u u n A 0n)otci to Jp0litic5, literature, Agriculture, Science, ittaralitn, aui eueral intelligence. VOL. 27. STROUDSB UR G, MONROE COUNTY, PA., FEBRUARY 4, 1869. NO. 44. It it Published by Theodore Schoch. TERMS Two dollar a year in advance and if not piJ brfme ilic end if the year, two dollars and fifty tenli will be eliarpe-l. No paper dti'niiiiiiel until all ar real ages are paid, exrept a. Hie upturn ol the EJitor. TZy A-lveriisements of one square of (eight lines) or !. one or Uiree insertions $1 50. Each addlliutial 4uriUtt, 50 cent. Longer oiies in proportion. JOB t'KIXTIXG, OF ALL KINDS, Kxeco'ied In tire hiiihc-l style of the Art, ami on the mol reasonable Icriiw.- IJ I EjMMMt DR. I. 1. SMITH, Siiigeon Dentist, OtEce on Main Street, opposite Judge Stoked residence, Strocdsbibg, Pa. 0O TeetU extracted without pain.$ August 1, 1S67. Drs. JACKSON & BIDLACX, PHYSICIANS' AND SURGEONS. DRS. JACKSON fc BIDLACK, are prepared to attend promptly to all calls of a Professional character. OJice Op posite the Stroudsburg Bank. April 2.", 18G7.-tf. C. W. SHIP, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, .srn o udsb una, pa . Office at his residence, on Main Street, nearly opposite Marsh's Hotel. All oils promptly attended to. reasonable StrouJeburg, April 11, 18G7.-tf. J. B. COOPER. E. L. ROGERS. COOPER & ROGERS, GENERAL COMMISSION MER CHANTS for the sale of Flour, Grain, Teed. Seeds, ic. 217 North Water Street, and 220 North Delaware Avenue, Philadel-: phia. Pa. COParticulr attention paid to BUCK WHEAT FLOUR. Oct. 1 '6Sm6. A Card. i)r. A HEEYES JACKSON, Physician and Surgeon, ITIEGSTO ANNOUNCE liiAi iiav 13 ic returned from Europe, he is now prepared to resume the active duties of his S.ent to persons living at a distance whood lie don t get Ins money back neither , ' i. u .;ii ia v.i,n,ii there now. bovs. once more, straisht- .n.V U. ISM 111 COIISU1L llllll. ll"J win ut. . I at his c.ffice every THURSDAY and SAT URDAY for consul tat on and the perform ance of Surgical operations. Dec. 12, 1-07.-1 jr. NEW GROCERY GROCERIES. PROVISIONS, FLOUR t$c, ever fought to the place. Everything in the Grocery line will be found on sale in grent abundance, and at prices at wbich all can purch-iee and live. Purchasers will eave money by heeding thin no'ice. GEORGE F. HELLER. October 22, 1G3. tf. .TO. I. COOLBAUGII, Sig n and Ornamental Painter SHOP ON MAIN STREET, Opposite Woolen Mills, STUOL'DSIIURG, PA., Regretfully announces to the citizens of riMIE PUBLIC ARE INVITED to call a.tgiarig jn pronouncing the words of our L the New Grocery Store of the Mibrcri j , a,eJlEx ihe Sub tonics are flat, the cxamiue of ike best stock of following it, into a flat. A sharp t con- Ntro'j.lsburg anu vicinity mat ne is prepnreu tie garne resuIts lollow it the lignts pas to attend to all who mny favor him withfes tnrouh drops of oil, grains of salt &c. their patronage, in a prompt and workman-j potash turned in the same way is found likemmner. L M.-l- linrvn and Mark lines CHAIRS, FURNITURE, &c, pai and reinired. PICTURE FRAMES of all kinds stantly on hand or supplied to order. June II, 105. ly. con- BEEF, IRON AND PURE BRANDY, BY DR. IIAIITMAN, Regular Graduate of the University of Penn sylvania. OCrlt will positively cure Consumption, Couffha and Colds, and all diseases of the Lungs cr lironcniai iuoee. nwtltm :t :n fact a decimal ststem. and It has been the mean oi ULaiUKUNUj m..,r a r.tj ui.i. ...v,k-,0o .., e up bvondthe reach of medical awirt - it'docs a.oi? to relieve the Consump - Uv ttlin anyuung iA ctrpnTtJipner tor deucaie iauies anu Clii!dr6i-" wrtn coaiTUNS the kv- QQr currency ic which we should have, riTioi?s portion of Tworovtua or cnoicz1 the milli dollar, the centi-lar i thedeci KEy. . 'dollar; the dollar, deca dollar; hecto dol- The cure of Consumption was first effect-; . KiM0.dolIur. mvra dollar &c. equ.ll io d by the use of RAW JJLW and UttA.MJl jn ltu.e.a. atterwaru. in r rauce, . wuwu own family. In presenting this preparation the metric system, why not the other one io tho public I feel confident that every af-, eighth ? This system, is derived from the flicted one who read thin (even the most' earth itself, its unit bearing a certain kep'ical) uviy become convinced, by a sin. proportion to tho measure of the earth, ge trijlihit it is truly a most valuable med- thig fact would address itsolf to the pride icine. Circu'ars and medicines sent to any ad 4res!. Price 1 per boUle six for $5. Laboratory 512 Sonth Fifteenth Street, PHILADELPHIA. Wholesale Agents. French, Richards Co Tenth and Market streets; Johnson. fc f explal3ation, it is found th Holloway & Cowdcn, 602 Arch street; R.,, . A V. Shoemaker & Co, Fourth and Race streets,, letter, that make up the fi h are iKTHt Ph-.i,.iini,;, which are the Creek initials of the word Philadelphia (XT Sold by Druggists Every w here. July 30. letf.J Eatt Stroudeburj. e,e. . V.,.co A.,a ol.rtuhnns Aitpi not writs in- I tha Bihlft Khnuld ha reod avorv dav in should use SVUi fVinor li r r n,;,.i;,,0 (' .I,.;tt!n -lmrnfpr nn tlipir cnlinnl Tf fVirt tenohew ivi ScrnArnstt of the WCMlld be HCarlv i RAIN AT 23 CENTS PER BUSHEL, tombs aud thus it was this symbol was Scriptures, there is a great failure in his motip. 1 he Chi r a nnKr i th. n i pv p. i! v used S v HiboL a re the Ian "un c of ua t u i c . ' c d u cation . The Bible is a book of scion- pU, iu which n -vy- r f ' J wvv uuu uiv f i J o n M0NK0E CO. TEACHERS INSTITUTE. (CONCLUDED.) Tuesday Jan. 12th Institute opened with prayer by Professor Sanders, A. H. Berlin opened the work of the Institute by a drill in addition, he though this should be made a daily exercise and en gaged in by all the pupils showed how we might add quickly by combination, gave rules for contraction ia Multiplication- to multiply any number by 11, add the digits of the number together and place the sum between the digits, or mul tiply by G add half the number to the left hand digit of the number. Following this exercise Capt. Drake's reason why we carry one for every 10 was given by the Supt. as follows; while Arithmetic was yet in its infancy, and the Arabians couutcd over the ends of their fingers, they could count no further than the 10th finger, which brought them once round, or over their fingers, once round then was expressed by 1 and a circle around(o) equal 10, twice round would be 20, &c. Prof. Sanders followed with an elocu tionary drill on the chart, while the teach ers repeated the sounds of the vowels he remarked, his hearing was very acute and then told a story. Two old crones meet ing, one said, his eyesight was very defec tive, the other remarked that his sight was very acute whereupon the first said, I though eyesight fail, his hearing was re- Cjiara.esjmarkable when the first willing to give an exhibition oi the powerot mssigiuexciaim cd. See there now that church steeple in the distance, I can see a fly crawling up it, at which the other replied, cau you? I can not see it, but I can hear him scratch as he goes up. -14 sounds are all we use in the English language, a has 7 sounds o has 6 sounds. Prof. Sanders does not like the pronunciation of oo for u as found in the oictionaries. Sub-tonics he said were un dcr tones, or base tones, such as the big bull frog made in the mill pound on a warm summer's night, when trying to say b. In giving the consonant sound of w, he told the teachers they must pucker their lips. Here he told a story. A man ad vertised to teach boys to whistle, for a sixpence, when the boys were assembled, he proceeded to put them through the preliminary exercise of straightening them up etc. when saying now boys, the first boy that laughs, goes out ot that door, I J ' -' enin", Lcqhis to pucker, the boys im mediately burst out laughing when the whistling teacher said. Roys out of that door with you. The consonant sound of w is made by puckering the lips, spoke of flats and sharps and gave as a rule-flats "o with flats and sharps with u Prof. Sanders, perfcrs asso-ci-a-tion, to assoshiation. Followed by a drill in Mental Arithmetic by S. S. Lesh. Tuesday, 2 o'clock p. M. When the in stitute had assembled, Prof. Sanders took the floor, telling the teachers he knew what wa3 the matter with them. I hey gave too much attention to Mathemat hooks (mathematics), yes that was it, then gave a drill in Elocution. Prof. Cof fin was next introduced to the institute who gave a short lecture on the Sun the rays of the Sun passing through a drop of water, produce all the colors of the rain bow, the light of the candle will do the same. If we place a small quantity of soda in the flame and burn it, the yellow Q tne svectrum will be found increased, 1 intedi."" t"vv . . ,. ' .i have recently Deen uiscovereaiu me soiar spectrum, may not this lead us to think we have discovered some of the ingred ients which produce sunlight Prof. Manson, next delivered a lecture on penmanship, he said teachers must understand the spirit and plan of the Author, before they could teach well, thiuks a series of 3 grades of books gives sufficient range for the school room. Pupils should be taught 1st to know how to do. 2d to do. 3d to criticise. Prof.Cofliu explained the Metric sys- ,i u ti, now a new tinner in me worm ; Egyptians use it as may by seen ia the ! 13a?e of their pyramids which is J.1000 , - ,ofl roposeu a sysicui ucauv eiuinai ut . . 'tit cent. 10 cents, dollar, in c-no fil0ftn j10 000. .. geven of all nations. Vwo7. 7 ?,-Lu-l- i i l'rof Conin 'Subiect Si'-ns and Symbols. Many i I- . j i. j i veg discovcre ifecmho!. unon tl EU at 110010 usv cuunim hem one io particular had &',a ;n n,KVmU nf n fish o-oin tn tho the s ds Jesus Christ God's Son, Saviour In ,lhc adjuurb of cxprtssiou, there are dif-' ferent Sorts, the Social Symbols, such as greetings, bowing, bareing the head, and in Nubia rubbing together the grea sy noses, shaking hands, how often is the weak hand reached by the friendly, hearty grasp of a stranger hand. Among christian nrtioos black is a Bign of mourn ing though not a christian symbol, whose teelings should never give way to the blackness of darkness. In Turkey the symbol of mourning is yellow, in Persia j this prophecy, God shall take away hi3;a aaxon word and ten twain ten wnicn blue, in Circassia white. The lling i3 ! part out of the bool of life ; " an ex, in ; had become worn down to our present the Svmbol of marriace. and put upon I llule of Three, ' If the righteous scarcely ' twenty. Hamilton, he says, ha3 it, that that fingure which is supposed to connect ' directly with the heart, perhaps also put there because not likely to be roughly I kely to be roughly used and where the ring would be least in danger. We learn not only from, the place of the ring, but the ring in its sim ple shape, round implying the bond, the perfect bound, the love which is end less, and in its material, puro gold Religious Symbols, the Stately building in Jerusalem, so perfectly Symbolized to the Jews that it was not to be used for mercenary purposes, some of our own coins contain the faint outlines of the figure of the cross, with the motto "in God we trust," Symbols of value, as the sign for dollar in our currency taking its origin from the Initals of the United States, U. S. s over the u; and the u finally cut down to two perpendicular and paralled lines, libra the latin for pound, the two cross marks signify equality equal pounds, fairness, akin to this are the scruples, but not much in use, our tea and coffee we often find are weighed without scruple. Here the lecturer produced a Confederate bound declared it a symbol of departed glory, upon which we might write Icha bod, Ichabod, "thy glory has departed." another bond having on it the Symbol of Stonewall Jackson, implied perhaps that the best place to hide would be behind a stone wall. Medals were intended to in dicate particular facts in History, as "Millions for defence" Symbols of au thority, as "a well oiled Hickory," those who had had no experience with this sort would do well to get it before they go to New Jersey. O. K. all correct, said of Jackson. D. II dead head, free free of charge, supposed to have originated as follows, a drover about passing over a Bridge with a drove of 14 live cattle and one dead one asked the keeper what the toll was, a certain price was named for live cattle, upon which drover responded, 'them the Dead head goes free," Hence D. II. dead head free. Again that peculiar mark, X placed in the middle of a persons name with the words 'his mark' placed one above the other below, is a Symbol that School Houses are not plenty, j the Interrogation mark signifies ques tions, take the first and last letters and you have q o which finally became chang ed o the character we now see 7 again ths Exclamation point! originated from I o the expression for wonder, in which I is the upper part and o the lower ! we want to dervie this thought that the mean ing of all symbols should be explained or they will be useless to get a true con ception ths use of Symbols must be dis pensed with. Prof. Sanders, objects and aims of Teachers Institutes. Teachers who at tend the Institute take notes of tho pro ceedings, or take part in the exercises, come not for pastime, or amusement, as some will have it. Teachers should qualify themselves for a position, and they will find a place waiting for them, Educa tors occupy an important position, they assist in giving character to those coming after, from the young must the futu e Lawyer, Doctor Statesman arise, and the teacher has a band in shapiug their course. Teaching is a big Business, Teachers should treat their pupils with respect, there may be among them some of nat ure's future noblemen, great meu who will yet shake kingdoms, love your busi ness or else it will be but a drudgery. A school Teachers as well as a minister should be apt to teach, and love it too Singing is important if teachers can not sing, they should learn. A tune sung by Christies ministrels to-night, set to some doggerel rhyme, will in 3 weeks reach to Iowa. It is forming our national charac ter, said a certain oue. Let me make the Songs and tunes of a people and I cans not who makes their laws. The Prof, here related how he came to write a book. When he was a boy going to schoal, no Arthcmetic, Geography or Grammer was was taught, it was nothing but spelling book, after going over this again and a- . , tpnrhpr hmnnht. n hhU n rhvn ; o o and arranging the school into school into class around the room, he proceeded to give words to fpell to the one at the head of the class, be gave out, egpit the word was missed and passed to the next, and so a- round the class, no one being able to spell the word, when the one at the head cal led out, well Master how do you spell egpit to which the master answered, E-G-Y-P-T, egpit, the lecturer said that . from that time though but 8 years old, he resolved to make a spelling book with ten more difficult than the words them-i pins, what a desert of faces, and what ter words hard enough that there should be 8elves. Placinc the word knowledge on'rible mistakes might there not appear be- no neeo w go iu iue jiuie iui uiuiimt. woras, ana ue sept me resuiuuou, buu i thnt'a how lift nam to write books. We , - ... . , , ! must resolve what we will be, and do, ' wiiiie wo are vouuii or wo win uu uvuuui:, and bo nobody at all. Wednesday, Jan uary 137, a. jod Institute with id prayer. He said Prof. Sanders opened ; reading Bcripturo and praye ce, ycu will find it to contaia rhUesphy, Astronomy, Geography, Elocution and be so numerous that only the most learn Arithmetic, asexamplcs in arithmetic may ed ever become acquainted with them at be cited one in addition, "Add to your 'all. Numbers are supposed to have ori faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowledge ;ginated from angles, as one angle would and to knowledge, temperance; and to -represent one idea, which is equal to 1 ; temperance, patience : and to patience :, two angles would represent two ideas, godliness ; and to godliness, brotherly kindness ; and to brotherly kindness, char ity." An ex, in subtraction, "And if any man shall take away from the words of be saved whero shall the ungodly and the j there is no sinner appear ; " an ex, in Loss and Gain,! for the reas "What shall it profit a man if he gain thelgether and pront a man it ne gain tneigetner ana taking apart, out n we iook a whole world and lose his own soul." j little further into the matter, we may find Prof. Manson discussed Penmanship at the philosophy in the comparison of num full length, followed by Prof. S. S. Cof- bers. He thought we should teach child fin, subject "Names of States and Ter- ren expeditious methods of performing ritories." Our names are historical. examples in addition, subtraction, and di From English history we have New vision. Prof. Sanders conducted an ex Ilampshire, so named by Mason from his; ercise in spelling, which, if it did not home, hampshire, which signifies hamp-, redound to the credit of the teachers, was ton. New York had its name stolen Jt last a wholesome lesson to them, and originally being New Amsterdam, it was I by which they will, no doubt, profit. charged-to New York, in honor ofthslMr. Sitgreavss delivered a lecture on Duke of York, after it had passed into School Management. lie said teachers English hands. New Jersey was so nam- must hava a purpose, their hearts must ed by Carteret, after the isle of New Jer-jbc in the work ; if ladies, they dare not sey. Delaware derived its name from run the schools and the young men at Thomas Wert, Lord, Delaware. A'irginia 1 lrgmia derived its name from the Virgin Queen Elizabeth. Georgia was named from King George II. Pennsylvania, a double derivation, English and Latin, Pennsy lvania, meaning Peon's woods. Arizonia signifies, arid zone, from its character. Passing on to Death Hist ory we have j IIo, Lan(J Egypt ia tJjo htndofima Rhode Island Rood Eyland Led Is-, gination . Its hieroglyphics have been land trom tne nature ot me sou. rom ; after Lewis Joliet. Detroit, from dstroitj on tne straits. ermont, iroa vera moute sreen mountain. Carolina, from John Ribault, who named it in honor of Queen Caroline. Louisiana, in compli ment to Louis XIV. Baton Rouge, sini fies baton, stick ; rouge, red red walk ing stick. Illinois signifies red men's country, lli'm being of Indian origin, and ois French. From the Spanish we have Florida, derived as follows : The bpaniards arrived here on raim Sunday, or Poscua Florida in their language, from which they named the country Florida, signifying flowery feast day ; Tallehasse signifies old town. California, from Cal liente and Foroa, signifying a fiery fur nance. Nevada snow district. Oregon has two derivations, the one English sig nifies river of the west, the other, and perhaps the better one, is origgan, sig nifying wild sage, and with this the country about the mouth of the Oregon abound ed. Canada town. Massachusetts, from massa hills hilly country. Connecticut crooked river. Alabama here we rest. Mississippi long river Michigan lake country. Mackinaw great turtle. Wis consin gathering waters. Kansas smoky water. Arkansas low wood, of French and Indian origin, ark signifying low. Iowa drowsy people. Minnesota sky tinted water. Dakota confedera tions. Wyoming broad plain. Utah, named from the Pah Utah Indians. j Mexico, after the Aztec god of war, Mexi pla. The attention of the house wa3 next drawn to Composition Writing by A. II. Berlin, who said many teachers rode hob bys, as Composition was a good hobby to ride, he would try it awhile, lie did not advocate composition writing as a weekly but a daily exercise, the same as Gram mar, Geography, &c., though it is neces sary to furnish thoughts to children be fore requiring them to write composi tions ; he thought Grammar should not be taught in our common schools, we should teach to make sentences before taking up a text book on Grammar. Composition in its early stages should be taught on the blackboard. Prof. Coffin took up Algebra, and, in a very clear manner, explained why like signs pro duce plus, and unlike signs, minus. Prof. Sanders said he was not a professed elo cutionist, wouldn't be one of that class, who go about the country engaged in teaching the young, the principles of elo cution, and srjlittin" the cars of the groundlings. They go beyond nature." P. M. Prof. Sanders. The time is coming when the teachers who will receive the best salaries, will be those who can teach little children, things will be reversed, the tried and skillful teach ers will teach the little ones, and the young boys will be set to teach ing the languages. We should teach pronunciation by phonetic sound, letters uever spell words. By sound he could do what would puzzle the mathematician to do. he could nrovc the 8 clus 10 was equal to rat, this is done by a play upon the sound, are eiehtv eoual r. a. t? In teaching th Alphabet he would always I teach the small letters first, aud let the' capitals take care of themselves would j teach but two or three letters at a time,! words, should be defiued for the little ; folks, the definitions of easv words are of ! me uoaru ue requesica me icacncis give tne pnonetio pronunciation, iur. oau Anra miM i;w.K tn rsnrai Vioth nrthoera ,v-- ..v.. r,- I phically and phonetically, gave example or earn on me Doaru. i.ur. ociiouem m VI CAvil u u vug UUU I tarhinrr Arithmetio would start as near the beginning as possible, and then would ! drive away Ideas should come before ' words, the ciphei 0 is a symbol, if we I ' ... .. hols for all numbers mpoesible to learn arith oese language is aa exam- economical mau'a purse strings are twin early every letter rcprc- ed arouud h'i3 heart, aud he thiols ten Rents idea, end th? letters are -M z. l o . .1. U. w rtU ropresent three ideas, which is equal to 3, &c. j explained decimal notation, gave the derivation of twenty, as follows, twain philosophy in mathematics, reason that it is only putting to- the same time. Teachers should net ad- vertiso their business by tneir appear ance. Mr. Sitgravcs would not prohibit whispering entirely, would allow talking in low tones. 7 o'clock, P. M. Lecture, by Dr. A. R. Jackson, subject "Eirypt and the th sub:,ct of speCuhticn for 2C00 years. In America anv thins having an anti- quity of 500 years is old ; in Egypt, 1, 000 ; and in Rome, 2,000 years is old. But Egypt boosts of an antibuity over forty centuries, Cleopatra's Ncadles at Alexandria, which all school boys have been taught to believe were erected in honor of Egyp't beauteous Queen. We are told by the hcturer, that they were not erected to her memory, but that they had graced some city fifteen centuries earlier only one of them is standing at the present day. Pompey'a Pillar also, which is popularly believd to have been erected m honor of tnat famous ltoman General, was said by the lecturer to have been erected to the memory of Diocletain. The scenery of the Nile, about the Delta, is peculiar, banks20 feet high, surround ed by green fields, no fences, but divid ed by ditches, land underwater three months in the year, the deposites thus left, the means of enriching the land, here and there Arab villages to be seen, surrounded by beautiful groves of Palms. An Arab village at at a distance, and Arab village close by are pronounced quite different affairs. If we would remember the East as the land of romance, we should view it from a distance. The Camel, he pronounced as a humbug, he looks well in a picture, is gentle from laziness, do cile only when he wants to cat an un gainly animal and only fit for Arabs. They sprinkle the streets of Cairo. A pig or goat skin mouuted on an Arab con stitutes the street sprinkling machine. The Holy Land is not less debased and degraded than Egypt. Everywhere is seen desolation and decay. Beiront, the finest city of Syria, with its 55,000 in habitants, owes all its prosperity to the foreign element in its population. . The Dragoman, or travellers' guide, as describ ed by the Doctor, i3 an important per sonage. He must know everything and do everything, if interpreter and com missariet, must be able to account for a headache, and is expected to know the amount of fleas at each stopping place. The beauty of Jerusalem is all on the out side its streets are only ten feet wide. Of Jericho, the lecturer said it was dif ficult to believe that it was Jericho. Fleas are its principal inhabitant, and these are very irregular in their habits, staying up all night every night, and very full of vivacity. Lecture by Pro fessor Sanders. Theme, Uniqueness. We live in a world of variety, Suns, Stars, Clouds, all unlike ; mountains and vallies, plains, occeans, prairies, all show variety; placid lake, rill, river as well as low sand bank and frowning bluff. Among the or ganic products we have the lofty cedar and the lowly moss, the pine leaves are spines, while the leaves of the gallipot pine will cover a company of soldiers. The whale sports in ocean, the animalcula in a drop. No two grains of sand are o like, they are as diverse as boulders Nature never cast two articles out of the same mold, when the first is finished she ' breaks the mold. The different races of meu differ in their heads, their eyes, their 'Supers and in their lanuages, of which there are from three to four thousand, from the harsh sound of the Esquimo to the soft delicate Italian. This variety of Nature is a continual blessing, make all the flowers roses, who would not miss the violet, make all men alike, like a row of iu, iuid iuviu.h. iinU&uu - . iaaica uuu iiiiuuauuus. - farmers, others mechanics, let them be . ,. , such. Tho little fellow making horses uuu oi uuuuu m ni uu uiw., o ' and he, drawiug figures of men and horses .. .. -., I . n I on the barn boor, wun a bit ot cnarcoai will, if allowed, yet provo his genius. Men also differ ia their moral aud icli- it pious sentiments, ono is a natural skeptic - and another believes everything, lhe to timcs leforo he ives once, wane tne gives without the thinking. One man's religion is firm and intense, another's calm and placid like the moon, clear like stars. There is no royal road to take tho scholar up the inclined plane of the hill of science, he must be himself, must work out his own future. It is in studying as in eating, who does it gets the benefit, genius is bat another name for applica tion. Who was Shakspear's model ? with no broken pitcher did he go to another's well, as men tread o'er untrodden hells, "still hills on hills and Alps on Alps arise." We are here to-day because Col umbus dared be himself. Imitators tiro themselves in trying the tteps unnatural to them. Books written by men who think, and dare write their thoughts, arer always worth the reading. Thew remarks may be applicable to the teacher, may make the foibles of others their model. No profession opens a wider doer for quacks and bunglers, those who fail ia other callings try to get into this. Thursday Morning 9 A. Jh. Institute, opened with prayer, by Rev. D. M. Hen kel. A. II. Berlin continued his method of toaching Composiiian. Prof. Sanders on Reading. We should never read fas ter than we naturally talk on the sam& subject. Ladies may be allowed t read the same subject faster than gentleman, for, as a rule, their voices were lighter, and the rule is good in reading or speak ing, as in mechanics, that heavy bodies move more slow. Daa. Webster spake slow, but it was like the trsad of an earth quake, it would stay put, he spake about CO words to a minuto. Henry Clay ut tured about 90 to the minute, and J. C. Calhoun 120. If we have the thought, ard express it properly, it matters not so much if we miss an unimportant word, or put one in, only so we do not change the mcaning. Professor S. S. Jack spoke of methods of teaching Geography. Ia memorizing definitions, pupils should be. taught the meaning of the wordu. In teaching Topical Geography, the moun tains, with their different peaks, should! be pointed out, the rivers, with their di rection and source, the character of soil, production, early history, character of people, &c, &.c. In the study of Gram mer he is a friend of oral teaching, to nrimarv classes, to consider things too- simple, will be to make a failure. W&. distinguish properties by what they do what they are. The definition of Apposi tion was given, a3, used to explain or identify some other noun. On the con clusion of th'13 exercise the Lord's Pray er was chanted by members of the Insti tute. Prof. Sanders gave another drill in Elocution. Thursday Evcning.-C. M. Stigrcaves occupied a short time in reading an arti cle on Penmanship, following which Prof. S. S. Jack delivered a Lecture on School Discipline. The object of Teach ers' Institutes is not only the improve ment of the teachers, but the schools. Teachers must have an idea of good gov- eminent. Proper disciple will cultivate respect for authority. In addition to ne cessary comforts, there should be orna ments, pictures, flowers, Ac, they are silent teachers. Teachers must not de pend on text. Many teachers fail in dis cipline, but more on account of ignor ance they should be students them selves. The discipline of a school should lead to good manners. The teacher should be a model of good manners him self. Pennishments should have refer ence to the offense. Fear of pnnishment may produce a negative good, and a posi tive harm. Prof. Sanders addressed a few words to the parents as well as to teach ers. Teachers should study. The foun tain must be replenished, or can send forth nauzht but stagnant water. Par ents should visit their schools. ''Yoa look after your pigs and yourr calves, haven't you some largo calves in the house that need looking after ?" The schoolhousc should be an attractive place, as good as the homes of the children. "Parents, visit your children." Call to hear the classes recite, call for the gram mar olass, whether you understand it or not, look wise and call for it any how. An original poem was now read by Miss Jennie V. Meyers : Little Maud. Little Maud, grand-papa and 1, we three, Dwelt all alone, in a cot by the sea, Where the M inds were high and the hoarse breakers roar And the wild waves broke on the pebbley shore ; A more glorious sight when it lav still, And we only fdt the power it could wield at will. ( I rand-papa was lute, a henrty old man Three wore years, his cheek had the sea breez es fanned Two score vears before from her island home, Rrought his sweet young bride to his cottage lone, Two children played on lus knee in that hap py time, Two beauteous twin girls, Maud's mother and mine, A few years, They had kissed him, each a bride. Five graven wer down by the ocean side, A wreck floated tvu-k and four corses lay On the e.-ukI of the shore when the sun 'row that day. I remernler yet how grandpapa cried, "When he laad tlvem by her who had been his bride, Claspinsf MauOTs Iwnnd and mine so solemnly Led us back to-the cot by the side of the sea. Maiid was a merry child in those by-gone days, She conquered all with her willful ways. Till grandpapa smilled as he was wont before. Those graves were down by the ocean thor. Tint ono vhadow was there, iu that happy place 'Twaa when they looked on my poor pale fxx For grajiJpaya feared that Maud and he WVjld roon I alone in that cot- by the ac. I' i 1 ' A - ,1 v n f 3 ti. i r IV'.- ' ' n n
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