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In every renort during my oocupzncy of the principalship, the Inspector has` refrained from saying anything favorable . about my work, and has painted some un- important matters -in the lightof faults. ,I cannot understand why he did so un- less he thought that I was strong enough to pound my way through without his assistance. In this he was mistaken. No teacher has a fair, or half of a fair chance at It coess `who has not the friend- ly advice and assistance, and the benet of the -superior `skill of inspector. That is what the inspector is for. _ He is not a mere executioner standinggby to administer `the Coup de Grace to any un- fortunate teacher who has. . accidentally fallen and is being `trampled? toadeath by the crowd. ' I must say, ;and I"{a'insorry to have to say .it.~tha't I Imam` received ., any assistano_e,any suggestions of improve- ments in either meth'ods~ or management, ..0n-he oontriary'I have on more than one casion been asto.nnded,at gym. statements f.in.;his..ro.por_ts after the friendlbconlidinlg, 4 ~frpo:n..IId._:eu;,'ordisl mn99v+in !U,h.h9 h'!u'f."."-'51i|9e1B -nd:6onton~ " G E0. REEDY. COl\JE! To` the Great forget the place. Septeer 17, 7, . 1891. VALL THE MOST APPROVED uAm,w1ra THE LATEST ANID-H BEST. FUR- . NISHINGS, AT MANUFACTURERS rR1cEs.M;;;;. ` ; _ BARBIE sTovE&runuAcEnEPoTl :..eo"men"T:T.'.1Zn;.';:Z: .'Z1.T}g...cap'`:.f -tnowntome." H. A, Ancxnn, 11.13.. in. n..a.....aa n.....m... u up ~~-canon-namoweuaaapuaeochndxenuni onto:-u mks qouc. Oonsflpistton. I XMIIIIIYIIIIII` It an -nnnrlnn Oi: cur nn'aans-Inflnn Son! mmaou Stoves ! Stoves! stoves ! mus & PIaxtoh celebrated Furnaces worms, guca Blwuy. __ ._____ Tn comm, 'm;u.m.' V `y Street,` 1~f_y_ SOUTH SIDE DUNLOP STREET, NEXT 1'01 THE CANTON T g V % -TE-A STORE. % .5 Infants and children. I.![UI{lBl'!YUH xwlini `? my-oltj * at proobnt to_pa_1z_'1ng dut` u'oh;iq.;.'fp_cnli_sr_itieu_ ` zssootn Sh. Toron " s` _ . ) "balance"? "7'"i?m nueo 'f&?:3Es` he';`.9` "" % . '5 T the n,ote,ot_t_he mrohasor wi ' nterast at" six Dlrmintbf which a debt!` will nnlfolhn` I"|n`I"";|t.1'n,-n '-n uuuua gvuu In l% W\Iu owe): 1 urpoauon em,thia v` eagoodohonoe Pix`-..o:noulookinztorwoodLto nu-chase. ~ olotq willrst_boo e1wed or saloon bloc tog; sum)! reserve n:e- and `it not so! that; wpy=_wm be oirerod aepu-atolyV .wItliontreIerv.e.= - - -`n1& tw..g o_6nt- ogihghtg ,hdida`y' bgaalo thlrtrdsnotthociin 3: 9?" wmun three mon T .'.{;v-; ~ 6 o 1.. *7 7 f"* " ITHE ADVANCE. FOR the couotion of on and Worthlen Ao- I counts. in any part glgkthe world. a.nd__gg aha I-tron If uni nnllgnl-AA 8... A _..-..l-a.x__ Iyna one UULIBOBIOII OI U10. and W01`!-11103 L0` ' 11' of the and no charges it not collected. This Association has local oicee in Canada and Unitsd- States, Head and general oioe. 60} Adelaide st. Eas. Toronto. T Rooms 10, 11, 12 um 13. 0. E. COL- LIN 8, General Manager; t H. B. ANDREWS, Sec. Address all communications to Toronto, Ont.. olca. Talanhnnn Nn- cum, vrmn. +1..- nunn unu ny virtue 0! I DOWGI OI 8816 contained in an indenture of mortgage which willibs produced at the timeof ss.le,there will be oirered for sale at public action at the auction rooms of Messrs. Oliver. Ooste & 0&1" King. street east. Toronto. on, Ssturdsy. e `26th 5.8! of "September. 1891. at the hour of twelve o'clock ncon,- the tollowing valuable lotsin the Count of _Simooe:- . ~~ Ems-1'mr-In a township of Mstchcdash. lot 15 in the nut concession,` lots two. thirteen. and fourteen in the second _,concession. lot two in the sixth concession. HI-nnu:nr.v_'l n than hm-nu).-In -0 \1'....s. `n_sI|:- on huh I T qndu there in aomegood timber in I woodxund other Furnaces on them, this uld-`be a good chance 4 lookimr far . OI` wand In `nnmhnnn. A Barr1e`Po-mmvwom` I .There isfno truth in the statement that the Government had under consideration the advisability of reducing Barrie "Division and placing it under an Assistant` Inspector. Nor so far as we can learn was there any such rumour in circulation outside of the indi- vidua.l__who gave the yarn to the Examiner. Therejare two Assistant Inspectors at Toronto one of whom will be removed to Hamilton," but will still be under the I`oronto Inspector, and the Government have no intention of making a new Inspector. In some of the divisions it is thought the Assistant Inspector might be dispensei with without injury to the service. In ' ers, though in the rush and tumble of I never ' answer any anonymous letters in a local newspaper becanse they are sure to lead to personal- ities and then the man behind the hedge" has la` murderous advantage. There" is some gossip about the town to the effect that there is discontent amongst `the townspeople in regard to the schools. There are no` visible grounds for the statement that such discontent exists. As a matter of fact there have been practical- ly no complaints by parents, against my- self or any of my assistant. The most cordial relations exist amongst the teach- busy, harrassing duties little misunder- standings have from time to time (though not often) occurred. Between the teach-` ers and pupils the best of feeling also exists. and the teachers have no difculty in controlling their rooms. If an exper- ience of 25 years amongst schools in larg- er as well as smaller towns than Barrie. 5 or 6 years as count y and town inspector of schools, and 6 years in the Science and German departments of a ourishing Collegiate Institute, as well a thorough and careful study of the best authors bearing upon my profession. entitle my opinionto any weight in such matters, I should say that at the present moment the schools of this town are in an exceptional- ly prosperous condition, and that the staff , though here and there weak as every staff is and will be until a state of perfection is the rule amongst mankind. and-woman- kind--ls as worthy of condence and as fairly successful as any; staff working under equal advantages. A smaller number of pupils- passed the Entrance Examination out of my own room than I expected. But that is sure to happen from time to time with any teacher. The examiners here were unusually strict, almost no candidates were recommended on this occasion who failed on a single sub- ject, though many obtained a high per centage on the total, and on other occa- sion many candidates, who failed to pass were recommended. My pupils (though nearly the whole class went up and I cer- tainly would not have selected more than about 20 to send up) onthe whole did well, though not one of the examiners has been generous enough to even make that known. The failure of a great many `of them in one subject (grammar) was accounted ' for to my satisfaction by the fact that there was a slight change made, in the scope and character of A the examination paper on that subject which disconcerted my pupils, and every body knows that when children of that age get discouraged. and especial- ly when they did not care much whether they passed or not, they are "sure to blunder, and to abandon work that they could otherwise easily do. They did well in the two cognate. and vastly more im- portant subjects of English Literature and Composition. I have conducted thirteen or fourteen of these examinations myself, have had pupils at 5 such examinations before I came to Barrie, and though eminently successful in the long run my- self, I never knew any teacher to hit the mark every time and even after having been for years and years in the same position, and backed by all the . school authorities, My "pupils know. my assistants know, the parents of Illy_.pupilg know, and my inspector ought to know, Chan` ' Raf`: la--:5'uu:a|ug`- `:2: umnu [cam &. PHUTEBTIUN J1 UIIIUHB nu OIIIIIIIIIIDIOIHOXIU U) TDIUHEO, ;6-gt... olee. Tele hone No. 2468. Thisisthc only Asa-ooiatlon t settles accounts, and ad- vance: the money to the Creditor If (10: ired. ` . O. ETOOLLIN8. Manager. D. O. MURCHISON. Solicitor for Barrie Dletrlot. Oct. lot. 1890.` 41-11 _ st . Georges society concert. Arrangements have been made for: bold- ing av grands concert by the St Geor e s Society, of Barrie, on Thursday, Novem er 12th. The very best musical and literary talent have beenengaged forthe occasion. The object of this concert is to increase the funds of the society for benevolent purposes. Such being, the object, the management -should receive the assistance of the oharit} jably. inclined and an overowing house at ltheconcert should cheer the 1jnja.nagement in theirgood work and laborof love. UNRESEGRVED AUCTION SALE IWDIIIFHB III!!! 00 OBIS]. smox~pm-In th: towxfsliip or oz-min j lqgpighteen in the third oonoeasi n. -- here will duo be sold at the same time and spluoe onovhnndred and olghtxooros of lot gn,lt:en in _tho _n1not9ent;hV concealm- .. y. H` TO CLOSE AN N'DERv Ind by vi:-the ` 3 power of sale indentnno. hhlh 1l!` Bk` nnnung `-6 OLA `I-ugggl _.l- A.I_-___ Nearly Buried. ` On Tuesday afternoon while a man was digging on the sewer connection works op- osite Mr., Fyfe s store, Dunlop street, a arge portion of earth on one side of the cutting gave way tilting over nearly burying him. A lot of people attracted by an alarm cry. ran to assist the man who was enabled `by a number of persons holding back the great block of earth which was held together by the wallingvboards. to get out of his dan erous position. -He fortunately escaped wit out injury. " ' `Agni , A FREE!-IO_|A.D |.o1's1 cucotucmes Cone, Uqusnpunon, V .. Sour Stomach, Diarrhcna, E:-notation, Ki_lls'W:)rlxLns, givesfs1eep. and promotes di- I than the rest of uu,_ and as I firmly `believe that the truth never injures anyone, I have given you some of it. Your! trulz: `I V` JIIUVV, llIl\A Ill IIJUPIFIIUMVI IIIIBIIII VII DIIIJW that I worked both assiduously sud skilfully at my own class, besides sttend- ing to the other troublesome and some! times ezgaspen-sting duties of principal of 3 large school. And my pupils will ultimately succeed. They are . bodily; healthy and mentally sound. ` ' cougsrrv o%_f_ _s|McoE% Barrie Sept. 10th 1891; ADvERn_sE IN ASSOCIATION. OF VAUABi LI'Ul|.llU'2G-'B' 5; V " S6(t%1t' ' 7 {him Qt]: 11111 is-!";Aaur_ = INTER lilbtrlil 1 V ' i J OHN . Monm. Tqacher. 1 l\l\d v E 1:. Mn. Enrron.-Justice to -tho.-Biel Public Schools, to `myself and V 'to_ our assailants forbid me to remain any.?;l_onsrer silent and I therefore avail myself `ofsyour kindness to make" a gay exnlanatiuiis. First that everything herein -ucon"tai'ned.is intended in the direct sense. liothing need be read `between the lines,` as `notbingais intended between the lines. Some `mat- ter was published and some remarks were made in the` `Examinations"in thefearly part of this summer reflecting upon tle mode in which the examinations of the Barrie ~Pub1icSchoo_ls are oen'd_uc t_ed'.' The matterl pubishedi `had no reference to any- thing that occurred `during my term of of- ice. The editorof the Examiner told me so himself and he was speakingthetx 'utb'. Why hedid`*not do me the justice of stating this in his paper I do not understand. My idea is that when a gentleman makes a statement which may be taken in a wrong sense to theinj ury of another, he ought to retract or _correct it. At other times letters of an anonymous character full of inaccuracies, sometimes attacking the schools in general, all reecting on myself obliquely have appeared in that paper. IIAEAD nnnsnnas gnu IIIIIIIICIIIIAIIH an work Gu'nrn;t_;eil. ' `niacin ai-ohna -ndso.t- L - he will be kind to see All his old friends and as many` `how nil nlurn I-`Inn n no 28'-:-BAYFIEL-DA -:- STREET, HE nndersizned otters toresle the east heir of lot No. '7 in the 8th concession of the township of Essa. Thisis one of the best farms in the county, It is one mile from Ivy P. 0.. where there ereohurches. school. store. min. and is within 8 miles of Thornton. a. `gain market and Ry. station on the G. T. R. a farm in wall imnnm-uni, luurina onn HAIR OU'|"1'INGo Being lots 28to34 inclusive north of town- line between Innisl and Vesprs. Lots 57 to 62 inclusive west 01. Thomson street. Lots63 to 68 inclusive south of Ross street. in the tiovivn of Barrio. edjoining the village of Allan- i':.3; go:-es will be sold en bloc or in lots on very reasonable terms. App! 1: J. A. Mo AYITHY. `Rn:-I-infnw Bean-able Bulldlng Lots F O R_ S A L E NEAR ALLANDALE ! SUBSCRIBED cAi5iTAL $250,000 HORSE. POWER, 2 LATIIES, BAND SAWS AND FBIZZEB. CIRCULAR SAWS AND BORING MACHINE ATTAOHE D,PUl4la-EYSo SIIAFTING. BELTING, &c. All Suitable for any wood working shop.` Apply at once CRYSTAL PALACE STORES. or Box 66, Barrie. The Ldnunelen or corrupondene Di. 3 not Neoeuarny imply any W{I.i_leld ; the gopinlonn V of `tho Wutexf. `_ -*g._x 3? The following letters addre7 I`aed'-I to the editor of Tm: Nonrnnnx ADVANOQ .-rh1}.e been received for publication`: _ ` I.`~:.'* Prlnoznal Mo:-an lxpleuu thefsttnw I nnnmstum 3:. snvmas co. ` `INCORPORATED: l88I- ' t rich display of the leading lnmgt IMPORTER. 4" Per Cent. Interest i'iid.onfD6ponl' ' ' ts. The Security for Depositors in 9. Loan Companygndoubtqd. FOR SALE 1 DRESS .MAyfN~G% DEPARTMENT NOW OPEN Lat of the Q\ioen a has opened * 'aahopat ~- rtnsr-cI.As wonxM_AnsIm>. Farm For Sale; inmns PEBPLEELVB In 31?. A W. H, Freeman. "IUIILIB unu I3 UIBII wmglvehima 1. ! W, of EENTON- " V Gtganci be 5c[OiLvin Wednesday,%%V'ptember 23, an-rn_nsAn nn.unn_ -rm: ._ : promptly attended to. 's$Qn. 'MRS."_ARMSTRONG in charge. Orders. u:uu'n 1 . Barrister. The Popular Cash Store, J -I" VAIR g . OF Drwess %G`oods,% Prlnfs, cottons, Gloves and Hoslery,Ready.-Made Glothing, Table Linens, % ..Qu||ts, carpets, Lace; curtains, &c., &c. FMWLEY 8!. DEVLIN. FRAWLENIDEVLIN CLEARING -3- SUMMER -3- SALE ! AN1).F<),,owING DAYS, of his latest report as published. Suchi terms as decided improvement, seine- thing likestsgnation, tone higher, pro- gress not satisfactory, "a good deal of at- tention and disgusting the boys, "the order is not bad and yet itis not what the improvement for `a time led me to hope for, are exqaisitely co-mingled. In recommending the separation of the West Ward School ` it is not easy` to see what is meant. If the division A of the 4th class senior into two portions is intended, it will be quite injurious to the West Ward people who would be thereby deprived of the privilege of send`-I ing their children to a form containing none but_ pupils of their own standing and compelling them? to. remain in la form where three classes would be mixed- togeaher. Any one can see that that would not be wise. If that was not intended there was no llced for the recommendation at all, for ayery recent provincial regula- tion provides . that the teacher of the highest department of every school in a separate building shall be its principal. If it is intended as a kind nf blind for tak- ing the promotions ontof 'thefh_a_n_ds of principals and placing them - exclusively in the hands of the inspector, '~ it in simply .. illegal. In... reg'ardf'f to the drill and calisthenics, the in- spector wheels sharply on us. The reason why a little more than usual. attention was paid to these subjects just before the Dominion Day celebration was because he V himself gave us to understand" that there would be an exhibition of, those exercises on that day. .When we were disappointed in this I reduced the amount of drill be- cause the examinations were close at hand. But no inj ury was done. Theboys and girls of Barrie Public Schools are as active, straight and graceful as those anywhere to be found. The reason why Mr. Henderson was not detailed off to teach music in every .room as during previous term was because it was hardly fair to himself, and the other teachers did not much like to take his room during his absence. As for my stating that the Inspector always saw our school at its worst, the words must not be reported, verbatim or I would have dis- tinctly-lied, which I know, I" am not .in the habit of doing, and if I stated that he sometimes saw it when not at its best, that could not be taken as an apology for bad discipline which to my mind did not exist. I complain of the application of such consummate skill to making my words convey the very opposite meaning from what they were intended to convey.` I am obeyed with promptness and that is the essence of discipline. If the Inspector had pointed out any change in our routine, I could easily have had it carried out. He did on one single occasion, and the change is in force from that day tothis. In re- gard tothe Commercial Education, 1 can- not see how the Inspector can say that there was either much or little progress in it when he `made no examination. - I ~de,voted a month to-this subject while I. was waiting for the balance of my class. The reason why I had only a partial class during January was because the promo- tion from the room below did not take place until the end of that month at the Inspectoris ownesuggestion and contrary to my desire. After that the pupils pre- ferredtaking up -Entrance Work only and I did not feel `it; my duty -to force the Oommercial work on, them. But even themonth we did devoteitoit fjwasi fatal to the snccessof my class at the Entrance. The Inspector `andthe Mana'gementcom- `mitten-were warned that such would in- evitably be theresult for as time at least if-the `c'o'mm_'ercia`l'conrse7 were insisted on at `all. t , They gave `motto understand that they would not judte my work `ah! the success `or. failure of my pupils :>at..t'he, ntrance. ~ So-' I-. went work ilmowing " that I:had=a Scylld`-the one `hand*snd:*a 0ha.rybdis- foiiithe-other , and diduwhatf I could. ` In regard-te.publiex x`amintions " the public -are always `mmusund with "iirtes' . mat ":thsu"en`d: oi-.=mst- V > term the pupilspwere .-1el`(l;'~to_ invite; i-parents onfa speeiatdayztanda-%'eltliongh'2*it was quite a task.,at~a busy time Q invitations to thet-'udges,..;;ninisar_a,=- 1.` myself... I`I_f.-:t,lI.e~.~`:- ' .any;;g econ , `ry `ve; `if. I -E iAM.ES% VAIR S CLOTHING, . T Nanry` B1uVe,%frVom 25c. to 45c Fancy, fI'01" 25 to 65c. % A Greys in lightand dark, plain and twill. at the followingprices : 10, 125,15, 17;, 29, 225-25,aI1d `so on upas'high as 40c. . Out Grey,` Navy Blue and Fancy F lannels for the fall and winter are grand value. muuets 1 gFlANNElS !! `aw.-'.Iav DAY B{\RGA|N DAY. 1891. -Sell the- BEDIIGED PIIIGES Ill EVERY LINE. - - A - . V . , . . I I V O O C I ' Put ii at short notice. A full stock of lion Pipe for Steam, Water anfl Guise,` Giobe_Va1ves, ` Stop and Check Valves, Steam Ga.uges,fand Water Glasses. All work . . \ 10-9 V I - in this line promptly attended to. A