Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1888 — The Supreme Sustains the Cudsel. [ARTICLE]

The Supreme Sustains the Cudsel.

There are in almost every community some parents who, although - they thump thunder "chit of their children when they nre angry and Jet them grow up undisciplined at other tiimpp, yet are always very • Indignant if a school teacher happens, in the, discharge of his duty, to administer a well deserved castigation to their offspring. Buch people are everlastingly making trouble for teabhprs,' lik various ways, and not infrequently cause them to be prosecute !, foV. aesnult and battery.. Such a case recentl y was decided n the Supreme C-raiT A teacher. n Mareiixli'county puni -hed a pupil and was fined for assault and battery. The case was carried to the Supreme C.-urt and that tribunal ri versed the decision. The opinion is of much general interest, end is re jgiterT: I A■cchooi'tpacl: 'r has no general right of chastisement for all offeii<r.| aS Inis tie parent. The teacher’s light in that. respect is restricted to r e Ereiis of his. jurisdiction and rospon ilflliTy ns a teacher. Blit within those-limits ft teacher may exact compliance with all reasonable demands and may, in a kind spirit, inflict. corporal' rmnishment upon ft pupil lor disobedience. This punishment ought always to bn apportioned t > tlie gvavUj' of We offense and ttitbiu the lwnwd£ of moderation. Where no improper Weapon has been employed, the pn.-suniption .-.wiß-be-iiWWWeuxmhALiyjs. made to appear that what v.fts done was '•rightly of assault and I .■it't.vry’, it is necesiiary to show Vm.:ttli-.' act epinnl.'.iho;i. of ’.’.'as iiitonli' !Iy coin mi tied. 11l ca>.e as chastnemtml el' a pupil, the intm)t nicy be inferred from the unreAsouabllit f'S of the method adopted oe the omWs of so ee cmpW*yed^; Ap; u 1 iaiit, arc bp; ■ leach - or, was c<>:Webd of assault and. battery cfi.a pnpii. The pepdwas ;i boy rd.mn years old, .and the weapon a switch. The boy F.nniAitt?d a r-of-iytis'argued of depm-t----iijreZ, if '.h-.' ul ■ w. : < harder illiqi ought W Ire.e‘been given the error se-mns to have been one of judginent.__ Jerrhtti ZVv;.' '.{» Cv? WsTs’l John A. LT F.-.rhnd, chairman: ■ WdlcUtitnrtTiTembWw;dWWr Morris John WipmWe, James Bullis AVfH’aim E. -wg-d-.h: tt-JX. litux and M- G. Lev Is. , _ .. . < u > - - There v.i‘l ba lutil at <•:■.< 41 school house is W Ain ’own.-big. at 7 p. m., os Friday, March 23, lre ; S, :v Litpublican meeting of the patrons and voters of.such school dfetiivt to transact the tolloiving bu.-ine is: 1. To im.i c cut a list, of till voters in the dis.riet: 2. To ( lect' cme delegate to the township convention by, a maj'iily ballot. 3. To cast mid ooinit a ballot for a township ticket, subject to a decision of The-.townsbip convention. The delegated elected as above providecl will iue.i t at 2 p. m., Saliifday, J?,larch LSBS', to transact the fullmving"burin;ss, 1, Te revciyeEnd collide the votes east at the school house meetings and announce all selections made by a ma jority ballot. -• 2. T<> i nm.'lcle Tie ticket. by a majority bailjl of ! ’i-' iie.it.'g Acs. John Waymire, Lewis Fredrickson, A. W. harsh. F. C; Larsh?* James T. Bullis. W. W..lived, George Bullis, N'athau Dm n< d'dih Ku Dickntli, Robert grand, Albert 11. .Brand, 'John U. Iliff, Ephrbrn Flen).ug'. John K. ’.ly. AOVEKTiSED t %ETTEaS. . Chas. Kaig W. - >ro._ truu. Bas'i. ■ Jc'.O"-; j*. Marlin. . Wai- Il- lMt'?r-.. M>s< Ric iey. Isaac Santct-rn. Persons calling for any of the letter? in the above lists will please say. -they are advertised N. S. Bites, P. M. WANTED. —Two hand red tons W Bye straw, also two to five hurt- | dred tons of Timothy hay. -It pd. - A. M. Baker. _ It is a good t r.io f>> accept, on’y such luedieines :,c arc know a in be worthy of eontidcnce. I'l has bm n the exporiencc of ibousiirdv ■'Ayer’s Cherry Pec floral is the best medi-.i:e i.ver used for throat und lu>ig disea •• •. Everybody needs a spring medicine. By using Aier’s Sarsaparilla, the..blood is thoroughly cleansed and invigorated, the appetite stiuTulated and the system prepared to re-i -t the diseases peculiar to the summer months, Ask for Aj era Sarsaparilla. Tak® no otherRkv. S, A. I.oso. |iH*tor of the >l. E.’ church at Frankhu Mich. -iiVH Hibbard's Eheumatic Sj rap irrondertul in the cure of Rheumatism. ft-AKA, how ifrtUe tatty? Qh, hoJlLas ehirpl as a lark. That Itibli.trdS Tlimat awl liin« Xhreejl<>»£s.relLcv* ed his suffering, and he wan ready for play. Acvtk rbeunuitisin can be effectually and permanently cured by the use of Hibbard'* -—_ —.a t> I— ntara