Daily Democrat, Volume 2, Number 194, Decatur, Adams County, 26 August 1904 — Page 1

VOLUME II

teachers institute over

Closing Session Held This Afternoon

1 SUCCESSFUL WEEK Secretarys Report of Work— lnstitute Notes fuulloHl Workers Complete a Plea sant and Profitable Five-day Institute. FRIDAY MORNING. ' Devotional by Rev. Grether. heading of Psalm 111, followed by prayer. Roll call and announcements "Language,” Miss Patridge. She showed the difference between formal and informal ways of conducting a class. The formal means is by questions and answers. The informal is when the child may feel free to think. She gave an instructive talk on "How to correct the pupils’ language." Subject coucludeu by questions and anIwers. Following this lesson the |kdie« did excellent in giving facts ithey had gathered from the talk. ■Rest. Papers on the subject of [“Schoo Music,” by Miss Thomas. Muse should be taught in school because many children have no opportunity to learn music at home. Mr Fairchild took up the subject of “Punishment.” The attitude of tie teacher should be that there Will be no occasion for punishment. L there should be punishment let the punishment be like the offense. There are two kinds of disobedience. One in which the child forgets the other willfull disobedience. We should keep the school between •ourselves and the child. The child wafers when he has transgressed ■the law. Do no t break over and punish without great deliberation. Make the child to see that he has done wrong. Make him see why he should not transgress. The oon•elusion of the talk is that; we should fovnrn not by ‘force but by will. NOTES. Trustee Sojdner, of Monroe township, was at the insti*ntc Friday morning. Rev. Wells of the M. E. church, ‘Of Geneva, was a listener at the inon Friday. The lecture on ‘Thursday evening gwn by Rev. 4, Hen was very in•wetting and instructive. Tne teacher i were present to hear the compliment paid to Supt. ’Btundyberry. Th s afternoons program Oonclud * the institute work and the stings closed at 33:0, after one '' the most successful sessions ever beld in the county. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. I Piano 4010 Miss Gertrude Moses, weture by Prof. Fairfield. At the ginning image the boys and the r ls before you. He discussed the whether the teacher 8 ( uld call the class to the front or they should remain in ■‘"r seats. It depends upon the ■ ‘ ,u l- About titteen minutes is ' ,D k enough for a reci ation in the 't’her grades of the district school. e higher grades have a basis and Bre easier to teach than the lower paries. Questioning is a point to considered in the recitation, is an art. No question ’ lj uldbe put to the individual. '” 1 should be prepared to ask ques■ong. If you are not you will be

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responsible for lack of government in your class. Rest. Music Paper by Miss Thomas. Subject, the German Opera. Piano solo, follower! by singing. "Sight Reading,” Miss Patridge. She began her afternoon talk by answering a question which was handed in. How wouidjyou conduct a reading lesson?. ”Do not read too much yourself. Have the pupils do most, of the reading. What should they read? Anything. When? Any time.- The fourth reader pupils can get the thought out of the second reader, but he cannot get it from the third or fourth reader, The pupil cannot read unless he can get the thought just as you do. The child does not gain power to read by reading what he cannot understand. And hejdoes Jnot gain power by reading the same thing over. You must make the pupils love to read. Give them easy reading. It should be fresh reading. Begin where the child is. Do not criticise the child in his sight reading. In sight reading the pupils should not all have a book. In silent reading each should have a book. lit silent reading have the class read.to a certain place, then have them close and ask questions to see whether they understood what they have read. An interesting discussion followed this lecture. NOTES. Trustee Huffman, of Kirkland township, was at the institute Thursday afternoon. Arrangements were made this (Thursday) afternoon for the preliminary institute for the south part of the County.

INTERESTING BOOK First Volume Printed in Indiana was Recently Found. Among the old books in the state library is one to which popular interestattaches. It is a small leatherbound volume of about 25 pages, and its title page reads: “The Life of B maparte, late Emperor of the French, etc. From his birth until his departure to the Island of St. Helena. By a citizen of the United States. Published by Patrick & Booth, Salem, Ind. 1818.” The book was found by State Librarian Henry on a visit to Salem a few years ago. There are several curious things about this volume. Having been printed only three years after Napoleon's banishment to St Helena and three years before his ‘ death, it was doubtless one of the earliest lives of him published. It certainly was the first book of a literary character published in Indana. The date on its title page is two years atfer the admission of the state to the union. The territorial laws had for a few years previously been published at Vincennes and one year at Madison, but these were not literary works It speaks well for the taste and enterprise of the Salem community that a book of this character should have lieen published there at that early day. Patrick * Broth publisted a paper at Salem, and Mr. i Booth was the father of the Hon. Newton Booth, United States Senator from Califorr.ii, and grand- 1 father of Newton booth Tarkington 1 of this city. The paper, typo- i graphy and binding ot the book < are fully up to the average of that day, and is altogether a remark- i able piece of book work to have been done at Salem at that time.

DECATUR, INDIANA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1991.

BADLY BURNED New Corydon Woman Nearly Loses Life to Save Her Child. Mrs. Jacob Reinhard, of near New Corydon, is the unfortunate victim of a deplorable accident which happened Wednesday afternoon. She was engaged in making ssap when her little child crowded up to the fire beneath the kettle. Seeing the little one's danger she hurried to rescue it from the flames, and in doing this her own clothing was ignited. The flames instantly enveloped her and it was only by timely assistance that she was not burned to death As it was she is left in a critical condition. One side is burned from her face nearly to her feet and the worst is feared. Dr. Schenk was called from New Corydon and succeeded in alleviating her distress to some etxent. Mrs. Reinhard is a young woman of possibly twenty-three years.

DIVORCE CASE Mr. and Mrs, Carpenter of Geneva Want Legal Separation Decree. A divorce suit was filed at the county clerk’s office this morning by Dudley M. Shively an attorney of South The plaintiff in the case is Alice Carpenter, and the defendant Arlie W. Carpenter, both welt known in Geneva, where they have lived for a number of years. The complant alleges that they were married December 8, 1895, and lived together until June 30, 1904. when they seperated, and have not since co-habited together ; the complaint furthr sayes that for more than two years Arlie has failed to provide for his wife, though amply able to do so. A simple divorce with other proper relief is asked for.

GET READY Bills Announcing the Big Excursion to Eastern Ohio. Bills advertising the twenty-third annual excursion to be run under the auspices of the Ohio and Indiana Old Settlers’ association have been received in this city. They give full particulars concerning the trip. The e.xctirison leaves Tuesday, October 4th, and starts at Huntington. The first section leaves Huntington at 5:40 and Kingsland at 6:27; Decatur about 6:45. The second section leaves Huntington at 6:03 in the morning and stops at all the intermediate stations. This year the .objective point is Greenville, Pa. The fare to that place is |4.75 for the round trip and the tickets are good for a period of thirty days. The fare to Lisbon, Ohio, and Youngstown, 0., where most of the people stop is 13.75 for the round trip with the same thirty day privilege

BETTER TODAY Little Flossie Lee Not as Badly Hurt as First Reported. Flossie Lee, the little five-year-old daughter, of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lee, who live on the Wyatt farm, just west of the city, fell down stairs in to the cellar at her home at four o’clock yesterday afternoon and was quite badly hurt. She was rendered unconscious and for several minutes it was believed she was dead. Dr. H. G. Keller was summoned and after a half hour’s work succeeded in reviving the child. An examniation proved that no bones were broken and the • nervous shook was the only bad symptom. Fossierecovered rapidly, however, and is reported as getting I along all right today. She was re- i ported fatally hurt shortly after j the accident. ®

THE REUNION

Boys of the Eighty-Ninth Here Next Week

All Ready for Their Entertainment— The Big Camp Fire is Tuesday Evening.

The nineteenth annual reunion of the 89th Indiana regiment will be held in this city next Tuesday and Wednesday and the local veterans are arranging to entertain their visiting comrades in royal style. Accommodations have been arranged and the boys in blue will be well cared for during their stay in Decatur. The various committees have concluded their duties and it only remains to carry out the orders of furnishing the visitors anything they may ask for. In this connection it would be well to suggest that each business house display the National colors. The program includes a reception at the G. A. R. hall on Tuesday with a camp fire at 7:30 in the evening, to which all soldiers and citizens are invited. Mayor Coffee will deliver the address of welcome, and their will be talks by Hon. J. T. Merryman. Rev. J. C. White and others, also songs and recitations by the best local talent. Remember the president and the committee of the 89th request your resence.

THE WEATHER Rev. Hicks Says September will be a Stormy Month. In his weather forecast for September Rev. Hicks says: "A secondary storm period, beignning the last two days of August will last into the first and second days of September with gales and change to much cooler will follow behind these disturbances. The storm period beginning oa the fourth and extending to the tenth promises to brin? many prolonged and severe ’disturbances. The disturbances at this time will almost certainly be aggravated in character, and prolonged with possibly very slight intermission, into and through the reactionary storm period central onthejllth and 12th

are usually great. On Wednesday, the 7th, t<» Saturday, the 10th, will bring a decided crisis showing that equinoctial hurricanes of great extent and violence with thunder storms and possible tornadoes in many places. The next regular storm period extends from the 16th to the 21st. Whatever character of storms are in progress during

the period, 16th to 21st, Sunday the 18th, to Wednesday, the 21st, will bring the culminating crisis of the period. A regular vuloau storm is central on the 29th, extending from ■ the 29th, two or three days into October. As we enter this period the barometer will fall, the temjierature will again rise to quite warm, and scattering storms will be advancing eastward over the country about the 29th and 30th. ”

Quarterly Meeting. The second quarterly meeting of the conference year will be held at the M. E. church at Steele, next Saturday, and Sunday, the 27 and 28. The quarterly conference will be held Saturday at 3 p. m.,preaching by Rev. C- J. Graves, of Bobo on Saturday night, and by the presiding elder, the Rev. C. U. Wade, D. D., of Fort Wayne on Sunday morning. Everybody is welcome at. these services. Rev. J. A. Sprague of Monroe, will preach at Pleasunt Mills tonight.

STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

Lindsev young Instantly killed Brother Injured

A SUDDEN DEATH Fred Dreyer of Hartford Township Died at Martinsville. Fred Dreyer, well known farmer of Hartford township, died at the Martinsville sanitarium at 8 o’clock p. m., ’Monday. Mr. Dreyer had for some time been complaining of stomach trouble and Tuesday a week ago he went to Martinsville in search of health. Just a week after he had left, his children at home received the sad news of his death. Last Sunday the oldest son received a telegram to meet his father at Bluffton on his return trip. He went to meet him, but his father did not arrive, and they did not hear from him again until the death telegram came Tuesday. Undertaker Adler went to Martinsville on Tuesday and returned with the Corpse, Wednesday. Just what the immediate cause of his death was, is not yet known to us. —Berne Witness.

LUCKY ESCAPE Decatur Crowd in a Runaway While Enjoying a Night at the Willshire Carnival an Accident Occurs.

Frank Erwin, the young man who clerks for J. H . White, & S >n, together with four other companions, had a very bad runaway at Willshire, in which all had a very lucky escape. This crowd desired to take in t the sights at the carnival, and in the evening secured a rig from Meyers & Scheiman’s, and all started out for a good time. Everything passed off smoothly until they reached the main part of Willshire, when the team took fright and started to run. Erwin was driving and did his utmost to keep team under control, but all his efforts were useless, | and the team kept on in their mad run, hitting auuthei rig aloug the

way and spilling the occupants out on the street. In this melee the wagon tongue broke, thus freeing the team, which started for Decatur. They were captured, however near the Clover Leaf railroad at that place and brought back to the scene. A new tongue was secured for the rig and the outfit returned. At the time of of the runaway the streets were crowded with rigs, and how the team got through without doing more serious damage is a mystery to the Decatur crowd. All were badly frightened and say they do not care to pass through another like experience. (

MRS. JOHNSOM DEAD. Mrs. Johnson, wife of Sheriff Johnson, of Bluffton, died last night, after an illness of a years’ duration. During John Terrell’s murder trial she suffered a severe hemorrrhage while in the court room. She was quite well known here.

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HOUSE WRECKED Storm Results In A Fatality Near Steele Every Occupant of the House Rendered Unconscious by the Terriffic Bolt. The home of Frank Young, just east of Steele in Blue Creek township, was badly wrecked by a bolt of lightning during the electric storm yesterday afternoon, and Lindsey Young, twelve-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Young, was instantly killed. His brother, Ray Y’oung, was also badly hurt, recieving a cut three inches long just over the right temple. Mr. and Mrs.young. Young and an adopted daughter named Ray were badly stunned and for some time it was feared Mrs. Young had been parayzed but a report from the family physician, Dr. Christy of Willshire, at noon, today, raid, all were recovering from the shock nicely. Lindsey and Ray Young were taking care of. some horses for their father and were passing the home of their uncle, Frank Y’oung, when the storm broke. The latter called to them to come in until the storm had passed. They started into the house and Lindsey had just stepped into tne doorway when the lightning came, followed instantly by a terriffic crash of thunder. Everyone in the house was thrown to the floor and rendered uncon-

scious, remaining so several minutes; Frank Young being the first i to recover. One by one the un- • fortunates were revivtd, excepting Lindsey, who was found to be dead. A small red spot on his neck was the only maik on his body. The little Ray’ girl had stood ! beside him in the doorway and escaped unhurt. Ray Young stood just outside the house and was [ struck by’ a piece of flying timber. Dr. Christy was summoned at once and administered to the injured. [The house was badly wrecked, every window pane being broken and the woodwork shattered. The lightning struck in the gable and spread all o 'er the building. The less is about #SOO. The Young families are wel known here.

EXCITING RUNAWAY

Mis s Merle Burdg and Raymond Bremerkamp furnished a little excitement today at noon, caused by the horse they were driving running way. These young jieople had planned to ejiend the day at Willshire to take in the sights at the street fair, and had just started from the home of Miss Burdg,when the livery horse they were driving took fright, and started to run. Bremerkamp did his utmost to stop the animal, but the more he pulled on the linos the faster the horse run, running .through Second street at a breakneck pace, and on north. Raymond finally stopped the frightened animal near Sam Pillars' flour mill, a mile north of the city. The slight accident however did not mar their pleasure, as they drove to Willshire and had a pleasant time.