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,ittetaiete 11. s eiteesetateatiatetouiteettaimeetteeate
tEle ailinOiun (Lim rs IN looked determined enough no lie
. set hie firm square jatV and fixed his
keen eyes on the etorelceeper'a placid
Ountenance.
1 guess you'd better step into tilt
backroom there or you'll have a
mighty cold sent. The wind jee
sweeps right round the corner an' in,
as it wore, Joshua ettswered, "beginne
lug to duet at the counter.
Ws for .Erneraen WE:4VA wife,
continued the minieter in his quick,
energetic fashion ; they are in positive
destitution, Tho poor fellow can't
live over a few days, and they have
hardly the necessaries of life. I want
you to give me ten dollars and send a
baskqt of provisions as well. I've
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nierstand the sen intent
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Iiitn, for Christ's sake, was the prayer : the children ut t
a curious one for a minister to ()Mr to be expressed,
up in behalf of ono of the pillars tat the J. Manning, chairman of Coll, 'esti
--
church, Boarcit, was here introduced and read
So you are Christy Curtis, Joshua a very interesting paper ill whioll he
said, ;shortly, And how did your dealt with a variety ot subjects, press
mother think I, a lone luau, tiotild eating to time extent the viewe of
have any way of doing for a young many outside the:teaching profeasioni
on a number of pointe affectng the
woman like you?
Oh, we'll make a way Unele Joalma teacher and his work. Among the
where's your house? Motharand me other thins touched upon were the
used often to speak about you, rehttions of the teacher to the permit,
Mother was always sorry for you the pupil, the state, to politics, and to
though you were rich ; 1 suppose be- his profession, He believed there
cause you bad nobody to look after were to many subjects on the school
you. But Pll to0,k after you now, : currieututn, and to much attention
Uncte Joshua, said the young wottintte: paid to the past and too little to
with a reaseuting cheerfulness, , current events. A lively discussion
You're going to have a real good time : followed the reading of Mr,111.anning's
at last. Mothez aid she thought you : paper, front which it soon became
lived at the bitch f the store. Is this ! evident that those ineide and outside
the way ? t
, : the profession held slightly different
(To BE coNctunEtr NEM' WEEK). i opinions on some subjects. -Mr, Man- •
ning was requested to allow his paper .
East Huron l'oachors' Association. to be published.
(CONTINuEn FAM Lasm wzint.) The, report of the ommination conei,
mittee was received et Witt stage o
The next subject on the programme the:proceedings of which the following'
was a paper on betatty by Mr. Robb, te £1 synopsis, and ou motion of Measts
of Clinton. ThiSWits not a icientific Geoves, and Newton was adopted :—
dissertation full of big words and President, W. H. Stewart,. liNtli
learned phrases, but an earnest, clear Vice President, Mr. Robb, ' Minton;
and forcible argument in favor of the ; Secretary, Mr. ,Plumater ; delegate to
more general study of that delight-; Provincial Association, W. Doig ; ex-
ful subject by one who loves theo ecutiver coromittee, MOM'S 1>takt3011
work. 1 and', Johnson and Misses Edwards,
Teachers should follow some line' flegaar and Simpson.
of study outside their regular course Hygiene mad temperance by Mr,
of work, and this was specially adalpt • ' Hietie, was the next sabject Ott the
ed to their needs as it gave fresh air programme. He believed in paying
exercise, mental recreation, and would special attention to the effects of food,
be easeful in the school room as a ' clothing, heat, light and ventilation.
means of breaking up the monotony . In regard to temperance he believd
of the regular work, driving Away hst- statistical evidence was mere likely
lessness, Areating interest and inspir- . to imprees the pupil than scientific
ing enthusiasm. The instruments i testa,
necessary to /Accomplish the latter Te forepatt of the fourth
were, some Wilts, a box of sand, a was devoted to the enrolling
mieeroscope, some flowers and an en- members, and a discussion'
thusiastio teacher. ' Hicks' paper in which later Mr. Dear -
Mr. Lough of the Clinton Model , nesse participated,. throwing out sowe
school followed with a carefully pre -:valuable suggestione,
pared say on "History in the Public , Mr. Dearness then discussed the
Schools' Pupils hate history and fai: : qutstion of seat occupatien for junior
to see its valne. Were it made inter- . pupils, with special reference to the
necessities of ungraded schools,.
Among the verions devises suggested
for keeping little folks busy, he fol-
lowing are a few, viz.: the me of
pictures, building blocks, stringing of
beads of different colors as euggeetecl
by.the teacher, sowing cards, colored
straws, &c. In slate exercises the use
of rulers in drawing lines, &c., dia-
grams from this proceeding to outline
capitals, principles of script, &c. The
counting of buttons, arrangino, them
in groups and representing the work
on•tne slate was a good exercise.
One excellent device suggested was
the having of envelopee. with short
leseons ou the back and little tablets
be relegated to the shelves of some, inside with the letters on them, the
museum or curiosity shop till school pupil to arrange the letters so as to
children were able to understand and - form an exact copy of the lesson on
appreciate it style of composition a _
the eat:elope,.
The committee on resolution pre-
sented a number of resolutions of
which the following is a summary :
1. That the public school history ba
replaced by u better. 2. That the
public sabot arithmetic is pot a suit-
able book, end that Kirkand & Scott's
arithmetic remain on the authorized
list. 3. That drawing be removed
. from publie school curiculem. Lost
after considerable discussion.. 4.
That emend be added to the subjects
for third class certificates, 5. That
an address. taking for his subject . second class candidates be allowed an
"Education." He drew a contrast , option between chemistry and biology.
between knowledge getting and true ' That the Minister of Education be
education. Held the view that the - request‘d to appoint competent sub -
school was not tl. place for technical examiners and thus insure careful ex- ,
training, but to develope the power . amination of papers. 7. Votas of
to acquire that in after life. One of ' thanks to Mr Dearness, the retiring
the great defects of our schools was officers and those who rendered such
overcrowding Under proper condi- , ealuitble assistance at the public en -
tions the time in a public, school need tertainroent. 8. That Brussels, not
not exceed seven years, the pupil OlintAn as in the report of the corn -
entering school at Leven years of age mitteAbe the next place of meeting.
and leaving when fourteen years aid. Thu S ended one of the best meeting
Immediately upon the assembling ever held by the ' associati ii, there
of the members on Thursday morning, being at one time and afloat r
Mr. Dearness took up the • subject of oue hundred teachers presen
"Junior Reading." Ile said this when). took a deep interest i
required more skill, energy and tact, ceediugs which were sf a
for itstsuccessfulaeaching than most practical' character,
any other subject. We learr, to read •
chiefly that we mar get information
It is'reported that the En
front the printed page. TWA should
dicate had bought all the bre
be the end in view with .young pupils,
St. Paul. The properties a
though thought getting should not be
at $4,000,000.
lost sight of'. Begin with notional •
words, giving first lesson on the '' ...............„
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blackboard, using the object where
possible, and also the picture te ill. Cata‘rhal Deafn.ess, Hay
ustrate, Teach relational words by
A NEW noun Team
means of phrases, uniting mot ex tly
sittforets are not generally ow 141'IL
that they Vrdge8tect athe
the action to word, but the plat; =nacrele??PvTgualtsblf : be liningrorbrano
wrritten on the boat'd to the attion:ivse abetatrieitneett stet oustrachieani"tutbes. Ilie p ,
1t commencing plioeics, woald tea r. 1 o 1 i Ilig Iratiial lig mels,lertIltsig to be a fact,e1c arn-d
Much practice in hettring wordst3 bye
that sounds, following'
this esitttli ° nA"" "I °d in 1 8 )-- hay
ltaXiyhereby Catarrh, cat/n.011 deitnretihntt!:;deiLtd:.
Ann et airpirti.lret'se 3;nittitre at hon:kr°n"ne ro throe
1nso weeks, 24.11.--1, or end bv mo Atent
anity.sis. if eiv words not t
t ectdlla toottupalloelSoi(oWehtihteiso)otohlelrelynie a owlet:.
aplutothiseleyally should be treated. 6 en
of only
gniatalP,o .1.ets cede by A. II. DuroxasknSeellt,18303ente3
bofore. Occur iu the kssotts—not, TV g St., Xorento, eanada.—Solentitto AteerleanWegt
19464 exyrriso 1:ep..ding by hail hbtlizaisavia ta.zetist troueitt theme read the
FRIDAY, JUN/,', 7, 1889.
JOSHUA, FLINT'S ANGEL,
A CANADIAN STORY.
BY $ WAX.
Joshua Flint bad had a busy morn-
ing. It was market day in Perkins-
ville, and all the farmers' wives were
lu with their butter and e,ggs ; and
tbot.gh they took away well tilled
baskets of greet -Ties frotu Joshua's
store exchange for their produce, lie
chuckled to himself as he counted up
Itis gains after they lied gone. The
balance was ou the right side ; he had
done a good morning's work, Joshua
, Flint was well named, for not a man
itt Porkinsville could drive a harder
'bargain, He took care to keep on the
safe side, however, not only to keep
a good distance free) the law, but also,
to make sure that his neighbors could
not say he was unjutt. "Mighty
lose" was his reputatiun, but it was
his boast that be never cheated man
or woman out of a cent in his life.
He would scorn to du such a thing,'
and besides he had his reputation as a
church member to keep up and con-
sidered himself ono pillar of Bethesda,
its the little chapel under the cedar
clump round the corner was called.
Perhaps if yeu had asked the minister
he would not have appeared quite so
appreciative of the pillar as he ought
to have been. Joshua was indeed a
thorn in the minister's side, and a
etumbling-block in the way of many
a good and necessary work. If it did
not pay, Joshua came down upon it
without mercy, and usually carried •
everything befi re Inin. He was one
of those dorciueering sort of folks who
not only waut their, own way, but
insist on bating it. Joshua was a
bachelor. He bad looked judiciously
around among his neighbors, saw or
fancied he saw, what att expense a
wife was to a man, not to speak of the
ohildren, who only waited till they
had got all that they could out of the
old folks, and then went off with
somebody else. Such was Joshua's
creed, therefore he remained,' in single.
blessednets, and lived all by himself
inn little, room behind the store.
There were two attic rooms abeve,
which he used to store dry•goods in,
and though it was a iniserable,narroW,
mean sort of life, Joshua had got used
to it, and it suited hint thot.oughly.
If he had not a big house to live in lie
-could keep it tidy himself, and then
the small expenses of Die housekeep-
ing swelled the big balance in . the
bank, which was lent out at 10 per
cent. Joshua would have stared bad
any human being suggested that -there
might be a touch of extortion 'in the
1U, per cent business.. If people were
so thriftless and stupid as to need the
loan of money then they ought to pay
sweetly for it. He never needeci to
burrow money from any man, so,
strong in his self-righteousness, Josh-
ua. complacently pocketed his 10 per
(tea, and waxed s.xceedingly rich in
worldly wealth, while the soul of him
became a poor, withered, stunted
thing, for which the beggar iu the
street might have pittied
It was about three o'clock in the
afternoon, and business was slack,
• when Joshua stepped out of the door
of the store and took a survey of the
street. It presented ratur a deserted
appearance, for the farmers were al-
ready, started for their respective
homeit. In the distance Joshua saw
- the minister coming along with his
long, swinging tread, and his head in
the air, as if he had some very defin-
ite end in view. And lie made
straight for Joshua's store. Joshua
waited. for him with a bland smile.
To look at that smile you would not
have thought it could cover such a
:bard heart, but the minister said
sometimes that it was enough to put
trailing out of fashioe. The minister
had done his best to pick a quarrel
-with the storekeeper—that is, he bed
treated him to :lima as plain speaking -
es one human tieing cell use to an-
ether—and Joshua had received it all
with the same bland imperturbability
that was his policy. It did not pay
to quarrel with anybody. But eomee
times the 'minister wished he could
tear off the inask and look the real
man straight in the Lee.
It's a flue etenise goitt' to be, ItIr
Bradon, Joehett said whenever the
)nhiieter tante within hearing. klepe
you're wet, air. Mrs Bram:ion, an' the
ft MO y.
think you, returned the minister,
esotriewhet briefly, end the moment he
lollowed Joelma totes the !store he
taddi-d, 1 want ten dollars, rin going
§,t0 here right on OM Word
given what I can, but , I can't give
them tili they need. Theyowe Hig•
gius for the rent, and he is threaten-
irg to put them out. Not that I
think he will do it, but he is so poor
himself he can't do without the
motley. Put your hand in your
pocket, Joshua. Ten dollars is no
snore to you, than ten cents is to me,
and you'll have the reward, if you
need any of fanoying you have given
comfort, and care to A dying man,
Emerson 1VIcEiro had ets good a
chance As me, an better, , because he
he had schoolin' an 1 hadn't. .1
wonder, Mr Brandon, that you would
make the drunkards &w -m hill path
easier for him, said Joshua, eevereiy.
He has repented as .truly as an err-
ing man could, and besidea, he is
dying, aid the minister, sadly, and
bus wife, an augel, i ever there was
one, carries about a broken heart, you
can see.
If she's an angel, she needn't have
mated with one of the lower sphere,
said Joshua, grietty. I wont give a
.dotlar nor a cent to Emerson McKim,
if lie should die this day. He's in-
jured me too deep for that. But if
his :wife likes to send one of the
children along, slues welcome to the
store scraps. There's enough ham -
bones, and cheese -waste and butter-
ecrapins in the cellar to feed a grateful
poor family for weeks.
The minister rose. Disgust and
contempt sat upon his features, and
Joshua saw it, but did not mind it at
all. He was used to it. Mr Brandon
was a yeung man, and had mighty
,foolish notions. Although he had •a
young family he was laying by noth-
ing. Joshua knew anything that was
left over hierneagre salary he gave
away to the needy., of whom in Ter--
kinsville, there was quite a few.
Joshua Flint, you lay claim to
being a christian man, Mr Brandon
said solemly and sadly. 'You take
part in Church ordinances, and make
a form ' of godliness ; but as I live,
I believe Emerson McKim, with all
his failings to be nearer the kiogdom
than you.
That's a pretty doctrine, parson.
What do you make of the word, 'No
drunkard obeli enter the kingdom of
Golf ?' said Joshua, brusquely.
True religion and undefiled is to
visit the fatherless in their affliction,
said the minister, not without etern•
ness.
Just as he turned bis face to the
door a shadow fell athwart the sun-
shine, and the figure of a young girl
stood hesitatingly upon the threshold.
She was dressed in shabby mourning,
and carried a small valise in tier
band. She had a bright, quiet, eager
face, framed by sunny hair, bnt it
was not a familiar fitee. She was
quite a stranger itt Perkinsville.
Is this Mr Flint's store—Joshua
Flint, whose sister Mary married
Lindovie Curtis,who went to ' Mon-
treal 0, she asked, and her voice was
like the sweet, clear note of a bird.
She looked for an instant hesitatingly
at the two men, and then walked up
to the counter and stretched out tier
hand. How do you do Uncle Joshua 'I
Pm Christy Curti, your niece.
Mother died six months ago, and she
told me if I found it hard to get along
alone in the city I was to collie to you
because yon are very rieh. So here I
am ; tguess you'll have a boy to
send 1 for my trunk ; and just
famishing, Uncle Joshua. I've had
nothing but some biscuits attd apples
I ate ou the ears. I hope it's near
your supper time ?
Joshua shook hands lirot ly with
his newly arrived relative. bhall I
tell you why he had not presence of
mind to set her about her business at
once,
as lie sometimes wiel ed after -
winds ha had ? It was Lecnuee of a
something in her big, earitest, eyes
whichreminded him of his sister ima
his another, whieli }wrought beck a
thousand rte,ollections of Itis boyhood
dityS which had been pure and beauti-
ful—until greed of gold enthralled
hint. The minister saw a qneer look
in the mo11'4 eyes, and lie walked
away out of the store with a prayer in
his heat And 011 his lips, (o save
L*140.10''
MAN1TWA
FORSALE.
829 Aoass (4 Section) of First Mae..
Land, only Five Miles tram the
• rapidly growing City of
BRAND 001\T, -
The grain Minneapolis
of the North-west.
.The above Is really a desirable ParM and %Ill be solo, ;
Cheap.
A Plaining 2111.3.
30 by 30 ft
eating this would pot be the case
With the orthodox entrance eaathint-
ation ahead this coned not be done.
History properly taught, was a valua-
ble means of .culture, but as usually
presented to the pupil created a dis-
gust with the subject and so was worse
than usless; The topical method of
teaching was best. Would use blAck-
board outljpe after the lesson had first
been studitel hy the pupils. Pupils
should be led to think and assisted to
form reasoned conclusions regarding
the facts recorded. In speaking of
the authorized tet book, he thought
the authors lived a century before
their time, and that the book Should
little in advance of Johntbnian Et3g-
lish.
A public meeting was given in the
town hall Wednesday evening itt
which some of the best musical talent
of the town took part which is guar-
antee enough of the high character of
the entertainment. A number of
classes from the model school also
gave exhibitions of kindergarten,
songs and exercises, as well as some
fancy drill by some of the older pupils.
During the evening Mr. Dearness gave
Two oTakilIiIf
Containing aline modern machines for manufar
Wring Flooring, Mouldings, Sash, Poore &c. Boiler
duel Engine Boom Fire Proof with an 'Iron Shaving"
Room attached.
This valuable property Is in first-class running •
order, situated in Brandon near the 0 P It station,:
and in the heart of •tho manufacturing depot of the•
city wbeie a Large and Profitable business can he
realized.
iironudiate poseeZtdon can be given. Title perfect.
Icer particulkre apply to
P, FISTIP,B,
WIngham P. 0. •
'tango, Everfelieg o ualitgf
the Stock now on hand at
S
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;his elegant lines of
03nafaian, EngliSh, tcotch,..
Irish and French Tweeds..
Prices Leattle, Compatible with 6atie-
! fact -bey goods acid
MOST FjSBIONINBLE MANE.
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Our own Good's Cut Free of Charge.
Consult your irdereste by giving aft
a call.
Oat Kea 1IiII Opened4
The undersigned desire tail/form farm-
ers aud the people generally that they have,'
reopened their
Oat Meg Mill in Iliingham
And are now prepared to purchase Oats he
unlimited quantities and at the
Highest Market Price.
They will supply customers with the Mire
GRADES in Oat Meal,
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and tlistnatalksa. W*nay all azareee, frairtstodo. Adams%
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