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Abuses in 6mall School 
I am coming to you for advice in school 
matters. 1 have two children in our 
rural school, a girl. 10. Ivlm is in the 
sixth grade, and a boy. seven, who is in 
the fourth. The teacher gets paid !?1 a 
week for janitor work .and she only gets 
water when she feds like it. M.v chil¬ 
dren carry water for drinking, but they 
seldom have water to wash with, unless 
they wash in the same water someone 
else has used. There are only six oupils 
attending this Winter. The towel is 
washed only about once in two weeks, 
and now we have to supply our own tow¬ 
els for the children. I have bought toilet 
paper at different times, also bought floor 
oil and put it on after school. I cannot 
go to the trustee, for he is one who 
iiired our present teacher before she grad¬ 
uated from high school and had the con¬ 
tract signed even. A few days ago a little 
quarrel occurred, and for punishment she 
made my little hoy l not the other child) 
stay in all noon, and hid his lunch, so 
that he Inid nothing to eat from breakfast 
until after school, which she keeps until 
4:30 p. m. for all. even first grades. With 
so much said in favor of hot lunches, 
what do you think of depriving a child 
of his age of even his cold one? I have 
not had any trouble with the teacher; I 
want to do the right thing, and I am sure 
you can tell me. 
New York. mks. h. r. 
I am not in position to determine 
whether or not your boy was deserving 
of punishment, but I am certain that it 
is a mistake for a teacher to punish a 
child by depriving him of eating his lunch 
at the proper time. Tt is sometimes nec¬ 
essary for teachers to punish pupil.-, hut 
it should be done in such a manner.as not 
to run the risk of injuring their health. 
From your letter evidently conditions 
are uot good in your school. If 1 were 
in your place I should get the help of some 
Other parent and talk matters over with 
the teacher. She may not realize how 
badly there is need for changing of some 
of the things stiggsred in your letter. I 
should not let the pupils know of this in¬ 
terview. loir endeavor to let the teacher 
understand that you are desirous of help¬ 
ing her. If this brings no results, take 
the matter up with the trustee, and if 
he fail- to act. write or see the district 
superintendent. A- a last resort you 
could appeal to the Commissioner of Ed- 
ucation, hut I don't believe this will be 
necessary. 
In the matter of towels. I think it is 
much belter for your children to have 
their own towel than to use one that is 
used by other pupils, This would be 
true even though it were kept reasonably 
clean. G. a. W. 
buckwheat honey 
r, postpaid in sec- 
, Schoharie. N. 3 
•if you have not yet shipped to Fouke 
split your next shipment fifty-fifty^ skin 
for skin, grade for grade. Send one half 
I to the house you’ve been shipping to and 
the other half to Fouke at once. See how 
much more you get from Fouke. Let the 
checks tell the story. You will get a whole 
lot more for the furs you ship to Fouke, 
you can bet your bottom dollar on that. 
Quotations in most fur price lists mean 
I nothing. It’s the grading that counts and 
Fouke grading makes your fur 
checks bigger. SHIP NOWI 
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Winters: brown, tan or gray: $2.IM) per pair, 
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State atnber honey, 
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. $1: outface aprons. 73 
ST 11.SON. R. S. Shelton. 
WANTED — T.amp incubators. PT.I'M FARM 
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PURE. wholesome, deli.-ions home mule plain 
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and earsumd. 2Vj lbs. for $1: postpaid Into 3d 
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.M Its. It. C MneKI.KY. Rrogueville, Pa. 
897 FOUKE 
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WANTED—Second bund Moline tractor. 
C in good condition, E. It. SMITH. 
To exchange apples for maple syrup 
honey. FRED GOKTZE. I.yndoti- 
WHITE RICE POPCORN (old): tine impping 
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We want your raw furs and are 
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SALE Handsome hiilTnlo robe. lUtsill) in 
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if GEORGE II. CRAMER. High Bridge. 
Wrongful Assessment of School Taxes 
We have some land outside of the 
school district in which we live. This 
land adjoins our home district, hut has 
never been in it. Last year we were as¬ 
sessed for school taxes in both districts. 
1 paid them both and notified the trustee, 
who said he would lake it up with the 
Commissioner. Now they have me as¬ 
sessed in both districts again. I have 
paid the one where the property ha- al¬ 
ways been, but have refused to pay the 
other until I know where I stand. Must 
I pay it. so long as it is assessed to me, 
and, if so. how shall l get these two 
years’ taxes hack? J. m. w. 
New York. 
The questions raised by J. M. W. are 
not entirely clear from his statement, if 
the land referred to is in one body with 
that occupied by the owner, it should be 
assessed in the district where the owner 
or tenant lives, regardless of district 
lines. This, of course, assumes that it is 
assessed as one lot on the last assessment 
roll of the town. Sudbivision 3 of Sec¬ 
tion 411 of the education law covers this 
point. 
Quite frequently district boundary 
lines are not clearly defined in the town 
clerk’s office as contemplated in the law. 
In that event the assumption is that the 
property belongs in the district in which 
the owner has paid taxes for years. In¬ 
asmuch as the district superintendent 
has the authority under the law to define 
district boundaries, he should be able to 
indicate to this writer in which district 
liis property lies. 
•T. M. \V. should present a verified bill 
for a refund of taxes to the trustee in 
whose district they were illegally collect¬ 
ed. If be is unable to get a refund in this 
way he can bring an appeal to the Com¬ 
mission of Education. g. a. w. 
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Deed to School Property 
Our school district is contemplating 
enlarging or building a new school. It 
is a rural school. Years ago, when the 
schoolhint.se was built, the farmers gave 
the building lot to the district is long as 
it was used for school purposes. Now 
they claim tin* building will belong to 
them if they decide to build a new school, 
as (he lot is not large enough for a new 
school. 1- the deed on record, and where 
can we find it? P. M. 
New York. 
An exainitiation of the records of the 
county clerks office will show whether 
or not your deed is on record. If it is 
on record you may there find the terms 
and conditions of the deed. N. T. 
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