Jasper Banner, Volume 2, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1855 — Prohibition – In Maine. [ARTICLE]

Prohibition - In Maine.

Mr, Clare Oxley is authorized 'Wan as our agcntjnpbocuring «ub- ~ JHMflba Cfisad B«q. ii» ftutborited to ..weiting «übacrip- . Smlo Che •Bcedct.* ..»<• ~4 5

Houses. —In no particular is Rensselaer to deficient *|Jn the necpsd#ry facilities for primary Ti Jdacatam. Th e youth of all age*, and of both acres arc growing up in our mid st primary education, except in a few in Etkhces where tlic parents have the means inclination to place their children al Boardisg Schools. —.^ — ’ *Hi» state of things is not so much - the result of an indifference on the part i<rf parents to the mental culture of their children, as a want of energy and tntcrprise in providing suitable school houses, #njf affording proper encouragement to experienced and competent Teachers. Means have readily been secure! for the construction of three large and re•apeetabfe Meeting Houses. A Court House, which is to be constructed at an Expense of eleven thousand dollars, is also., ss of construction; but, as yet, ‘ we art destitutc'of a school house, or apy,Xhin£tbat might answer as an apoldgy AForene. The various places, heretofore «tfcipiedifor school purposes, have been r inconveniently located, and ill adapted to i that purpose. it is folly to suppose, that good teach-, -ers, under such circumstances, can be procured and their services long retained. . The first step towards organizing and sustaining good schools is to secure a building or buildings suitable, and favor--rfbly located, with all the necessary fix- . -tmrM substantially and properly arranged. All this may be done without subjecting any one to a heavy tax, providing the .measure is entered into by the citizens •geaerally, A few hundred dollars will ’be sufficient to purchase or construct such | 4milding; and should objection be made to donating such an amount for school ■purposes, the property can be held as joigt stock. The rent would pay the interest on the money inverted, and - keep repairs; and, should it be deemed ad.tiaaMe at any future time to”disposc of the property, it will not fail to command anjuivance on the original cost. Such an arrangement could be no oh- j aticlc in the way of other and more important projects of a like character. The whole matter, after being properly'arranged, might be placed under the supervision of a few efficient persons. We sincerely hope our citizens will awake to the importance of this matter, and adopt the above or some other plan, xiiahed with the means of instruction. I- 'l—** 1 A Worthy Example. -Mr. Casad, our A'geiife a few days since, handed us all offer, and informed us, that it was from a youthful subscriber. “The boy,” he said, “had importuned Lis father and >n older brother to assist him in raising . sum sufficient to pay the annual subscription for The- Banner, but without 'success. The boy, however, managed '.to raise, from his own resources,one dollar, sends you with therequest, that, *in case he should fail to raise the other ' half dollar, you would send him the parser two-thirds of the year.” ? ~ • ' c TMi boy, we pfoHiet, will ••make his mark.” We ‘frill cheerfully .send our papet toalleuch subscribers -for oftedob; qgg not j !»• ’d ft •bg

of -our readers wish us to publish the Liquor Law, recently passed ’ by our Legislature. We shall endeavor ; to &JBo''neja week. It is very lengthy, 'and almost every thing else dur <»WOS> / -?■ R? —_ I I - —— ’ DO* A l'T^ er iri tlie Crimea gives curious incident— HtACTUy, ip a house to Which some set fire, was found in a rbßm,'oh pbin t of being suflbeatad yth the smoke. a child of about -cigbtden mondhs oJdyclegantly dressagolA cross stispendpoor infant <rar greiMdierr. who r<s trfo >♦ •wntfi belongs shah b<j discovered* Jt i» etlHou* to «oe the baby, and ®SH3SIf FM*Vch teodornw WT V'' -* ■ i...

® n « r Win rvfei<ce |o the jA»Hn g <- <■ a nifte pMribitfrfy law riy-the legislature of Ahrtjßtaje \>f i “A Committee id naw engaged In perfecting the lated to give it the utmost* possible " 1 * I'hat AJomniittee, weri understand, are now: hesitatirig on fthw point—‘Shall we e weep away at once all the Liquor Agencies,affirm the inutility of all Alcoholic Beverages to subserve any laudable purpose—Mechanical, Medicinal or Religious—and forbid the said of such Beverages under whatever circumstances?’ Or, Shall we tolerate the deference to what remains of. ancient ignorance on this subject, and allow Liquor to be sold ■ luyiAjaa^wwiini— yr. .1 i i iij-ii ,iMyyyiiiii.niM|aßi»nßßWn—tor "certain •wperificd- uses- other tnarr that of potation?’ We believe a majority of the Committee, at present, inclines to take the strong ground, and say: ‘There is no legitimate use for Alcoholic Drinks, and none shall hereafter be sold in this State eave in violation of law.”.

Ruth Hall. —Wc have always found peculiar pleasure in perusing Fanny Fern’s articles,which, we believe,are very generally admired. It was not without some impatience, therefore,that we awaited the appearance of "Huth Hall,” from which we expected something rich and racy, nor have we been disappointed.— In point of merit, it far exceeds what we had anticipated. Every sentence is the : language of her own impulsive heart.—. Many of her descriptions are concise, ) graphic, delicate and touching, as maybe infered from the followings x‘ract: . u tn. a hi iwmiißWn h'.ui|.mO» «u wfO,* ynnjßy l .■< uyiwr i ■on , m ■" lfl riian i' i iini- 1 “Further on, at one block’s remove, was a more pretentious-looking house, ] the blindsof which were almost always) closed, save when the colored servents ' threw them open once a day, to give the' rooms an airings Then Ruth saw uhixu-.. ask chair*, satin curtains, pictures, vases, books, and pianos; it was odd that peo-, pie who could afford such things should j live in such a neighborhood. Ruth looked : and wondered. Throngs of visitors went) there—carriages rolled up to the door, and rolled away; gray-haired men, sub-stantial-looking family men, and fopishfooking young men, while half-grown boys-loitered -about- the-premises, looking, mysteriously into the dour when it opened,. or into the window when a curtain was raised, or a blind flew a part.” ______ “Now and then a woman appeared at the windows. Sometimes the face was young and fair, s.ometimes it was wan and haggard; but, oh God! never without! the stain that tbe bitterest tear may fail towash away, save in the eyes of Him : whose voice Of mercy whispered, “Go, and sin no jnorc. 7 tTArSE'S Cherp.y Pi:CTonAL is a most excellent remedy for Coughs and Colds. Wc have - had , occasion to try its virtue repeatedly during the i winter just closed, and always found its use attended with-beneficial results. Those who are aflicted in this way, will do well to try it. It can be had at almost any of the Drug Stores.— Hollida'jshur?Hetjirfer,Pa. r< 1 The Yoing British Officers.—Previous to the war, luxury and indtil-, gence appeared to have reached a) point the most extravagant. Young meh and elderly meyTeerned to vie with each other in providing means of inordinate «elftgrattfication. The ■ club houses of the irietropolis be-) came joint stock nelnces of refined and elaborate luxuriousness. If, the DerLyday, or Oak’s day of 1853, [one had walked into St. James st.,) ■ about 11 o'clock in the morning,! I there were to be seen the young men i of fashion, with their admirably ap- : pointed carriages, preparing for the ) sports of the day, and most of them with blue veils tied around their hats, intended to be used as-guards for ? their complexion, when encountering the san and dust of the road. If one walkeclon to the Army and Navy club house, in Pall-Mall, the most preposterously luxurious of all the palaces in the neighborhood, there were other similar groups.

Among all these young men. tho’ in the dress of civilians, were officers of the regiments generally stationed in London, the very regiments'jvhich have been performing such feats of valor! These young men, who thought it necessary to guard their faces' from the gun of British summer days are the same who have lain in their tents on the heights above Sebastopol, scarcely sheltered from 1 the cold damps of a November night, andhave started with alacrity at the First sou fid of the trumpet or the drum, in the raw mists of the morning to lead their men into the most terrible conflicts that ever soldiers were engaged in, and to face death iu every terrible aspect that death can as-

lEt* A Rumor was prevalent at Washington' on that S»nta Afina had been assassinated, mid that Alvarez had established a Provfrici ahfibrern rifewt nt A dttpnico.