ’fours truly, REV M P BEI.E Pastor M E church, Patten s Milla, N Y. Br.kerstielJ, Vi, Dec 23, 1879. B J Kendall & Co, Gents—l wish to add my testimony in favor of yonr invaluable liniment, ‘Kendalls Spavin Cure.’ In: tlie spring of 1872 I slipped on tbe ice aud ! I sprained my right limb at the knee joint I ! 1 i was very lame and at limes suffered the ! I mosi excruciating pain. I wo*e a band- . . j age un it for over a year, aud tried most e\erything’ in iny reach, but could find J ; nothing that would give ms permanent re ! lief. When I overworked it would pain me ’ 1 very much. Iu April 1878 1 began to ? I think I should t° a cripple for life; but l having some of “Kendall’s Spavin Cure” ■ thought I wuuld try it. I used oue-ihud of a bottle, and experienced relief nt ouce. The pain left me and has not troubled me since. 1 feel very grateful to you and would recommend‘Kendall's Sp.ivioe<ure to all who suffer with sprains and rbeu- . mails m. ' Yours truly, Mrs. J. Boutell. 1 KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE. Kendall s Spavine Cure is sure in its es--1 feels, mild in its action as it does not blister, \el it is penetrating and powerful tu - reach any deep seated yain or to remove ? any bony growth or auy other enlargement if used fur several days, such us spav- ‘ ins, splints, curbs, callous, aptuin-t, awell--1 any lameness aud all enlargements 1 of the joints or limbs, or rheumatism in ’ man aud for any purpose for which a Huimem is used for man or beast, it is now | ; , known übe the best liniment for man i , ever used, auting mild and yez certain in its efiecis It isi used full strength with g perfect safety at all seasons of the ye.-ir. ( Send address for illustrated Circular ; . which we think gives positive proof of its ; t virtues. No remedy busever met with such < unqualified success to knowledge, for 1 beast as well as man. Price JI. per bottle, or six bottles fur 55. i All Druggists have it or can get it tor . you, or it will be sent to any address on receipt of price by die proprietors. DR J B KENDALL & CO. Encsburg Fall*, > ermont, ▼ol. 25. no. 23~«1 year. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGIST’S.

Important- to T«a y ei.eb.s.—Specie inducements are offered you by <j le Burlington Route. It will ]my yo u tn read their advertiaeuieut to be f 0(II1 j elsewhere in this issue. 51wlb i Daughters, Wives, Mothers, t ‘ 1 I s®’ < z ’ 17 j S Dr. J. B. MARCHIBI UTICA, NV, * nucovaiißit or DR MARCHISPU UTERINE (’ATIIOLIfOX A POSITIVE CURE FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS. This Retnsdy will ac» in harmony with the Female !*yi*b*in at all timw and a)?o fnunrdiaiely npoo the abd*ia>i<»*t and uterine mnpetea and restore them to a healthy and strong condition Dr. MarchDi’e Uterine < ath*»lic<m will cure falling of the Womb, L?ucenrrha»»t, Chronic In. Ita.mrua.ioo and Ulceration us tbe womb, Inciden. tat Hemorrhage or Flooding. Painful, buppremwd and Irregular Menetrnatiun. Kidney Complaint and I? eepec ally adapted lo the Change ©r Life Send for pamphlet, tree. Al! leUer? us iiiQuirv freely anewered Addr*-?? a- ahnr*. 1 FOR 9ZALK BY ALL DKI Price fl 5» per bottle. Be sure and a*k for Dr’ M arctdfti'a Uterine Catholicon. Take no oih er ' Forsde by A. R. Pierce A Co. an j 1 Dorwin A H -lth > h e. k DMINISTRATORS SALE. Notice is hereby given, that the under. I signed. aJiuiuialrator of the eria:e of John I R. Tounvllier, deceased will otl'er for v«| e I at public auction, at the late ievidence of I the decedent, fu Root township, Adatoe I county, on Monthly, tht Yith of r. 1881 the per.octal property of said estate coo I sisiiug of four Loises, one cow, one r’ sl I form opring aago one spring wag.. n I two horse wagoo, two combined reaper, and movers, one grain drill, plow, rows sod oilier farming implements hou’e' hold and kitchen furniture, and various ’ other articles. Ttsss:- Sums of three dollars an I under, cash; over three dollars a credit ot tune months will le given, the purchaw I giving note with surety to the satisfac ion of the un l-nuttned. waiving benelit of valuation aud appiaisernent laws. Sale to begin at 10 o'clock a. iu. A. HOLTIIOOSR, Aug. P, 1881. SALE OF DITCH. X’OTK’E » hereby given that the un- | der?igii’.i has been fcuntied in writing I by Nancy a land owner, aa«l per- I in the su called Ue I ditch, ftjtuaied in Munroe township. Ad. ams county, thaat the following uatse-i J peraato, to»wit: JaeoS Baker h*, to procure the uiuu or construct ion of I ?nelt part of BM«<j ditch as wae apportioned I io him r. jwuv.-ly hy «liw viewers appointed I Accordinr to law. m the manner and lima I Specific lin hr report made by tai l v ewers, j I shall, the!afore, in iraooa not us Sect tea F 12 of fl? Ditch law. approved March 9, » on Friday the Ditb day of SUpiember I at 2 q'clctclh !’ M.. at th? Court I H> ua? <foor in Drent nr, let to the low- I rst ftn<J lies! respouaible bidder, the exon- I vition and censtruction us so much of ■ the eai<! Lee ditch au isduscribed brio* I io-a •’ : From fttuion L’O so station 32, l.eing 120 J I lineal fret apportioned by said viewer to I Jaooh Biker. Aiftu the el aru.g ot the 1 timber on he I f>e *»f sai l ditch, running ( ihro'igli th? iand us *nid Jacob ltakt-r. Said wmk io be don* strictly in accord- J ante With the spreifien'ions attached to 1 ! the report <>f t?»r viewers, filed in the Auditor’s • ffi*-e of Adam* county, Ind. Bidders wilt be required io file a bool, with guud and'sijflicirnl security, payable »o the above nu-utioned Ju ub baker i for the faithful prrfurmitnce of said wotk within tho time specified at the day of the letting. G. CHRISTEN, Auditor Adams Co. « Audi*'»i-'s nffice, Ajaus County, luJ, August 17. Ibbl. 20w4 NOTICE SALE OF DITCH. N«''’<e is hereby driven that the under. | ftlgned baa been uuiiflvd in writing, by John Hatt a land owner aud persun inter- • estrdin »h? so called Wherpy ditch, situ- | * a(ed iu .Vniun township, Adams count} - .< that the tollrfwing named pt-reon to wii: | Joseph Miller bns failed U) procure the ex- | t caval ion or const raetien of such part of 9 I said diich as was apportioned te him respectively by the viewers, appointed sc- ' i cording inlaw, in the manner and time I !»|-ecifie«l in the report mn*le by said viewer*. I shall, i here lor?, in pursuance of I •vetiun 12 of the ditch law, approved 1 March 9. 1875. nn 16(A (if SttplrnJt* r. 1 SSI, I at 2 u clock p. m , at the court house door V! iu Deca ur, let to the lowest and best re- 1 spouMble bidder, the excavation si d coo- /i Hrnctioit of »o much of the s»id Wherry ditch as is dosenbed below to-wit.* From st at i-jh V 8 to station 116, being 1800 lineal fret apportioned by said view era to J..re ph Miller. Said woik lo I* dune, strictly in acccri- ‘ a nee with the specifications at tne bed io i tho r< port of said viewers, tiled iu tbe Au- M l dilor » office Decatur Indiana. Biddeis will be required to file a bos-l, * ' with gvod and an the u nt security, payable g ts the als>ve mrti lotted J.tsrph Miller for I the laiihlul pt rfo» luniicrof •mid work with- ■ in the time bpeciflfd al the day of the le - ■ ling. G. CHRISTEN, Auditor Adams county. Auditor’s office, A dams county Indiana Aug. 1 ■*, ’bl —w 4. NOTICE SALE OF DITCH. Notice it hereby given that the undereigue.l has been uotifie-i in writing, I 1 ? Jvcub M.n-xer a land owner, and pwson interested in the eo called Bailey elites, I sftuated in Union township, Adame conn- ■ ty; that the following named persons to » ■ Benjamin Brown, J. hn Stevenson and .W---ams'county have faileff to procure meet- K ciwation or construction of such part o ■ said ditch as was apportioned to them re- ■ epwti.rfy by Ihe v ewers, appointed sc- ■ eordiug to law, in the manner and tits’ ■ speoiled io the reporie made by sai l ’>”• ■ •is. i shall, therefore, in pursuance 0 Bi Section 12 of the ditch law, approve bMarch 9, 1875. on | liifA <J"y of Sfpfe*l>r.Y' - ■ at 2 o’etock p. m , at tbecourf house doe. i > I Decatur, let to the highest ami best "’I 10 " K ble bidder, the excavation end construe of so much us the said Bail/ ditch ><s is ue- ■ scribed below, io wit ft From stall u 188 tw Station 188, «>»» E 200 hneaifeet apportioned by said v-e ■ to Benjamin Frown. Alwo frcm - f. 138 to station 155. being 1,00 l>'>e"- f apportions by said viewers ta John . - ei'-on. A!so from stalion 32 to station -. ■g|g being 1000 lineal feel apportions Ity - | viewvre to A<l*m* county a/ .A3fJ- I Said work to he done Mriotly >n »«o | anee with ihe I repoil of the viewers, filed tn the . office Decatur. Indiana. , bond, I Bidders will be inquired w fi,e ’ I with good aud efficient security. P«P I to the above mentioned Bwajamtn « , I John Stevenson and Adams Coon J I faithful performance of “ td ’• r . | - Auditor Adams "’“"'JL Auditor's office, Adams eoun-y Angust 18, 81.—W-*