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Newspaper
Kimball Graphic
Location
Kimball, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1886
Page
8
A lengthy critique argues education should shape manners and character over mere knowledge. It contrasts American quick schooling with traditional discipline, defending Latin and Greek study as foundational for discipline, memory, and future judgment while warning against oversimplified “education made easy.”
Walter Campbell argues that disciplined study of Greek and Latin builds memory, focus, and perseverance, praising Scotland’s schooling and criticizing French German object lessons. He cites India and colonial examples, then discusses unknown authors and George Cable’s rise, concluding with social etiquette notes on courting and privacy in public life.
A fox takes a burrow after a dispute among hares over inheritance. The tale ends with a moral: when heirs fight, the lawyer benefits. A tiger battles a peasant after a mistaken signal, revealing a rule to fire on all. Detroit Free Press notes breed, burglary issues, and a strange farm omen.
Rev. Anderson Halbert advertises for a trusted man to run a plantation and preach to local colored residents. Old Simon Peters, a known preacher, is hired to organize Sunday schools and manage supplies. Sams of mismanagement unfold as the plantation fails, money is owed, and Halbert confronts Simon amid a riotous congregation.
The piece mocks the overuse of up in speech and references a widow’s tale of a deceased miser. An insurance agent questions the widow about the man’s death as twenty funeral arrangements are noted, implying the miser may still have been alive to oppose costs.
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