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VOL. XL-ED, L, BLUE, Publislier,
rERRYSBUKG, WOOD 00., 0,, SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1892.
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COUNTY officers.
Auditor John n. Wilson
Clerk of tho Courts A. Ii. Mulr
froliate Judge tluy C. Nrarlng
Treasurer - V. It. Noycs
Recorder Chris Flnkbelncr
Prosecuting Atlurncy ..A.J. Mtirs .
BUCICUI ..... mi. ... j'.ji.i..
Buryeyor V . II. Wood
I Frank Thompson
n mlmloncrs -Jacob Htnlil.
(Bainuel Knight
f Mlrlmcl Amos, Jr.
Infirmary Ptrcctoni Wilson Patterson.
(.John Isch.
township.
I Fred Miller
Ti mates Adam E. Leyrtorf.
( John Schwlnd
Treasurer George Vt Ittman.
Clerk Philip Wetzel.
I F. Ovcrlach,
Constables V. Buekhouso.
I Wm. Hcott
CORPORATION.
Mayor .....A. Roach
Clerk m - T. SI. Franey
TEOMBLA'S
&
LIVERY
Treasurer
Marshal..
Ctmetcry Trustees,
Ound.mcn
M.M.... II
(A III
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(U II
..C. A. Ilnmpton
Frank II Thornton
ItOftPll
llllams
Caldwell
Tom Ilncthcr.
It. Daii2.
Dr. I. S. Bowers.
I'lliicy O Ray
Jonu Amon,
J Davis
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Hold their Qiuirlitrly Iu.itlhitc at l'errys.
liurfr, Mny Wt, ISO',!.
Tho Assembly unm composed of flip Crenni
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rind. Presbyterian Church, Rev 3 A Adams
err Ices .10:4.1 ntn Sunday. I'rayer meeting
Wednesday. 7 Tm Sabbnth fchool 12 m.
Walnut St. I'rcsbytcrlnn church. Rev A. P
Johnson. Hen-Ices Sunday 10.45 am Sabbath
Kkolllm Jllss'Miilicl 1ntnpmnu Sup t.
BC Rose do Lima Catholic church. Rev. Q.
n. Rclkcn. Servicer Sunday S and 10 am
Vespers 3 Pm Services every morning So clock
Evangelical church. Rev. I. suill. Bcr
Vices every allernato Sunday 10 am and .:30
pm Prayer meeting Thursday night. Sabbath
Khol 11 am It Dan. Sup't.
German Reform. Services every alternate
UoniUy 10 nm and 7 pm Sabbath school 11:?0
rred'k U-ydorf. Sup't.
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Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. J C
Bhaw. Services at 10:45 am and 7:) pm.
Prayer meeting Thursday at 7 pm Sabbath
school yam Mr. Wm. Ilarton. Sup't.
German M. E. Church. Rev. Wnhl. Services
every Bundiiy, alternating forenoon nml after
noon I'rayer meeting every Wednesday after
toan at 2 p in
Sabbath school 0:15 a m Fred Vcager, Sup't.
SOCIETIES.
Phoenix: Lodge, No 12.1 V. .t A. M.-E. L.
Blue. W. M. John II Thornton. Scc'y.
Regular Communications llrst and third Mon
days of each month.
Fort McIim Lodge I. O. O. V. Regular mcct
Inrs every Friday night. .1. P. Thompson. N. G.
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beck, Tom. Jaini"! llnvi-s. Adj't. Meetings
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Tippecanoe Council, No. 77, N. t. Dr. I. 8.
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Castle Pcrrv No. IC. O. R. P. I.. Mahr.
Com. P. Wetzel. Fin. Scc'y. Meetings first
anil third Tuesdays in I O G T Hall.
Pcrrysliurg Lodge I. O. G. T. Meets every
Monday 7::M p m In hnll over Dauz' bakery
Wm.Veltch C. T. , , , ., ,
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D. K. HOLLENBECK.
As previously nnnounced in tho JOUR
NAL, tho Quttt'toi'ly Instituto of tho
Wood county teachers was hold hero
on Saturday Inst. Thoro was a largo
attondnnco and wo hoard many of tho
tcachorssay It was tho host quarterly
thoy over had.
Supt. Saddlor and tho local teachers
had mado arrangcraonts for tho ro
ception and cntortainmcnt of tho
visitors and tho school room was neatly
decorated for tho occasion.
D. P. Reeso of Milton Center, presi
dent of the association cnlled tho moot
ing to order and introduced Rov. J. C.
Shnw of Petryshurg, who conducted
the devotional oxorciscs, and offered a
fervent prayor for tho divlno blosslng
to hi bestowed upon tho tonchcra and
tho free schools ot America. Tho
audience then joined in slnglnjr "He
Lcadeth Mo." Rev. G. A. Adams then
made tho welcome address, which was
rosponded to In n brief, but oxcollent
speech by Prof. W. II. Richardson of
tho Grand Rapids schools, followed by
tho song- "Beulah Land" by tho con
gregation. Georgo F. Dunn of Dcshlor, thnn
read an excellent papor on "How to
Uso tho Reader." Ho was followed by
Mtfrs Jessie Frederick of Perrysburg,
wlioso paper "Parrots and Thinkers"
Is, by reqttoat of the Executive Com
mittee, published in this issuo of the
Journal.
"Interest" by Supt. Goo. E. Ryan of
Weston, was very Instructive and was
highly spoken of by tho teachers. Ho
was followed by Supt. J. M. Cunfiold
whoso "Paper on Hiblor.v" was given
good attention by the tcachcra present.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Tho afteruoon session was opened
with a excellent papor on tho subject of
"O.iglnulily vs Imitation" by Prof.
Uichai'd-jon. whirh was a most excellent
adilretsi on tho nthject. The Profe.isor
has a clear mind and the Ideas ad
vanced in thla paper furnished food for
much thought.
Miss Laura Frederick of Delta, read
a paper "Tho Ideal Woman in Litera
ture." Miss Clara Chappuies favored tho
audience with a vocal selection, after
which AIiss Katie Wetzel of Porrys
bura schools rend a paper on "Class
Recitation in Geography" and In
troduced a cln-v of 12 pupils who put In
execution tho ideas advanced by their
teacher by map drawing on tho black
board. Their work was excellent aud
showed that their teacher had grasped
tho proper Idea of teaching and her
pupils were Droliting thereby. Tho
work was highly complimented by the
teacner?.
Prof. K. K. Barnes was introduced
and read a very excellent paper.
Prof. Davis of Toledo waa present
and talked on stocks aud bonds.
Among tho teachers present, those
who registered arc as follows:
Mrs. Ollio "Wood, Ernest Foan, A. E.
Brown, Claronco Long, W. L. Reis,
of Weston; C. E. Dancer. Earl Brim,
Alice Matthews, of Millbury; Geo. C.
Bean of Stony Ridgo; Harry Johnson,
Whittle Popo, Leonard Daniels, of
Hashing Lucy Kemp, Mrs. Jcannotto
Charles. Cora M. Newton, Laura
Ckatzor. Fannio Veitch, Gona Buck
houeti, Sid. Phillips, of Perrysburg;
W. B. Vormtlya, of rortagc; Bello
Ctv.ine, Cora Tyler, of Walbrtdgc; Ida
Simon, Tennio Nowson. Dora Nowson,
W. M. Waltcrmire, ot North Balti
more; C. C. Grlner. Tontogany; 13. O.
Balnr.ir, Gusio Hutchinson, J. W.
Latlirop, Milton Contcr; Maudo Cur
rant, Anna Davis, Ditnbrldgo; Geo. F.
Dunn, Deshlor; L, II. Rolfes, Pcmbcr-ville.
Receives deposits, loans money, sells foreign
and domestic exchange, buys and sells drnlti.
bonds, coin, notes, mortgages, and pays interest
on time deposits.
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HRADY GARWOOD, Manage
Week Commencing May 30
"Oh, What a Night"
Matinees, Tuosilay, Xliursilay una
Saturday.
1'AKltOTS Oil TIIINKKltS.
A man, who was desirous of learning
tho best method of making a parrot
talk, wroto to an editor for information
on tho subject. Tho editor advised
hlmtoconflno tho bird, .for live or six
horn's oyery day, in tho same room
with a talking machine, sot to repoat
tho same phraso incessantly, and, after
ono phraso had thus baon attained, to
repeat tho process with another, nnd
so on at his pleasure Did you over
think that parrot study and parrot
recitations provall in a largo propor
tion of our schools, to tho dotrimont
and confusion of tho pupil's intellect!
and that tho parrot method of doing
things is characteristic of a largo class
of humanity V Tho human mind, as it
comes into our hands as teachors, is
naturally inclined to machine-work, to
inortIa,to atlll'noss, aud whon tho train
ing is chiclly carried on by teachors
who luiyono mothods, who teach a sub
ject without knowing It, who cannot
put a thought Into words, or a purpose
into execution, but furnish the mind
with set phrasoa gathered from books,
it is machino work, and can only give
machino results. Momory then is
alone tho govorning faculty. Instruc-
lcavlng tho formation ontlroly out of j
sight aud question, for tho philosophy
of education Isa mystery to tho to.ichor,
and the pupils pass through tho dilToi
ont branches with faculties dormant,
or nearly so, being llko tholr tcachor,
human parrots. It Is said that learning
by heart strengthens the nioinory, and
so it will if united with interest nnd
roason, but tho slovenly and inaccurate
learning by heart customary in some
schools weakens and onfeoblos it.
Knowledgo gnthorcd from books may
linger in tho mlud or bo lost from it.
but oxcito interest in a child, for tho
strength ot tho momory depends upon
interest, teach him to think, and to
oxprcss his thoughts, and you send
him out into llfo equipped to bo a vital,
intellectual force, rather thati a more
recoptaclo of facts. Thero aro some
pupils who will improvo under parrot
Instruction, for tho mind of a bright and
curious boy must havo occupation, and
this curiosity will lead him to ask for
bread though ho receive a stone, and
to deep thinkings whon left entirely
free from tho prompting influences of
tho school room. The curiosity of the
child is tho philosophy of the man or
tho ono spirit very frequently grows
into tho other. The former is a sort of
pilot-balloon, a little thing, to bo suro,
but a critical one nevertheless, and
pretty surely indicative of tho height,
as well sis tho direction, to be taken by
tho more expanded mind. Tako a boy
of original, or what would generally be
called eccentric habits, found of ram
bling about, a hunter by tho woodside
or rivor bank; prone to colloct what ho
can search out. and then on his return
to shut himself up in his room, and
make experiments upon his gatherings
inquire into tho natural history ot
each according to its kind, and wo
should have no diffloulty In pronounc
ing him, to bo of far bettor promise
than his classmate, who does but poro
over his books, never dreaming that
there bo any knowledge boyond them.
Of ouch inquiring mind3 were all our
geniuses from Newton, to Edison, and
so, from tho nature of things, thoy
must generally ho. Tho spirit that is
powerful enough to choose, ay, aud to
take its own course, instead of resign
ing itself to tho tide, must bo a very
powerful spirit, a spirit that will im
prove, exalt and gladden life. No
teacher may mako a thorough thiuker
of any child, but ho can inspire his
pupils with a love of study, point out
linos of thoughts for them to follow,
and thus mako tho dullest youngster
apprehend what thinking is. Dr.
Sears tells a story of questioning a
cluss in geography in Hull, .a littlo
town on the iVtlnntle beach, in tho
following stylo : "My boy, at the head
of tho class, what Is geography V" "A
dlscrlption of tho earth I" roars out
tho red-headed incipient Webster."
"Well, my boy, did you ever see tho
earth V" Awful pause 1 No body ven
tures that step in tho dark. Has any
body in this class seen tho earth V One
littlo dnnt oyerl maiden, near tho foot
of tho class, holds up her hand. "Well
my littlo girl, did you over see the
earth V" "Yes, papa took mo up to
Berkshire lust summor, and I saw it
thoro." And so it is from a thoughtful
child to tho man; we behold this earth
and inspect all Its wondors ouo way
from a plain, another way from thc
heights of a mountain, another from
the glacier Holds of tho towering Alps,
Tho world is full of imitators or par
rots. Thoro are parrots of dress of
manners of gait of words, decisions,
inventions and actions. Thero arc
somo peoplo who cannot got up or sit
down, thoy cannot move, they cannot
speak, without borrowing actions of
others, and wondering how thoy appear
to others. Inflated then with tho
idea that they fill tho public eye, thoy
talk, simper nnd wrlto quite insensible
to that which is obvious to everybody
but thomselves. Thcso human parrots
of both soxes nvo never natural, thoy
cannot be natural, cannot give a warm
grip of tho hand, a ringing hearty
laugh, utter words that aro earnest
and truo, perform actions that aro
genuine, spontaneous and instinctive,
and thus they become painful to enduro.
Imitation of a certain kind, nnd within
certain degrees, is all right. Such ns
that which leads tho apprentice to do
Doors opon at 1. Curtain at 2 p m
niMnpQ . f Evening. Me, 'iV, 35c, Mo aml75e
riHCLS . -j niitlnccs, lie, Wo und Mo
There is one remedy which overy
family should krip at hand. Mr. John
Cnrpentor, of Qoodlnnd, Indinnn, Bays
of it: "1 tried Chamberlain's Collo,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, for
diarrhoea and soveio cramp, and pains
in tho sloiuach and bowels, with the
best results. In the worst cases I never
had to givo moro than the third dose to
effect a euro. In moat cases ono dewo
will do. Besides its other good quali
ties, It is pleasant to tako." 25 and CO
cent bottles for sale by A. K. Chatnpnoy.
Pronounced. Hopeless, ot Saved
From a letter written by Mrs. Ada
A. Hurd, of Groton, S. D., wc quote:
l,ai taken with a bad cold, which
settled ou my Lungs, cough sot in nnd
finally terminated in Consumption.
Four doctors gave mo up, saying I
could livo but a short time. I Rave
myself up to my Savior, determined if
I could not 6tay with my friends on
earth, I would meet my nbsont ones
nbove. y husband was advised to get
Dr. King's New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds. Igavoit
a trial, took in all. olght bottles; it bus
cured me. and thank God I am now a
well and hearty woman." Trial buttles
Free at A. II. Clmmpnoy's Drugstore,
regular size, OOo. and $1.00.
of his experienced nntl successful neigh
bor, or tho daughter, who Is satisfied
that hop mothor's way of housekeeping
is tlto best, thereforo to adopt It, whon
she is made mistress of a household.
It is blind imitation that should bo
condemned, without knowing or oven
stopping to ask the roason of it. Such
Deople In laying out a farm, or a gar
don, or a lawn, or building a house, aro
sure to arrange or construct tho snmo
after soinbody olso's taste, wlthou1
regard to tho predominances ol angles
or curves, without roforenco to tho
soil, situation, or surrounding sconory.
Public speakers, who take somo "great
man" as their model, writers, who
imitato tho stylo of somo natural
writer, flatten down, and fall utterly,
for success has rarely followed imita
tion, and wo must have thought in tho
writing, design or execution. Eithor
truths hithorto unknown must be dis
covered or those which aro already
known enforced by stronger ovldence,
facilitated by clearer mothods, or eluci
dated by brighter Illustrations. Tho
roputatton which arises from tho detail
or transposition of borrowed scntl"
ments, may spread for a while, llko
ivy, on tho rind of antiquity, but will
bo torn away by accident or contempt,
and suffered to full unheeded ou thc
ground.
Somo boys cannot read, unless It bo
In their own book, some scholars got tv
certain kind of knowledge by rote, and
their conversation is a sort ot recital of
tho preamble of a bill or a collection of
gravo arguments. No insight of idea
and laws, no science at all, but perhaps
a political homily pursonificd, a walk
ing common placo wc havo tooncounter
nnd listen to. It is just as if a man
was to insist on your hearing him go
through tho llfth chapter of tho book
of Judges every time you meet, or like
tho story of tho Cosmogony in the
Vicar of Wakolield.
Brisk talkers aro usually slow think
urs,aud thoy aro many who talk on from
Ignorance rather than from knowledge,
and their conversation resembles a
tune played upon an old piano, half of
whose keys do not connect with the
wires, and givo no sound. Men of
doop inquiring thought seldom talk
Iluently, as the topics of conversation
among tno multituuo are generally
persons, sometimes things, and thoy
deal with principles, and tho more men
think the less they talk. Cornolllo did
not speak correctly the language ot
which he was such a master. Descartes
was silent in mixed society. Therais
toola., whon asked to piny on a lute,
said "I cannot fiddle, but I can inako u
little village and a great city." Addison
was unable to converse In company.
La Fontaine was coarso and stupid
when surrounded by men. Tho
Countess of Pembroke said of Chaucer
that his silonco was more ngreeable to
her than his conversation. Socrates,
eolobrated for his written orations, was
so timid that ho novor ventured to
speak in public. Drydcn said that ho
was unfit for company. Mediocrity
can talk it is for genius to listen. A
tcachor should not bo continually
thundering Instruction into the cars of
his pupil, as if ho wero pouring it
through a funnel, but lend him to
distinguish and search out truth for
himself. The tcachor should lay great
stress on exciting tho interest and
enthusiasm of tho pupil, givo a promt
nonce to object teaching, to business
industries, to tho proper sequence of
studies, thc tvaining of the observing
faculties first and the rellccting facul
ties afterwards, and, as the scholar
advances on tho era of life, ho becomes
a Man thinker, instead of tho parrot of
otbor men's thoughts. Gnliloo, when
under twenty years of ago was standing
ouo day in tho metropolitan church of
Pisa, whon he observed a lamp which
was susponded from the ceiling, nnd
which had been disturbed by accldont,
swinging backwards nnd forward.
This was a thing bo common, that
thousands no doubt hud obsorved it
before; but, Galileo, struck by tho
regularity with which It moyed back
wards and forwards, roflcctod on it,
nud porfoctod tho method now in use,
ot measuring time by moans of a pen
dulum. It is this power which dis
tinguishes man among or frotnanimals.
It is in thought that n man devolops
and makos hlmsolf, moro than in any
prescribed mode of training'. Let
scholars work a thing out, and undor
tho most oxtraordlnary oxortions, they
will run tho most oxtravagant expecta
tions. Ono of tho greatest and perhaps
commonest hindrances to intellectual
growth and truo progress in thought
is monotony or tho falling into ' ruts.
Tho kind of ruts may vary, tho causes
may difTer, but tho result is oyor the
samo, stunted thought. It has been
woll said that "He, who governs well
loads tho blind, but he that, teaches
gives him eyes." It is glorious to govorn
well or lead tho blind, but is far moro
glorious to give eyes to tho blind, that
thoy may bohold tho wondors, beauties
and mystories of this world, which
sunched for nnd once tinted onlargo the
mental and moral stature, opening up
it llfo of thought, emotion, aspiration,
joy, llllmltnblo as tho oul and
lnoxlinustlblo as tlmo and ctornlty.
What an unspoakabl need then, there
is that moro of our choicest Bplrits,
more of our gifted sons, ns well as our
daughters, ehooso this profession with
such teachers ns Plato, Pythagoras,
Agasslz Arlstotlo and Milton, for
with them it was not a thankless task,
but a sweot honor and pleasure Ha
who would tiiueh others successfully,
must ko&p his mind richly stored with
tho priceless gems of wisdom, must be
progressive along tho path of
knowledge, for tho man who ccaBcs to
learn now ways, but rollos on tho old
will soon bo left fco far behind as to cut
him off from all relation or inlorcourso
with tho living ago.
A story is told of an old clorgman,
whoso bcadte was by trado a tailor,
returning from church togethor. The
tailor was as old us his master, und had
ssrved him many years, and between
the two a strong friendship, a mutual
sympathy and understanding oxlsted.
"Thomas" said tho clergyman, address
ing his faithful officer, "I cannot toll
how It is that our congregation should
bo getting thinner and tliiiuior, while
Saint Peter's is moro thnn holding its
own. I am suro I preach as well as
over I did, and I certainly havo far
more experience than I had whon I
llrst caiuo among you." "Indeed, Sir",
replied tho beadle, with a meditative
shake of tho head, "now-adays old
ministers aro like old tailors. My
customers are dropping oft also. I am
.sure I sew us well ns oyer I did, nud tka
cloth is as good; but its tho cut, sir
it's the new cut that takes!" And so it
Is in tho different sphcros of llfo in
commerce in sclonce in art In liter
ature in law in politics in tho cabi
net In tho press In tho pulpit In the
school room everywhere It is tho
new cut that takes. Thought is power!
Who can doubt it? Our schools aro
our barracks, ei.inps, fortresses and
arsenals. In them tno child should be
trained up a peaceful, but mighty
warrior. Ho should bo taught there
to know himself nnd his rights, aud to
know is to understand thuin. To
mothers and school masters tho world
owes its best civilization, patriotism,
glory and power. To extend the
moans of education to every child in
tills world is of moro moment than nil
tho plottlugs of Courts and cahiuots;
moro important than the marshaling
of oarth's armies and navies. To
educate thought is to enrich aud bless
maultind,aud it is through thought that
wo rise superior to barbarians and
savages. Ho who thinks littlo sees
little. Thought furnishes eyes to our
understanding, nud endows them with
clearness, precision aud magnifying
power. To tho ignorant, man tho stars
aro mere specks of light, rather moro
ornamental ho thinks, purhaps, than his
tin lantern, but not half so useful as a
gutdo to his footsteps through thu night.
To the astronomer they tire worlds and
congeries ol worlds, moving turougu
space In obedlonco to immutable laws,
fulfilling In their shining mark pur
poses at which oven his educated
intellect can only guess, und, seeing
them with the eyes of scienco, ho
wonders and adores. Botany,chemistry,
physiology, every branch" of natural
philosophy, givc3 us a deeper, truer
Insight into tho mystories by which wo
aro surrounded. Ho who enters this
sphore of education lives, as compared
to him who docs not think, a double
life a life of superior physical enjoy
ment, and a life above that as high us
tho immortal spirit is above its mortal
body. Throueii may bo overturned,
states convulsed nnd kingdoms perish,
but no mortal power can rob tho soul
of Us treasure of knowledge, whonce
come philosophy and wisdom; phllo-.
sophy to look above and beyond tho
quickly passing ills and pomps of time;
wisdom to perceivo that all things
earthly, save thought, aro vanishing. .
May all teachors cultlvuto thought, (
may you help others to think, and
children will rise und bless you for an
Inheritance grander than any trcasuro
this earth can bestow. Then It will bo .
sweet to look back over tho footpath,
rough und devious it may have been,
but not wholly dostltuto of fragrant
flowers nnd refreshing fruits, und It
will bo nnothor sweet thought to know
thut your numo will long 11 vo in the
souls you havo instructed, benefitted,
und blessed. '
Good IjOOICs.
Good 1oo1;b are more than skin deep,
depending upon u healthy condition of
all tho vital oigans. If tho Liver be.
inactive, you havo a Bilious Look, if
your stomach be disordered you have
a Dyspcptls Look nnd if your Kidneys
bo aflfcted you hnve a Pinchod Look.
Securo good health and you will have
good looks, Electric Bitters is tho great
alterative aud Tonic acts directly on
these vitnl organs. Curca Pimples,
Dlotchos, Bolls and gives a good com
plexion. Sold at A. R. Champney's
Drus store, fiOo per bottlo.
How beautiful to think of Cicero,
standing up "amidst tho storm and
stress" ot tho Roman Republic, to
twine tho lntirels of oloqueueo round
tho head of the poot Archlas, his early
schoolmaster, stirring in tho breasts of,
tho street rabble a momentary rov-1
orence, and bearing on the swell nud
dash of his great rhetoric the name of
that humblo man, oUo long forgotten,
down to our time. Then thoro Is that
beautiful and touching letter, which
Daniel Webster, in his last days, wrote
to his old schoolmaster, Mr. Tappan,
which will endure as long as tho great
statemnn's greatest speeches. Thero
is something sublime in the linos of
Wordsworth, in his last poem, about
his teacher j
"I turned aside 1
To seek tho gravo, whore, 'mid a
throng of graves,
An honored teacher of my youth was)
laid.
Ho loved tho poets, and, If now nllvo,
Would havo lovod mo, as ono not dcstl-
tuto
Of promise, nor belying tho kind hopo
Thut ho had formed, whon I at his
command,
Bogan to spin with toil my oarllost
songs."
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