BUTLER AT CROMWELL.

Temuka Leader, Issue 251, 4 May 1880, Page 2

BUTLER AT CROMWELL.

The Cromwell Argus says : —“ It is here worth remarking that, however strong and universal t.h? .opinion may he respecting Butler’s guilt of the murrl' r of the D ■" ar family, there is ‘somewhat of an undercurrent of admiration, of the manner in wMch he defended himself, and it must bacohfessed that his address to the jury was well put together and telling. Butler seems to have taken great pnins with it, and, strange as it may sound, appears to have been proud of a position th«>t 'Traded I'm to show off his abilities. Tl.i- v i -glory of Butler — or. as h ■ was known here, J)r»nellv—was remarked while lie resided ih Cromwell, and a fair idea of how strung was the feeling with him may be judgid from an advertisement published in this nap'-r, headel ‘ The Croniw-ffi C~mnie'rmorcial and Preparatory Gaden y * ‘On and after May 1, the above estab* I ihment will h> under the direction of an iticiont and experienced teacher, on an entirely national and comprehensive iystm. A complete and searching reorganization has pl ace, and the system of education will bo most liberal, and;carefully administered. The several wishes of parents will be nost, carefully attend ed toj and a diseriminaling arid intelligent . : m“thod of teaching employed. The >*ro-i-ramme will comt-rise —l. Reading —The too frequent practice is to suffer ehil 7 "nn to sc' si' dy gabble over a str'ng of (to them) unmeaning words. This is an error which >vil bo carefully guarded against, and reading will be taught as ah art,and upon the most approved principles of elocution. 2. Writing: will be taught upon a scientific and inevitably successful system. 3. Pupils will be thoroughly wel gmi.nd 1 in arithmetic, lid, algebra, men uiatio i ■"’d 1 rigor mebry. 4. £onkke. pi or will receive a ■ ocial attention. 5r geography ; 6, grammar; 7, spelling and dictation ; 8, cornpcsiti* n?; fi, logic an I dob it© ; 10, French ; U, Latin ; 12, shorthand ; 13, history ; 14, music (n - cluing the principles of harmony;and; composition) and singing; 15. General lecures will be given on astronomy, m-'-ehanics “d natural philosophy, geology, moral and political philosophy, and ptdilic 1 C 1 nomy,- natural history, etc. Their. si pier principles and on 1 lines will be i 'd r. d as intelligible as possible, and a linn foundation 'aid foi the acquirement of future knowledge.— -G. J . Donnelly, Esq., Principal.* *’