Decatur Democrat, Volume 45, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 5 September 1901 — Page 8

Preble. | { Emma Scherry of Decatur spent < Sunday with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. John Breiner are visit 1 ing relatives in Ohio this week. David Werling has disposed of his j grain elevator to an Ohio City gentle- j man. , Henry Smith and wife entertained , friends from Fort Wayne over Sunday. John Hey and family of Williams visited at Jeff Klopfensteins last Wednesday. Herman Geels is still acting as telegraph operator for the Standard Oil Co., at Laketon. Chas. Werling is as proud of his new engine as a young boy is of his first pair of boots. Hermon Geels has moved into his property which he recently purchased from Fred Fuhrman. Ask Henry Kirchner and Jeff Klopfenstein what they thought of the head end collision at Toledo. Buuck & Jaebker have purchased a fine new dog to take the place of old “ Lion ” who has served out his days of usefulness. Rollin Laughner is at home from Lock Port N. Y. spending a few days with his parents before returning to school at LaFayette. This town is wrong named it should tie called Bachelorville for I believe we have more bachelors here than any other town of its size in the state. If thereare any old maids who aredesirous of taking an overgrown boy to raise just call at Preble and take your choice. Pleasant Mills, Mattie Fuller is visiting relatives at Decatur this week. Mrs. D. McLeod has been quite sick for the past week. N. McCullough is improving slowly from his recent illness. Mrs. Joshan Mathewson of Convoy spent Sunday here with relatives and friends. B. F. Ehresman isable tobe around 1 again after a very serious attack of rhumatisim. Pleasant Mills turned out in full force and took in the sights at Deca- 1 tur Monday. Rev. Scherich will fullfill his appointment at the Baptist church Sunday morning. The stone quarry hands are having ■a vacation this week on account of some repairs being done. Mrs. John Barnett of Bluffton gave G. W. Barnett and wife of this place ‘ a pleasant call last week. Ora Comer the six-year-old son of ‘ Joseph Comer died early Tuesday ' ■morning. His death was caused from 1 a cancerous tumor on the neck and

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face, which has grown and become quit large in the past few months. Nearly all his life he has been a patient little sufferer, never murmered or complained, aud for one of his vears was a bright and intelligent little fellow. He was indeed a little hero during his suffering. The funeral was held at the M. E. church Wednesday morning Conducted bv Rev. E. H. Peters. Berne. E. D. Engle spent Sunday at Bluffton. Amnia Adler spent Sunday at Linn Grove. Mrs. Dave Bixler returned from Petosky Saturday. The Family of Frank Allen spent Sunday at Woodburn. Charles and Rufus Howk returned home from Fort Recovery Ohio. Miss Mae Parks, of Pennville, is the guest of Mae Murphy this week. Dr. C. Kuntz and daughter Rose were business callers at Decatur Monday. Drs. Simkins and Emick called on Linn Grove friends Saturday evening. Ed Riee returned home Monday from a few weeks visit in northwestern Indiana. H. S. Michaud and Fred Neaderhouser were business callers at Decatur Monday. B F. Weldy of Lima, Ohio, spent Sunday in Berne, the guest of Miss Cora Gottschalk. Vilos Heacker. Oscar Augsparger. Rufus Howk and Henry Schug called on Geneva friends Sunday. Aldina and Huldah Sprunger and and Mrs. Philip Schug aud daughter Cora spent Thursday at Decatur. Emil Erhart. Wm Egly and Amos Stauffer left Thursday for Kansas where they intended to visit for a short time. Chris Yoder of Berne and Alliert Kindal of Linn Grove renewed their subscription to the Democrat for another year. Mrs. Shenbeck returned to her home at Leo Thursday. C. G. Egley her son-in-law accompanied her as far as Fort Wayne. Chris Stengle and children and Miss Emma Craig spent Thursday at Fort Wayne visiting Mrs. Stengel at the St. Joe hospital. The Misses Merryman and Davis. Messrs Quinn and Schrock of Decatur and Miss Harriet Ogden and Mr. J. W. Kinney of Bluffton took supper at the Cottage Hotel Sunday. Mrs. Eli Hirscey living 11 miles south of Berne died last Friday. Funeral services held at the Menon - nite church Sunday. Messrs John Schug. Mary Emick,

Christon Simkins, George Braun and Theadore Beverstofer attended the Wallace show Monday evening. Earl Shelly. Harrv North and Thurman Gattschalk returned home Saturday from Lake Wauausee. They i report the finest kind of a time. Peter Soldner and family and Homer aud Grover Baumgartner returned home Saturday from Oden. Mich., where they spent the Summer. The Berne School opened on Mon day. The following is the names of the present teachers: Mary Baumgartnar, Rosina Witter, Miss Bryive, Carrie Dunbar. Miss Leffingwell and Prof. B. A. Winans, A large enrollment is reported. Linn Grove. Miss Don Sisk of Poling, is visiting Miss Nellie Hunt. Charles Morrow took in the horse sale at Geneva Tuesday. Mrs. Louisa and Miss Nano Hoffmann were at Bluffton Monday. Frank O. Lindsey is filling a position with the Marcy Manufacturing Co. at Bluffton. Albert Johnson. Andrew Sowers and Mary Runyon took in the excursion to Monton. Michigan. Thursday. D. F. Hoffmann. Mace Haughton and mother were at Bluffton last Sat-H urday. The two former bought a safety corn cutting ma?hine. Alfert Runyon and Charles Freckel have taken one of the engines and crushers of Daniel Yoder to Bluffton, where they will operate the same. Sneak thieves got into the saloon of Warren Hunt at about seven o'clock Sunday evening. Tobacco was the principal article missing Mr. Hunt had just returned home when his wife informed him that some one was in the saloon, and while Mr. H. was unlocking the door on the north side of the building the devils ran out of the door on the west which was unlocked. Many of existing laws are a dead letter on our statute books, and while we are not of the Amish persuasion, yet we are in sympathy with some of their conscientious beliefs, especially when it comes to war aud litigation and we deem it unjust to arraign and extort money by fines of these defenseless people by reason of being consciensously opposed of having the oath of affirmation administered the law will hold any one amenable should they sign a false list when scheduling their property for taxation, while an I administered oath does not debar dis | honest v from doing so, and further we would prefer to take the no and yes of those people that are thus arraigned in the presence of. authority as a sheep dumb before the shearer than to take the sworn statement of i manv others.

institute. Report ot Concluding Setslons. THURSDAY. Devotional conducted by B. A. Winans of Berne schools. Prof. Brown then favored the institute with a solo. Prof. Carr spoke on "The men that were dominant, i The Jesuits have been seldom rivaled. 1 They were the first persons that were. ■ trained for teachers. From 15th .to 18th years of age were sjient in train ing Jesuits. Here are some of the subjects of the Jesuit course. Gram i mar, rhetoric, history aud much time | was given to religious instruction., They taught by the lecture method. They had two courses, the first took five or six vears the other four years. The school of today is not thorough | enough because we do not repeat! enough. This was not a fault with the ■ Jesuits, for they did much repeating, | They prided themselves on thorough uess. They were masters of the art of assigning the proper lessons. In discipline the punishment was mild, and manv small things were overlooked. The hard things of discipline > is to know what is worth while. Ihe | teaching Ixxly should become the most, influential body in every community, j The faults of the Jesuit course were j that it was too much one sided, the neglect of the mother tongue, neglect j of small childred and sectarianism in the teaching. They emphasized the side of learning and not of doing, and they took the children out of the home and took them to a boarding school. Prof. Carr then asked questions. Prof. H. B. Brown then gave a few minutes talk. Prof. Pfrimmer i then recited a selection. Rest. Music. Mr. Brown. Mrs. Boucher; then began on the subject, “Civics." I The first element of good citizenship is obedience. Teach the child the ; responsibility resting upon them. In some states the teacher must pass ex- : amination in civics to get a certificate. I Indiana is behind on this point. Here are some questions: Would it be possible to send from some district to congress a member from some other part of the state? Would it be possible to send a woman to congress? Does congress have to accept every : man that is sent? She does not advocate women sufferage. Let the pupils | have their own opinions. The negro , question has not been settled, we will j have to settle it. Salary is a great subject. The children think that 85.000 a vear is a great sum. It should , be shown them that less than 85,000 will nut get the best men, unless they ; make martyrs of themselves. Prof. Pfrimmer favored the institute with' another selection. Noon. Prof. H. B. Brown of Valparaiso, talked on the subject "The Present Educational Problem.” One hundred years ago the course of study in Harvard was : scarcely equal to our high schools of ; today. In Holland and Switzerland ; every child that is old enough can read and write. England has estabI lished schools. In France they spend more for war than for schools. In i our country the schools began to be established in Massachusetts and I Connecticut. Now Indiana stands at the head. The improvement in the last twenty years has been marvelous. He says that the tendency now is to | drift to the city. It would be better ; for most of us to stay in the country, i There should be a school of manual i training in the distrcts. Have a value i put upon farming or a trade. How . shall we get the people turned toward farming? This is the problem. We | ought to get the children in the notion of giving something back to us, for all this money that is expended for them. Book-keeping is a good thing in the schools. We can make teach ing a profession in the country as well as in the city, aud when this is done we will have the problem solved. Mrs. Boucher recited the “Chariot , Race.” An address to the school 1 trustees by Mr. Pfrimmer. He says I that he has been a trustee and he has I great sympathy for the trustee. He I says that the trustee cannot please ; everybody. Be careful about selectI ing teachers. Do not select them bei cause they voted for you, but select ' them with the child in view. Put j plenty of good books in the schools, jße loyal to the superintendent. Visit i your schools. Truant Officer Schug I made a few remarks. Mr. Brown took ! the subject "The Cornstalk Fiddle.” I Man is a controlling animal. He has controlled animal, he has controlled I plants, he has controlled nature and the water. The still more important I thing is the control of electricity. All lof this is history to us. This is’ what has brought forth Edison, Howe. I Watt, etc. The expression of a man’s | soul is hidden away in a material. I The pupils will obey the sound of the . bell. The farmer will obey the dinner | horn. Mr. Brown closed his subject Jby singing “Home, Sweet Homo.” ! Mrs. Boucher then continued her sub- | ject on “Civics.” At this time she • gave a dialogue on the “Political Campaign.” Prof. Carr took the floor and j liegan the subject of “School Discipline.” The first qualification of I good discipline is self-control, second | self-reliance. Another is a pleasant | tone of voice. The first means to em j ploy is a clear statement of what is to j lie done. Assign the lesson so that the child cannot fail to know what is ito be done. When the pupil is neg ligent we should inform him as quiet jly as possible to get his work. Do 1 not keep the punils in very late. Roll call, song, adjourn. FRIDAY. Devotional bv J. E. Lung. Music. “Educational Land Marks” by Carr. Comenius is his theme to begin with. Reading, writing, composition, geog raphy, ethics, Latin was the course of study of Comenius. He thought it was possible to make learning pleasant to all children. 2nd, he believed

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in a definite plan. Subjects taught must not be too large. Methods should be natural. Girls should be taught as well as boys. He believed in Universal education at public expense. Comenius weakness. He made a mistake in thinking that a person* should learn everything. The system of education which we have is an evolution, it is a growth. He spoke at some length on the Frenchman. Rousseau. Rest. Prof. Brown gave his last lesson in music. Search out those songs which have the best music and best words. Get good books. Get the children to love the music writers, as well as other writers. There are some songs which there is absolutely nothing in. The songs that live are j the ones that are sung most. Mrs. , Boucher gave a rambling talk eulogiz- * ing the teachers of Adams county.: She then talked on the subject,“Algebra." She thinks that algebra will be in all examinations soon. Study algebra it will open up some principals of arithmetic. She then took up "Civics” and had the questions that she gave yesterday answered. She explained how it was that Washington was elected unanimously, and explained the I electorial commission that decided the I election between Hayes aud Tilden. * There is a necessity for a change of the mode of electing a senator on account of deadlocks in the legislature. She gave a very interesting talk. Mr. Pfrimmer then gave a talk on the subject of “Poetry.” He talked on Low to teach poetry. If a teacher can teach he should first know the poem himself. The purpose of a poem is what it brings to us. He showed some of the mistakes that authors make and says that we have a right to criticise when the poem is not true to nature. Noon. The afternoon session was taken up by miscellaneous remarks by Prof. Carr, Mrs. Boucher, Prof. Brown and Prof. Pfrimmer. NOTES. Mr. Pfrimmer is a comic duck. Attendance for the week, 96J per cent. Prof. H. B. Brown is as sociable as ever. Dr. Boyers visited the institute Thursday. John Kern of the Big Store called in Friday forenoon. The entertainment Thursday night was well attended. Trustee Kinney was unable to lie here because he has the typhoid fever. T. J. McKean and W. A. Fonner two ex-teachers visited the institute Friday. Miss Adda Barnett was compelled to be absent most of the time on account of her siek father. \\. E. Weldy and O. L. Vance were the worthy ushers of the institute and surely they deserve praise. Trustees Soldner. Schug. Huffman, Mattock, Macklin, Yager, Coffee, Ophger, Koldeway, Rupright, Boknecht. Aspy, Reiff, Simison and Myers were present Thursday. This was one of the most pleasant and instructive institutes that has ever been held in Adams county and surely Supl. Braudyberry deserves praise for his wise selection of instructors. DOGS. There are nearly 200 distinct varieties of dogs. Foxhounds give cry, but deerhounds hunt In silence. The greyhound la the only dog which hunts by sight. A pure bred staghound never attacks the head of bls quarry. Only In the temperate zone Is the dog found perfect in courage aud speed. The Italian greyhound Is reputed to be the most "ynimetrical of all animals. Skye terriers have been known to jump Into the river nnd land hooked fish, which they tukf carefully by the back. Eskimo dogs are capable of drawing a well laden sledge GO miles In a day The r harness Is of the : gbtest, only a •ingle trace and bo reins.

Consumption threatened. C. Uuwr 212 Maple St., Champaign, in writes: "I was troubled with a hack’ ing cough for a year and I thought I had consumption. I tried a great many remedies and was under’ the 1 care of physicians for several mouths. I used one Ixottle of Foley's Honey and Tar. It cured me. and I have not lieen troubled since." HolthcuFe Callow <& Co. s ’ Obituary. Frankliu Jaeberg son of Samuel and Sophia Jaeberg. ne Hilderbrand, was born in St. Marys township Adams county. Indiana, on the tith dav of July 1880, Died Aug. 6, 1901. at , Sacramento. Cal., aged 21 vears aud 1 month. Frankliu was a bright I young man and a light to his parents and community. It was a shock to the parents to here of the sad death of one who was loved so dearly. Hie death was caused bv falling overboari from the Steamer Jacinto he toeing caught by an under courrent which held him down and he was drowned. His remains were shipped home and arrived on the 14 of August and laid jto rest on the following day at the Maglev cemetery. Services were held , in both English aud German and was one of the largest funeral ever held at that place, Rev. C. H. Snyder officiating. He leaves a father, step mother two brothers three half brothers and three half sisters and a host of friends Card of thanks. We take this method in returning our thanks to the many friends who so kindly assisted us in this sad rereavement. Samuel Jaeberg aud family. MARKETS. CORRECTED BY E. L. CARROLL, GRAIN MERCHANT, DECATUR, IND. Wheat, new J 65 Corn, per cwt, yellow (new).... 75 Corn, per cwt. (new) mixed.... 73 Oats, new 32 Rye 45 Barley 35 iq 45 Clover seed '5 00 600 Timothy 2 15 Potatoes, per bu new 1 20 Eggs, fresh 12 Butter 15 Chickens 06 Ducks 06 Turkeys 0* Geese 05 Wool, unwashed 13 to 16 Wool, washed 20 and 22 Hogs 5 00 TOLEDO MARKETS SEPT. 4, 1:30 P. » Wheat, new No. 2 red,cash.. .? Sept wheat Cash corn No. 2 mxed, cash... Sept corn ,r >6|

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