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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Times, 1891-07-03, Page 2see,. , � •r didttyt knew goodt:iJnliiU�; 61'llt?r! they to hey other interest ht,&, you know of 4U.t U (l t l �% t � tasted it, and when they were vexed Yon au'r. jealous, `-. _.. el lllEl Old YE JItE'tl Then \An SvoJJ�t fila vi staid 1 , in the parlor Always t y JULY 8._..1891, ' ' it inthe. kitchen, �i:o, a wife was not i No, sir, thnukae, It's a goodplace) atUougst my catalogue; of dm neees- [.said Thomas, bet `Tito an Ealglishruan, stales of lite, and as Mrs Rugby knew , and 1 want ley home to be ruy castle. it, we should have gone ou together ' I dict thiole rill marrying a little charn- as lone as 1vt' both lived, do doubt, had '. barmaid down the street, Pretty as a it not entered my mind to ser. up a ' pletnre, and only seventeen, but site coach and coachman. i had„'t salved Anything, and Mrs. Rug- I had done yeey well with the livery i by has duce wonderful', What's warts stable until thea, but some evil spirit 'on toenose, and to trifle of fat to that? bad put it into my ',head that an { if the other nue had her savings, inlay. equipage of my own would be more of course --but he hasp's. convenient, and, of e,oui:se, my coach- flow much has Mrs t1,u;by sev-ed 1 man became one of the kitchen cabinet I I asked, . and being a man of taste, tiuderstood I Hs told sue infa I allowed him to the excellence of my ,fink at once. ' go. He could be bought off, perhaps, but what was Mrs liugtty's price 1 That evening I resolved to discover. Thomas had gone to sett, to the Horses. Pli:emio the assistant'liad gone out ,with her young man. 1: went down into the kitchen and found Mrs Rugby sitting before the rangq,with a hands kerchief to her:styes. cwhe uttered a little scream and arose. • Sit down, Mrs Rugby, said I. I'll take a chair. What a soup•you made me to. -day ! What a ?;oast ! What a salad 1 I cannot live . without you ! Think of my misery if you go ! I do, sighed Mrs Bugby. . Then stay; said. L You can't expect i me to break Thomas' heart, she said. You'd rather break mine, said I. It ain't your • liea°ri as is injured, it's your stomach; said Mrs Rugby. The Land, et Wezet ~tom dames Whitaot, haus.. oncd the purple, hazy trees urnrner`a utmost boundaries; nd the sands--beyoud the setts.— yond the reach a oyes like these, And only in.tlie reaebof the Enraptured gaze of memory, There lies a land, long lost to me -- The land of Used:to-be, land enchanted --such as swung n golden seas where sirens clung wag their dripping brinks, and sung ,Iason'iu that mystic tongue That dazed men with its melody-- . It, such a land, with sueh a seta Kissing its shores eternally, Is the fair Used -to be, tl where music evergirds . air with belts of singing birds, sows all eounds with such sweet words, . at even in the lowing, herds A gleaning lives so sweet to me, Lost laughter ripples limpidly Prom lips brimmed o'er with all the glee Of rare old Used -to -be. Gist laughter, and the whistled tunes. if boyhood's mouth of crescent' runes, Phut rounded through long afternoons, it serenading plenilunes—. When starlight fell so mistily That, peering up from bended knee I dreamed 'twas bridal drapery , Snowed over Used -to -be. O land of move and dreamy thoughts, And shindig fields and shady spots Of coolest, greenest grassy plots, Embossed with wild forget-tne-hots--- And all ye blooms that cunningly Lift your faces up to ine Out of the past, 1 kiss in then The lips of Use4.to-be. .3.nd love ye all, and with wet eyes Turned glimmering on.the skies My blessings like your pbrfumes rise Till e'er my soul a silence lies Sweeter than any song to me— Sweeter than. its melody Or its sweet echo ; yea, all three— My dream of Used -to -be. MRS, RUGBY'S PRICE.. I am—wait—I was an old bachelor. I had lived happily for fifty years es a single roar. What did I want of a wife ? I have . heard that wives are font of having; their owu way, and to spend, a great deal of money; Now, I life rng.own way, and to have the use of my own cash. .' Besides, a bachelor of my age, good looking; as they say I am, rich, as I Happily find myself, after twenty years of mercan- tile life, well piannered and polite to the fair sex, is always, much better received in society than fa married man. As I .said before, 1 bad no desire whatever to change my position in life. Then there was Mrs Rugby, widow of our most respectable porter, who was '!tilled by falling down a hatchway who had kindly, consented to become any cook. ” What a cook she was ! She was not a charming person, nor a young woman ; but it is not expedient that a bachelor's house keeper shall be either of, those things.' She hada high temper also, but that only made he letter manager ---more feared by the , tf servants; and she dared not ex per. on me. She n rcise cooked super that was .all I ask. ed. Her soups, lilfr roasts; r entrees were divide ; her puddings and.littplrY, miracles, simply miracles. Tndeect could not give .you a list of the dishes in 'which she excelled ; she had in- spirations' for desserts for which no one had ever written a receipt, •Did it matter to me then that she was six het one in height, had a knobby nose, and a tnoustacbe,a very small quantity of pepper and salt hair and the voice of a sea captain in; a gale 4 Nd, of course not. I was happy., I had my apart- relents partrelents elegantly furnished. I asked a Wend to dinner when 1 could, and he was always well enterfained. I amok - .t Cl in any best rooms, came hone when i eased, and was the envy of my rear. friends. Pretty girls smiled on • agreeable widows were graoious ; and, to my mind,: the cone :etre that one could marry any e-and'twenty pleasing women much better than actually one of therm for a wife. how °flan had I not heard men dealer° that she n rver t up with ladies, for they Re did justice to the good things set before hila, there can be no doubt of that,and before long he !began to make love to Mrs Rugby. k It had never occurred to me that any mortal man could be so daring he did it, and at last the awful truth burst open Inc. .•firs B,ugby, having smirked and simpered iu a most awa z ing manner for several days, at last announced, to ine that she wished to- change her condition, . 'Matrimony and Mrs Rugby were so littfs c;o,aneeted in niy mind that my reply to this statement. was : In what respect ?.• It's Thomas, the egachman, sir' said Mrs .ttugby ; a quiet;, respectable party, I'm sure. And he's so urgent that I'm afraid I'll be obli&ed to give you a fortsiii„ht's warniu', for Thomas Ah ! I knew it well. • the teacher. He should see that the and me both has • L1Saviil's, and'we're 'They say it's the way to a man's school is kept clean and properly heat thinking of a'restauratit, But I nide id t eart 1 ed and vest slated,• that the closets aro } HsaT. l,woport of Inspector Tom, tx`FiNTIANIlbN,—i have, the honor to submit for your consideration my nn,., nual report ou the schools of latest Huron for the year 1890. Daring the year a 1 the schools were visited twice ,and a number of cases additional visit:: were made. School 13uiidints.-••,'There aro 95 S. S. oe school corporations, and 100 school houses in this inspeotorate. Of these 35 are brick, 2 are stone; 62 are frame and 1 a log building, About one-half arts good, substantial build's in,gs, many of the others lire in good condition, while about 29 should be considerably repaired or rplaced by new buildings, In four sections,Tos, 2, 7 and 13, Ashfield, and 8, Stephen, new houses should be erected at once. The school houses in 9 a"incl 13, East Wawanosb, and 3, Stephen, should be thoroughly repaired. The liouses in 9, Ashfield; 3,Hay and 2,Usb•rne,ehonld be reslangled. Many of the s?liools should be painted inside and out; many of the schools require improved desks, as those iu use are nnoomfortable and wore oast The innjocity have good desks. Great improver? eat has been made in 'the black boards, floors and ceilings during' the last four years. Only afew sections Have complied with the regulation of the Education De-. parte wut, which says "Every school should be provided with a woodshed." Oare of Houses and rGrounds.—'!'o teach the various,subjects of the school programme is not the whole ditty of say I grieve to go,bein' so comfortable ' here.. v Go ! You can't go, Mrs Rugby, said I, I'm suited with you and with Thomas; marry and¢stay with ine. I'll raise your wages`> . 1:'11 do anything, only don't go. If you please, sir, as a married person I shouldn't be willing to live at service; and our own little restaur- ant is a cdream alai ?night till any- body's soul, Said Mrs Rugby, I'm kinder romantic, sir; and I alters liev indulged in beautiful', fancies. I can't help it. At the same time I regret to go. Mrs Rugby looked at, me. [ have Dome to. mtike you give it lip, said 1—this idea•of leaving ine. What can I say ? ; The only thing, ag° you could say you won't, said Mks 'Rugby, I'nm offered a decent husband, and I shan't give him up unless I'm offered a better one. But if you were o ed a better one? I said. I'd consider it, sal airs. Rugby. I paused. I struggled with my- self. But taiu't likely in a fornight, • said the widow. This time Mrs Rugby put her hand- I paused, 'I looked'at. Mrs. Ru - kerchief to her ey4s as she walked by. out of the 'room. I "teas in despair. I flung myself down upon my lounge, and tried to think. No woman ever cooked as this cookof mine could. I must have a man if slie went. An English cook alight do my meat well, but, aias ! for the desserts. A French cook would give my greasy messes and pastry that . would make ine bilious. Negroes were .natura cooks, but they had not what I•might call Mrs Rugby's repertoire. I rang the bell. Mrs Rugby answered it hi person, strange to say. I ain glad you cakne, said L 1 wanted to speak to you. You.can'tt go, you know I can't spare you. But I've promised Thotnas,and .1 must not break his heart, said Mrs Rugby, I'm too sensitive to nater to trifle, lvith any one else's feelin's, sir. I „ r.oaied and shut my eyes.. Anything else, sir 1 said Mrs Rug- by. I Isbell starve, said 1. No, said Mrs Rugby.. You won't relish your vittes, but you'll eat 'em. There's many'll be glad to do for you. Again she vanished. This time 1 did not send for her again. I sent for Thomas. Thomas, I said, as be canoe in, wip• ing his mouth—donbtless Mrs Rugby bad made him some peculiarly ex'+ quisite dish—Thomas, Sit down. , I want you to listen to me. I hear you are going to rob me of Mrs Rugby. Pm surprised, Thomas. ',I disapprove, We're. both of age. and we ain't bounded slaves„paid Thomas. But think of me, said L over, said Thomas, We did talk you. e , , ' to once we thought of staying along wilh you, but the restaurant seethed,, better and you don't waint your wifeg She took the cover from a saucepan near by, and looked in. Such a deli - cions aroma arose that quivered in every nerve. s A new dish, said L Original, said Mrs Rugby. I ceased to struggle wi‘h myself. Mrs Rugby, would I the a better offer,? I said. I . • I consider you so, sir said Mrs Rugby.' Then marry me and stay, said I, 1?oor Thomas ! sighed Mrs Rugby : but I must own you 114i -had . my affections for years, sir. I had a scene with Tho as next morning, but he allowed hamaself to be bought off. He married the pretty chambermaid, and has stared a res- taurant. As for me, I married Mrs. Rugby last weep, and on ale eve of our honeymoon my wife saidibriskly; My dear, how abont a cool? Surely, you don't need a ook, my love, said I. ,Sout with your. talents. If you think I'ni going to cook, now I am a lady; yoa'rle much mistaken, replied my wlfe,I've had quite enough of it. You 3gets a 1pook, or yon goes without your kinnerk Good reader, pity ine. Aberes TO htoninfin.—Are yott disturbed at night and brokou of your reel by a sick child stifrte>ring and crying with ain of Catlin(; Teeth? 11:t°3 f eo.i nd at once and go a bottle of "?Firs. Window's ti thing Svrup” Tor Children Teething. its value Is in Ileo?• sLlo. It will relieve rho poor little s frerer. imrrrcdiatal,V, 110 ,1 upon it, rnofhors; they. Si no rnlstalce about iri it cures. Dysentery and Diarncina, regulates the Stomach and noteols, euros wind Colic, softens the Ourns, redacas anllamination, and ?;lives tone and energy to the ttho1e systcrn. " Mrs, win• slew's Soothing Syrup" for ehlldren toothit�g is pleasant to the taste and In the prescription of opo of in proper cnnditioiI, and that trees, fences, -etc.., are dot injured by the pupils. Most of tate teachers look after these matters, ajet there are some who do not give'any attention to them. In many sections the sweeping is done in the morning or at raoonby the child- ren. ThesehoolroomFis thus filled with .the most iujurions kind al dust, which the children, are folcecl to tweatlit: for hours. All will Admit that this is positively hurtful. In ventilating pupils should not be ,allowed to sit in a draught as is frequierttly done. Many teachers make the seliool attractive' by banging pictures of tho walls, and having; flowers in the plant teees and Howe have the grounds an ways in good conclitii ers do scot appear to flake .any interest in these matters, andhthe standing and discipline of the pupils is generally in line with the condition of the school house and grounds. During the last five years 3,925 trees llaave been plant- ed in • the school grounds. Most of these are growing nicely., School Regulation Ind Attendance. —Some of else teachora, trustees and assessors are. not sultsfiently careful in the preparation of r turns, Every. thing should be fa1'y and correctly answered. It is from these that 1. con pile my returns to the County Coun- cil and the Education Department. Not only is incorrect information ut- terly worthless, but :is entirely mis- leading. . The number of persons between the ages of 5 and 21' resident in the inspectorate was 10,605 ; the number of registered pupils, 8,214 ; the average attendance for first term was 4,594, and for the second 4,298, being an average of 51.8 per cent. of pupils enrolled. Irrigularity greatly retards the progress :of some: schools. In some eases parents are to blame, while in others the ttacher is, respeu- sibie for irregularity and want of punt. tualityJ have found several eases where the pupils were ve4 irregular and windows ; they s id the lard and :outbuildings al„ n. A few teach- i; 2.00 days, '22 beievicen 201 tlu days (wit le year), "t95 bc'tweett` l3 years dial not attend any sehoa 1,204 between 7 and 13 years anent ed the 100 days required by law, Uniform Promotions and Review Eminati.-Fl-'TWO exandnn.usare holdxaetch Year,onsthe first in Marctioh, the other in. Dotoher, Papers are. prepared and cont to the teaehers by the in. speetors,for promotion from II, to III., III. to IV. and V. to VI. classes,. The answers of the pupils are marked by the teaoher and complete list of all the classes in the school sent to the inspeotor after each examination,Sinoe these examinations Have been estab- lished I find the standing of the schools becoming higher and more•uniform than before. The written work is greatly whicwore improvenegled, incl subjects. hneglected now,receianyve their proper share of t,ttention. When the teacher conducts them examinations thoroughly and regularly I know of no means that enables him -so etliciently to,olassify his pupils, to stimulate his class aid to create an interest amo lig the parents. There are a few tea° hers who do not have their pupils trytheso examinations, mach to the loss of the children. When they are not t tken I find the progress and profieiency of the classes inferior to those taki ng them, .'ubl a Examinatiuus.—In62soliools. one or snore public examinations were held iii 1890, leaving 88 sections in which none were held. The School. Act formerly required teachers to Bold public quarterly exeminatioes.. The School Bill of 1891 'requires at least two public examinations each year. When these examinations are properly conducted they, are of much value to the pupils and teacher and trustees and parents should attend them, Entrance Examinktions.—The ex- aminations for this inspectorate are held in Goderich, Exeter and Dungan- non for admission to the highschool or to' the V class in tie •public schools - In 1890 at Godericli 62 passed,.iit Exeter 54 and at Dungannon 81'.' About 65 were successful who wrote outside the inspectorate,tuaking a total of 218 pupils of West Huron who passed. These examinations have proved of great benefit to the schools and should be eucouraged by parents and teachers. The school froth which candidates go regularly to the high school entrnuce examinations, and are successful, must have good work done in the lower classes to keep up the fourth class standing. ?1any of those .who pass remain in. the public school for some time, there being 860 for 1890. The education department has proms vided for an examination higher than the high school examination called the Public School Leaving examinations. Pupils in the royal schoold should pass this examination before going to a high school.' If they _ wish to go hes yond this they should go to a high school. When candidates arts prepared for teachers' certificates in a rural school having only one teacher ;he pupils in the lower classe's-nlust suffer, The number of schools and depart- ments iu operation in 1890• was 15 3. Three of these were open dui ing part of the year, and 120 during the whole year. There were' 70 male teachers engaged at an average salary of $398, and 50 females e,t an average Wavy of $285. Of these 2 held professional first class eertificater, 55 professional second olass and 72 professional third class. Many of the laitter hold '211d nonprofessional certificates, frequently late, and a short tune after 1 The average thne for which the atiother teacher tool`s charge of the schools in the whole division were kept school, .lie same pupil became both open was 211 days. ' regular and punctual. When the The total amount reeeivod froneall teacher is thorough, energetic and in- sources by trustees was $67,078.76, and the - whole amount expended was $58,657.40, of which 44,482,23 wad paid for teachers' salaries Tide is an average cost of $11.41 Per pupil for lIalaries, ` and $7.14 per pupil for all purposes. The medal school at Goderich was cl th gt� j terestitag, the pupils !goon aequire htltt.o.1 lie s no ail i osk .for11 t iFtns.a 1vY8flydN a love their and ate 3,214 registered 20 days, 1661 x,1,668 between 0 between 101 11 and 150' days, 2,406 between 151 and the oldest and best female physicians and ravens rn the United States, and is for sale by all drug iota rintg roc o won a rice y vs c 11 a ' for work �nd are seldoml sconces syn, >~ ind takr no other kind or absent. 03f the The euro of all ills is neither Inoue 626 attended lean than nor less than more life. Life above between 21 and 50 da: and beyond the life that,'took thie . 51 and 100 days, 1,8 stroke. ,..