The National Banner, Volume 8, Number 37, Ligonier, Noble County, 8 January 1874 — Page 6

“ferthe" stiftement, having appointed Chapman to make his concession.— But, Faurot submits to the statement, k!lowing i& %g;_lm\gm“rm*, },ml goes to. his home zl%i%.’\'e ville \\'l%l_)()\¢ conéfl plying vithhis pledge toireturn the leiter-of adyiee, excusing himself from fulfilting his pledge u_pon;hw around that he has changed his mind. e also kept his second letter of advice, " whieh I was desirous of .retaining for _ self-protection. L e Friends and fellow-citizens;hotwith- " standing the action of R. Faurot in this unfortunate affair, which shows that he lacks firmness,and stability, | de‘ can not be relied ugpun under cirenmstanceg of a similar chm:tcter.——“‘ Yet we should be charitable enough' to admit that Elder Faurot has many good qualities. I believe he is naturally a good man, many times better ~ than the leading ruler of the church cliqu2 who eaused him to stumbje, to swerve from his honest convietions of, duty. . Goßare, ; (Tobe concluded next week) % el < E— :

ALL ABOUT A SCHOOL HOUSE. An Old Question in a N:w Form. SOEM Eprror: 1 think it probable that many of your ri*,:\_('.crsé, even in the; * vieinity of I;i_é,rn,n‘im'. are not aware that a new and, to my mind, danger/ous theory on the school questions has: ' a determined advocite in “the_pepson ‘of the Trustee of Perry township.— 'Such, however, is the case asa few facts will show: Abonut a year prior to this date, several persons in the neighborheod to which T beleng, came to the conelusion that there were scholars enongh in their immediate | vieinity to justify the building of a : .schopl'lmn:«* for their special benefit; but the case having been brought informnlrly beforer the Trustee, he expressed himself unfavorably, and the subject was dropped for a time. /i]}ut. the nuniber of children having been slightly inereased, it was décided that a more vigorous effort be made to secure to our locality a proper share of the beniéfits which the system of free - gchoolsi evidently designed to confer upon us as well as others. In pursu~ance of this object, a meeting of the " parties interested was ealled on the Tth of December, 1873, At that meeting Mr. Israel Billman proposed to do- © mate a piece of ground for sehool pur- - poses. This proposition was unani- + mously accepted; and a committes - (consisting of three persons) was chosen, and instructed. to draw up a petition, and present the same to the. 2 nnqx»(&i‘ officer. On the iBth of Q’,“’same month, the three committeemen appeared before hiis honor Mr. Diinning with their petition, containing the following stateraent: TFirst, there ard ‘now thirty-five children of suitable age in the proposed school diStri('t; all | of whom are uxi{'m'tnn;\tel_\' situated _in regard to schools; the distance varying from one and & quarter to two ' miles. | Secondly, it was stated that ~all the parties interested would be ~ found within -a radius of one mile from the spot which they had chosen. - Thirdly, it was asserted that the - schools on which drafts would be made were crowded, and -would be rendered’ more efficient "by parting with some of their scholars.. The petition further stated that there were ~ Several scholars who could not attend school under existing regulations, and would not be able to do so for vears to ~come. But Mr. Dunning was not to - “be frightened by superior numbers, ‘nor by a formidable array of faets; * but began (as his custom is) to assert ‘that there were already too many. " school-houses in the township; and * that it werefolly to talk about increas“ing their number. But'the committee were as (letex'milye(l' as the Trustee, and informed the gentleman. that whatever the facts might be respecting other portions of the township, the wants of his petitioners were such -as to claim not only a recognition on . his part, but some effort to supply the deficiency. Thisinduced Mr. Dunning - to unfold his plan for supplying the - township with schools. THaving a ‘map at hand, he hunted up the locality of-the hoase in No. 3, and- then.placing his finger on asection corner, three quarters of a mile south Jand east, he | said: “It must come to this” thatis | the house must be moved to this point,

“and then it will accommodate No. 3 as before, and it will do for your re. gion, and also for the settlement south of that point.” 1 will only-say in reference fo this scheme, that the country thus mhpped.out comprises not less than six full sections; with a probable enumeration of 115 scholars.— TFinding at last that his petitioners were not to be silenced by his arguments, he requested that a week be - given himj:? in which to decide upon " {he matter. - At the expiration of the time, I was informed that the request _c‘oul(l not” be ' granted, because there " was 1o appropriation for that purpose. ‘ Thus h:wiing racked his brain for a " whole week in search of a reason, he " brought cut an idea that amounts to just this: A garment is colorless, _therefore it cannot be colored. Another week swept: by and I saw him again and urged him to reconsider his action, on the ground that he had been ~ refused admittance at No. 3land that ~ the same would be true of Ligonier,

and:that having been excluded from the point most desirable, we could not get along without a house of eur own, Then he began to reveal another of “his bright designs.” Said he, “the (rood THope School-house is not where it should be, and the Independence school-house is not where it should hey” and then pointing to a section corner a mile south. from the former, and a mile west from, the latter, he said it must come to this; those houses are getting old and will have to be abandoned. and then it will be neces-sary-to fimild on this corner and that will answer your purpose. It must come to this, but whether Mr. Dunning’s pet scheme is to be carried into effect in'fhe year 1900; or the year after, this %‘(lep_(\)fignt‘ saith not. I said to him, “ii you bnild a house on tha#—‘_.pdr‘ner, it will be virtually a house for us. But that is not where we want it, and bésides, it will never do to tear up school distriets after this fashion.”

K will now give a few items concerning the Good Hope district. Its ex-. tent from east to west is two miles; and it formerly extendefl north to where the Bowsher School-house now stands. - But after several years, a few families settled along the county line north and west from that point, and not being strong enough to get a house near the county line, they united with a portion of the Good Hope district, and secured a seperate organization, with & house midway between Good Hope and the county line. - This Bowkher Behool-house. (if it were large enough) would accommodate the central portion of the Good Hope district well enough, but what would become of 't.lm'QSctrmnes cast, and west? Solomon Miller andsons live a mile west, ‘and if their house is to Dbe ‘,v-u(c:i,_tedv they will be fully two miles from "sehoo. Swiggart lives. & mile east from Good ;I'l':ope, and a mile north from Indeperidence, and if both ‘of these houses are to be given up to the batts, he may take his choice between . four schools at a distance of two miles. I mentioned this objection to Mr. D... but instead of admitting its force like. an honest 1i1:m, he turned 'ix‘pon ne with-the inquiry, “Do you presume to say that two miles make too great a distance for children to go to school ?” I answered, “try -it-on.” But Mr. D. was still equal to the occasion and replied by saying, “I remember when I walked two miles to school in the State of New York.” . Well, I will ad- - mit that he knows best what he use to do, and I further admit that this may have beén the cause of that mental obtuseness of which hie has lately given such unmi‘stakable_ proof. But granting that he has passed the fear- ‘ ful ordeal without injury, is thata . reason for demanding that one fourth of the little girls in the country, many of them almostjas delicate as summer - flow_eifs, shall wade through mud and snow, and face the relentless winds for a distance of twormiles? Nota very gallant man.is Mr. ‘Dunning if his actions représent him fairly. We will now examine that part of his policy which relates to an abrogation of Independence_, district. That school | has now as many scholars as one teacher can manage, and is likely to have more hereafter. The same is p;'ob;[tl)!y‘_‘i:;'ue of the Fairview School- 4 wuse; but the two houses are only ]

orie it &apart, and thatin the opiHIGR™ of Mr. Dunning is anfunpardonab%v stake, and he proposes to vacate pdependence. Thisawill make it negs. §:ar9 OrfiGStg?l the vaclited distrig o seekt a refuge it Fairv ";,gtt ; ‘g)us%f# I& large enou g}afl - ‘this Mighty addition, and if not permitted to throw oft the camel’s load, as they did once before, a new house must be provided, and it m‘ust'"bh large enough for a doublescheol. The same policy will be necessary at the Bowsher house, and the result will be two large houses instead of three sinall —ones. Where is the economy of such a plan? Pl ;

But, is Mr. Dunningdn earnest about’ vacating two houses which are within two miles of each other? If heis,then thiose who fancy themselves secure in the enjoyment of their rights may suddenly find their ears tingling with the sound of the doom-sealing declaration: “Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.” That he desires to do this is evident, for he actually tried to vacate one of these houses last fall, but gave it up for fear of the consequences. What then does he propose to do to secure the rights of his petitioners? 1f he is afraid to vacate one house, he dare not' vacate two; and if without such action he proceeds to levy a tax for the building‘of a house on the southreast corner of section sixteen, it will be for us only, as I told him; butit will not be where.we want it. But if he will not build a house _where we want it, it is clear that he will not build one :mywheref Now, in the opinion of the State Superintendent, it is the duty of the Trustee to seek out the wants of his constituents, and to take measures looking to a supply of the salMé \githout waiting for . their action. It may He proper, at this point, to compaie notes, that it may b!e'l"aifly determined whether the poli¢y of Mr. Dunning agrees’ with. this standard. 'He has now been in office about fifteén months, and the position of his petitioners was fllll}"" known to . him from the beginning. Butso fari was he from trying to do anything for : their relief, that when the matter was brought hefore him, he tried to lay the responsibility on the shoulders of the . ‘County Superintendent. - And when compelled to “face the musie,” he flatly refused to grant their tequest. 1 propose now to show the significance of this refusal by reference to a few facts. In this proposed school district there are three families, each numbering five 'scholars; one of thess is a mile and three quarters: from school, the other two are a mile and seven-eighths. From the dwelling of the first mentioned family to. the proposed school house is just half a mile. Take this half mile from 134 miles and you have a gain of 11{ miles for each of the five scholars in the morns ing, and an equal amount in the evening, making an, aggregate. of 121,

miles for the five scholars each day.— With one of the other families named the gain would be the same. -But in the case of the third family of {ive, the gain is equal to 115 miles for each, both morning and evening. Fogt up this bill, and you have the sum 0f.15 miles saved to one family in one day. Now, if we allow 20 minutes fo the mile, the 15 miles referred:to will require a-waste of 6 hours for one fami-. ly in one day. Multiply this by 60 and you have 300 hours, or thirty days of ten hours each, thrown away by one family in-one school term of 60 days. ~ But all this is nothing to Mr. Dunning, so long as he may sit cosily in his chair, and with self-complacent look, revolve within the narrow orbit of his mental perceptions this;animating thought: “I have keptithe. ex-: penses of the township down to their minimum (lowest) limit, which is the only object to be sought by a 4 guardidin of public trusts.” = R.S. LATTA:, - T rr— - P—— SoEss

THE. EVIDENCE in the Ville, du Havre investigation partially exonerates Capt. Surmont from ‘much of the blame which has been cast upon‘him, as it shows that the crew of the: Locl Ern emistook the pilot of the Ville du Havre for the Captain. The latter remained on his vessel until she went down, and was taken out of the water with the otliers who were saved, so that he could not have played the,inhuman part which was at first attributed to him. The-tribunal of investigation has unanimously ‘acquited the Captain of the Loch Erne’ from:any responsibility for the.collision. . @ T~ ——- iy CHILDREN suits and over-coats at greatly reduced prices at Engel & Co’s | Kendallville. / : i

" “CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF The-Perry Farmers' and - Workingmen's Club. ¥ . CONSTITUTION. . e ~ Fmmst. This organization shall be known as the erry Farmers’ and Wotkingmen's Club, . * @ SEcoxD. Its objects shall be: Improvement in the theory and practice of Agriculture and Horticulture; to promote the moral, intellectual, social and - pecti)iinry welfare of its members, and by active and cordial co-operation with other clubs, and a county ‘committee when formed, to assist in carrying to a successful issue the objects of a State Association. And, further, to unite all the interests of labor ~against the encroachments of capital. : e Tiirp. Its members, other than thé original ones, shall be elected by ballot, and all 'flgqxl'xl_)ul‘s shall be ‘subject to pay an initiation fee of $l, ahd thereafter such sums as shall be necessary to defray the expenses of the Club. : ‘ o - Fovrrn. Its officérs shall consist of a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall _ jointly constitute the Executive Committee, and shall . " be elected annually. g o ; Frero. Its meetings shall be held monthly and at such other times as the President may deem nec< essary for the good of the society. Six Ti. This club shall become auxiliary to the. ~ county association whenever it shall be formed. SEVENTIL. This,cmist_ituti(m'm:'n.y be amended at " any regular meeting by a two-thirds vote of all the - members present, said amendment having been proposed in writing at a previous meeting. e i - BY-LAWS o " First.. The President shall, when present, pre- . side at all meetings of the Club and Executive Com- ' - mittee. : ; : Seconp. The Viee President shall during the absence or inability of the Presidé_nt‘perform all the duties of ‘the executive officer. . THIRD. ‘The Secretary shall record the proceedings of the Club, and, as Recording Seeretary, shall maintain an active correspondence with the County Committee and other clubs of the county,and shall ~ conduct all other necessary v:orréslmndenco._ . Four Ti. The Treasurer shall receive all monies * paid into the Club and disburse the same only on the order of the President and Secretary with the consent of the members.. ; ; ; Firrit. The order of business shall be:— 1. Reading minutes of last meeting. . 2. Reports of speeial committees, - 3. Unfinished business.. — _ 4. New business, essavs, discussions and reports ot standing ¢ommittees. , o - §rxtH: The regular meetings ot this Club shail be held in Ligonier, at the Town Hall, on the last Saturday of each month, at. 1 o’clock p.yM. - ‘BEVENTH. The President, after each annual election, shall appoint a standing committee of three as a Finance Committee, who shall perform the duties required of such committees in other organizations ~and determine what compensation, if any, the officers BULHE Qlubishall fedeive. - 5F 1 0 100 0 Eiciri. Seven members shall constitute - a quorum for the transaction of business. DEAR SIR :—I send you.a copy of our Constitution and By-Laws, premising that you are interested in the movement of the farmers of the States west of us, and favorable to it. We have adopted the Club, or open forin of-.m‘g;miz:tt.ion, rather than the Grange or secret, form, for the following reasons: - . . Ist. i Thatso'many men in the country who are favorable. to the movement ave®opposed to secret organizations, and while we must look for our strength in the counfry, yet all who feel differently on the above point can work with the first, and add their cifectiveness to the effectiveness of numbers. - : .2d. The Clubcan be just as effective as the_flrmi‘ge’, / each having the same numbers. But we are satisfied a greater number can bé gathered together under onr fose o ) 5 fie A 3d. The cost of organization is greatly in our. favor, and-onr members control in all things'thew disbursements of monies. There is no chanece for a corruption fund.. e ; : e 4th, In our form, the members of each club decide upon their own constitution and by-laws, section! -by. section. In x"forming_cmmty and State a,ssocinticms, those eomposing thém are delegated by the members of the town, or primary -clubs; thus keeping the power in the: H®nds of the people, according to our several ideas of democracy or republicanism. In the' Grange form,. you are aware, the rules are made and’ handed down to you, from a heéad you eannot control,” ‘which power-may be used, after a lafp:e fund is gath; ered, and fund also, ‘to say the least, not to your RN il eoR Dl B A Lastly. We believe that mechanics, and - others, with a fair share of intelligence, are just'as much interested in the movement as farmers can be, and will, if allowed, make a material addition to our force. | They certainly have the same reason to fight monopolies that we have, and because of this, we, as clubs, agk their co-operation, while the Granges do not.-— - While we do not wish nor mean to war on Granges, we ask you to“think on these things” before decid-' _ ing.as to the form of organization wherever there * has: been any contemplated. If you have: already decided and have gone too far to retract,- while we, think onir course is best for us all, we yet:“bid you God speed.” ~ S B Srie G s 3 DH. REYNOLDS, ' % = Sec'y, Farmers' and Workingmen’s Club. ,Lgigan§e;, Ind, December 25th; 1873, .~ - L

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