Those who have become great
have done so by utilizing all spare
moments. Take for instance,
Franklin, Newton, Fulton and
some others, and we will find that
they poured over tomes of reason,
land afterward gainer! the guerdon
j for which they sought, they were
I not superficial readers.
Teach pupils that the books from
which they derive most benefit, are
those which make them think. If
we succeed in instilling in their
minds this idea, we have laid the
foundation of solid material, which
will resist all future storms and
temptations of a literary character
beneath their training.
The teacher is really the power
behind the throne. Much depends
upon her; how essential then is it
for her to have a good judgment
and a well balanced intellect.
If she has the privilege of se
lecting reading matter for puidls
let it be something which will
make them lead higher and better
lives than many who have gone
before and had no one to guide
them in their literary path.—F., in
National Educator.
NOTES FROM COLLINS.
Sleigh riding is all the rage now.
The lowest bid for building the
school house was put in by Foster
Kearnes and I. C. Platt.
S. Woods came over from the
saw mill last week with a four
horse load of lumber for the school
house.
Ed. McClelland moved into the
“Refrigerator’’ last week, assisted
by A. C. Cunningham. They are
reported as happy as a couple of
clams.
Birthday Party.
Mrs. J. H. Mullison gave a
I birthday party to her niece, Miss
j Laura Buehler, last Sunday, in
• honor of her seventeenth birthday,
I which occurred on the 6th inst.
