Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 15, 1908, EDITORIAL SECTION, Page 7, Image 15

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THIS was a legitimate purchase from an eastern concern which did besides run a factory an enormous jobbing business On account of
the cancellation of orders in their jobbing department they were overstocked and compelled to sell so as to get the needed cash for use at
their factory Every one of these high grade pianos was bought at a price that enables us to place well known, high grade standard makes in
your home for les money than ordinary dealers can buy them. This sale includes all the best makes. They are sold about
town for twice the price we are asking during this
THE WORLD'S GREATEST MOHEY-SAWWG ' PI&WO SALE SSJT
Saturday we broke all records in piano' selling. Over 300 people ,were made happy, for more than 60 homes now will have a piano that
they may well be proud oL During this great sale you get the Lowest. Prices, but aLways remember low prices are net all you get, for along
handinhand with these Low Prices goes Quality of the highest grade. Quality and Low Prices is a comination that cannot be beaten, That
is what you obtain during this Great Piano Sale. Every piano offered in this sale is of a name and make that has stood the test of years.
It will pay, you to attend this sale even if you live a distance of 500 miles, for you can save the cost of trip in one of these pianos. .
. CONVINCING PRICES -
One-Upright Sterling i... $58.00
One Upright Hallet & Davis .$67.00
One Upright Kurtzman .$78.00
One Upright Marshall & Wendell ...... .$87.00
One Upright Cable . . . . $95.00
One Upright Weber $115.00
One Upright Haines Bros. .$120.00
One Upright Vose & Sons . . . , .$125.00
One Upright Chickering & Sons . .' $135-00
One Upright Kimball $145.00
One Upright Behr Bros. .$150.00
One Upright Ivers & Pond $160.00
One Upright Hardman $175.00
One Upright Kranich & Bach $185.00
One Upright Estey used a short time $215.00
In addition to the above named you .will have the fol
lowing to select from: Chickering Bros., Sohmer, fisher,
AYcgman, Smith & Barnes, Smith & Nixon, Weber, Hard
man, Kimball, EIenole, Kranich & Bach, Price & Teeple,
Schaeffer, Franklin and numerous other' make
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Selling pianos for less Cian Uie cost olthe materials'lhal is put into them and on such terms that they enable anyone to buy
DlAKY OF A SCHOOLMASTER
Elia Button'! Colonial Days' Record
Now Owned by Bluff Han.
SOME EARLY SCHOOL LAWS
Boys if Herolnttonary Period Were
Pat I'suler Bond to Keep Peace
and Bondsmen Were Home
times Punished,
Ellas Button taught school In the New
tCngland statea (or forty years during the
period beforo the war of the Revolution,
from 1757 to 179, and during that time kefct
a record of his life. Th'at record la now
In the possession of his great, grout, great,
grest nephey, Harry T. Hall of Council
Bluffa, who la employed In the auditor's
office at the Union Pacific headquarters.
In a book Cf parchment, made of paper
on which King George ordered that all
contracts should be written aa he collected
revenue for the thirteen original colonies
on .It,, Ellai wrote all his contracts for
teaching school, kept a complete record of
all disturbances in the school uud worked
out hard sums 'and mathematical problems
with a steady pen.
That tne book is made of better paper
than that used today Is evidenced by Its
remarkable condition. The leaves are not
browned as would be the leaves of a ftres-eut-day
bovk In such a length of time and
the Ink Is perfectly bluck. The old school
master taught the mysteries of reading,
writing, spelling and cyphering and also
taught nautical arithmetic. In the book
he at times called the men for whom ha
worked his "lmpllars" and again "Im
pllers." School la at Residence.
A' complete record of. the attendance of
each of the children is kept In the book,
hWh shows that school was In progress
six duys a week and that It was kept In
the homo of some private Individual. The
paper bears the crown and water mark of
King USorge II.
One of the greatest peculiarities of the
school laws was that It was customary
when a rhll.l was coukIiI at soma mischief
to give him a hearing and if found guilty
he was sentenced by the schoolmaster.
tThe hoy then had the privilege of giving
If' bondsman for his good behavior. He
j 'Uld have another boy go his bond and
stand sponsor for him. If the other boy
was acceptable to the teacher all well and
food, and the boy was not punished unless
he committed tha offense again, when both
he and his bondsman were punished.
Bora "Make Their Maaner."
The t ys were required to "make their
manner" when entering and, leaving school,
or If they should meet , a strange white
min on the road. The .students read out
loud, as the master could tell whether the
were studying, or not by that means.
The book which is now In the possession
of Mr. Hall was loaned a few years ago
by his mother, Dr. Cepha C. Hall, first
superintendent of the Woman's Christian
Association hospital. It was exhibited In
a colonial exhibit and two valuable pages
stolen, since which time Mr. Hall .does not
permit the book to go out of his possession.
In the records are found some of thr
most prominent families of Rhode Island
and Connecticut, such aa the - Palmers,
Thurstons, Woodmansees and Maine. All
had large families and It was no uncom
mon occurrence to find seven children
from ona family at school at the same
time. 8uch good old fashioned names as
Prudence, Desire, Mercys Charity, Peace
ful and tha grand old names of Noah,
Daniel, Elijah, Joslah and other biblical
names are found.
.Aa the old master made laws frr the gov
ernment' of hla achool he posted them and
put them In his memoranda book. Here
are some of the laws:
School l.mrrm of 17TO.
' All aohollara departing from home to go
to achool at their parting should make
their manners, and if they meet anybody
of their superiors or equals, meet and pass
them with good manners and coming Into
school make their manners and when you
return home do likewise.
Schollars must all read loud In their
Stoudy and if they find a word or letter
that they don't know, they must go to ye
tutorer of ye school and ask what it is,
(manners to be used In ye attemt.) ,
If you lack a copy of sum request ye
same as opcrtunlty may permit, with man
ners, and having the same, return to your
business with munners as before.
When any person or persons (vis) white
people, comes In to see ye school ye
schollars all as one at ye same time must
rise and make their manners and at their
going out sr.d b'.ddin; farewell is likcwUa,
people of ye house excepted.
The head scholar Is permissloned with
power to command the schollsrs to make
fir not Imposing one schollars turn upon
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are
Is to love children, an4 no
home can be completely
happy without them, yet the
ordeal through which the ex
pectant mother must pass usually is
so full of suffering, danger and fear
that she looks forward" to the critical
hour with apprehension and dread
Mother's Friend, by its penetrating and soothing properties,
allays nausea, nervousness, and all unpleasant feelings, and
so prepares tne system xox me
ordeal that she passes through
the event safely and with but
little suffering, lis numbers
have testified and said, "it is
worth its weight in gold." $1.00 per
bottle of druggists. Book containing
valuable information mailed free.
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another, but impartially efflclatlng In his
office.
It is a transgression and deserves punish
ment for one schollar to scrabble In
another schollars biiok.
' Schollar must not quarrel and fight nor
provoke one another either by word Or
writing either In school or between schools
lest he be punished with school correction.
Schollars must not rob or steal one the
others dinners, nor pens nor quills nor any
thing that belongs to another If they do
no bond may save him Or them from the
ferril.
Boadamen Accepted.
For some offenses -bonds may be given
and taken for better behavior but not
twice going for one and the same fact and
he that refuseth to get a bondsman shall
be ferrllled.
All schollars that are admitted In this
school shall submit themselves to ye gov
ernment of the same and not make any
eruption or disorder In school or amongst
neighbors or Imployers by telling tales of
falsehood or by misrepresenting matters
on purpose for mischief casting a slur on
ye credit of ye school but they shall try to
keep up ye credit of ye same by their in
dustery good manners and good examples.
The schollar or schollars that esteem
themselves so great as to scorn to be under
government but strive to make disorder
in school and ill blood amongst neighbors
and Impllers of this school they being sften
admonished and reproved and warned to
desist and. for llkesuch practices they not
giving any head thereto practically saying
it Is beneath them to submit to the gov
ernment of this school tbelr names shall
be raced out of this book and themselves
expeled out of this school no more to have
any pains taken with him or them dureing
the present school.
Record of Misdeeds.
The schoolmaster next kept a record of
tha various punishments he administered
to the pupils, causes for the same, and
some of the excuses the pupils gave. One
record reads as follows:
"Monday 4th week of this school, when
ye writers were reading verses Walter
Covey got behind ye schollars and got to
play and snickering and laughing sltliough
ho had been forbid such actions, now Is
ferruled for same on Ms right hand."
"Monday 'the "th day of this school
George Foster was called upon to answer
for not minding his book and also for
snickering In school, and Is' sentenced to
be ferruled or get a sufficient bor.dsman.
Joshua Pendleton gave bond for him."
"Ve 10th week and 6lh day, Paul Cran
dall and A r thud Palmer were fighting and
swearing are both sentenced to be ferruled
or get each one a bondsman for better be
haviour and for their being slack in obey
and minding what I say to them vis such
a bondsman that I will accept, one that
hath conducted himself well. Paul .Crun
dall bondsman was William Cnlburn. Jon
athan Mutn gave bond for Arthur Palmer.
"Ye 9th weekof this school this memor
andum was written, (vli) several times
James Main being ordered to make a fire
by time to begin school by he atill not re
garding but contemning ye authority of
thia achool I therefore lay these two par
ticulars before him Insisting upon his
choaelng one which shall be a rule for ye
rest (vis) either submit themselves to ye
laws of this achool or depart from ye same.
Perraled Meaat ftoatethlag.
"On the th day of ye tth week 8amuo
Burtrh waa ferruled because he would Dot
read louder.
"On e d day of ye l"Ui week Charles
Champlaln and Asa Twls for playing In
achool were both ferruled.
"On tha th day of th 6ih week of thjs
present school A. D. 1779 William Wade
for striking Hasard Woodmansea on y
nose In school time which la a breach of
ye school, laws is hereby sentenced to b
ferruled on each hand and aentence is exe
cuted accordingly.
"Hazzard I-arkins wa ferruled on ye
right hand on ye 4th day of ye 7th week
of the school A. D. 1779 for kicking ye other
scholars in school in school time when he
shoiildi have minded what I said to him
and minded his book.
"Ablgal Button refused to obey in school
when required and therefore is ordered to
stand by as one not to be taught unless
her father gave bond and promised she
should behsve better."
The above Is the last entry In the list
of punishments and appllea to Mr. Hall's
grandmother, so the entry' Is cherished In
the family.
Cohtraeta of tha Master.
For each term ot achool the old school
master made a written contract, the ori
ginal or a copy of which was kept In his
diary. The first contract says:
WESTERLY, Dec. ye 16th, A. D., 17E9.
School articles made and passed between us
the scrlbers as Impllers on ye one part and
Ellas Button of Btonlngton In New London
county as teacher of ye school on ye other
part (vis) I the said 'Button for ye con
sideration of Sixteen dollars and one-half
dollar ingage to teach' school. Instructing
those children that my lmpllars put under
my care. Instructing them In ye mletery
of spelling and reading and writing and
rypherlng aa they become capable during
ye term of three months (vis soldiery
months or twelve weeks) provided my Im
pllers billet me and keep my mare up to
good Inglish hay during said term from ye
date above named.,
And we Ye subscribers lmpllars put under
said Buttons care ft charge so many scol
ars to be constant as ye standing school
as are annexed unto our names to be
taught aa above said during ye term abovo
sd and wee the proprietors Ingage to pay
sd Button five dollars & one-half pr
month for each month above named at ye
expiration of sd time and also billot &
keep said Button's horse aa above said dur
ing sd term from ye date above mentioned.
N. B. This school is to be kept at ye
house of Mr. Thomas Gardner In Westerly
In Kings county. Witness our hand.
' Ellas Button School M.
William Griffith 2 children.
John Enos 1 child.
Jonathan Foster 1 children.
Thomas Gardner 2 children.
Another contract said: "We ye subscrib
er impllers whose names are hereunto
enuexed promts Ml ingago the said Button
ye sum of two pounds five shillings lawful
money for each month aforementioned the
whole time amounting to eleven pounds
five shillings and further we ye said Im
pllers engage to & with said Button that
we will bord and billet him and wash for
him & keep his horse or mare to good
Inglish hay during cd five moths & the
said Button shall have free privilege In ye
aforesd house to trac'i this said school
during sd five months 4t we ye sd impllers
will be at ye cost of procurelng firewood
at sd house sufficient for ye comfort of
sd school during sd term. N. B. It is to
be understood that each of us lmpllars put
so many schollars under ye care and charge
of ad Button as -are tnnexed to our names
for ye standing school and each one of us
to bear of ye charge & pay of said wages
In proportion to ye number of children he
signs for."
Soma Hard Problems,
Schoolmaster kept some hard problems
in his book which he evidently gave to tha
various schools which he taught that the
schokirs might try to work them out.
Here are a few:
"There Is a sum In multiplication whose
multiplicand and multiplier Is equal unto
55,991 and there difference is equal to 62,438.
I demand the product.
"There Is a sum in division that the divi
dend and divisor is equal unto 152415788721
123152:3i"i9:068 & quotient la equal to 123456-JS7iGt321-.
I demand the dividend and Jl
visor seperate from each other." These
and other problems are worked out In the
old schoolmaster's book.
Here Is one which was worked out and
which might bother some of tha school
teachers of the present day: "In a sum of
multiplication If the difference betwixt
multiplicand and multiplier be 12346679K84197
532 and the sum of their squares be 153415
7h!W567i!t.,15n;3ir4r4(TlC13.:2 what Is the mul
tiplicand and multiplier?"
nirkrns' Porcelain at Aartlon. .
The famous Dickens collection of porce
lain, which Includea fine Dresden and Se
vres examples, was sold at auction- at
Christie's In London. Despite th finanrlnl
depresKion good prices were realised, 104
lots bringing tlOO.OuO. ' The highest prices
were $16,000 for a Sevres Jardiniere eight,
and one-naif Inches high, painted by Morln
and Scioux, and 16,ao0 for a set of three
Sevres vases and covers, painted by Morln
and gilded by Vincent.
RELIGIOUS MOTES.
Rev. Graham, a Baptist minister for fifty
yenrt, has resigned at Perry, Mo. lie dedi
cated 200 churches. '
Miss Cecilia Payne Templeton has been
made assistant pastor of the First Congre
gational church of St. Louis.
Over 92,000 natives are employed by the
missionary societies of this country . and
Europe In spreading the goBpel among their
fellows.
New York and New Jersey together con
tained about 15,000 Catholics a century ago,
where now the New York diocese alone has
over 1.2U0.O00 members, with 130 churches.
No clergyman of the Church df England
having a parish of l.uuO persons is hereafter
to receive less than tl.ouO a year, while
parishes of 500 and up to 1,000 are to pay
not less than $750.
The voluntary offerings of the Church of
England for the year ended last Easter
totaled 137,311,220. From 1H to 1506 1G6.
000.000 was devoted to church building, but
last year the amount for that purpose was
far below tha average. .
Important changes are to be made tills
year In thi Yalo Divinity school commence
ment exercises. The baccalaureate sermon
Is to be dropped and changes made In the
times of the prise contests. The orator at
tha alumni meeting will he Rev. Charles E.
Jefferson of New Vork City, a member ef
the Yale corporation.
Scalp Specialists
Use and Recommend
NEWBRO'S Herpicibb
"I am shonlns you my ptctograjih to shovv vtiat Newbro's
Herplcide hag done for me.
Since I first tried Herplcide upon my hair I have used it ex
rluttively in giving scalp treatment to others, and I would not
think of trying to get along without It."
(Signed) MKS. ANNA CONNER.
2807 Archer Ave., Chicago, 111.
Hundreds of lady scalp specialists and hair dressers t'se and recommend Newbro's Herniclde, in
stead of products of their own manufacture upon which a much Iprger nroflt could be made. They
claim that HerpK'ide makes friends for them and gives much better Hitisfaction. Hume hair dressers
use llerpicide for obstinate cases only, but why not uae tho best first?
Herpiclde is a delightful dressing that can be usd when there is no disease of the hair or scalp,
and as an actual remedy (or dandruff, tubing scalp and falling hair it stands In a tlaBs singularly Us
own.
Many ladles object to a gummy and sticky hair dressing, or one that is full of wdlmentary chemi
cals intended to dye the hair. The marked preference for a clean and dainty preparation, particularly
one that overcomes excessive oiliness and leaves the hair llebt and fluffy. Is reflected in the enormous
.sale of Newbro's Herpiclde. Discriminating ladles become enthnusiastlo over its refrethlng quality and
exquisite fragrance. ,lt stops itching Of the seal? almost instantly.
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Two sixes TiOc and fl.OO at Drug Stores. Hend 10 cents in Ntan to The IJcrpUido Co., Dept.
X., IN-trult. .Michigan, (or a kaiiiple. Guuran'fci under the Food and J)mg Act, June 30, 1008.
St-rUl No. VI 5. Ik Sure You tiet Herpiclde.
BHt-lrVlA.PSi-ivict;oiMrfc;L.L LmUG CO., Cor. 16tti and Dodge Sta.
THE OWL DRUG CO., Cor. 16th and Harney Stsj.
Special Aacnla
ATPLICATIOX AT THOMIXKNT 11ARHKH KHOI8. ' ,
Mrs, Anna Conner