THE COURIER
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POT POURRI.
It must be very delightful to be a member of the board of educa
tion. No wonder there's such a rush of candidates for that position
when one considers the munificent salary, the freedom from respon
sibility, the hearty co-operation of the public, and the general ap
preciation of one's labors in this field.
A new member can hardly be seated before there are seueral
clamoring, for the honor of tearing him in pieces first, and they lie in
wait for him, exhort and gesticulate over this hobby or that, and
threaten divers pleasant things that shall come to pass. They tack
appellations onto his name, which do not savor of honor or integrity,
but for the sake of the salary and the cause, he endures it all.
There is a great deal expected of public officers nowadays, and wo
hope our school board will not be found wanting.
There is one thing that has not been suggested, that they ought
to be urged to attend to. The eastern boards are more critical re
garding the literature their school children are fed on, than are we.
Perhaps we better take the hint. The Brooklyn board discovered
that Longfellow's "Building of the Ship," was immoral, and should
not be read in the public schools, It's very pretty; but comparing
a vessel to a bride, the ocean to an impatient lover, and then to re
present the vessel leaping into the ocean, was not to be tolerated
for a.moment, though there is no way of knowing how much mischief
had been done, before the lawlessness of the poetry was discovered.
Bad Byron, naughty Swinburne, and reckless Tom Moore had
always been carefully excluded of course, but who ever dreamed that
our Longfellow would be guilty of an indiscretion. Hereafter it
will be wise, they said, to keep an eye on the productions of men of
even the most respectable reputation. Then the board went to work
n earnest" to sift all poetry and prose used in their schools. The
'speedily found that Walter Scott was a little "off" and "Lady of the
' Lake," was stricken from their reportoire.
Old fashioned children used to read that, without seeming to get
demoralized over it, but of course things have changed, of late years
and children are brought up on more scientific principles. Educated
in fact into little prigs, and by-and-oy they'll be big prigs, and very
unendurable to ordinary sinful mortals. They could'nt endure St
Gaudens undraped.
When the "class goea over to Art Academy, the board should
order all the statuary draped in cheeso cloth, and "Spring "Tit a
nia' and the "Three Graces,' turned to the wall.
They likely speak of their school piano legg as "limbs," and keep
them clothed in cambric. Everything in art without a covor is
simply distressing. Tho Brooklyn board are very nico people, who
did not come into tho world liko other folks, but were all born with
clothes on.
Sidney Smith said once that it was those very 'nice" folks, who
have Buch nasty ideas. It looks so. Mccauley knew of. nothing so
ridiculous as tho British public in one of it's periodical fits of moral
ity.
It seems as if the Amorican public has inherited an equal capa
city for making itself absurd. One might say that the Brooklyn
censors, like the lady in the play, protested too much; but 'tis a cen
sorious world, and the ''truly good," have a hard time of it.
Well, tho Lincoln High school class, has been reading the "Scarlet
Letter," and "Septtmious Felton," the part winter, and heaven
knows what other obnoxious fiction. It will never do. The board
have some few things on hand to attend to, but whatever you do
gentlemen, do not permit our standard of culture to fall below that
of the east. The one of our school literature, must bo inquired
nbout.
Augusta L. Packard.
Dr. L. W. Edwards has re-located at roomB 90 and 91, Burr block,
Office hours: 9 a. m. to I p. m., 2 p. m. to 5 p. m. and 7 p. m. to 9 p. m.
Telephone 305.
Sheriff's Sale.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue .of
an order of sale issued by the clerk of the
district court of the Third judicial district
of Nebraska, within and for Lancaster
county, Nebraska, in an action wherein
The Lincoln Loan and Building Associa
tion, a Nebraska corporation is plaintiff,
and Harriet P. Dobson et al are defen
dants, I will, at 2 o'clock p. m., on
the 10th day July, A. D. 1894,
at the east door of the court house, in
the city of Lincoln, Lancaster county, Ne
braska, offer for sale at public auction the
following described real estate to-wit:
Lot number eight (8) in block number (7)
in C C. Burr's subdivision of lot nine (9)
ten (10), fifteen 15, sixteen 16, eighteen
18, twenty-three 23, and twenty-six 26
in the north west quarter of section thirty
six 36 township ten 10 north of range
six 6 east of the sixth p. m. in Lancaster
county, Nebraska.
Given under my hand this 6th day of
June, A. D. 1894. FRED A. MILL.ER,
Sheriff
Sheriff Sale.
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of an
order of sale issued by the clerk of the dis
trict court of the Third judicial district qf
Nebraska, within and for Lancaster county,
in an action wherein Everett C. Metcalf is
plaintiff, and Erastus M. Wheeler, et al, are
defendants, 1 will, at 2 o'clock p. m., on the
10th day of July, A. D., 1894, at the east
door of the court house, in the city of Lin
coln, Lancaster county, Nebraska, offer for
sale at public auction the following de
scribed real estate, to-wit:
Lot number four (4) in block number four
(1) in Gibbon's addition to the city of Lin
coln, Lancaster county; Nebraska.
Given under my hand this 9th day of
June, A. D., 1894.
FRED A. MILLER,
June 8th, 5t. Sheriff.
POUND 4 BURR
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
BURR BLOCK.
Alexis Halter will take notice that on the
17th day of May 1894, Joseph Wurzburg,
acitng county judge of Lancaster county,
Nebraska, issued an order of attachment
for $450.00 in an action pending in the
county court of Lancaster county, Nebr.
wherein Rachel S. Brock is plaintiff and
Alex Halier is defendant, and that the
property of the defendant, to-wit one up
right piano and one clock had been attach
ed under said order. Said action was
brought to recover 8400.00 and interest at
ten per cent from July 4 1893 and was con
tinued to the second day of July at 9 o'clock
a. m.
RACHEL. S. BROCK.
By Pound fc Burr,
June 9 4t Her attorneys.
Sheriff's Safe.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of
an order of sale issued by the clerk of the
district court of the Third judicial district
of Nebraska, within and for Lancaster
county, in an action wherein Delia B.
Metcalf is plaintiff, and Erastus M.Wheeler
et al, are defendants, I will, at 2 o'clock, p.
m., on the 10th day of July, A. D., 1894, at
the east door of the court house in the city
of Lincoln, Lancaster county, Nebraska, of
fer for sale at public auction the following
described real estate, to-wit:
Lot number two (2) in block number four
(4) in Gibbon's addition to Lincoln, Lan
caster county, Nebraska.
Given under.my hand this 9th day of
June, A. D., 1894.
FRED A. MILLER,
June 9, 5t. Sheriff.
Sheriff' a Sale.
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of
an order of sale issued by the clerk of the
district court of the Third judicial district
of Nebraska, within and for Lancaster
county, in an action wherein Charles G.
Dawes is plaintiff, and James Doak, et al '
are defendants, I will, at 2 o'clock, p. m., on
the 10th day of July, A. D., 1894, at the east
doer of the court house, in the city of Lin
coln, Lancaster county, NebrasKa, offer for
sale at public auction the following de
scribed real estate to-wit:
Lots number three (3). four (4), five (5), six
(6) .seven (7) .eight (8). nine (9) ten (10), eleven
11J, twelve 12J, fourteen (14J, nrteen in
Bixteen 16, seventeen 17, eighteen 18
nineteen 19, twenty 20, twenty-one 21
and twenty-two F22T, in block fifty-six 56
lots number hfteen 15, sixteen lb, seven
teen 17 and eighteen 18 in block number
thirty-eight 38; lots number seventeen
17, eighteen 18, nineteen 19, twenty
20, twenty-three 23 and tweniy-four 24,
in block number forty-five 45 and lots
number twenty-one 211 and twenty-two
22, in block number fifty-seven 57, all in
G. M. Barnes' subdivision of block number
thirty-five 35, thirty eight 38, thirty
nine 39, forty-five 45, forty-six 47, forty
seven 47 forty-eight 48, fifty-five 55,
fifty-six 56, fifty-seven 57 and fifty-eight,
in Pitcher and Baldwin's addition to Uni
versity Place, ih Lancaster county, Ne
braska. ',
Given under my hand this 9th day of
June, A. D., 1894.
FRED A. MILLER.
June 9, 5t. Sheriff.
The Union Pacific is tho only line that
runs through cars to Sioux City, Iowa,
leaving Lincoln at IdO p. m. daily. City
ticket office 1044 O Street.