SINGLE COPIES, }. VOLUDIE L-NOZB - 4R. 50 TIE POTTER JOURNAL, PeRLISIIED EVERY THER.SD,LY -I.(ORN,L,NG, By Thos. S. Chase, To whom all Letters and Communications should be addressed. to secure attention. Terms--Invarlably la Advance: sl,„'.•; per A;al..ium. slllrMaTitta ..... .tasunnus Te:rms of Adveytising. I Square. 11i; iiaesi 1 iuserLon, - i'' tl 3 '. - -- Each silo:Anent inzertion le'ss than 13, '25 1 Sghare three months, Be i " six" • 4 00 ' 1 " nine " r5O 1. " one year, 6 00 Ralit and 14,„T•ire wor'.., per sq., 3 ins, 3,10 Every subsepiun , in - erLion,'l,o I Column six moo :ha, - - - - • - - 18 041 I. 44 14 " 10 00 it It • " per year, Double-column . , (liiplayed, , Ter annum 63 Ou stN: months, 3 00 three " 16 Oo one month, 600 it It 4i per square _of 10 - I:neg, inFertiem under 4, 100 Parts of eil,atnas will be iuzerted at the same rite_. Admini-orator's or Eyecu'or's Notice, ;.:14,tor'zi Notices, e:. Sre!rifi'sSale, pee Notice,, eaeli, • Divorce Notices, each Afizoinistra,tor's Sales, per sqraire for 4 ineert:one Busirth.s. or pWeiFional Cards, each, not excedinz 6 lines, per year, - - SN) Special aml FAirorial Notice=, per line, • - tri‘mt;ent advertisements meet h 3 -, paid in mit3ance, and no n:tlee will he tai ,i of advertisomentA from a 4list,mee. tire accompanied be the money or satiefactor.t re fert.l,..'t. itifl tart 6. i • S, AANN, ATTORNEY AM) COL;NSI:i.,LOR AT LAW. Co..dersport. Pa., will attend the severe' Cor.rts in Potter and .11'Keno Cc !nt-ios, Al? busin,4s entrusted in If.s eve w3ll receivt prompt attention. (Alice on Main Et., oppn site the Court House. 10:1 F. W. K...NOX, ATTORNEY AT Coudersi,ort: Pa., will auelid Ow Courts is atlii adju,a,ug .Ocr,taties. 10:1 ARTHUR G. 01,3iSTED, ATTORNEY S COUNSELLOR. AT LAW, Couderrport. Pa., Will att , !n.l to all entrusted to his cam. with pro :napes nnii fidelity. °like in Temp...Taw:l:. Eluek, oud Moor. Ma;u. St. : 10:1 ISAAC IiESSON ATTORNEY LAW. Courier,:port, Pa., u attend to all billii/3A-tSS eatrhs;.e.l to lam, Nvith care and promptnc..ss. Office corner oc an.l Third sts. 10:1 L. I'. WILLISTON, ATTOT;NEY AT LAW, Weil.-,1,0r0', Tioga Co. Pa., will attend tLe Courts in Pothr 3PKean Coantie.. 163 It. W, BENTON, SITSVT.VOR -I,XO CO.. tnl ANCE.T., Ray- Mond P. 0., 1 / 4 Allegany Tp..) Poz,er Co., will attend to all basiuess iu his line, wiil care and dispatch. 9:33 , W. K. KING, SCRVEYt)II., DRAFTSMAN AND CONVEIf . ANGER, Sinethport, li'Kean Co., Far will attelnd to business for non-resident laud . - boilers, upon rensonab!eteruis. Refertn ve.; given if required. P. S.—:la:),- of any pact of the County ow:de to 0. T. LLLI,9ON, r.II.ACTICISG Pil VSICI4IN, Coudersport, I'd.. respectfttll:, - in.bro/s Cite claims of the vil lage vie:nay that he will prowi.ly re spond to all calls ;or proles4onal Mice on Main st.. in building forinerl2. - oc cupied by C. IV. Ells,Esq., • 9:22, . COLLLVS SMITH SMITH . t.t. JONES, DEALERS I` DRUGS, MEDK:LNES, PAINTS, Oils, Fancy Articles,Slationery, Dry Goods, Groceries, 4:c„ Main st., Coudersport, Pa. 10:1 11, 'OLMSTED, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, READY-MADE Croaety, Groceries, ketidersport, Pd. 10:1 M. W. MANN, I3uOES & STATIONERY, MAG .4S and 3lu-de, N. W. corrwr 'of Ma;u aid Third sts., Coudersport, Pa. 10:1 E. R. HARRINGTON, irrE, Lux Coudersport, Pa., haring engag ed a wtridow in Selootuaker & Jack.ou't Store will miry on the Watch and Jewelr:, business there, 4 tine itsorttuent of Jew • ,elry constantly on hand. Watches 31141 oncarefully repaired.. in the hest style. on the shortest notice—all work warran zed. 9:3? 11E.)11tY J, OLMSTED, (SrCCESSOR. TO 4Allrs - IV, SNIT%) IIEALEJI. IN STOVES, TIN 3 SHEET lIION WAIIE, Main st, nearly oppoEite the Court Conderi,port, Pa. Tin erol: Sheet Iren Ware wade to order, in goo :style, on abort notice. .10;1 COUDERSIORT HOTEL, D. F. GLASS/TIRE, Proprietor,' Corner of sub Second &Teets, Coudersport, Pot-: ter Co., Pa. 9:41 ALLEGANY. HOUSE, BAIR/EL IL 3fELLS,. Proprietor, Colesburg i'otter Co., N.; seven mules north pf Cou . derstort, on the Weal-ills Road: .9:44 ... . . . . . . . • . - . . . . . . . ~ . . • • . -•. . • - . r - ~., • . .. . . . ~ .. , , .., ... ~.,„,... .•. .._ , . 4 . j . , . . . '0..4 -:, ~ , .•. ' - • ....o. .. ( 4 ,.... . . , • ~.i ~ ... . . . ei .' ' ' .. .' ~. I :4°.' .- - ~ .. .. .•' . . . .. •. 4 • . ~. n 0 0 c . 1 . , 1 : ' . . ll' . . . . , 14 4:1 1 1 . ' t : .' • 0( . : < 4/. ' ..... • • • . . • • . - ' . . • , ... j j ,0 .. ,: il ' . ~ ' --`• /,/ /1 , / j • : , - C / • . . i . . . . . . ..-: . : , ii • , - . - -.' . . I .. , ... -- Z I G s . . etA--' - ....._.> . • • . . . , . • . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . , . . git-rttof liffOrit. A elothev--line.in yonder garden 0... es amung the trees, And on it two , rery lohg, stockings . Are knocking the e'ecning breeze; A h‘t, of fancy An- g.e.os.„ Whose nature cannot - Arc wildly and merrily flapping 1 - About on the sante old line. • • And a - :ere shY young lade At the Parlor window And I rather conclude it toa tried it You'd fin I elm d fit ia:o "them hose." dint the dry goOd.; which &mei on'the tigLt rope Out yonder, jut make-up the rest. So dream-like she seem, so gentle, . • ' You'd think her too good for earh ;. And I feel that lwlier spirit Is hanishing.vuigmr mirth - To its worldly home—by Jingo! What n flowiish that muslin throws! And how uncommonly taper Those stockitvzs go off at the toes! 0 eyes! like the .sky wiled it's bluest ! 0 hair: 71Ict- the niatit Without star 0 and hose"! I can't help it! • Ye still draw my thong !s over "thar." Thf: bar The , iothes but a fancylideal; Yet. somehow or other—e'pnlowad it! •I're mixed up the sham intd the real. 0 lore! ron':e t!'e same Six:pence With the poet, the mull;; or tlo• brick ; You go up wi.;ll a ru.411, like a rocLet.. • I3:.1 come dowa at st lilts the stick; Anti let the loce-thett7lits • !be lofty or lowly. Platonic 4 , - flash. I opine • . That they :1.11, like SOO drygoods !led stock- 50 $1 50 - 7 Ou - 30 00 - )6 00 2 00 / 50 / aU 1 00 1 ::"U E E II LEM 4.13e10ng to the very Ernie line! 401 - f5 r.ratirl. Vor G PT I.IIV ajC, ti:"TIANS. li:or some reason 'or other, or foe no et - asim, the southern portion of Illinois is called Egypt, here in the IVei , t,.aud tho' . the "Egvntians - are seine of them very wroth at the nickname, the gout-nat Tired •oart of them answer to it as frely as tho' it were so written 111 the Geography. It is eervainly the land of cor , n, as emphati cally as was the laud w:ter,o the patriarchs bent after it, and one would ithink that lSte plague of frogs and Lies It-d; the "other 'critter" (FO:ile of them omitted ill the oriptureaceoint liad t ueveriii::,-uaged fCOt this Egypt. .They urawhon you at :light, the) OA and .buzz ari,und your .. lOU and eyes, fly into your nithith if you give them a chance, and chile . ym is their endeavors to explore 'the interior re ; y:ons. 'They drop on you front the trees 4 . you wz,lk in the wor,ds, and hop na you if yun walk the streets. 1 he; voetabh , world is even worse tormented than the animal, fur the animals seldom die nutlet the intiiction, and the plants chi. Insect ., ordered fruit trees dist;gure every ore!, ,wd, and multitinies of oak trees are sloW ly dying of a stilt of ~ black knot." simi lar to the cherry tree plague; only the ~ak knots are as'hig as potatoes arid grow -reveral years before they kill the branches they grow upon', ,‘..,:.eine try td say- that they are a natural oxererc.nme en the pine .oak, hut as the Fame kind of oak in other locaihies never produces them, and as they are 1;AI:id on inspection• to contain evi dences of animal life, and as they ulti mately destroy the briniches they grow on. that theory is•untenable. Sonic say the I locust stings the tree and deposites its eggs in the cavity, and produces this ef-, feet. This has the appearance of truth a.. the knots are the must frequent when to-i custa have been most numerous. • In the ispring the trees were garnished with thi•l innumerable white Webs . f the catterpd- I tars' lacks, and uuw the leafless sycamorel mhs. show the ravages of these destroying; pests. Other trees kvi il next be devoured i l in the same way. The cut -worm some:, times ruins whole fields ofeurn, and the !army-worm eats 'off the grass . and grain i ;close to the, earth, leaving - the dead tops] Ito attest their ravages. ' Whole meadows 1 lare sometimes laid waste by them in a l 1 single week, but as there are but veryl re ..: w grass fields in Egypt Wiese nuisances; are limited in their power to do mischief. For the most part, prairie-land ends where " .1 ; ,0w , T Etrypt beginS, and as the fields are very few of heitti appropriated to grass, it is a matter 'vf wonder to me how the cattle contrive to li've at all;-dur ing the winter. "Time is little snkiw falls here, but the ground freezes, anti there , is nothinggreen *several mouths. :'There are no.batues nor stables except lot work ing horses, and . nut eiteugh .of them fur comfort. The rest shift fur themselves ill the woods; or " timber," ai it is always called, and pick at the Weather-beaten corn-stalks which Stand nneut in the: fields. and are fed occasionally witha. few' ~' ears" and "shucks" or kin. , :lis; and so the poor, things contrive to 117 e—those °latent that don't die. . : I - . There is no excuse for_ this want of barns here, as among ‘the prairies, for the timber *is superabundant; and quantities tare burned on the ground every 'year to get - rid of it. .The mode -of Clearing issds 13E!EM13 De.bote() to The, I.):riqcipl, , ,s of 11 401'111e, hissel4lll4tioq of . Yor:1141t, alit) Front the linicfrerboekir LADIES STOCKINGS. , COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JUL(I 8, 1858. . peculiar and shiftless as the restof tin - Oland the other half is drowning out and arrangethants. They go out and , girdleia I the wh'eat is spoiling. The farmers are, piece, of timber and plant earn in it with- de.qpairing of.doing anything this year; out cut tingdown a tree. The near spring:. and to.enhance the calainity . the hogg-ehol. the Softer Woods are- somewhat decaved era has broken out afresh, threatening to anti the, equiriOxical • gales perhaps bloW ; :cave them meatless. some ',of them down and scatter their The woods here are beautiful, especial - branches.. ~Then the neighbors are invit-!ly along the . .ater. The -Catalptw °spe ed and they have 'a " 10g rlling," :ani cially, now !n- bloom. are crowning the burn up what kill burn ; then - they pre-(green with their white, and add all aides tend to plow it. but it is a poor apolo:r2„--icribablecharm to the land: cape, something for plmtirnz, and then plant corn againtike bas;-cloud trees, covere•l with great. Ne::t year the saute process is repeated. chNters of laurehbiossoms. •At New llav so th•tt afwr logging up the same piece en,-on the Little .Wabash. they ptiitited an d ri i:i ng corn on it for six or serer lout a •:;.nerable 'one, which was planted years in succession, they get it cleared a. , ar an: old Fort. by (1 daughter of one of enough to sow wheat on it; and so they ;the Booties. The :Fort and all war-like keep oil. skipping a year; 'traces of those theody; days are gone. but and " le:ting the ground rest," as they this one blossoming memento of that girl's term it, and . grow fullTof weeds, they wear Ileve for the bamitiful is cherished, rever it out after a while and tarn it out to 0-roW !eatly by those who plow and plant the . up to persmanot, bushes and iron-weed( Istoried Tort groUndA I wish: it Wert: al. I. saw a nuatber (if these barren fields in ways thus, that the amain' deeds would White and Gallatin Counties. and felt in-, jlatt the longer!! Perhaps it is. digbant at the thriftless waste of good' Bats. sluirrelS, rabbits and Wild turkeys tliings manif.sted on every side,. l'ab(w(d-, and when I catch any I'll let you The soil is a strong, deep. clayey- and iknow. • More Anon, Lin. sandy loam, which is so lavishly fertile that it takes twenty or thirty years of the above 4ese: ILA treatment to Tenn(-isee it to death. A thriving Vermonter showed me his splendid farm, and said it was thought "to be worn out and worthless when he bought it, hat that in three yeur, 'it was the best place in ihe neighborhood So easily ,was it restored by :A civilized m o de of far:Ping 'I bilk:lnc the insect plague might be greatly abated if people - troold do any reti -I..copable thin! , to check it. lam sure it could in . the ho , ve4, at any rate ; but the honsekeeping csirre - ponds with the farni- i mg. - There are, however, spots and set-1 ilements in bright contrast with the above, scattered over Egypt, and Irani gilld ts: I know that they arc increasing. - There still exists .a good deal of the Omer violent and bitter prejudice against eastern people ; yet when the thrift and prosperity of the northern pact of the 1 State.are mentiuued, they always ascribe' it to the fact that it was settled from "the East. The Norillern portion, with its ' 1 fiekle and boi-terous climate, and its dearth, of wood and water, has not been 'settled 1 half so long as the mild well wooded and watered regions of Egypt. yet surpasses lit in population, intelligence, wealth, Com ! fort and good behavior, an 1 all this is as h cribed to its eastern origin by tire Yankee tratitvz Egyptians! Consistency ::- a jewel. I Illinois contains within its,:lf an epi tome of the Clll9O. ;rl{l the verdict of the I E. , ‘ pti.:ns is doubtless true. r ' 11 . n ul . n a few wiles of the junction of Lthe Wabash and the Ohio, I was in a log icabin with - pane,!.om'' floors and doors 7-- that is, floured and duored with spiit logs l,ewn level with an axe.—and was,t4l that the owner of it. who was likewise the owner of two farms and a doien horses, i had livA there for forty years, for want 1„f boards to build a better, all the holed , . I in the region having been made by hand. {as there were no saw-wills. RE " But why didn't somebody make a ?" was asked. Wall, I reckon 'cause they didn't know how !" CoaJdu't.they send for somebody that did I?" '• I reelion nnbody thouf , lit on it, and they didn't know', R•asr to sL•n,l no Wit !` "I should think it would be - easier t o invent a saw-n.illithan to do without, for fifty or sixty years"—Ohat was the age cC:i :,ilfai.) \v,qliti if anybody had thought t " Otte could have whittled one Ant wi-ii an axe mid a jaeli.knife, and brought. the irons one at ,a liaie in a canoe Cindu nati in that time, jia than go without:" ''Spose ymu're a Yankee, and they alters make things w1;.:1 they. want We have plenty of mills now tho', fbr two or three heavy felle,-s filial the cast built one ur two and made heaps u' motley at it, and some more chap , : Caine on and built more, so we are buildin , better houses now, foe we can get plenty of lualbei• cheap enough. I allow we mig7it a had •em b;:t;_n-e, if we had just a thought. enough about it!" All of Which reminded me of a stupid fellow who thus disparaged awork of fiTeat genins—.".fhat was: no great 1 . he emild have written it tkitaseif if he had only', thought of it . Nutwi distinding_ some very great draw . - backS, the native resources of this whole region are almost inealeulable„ and indus try, carefulness, • economy and gumption make it teem with wealth and beau ty; but it.uever could make it healthy nor comfortable, ~unless there could be mean., devised tO keep the rivers within bounds, and to: abiilish nriasnia, ticks, fleas, chi gres, mosquitos, and the whole imminent ble multitude of little pesrs after their kind.' 'Just now the Wabash river is from three to eight and ten miles wide, and rising daily, the richest farms in the coun try are navigated by steam-b tats, and have bleu in soak for tiv'e Cr six weeks. Ir. .kassraine:d more 'than half of the time fur weeks, so that half the corn is not plinted ir Queltioning lhelArt of Teach ing.. All .E'say, read tvi)re the Patter Cfmat ii Tr,,reteees AA.iejcirdion, ato.;fcaso laic, Jlay 28, 1858, EMMIINM (Pablre,lst.l . RCluest.) In rightry quostioiling consists the art of teaching. Therefore. if we would tech sac:ass:ails; we ninst question properly. This subject presents itself fur eraCktin in two parts : Ist, what does Ch. pupil wish to übtaln? and 2od, how he obtain it.? lst, then, what is the pupils desire as he commences study? is it to make the mind a store-house of mots until it is full to uverflowim , f Is it to 1111 the miud to its utmost capacity- with circumstances :tad details; with chapters on every sciet - Le pursued with sundry remarks and obsta-- violet] by authors; 'all of which for the lack 'of the development, of certatp litenta; faculties remains in the mind an undigest ed and therefore useless host of ma , ter It is true a fact iniF-t be learned as a fact, but if when merely known, it is, without thum , lit or reflection, laid away in the mind, it will do very little-to enrich its possessor. and will probable bcofer v ice nu lunge r than till another i.L! z cel l anc,.l, attract the attention. Indeed, it' this course were pursiied, each person would want a tablet or idea frame our to arram , .e the riches of his mind in such a manner as to have it at once Visible, and then when he wislie v ito know if ha had_ any knowledge on• :rty subject, he w o uld resort to 'this as a business man w_aild to his account-hawks to learn how Ids account stood with a particular individual. Ali this comes thr short of the object to be gained. this would only make parrot men, whereas we wish to pursue 4 course that will make the mind a SELF-ACT.ING land 'syrn . .F.tAD.rt:STING machine. The power's of the mind should be so de veloped and trained to action, that ;+,-iiett a subject is presented to it, it can rmeive and comprehend it, ccii consider and net upon it by its own strength; and.while it in this way 'brats an. enduring impression uu the- IllealOry, at the same time. accomplishing., a still :greater object by in ereabig its own pow.u.; by increasing its ability act, to receive, evipreltend and r-tain subjects by an nffort of- its own. The great thing tuba done—the great ob- . jeet to be accomplished is to cuLtiv.ATE, and DIsCIPLINE TILE MEND to ACT, ,By one who will observe cannot thil to see that. many who have studied have; failml to accomplish the real object -of their la bor, and that while sonic are radiators, (Alters: are but reflectors. • 2nd. Slow shall this tliing be-accom plished ? 'What course shall we pursue to give to the members of our (a - mutton schools that discipline of mind which is best eal r culated 'Mr their improvement? A teacher who pssesses all the requi site knowledge.—has a full understanding of every prineiple he attempts to teach— in zeal fur the - advancament of his pu may pour in upon them a • host of facts and iustruetion, and perhaps fault less explanations, _all of which they. will . hear, and, at the time; appear to under; stand, yet lie will find, to his sorrOw and perplexity, that the principles he intend= ed to teach were but little - more lasting in their. Minds than Were the Spunds: otitis wards in their' ears. The fault in . this hind of teaching is that it is all telling; it is upon the principle taut the mind.is a I passive recipient; it does not; and it cam- I not call forth the exereisepfits own powers. , BEWAREOF 'TELLING; but insteadiNes ' tion. • 33etter, by far, .speitd the allutted, time firs mutation in ques:tioninvt in such a manner as to call.forth from the metuberS of a chess • even - ,.a-partial 'explanation of their task. than to explailitt to :Cleat, even thotigh the explanation 'were , given in far . . better language than they would give it. Questionin , is the: daily, hourly and great source o intercourse: between teach-1 cr mid putrid, lt is most,aptlyillustrated, i 1 ) as differently c ndutited, by Page in his i "Theory and leraetiee of - Teaching" in what be Calls 1 - inuring in--drawing vial and mediani.pce: , s; (every teacher is in-] Millar with hisT writing 3 - nod on accmcit 1 of its centauru.se jia school. 4 there is al system of piestiions and answers introduc-i eil into the usaiOs of articles by our Last, writer:s to illUsqate Points in teaching.) i A teacher, l ro question a class well. must I have a store -hot semnd a mine of know'.- 1 eke.* how lit Ile do those men under-I stand their true interest who say they are employing a " Cheap teacher," " he will ] , do well enough_ fur our seMiol„ he is in , advance of the sciholars, our school is lvick.- ward, aud4 ant Sure; they cannot catch up with him in one term ally way, so where is the us.e iit our paying Si. per month a teacher that is - 1 .44 oil i (Eta. the teae:mrsliould riti .scholar:; and a long Le sl:ould comprehend I . het, but also the scholars g, for instance, the mimls f a;class are. ioVolved in l , a mathematical prin. who is JUST in idrzplue.; u!d say " why that is i4lain, I a:ulsure you iizit," . And I perhaps when we can yet enong,.llfinisB." I be in advance of -tray in advance, nut only the sub: - , , mind. Supoosi4 of the members oi mystery respectin club!. the ;teacher of the pupils, Ivo easy enough, that can understand would venture an attempt to express ; his i‘vn contracted ido,--and we could hope tor but little benelit frOtu this-.--and would pass on; whi.e the teacher w:tu had a s fult large view of the subject, who . understood ,t in all its pins and bearings, would pro pound a - clues-6o' n ;which would turn the c hannel o, toe senolars' though;S ii,:-att y to tile dark point itit ia less.)l, and a C: , 3-li* UllierStaliding :v.,ytiaj soon be the result. .A n 1 so ; n any seie4ei whoever attempts ,u fill the station of tittestioner oil teacher. oust have at his Cotuaynd a . ;store or . ::no %ledge, so that from , the. thousald pui,,ts waich preset theniselires to hi, Mull he can seleet;,tUc most appxpriate. • _.tin, ,the teacher should be a gradu ate in intellectual Philosophy, as learned :rout butiks, or by Lib-.l.r.wa.iun and experi ence. - P,or, hour shall he fitly join ald frame these elements so as to form the true man, unless I i 'e. ' . understands the a daptations and strength of each ? It would Certainly be eausidered a piece 01 roily to place the Materials and tools in the hands of an ineXperieneed Workman, and expect him to ploduce a nice piece. 01 mechanism upon theifirst trial. The loss of everything with Which he workett would :host surely be. the result. Ilow much more, then, p must he fail who without pre paration', attempts t.M deal with mind and reason—that part.ofUlail which is most kttown and yet least known—that which is: constptly displaying itself, and yet is just tirfuin7 out l—and. how tuneh more to be lamented is , hits failure. Indeed, after knowing all that we can know oil this subject, we arc but . poorly prepared fur the duty of guiding others. ... .. ;- .Agaiii, -we should; endeavor to avoid certain faults in conducting, recitations. nanuer of questionings should bc,a can stitut theme of stody. A teacher may err by asking too Many, or too few ques tions; and it is quite passible to err by asking, the wrong question. The tone of ;•nice in which a teacher asks questions has, the greatest influence on the mind 11`." the pupil, whetherit ba en..;iuragitig on li -:ourii!-ral , —juvial or cr. natei; or; drowsy, the :scholars- will ever; conc.:Tom' with it. i The number of tinas-1 ;ions to be asked atat recitation must be; left discretionary with the teacher—only! bear in mind that; one thing must bee ! thoroughly Veitruetlb ?fore-another is in troduced. The repilar questions friven for a recitation should ba asked and a full and coraict answer required, and it should b.f, with great caution that scholars are; allowed to introduce their own language; in prercucte to the; languaga of authiirs.; this caution, howcver, need not LI that the scholar folloW the-author verhytim literatant, but only ; that they do not, by! their- ingenuity,. manage to keep up the; show . of itagood lesson' . when in fact they! have but a pair one:- Clear and intelli-; h'ent latmniod. whio!a. Actually expresses! the idea is all that !is necessary, and in this there is one ad'vantage, the ;teaelter; is sure that the scholar. lies the idea and is not repeating. ,words..by rote: 'Bat in addition to this the l l teacher should have an..zrrange,d and WA" digested. plan ofi questinning to be. Suited to the age and; capacity of students.. Never be satisfied •to ia- - at i only the questions which you find in the; book. Nu person . can know what ;question to ask• nest, unless they have keen' :the last answer, And no two schol ars need exactlythe4ne teadhing. The great clifforence in the tempeta t nen t, and iid,ranCethent of popils,AlakeS.an infinity of varieties which: n author can reach.—, 8a_91,4 are )1.7t tectchirs,'L'itt ai7e;guided teite./afT.;. •. The gcner'cl plan of A bank mar b 3 atrictl y. ft)) lowed; it'you.Oleas'e, yct OILS ; not, c r ilau:4-,A.utlitirs cat mot b teaehers- ; Alutun" Tickour,'intlior uf the 17u"ittlisl Coluniblau Calculator, " \Vbca - - .{ FOUR CENTS, TERES.--$1.25 FEB the, writer takes upon:himself the taSk . actual teachings in the place of instrintir, he,steps - beyond ,the bounds of actin] dd. ty and assunies what properly belong,to teachers, and with whit:ll4lle author aits no right to interfere." • There would; probably, be great differences in the•pla4s .1 of teacher's, though each inightbe formed I with much Care and thanglitfulness: Alt I proof of this, notice the-vastalifference is the entire plans of authors. • tompare-for a moment, it you . please, Brown's, and Tower's GraMmars. Brown 'states an ab.: . Istract principle in the roweSt word's pat- Isible. Such a delinition . contains One . I prominent idea and many 'times there are Iclauses which are suggestive of:equally pJrtant o e., but which it .requirea aid to trace out and understand. , wet., made on this 'plan contains a mat i amount of matter in little. space, it has at least ona virtue, it is /14 . 49,/. Tower's,'be ', fore giving a deanitiou asks a series of wait may, perhaps, prop.iriy be called iii troductory questions.. Before defining a part of speech ha explains the offices that: are performed•by that claSs of words . , and . • then says that to words possessing. 'bileil and suet qualities ie will .give such a name, and Elms in everything the - titu - - dent's mind is. associated with the. nature . • and use of what they..ureleatainr , ." oth et. aul hors have been- equally successful itt bringing Unita:mar to the ,coinprehen- :lion of youn;g students, - so that instead of a few terms spent in irksome study before - students have sufficient real knowledge of Grammer to be interested in pursuing it, they can sea and - know from the first just aria it thy are dinig, and .can learn idcn; instead ,of words.. _. " . • : - Again, as you take your. place before ; your class, pia will perl43 discover that they are'inirthful and 'unatiedful of-their ' task. then ask a question' that will.turn their already. aroused 'thoughts WA-di& ticult point•iii, the lesson; perhaps they, are drowsy, then ask a lively playfutipies' ti.iii and if they laugh heartily do notcon sib,: that you have lost time, but rather feel encouraged. If. after an uMzuccess.; ful effort they cone to the class diSheart.l • ' ail 1, by a few words of etiouragetnent,• and rhea bring them to a better state of Imind. And thus from any *total Male ! dy whatever, the first thing is to effect-a: I cure and give: to each a wide-awake' en; ergetie and earnest countenance which' , bespeaks a mind strong enough to grapple; 1 with any intricacy. IThen endeavor to draw out the scholars' 1 thomrhts; tnake Ti:t E3l do the talking and' the explaining, the teacher meantime: looking -ea; and if the scholars are entire-. ly wrong set then aight.bY showing them • : their error, aml occasionally become ex.- treacly ignorant and as questions with out number,-in short, possess a Yanked . i tquisitiveness, in order to haVe the Seim': sr explain just as amoh as possible; con- sibling it an object to have .them talk. and illustrate. If they will-Go this, rest- • assured they know what they are about.: • There is another thought which though somewhat clisconaeeted treest tale, subject under consideration yet is sonnalagoui - to: it that perhaps a passing_ notice will net.: be nut of place. This is,. that While - a person is possessing themselves of ideas they want at the same tittle to .procure: the habit and abjlity of communicating their thoughts intelligibly. •(if -what:llW is the miser's gold to the business:World. as it ties in his chest hoarded - front. the general circulation ? • : Supposing ': the. brightest intellects in our laud:lvere . to • produce essays on subjects ofpreseet and'. great interest and then. should - deposit their productions in an . old library•knoWn: to exist only fra:n aleatory ofmrevitins use, would the world be benefited by their labors? No. indeed.- Do not then trans form a person's head into ;a miser's chest , ' or an unread library; but - rather Make its a radiator,of life and knowledge.. • • • ' •If you have itat, I. Would ask you When • - you arc again teac'ting,-to try the 'exper;' , merit of teaeltiog by questioning:; - '•Let- . 'his be your constant work; teich'eVOry- thing inthis way; amide you . cannot by; any :course of questioning•hring . lieseliol- arsito sec the point, and :exPlii-.1 . it - thetit; . : . selves; then as a derii ier .resorteonsider- 7 inc. , that you have failed tar iWyo - nr:ota ' • ject,- tell them, eXpeeti fi°.. that at feast half' of the time you. will:Cave. , theiprivilege • of topeating it' at the next,reettatioti. , -:- , One more questi;en I would alW,ay:s , have' you ask, it is that question' Winch little'. bogs should never ask their mothers ;and' i except in study seholarSshould never &tic their Tezicher..,- Yet I would , : hive it- fill;.: low ; every aesioar os.OetliographYi Geo--; grapy, Arithmetic ankreveryether Study ~ 1 • pursued.'- itapni , it justas -,, many.-tunes as you repeat all other ipiastion.stogetier.'; It is, WILY?'-- :-- - •- -D , . , i ri . This course pursued :will .ma -a it'-ota . ti: of reason:--tire matt "whit will stn d first dit! ever} Witte of Tefor - m. , not thall am tnaja'• but, the INDEPENDENT wan , ;-)he-Man',4ll! whose hauds we-should dare to trust net' not only the 'silverand gold that iaasali'.- througfinur treasuries, bat, so fr its in . telketual o qualifications. arernc rned,isvi I should dare to , entrust to litipti , tbc.4cr i t i more responsible station of. Isspwcron.. N ME
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