Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Volume 8, Number 48, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 June 1877 — Page 2

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Thursday, June 28, 1877.

ONLY AN EMIGRANT.

Only an emigrant lying there On tha rock-bound coast ol Halifax bay, With tbesalt sea damp on his yellow hair,

And his face aghast in death's dismay. Only an emigrant! one of five nunareu Hurled to Els doom -when some one blundered, tht When the rieh go down we may rockon

And Value their lives and what they arc worth But who will weep for the emigrant lost—

This clod of clay which cumbered the earth 1 Drive the nails In his coffin lid,

And lot his corpse fi om our sight be hid.

But list, I pray. Leagues on leagues away, In a turf-thatched hut »n the Irish shore, There are human hearts which are breaking

And Eight hopes dashed for evermore, And eyes half blinded with passionate tears, And the dreary outlook of desolate years.

Onlv an emigrant lyingthere, Lffeless and mute in Halifax bav. But hia SOHI was strong, aud his skies were a

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When he left his home—a month to-day, He fondled his child and kissed his wife. Ere he sought new scenes in the uattio 01 life. Brawny liis hands and brave his heart,

A»tl firmly he believed that the hour would come When h«se with whom he dreaded to part

Should join him again in a Western home, Hopeful and happy, and rich and fiee, In abetter land beyend the sea.

Only an emigrant's family tbere, In the Irish home where the news has sped But the terrible look of utter despair

Makes the facc of the living as sndas the dead. For the light of their lives went out that day.

When the ship struck the rock in Halifax bay, Only an emigrant lying there,

With his parted lips grown ashca gray, With the sea damp on his yellow hair, And his face aghast In death's dismay! O merciful God! take his soul to Tneo,

In abetter land beyond the sea.

Dust to Bust.

Last Sad Rites in Honor of Our Dead Mayoi.

Funeral Panegyric by Rev. Darwood,

One of the Largest Processions Ever Seen in Terre Haute.

The funeral of the iate Mayor fames B. Edmunds took place this morning from his residence on south 4th betw«en Walnut and Poplar streets. The house was filled with mourning lriends. The feattures of the dead were the ever present death pallor but were very natural and not much wasted with disease.

Rev. Darwood preached the funeral sermon. Copious extracts in the latter portion relating to the biography ol the deceased Mr. D. explained were furnished him by a lifelong friend of Mr- Edmunds, his own acquaintance with our late Mayor having been limited to a few months. The extracts are taken from a very full obituary notice prepared for the GAZETTE by Mr. G. F. Cookerly and published a few days since. They are icproduced here.

THE SERMON.

We are assembled here this morning in the Providenceof God to commit to its final resting place the remains of our departed friend and brother, Jas. Edmunds.

Death, whom riches cannot bribe nor power resist whose shafts goodness cannot turn aside, nor dignity deter, who arrests the monarch as well as the slave. This conqueror ot conquerors has once more entered our city, and laid his heavy hand upon one of our most esteemed citizens, and caused him to pass the boundary line of life into the spirit land.

The phenomenon which we call death, is not the extinction of the living powers but the separation of the Soul from the body, the mortal from the immortal, the material from the immaterial. It is more than pain or suffering. It is more than the exhaustion and emaciation of sickness, it is the absolute cessation of all that which makes the earthly house the fit dwelling place or home of the Soul.

The mere process of dying seems to be the falling into a deep slumber, and it is the moral and intellectual motives in a reasoning being which enhances the fear of death. It is also the results of death which makes it appear so terrible, the darkened vision, utter helplesness, the cold dark ground and the concious unprcparedness for it which causes us to shrink from it with terror and dismay. A prudent man contemplates the death of his friends with great concern. He follows them in his thoughts to the tomb— clothes himself in their habiliments extends himself in their coffin and regards his own living body as about to become, like theirs and sees in the destiny of his lamented triend an image of his own.

But I need not dwell upon this thought as the impenetrable veil which death throws over all terrestial objects, the darkness in which it involves them—the irrevocable orders it gives us to depart and the power it employs to enforce ihat order anc take us away, speaks to as to-day more solemnly and impressively than anything which I could say.

The Question which is probably uppermost in our minds this morning, is the present condition of cur departed friend and what will be our condition when- our spirits are called upon to vacate this earthly house, or, in the language of a poet

How will it be when, earth's last conflict orer, The loagingsoul shall burst Its prison bars, And soar away, the glories to dfstover, Of the spirit land beyond the shining stars? When ltfe's warm sandals at the grave's brink leaving' Our -worn loet .shall press the immortal shore Ant!, done with earthly care and pain and

The long, sad join ney of our life is o'er?'' Is this senseless clay all that is left

the Mayor o^ur city? Is he so entirely dead to himself, the Universe and the God that made hitti, that he is now unconscious ot the relations he once sustained to his now bereaved wife and children, his God and his fellow men? Nay verily, but he still lives in the regisns ot departed spirits where all the dist:nctions of birth, riches, power are lost forever, and where all the distinctions which now* remain are those arising from virtue or vice.

And then the intellect with God-like power shall develop into more than angel strength and when from the grand outlines of spiritual altitude it shall progress forever.

'Tis sweet to think, when struggling the goa of life to win, That just beyond the shores of time the better years begin. When through the nameless ages we cast eur longing eyes Before us. like a bonndless sea the great hereafter lies.

And were it not so friends this life with its sorrows and trials, disappointments and suffering would be a bitter failure and it were better that we had never been horn. My friends our loved ones are falling from our sides like the leaves ot Autumn, and our attendance upon funerals is almost as frequent and formal as our visits of friendship The air, the ocean, the earth and all the other ele-i ments, are armed with the powers of ath to des'roy life of man. One thodeand dangers lie in ambush all about ususand the seeds of mortality are opening thin us and yet we do not realize the wiwful fact that we too, must die.

My God help us this day to get our house in order and prepare to meet our God, and may this dispensation of His Providence be sanctiiied to all our good.

Some one has said that the greatest power yet evolved is not electricity nor steam nor explosives, but public opinion and as public opinion is only the sum of private opinions, manufactured largely by the press and pulpit, the notice taken of the time and circumstances of a man's life and death at his burial has much to do in forming this opinion, though it is of the utmost importance that those who form public opinions should be exceedingly careful in their statements concerning those about whom they are called to write or speak, and feeling a due share, I trust, 01 their responsibility, I offer the following brief memoirum of our departed friend

JAMES B. EDMDSDS

was born in Nevins township Vigo Co Ir.d., on the 28th day of July 1831 and died in this city on the 18th of June 1877 Aged 46 years 1 month and 10 days.

As mv acquaintance with the deceased was limited to a few months I am under obligations to one of his life long friends for the following notice of his life and labors.

His first appearance ©n the stage of public life was in 1850, when in connection with his cousin Isaac Coltrin, who was a practical printer, they established the Prairie City," a newspaper, which was ably conducted and had a wide circulation. Until that time the deceased had no knowledge of the printing business. He soon, however, became a good compositor. In IS53 he was clected city clerk and filled the office with ability and great acceptance to the people. He was, at one time, a member ©f the common council. He also was elected and served two terms as citv treasurer. "Early in the year of 1S56 he became connected with G. F. Cookerly and Thomas I. Bourne, in the management of the ''Terre Haute Journal," then a weekly publication. Soon afterwards Mr. Bourne retired, when the "Daily Evehing Journal" was commenced under the au-s pices of the deceased and G. F. Cookerly He remained with that paper, either as co-proprietor or employe from tnat time until it was sold out by G. F. Cookerly in December 1S62 to a joint stock company. He then removed to his farm in Lost Creek township, where he remained one, year, when he came back to the city and, in connection with John S. Jordan, purchased the "Terre Haute Journal" until thev disposed of it to Col, R. N. Hudson & Co,

In 1S75 he was elected mayor of this city and was re-elected in" 1S77, and it has been said by those who knew him best that he was the best mayor the city ever hud, and a thorough parlimentsrian, ot great executive ability.

As mayor of our city he was ever carefull of her interests and discharged the duties of his office with marked ability and fidelity."

And it may be further said ot him that as the chief magistrate of this city, he did not execute the law to gratify his own ambition or avarice or to revenge a personal injury, but to defend the rights of every citizen, relieve the oppressed and restrain and chastise disturbers of the peace.

He was received into the Order of Odd Fellows April 23, 1851, by Terre Haute Lodge No. 51. He was a charter member of Fort Harrison Lodge No. 157. He rejoined Terre Haute Lodge March 1S72. He was active and earnest in the discharge of every duty to the Order. He obtained the highest rank that his Lodge could confer. He attested his devotion by faith'ful and zealous worss, that will cause his brethren to feei his loss with sorrow while appreciating his worth.

In his intercourse with the world he was strictly honest and conscientious and ever ready to do an act of kindness to those when he had it in his power to oblige. As a friend he was sincere, faithful and affectionate. A kind husband, a loving lather.

Mayor Edmunds was a good specimen of a self made man, and although he did not have the advantages of a collegiate training yet he was a man of great vigor of understanding, strength of judgement and clearness of apprehension.

To say that in the depth and range of his information he rivaled the best schollars would be extravagant, but we may say that he possessed an acute mind, a power of penetration and a tenacity of mental grasp not generally found.

The deceased was also a man of strong consideration and was unswerving in his opinions.

He was not one of those who agree in all things great and small with the statements of any one else, but generally formed his own conclusions, and when once formed adhered closely to them.

I would not wish to represent him as a perfect character, for were I to do so I would be offerirg an Insult to the undert standing of those who knew him best and to the memory of him who lies below me, and I would be prostituting my sacred office in eulogizing any man at the expense of truth, for where is the man with character so spotless or life so perfect that nothing could be a^ ded. Mayor

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THE TERRE HAUTE

Edmunds had his faults, his failings like pther men, but v.*e leave him in the lidnds of that God "who is too wise to err and too goad to be unkind," who will reward every man according to his work.

The funeral procession wended is way slowly to the ce.netery in the following order:

Ringgold Band, Hearse, Carriages with friends, Carriages with ex-major4. Carriages with connti raec, Carnage-. with city officers, Police force, I. O.O. A. O. U. W.. Fire department, Citizens,

At the cemetery Mr. E. B. Hamilton Noble Grand of I. O. O F. No. 157 which Mr. Edmunds was a member, lead the beautiful burial ceremonial of ths order, and the body was consigned to the earth from which it came.

SCANDAL IN BLOOMFIED.

A DOCTOR SEDUCES A YOUNO GIRL WHO ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED. The following are the particulars of a scandal which has shaken up all Green county: II. R. Lewder, a doctor of pleasing appearance, posessing more than ordinary ability as phyician, moving in the best society, considering A. Na. 2 in all that goes to make up a first-class citizen and gentleman, a married man, wiih a handsome wife and a child about nine years old, a prominent member of .he M. "E. churh. and all his surroundings, domesticcaily, supposed to be as happy as mortals have a right to expect, cot on very intimate terms with a young lady named Knapp. a handsome "brunette who has laught school during the spring, End whom it was thought would marry a jeweler by the name ot Anderson in a few weeks. She has been engaged to him for the last three years. Miss Knapp was also a member of the churc to which the doctor owed allegiance, and on many occasions when her lover was not at church (his business making it impossible for him to attend church during the week time,) the doctor escorted her home. Thus the intimacy began. She was brigh,t handsome, stylish and intelligent, the doctor a magnetic sort of a fellow, with a plausible tongue and pleasing, caressing wave, and their friendship ripened into an" intimacy that has at last brought shame upon them The young lady vis ited the doctor's residence often. Their actions toward each other began to make her lather and lover suspicious, and they organized themselves into a vigilance committee, and in a few evenings alterward discovered the doctor climbing from the chamber window where the young lady was supposed to be sleeping. The falser, in his rage, compelled his daughter to give up to him the many letters of affection the amatory doctor had written her, when the startling truth was discovered that all the arrangements for an elopement had been consummated and all that was yet to be done wa-s to tmbrace the first opportunity and fly, no one knew whither—the doctor to leave his wile, child, station, practice—everything—the young ladv her promised husband, her home, her dying mother and hard-working father, and all the ties of her childhood home to enjoy the fruits of illicit love. The lather was dnmbfounded when the terrible With burst upon him that his beautiful daughter was ruined, and that forever. He armed himself with a revolver and threatened the life of the doctor, but at this writing they have not met. The and is not yet. The young lady is penitent and begs for forgiveness, and knows now her folly, but to late The doctor yet stays in the neighborhood, and whether he and the lady will yet elope seems to be a question of opportunity.

CRAZY.

A KIJJG WE HAVE AMONG US.

Two or three days since a woman, registering as Mrs. De Chambers, St. Louis, arrived at the National House and *aid she was obliged to stop here for htr trunk to come- on from St. Louis, and thfftshe was on her way to Brooklyn, N. Y. She was well dressed, had some money and appeared lady like.

Several things occurred to show that she was evidently out of her mind, and finally Mr. Heinly, one of the proprietors, induced her to return to St. Louis. She said she would do so if he would also go with her. She found a "king of hearts" card and gravely presented it to him, and told him he was the king and she was the queen, and kept thereafter calling him "the king." To get her to go home he agreed to go also and went to the 'bus with her, but she shrewdly made him enter first and so made him go to the depot there she kept a tight hold of him. He was compelled fc go aboard the cars, thinking that here he could thus get rid of her, but here again she clutched his coat tail, and protested against his deserting her. This was very embarrassing to Mr. Heinly. A car full of passengers were starring at him and he couldn't get loose. The train started, he in her grasp. Finally when the train had crossed the bridge, he induced a gentleman present to assist, and with their joint exertions Mr. Heinly got loose, and making to the door, leaped from the train, the woman loudly shouting for "her king, her king." Mr Heinly doesn't wan1: any more king business in his.

SINGULAR PHENOMENON.

A RAIN OFFISH IX HOWARD COUNTY:

John Chandler, of this city, visited his farm in the east end of the county on last Fridav, and while looking over the place discovered a large flock of buzzards congregating in a pasture field. On walking to the field his astonished eyes beheld a remarkable sig'at. There lay, in a sti te of offensive putrifaction, at least one thousand fish from six to ten inches in lenght, together with myriads of tadpoles. The size of the fish and the immense numbers of tadpoles lead to the belief that they had by some means, most probably a water-spout, been carried from some pond, marsh or bayou. Such phenom ena, are not at atl rare in physical history, but we have never known of such a one in this country before.—[Kokomo Dispatch.

Sheriff Carrico returned lastevening from Jeftersonville where he went with two prisoners. They were George Hastings and Frank Livingston, each in for two years.

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'WEEKLY GAZETTE.t

GRADUATION."

A Class of Sixteen cf the High School Seniors Receive.^ Diplomas.

An Elegant Effort by Miss Minnie Neal.

Handsome Re-

.u* 1 u„„to immorality, that the world of reform, em Last nigh the class of the Terre^Haute religHigh School was graduated at the opera JUlity and liberty, is rolling on»se* A -ui ward to accomplish its destiny, ana that

A new and very sensible ^angement

have heard, however, some expression of

disapprobation of the plan on this ground that many poor persons with families who desire to attend for the entertainment's sake, are thus debarred. We would suggest therefore—and it is merely a suggestion—that the gallery and perhaps family circle might be made free, and this especially as we noticed some vacant seats in the former.

The opening was a prayer by Rev Mr. Pavey, ot Asbury Church, and fol-. lowing was a chorus, Mighty Jehova, from Belline, by the class and a large portion of the High School. This was very well given and showed careful and able training by their very efficient teacher, Mrs. Gould. The class numbered sixteen, twelve ladies and four gentlemen. The following is a full list.

Alia B. Ash, Emma Ward, Mary R. Austermiller. Sarah Bugh, Harry Donham, CokeS. Wright Ida B. Ensev, Lizzie Ensev, M. Ida Fuller, Harvey J. Huston, I.izzie Katzenbach, Minnie E. Neal, Allie Lockridgc, Laura E. Peters, Lou.'E. St. Clair, R. D. Stevenson. Only ten of the above-named had orations or essays, it having been decided by the Board that only a limited number should speak, there' not being sufficient time for so many. Others appeared in the musical part of the entertainment, while still otheis only looked eloquent and were silent.

Miss Allie Lockridgc was first introduced and delivered a very fine oration upOn Public Opinion which was well written and delivered "with good grace and good accent." She received weil merited applause and a large number of bouquets in testimony of the high appreciation of the audience.

Next was an oration by Miss Lizzie Katzenbach on American Influence, well written and well deliyered, wherein she forcibly set forth the influence and destiny of our country and reminded every one that to be an American is a better cause of pride than it once was to be a Roman.

The r.ext was an instrumental solo, "Fautaise de Opera" very beautifully executed by Miss Mary R." Austermille.

Miss M. Ida Fuller then read an essay •'DRIFTIRG WITH THE TIDE.'" It was well written, earnest and sincere, and elicited a large share of applau-e and flowery testimonials.

WHATSOEVER A MAN SOWETH THAT SHALL HE REAP," an oration by Miss. Sarah Bugh, wa« very finely delivered, and this, with the actual merit of the composition and her very pleasing manner in general was highly appreciaed by the audience.

A vocal duet

GYPSY MAIDENS

from Glover, by the Misses Ensey, with an accompaniment by Mr. Albert Wyeth was exquisitely rendered and an encore vociferously demanded by the audience. This was responded to by the young la6 es by another duet not inferior to the other and very loudly applauded. A shower of boquets also rewarded them.

AN AIM IN LIFE.

an essay by Miss Laura E. Peters received weil deserved applause by the au-

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J. Huston, the only gentlemen 'ecogni'^^

speaker of the occasion followed with an condiUono^ 1 e.

IT DOES MOVE."

His delivery was agreeable and forci- uuiiiiilulh *0 ble and with a little more ease in gesticu-

with that known as the Dark Ages, it can be seen that truth is mightier than fiction. False ideas may for a time prevail and lead many astray, but the truth,

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this humiliating position in a suppressed voice said,"It does mote though." This was truth, and mark the result. The echoes o* this whisper have long since silenced the thunderers of the inquis tion, and driven from place and power to obscurity and infamy the advocates and supporters of this infernal doctrine. "It does move," is not now a mere whisper, it's tones, trumped tongutd, are reverberated throughout the bounds of civilization

Such men as Galliloe are needed in every age, not so much because they say things move, for they make them move. They are teaching the gloomy supporters of tyranny, infidelity, ignorance and

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in the management of these exercises was inaugurated, and the full house and good ^8 order of the evening showed conclusive- The lustumental soiO, a waltz, by Alia ly that the people were not dissatis- B. Ash. was well rendered and deserving fied with the new order and that the of commendation Board had made no mistake in this matter. Aside from the financial benefit to the High School it has this advantage also, that the relatives and intimate friends of the gradutes. who have, heretofore, often been unable to secure seats on account of the great rush at every entertainment where the seats are free, are by this plan, able to engage their seats beforehand and have a certainty of hearing the essays and orations of their young friends It also avoids the attendance of a large class who go only because it is free and who have often

when truth shall

THAT LIFE IS LONG WHICH ANSWERS LIFE'S GREAT PURPOSE. An essay by Miss Lou E. St. Clair, was among the best of the evening,_ and stt forth very graphically the true aim oi life. Her mannei was easy and her reading verv good.

MissEmma A. Ward's essay THE IDEAL GRADUATE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. was a successful effort and a sound plea for the institution.

oecause 11 is ircc »uu wnu The Phantom chorus. Samnambula, by made their preseuce very undesirable, by

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the masterpiece ol the evening, by Miss Minnie Neal upon the subject of Grit. Her manner and delivery proved that she was not lacking in that very valuable ingradient of human character. We give it verbatium.

MINNIE E. NEAL.

GRIT.

Common Sense, Confidence and Decision are the elements in the conception named Grit.

To realize the importance of a.iy labor and to understand the means of accomplishing it, requires, first of all, common sense. Still a plentiful supply of common sense will not perform the task, for nothing will sooner result in failure than the continual feeling of inability. It must be understood that the knowledge of the ne cessity of the labor, and of the means t® accomplish it, were not bestowed without the ability to avail onesself of them. Still there is something lacking—in the words of the poet Herrick, we must

Attempt the end and never stand to doubt nothing's so hard but search will lind it oat. It matters not in what department of learning, whether adding to the material wealth, or to the mental store, a desire sufficiently strong to lead to the earnest investigation of the natural laws and principles, will develop the required result, for he is invincible who fights for TRUTH.

History shows that when there has been long neglect, and, consequently, great need in any department, whether of Literature, Science, Art or Discovery—great efforts have been put forth great men have come to the front and wonderful developments in that line have resulted.

When there were stern duties to be performed, stern men came forward to perform them.

In any labor the Will must have full sway to do what has been determined by the "mind. Will, as just used, implies an ATTEMPT, a trial,if nothing,more it is an active, a progressive power while WON'T implies a stubborn refusal to but forth a single effort, no matter how important the end.

Grit can be acquired. We can not all be geniuses, yet we all, by doing what is before us, can show that we have force.

room tor a man of FORCE when this fact is realized with all that it means, there will no longer be so few leaders and so many followers.

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lation. which habit will soon acquire, he Those who do not pc*sess this property. are never pleased to see it in others, and exert themselves to destroy it. Hannibal's army was not defeated until the peo-

lation, which habit will soon acquire, he will speak with firm efiect. We give the full text:

The next was an oration by Mr. Har- |ja i's army was noi ucicawu UHUI mt j»wvey J. Huston, the only gentleman of the

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class who took an active part in the exer- destro ed their GRIT. VVhenever a percise. His subject

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"IT DOES MOVE" those around, by company and flattery, «„cho«» and bis remarks, brief, were very pertinciit and his delu enorts ery good. The followihg is the full text.

good, ine louowing is me iuu.«.«. »h

others,

"He is not worthy of the honey comb,

to make a decisive effort,

Capua, by feastings and carousings

ha's done anything worthy of praise,

There are enemies in the dis­

guise of friends. At the present day,

have power have

When the present period is contrasted those who a their work that they possess Grit As there must be a motive power to render the steam engine available, BO there must be a motive power in man

does come it is like the sun rising upon preservehis individualidarkness. Less than three centuries ago perwn.cter

sought to suppress them. For this back opposition and strikes error square purpose thev were denounced as taise, raM7Sibto«onofm«„

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ty to be a distinct character in the plav of life, his work, his efforts must be distinct. And let him expect no help, until he, himself has put forth some effort.

Gallileo, that great apostle of science, uttered a whispered sentence towards which the stretched forefinger of all time will stand as an index. After he had made his great discoveries in astronomy, 1llIir.a the church, then in the zenjth of its pow- life of disappointment andtnals it hurls

In a word, GRIT prepares man for a

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brings planets to puzzle the brain of and add to the glory of the Creator it issues its mandate and the lightning obeys, and is harnessed for the service of maf it enters the realms of thought, and from its high pinnacle looks down on an ignorant world and would teach it,—Life is short, and "he most lives who thinks the most, feels the noblest, acts the best," It beholds from the summit of fame a great ocean of truth, and on wings of faith soars away to think God's thoughts after Him.

Mr. Wiley then made the following remarks, after which the presentation of the diplomas was made by Mr. Bichowsky, president of the school board:

HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT, *&77* Friends of Free Education: The exercises to which you nave been listening so patiently, and apparently with so much pleasure, close the public schools for the year 1S76-77. The work done throughout the system has been most satisfactory. It can be said without boasting that we have a competent, pains-taking corps -of teachers. They have been conscientious in the discharge ot duty, and the progress of the pupils has indeed been marked

There have been enrolled in all grades for the vear, three thousand nine hundred and thirty pupils. Of these, one hundred and ninety-nine have been in the High School. The expenses in the aggregate of educating so many children must necessarily have been large, but they have not been unseasonable or extravagant. They cannot be classed thus so long, as a full return is made to the people in the way of improved security to property, and an advanced intelligence among the masses.

The cost of education per pupil in all of the schools, for the year, has been $13.79.

The expenses of the High School for the coming year will be about 3)^ cents on each $100 of taxable property the total levy for school purposes Stale and city for 1S77-7S, amounts to 34 cents on each $ioo. This is only about half as much as was assessed three or four years ago and yet the Trustees, Superintendent. and teachers are pledged to maintain a high standard for the educational work of the city.

The cost of the schools is not to be counted by the number 01 graduates from the High School. As well might we say that the wealth and resources of Terre Haute are confined to those of our citizens who are worth $100000 or more. Our constant aim in this work of education is to give to the pupils each day of their attendance, that knowledge and discipline which will be of most worth to them ia after life. The problem, then, is not so much what is to bei done for the very few who may be able to attend twelve years, as it is what can be done tor the vast number present today. I might add here that as we succeed better from year to year in the primary work, we shall have a larger number anxious to pursue the higher studies. And, moreover, the improvement of the High School inspires every child to strive to enter it at some future day. The whole system, then, is a grand up-lifting power to ihe community.

There is time to mentiononly one other phase of the cos. of the schools. It is that our system of education is worth vastly more to Terre Haute, in that it induces people of culture, energy and wealth to come and make their homes with us than the cost of maintaining it from vcar to year. Abolish the system—ave, even cripple its efficiency by giving it a meager instead of a hearty support,—and many of our citizens will emigrate, and many more who may be now thinking of coming among us, will seek more congenial homes elsewhere.

The energy produced in our own people, the culture assured to the rising generation, and the improved condition of all classes of society, through education, constitute a sufficient" reason for maintaining the present order of things.

The graduating class this year is composed of Alia B. Ash, Mary R. Austermiller, Sarah Bugh, Harry Douham' Ida B. Ensey, Lizzie Ensey, M. Ida Fuller, Harry J. Huston, Lizzie Katzenbach, Minnie E. Neal, Alice Lockridge, Laura E. Peters, Lou E. St. Clair, Roblsy Stevenson, Emma A Ward, and Coke S. Wright. These have finished the course

Common Sense is a universal gift and Confidence can be easily acquired. As every wound leaves its scar on the body, so every successful enterprise leaves a mark on the mind that encourages it to renewed and repeated efforts, and if there should be a failure, Grit will not lay the blame to external causes, but will look within and finding the fault will seek to correct it. There is always of instruction, and are now to be honorably dismissed from the high school.

without any attempt to discover the We shall ope to see you continue study, 1 k». invpc and to work at whatever your hands find to do. No man can be sure of the highest success at any kind of labor who

whole truth of the matter, and by inves tigating and thinking make the knowledge their own. As the rubbish in the CQI stream finds no difficulty in floating with ceases to study when he begins to work. the current, so man-kind find it easy to go Whoever trusts to such means soon bewith the sses it saves many knocks comes a mere machine or a failure. Keep and requires so little effort, but it produ- out of the ruts, and keep moving. Bend ces so little results. In the language of #rery energy to the accomp'ishuient of Shakespeare

fame

no person has achieTed fame without possessing FORCE of CHARACTER and the reason so few have won distinction is because so few have

In taking leave of yon, young ladies

su icw icaucio auu o^ and young gentlemen, I have only to say What a dearth of orig- that for years your teachers have en

inal thinkers there is! All are so ready the opinions and researches of •.« —...

deavored to instruct you in the way of

to accept knowledge and good conduct. We have right to expect honorable things of you.

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some honorable purpose. Work with your hands, and work with your brain,

"He is not worthy or tne noney como, jrUUi nauu., j-~ 1'hafr shuns the hive because the bees have and the best results of life may be yours at stings." nst

The importauce ot successful Jabor is A vrcal trio

FAREWELL -THE JOYS OF EARLIER YEARS

by Miss Beauchamp, Mrs. Gould and Mr, Burt. Very appropriate and very well rendered closed the exercises and the audience retired, some to their homes but many, first, to seek ont and congratulate their graduating iriends. It was in all a very pleasant affair and no circumstances to embarrass or mar it in any way.

THE superior standard of 'the "Boss Clothing House," combined ith the lowest possible prices meets the public demand fully, and their i-nmense 6ales prov* that the people appreciate them Tlu hold out no inducements that thev do not fulfill. They make no representations that are not supported by facts. Of late, we notice some dealers in their line, claiming througp the press that they are making a better grade of goods than before, and they are making an average reduction of some 35 per cent on thei.' stock. Those reductions certainly must be compulsion, as the "Boss Clothing House" is walking away with them, and their low prices tell "the tab.

Hon D. W. Voorhees is in receipt of a dispatch stating that the decision in the Mann Blackbourn breach of promise tease has bsen affirmed by the ^jpreme^ Court of Illinois. The decision -"t)f 'he" jarv was in favor of the plaintiff, assessing' the damages at $15,000.