INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
ANDA :
, ay Morning, September 23, 1858.
Stlttftb lottrj.
alone with ood.
ttwlth : j4 - V S CTt>Ven C * rC "
•' _ onward unawares ;
. vit to breathe lier prayers.
y *W''
, *;th God! 1 baretny breast.
_ , ...ui, in. 0 holy gue*t.
IJ-thy rest, of rest the best!
. * with GoJ ! how calm a calm
■ sweet music * lain.
■ s , graphs sin,: a -eraph's psalm.
: no human eye
| with rip t ! 'H>k *° P r >"
I aieaninff of each sigh.
I i,U> God! no jealous glare
, .;mfs tnf with its torturing stare ;
I \t says—beware !
I y *:ta God' front earth's rode crowd,
H ; - stbng steps, and laughter loud,
I ytwrsou! I need not shroud.
■ v
B * with God! He only knows
■ , ocean overflows
I -y s'fli spring front whence it rose.
-< :h God' He mercy leuds ;
| Minting hope, life's meagre ends.
! ,arfng pat" be comprehends.
I . :f *-th God ' He feeieth well
I- . , i*nt life that will o'erwell ;
I - . want no words may tell.
I y with God still nearer bend ;
I ad Father, condescend
I • tr: 1 need, to be my friend.
I ,w th God with suppliant mien.
. thi fttving breast 1 lean.
B . • -vi be -ause thou art un-een.
Ue with <~>od ' safe in thine arms
I a 4me from life'* wild alarms.
I viu se from life's fearful harms.
Be with tlod my Father, ble-s
I ■ th; celestial | r-mi-e-.
I .jl that need- thy tenderness.
I A ne with God 1 0. -weet to me
I ? - -overt to who** -hade I flee.
I I reathe repo-e in tbee— in thee !
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JI I.Y ?1. lA.VS.
IBY C. P. lIODGE.
[Ptiulshed at the re.|iie-t of the Association.]
I Ms. Prf>:pf.vt. LADIES AND usntirvkn : To
I: -thcessful attainment of any laudable pttr
:o the accomplishment of any praiscwor-
I there mast in the first place be aa in-
I a ties:gn ; this design must be put in
1. . ..oa, and this actiou must be controlled
l-v-siem To p'au aud not execute, to exe-
I-.' without plan, or to plan and execute
v :: judgment, are time arid means thrown
In', the consummation of folly. The three
w uixi n baud ; the absence of either des
|: • the good of all.
I principles apply with force to any and
mrsuit in which we can engage. To
|i"7 out and bring them to bear npon
|>' r?a; objects of inau's existence, wiil fur
ls a taeae at once interesting and instruct-
Tiat our being is inse|iarably connected
tviies. vast and far beyond the possibility
I> z overdone. will not be denied That
I -■e'irge of these duties depends upon our
per 4 " nn them, upon the means u-ed,
f '■ * -dom with which the means are p
---f4 also evident. As it would le time
p* ivay—worse than useless—to counsel
|<e who have no intention, no desire to
ttything. in whose natures there is not one
the God like elements of man that
1 aroo-ed and made to glow, hose fixed
""Stations are not to be anybody, and as
" :i *H ash to lielieve there ts even one of
- o numerous class be.ore us. we pwss
"5 ieave them to embrace their folly and
'• to the r bosom, till with a scorjvion
■ •'ball aroue them, and caue them to
r tf Tason demands. We gladly turn aside
-' f contemplation of any soch characters.
-*ke for ocr text wonls that are written
diamond point up>>o the topraot
N* 'every thoughtful mind
••*? are these— ll'Arf
1 '• d accountable being, how can I best
"• '-be claims that are upon roe. A fit
3 a: any time, worthy any mind, and
tcasion. Its answer is fraught with in-
I ' jb as heaven and deep as perdition ;
!" rmdlh reaches the farthest bounds of
'3. ami its irduence will cease onlv with
7 Especially is this an important qoes
the young as they first begin to cast
'?•" f. mingle in the scenes of active life
* • there is a fversonal part for them to
' i" may be avoided," we may do nothing
' *' - v gh: to do, may throw aside the du
j, *• know are ours, may disregard the
i>f a better jodgaaent, but gray
, in sorrow to the grave have for
to the folly of such a course
- . 1-1 I* met or its consequences
I f no decision is male as to what
' to do, we shall be left to do what
or to do nothing, and doing no-
; •* *•"'*' we ought not to do To verify
jj. I<S ~ we have bat to look about us
young men. who, as they have
W or themselves, have, like the
- -be tk uis, had no higher aim
, v the gratification of present wauls
thoughts ever germinate atni
their stagnant brains, no high aud
** Uiauiike actions grace their
a .. '*their names to fame ; hot all
* **' * blaok, atk! tea to one this blank is
- T* f k aud fearful spou.
: a s*ess in life, unmooned but
sv* I**" to their ashes, they
v left no vacancy, society
* rather a bun.ku dscharjd.—
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
Ours is not the desire to trace them beyond !
earth, we tremble however when we think of
the sentence pronounced against him who hid 1
his Lord s talent. But to the question—What
ought I to do?
When we view the physical structure of
man, examine with the eye of science its com
plicated machinery, observe the adaptation of
each part to its office, the delicate tenderness
of the vitals, see how slight au injury would
destroy the whole, aud realize that upon its
soundness depends so much of our happiness
and usefulness, we could almost believe that '
the care of the body is onr proper business. !
The health of this however does not demand
the performance of any prescribed course of
action merely for its attainment, it simply re
quires that we be governed by certain natural
laws in acting. Tnese teach how to perform
an act, but not what the net should be. We
find not here then the answer to our question. I
Let us pass by the outer man, wonderful as it 1
is, exhibiting above all the other material
creatiou the greatness and goodness of God,
and with the eye of science, aided by revela
tion search out the inner man—the divinity of
the oiiter. Examine this mysterious structure,
ascertain that principle which makes it man', i
which elevates it to such superiority above the
more animal, here we find a direct and appro
priate answer. The development of this prin
ciple affords a boundless field of lal>or and that
which we ought to do. As the body is of in
finitely less capacity both for cultivation and
enjoyment, so the eonceru we have for it should
In* proportionately less The Great Creator
has bestowed njion man the distinguishing
characteristic mind that he should cultivate it,
and by its expansion approach nearer and
nearer the perfections of its origin—that he
should show by its greater development the
omniscience of its source.
" For Clod him-iflf for wisdom most i* praised,
And uuui I hereby lo God is nearest raised."
The improvement of the mind—the immor
tal man —should lie the paramount object, aud
all else be made subservient.
That our chief duty is to become momllv
developed, to honor and glorify God our Crea
tor. none will deny. As morality and religion
are infinite in their results, so their claims are
superior to ail others, and should l>c the great |
aim in education. But mine is not the prov
ince to give a sermon. We each know our
duty on this point and acknowledge it, if not
in words and actions, at least in unbiased
thoughts. Besides moral obligations are not
discharged so tnuch by the performance of any
routine of actions, by engaging in anv class of
works, as by the spirit that pervades those
actions and the motives that prompt those
works. One may perform every outward act
and have every risible sign of the most sincere
christian, and yet have a heart ns hlack as
perdition itself. This leads to the conclusion
that moral education would resnlt from the
motives had in pursuing the intellectual. This
mental culture has often been beautifully com
pared to the sculptor, who by *ki!l and indus
try from the shajieless mass hrinj- fortli the
symetrical and beautiful statue : so the student
who takes the chisel of application guided by
the hand of prudence, and driven by an un
conquerable will, will soon from the rude un
cultivated mass of miud develope L>efore an ad
miring world qualities and beauties lefore un
known. And though the material of each
may not admit of the same degree of polish,
vet the same credit will be reflected to the
skill and industry of the workman. But as
the finished statue is only the rude mass shorn
of its natural covering, so the cultivated intel
lect shows the original mind when by the skill
ful hand cf education it is brought from be
neath its natural covering of darkness. We
mav notice at this point some of the reasons
whv education demands our greatest care, how
it is best obtained, and some of the benefits
that result from it.
Why is it that upon every subject brought
before the public there is such a diversity of
action ? Why do some approve whiie others
condemn ? Why do not the mass universally
move in the same direction upon questions that
call for their action? Why is it that every
scheme which has good for its avowed object
is looked upon by many with doubt, perhaps
contempt, and its founders obliged to contend
with storms of opposition ? In reply we would
ask, may not these differences exist and yet
both supporters ar.d oppusers be following the
honest convictions of their own miuds, and en
deavoring to follow that course which will
produce the greatest good? Men differ in
opinion, and their actions necessarily have a
corresponding variation. In proof of this
numberless instances might be mentioned, such
as colonisation societies. teai}*erance laws, the
common school system, the p-irsuit of the dif
ferent branches of education, and the thou
sand and oue moral and political questions
that are now liemg agitated. Each of these
has its able and honest advocates and opposers.
Tnev follow the convictions of their own judg
ments. and eouM all see in the same light uni
te of action woubi characterize their move
ments. the strength of union would bear down
all ojiposition. genuine reforms would search
out every aror.g, error and superstition would
be swept away before the march of truth, and
the enormous evils that now stalk abr ad at
nooo-dav and prol about in the dark hours
of night, would soon be banished from the
worid by the triamjMi of the gospel. Is it not
then an object of importance that there be
unity of action ? But to seenre this there
most be nnitv of opinion, and an;ty of opinion
can arise only from a thorough unbiased knowl
edge of the subject upon which it u exercised
As men waudering in the dark pursue this
or that course not knowing whither it ieaiU,
so are they who form judgments without co
ders tam ing Light ami a knowledge of the
country lire necessary to the success of the
traveler ; cultivated reasoning faculties and a
near comprehension of the subject upon which
they art exercised, are necessary to correct
views. These can only be attained by exten
sive and general information. As every per
son is accountable for the course of conduct he
pursues it becomes necessary that be be quale
fied to investigate these pnwnpfcs thai arts it*
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be the guide of his actions, especially in a
country like this where the policy of the whole
government is liable to be changed b7 the
opinions of any one of its citizens, and where
every one is expected to make known his prin
ciples, anl give a reason for his faith. It is
not mans privilege to base his creed upon the
" ipse dixit' of some one else and thereby es
cape the responsibility of the result; each must
investigate, act, and stand or fall for himself.
But the necessity of education is not confined
to men alone, and my duty on this point were
perhaps left unfinished should nothing be said
of the education of females. I cannot, I dare
not, hold (he idea that woman's sphere of ac
tion precludes the idea of their being intellect
uallv educated. Her nature and position mav
require a different education, but one not less
important. Her influence, though exercised
in a quiet unobserved manner, is not therefore
less mighty. She is the guide of our tender
years, from her we receive our first principles,
these which burn deep into the conscience aud
make there an impression never to be effaced.
A Washington, 11 Bonaparte and hosts of oth
ers have paid noble tributes to her memory
They have acknowledged their indebtedness,
and blessed her influence.
Shall we say that an influence so potent,
bearing such mighty sway in everv department
of human iife, moulding God's noblest work for
weal or woo through time and eternitv, can we
say that such an influence should not be laid
in wisdom? I hold up both hands for the
education of females, for every thing that
tends to make them better aud wiser, ami shall
rejoice when their acknowledged charms shall
be sound sense and a good heart. It becomes
necessary then that all be prepared to obtain
correct views that their actions may be right,
and the result joyous. But these important
duties have not been placed upon man without
ample means being given for their discharge.
No obligation presents itself without away
being provided in which it may be |>erfonned.
The field of knowledge has been spread out be
fore him that in it he may employ all his pow
ers in seaching out its hidden treasures aud
deep mysteries, finding ever something new and
valuable, add being continually the more con
vinced of its boundless dimensions and divine
authorship. Here every faculty of the mind
may lie cultivated and developed without limit.
The greater the researches made, the more is
brought within the scope of our understanding,
the greater becomes the field for research, and
the more extensive the Itoandaries of mvsterv
In earliest school days we knew nothing be
yond our primary lessons, these opened to the
young mind other branches, higher and more
numerous, each of these presented other and
-till more numerous fields for investigation
The more learned a man becomes, the more
he sees to learn. The little dim tajier seems
almost unable to force out it- feeble light, so
close upon it is the thick darkness, but as it
kindles and brightens the dark walls recede
only to form a larger circuit, and the m<<re in
tense the light becomes, the greater becomes
the surrounding circle of darkness. As no
light can be so strong a.- ro ilium nale unlimi
ted space, so no finite mi ml can fathom the
boned less depths of knowledge. Infinite a<
their Creator are the means of cultivation that
have been given to man. It would be folly to
attempt to present anything like an adequate
view of the various department- of human ed
ucation. each of itself presents a theme worthy
any occasion. W'e shall content ourselves
w ith bringing forward a few items. Hr Not'
one of the oldest and most successful educa
tors of the age has laid down the broad prin
ciple that "To lie intetv-ted is the first step
towards being instructed." The ruind mo-t be
waked up. deeply engaged in any undertaking
from which we would derive l>enefit. Severe
labor then becomes ade'ightfal ta-k We no
tice in many a person a taste for some parti >1
iar business s'u.ly or profession, in this he is
ever interested, it form- the chief object of his
th'Migh'-. is introduced into all his associations,
in fact his life is bound up in it—improvement
even to -uperiority is sure to follow such in
tercst. Would Audubon have pursued tiie
study of ornithology as far as he did from cold
reasoning that the feathered tribe was -o nu
merous, and that their structure and habits
opened a field of snch va-t research ? Would
Euclid bare pushed the study of geometry to
such lengths as he did merely from the con
viction that the rules of mensuration con! 1 l*
demonstrated? Would Hugh Miller have
studied his lite out iu penetrating the bowels
of the earth, reading there the history of ages
aud viewing the " Footprints of the Creator,"
-imply from the fact that he believed it could
be done ?
Would Ei ; hu Burritt have studied for years
at his anvil, until ie had mastered fifty lan
guages, merely because he knew those langua
ges existed and that he could L-arn them ? We
answer emphatically no Influences so lifeless
could never have carried men through snch
difficulties. A powerful.innate.God-girea lore*
impelled them. An intense love for their ]ar
tK-uiar calling, constituting a part of their na
ture, moved them on to overcome all obstacles
The plain and simple lesson taught by this, is,
that genius should fmrsne the course nature has
placed before it. This is not plain alike in all
persons—some appear to have 110 particular
heut of mind, but such seldom become of the
first class in any business. Every one has ob
served in the workings of his own mind, with
what aridity souk work- are perused. eveu to
the sacrifice of ease and iutere>t. wmle otuere
oa the same subjects are duil and wearisome
This shows that whatever woahi engage at
tention must be put in an attractive form. As
the various representations that adorn the
child's primer give it an attractive air to him,
so figures of speech ai.d flowers of rhetoric
give beauty and interest to works for more ma
tare minds. An ornamented graceful style in
anv pcodoetion gives the same interest to the
subject, tnat Site coloring does to the land
scape. It is to this thai the writing* cf Ab
bott, Headlcj, Macau*/ and Mrs. Stoweowe
their absorbing interest. The facts in the his
tory of N'apoieon. and of Britain, bad been
! stated a thousand times before these authors
' wrote, and may be stated a tfeow-aed in^r?
more, without possessing one tithe of the in
terest with which they have clothed them.—
Slavery has been painted in truth aud fiction
for ages, but uone of the works produce in the
reader the intense excitement and absorbing
interest that does Uncle Tom.
But when the attractions of style have gain
ed attention to the subject, dress becomes sub
ordinate. and truth is drunk in with eagerness
and delight, regardless of the colors in which
it is clothed. To make this subject practical,
the person who would commence a course of
mental culture, and who has little or no taste
for study, will do well to observe first what
subjects are most pleasing to him, then attrac
tive works should be procured, and soon such
a love for study will be acquired that the soun
dest works, on the most abstruse subjects, will
be eagerly sought after. A taste or a disgust
for education is, however, generally acquired
l>efore the person has sufficient age to exercise
his own judgment. It then becomes the duty
of the parent and teacher to give the needed
direction. And O ! how many thousands of
promising youth have been turned from the
right path just at this point ! The parent
pinching his sixpence sends his child where it
will cost least, buys him a cast off edition of
some old book, or gets him none at all, keeps
him at home half the time, and then boasts of:
the great advantages he has given him. Of
course the young mind soon concludes, and
that rightly too, that if this is the way to edu
cation, it is a hard road to travel, and having i
no interest soon casts it aside. The teacher,
because he gets five dollars for teaching Latin
and only two for primary branches, puts the
little fellow, as soon as he can read, into the |
dry and to him nonsensical paradigms of La
tin grammar. The child pores over his pennn, j
prnn r, prtin tm, bonus, meiutr, op'imns, nntil
his littie soul loaths it, and he says awav with 1
it, if this be education I want none of it.—
While the sanctimonious teacher pocketing
his V, consoles himself and amuses others
with the great efforts he has made for the
youngster's advancement. Efforts, indeed
just such efforts as hanging rnilistones abont
bis neck would hare been. S nce we are as :
sembled here for mutual improvement as teach
ers. you will pardon rue for snggesting a meth- j
od that will perhaps be useful in awakening
an interest iu pupil®. We all know how much
more pleasing a -ulyect becomes when we hear
it from the lips of a speaker, than when we
read of it. The atteotion of auv one can be *
gained by the relation of facts, while tin* -ame
might lie about him in l>ooks from year to rear
anil he would never think of looking at them.
Let questions that are well calculated to awa
ken the mind be introduced hy the teacher,
and discussed orally before the scholars. Let
inquiries be made of thMn, and subjects lw
given npon which they can reflect, and seek
information from others. Let these be again
brought up, the various opinions giv-n, the
rroqg of each shown and the right maintain
ed. Will any say—we know no- what sub
jects to introduce ? The world is full of them |
There i< not a nook or corner of creation, when
under-tooil, that does not furnish a -uitable
theme. Every blade of grass, every ro. k,
each drop of water, each cloud, the rain, the
hail, the fleecy <now. the rolling thunder, the
lightning that darts its zig-zag course along
the -ky. each of these, every thing from the
minutest animalcula brought to light by the
most powerful microscope, to the farthest qot
of creation brought n-ar by the Leviathan
telescope, wil! furnish a theme of interest We
do not say that all these may be brought with
success before the young untrained mind, but
under such a course it will soon !>ecome old in
thought, and capable of grasping any sul.ject.
We venture to say that if such a course, or
one similar be pursued, its effect in awaking
and putting the mind into action, will be visi
ble. And when the mind is once interested in
education it can not be prevente I from obtain
ing it. Will any say. I have neither time or
means to educate myself ? Snch an excuse is
false, and only made to conceal want of eucrgv
Every observing man wil. l>ear us out in the
assertion that there is not oae j-rso!i in a hun
dred w ho, in the course of ten years, ioe- not
aosoiuteiy w s t . time and m-rc which, f pro
perly us.-d, won't! place him in a rsj*K-table
position as an educated man. Tne history of
earth s _Teat ones tells us conclusively that a*-
teridance al school is not abs>l;il-iy necessary;
we may open our eyes to what .- about us. and
drink in knowledge a the ox driuketh in water.
And we are not left to struggle here alone.
Every one |>o-sossing humanity has a deep and
aUdmg interest in wnaterer tends to cultivate
and improve his feiiow men. or ameliorate his
condition. Though our nature be fallen far
from its original purity and woefaMy depraved,
yet it contain? sufficient of that element of its
former archetype, which proclaimed " peace on
earth and good will to all men," to cause every
eye to sparkle and every heart to j*a!pitate,
when the cause of human advancement is
bpunght forward. Every philanthropic mind
and generous band earne-tiy engage- iu its pro
motion. aud even the most scifi-n anU uufceimg
acknowledge it iu importance.
Mtn in possession of the power? that G *i
has given him. is without excuse for not culti
vating them. Let us glance at some of the re
sults of education. The greater wages of edu
cated workmen, ami the swanas of beggars
that infest those countries where the education
of th* masses is neglected, -how that it pre
vents poverty. It lessens crim** in all its forms
by giving a pleasing and p-otitable employnieut
for leisure hours. It has been well said " Tue
idler's head is the deTil's workshop," and it is
, most tru° that the old fellow wili a" wars sug
gest some of his wort to those whom he finds
doing ooth ng Trace the history of our drunk
ards. gamblers, robbers, munlercrs. ami fel
lows of every grade, trace them back to the
years of their innoceocy. mark their fir-t steps
and progress in crime ; in ninety-nine eases out
of a handred the leisure boor with its scene?
of profitless amusement has, directly or indi
rectly, been the caose. I need not here por
tray the consequences of the social glass, and
the so-called harmless games that are introduc
ed iaio into fashionable circles—their efforts
mar the face of naturv aberever tcaa is koowu
Of themselves such pastimes may be inno
cent —if it be right to waste the time God lias
given for improvem-nt—but the appetites they
create take hold on deep perdition. Dry up
this fountain of iniquity by giving such em
ployment as shall make each one sigh that he
can not—as Joshua did—command the sun to
cease its course iu the heavens while he shall
pursue his work. It not only prevents crime,
but gives a better preparation for every posi
tion in life. Eminence in any business is al
ways found connected with education in that
business. It elevates the thoughts, makes
of man, and gives him communion with
his Creator. If " the poor Indian, with his
untutored mind, sees God in the clouds and
hears Hiru in tne wind,'' what magnificent con
ception ot Deity must those have who can
" read the glorious visions of the skies, and lis
ten to the music of the rolling spheres.'' It
governs po-itiou and standing in society. Did
von ever notice with what precision the banker
arranges his coin in different apartments, keep
ing the gold secure, having less care for the
silver, and disregarding almost entirely the
copper, and with what promptness he regulates
any irregularities that may occur ? Society is
its own banker. It arranges with precision the
different characters that compose it. If the
low ana vile have the audacity to place them
selves among the pure and worthy, how quick
ly by common voice are they thrown back to
their own class. If unpretending merit takes
a low position, how eagerly is it sought out
and given to its proper place There is this
difference, however, between the moneyed and
the social banks. In the former goid is un
changably goid. silver is silver, and copper.cop
per ; but iu the latter, by an alchemy unknown
in chemistry, each one may change his charac
ter from copper to silver, and from silver to
the purest gold ,• or the most refined gold may
pa-s through all the retrograding stages down
to the most vile and debased. That good re
sults follow education it is necessary that it be
genera!—an education of the whole man.
It is not sufficient that it be physical, intel
lectual or moral alone, the three must be com
bined, and neither can be otn.Ued without in
jury to the others. Notice for a moment that
almost auimated object—the locomotive. We
stand amazed at its majestic ap|>earance, its
strength, fleetness, and the thunder tones of its
voice. But what good could re>uit from all
its power, if the means through which that
power must be applied were weak or broken.
The steam may le abundant, the engineer may
apply it in the best |K>s-ible man >er, but if the
machine is defective the others will in a <x>rres
pondiug degree be rendered useless. Educa
tion may !>e extensive aud governed by right
motives, but if the physical man is weak—the
health destroyed, it is cut off from its firid of
usefulness. The eng ;ic in structure may l>e
complete, the engineer as before, perfect, but if
the -team be insufficient to give power, it will
remain motionless and use'-ss, as do the thou
sand- who are piod.iing the road of ignorance.
Again—the naaehin ry is perfect, the steam ad
equate to any ta-k, but the engineer is unwor
thy. a drunkard, reckless of human life and
happiness. Then the better the structure and
the greater the power, the more certain and
fearful the destrcetion. When the physical
and intellect—l powers of mail are mignty. but
his morals corrupt, to what terrible rum he
rushes bearing u ith hna the destiny of thou
sands.
Behold now the perf>-ct machine, with power
ex mil If XT. and gu.ded by the skillful engineer:
view it as in the jirule and majesty of it
strength with the fleetness of the wind it flits
through the valiry, leaps over cha-ms, and
plows through mountains, i>eariig with ten
derest care to the desired station i's precious
freight of life ; then mark the p-rfct man,
with a physical frame capable of va.-t endu
rance, a in ml that can grasp any -object, and
a heart large enough to embrace the welifate
of the whole race : a halo of glory —circle*
his brow through life, and be quits tb.s luor
tai existance " a* one who lies down to pleas
ant dreams." And as the steam issuing from
its eoufintm-ut do- s not ceas* to b% but
into oiiier -iat-.<>f ex -tence. s the immaterial
man when it sdiail have thi< tenement of mor
tal clay will not cease to exist. Gut wul pass to
o'lur spheres of beiiig, and if it shall have
'■em washed and made white in the blood of
the K deeuc-r will wn.g it- way through track
1-ss ether to the throne of its maker.
Tfir CfTKAPVEss or Glass, for common use.
which cheapness is the result of chemical dis
covery. has of late years set the ingenuity of
man to work to g.ve greater beauty to glass
as nn article of luxury Tne employment of
: sharp grinding wheels, put in motion by a
treadle, and used in conjunction with a very
nice hind, produced cut glass ; and the latter
is now comtratively so cheap, that scarcely
a family is without some beautiful article of
this manufacture. Ordinary drink ng glasses,
lamps. Ac., are made in im.tatioo of cut glass,
bv subjecting a portion of the roeited glass to
pressure in a mould : in this manner articles
of great beauty, but of less cost, closely re
sembling cut glas-. are mail- in great quantity
The reduction of 'lie cost of the manufacture
of glass has also had the effect of improving
the archit*vure of our houses to a very great
degree. We have now plate glass of the lar
ge-t dimensions, giving !.ght and beauty to
our jhujis : and sheet glass is nearly as effect
ive as p.'ate. adorning our private dwellings
Sheet glass, in the making of which an amount
of ingenuity is exercised which woui have
been tnonght impossible in the early stages of
glass m ki ;g. is doing for the ordinary pur
po--s of budding what plate-glass did formerly
for the rich. A por'ton of uieited glass, weigh
ing twelve or lourteen pounds, is, by the exer
cse of iha -k i . co .verted into a i>all. and
then into a cylinder, aod then into a flat plate
WHAT I* the differoc.ee between a fisben—a
and a truant schoolboy ? One baits tus Look
and the other nates his book.
Rvfwaiv from bit'er word?: there is only
the difference of a letter between words and
sword*
VOL. XIX. —NO. 16.
HEALTH.
Heaven never granted a richer boon than
health, and without which all other blessings
are comparatively valueless. Yet it is often
lightly esteemed and carelessly thrown away,
and never fully appreciated until it is gone. I
have seen the mistress of a splendid mansion,
surrounded hv every luxury which wealth can
command, lying upon her couch pale and mis
erable, fretful and unhappy Within her reach
were the most delicate viands and exquisite
fruits, yet she could partake of none. Health
was no longer hers. She had parted with it
for the sake of gratifying her vanity, by wear
ing thin shoes to display the beauty of her foot,
and now when consumption was preying upon
her she re|>ented her folly, but it was too late,
and though she would willingly give all she
possessed, Ihe priceless treasure could not l>e
recalled The thin, ghastly looking gentleman,
who reclines in his luxurious easy chair, with
his gouty feet upon a pillow, sighs and groans
in anguish, and thinks of the many weary
nights of pain, when the lied of down aud silk
en covering could firing him no repose. How
he envies the plow-boy who whistles on the
green fields, whose step is elastic, and whose
heart is light and gay at his toil, while his sleep
is sound and refreshing.
What is wealth to the invalid but a bitter
mockery which can yield no happiness! Then
prize the rich boon of health, ye who possess
it, and lift your heart in gratitude to God,
even though your lot may be one of poverty
aud toil.
Cowrr orlßsß—This remarkable comet r say<?
the Albany Argus) is now visible to the na
ked eye as predicted by I>r. Gould some weeks
ago. It s now only one hundred and forty
million- of miles distant, and is very rapidly
approaching the earth, and already shows
through a common op'ra-glass a well defined
tail. We are told that during the first week
in Octou-r the comet will be of the most strik
ing brightness, possibly the largest of the cen
tury, and at that time will be seen near Arc
turns, perhaps even surpassing that brilliant
star in splendor. It is now visible for about
an hour after sunset and an hour before suu
rise in a line with the two stars called the
Pointers, and forming nearly a right angle be
tween these and Aretnrus. It is now best
Seen at + o'clock in the morning.
Dr. Gould also suggested in the last nnmber
of his Journal that from the sim.iarity of the
elements it was possible that this comet was
identical with the first comet of 1827. and al
so that of 17b4. This fact seems now, from
the recent observations, almost certain, afford
ing a reasonable presumption that is a period
ic comet, whose period is about thirty-oue
years.
LIMCROCS SENSIBIUTT —Fiower* have their
pc|U and iheir perils. A young French ladv
endowed with the most delicate nerves men
tioned one evening, to a few friends assembled
in her drawing room, that she had a horror of
the ro-e "T.ie perfume of this flower," said
-he, "gives me the vertigo." T iis conversa
tion was interrupted by the visit of a fair friend
who was going to a 'tall, and wore a rose-bud
in her Our fair heroine turned
p-iie directly, her arms, and fell grace
fnllv into a syncope npon the ottoman.—
"What s'rarge nervoos susceptibility. What
a delicate and imprr>-;hle organizarion!" cried
the spectator* " For Heaven's sake madam,
go away! Don't you see that you have caused
this sjidsm f" "I ?" •• Ye, of course ; it is
the perfume of the rose-bud in your hair." 1
" Really, if it is so, I will sacrifice the guilty
flower! Rut judge before you sentence."' The
flower detached from the dead-dress, was pass
ed from hand to hand among the spectators,
but their solicitude soon gave way to a differ
ent emotion. The fatal rose-bud was au arti
ficial one!
A PRTSMA* going down State stmet with
a friend of his, said to him, "let us avoid that
prettv little woman you see there on the left!
she know - me; and casts on ine looks of indig
nation. I attended her hu-band " Ah!
I understand: y a had the misfortune to dis
patch him " On the coutrary," rcpiitd the
doctor, " I saved him."
CABLE INSPIRATION* IN TRF. PIXPIT. —The At
lantic telegraph gives birth to an entirely new
-et of tropes and figures. R-r. Mr. Grigg.
of New York, preached a cable sermon la -1
Sunday, in which he used it after this style :
" When the sulphuric acid of true repeu
tsvnce corrodes the contaminating zincof innate
deprav ty and actual s nf!oe-s. 'he fervent
elfCT.:al force of prayerful entreaty," Ac
Again, "go to the telegraphic office of the
atoning cross, and touch the wire of-peniten
tial prayer."
CHARCOAL AS A PRrsr*VATl*e. A Con
necticut lady says ; —*• Some chickens during
the recent warm weather had become slightly
tain'ed. These were stuffed with freshly heated
' charcoal, and in 12 hours were as sweet and
'rvsh a - could be desired, not leaving the least
disagreeable odor or flavor" Shortly after,
on examining some fresh pieces of pork, ami
"eari' g that they could not be preserved nn'il
t was convenient to cook them, she packed
them in a pan of nowd* red charcoal, and thus
kept them with complete success.
'• I H TF turned many a woman's head."
: boasted a young nobleman of Franee. "Ye*,"
sa-.j Talleyrand, aeiy from you. 1 *
W-.VLBST thou not be & fool in others con
ceit, be not wise in thy own.
.Ma PARTINGTON, speaking of the rapid
manner in which deeds are perpetrated, said
that it only required two teres is to fight a duel.
W -IT are ladies like bell* ? Because you
can Lever bud out their mt-il until you have
given them a ring.
fry- " Mr hoy what iloea your mother do
for a living was asked of a tittle barefooted
ur bin " Ssh* efs rold vittx 1 * sir "