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OUR BABY.
At our house at home, we've a tweet little
bi
bp
As fit ae apoon in the fall d-
And for, , misehipf;fun muSie;or whatever it may
4 e
Of brats ite's the ge nil oral) !
With cheeks 4t
li twit roses. ,
The prettiest noses , i
Endeared to our Sios,es, ;
-By ever); fond tie;
,1
• . In fair and. foul weather,
He serves us a tether,
'To bind us together—
my Betsey and I. : .
From morning. full blossoraed,.till night draws
her curtain,
`His means for imploymentne'er fail; .
And though hushed be - his gabble - of tnusie we're
certain,
When he drags the old cat by the tail.
Now c.alling, and - bawling,
• And falling, and Sprawlin g i -
- And mauling, and squalingl
At work - and at Play ;
In dish-water-paddling, i •
Or-Jowler paeksaddling,
Or about fiddel-fuddling, - 4
"110 passes tire day.
This' his third year is ended tiis present Sep
tember;
He equal to' any tt fire; - _
At two, he could poi on' as wall, as I remem
ber, •
As the best shouldered striker' alive;
In consideration - • .
-
Of his qualifileation, I. •
I'm in contemplation
Of pliking him where H
All the Mrs. Deneans, i -
And all the Mrs. Flun,kinis
Will say he's some punkins— ,
Arid this is—' 'Ens nun."
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There's 'naught can escape hiS minutest inpec.
r
tion, '
' l / 4 . . Displayed on the toy-seller's' tiOantis ;
\Aid he helps himself-too, without fear of deter
-1,1-,
' ' thin, , '
To the nicest the pantry alTmds. -
'• He's just in condition •
. TO. meet competition,
•
At the grand exhibition, •
. • The ronge,'lwith lice eyes 7 •
Tlicre's one thing—depend oal
' To make aquick end on't,
Ithe can iav hand mit—
I/ ri talc , Om.
.pr ize.
isaaantints.
A :Madera Dictionary.
' AttOrney—A. Man who rescues .your for
tiiine.front an-enemy,an,d keels it himself..
, I •
;' Belle- 7 4 -modern i nsu t titian '.; made . up of
silks, whalebone Sand nonsense; a walking
sign for a milliner's'shop. . .! ' . - -
•
~..p,,,
Critic—A large d?z,. lat. gOes .about un
chained, and barka` at very thing that he
does.not comprehend:\ : I - . • •
Distant Relations— eople- who imagine
they have a right - to rob you if isou are rich,
and insult yOu ifpoor. • - - .. i -
_EditorsPoorly paid men 'elle tend the
machinery of government, but, get no credit
\ .•
for their labor. - . ,
4, , .
Friendship—A: shadow that ticks to you
in the•suishitie of success, but leaves you in
the darkness of faiftrre ; it is usually measur
ed be dollana and, cents. .
Honor-=Shooting a man:thiannit the head
*
wlwina 'you despise and late. -
Matrimonv;---The gate throng!) : which the
happy loverle,sves his euchanto regions, and
returns,to earth.
Nobilitc—A. race of pi.o . ple who are never
minced When they die.
-- - .
ObitneryA -place in• newspapers. where
virtues are disetovered in dead I people . . that
they were net known to hare - pessesied when
in life. -.-
Physician—An unfortunate indirldnal,who
is much abused because he -imnnot,..recOncile
. health with intemperance..
TruthAß article 'so rare that some.peo
ple are - ettremely saYing.ot: it. •
Young Lawyer—A
.ttsclelti.. member of so
ciety, who often gets where he ' :has nobusi
ness to be, because he has no bosiness where
he ought. to be. • •. -1 -
Too Tact.--:firs: intyirs a true
word \ *hen tie .. (leleribei the edn_cation.of the
"young gentletneti.ao ladies" of the riAing
generation anion - g the' fishianahl4 its utterly
devoid of corritnostf.ense;--sillinti only linden-
cr is to mental weakness and physical decay.
She says: .6 . A piing gentleman--a smooth
faced stripling--wit!' little breeding and less
sense, ripens fa 4, and believes6hinreif a'sice
young man. Fle_clieivs l and inmkes tobacco
swears:genteelly, coaies ,ein . hr'yo imperials
with, bear's grease, twirls a rat4tin,speilds his
father's money, rides fast .horses--on !wise
back and in sulkeya—double anfl 'singe:--
drinks Catawba; curses,, the Idaine law, ;and
flirts with 'young . ladiei,' hundreds of which
are just like himself:l . lloo'of different gen
der • and this is the fashionable ediMation of
our day. The fathers nrid mothers'bf there'
fools were once poor, Good fuitime:litc;
•en them , abundance. Their childien will run
through an inexhaustible fortune' 'in a few
years,
.atid die in the : - poor-hotise. 'Parenrc,
you ari t ;responsible rtir this folly. Ser Your..
sons lad daughters to work, and let
know that only. ,in u se fulue-s there is licit - or -
and prosperity."
Tam, man biR
neither of them, very "well:ittforin. -t
.i,:vi o • L .. / C
roa.is and their use, elt:lflt e.l one .lay to- a t
work in a field ne4r s :rail-rold travic.
roads were ioyel 1141 t u tion r 7', to them, no.l
whoa a train ofilars4int. hr, a . thought: wa4
ettgge.lad the.lati, Who toild to -his pareni
A' Dad, tilts tdtms't you take a ride, In 'be
tart, aoute'. a •,• • - -
"Take a tide , ii , oo,o 2 lTs t 'Whyt
got time, my.son": s
" Gat timet • Thunder V. Ye :can go' any
whets in the Cars quicker thin ye can stay at
home:"
• ..
.[Eroni toe Kitiekerbeek-4 ill laxine..] '---. • •
The : . , 11,14rIerer,p1 . 1C4chard Dowite.
'lleailerl - s ,lO ypa. kuOW. . ' who
Richardalturder
;4 Pows Or ,4,18 - a :fear/el ; Atiti:.
tjon, to.-aii4r,: but some say. it must
. be
..
answereli.f not br f vup of the l guilty ~ parties
merely,but by, and
,of them. l'be story . ts,ett
tir:elv.autlientieand recoriied• is the a i chieves
lof ,St7tutish s;,:tt ,of learitipg: menti o ned ,be
low : ' ..- ;; =-'
Abou*,q - e enil of the - :eigliteenth eentnry,
whenever at Tv student- of the i Ma 6,4;31 - Colege,
Aberdeen; : . 'otiatntittc,ut - red the displeasure .
of:the linnil! ‘.. 6i ilztn,,,, 4, was i,tsstijed . with
the, eues,i6:l • Who mOiclerect IZ;chard DOw-.
hie P . Rep
~• and rejoinder generollv brought.
• Una collissi ,, tt: hetween 'Town and ,Gown,'•
1
altheiiglikth young geu,lemen were '
acoused'
of: what - .W:
,chrouolOgieully iniposlible.---,
People - hay, a right to the angry at :being
i stiguatized : s' a murderers, when the aceu-
I sers have Py .. liability on their side; but the
i
( taking oll', of Dowsti occurred When the
' gownsman; i maligned, I %ere ill swaddling
clothes. ', •• - . -l• .
1 i
..But they, was a. time ttii . be.branded as on
ac
1 complice n theslaughter of IllotAttn Dow-.
~..q. made L ie blood Jun . Iti„ the cheek of
many a yO iii, and sent Itim home to his
books't hue fitful atiti subdued. • , , .
Downie i as s:ierist or janitor at•Mariselial•
College. ';titte i 4if his duties ciinsistett in..se
curing the `=al e li a cetinin hour, peeVious
to which 'al I he, students, had to assemble to
the cumin:A WI, whele a La:in An ayei was
'delivered Illt the . principal. %Vile; tier in ..lis,
eitargiter 'tl is funtli ion, -: I )u,% tlie was mote
r i g id than lisvpit4let.itv , iiot in olliee, or wheth
ether hi.t lie , .tine strie‘er in the perfortnatree
of .it at one line than anether,, cannot now
.be ascertain d ; but, the - le:can -.,be no
.douitt
that he el :'ed the gate With austere punctu
ality, and 4 nit those who were - 'not
.in the
common lin !-within a mitinte of the pre!erih
ed time 'we -lath out; and were. afterards
reprimatnn2. and tined bi.- theprinei pal and
and profess; •?..- The students - beinttne in i ta
ted.at this - ' : trietness; and took every. petty
me:ins of an t oying the sacrist ;'he' in.. his'
turn, applie' the serows at tithiSrpiints . ..of'ae-
adentie rout ne, and a fierce war soon began
to raze bets e on the collegians.and the hunt
ble fnuction trv.. Downie took-care that in
all his pei.. .ro di n g; he kept within the strict
letter.uf tht law ; but '4lis opponents. weie C -•
not: so caret' 1. and the d'esiotts of the rule
were unifelivly ag i nst them, and._ in favor o t'
Downie. litplitintip:s and tines having failed
in pr..triteith due ..!..nlTordmattun, rustication-;
.Aullen:ditn, Ilmi even the; extreme setcen4:e- of I .
expiii,ion hid tai be - put : in force; and, in the
en d, 1 3 • N nr il!. order pr tailed. t.
O Biala secret
H .1,.:1 - aly vutige cotti4t . tit , tl to be entertain
ed apiniu. I i
0:‘ ki,e. ,Vnliotii se,bernes. of rt!,
,-,,, g , ‘ve4!. : ItOlight of.;
I).)4nie i,:t s . in ei•intima with .the'teaelters
and t h e ta t ! Ir., (...fj.. 14 ,- the, leisureof the'
,1 1 .irt New ear::: I.neairtni : the pleargite I,c
ing 110 don! greatly
greatly enitatAcoil 1.% th e aitnitt.-
aacei-iit al. ti he. It.ol liei-ti subj.-ined. - tlarill'•_r
tkie lucent inekering:l• 7. ik hen: as he wa. one
evening :-eased Aviih his fatudy ill'iti-' idiiiii-.1
residettee at the gate. a it:vs-en:44 it:bit:nisi
him . that t •entlentan tt; it heiglibot ;dig ho:el
wished to , sl,t: ak .%‘i th 'hint. Downiie idteied
the: sumnp, i. and -W a ;• - . tti
4tered faun ue
1
room into at other, at, ;length he' found
hituself in a '.u - gezipattnient hung with black
and lighted i ]iy a solitary a xuwile.. After wait
ing 6ir. si..antO:inie in this strange Mace, about
flirt. Et•ftires,:ii.o die-w al in hlack, - and : . wilh
black their facrts, . presented tlfo.m.:el
yea. 'The): manged itheing.elve , s in the: form
o f a court ;:,tt.f. Dowrftei waa gh - ea .t.O• i tinder•
stand that h•; wag, abopt`to lie put nrion
al.•
A judge i ok hi. eat ' , .at the beneh :
clerk.and Itti die prosecutor set below : a' ju
,
rywasempadhsl: and' witnesses and spec
tators stood l t arothid..: Downie •at first set
dmra the wligde allakOrs a j•lke but the pro
wet+ cowitiefed with such p e t a ls: e l
gravit thati. : I .h cof hi in -elf, he began•to
believe in . ...hit, :relit:mei uitssiun' of the- trttfiti
trildawil.' read ;an itidiettnent,
ellargiaglliai l w:th,coaapiring against the lib
erties of the S,itidents witnei•:ea 'were.exatnizi
e4 in due foOri the ..t,prildie, prosecutor ad
droi-edithe jar;; and the Judge suinmed
Up.- '., 'ti •
...,- .
(ientlenurt.' said Pown:e !;. the - joke has
- -been stirti'eti!far . eiettigh . ; it j.s- . get ung . -Late:
anti Inv' wife;: nd faniii - y-a ill - be at Ni.nlS il4(iilt.
i
me. • .if Ihi !.e . Vu') been stx ter wi t 1 . 1 you in
Ii in..: v 4 ,4 li‘ JU ~i0rII;f01 - it; awl 1 -as , tirt.t 3 on l
.A+. ill take 1
. tre care in fttinte:
• -.6 , ..ntlenniu of the:Jury: said . the J:l'ige..
without. payit:4 , .in sliuliwtt.attelition' to tats
alt . pti.:4l..equ'Ver • yo4r veYdit..tt.: if y o n ig iN ' t t
lo retire, du l o .' , : - .. .
..-
.. .
The Jury itretireil.. • Diti•int; tfteir• . nitseinte
Ole Most. pre,titsd• -iietine w
:as otsetve.! : i.ityr.
except !he 1''kt111,... , ; it(" the e.;tolller iltt; It at
4
beside the ja Ige.., there was not the * .. sligh .ev.
tnovritnent... - - " - - - -
~.. The jury n i tuthel' :and - re:.o - trle 1' a verdiil
of ' GUILTY r '.• - .
-11 1 i•r fl . '••-• ' l. I-. 41 k
, . ut ; ,e..4l,ettin,) .I...tintet a :lige , iv
ezip,, And add , r ....-tt, th e Ile i , .ttlig . t . • • ..
• ~" Rie hard 1 'ni'i mile ! M l'l'e itiry having iinin
itnotisly foiitd • V,o,a 'gni! y..tif ''enuitftirittj4-
itgaintil, the.1,i.,i,., lilier:t v :OA intinnnities (.4* ..he
students . of -•:3litri;-eltia . o,ollege.-
. .You : • Inite
warifOny prOi, .tke , i . it'd insulted :Owe in Of- :
1 1
f e nsii.e lje4es ,ur -sqtis: - milli; )j antr -u pirii- ,
iiili!titit will I.Oreivile,i,otillidit. ..Yini init.:
- prey:oe' fOrd ' t . it 1 - ‘, - i ln, fifteen ' min tt tet thr:.,
ienteuee al ; , tonrt will -biy caitied into - ef•
feit.t.t •... I- ! ''- -: * ... • •
• The' - Judie '*phiti . l:l; his waieh -on the hentdil
A .6'1 0 ,4 ; an i i_ . !!‘ :1!;:ita Lair, of saw doss . . ~,.i . r e,
'brought iiitii . 'fie`i!eni, - re - of the Ilion): ti
lite. itiore - te4" le . t lia'n . n tiy .- I hat.. had . 41 , N : t it
eit earn. fiii* i•d, and ' Itieparkl to at,[ the
ikiir . f. - .!r , 11690 . ...et: ' i- • . -.' . .•:' ' , • -. 1 •
' It . ':v is ttoirtiti , t; ini;,iiii L tlit. - flora. 'wt. , titl -
- ttitt.l ituiiitt • tii; , ,e,v ii i :; - • oininons tiektiiii‘_;of
. ....,. .
tht.t'jit'l , re fti* : -..i..i!4•1'.. A I.) , ..p4ti r ilie betfAme, '-saliva.
lf -p1 sow.: All:aie -, (1.' .-'.. - • .'-, ,', . t - : I.t'' .
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. 4 1' , "'t 4 1 if ! ': ' ,l l' , f , ;:k ,, '.ontlf•lnen,' said Jlat ter
riff, ti w an; 4 iqf 3:(...i‘,11 , .(ne.i- I firtouli,;e that
t ,
r,,, jr _n;-yer •tir:ti; .1 ...1i:5i - II:IV : 46 .:C.titiie for cern:
lhin' " - 1 .1 '. - ; '
... •11e18 pi .
i r ii,. , ;t, 1 ?
1 t qnn
iktyl the. , judge,
V.,11":4rP saiti , V „ . l :4tlikl.itle efsw
inoitteilm 4. 1 1 N t
;VA left V O O ? )1 - 6 iit l i; ' You 'troll* tile 1i3n44
. i.f i11i.;41 wain” (.4.lnititli y4in ,, ,1ifC..., No liunian
. p-wer can .4irc pin . ', l At' tempt •to tit ft.i , .1111.,
f:r, r, you ' arc - , seized; aii,l yon r- floi•nn- ...nitlrl.o -
'd ,I;nfore von it:l
n spier antl - tor l Ec-r v ,ine
hele Prewlit..))f 4 ,,, w.1ie e .4 - klottirt inatli tn. , ;er t;,)
01 .- vest ,!4(_i jr. -te , H a Acf ,4? t lii : 4, wg:t 1 ; al: !Ire!
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weihwil 1110 PIT ,1 11 P.,Icti 6 ven ii? 01,0"Silit(1.L p"i e ,'
pare, then, for,'_ la :, othei thee five minutes
will be ellow4 ou—but no mere!'
I. WEEKLY 3OURN4L-DEVTSTED TO POLITICS, •lik7S, 14`EilATU . 11E, hijIIICULTUU, AND
- ".
he.ttecurlunitte mati,.in an agony of dead
ly terror, - ravtd and sliiiiled-for - itiefcY:
the iriengeripaid'treed ft?•his cries. llis
fevered; trembling lipsot hew moved '.as if in
Oleat prayer;: for he, felt that. the briet.space
hetween . ltim.and eternity 'was but a few : more
tickings of that ominous watch. - ••
• - .Now P - e*clainteil the iiidge.
Four .l er,qn forward 'and
.siezed
Downie, on. Whose features cold, 'clammy
sweat. had burst forth. ,They - bared his neck
and made hint kneel before the •block.
Strike!' exclaimed the judge.
The executioner struck the axe on the door
an assistant or the opposite'side lifted at the
same ,irotnen a wet towel, !and struck it'yio
lent l j Jierosq the neck of the recumbent crim
inal.! A loud:laugh proclaimed that the joke
had at last come.to ap end;.
Mit Downie responded not to the uproar
ious - merriment. •
They-laughed again; but still he moved
not. t bey. lifted him,and Donie was dead
Fright had pled him as 'cffeAually as. if
the axe of areal headsman bad severed • his
head from . his body.
i
It Was a tragedy to all. :Th medical stu.
dents ttied to Open a vein, but-all
,was over;
:find the conspirators had now to bethint;
themselves of llafety. TheY pow in reality
st‘tw n au, oath among themSta*ves :and the at = 7
ftighted
. otnk men, carryinz their disguises
with theM,lefti the body of bowlau lying in
the hotel.
One of theirmunber told ,the landlord that
their entertainment was not over, and
that they did not wish th'e; individual who
was left in•the'room to be dlsotibed for some
houni. This was to give .them tilt time to 6-
,
en e.
Nextfmorning the body WAS e found.
dieittlmtptiry Was instituted, but. no sasisfac-:
tory result cou(d be arrived at; The corpse
of poor •Dowtde exhibited no marks- of, rio
fence internal ,r external, ' i . Th e ill- w ill 1 )e
twirtrthe:Ftwints Yb . rts , known ; it was also
known; that, the qudents. find hired apart- ,
mews in the hotel for rt• theatrical represen
ration Downie had been 'sent for by ibetit
hut hevond thi,t. nothing 11 . '/151 known..r
!mist% hnd been' Iteard.a nd no proof of mur
der could ab.luoed. Of two hundred sttt•
de'nts of the college : trio could point out the .
i-ruilty or suspected fifty • :Moreover the Flu
dents scattered over the .etty, and the sriza,:gis
traits thevzsetref bad many of their own fam-.
Hie,: among the, number, and it was not
red(' to go the lob minutely.
DowxlE's 'widow and family were provi
de.) for,. and hisslaoghter remained a myste- . •
ry : ab . o!it-tirto . en *Tears' after its .oeenr--,
ranee a gentletn-tti,on his death-bed disclosed
the whole Partiqularl, and ayow,td Ititn , elf to
have belonged to the obnoxiimS eltots of stn•-
+Lents who murdored Dowxtr.... -'
W,t reaion to flotlbt '.tlyrs last part or
i i ; i ra ph . We are 34Nnr,a, rri
5.f.i.3 is ki infra in.
,Anirrira, there % but On‘- p•r.on who re3l-'
Iv en , rilii:int of 1 11:ie fats in the vase: and that,
man i:—oirrlti69rmant.-
,
Among' tiro Mancoffendors whose tratne:s
were Mon titnledi in iltc course of ilre-e.iirritri t
ri e s, was one•who . stood alone unappioaetrod
in guilt and o,farny, and . wborn big-s anti
tories were equally -willing to leave to the ex
treme rigor of the. law.. On that terrible day
which w a s strve4eded by the Night, the
roar of it grew :City disappoin!ed itf itc revenge.
had .followed Jeffreys, to the drawbridge Of
the Tower. lair im . prison men t wag not strict
ly:legal ; but hel at first acctlned withlbanks
anrl h! ess ino the Protectioa which tlare &it k
walls, made fatri'ote by so i many crimes and
sorrows, affordeti Inin against. the fury of the:
multitude. So+, however, he became sensi-,
ble that his life ftva.4 still in 'imminent:peril. •
Fora time Mattered himself with the . ,
hope that a writlof habeas
. corptes would lib-.
orate !lira from confinement,. and that he
should be able. to . steal to some foreio'n .
country and to hide himself with part of iris
ill-gotten wcaltlifroin the detestation of man
kind; but, the
_government wassettled,'
tio.:re was• no court competent to grant a writ
o f .hdbcos corpus;; rind, as soon as the govern
ment :had been settled, the habeas corpus act
was sti.pended. Whether the - legal guilt of
Murder could 43 .brought Kittle to Jeffreys
may be doubted.i : But he was tnbrally guil
ty_ of Et) many murders, that-if there had . been
no other way of teaching his life, a retrospec
tive act of tat:l4l(ler would have been clam
oroir,ly derrianded bs the tiliole
,nation. A
di4position'to trifimph over the fakir has nev
er been one of-dire besetting , &ins of.English
inn ;, but the' 14red of- which Jeffreys was
the object was, wjthout a parallel in oar his
tOry, and parteot but too largely of the saV
agetiess of his :toile nature.
'lstrepeo'ple, wijere he''was :concerned. were
; L , s , c : rne .; 0 4:1tirns t ilf, and exalted in his misery
as he had been
,air..mstonied to exult in the
misery ofconyiks lis'utiter tit the seivence .
.of death, and of ',fathilies r•lad in 'mourning.
The - rabble congregated before his deserted
mansion in Dnke street, art 4 road on idle
dohs ; .with shouts: Of 4141411 kti, the bills which
annoirriced the tialc. Of his property. -Et . en
delicate women, who bad tears for hight4y
-111111. and hoes+ eakers, breatirid
- hurt:vengeance :against' him. I The !mooting
on him which %ire hawked about the town
-were distinguished by an atrOcity rare even
lir those days.: natig,ing wonld be too mild
a deatit tor.hirn ;''r `grave under 'the gibbet
- too r. spec:allo alresting:placi!; he Might..to
-b e rollare'i arc Indian ; ho ought to ;be
-.let oared alive. • •;
' . ••••.
The. street 'poets portioned j 'out all his joints
trim eauntble fer4city,. and _Computed bow,
marty , roand: . 4 of. :leak : miglil.The cut Trout' his_
well fritteue,d,carcass. Nay,- ‘tht-, rage of his
41e-trues wayssttoh l that, in . language Veldorn
heardju lEnglaadi they prot:laitned their wish _
tiny, he Might go to the place of wailing and
:grothing ofteetl4 .to the worm that never!
dies, to the fire That irs,neverlitenclutd.
-They
exhorted I7im to-hang liittutelt:lll
A nd to cut iris; : v'fiat With , Ilia - They
,
tent up horrible pr,,ayers„ . that„lity targrit.:.not•-oe
able . to renew, - .and might 'die, the
fiji . th e ___lte! s l iip4rlo , wicked Jeffreys, that
had jiv e r). Ilia as ;item) in ariver,,itr_
as in.olent and iiditinckika r sju ospet ity,
ri tido , ; the !old lorpubiic,,ahlitirrent!e.—
Ilis constit bad, and . , mu c h
inipair e si
,by .
„mtetttperanes, .wa.s :completely
Molten by distressinud
lie was tormented, py . tt arne) internal'Ais ,
1 4 80 , most skillfukit , urgeoal--44htit
4%6 . 1.10 re, sitilium able, trk.ndieve..,
-was left to Et;ettivhen.he . ,llad •1
Cale; to try mid ipoooils to - attend; :he luid.!
.;Sttsquellauna, tuanta, Venn'a, Cliarsball 27 185,1 E
,
The q.a i paps of Jeffreys.
- . , .. .
I se!doto .gone to 'bed solver` Now, w h ew h e
l had Mating:to oenopY his;:mind, alive terrible
I recolleetions- and terrible •. - forebodings, he
abandoned himself without reserve, to his, fa.-.•
%%trite vice.,
,Many..heiieved . • bite do be. bent
on shortening his life Ity - - c.eesi. lie thought
it better, theysaid. to go ifr in'adionken . tit
titan to. be hneked . 'by. K tch,'• or_ torn limb
from ilia by4fte•popnla e. .
~ . .• .
I n
.Once he Witt TOtaed fro : a state: of abject
despondeuey:by an•agreetfble sensation, spee;
dily folloWed by a mortifying disappoint Meta.
A. parcel had been- left for4titn at the Tower:
It appeared to be a, barrel iq' Colchester es
ters, his ; favorite (bottles: He . Was greatly
moved; for there are moments When those .
who least, deserve affectton are pleasedto
think.
,t hey' inspireit, " Thank God," be ex,-,
clainied, "7 haVestill.so* friends left r He
'opened the barrel, and fro ii among a heap•Of
shells nut unabled'a stou ihalter.:i:, ~: : • ! •
It does not: a near that : Lone •Of the;Antter
ers or buffo-ins whom he, tad eitriehedAnt of
the plunder . of hi 4 vie:in:4l eatne'to - confort
him in the day of tronble.:l 73111. he - was not
left in utter solitude. . JobaTatchin, whom.
- , .
he .had•sentenced to tie fla gged every fort
*night for seven years ; mar e ins way into the
Tower and presorted- hit self
.before the fat-
lot oppressor. -. Thi6 - r• Jidfrevs, humbled to the
dust, behaved with abject rlzeility, - and called
f or m in e . "I am glad, gir t !' he said "to see
you." " And I 'ant -glad,' the re.
sentfdl .whig, " tosee yonr-lordship . in this
place." " 1 served . My inater," said ,Jeffreys,
"as I waS bOand- in conleience: to do,"--
"Wher e was yOur corDcieU'ee," said :Tntehin,
when. you passed that venianee on Meat Dor.
Chester?." "h was set deWn in my instruel
tions,"- - answeted Jeffreys, fawningly, "that: I
was to show - no mercy tojMen like you, riett
of parts and courage. NNitten-T Went . back to
conrt,•l was ril . primanded !fOr myllenity."
Even Ten...hitt, aerirnon O us as Wag % his- nu
tore, and great-as were hi wrongS, Reins to
tu
have been a little olliti II by the - Bitable
t,.
speetacle•whiell be had a .first contemplated
with vindictive pleasure :ife always denied
the truth of the report th?ti - he was the per
-1 son nho sent. the ColeheSter barrel -to. the
Tower. •
A more henevolent.man; 'John :
,Sharp, t h e
I . excellent p e ar ) of Norwiel4 forced, hi in 4.. If to
I visit, t lie pi - isoher. -It wai a'painful . task. but
ISharp. had. been treated by 'Jeffreys, in old
times,. as. kindly a- it. , ask in the, ',.na,ture of
Ijeffiqs to treat anytiOdy and had once or
t twice been able, •by ratlentiy waiting until
I the storm of curses and trive'etiet4;: lied spetit-
Lir.: e lf , and by dextrously s!eizino• the ot;tment
!:_ l! - 1 f gend humor, to obtain for. unhappy fami
-1 lies - some.nutigation of their Sufferings. The
I prisotier was surprised and iideased. -What I"
I said he, "dare you knOWti, ~‘ now- r' -
I,l_ It was'in v..in, luiv. - re-.'eil that the amiable .
fdivine tried to - give'a F.:th.Liitry pain to that
!
1• -eared, tonseience.... JelleVs, instead -of ac
-1 know ledgine• his guilt; exeralmed vehement-
Ilv against the injustice r - t*ttukiml. " Pee
ple call Inc a riurderr - tyyl doing - what at
I the time was applauded Ibe some who ate
n hi,..1 1 in' poblie fay , :r: They call :it-) a
i, ,ow
r
oreakar Ite...tust I tabs - mei. to relieve me
- in :.iv agony: he would not admit :that, As
: Pr, , ;id e nt of High 4 ..otninission, ha k bad
;'slur,::ht‘viii:nz that rbeser 41 *reproach. Ilis
'H•,011,.t.gu,.5, he sr.i!r,,,ivereithe real eriminals,
Lariti
now they thre'w. all tire', biatine on him.—,
I He spoKe with peculiar aSiierityofSprat,.who
had undoubtedly been the most humane and
:moderate member of the titian!. -
~
It soon beentne clear Ilea the wicked
' judge was fast sir;king under the weight .of
bodily and mental suffer: 'lg. Dr. dohn.Scort
prebendary of Saint Paul's' - st - -. clergyman of
great sagacity, and authOr of the Obtistian
Life,a treatise once' wi,lely renowned, was
summoned, piohably on the . recommendation
,Oflris intimate friend Sharpi, to - •the bedside
of the'dying mar.. It wt sin vain; however,
that Scott spoke, as Shari} hail already spo
ken. of-the hideous . hncherles of Dorchester
and TanutOn. To the las't jetfreya 'continued
to repent that those who : Ithonght: --hiM cruel
did not know what Als orders were; and that
he deserved praise instead Of blame, and, that
his elZenency had drawn rin)iina the extreine
displeasure of his master. , - -- •
Disease, assisted by strong drink- and ?nits
err. did its work fast. • The patient's stom
telt rejected all nourishment. He• dwindled
in a few weeks : from a portly mid - even cor
pulent man to a skeleton. '• On. due-1 Bth cif
April hedied, in the forftsfirst Year or I,i,
awe. He had beeriChiefJuStice of the King's
Bench at thirty-five; and.,l7,Ord Chancellor at
thirtv.-smo. In . the whble - historY ef- tite
English bar there is no Ogler instance of so
rapid an elevation, or - of ;so terrible a fall.--
The emaciated corpse
,was• ;40, with all pri,
'vaey, nextlo the corpse Of. Ifonmotith irk the
chapel of the Tower:—FrOr4 Ofacoli .7 His
tory V Englund. ' !I . .1 - :: •
; I
The fit!! of 3e:rOsalein.
. . .
Ono Of the mo , t f plenctil sketches it has
ever b e en o ur ft,rtunes . to !peruse; is that by
Croft'.- who, in Tone of - lij :works, thus .de
setihes tlta fall of Jerti.gll
. nti: -' - '
~ I , • I
"The fall of our illtoittions and tinkly
city- was supern:ttural.
. - Thp ileitruvtion 'pl
the ethiquered: . was againFl the first.pribeipl i 'es
of the it.untit p()tiey; anl, io the last liotti•
of our national tetistanee, 'i.ll.lln . erheld Out of
.fers of peace, and lamented our frantic dispo :
sition - .t 6 be undone. . I.l4ithe deereo„ was
gone forth froth a thighti4s:;!throne. .1) - uring.
•the latter days of the • seige, - rt • liii4ility, to
whielt that: of man was a'grain . of sand urthe
tempest that drives.it .ott,O:vopoweretl strngth
and senses.• Fealful shaiies;knd voices : in:the
air; ijsionsstarOng us - fri - ait our. short and
troublei3Ontii 'sleep ; I itaiV.l 'in - its . hiq49lis
fOrms; Sudden death in tliOnidst .of 'vigor;
the fury of the eletnents pt;' loOse 'upon:out
unsheltered heads 7 —;we it 4 every ' terror : end
evil that could 17eAet ..littinitit nature but es,
t.ilettee, the tn'' sl piohaltl4.l:of 'n il , in a " city.
crowded..
crowded.. with • farnishitifi,#, thp diseaktA, 'the
wutinded and- the dead. 4i Yet, - thotigh' the
et ree tit - were- covered wit 4
.unburied hod i es;
every wall and _ I re.nch,l;Ots teeming ,with
them.; though stx lintidrOjthotf , and.riPP*l
lay liiingm - er the rampart and naked:to the
, - .
stin - -- - -•petitenbo camel. itot.;, r ot, if it had come..
:ftlienemy would harre . • I:4 n scared ttWaY.
Pa Wthe abotninatioa.:4:o'dosolation4r ithe
pagan . 'tutelar& Was 4e4.i ; ;lWltOr.e it ...W11:1 ln
remain until the plough, htidpassed Over ;the
ruins ofiernsalem. ,-." :—! li ' .' '
`On; this 'Mal night; no.4l l rin had.•hii heiii
. .oillti'' piThiw; - Heaven anSd': earth 'weriln
COntliet.":: :Meteors , buriledHi above , ' us ;. .:the
ground shook. under, :okui feet ; the . . veleane
Ldnieci *Vibe wind, hero. insArrenistaWe ,W.ate,
and swept the living and
'• ;die deid'i in iviiiii
• '. - i !
•tvaidd'Atr inter 'the desert. • Weiteard•theliet-i;
lowitg-of the4istant Mediterranan.• asifittO
waters were,at ofit sidei, swelled by.- the•del-j
ugd „ ._ The lakes and ylvers;spared,..and I
dated the land: 'the . fiery ' sword shot oil
to, told fi re. Thunder - pealed from' - every!
qt+ter •Of Ate learens. "Lightning., 'in' • '
mense sheets, of 'intensity and duration:Altar
turned the darkneeti into—more than day,-- , T
witheriag eye and u rued froto,the ze
nit 4 to the ground,and.niarked its.traek I
forests of flame shattered the sin:nits: of I
the; hills. ;
.• -•
- pefente • was ti nth g - ht the martal.
enemy - had passedirom the mind. Our ; hearts
quaked fear; but ..was to, F.ee•l the - powers;
of I d leayen.shsken. •-All away the,shieltf
i spear,:and couched before 'the
.'deseend-'
,sierononseienee smite
tens , • Our cries of remorse, 'anguish and hor-'
lor,lwere heard '.-throrgh , the .uproar: of the I
storm: W 9 hOsrled :to the eaveras to hide 1
us;~
we plunied -into the sepulchres ; to eseal , e I
the wrath' that consumed
; we
wOtild have buried'ourselvesunder the moin
tai r s. i
• • - :•' - • -• •
: Il.knewAlte cause, the unspeakable Cause;
and knew that the last hour olerime was 'at
hand. few fugitive's, asionisdied.tv see one
,
man among mein not sunk, into the lowest .
feebleness . of . fear .- ;reanie .- round me, and be
sot:ila me to lead them , to, sonic Place
P
satity, li.such•wereluow to be,found on-earth:
I _them onenlyl they
.were- - to die,.. and
couftseled . theM to die in the hallowed ground
of the .
`.They foirowed, :and -Tied
thrOug,li the streets encumbered with . every
'shape of human suffering,to the foot of Mount
'Nlorialt. : Bat - beyond that, we:found advance
imilossible. `Piles. of clouds, whose darkness
wag palpable, eVen :in the midnight in which .
we Istood, covered the holy hill. Impatient
nal not be daunted by anything that man
could overcome. I cheered my disheartened
.batid, and .attempted to lead the way up, the
:vcent. Bull had carcely entered the cloud,.
Main I wai swept flown by a gust that tore
thelrocks in flinty snow around me. 'And
now cam the last and most wonderful Sig,a
Altai inarkei .the fate of rejected _lsrael. • •
!While. I lay helpless, 1 *heard the: whirl
wind roar. through the , cloudy hill, and the
60)1' began to revolve. • A pale light, like
that .a the'Tiaing, inoon;quivered.lin the edgeS
.aral the .clonds rose' rapidly: shaping •thertir- 2 .
atelorin_s of,. battlements and towers.'
Tie Sounkor voices was -Ittard within„low
and distinct, yet s'.tratigelv'swe e the.
store . Iyrightened arid the airy building .
1 , 84, -tower on toil er,..and Lrittlement On _hat:'
• tlethent. In the.aWe that held tis rotate, _we
kndit and-gazed on this more than .nortal
,chilecture. that coMinued rising .and spread
and glowing, With a serener light, 'still
i•sof§ and silVery, •yet. to which 'the broadest
moimlies.to was chin.. -At-last it .stood forth
earth_ to heaven. the,collossal image- ..f
theifirst. temple; of the building raised by :
he wi..iest of men, once consecratedto the ,
vit-:zu e glory: . •
' Jerti- . alem saw the image, .and the''
.414 a that, in the Midst of 'llieir.despair„ as
eenkled front it.. thousands and .tens of.
tnid what proud renieMbrances there']
N‘'etle. But a hymn wa. heard that ! might
11aVe hushed the world beside.' Never feirt
on int ear, never i on the. turnan - senses, a
sound_ so tint;estic, yet so subdu' i
i:otmelanchOly,vet grandner and command.,
The vast.portai opened,. and frrim it marched
a 11!:it, such as mail had never seen before,
,u,•1 1 as ma n will nl.?ver see hilt miee again
tholguardiati angel l s of the'ciiy" of. David I
Tlnly came forth gloriously,"but with woe in
all t heir steps; . the stars upon their helmets I
dial . ;. their robes stained . ; tears
. doWn thoir Cheeks Of celestial beauty. " Let
toi:go hence." was their•song of sorrow "Let'
us lience,".Was answered by the snl echos
of the 'mountains. I" Let us go hence,".swell
ed Ipont the niglit,!tO the uttermost limits of
the iland. The procession lingered upon' the
summit of the hill. -.The thunders 'pealed';'
anal they •. rose at.. the' command, diffusing
waned . over the extutnee of heaven. The cho
mps vas heard, still magnificent,. and Melan
chnly, until
.their splendor was diminished
to t brightness
. 01 . 3 star.. Thesrthe
der 14-Oared again. The Cloudy' teniphs.Was
seatielrld on the wind, and rlarinesg,the mien.
of thelrave, settled upon - 4erusaletn.- •
'
rr
iteriPet of the 4('oniity Superintend
. ant of SOmp Ctranty. • •
Puring - the yeritieuding .the - first of
1850, them have-bven operation' in.. Sus
quelanna county,' iwo hundred and fifty-tour
selKols. Oue• huil!dred and thirts . --tiv4 male
tericlier.: 'and two hundred rind' tliirtrAeven
female teachers have been emplofed. Aecord=.
ing. to thie. report, there'' - are over nine ibi
s:m(li sehoh .
rrs. . •-
Iri
..".
sinumer females are einployed,andilieir
;il,irjies rangy© frotti five to ten 'dollars -per
month. the tenclierl boarding with , the''.prO2
prietiors. • In %rititef', the:Salaries of feint lea
range from eig,ht:te-twelite.ibillara,- and that
of mules from fout4en, to imenty.
Exiimiptv t ions, . and,
.visitations—l. bare
been! twii:o . tethielidistriet to exiunine tca,di
ers; !have eX:ariiine4 fotir hnndred"Juirl
three ;. have,giVeit'; three • hundrechthd :sixty"-
siz tniporary certificates=--all-I-reeeiredfrOni
the tiepartm9nt-: 7 -arid,perini,ts to._otborf.:;,b4Ve .
5h911.411115,t0 1 1 about ball of the schools,
th, , pee`terl•-nearly all the selteeil
Soiii ..f out:gond; 4ouses 'are grrA, plena.
rintly I‘' , L.iiitetl, and tupplied -with out-:build
ipgkinr-eeAssiry for. propriety. and
4luny of them are poor, . and . propriety and
ette 1) ey. atrp, entirely disregarded.; but are•
•grailoally beitig" r'es-pineed• . - bY better. - the
snbobl houses lieretofore - lniVe' brien mastic
boa by proprietoin the immediate. ••vinial. ,
ity inthe, preqent tiansition 'state, from
to, ate n a, - !i.s . tem,, proprietors...ern not .
c1i : 41, - OsiA to b u ild 'new ones, and'
,diroiitere
find it extreni 3 OV 'dflgiiutt:l , s tie :it' AO, ‘
ie
atiSfaction.'Y i< • '•
certificate - 8.-1 have gins no
iriifeksionol'eert.ifleiltet*`,They: ;sent
oupn*:o-Attioicitdge - 107...44:, f athepf
iegain9`PFllPti4 e.F 4 r.Y.044 1
which attends. the e ! nliool , ‘ .of; tisquetiannit .
that: l s 7not act idiot--to ~rliich w
lay 'Tic) thertzfiresketl' r eflintatilof
our best tenter, that Sher ktiow of per';
tin who 4140.-714+! Me44lf.ti 1, 9.0 0 ,4. , Njt4. , :- this
opi knee I pifnt4de,....,11?„ 43W,. =ego ‘ea4!:
Q,f ypti 004)(,:i*, -eiiiv4fi
doe6Nieff iiii4oriitg
hundred of i"ne:euklissieh the tiObk lei tiltgt l''
ly, niiinniteb*iint goikOitkr; AO.; vsir-4:::
when you require of us,itistead of:the 4 cram.
lining in process:li) draw:out 'and develop in
duelsrophrtioit'Alm• mental and moral pOw
ers,',hot of thri- few, but. of ovary Child,. : to
thrown fathom line to ilie bottom of its 14, 7
Ile measure its depth, grade
pacitY; and'properlr
;.. ; - tO Subdue the * will, cuyb the passions,— ,
purify shit affections, und expand the under
standing; to stamp upon._ that .youtig im
mortal. the impress of an intelligent. and vir 7
tikena r man ; we say yeampf toil and study
are before ug,ere we are thorOughly ri aljfied:
The s chool .system —The propriety of our
present sehuol- system has , been ft eely disettSs
nd in Public niukprivate, and 1 c an safely say
that the prevalent opiitiou among those who
haveeon,tidered 4, is that it 12:is no superior,
There is acttne objeCtibit to the power of the
direct Ors •'
bit! the inare it'is 'considered the
Moire Chetaffully it. is isequiesced in, as the
power Mustrest, somewhere, and it is consid
ered to be as safe. in thashands of elected di
! reetory as in the hands of an uncertain
jorlty„' or,' as` is oftener the .esse, of some
domineering itidividual of the di-4trrot.
We 'C'OnSitler that the •go verntnent, in this ;
system: aims' at: self protection,-assetniog the
tenstble position that. the intelligence of the
people, is the coy , surz guaranty of...its .con".;
tiotint:e andrwell.being,and that she renders
ti fails (ii - inivolent to the tax paver- who. Sup
ports it. He askiprOtection for .himself-and
property.;- she - gives that protection by
her las, which must be made atul.sustained,
not tyran ignorant rabble,_but by the, sOnnd
jntigtri.entof . an intelligent. voter. • Ificiaental 7
ly,by'tlibi . systeM she enhances ' the value'of
prOperty, andirthink it can be proven,beycrid
- reasonable' doubt, that mind proper 4
educatediu our common schools brought
,to.
bear upon the almost unbounded reseurees'of
our State, : would in-a short time Createvaddi7
tional.property, the tax upon which would I
cancel our State dent' without any additional
tax upon tbe_property at preent,in the State
- -Ivrovenuats.- 7 .—. Two improvenaenta .are
suigested: There:should be three paid, re
rpotasibk scgool directors, instead of six .and
that the syStern . should be who,lly supported
by'a State tax, as the - whole State - reeeites
the benefit-AA it., •
authority.—The ,Nience of school
.teaching; both in regard to'.governnient and
instruction, has ben diiseussed iii public and
in private, in the papers.and out ortheni,and
the conclusions arrived at, are these:, lii
matters of government: the relation 4 leacher
and pupil creates the •right of authority on
the part of the teacher ; and the duty
. .
tnission of the. Nat of the pupil, - but. that
authority relates to the rmtions, and not to
•the feelings or'opi'nions of the scholar.
consider right views upon _ this vul , j4.!et -of
great :'iripertanee, . In government,-propet
authority, kindly exer4i:.=ed. mai:lA.ole fling
sylject: in•matterS 'of opinion, a uthority .
makes the.tnOtal 'slave:. The'rquf-stion to
what are the 'intilianable rights' of the teach
er and the 'scholar, has .been fr(yely _discussed;
and
..Vi3 think,_resulted i i
,muelt *good. The.
teacher who has correet views upon:this sub . -
jeet has far more moral power than 'one 'Who
has, not.
•
ilfodes of instruction.L--My examinations
.
or teachers- hare heen - carried on, for the most
pit:, hr free and open discussions ; as .I con
sider an- ability.. to . - •coin te icleai. the
~r e.a;eSt evidence of a '
_to ter.ch. Cf::Qs
disetisions,' on eaekbiaovi . ), taught,. are also
adopted'in our common - scLools by our .best'
teachers. . ' ,
Bv,ineans. of - slates and :pen - cils ae give
employment to every child. - that ,enters the
sclich,l room, and confer upon him' .that most
n Vli IMtbl e bi essi atit of indrrsfry.—
In the:next place. we teach him ,to think, and
we dO I this'hy developiny ideas in his mind.
I:Here we teach tim,-you l nx•id?,l to shoot'
Iforth,.And not merely to. metuorize the ideac-
,
1. that others hat7e stait.. In reading we. deal
I with' siinple ideas adapted to the mind rif a-
I. AiLtlJ, Mental arithmetic. without rules or
1 answers ferms-thibase . of our operations.'--- ,
With Lillis , sin . teach- . a - -child to - - think; we
open-. This M:nd, to.conviotiori; :we learn hint
to reason; ,vre give him a habit of fixed -at
tention, Which tie can. acquire no where elie:
it is the geometry ofearly life. - VoCal reading'
we. define:- talking,. with :proper emotions,
ideas,.exprmed upon the written or pri,oted ,
page:, :' Consequently we May re a•
. simple
piece . over
f ifty_ times , to . _ advantage. - Tht
portraiNs tot/Made by ore rude hnish from
the limner's hand; but-by - Loud, after touch,
and shade after. shade; until it presents to . our
view the loved object of oar affeetiOnl. : ,lit
the - Ak h
ist'S eye and . d ,must be train - et .. to.
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reveal-the : features upo the- canvas,M
so ust
our organs of speech 0 'trained . to . express
ideas fOreitAy,. and .ermithms properly: . . This
we atM to do not-for - 111e ' select few, but for
overt' 'thilth' .': ' . '- ' _
..
.
Geography we.teacli l.r subj...ets.mquiring
the teacher to know .Wlist, he .r-quires the
scholar' folearn, and co:is,piently to be, able
to ask !the *question, with - .ut the bOok. - Nkt,
teaching, gmintuar we . enclaver .to, learn the
Children and write *correctly, •
..ircr,na 1 schools--Theidea of Nprtritti* schOila
meets With general - itriprobatinn, though:We'
~I c 'en!iider_ them liniited in the' • etin
aciomOish, as,tltey 'cannot tliretvly..beactit,
the matwof our tea Cheri.
"7- - ./.natitutea.-. 7 4s I consider the great ol t icct
of nav mission, its, County superintended to
be the mirovement of, the teachers,- I have
held, and intend - to hold in futnre, frequent
town inNtitutes whieh the teachers .of _each
town are required .to attend., In thete
tut els freo4liscussidn' is allowed- -. I require
the teachers to talk by idea' and' they re
quire nr. to do the. same. We allow' o or.-
-acle, tto ipae nignments'ithine - give
B.uperioity l . A limier replyint
Webster once said he had a doutte work to
do, he had to combat hiM `arguments and his
fame. We entlea or. to avoict every' thibt of
this kina, fina: o o2 o s9 nristner4el -- °P I OIPO.
svolliftS aristocracy in the
tions Teachers; `itsioctatletni ' and
county [lnstitutes have bora become'a final=
i!P I • - . ,
" '- , Prnaiiegt•r4a m ny of our - districts there
is,* decided, improvement C in it is
euatcely-piralitable. - -= The Fist fear haahnia
a;Yaat Ptchaausdayi and.settling pritiCiftbial
,retorej . kt o i)ic t i:jeat of action and oarrY‘',
mg out those prlnniptee.- - hatii,alatidet
school . in needy ererylein. - What' .:the - riV,
eulkAyin ratuirt intuit
4 .1174taim RiOitaimatur; .
affoitlßAPPror4 - ;,
",.Lealipptv.Nortiegierea,(l64l.,,
- .7-..;4 1 .ki. , ;e 11
.f_ci - :
- - -,, : ,_ . -..•...• . . .
~.,..,„:.„..„sir - 11,..„. t'
eatainel4;,:limb
. _
Simi; VounirT,aellen ti '
Said Asencilitieii,:4oetrattils.AUSlLs*k
`Meeting Ilouse, - irletttprt.lll Debi
29th, 1
.856, ptitiuttutii)
The day Wa - tsortitile;aild
• :;, •
nutnter in attendance.
T he, Piesidetit'enited'aie tnifettn i f e t . Of •
a li titteWl
tna e ..orneremarxa rehitte!o ,
.a l l . -1 Progress of A-ssOciatint3;eited,i*Oiir!
SeeretirY's iiPOrt;
being tiref-ent, (iit another section of
teaching,) A. B. tent - precented the OriAt:
which contained reloti of eereral< rieen,
;bp. _
B. P. Tewicsbury was then
ry, pro _tern. - • -
, It being the :annn l .
the election.of officers for the- - ent4i/ng`year
the foilouing names wercrehosen
Prezitlent,A 11. kent, '64(1 - P : residents; 11...
N. Bmwiter, W. Walker
T. S.cOtt . ; Clerks,
..11. 13ention t :It. , - kaput,
Treasprer, J. Jameson;
...• • p , •
The P resident elect, theioooli dui cluttiL.;-
thanked the Association for the honor dhtthr
ted on hirri;=—:sad hit made'nn'prefeirsiohils
being a
. sp.eeCh maker, but that hetelt = i'lleett
interest in Ale; canoe of cotinitoirschergir
vored the objects of the Association, and' thilie
it shc•Uld ' net only C43 - YltiCtie io: haii lii;•hipt,
Wishes, bUt'hii .- ntniost 'endettiOrs' tiii - zits att.'
. A . •
V anceinent.
A. Ca.rr mitde some,Rfrtl l ...lPnt remarks ii* ) .
t
on' the 'true ' i don of the; teacher..e. i' -----2-
, .-
S. T. Scott nde tunas remarks telptieettai:_
the complaint that titiquAtilied, , ,fovitit-ine-,
employed na teachers,, and the content.
•doprofitablaiehools ;'said, matey do not ‘e+l,=m.
to consider that while the - lor., makes" it the
_ _
~__
ISESEE
duty of DireetOra to keep, thoiehools aped a
.I)ekified ti rue, does rerrs.4-.
ers;andlhattirst eiass are
to be had. It therefote beeornua*.duty.or
those. intending to . teach, ptaye eapei.6l,
preparation therefor...,
Prof. Richa rdsonsiid thatjte,badig,!senect -
that there= is a diversity of opinion as to what
constitutekt,qualification for teac h ingin maany
respects, - Hence it would be , dfficatt:
cidt upon a standard /of qualification- :that
would 'suit all. Spalic,:it coasideinble length --
upon the education ; of childrea, tit - 0141st they
-should be taught habits of itidnattj• it 'school *
,
- whtle you tg.,--hetice they lutist be,..interriteo
—canuot be all •the'titae, witlr flry > Ilia
honk-nor^reading /essoitruotAnited -totbeir
ettpseity,---lienee slate. ancr:perol.ahnitld be
furnished, and eneouraked in waking.letters,.
drawing, Zzh - :,—that readitikstaa-,be,,tattgot,
better by' the` . ,curd.sytretn:— . .that=Gnitriviso
should be taught beginners upotat:ack- Board
—that larger scholars should belsiiht, Book
Keeping. -
Aajourned to meet .A• •
Met ac abore. -- -*- .F.-reyrkilia tv sp** ,
upon the propriety of haring, townsliliCAt* ,
cistiansand -Inatittitesei—thoiagbil4e, to(
g:rest dis‘tance .4nd, inivcrgie•
Many from atteOding who , othetwiik
Pas std an. amendment' to Alio ..wmititati9o,
appointed, 2t, committee to repoTt petit," of;
by-LawF, and order-of neteise4, at the use
.
meeting' - - •
Prof Richarkls'on' spoke - of the preterit po
sitron of the Association,
,thought` tt to
_ •
-gaining the confide ice of the people,' - -
, _ ,
The hour having ariive - d - for the lectiiit
Rev. A. O. Ititrre' nacentied the ileikrame
ititeres.ed`B hirge audience aith a decidedly
inArnetive analtiactical:diticourt4.
Some'of the piiints.treated in tiro : - addresr, ,
uncomforeable, arranged
school 'houses—Tproverhial,neglect of .parent:
to visit their schools--unreasonableness art
far *a Nrlti'ry is concerned) of .0181tir'ng teach
ers"who' have great - ,resportaibilitiegV—besidelk
Many to please, with persons hiretF•try
month in moit - other bu4iteis,..vhOltave,corti.
paratively, few, rmonsibilitior 814 '-imlY eti
employer to se--and: that teachers/I°mo,
geneially win" to feel the ittiportanet of self
mprOve'went.
The people-of. that, Nieinity are 'desert:jag
much comtneodatioa for` the, harem& . they
nianifrie&iiveornroon aohoors, „and_ gspecieh
notice for their- kindnestland boophality, .
It liras, on the wii9le; otie of the btalt - Anikek---
ing.l Of. the . Association, Audfuguistlytiitat4i
,
for the ftittiny •
Appointed a canatoitteigto . prooßeLee r thr•
er nett' tneetlig.
11i1jo,irnei_i° to m eet ja 14betWAk*Atis•
And'Friday; iir-11gt34-.
AEA UN EIionTV.NAIi. lEl)+4V* bad' -
pet dOg, amd:onO not
sopetfluoiisli=6l4ll
tit-6 Lit b ie-cloth tot ilia : . ,
n#
wit -
the . dog's oamits..,#'llo his,tosymki t ioliT*l
hiinse4 monologue•like
" Y e .4 2 , 1"Ye1 1 ; SPoL:A a •hNO teiAid
dog; Split Mint. Whn.pied .
-=with' the rafts' doubie,bertiMAgeubsiii:Vis
hang Spot.. , Bid -dog. .11440iftt. 7 )04.10
hioakthst.,l74o,l*-M; rTim aerk 1t 1 1.3$
breakfast.§pot'sm2Wer missed him:::
" Whew wbovf
spoLitimwersitit.ltemthithiiittiesitaoss;
“j oe ,l l- tubs::om, n libel:eV-Spot
°Spot,. eir,"Asys , iloo4looltiog do'gra
,norne t
said ahakiag!AliOv,at .;' , 'SPQrr T . skill You 'odd
ho was to iv< 4skag‘_sir—bererer - ,.
,*,mi .10;1 hung him; itiri with-441190 ttottbki e
sir r*—Taiet.hicoiiise.
, /6•41.
ost:,slgd *
ti le_ j irl ocfige„mr! of4ige, C'diy
one onl;Liti 41 laturr**
the'reOli4 Went thin? bOttiblie44.-Ptalk
intstrehia rm. canViptgARWIBIL. kit.
fit* T:010,4M-44•14111-Likte
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