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Now again I hear t}io rolfcea
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Now in memory seo the faces
\THtdi o\s# ail tny fofblei ttullod. *
All who-With-their lorodi^Meeamo,
Now in memory’s vision rise,
TSomtf wijtfrt Merer more me—
They bare passed to brighter skies.
Now.mcljfafnks their eyes an* beaming
Otv me. tfattmgh £a£n Iwliiltling light,
Which from opt the epiinledbearem,
Gleams with soft, unfading light
tlowitchecn 'myh'eart’wUon Tonoly,
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Wliningme yrhene’er I wander,
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, .Beam 16 float apoa the
Telling ’I is the hour of creeling—
sTfaTthe mdred boar of prayer.
•And each twilight hour returning,
Whispers, quo more day has passed,
Making op-life's flectlngjoamey
Which U swiftly 'flying post
Ptt«AXT Yaiut, lowa, July 28,1856.
Stutctj-
THE YANKEE PEDLAK.
Old Squire ,’who some years ago
lived in the town of W , in New Jer
■sey, w'4s “death on pedlars,” and wouldn’t
allow one to come within gun-shot of him,
il 'hooould'help it. It so happened (hat one
Nat Tucker, a Yankee pedlar of the most in
teorrigibte kind, in'drygoods, clocks, and other
“notions,” chanced that way, and having
heard of the aversion of the Squire to itin
erants of his class, he looked upon him as
fair game, and determined to “sell” some of
his wares ahd the old man at the same time.
Accordingly, the first house he drew up at on
entering the town, was the house of the Squire.
It was at the close of a warm day to Jaly,-and
the old man sat complacently smoking his
pipe under the porch of his house. As Nat
approached him with a clock under his arm,
and a dozen of silver spoons in his hand, the
old mao majestically waved him off, at the
same lime exclaiming—
“Clear out! Don’t you come in here—l
don’t .want any o’ your tribe round me! 1
know vou.” ■
“VVal, L mus ’low, Squire,” said Nat, good
naturedly, “that you’ve got the advantage of
me, Ibr I don’t know you, and 1 guess your
neighbors don’t nuther, for they tell me you
was a good Christian, and never turned a hun
gry man away from your door,’’
The coolness and self-possession of Nat,
caused the Squire to pause, for he was a
whole souled, hospitable man, and he began to
think he might be mistaken in Nat’s (rue
character. At length he iquired, looking the
visitor steadily in the face. “Answer me one
question —ain’t you a pedlar 1”
“Pedlar be darned I —no,” said Nat.
“Then what are you bringin’ them things
id the house for?” querried the old man,
pointing lo the articles which Nat was cary
me
“Wal, the fact is,” ropliod Nat, “I don’t
much like to leave these silver spoons in my
wagon, for somebody might make love to’em,
and as for this ere clock, I coulden't afford to
lose it, no how, for it’s iist one o’ the great
est clocks out. 1 want a bowl of bread and
milk, nation bad ; and if you’ll accommodate
me I’ll thank ye, and if you won’t, I’ll hev to
go further; and if anv body axes my opinion
of yew, in course I’ll tell ’em bow good you
are to strangers.’ 1
This settled the matter, and Nat was invi
ted in. The Squire’s wife was out, but the
old man soon placed a bowl of pure milk and
some white bread before Nat, who, laying
•side the old-fashioned spoon which the old
man brought him, supplied ns place with one
of his own, and proceeded to “go in ’’ as though
be had fasted for a month. When he had
about half-finished his meal, Nat remarked,
as he paused to turn his spoon over and eye
it admiringly—“ How much better milk tastes
odt’na new silver spuno, than it does oltt’n an
old onet"
“Yes, I s’pose it does,” replied the Squire,
who had all along been eyeing the remainder
of the set, and wishing he was the possessor
of them, that he might astonish the old lady
(who, by the way, was given to strong mind
eaaess—that is, wearing the breeches) on her
retnrr.
“1 got them ere spoons Very cheap,” re
marked Nat again, ns he swallowed a large
monthful of the “lacteal,” “and I’ve no doubt
my Nance ’ill be delighted with ’em.”
“I s’pose you wouldn’t care about partin’
with 'em, would you I” asked the Squire, hes
itatingly.
“Wal, no, I don’t keer much about it,”an
swered Nat; “but seein’ it’s you, Imought,
and I guess there’s some more of Iho same
sort left, which I kin git before I go hum.—
Tell you what I’ll deu, Squire—if you’ll give
me them ere spuncs of yearn, and seVenty
five cents to bute, jest to pay me for my troub
le, they’re yours.”
“Done!” said ihoSquire, and immediately
he was put in possession of a dozen plated
spoons, for which he exchanged n dozen solid
old-fssiuooed silver ones and “the bool.” Nat
seemed to regret his bargain, and showed no
disposition to tako the old spoons which the
Squire laid in a bunch before him ; when the
letter, fearing he might niter hismirtd and de
mand his property back, left the room for the
purpose of slowing them snugly away.
A broad grin passed over NaOs face as the
old man disappeared, and rising from his seat
he approached one of those solid old-fashioned
English clocks, specimens of which may yet
occasionally be met with, which occupied a
position In one corner of the room. Opening
the door, Nat carefully cut the cords which
sustained the weights, so that the slightest jar
WouW be sure to pati them, and then thrust
trig his knife up underneath the face of the
clock, he clipped aH the cogs hut one, from
the wheel#, closed the Case again and had just
taken hie seat when Ihe Squire entered.
“Tell you What, Squire,” Said Nat, assum
ing a frightful expression of Countenance, “I
begin to feel bad-u-’fraid I’m- Bgoin’ to have
one of (hem dratted 'fits Which lakes nte down
wmetimes. Yes, there it comes I” he yelled,
end immediately after, he jumped from his
chair high enough almost to touch the ceil-
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force which 1 sbdiik the house to ils faundo-
110 D.
“Bang I ibaftg IV vent the weights of the
old clock, and ‘'riok ! l rlokl> click I clirik l
map I aribp!” wentithelwhebls,’ till the Squire
ms fairly dubib-(bunded,'BD‘d knew' Wot wbitfH
to altered to first, 1 tho ( old clock: or Nat, dvho
lay writhing'upon'the floor.
The scene did not. last long, however,for
Nat very speedily recovered; and ithen the
Squire alluded to the noise which tho clock
had made. Nat examined il,end pronounced
it worn but.' He tpld the Squire he -would
either make a rat-trap of it, or sell it to the
first second-handed - furnitureman that came
along. Then he incidentally and quite care
lessly mentioned his' own clock, n'nd compar
ing i| with the Squire’s:pointed out the new
improvements, especially the “alarm” ar
rangement, at all of which tho old man was
consumediy tickled; and the upshot was,
that the clocks changed owners, as the
spoons had done previously, Nat receiving
the old clock, worth about twenty dollars, for
a ten-shilling article.
Not now thought it about time to travel,
and accordingly departed. He stowed the
old clock, together 'with the Squire’s spoons,
carefully away in the bottom of his wagon,
out of sight, and started ; but hnd not gone
far when he met the Squire’s wife, of whom
he had managed to gel a full description, both
with regard to her temper and appearance,
retr homeward.
our name Mrs. B, 1” be inquired,
“Yes,” said the old lady, snappishly, "but
what’s that to your business ?” .
“Oh, nothing,” replied Nat', “only I didn’t
know but what you'd like to buy a few no
tions—a pair of scissors, for instance. 1
stepped into your house, yonder, and the
Squire toll'd me he had broke yours since
you bin gone—but he said he wouldn’t buy
any new ones for you, and you shouldn’t buy
for yourself.”
“Did he say that 7” said tho old lady, defi
ance dashing from her eyes.
“He did so,” replied Nat, “and you should
not buy scissors or nothing else, without his
consent.”
“It’s all very well for him to talk that way,
behind my back, but ,he wouldn’t do it if 1
was there.”
“I’ll show him whether I’ll buy anything
or not," she continued, determinedly, aa she
immediately proceeded to purchaee numerous
articles, to the amount of about three dollars,
all the money she had with her, after which,
she proceeded homeward, uomng lover with
wrath, and Nat proceeded on his way whist
ling. Words would lad to give a correct de
scription of the scene of crimination and re
crimination which followed, when the Squire’s
wife reached home, and we shall not attempt
it; but shall pass on to on incident which
occurred some lime after. The old folks had
been reconciled to each other, and went by an
invitation to a neighboring town. White
there, they found their way into a show-shop,
and almost the first thing that attracted their
attention, was their old clock. It looked as
natural as ever, and was altered in nothing
save its history. They learned for the first
time, from a label upon it, that it had once
been the properly of Gen. Washington, and
that it had been bought at auction by a gen
tleman, together with the documents proving
its identity,,and sold to the proprietor of the
show for two hundred dollars ! Nat Tucker
was the lost pedlar that ever “sold” the
Squire,
INDUSTRY IS TALENT.
We often hear persons explaining how one
man fails in the same pursuit, by attributing
to one a talent for his business, but refusing
it to the other.
Yet, without denying that some individ
uals have talent, we think the problem in
question could be easily solved, by saying
that the successful man was industrious, while
the other was not.
Bulwer, lor example, is considered a man
of the highest abilities as a novelist. Yet
when Bulwer began his career, he composed
with the utmost difficulty, often writing his
fictions twice over. Ho persevered, howev
er, and now stands almost at the head of his
class, his latest productions, moreover, being
regarded as the best from his pen. Every
school-boy is familiar with iho fact that De
mosthenes became an orator only by pursu
ing a similar plan. Nor ore illustrations of
the great truth, that industry is latent, con
fined to the highest intellectual pursuits.—
When Girard trusted the customer without
an endorser, who carried his goods home on
his shoulders, ihe shrewd old Frenchman
was acting on this truth, deduced from his
own experience of mankind. All eminent
persons, Whether mechanics, merchants, law
yers, or wel-e industrious, from
Wall and Norris, down to ThUrlow end
William Pilt. Franklin, Mar
shall, Madison, olid every other distinguished
AmeVidefn, Were' [busy men. Industry, in
short, is'tktent, pine times out of ten.
“Oh I pant for glory, I pant Tor renown,”
said a ragged man-of-genius to'a friend.
“Well, if you’ve a "pair of pants, you’d
better put them oh,” Wa? the cool and rfelopt
less reply. , .
TuBBB ini' family in this city sbldky that
it lakes twdoflhdrn to shedzo; ohe to' lhrbw
the head back, aild the' ofhei: to thatd the
noise.
A Soiioon-MIOTRBSS advertised- lately for
an assistant accustomed to conftnemehti She
received in answer from the mother of twelve
children,
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.., ift!MSi*"L%i; '.much. Straw ~,ig
made into Hals incur country,
jgwttich
<W»’,<tW whim Snse.,Bi«y .'tejDMte'isguaMfl
ih&fashion,” a knowledge ,of thepnocqss of
color iuglhen will bo very useful to many
persons. ,v.’ .
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For all colors except black,.
should be thoroughly, cleaned,..tQjremoye.ell
greasefroralhembefpre theyafedyed. This
is done fay steeping them , for fifteen minutes
in strong soap suds, then rinsing ihem well in
hot water. Itls'sdrfietitries necessary to rub
bar boot) on the inside of a hat at the center
of the front, whore it comes in contact with
the head, and to brush it on a board, before
all the grease can be extracted.
Peach Blossom.—Take a small clean cop
per kettle, and add fobr'ounces of Oudbar and
one of soda to one-gallon of water, arid boil
one bonnet‘in ,: this for half an hour, it will
then' be colored. It is now taken mil, washed
well In clean cold water, and dried.
SitVEn Gbay.—Add to the old liquor in
d’hich the foregoing hat was dyed, half nn
ounce of alumn'and one of the extract of in
digo (this is now to be found in almost all
druggist’s stores,) s and boil a hat in this for
twenty minutes, when it will be colored. It
is then taken out and washed.
Light Bi.de.—'To one gallon of water, in
a clean vessel, add one ounce of the extract
of indigo and half on -ounce of nlumn, and
boil lift hat or bonnet in this for twenty min
utes. It is then washed in, cold water and
dried in o cool place.
Dark Bide. —lnto one .gallon .of water
pul half an ounce of crude tartar and one
fourth of a pound of copperas, and boil a hat
in this for fifteen minutes. It is then taken
out and rinsed in cold water. Into another
like vessel containing one gallon of water,
add one ounce of the yellnw prussiate of pot
ash, and boil the Imt in this for ten minutes.
It is then lifted and coo'ed a few degrees be
low the scalding point, and o little vitriol ad
ded, so as' to render the liquor 'slightly sour
in taste. The hat isthen entered in this, and
soon becomes a rich deep blue. If not dark
enough, tel it be re-dipped for five minutes in
the copperas liquor, and again in prussiate li
quor. it is then washed and dried. Great,
care must be exercised in introducing’vitrtw
Hilo hot water. It should be first mixed with
,ten time's its quahlityof cold water and ihlis
poured into the hot, for when Vitriol combs iq
cmUacl wuh I—* — ll —r'-V—
-place, and the vitriol may be thrown out in
the face of the person introducing it. This
advice is of some import to young chemists
and inexperienced bleqchers, dyers, and color
makers.
Light Fawn. —Boil four ounces of sum
mac, four ounces of crop madder, four dunces
of fustic, and half an ounce of alumn in one
gallon of water for five minutes, then intro
duce the hat and boil it for ten minutes. It
is then lifted, and a piece of copperas about
the size of a Lima bean introduced into the
liquor, which is now well stirred up, and the
hat re-introduced and boiled for five minutes
longer, when it will ha ready for washing.
Lavender and Slate. —To one gallon
of water add half a pound of logwood and
one ounce of alumn ; bail the hat in this for
twenty minutes, then take it out, and add one
eighth of an ounce of blue vitriol (sulphate of
copper,) and boil the hat in this for ten min
utes. By adding about one-fourth more jog
wood to this liquor, and one-fourth, of ,an
ounce of copperas, and boiling a bonnet in it
for fifteen minutes, it will be colored state.
Another Method.—A few years ago
slate colored bonnets were very fashionable.
The way most of them were dyed was by
boiling in a weak logwood liquor and a little
muriate of tin for ten minutes, so as to dye
them a light purple. On the top of this they
were dyed a light blue with the sulphate of
ndigo in hot water. All Shades of lavender
and slate may be dyed on straw hats by this
method, which appears to be the best. The
quantity of dye stuff must be proportioned to
the depth of shade. It is an.easy matter to
add more when the shade is too light, but if
100 dark at the first dip, the color must be re
moved with hot soap, and the process com
menced again. How necessary then to com
mence with a weak liquor to work up to a
pattern or particular shade.
Brown. —Into- one gallon of water intro
duce a pound of logwood, one pound of peach
wood, and one of fustic, and one-fourth of an
ounce of alumn, A hat is boiled in this way
for twenty minutes, then lifted, and half an
ounce of copperas is introduced, stirred up
well, and the hat re-entered, and boiled for
ten minutes, then lifted and washed. More
dye-stuffs will make a darker jshade. ,A deep
brown can also bo dyed on bonnets with catch
ehu, by pursuing (he same process as that de
scribed, for dyeing brown on cotton ~in tha
preceding articles,; the only difference in the
process is simply to use hotter .liquors for tho;
straw./, ,
Another Method. —Boil the bonnet in
one ouuca. of blue stone and four ounces qf
alumn in one gallon of water, for twenty min
utes. Lift it out and rinse • it, then boil for
half an hour in a clean liquor .containing half
a pound , of peach-wood, the> same of. fustic,
and twd ounces of logwood, in one gallon of
water. It ia then lifted out, and' one ounce
ef copperas introduced , and stirred up in the
liquid. The hat is nbw re-entered and boiled
for ten minutes longer. <■
The alumn* blue stone, nnd copperas must
be entirSly dissdlvbd before d hat is placed in
thO' liqdor; iflhisis nof done, it (the hat)
1 will be spotted; By using a la’tger kettle than
the one specified for djleinjj. one hat at once,
iny number df hut's cud bo so colored at one
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iniihe manner'described,
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(mis Hiusl bohandledwith .gregt ’iatei
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also; be-eolohed in the Uramier described;—
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' ' : NBW-REGEIPI’S. •
SoPA^CaKß.—niFoUr CggS,; onapinl op ill*
gar, one tea cup of butter, one cup of-sweet
milk,: one quaitof (tour,- one'teaspoon Ail-'of
soda, two of cream of tartar. ’ i
Sugar Cahß.—One cup and a half off su
gar, one egg, htilf n cup of butter, half a
cup of dweer milk, one teaspoonfull soda,
two of cream of tartar—roll thin and bake
on buttered pans.
Swbnr Apple Pie.—Take sweet apples,
grate them fine, mix with sweet milk, add a
leacupful of sweet cream and one egg to each
pie; season with nutmeg or cinnamon, and
bake with one crust, and you have a simple
yet delicious pie.
Sponge Cake.—Take six eggs, one pint
of flour, one cup and a half of sugar, half a
leaspoonful of soda, one of cream of tailor.
Dissolve the soda in a tablespoonful of warm
.water, and mix the cream of tartar with the
flour—stir briskly and bake half On hour.
Mosquitoes.— Spflrikle a' little brown su
gar on live coals or a hot iron in yobr room,
and the smoke of it will banish the mosqui
toes for the night. The essence of penny
royal, sprinkled on the pillow of the bed will
hove thp same effect.
Drink from Fpesh Fruit.—One pint of
currants stripped—afewraspberriesmake an
agreeable: addition—one pint of: water boil
them together ten or fifteen minutes, strain
to one ounce or two' ounces of loaf sugar.-
When frbsh frail cannot bn had,'dissolve two
table spoonbill's of entrant jelly in half a'pint
to a pint ofboiling water.
Coffee Stains,.Mud.Splashes, &c., will
mostly give way to the use of soap and water.
Curd soap should be applied for this purpose.
Obstinate stains which will not yield to these
treatments must bo submitted to the bleaching
powers of the fumes of burning sulphur.—
'-This is conveniently applied by igniting some
brimstone under a cone or' funnel made of
card board. The stains must be wetted, and
then .held, over the top of the chimney until
they disappear
‘ Preserve Smoked Meat.—How often
are we niwnpmim»m» «pm— l^,l. T , r
swCet hams during the summer? After
carefully smoking, and when
sewing them up in bags, and white-washing
them, wc find that either the fly has com
menced a family in our hams, nr that the
choice parte round the bone are. tainted, dftd
the whole spoiled.
Now, this dan be 'easily avoided by pack
ing them in pulverized charcoal. No matter
how hot the nor how thick the flifes,
the hams will keep sweet.
THE LORD’S PRAYER.
Tho following specimens of the Lord’s
Prayer, in the style in use at various periods,
will exhibit the changes which our vernacular
has undergone since its formation, six centu
ries ago:
A, D. 1258.
Fader ore in fieune, haleweide booth thi
heune, cumen ihi kuoeriche thi wille h-eolh
idon in heune and in enhe. The euerych
dawe bried gif ous thjik dawe. And vorzif
uro dettes as vi vorzifen urn delloures. And
lene ous nought into temptatioun hot delyvor
ous of uvel. Amen.
A. D. 1300.
Fadir our in hevene, Halewyd by thi name,
thi kingdom come, Thi wille be don as in
hevene and in erlhe. Ouro urche days bred
give us to day. And forgive us ouro dettes
as we forgive our dettoures, And lede us not
into temptation, Bole delyvere us of yvel.
Amen.
A. D. 1380,
Oure fadir that art in heunes halowid be thi
name, thy kingdom come to, be thy wille done
in erihe aa in heune, gave to us this day our
breed oure other substance, forgeue to ua our
detlis os wo forgotten to oure dettouris lede
us not into temptatioun, delyuorus from yeul.
Amen.
A. D. 1534.
0 oure father which arte in heven hallow,
ed be thy name. Let thy kingdoms come.
Thy wyoll be fulfilled as Well in earl ys in
heven. Geve'vs this daye oure dayl'y bree'de
And forgeve vs ouro treaspases even os wo
forgive our Irenspasers. And leade vs not
into temptation, but delyver vs from evell.
For thyno is (he kyngedom and the power
and the glorye fur ever, and for ever. Amen.
A. D. 1582.
Ovr which nrt in heajuen sanctified be thi
name. Let thy kingdom come.. Thy will
be done, as in., hegyen, ip earth,also. Giue
vs to day opr super-substantial bread. And.
forgiuo our detters. And' lead vs not into
temptation. But deliuer us from all evil.
Amen.
A. D. 1611.
Our father which ort .in. heauen* 'hallowed
be (by name.- Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done*’as iris in heauSn. Give vs this
dayaur dayly bread'. ’And forgive ns our
debts as wej forgiue our, debtors. . And lede
vs not into temptation, but deliuer vs'frdmi
Bull. - For thine - is l the kingdomet’ ftnß - the
power nnd the eftor; Afneri.
“I really can’t express my. (batiks*” as the
boy said, when the scholmaster gave hlnra
thrashing; >. ; ■- j
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The ye|birea'tb'W ; ihighl in.,ll)e
pobltcachdols of tlfiU- h'rp obviously' the
true' tfnddnly foundation of a good cduealion
for any. vocation' or profession. 7here is
something'manifestly improper if not ridicu
lous, foraperson to goto studying philosophy,
wheir he can hot speak tho simplest woVtis in
ouHahguoge j' or Prenchj wherthbyChtinol
tell an: English a.,mb; t or ;music,
when ha does, not ikno.wJhe shape, of the
world he. lives in, or how many stales (here
ore, or .wbal is the capital,of the U. S; or
algebra when he does not understand numer
ation in eriihipetic. And yet just such mis
takes there- are, such blunders are too often
encouraged by parents end teachers; yea,
such mistakes we have found in teachers
themselves. They could bear a much better
inspection in the elements of philosophy, as
tronomy,.algebra, french and music, than in
orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, ge
ography and grammar. Now the minimum
of a teachers qualifications by the laws of
Perin’o, must be the ability to leach nil these
fundamental branches, and we' will add
that to leach all these well is the maxi
mum of a good teacher’s qualifications.
Yet we confess la having given certificates to
teachers who had no knowledge of grammar,
and hut a slight knowledge of geography or
aiithmelic. And yet in examining ihe schools
we have been gratified to find sucii teacher’s
succeeding tolerably well jn a few ipslapces,
at orthography and reading. Yet hie impos
sible for such a teacher to give full satisfac
tion eVen with beginners. The best teacher
for ifie a, b, c’s is (he teacher who is the .beat
also for llie more advanced scholars. Take
one example. One of the best qualified teach
ers in Chatham was hearing a class read and
spell, when we visited her school, in words of
three syllpblqs. Yet eight or.ten weeks be
.fore tKat, those scholars learned iheir-a, b, c’s.
On l,he examination bench that teacher showed
a familiarity with the higher branches and the
art of teaching, which promised well for ma
ture scholars as well as beginners. We need
good teachers as much fur the liulo ones, if
not more', than for largerßCholars/df such
could be found no more novices would receive
a certificate. Put what are the branches
actually taught in the common schools of this
county 1 VVe answer; the a, b, c’s are taught
in .them all. We have found that in the sum- 1
mer schools there have been 868 thus enga
'scholars, unsafe'To^ay more ifeorT
one in ten will bo left in the a, b, c’s, while
the most of,them are now reading in the first
and second readers. In every school also,
spelling and reading are taught. In some of
them of course these important branches are
taught very imperfectly, yet we can not think
with some others, that all such leaching is
worse limn none; the scholars do make l some
progress in the right direction. Leaving these
first branches and going to the highest schools,
we find that only in six common schobls of
the county, are branches (aught other' than
those mentioned ns essential in the School
system of Pa. viz., orthography, redding,
writing, arithmetic, geography and grammar.
These higher branches are either ffhe or more
of the following: algebra, philosophy, history,
physiology. In one or two cases perhaps
something else may be introduced. In our
wither schools possibly twenty schools may
(Hus have one or more studies beyond what
out; school law has very properly deemed fun
damentnl. But we have been sorry to find
lhai arithmetic, geography, and grammar are
not’ taught in all our schools. In 31 schools
neither of those branches were (aught, and the
teachers time was wholly confined to orthog
raphy and reading. In fifty-nine schools
wrjting was not taught. In eighty-seven
schools there was no grammar taught. Forty
six, had no geography, and forty-four no
arithmetic. Generally wltcn we asked why
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these branches, one or more, were not intro,
duced. The answer was: The“parenis do
nof want their children to study, this or that,
until they can read and spell better." Now
we are not nn advocate of having children
study everything, and learn nothing, nor of
studying advanced branches to the disparage
ment of more primary wnes. But we have
no doubt but children will learn these primary
arts of spelling and reading faster, by having
them relieved with short exercises in writing
nnd arithmetic. Oral arithmetic, geography
and grammar m»y be introduced by nn inge
nious, qualified teacher, at a very early stage
of the child’s study. There are a few teach
ers lit this county whose a, b, c.darinns will
show ns good progress ns any others, and
ydt the whole! school will tell you all about
the ftindamohlnl facts in arithmetic, geogra
phy and grammar. The, exercise's in these
have been entertaining to the scholars, and
have constituted the life of the school. These
scholars read with,some life, they, spell with
■ l*sfi.?$ e *4®.RS n . • .Buytey.jw.fhat there is
something else , for them to do, beside reading
nod spelling, and, they see.that they can do
it tpp; We. qfe not afraid that suph.scholars
Will (earn 100 much. Our .greatest anxiety
ia to find teachers who will set all our children
a-goingipthe same way. Then we shall
have them as’wide, awake in the school room
its they are on the play ground.
J. F..GALKINS* Co. Sup’l.
' An Irish- girl, the other day, complained.ld'
hettihiitress-that the colw''would hot dal het
‘‘metis*’. She scalded the mal(j',and she sal*
iedit—-buidevil a bit would (He old cow
iouchi” Onexaminftiio'n it wds found that
•Biddy's Wihle whs rinihinc; (nil sSwdust. The
toW was evidently not used to such hoard!
[run tai out* noun.]
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The followingakctch is token fromlhe cor
respondence’of Ibelßostob Journal. .No re-
Sections ofiours lean add tolls beauty ahdpa- 1
<hos ordeepCnthe tforoeof its simple elo
querice; Thewriler say* : . • ,i-
Aapainfbl pSctfeemetmy vidw inthecare
frptni PhSladelphia< to New York, as I hadev
er. seen tin niy journeys. A lady and her
husband carneldnto ihb cars at the former
place, anthWere seated'near us—very respect
table in appearance,rand the ladyv in particu
lar, uncommonly interesting. After a ■ little
while I noticed a etianßei manner In the gen
tleman, whicb to indicate he was hot
in favor of the Maine Liquor Law; At ev
ery place the cars stopped he evidently re
plenished the vacuum 1 in bis throat by a new
drink, until he could not Set without help in
his seat. He then rose hastily and went and
opened the car door, and sealed himself in if,
with his feet hanging outside. His wife wa»
much distressed, and tried to prevail upon
him to,come in, und he gave hern push which
almost sent her to the floor. Twogentlemen
rose, and with the aid of tho conductor, he
was helped in and placed in a reclining posi--
tion on one of the seats beneath a window.
He soon apparently fell asleep—and it Wa»
enough to break one’s heart to see the atten
tion that devoted wife lavished upon a sense
less husband. She covered him up with her
shawl, to keep the dust from making himun
comfortable ; if his hands fell in an unpleas
ant position, she gently replaced them ; and
perhaps bedewed (hem with a tear.
Before arriving in New York she seemed
anxious to have him waked, and asked ono
of the gentleman to “please wake him, as it
was a strange city, and she did not know
what to do.” Two or three roused hime.iit
ileapd then she went to him with a sweet
smile, and said—“We have got almost to>
New York, and'l am glad, you are so tired,' T
and he struck her in the face I She had
the sympathy of all in the car, l_ know; for
there was many a moist eye among the la
dies, and many a bitter look on manhood's
cheek. Arrived in New York, he would not
leave the cars till be was ordered off by tha
Conductor, and her attentions in crossing the
ferry were assiduous as ever, and met with
pushed and blows from her brutal husband.
The last I saw of her was in the station house 1
on the New York side begging him to go and
see to (heir baggage, and he answered her
that, she was a fool—to mind her own busi
ness, Ac. My traveling companion remarked
—“That is womanly love, and when he
speaks kindly to her again, she will fjorget it
all.”
CATCHING CODFISH.
Codfish arc all caught with law hooks,
utimtre to Kim (roni the bottom. Kach fish
erman has a strong line of from sixty to sev
enty fathoms in length, to which is aliached
a lead of a cylindrical shape, weighing about
five, pounds. This, of course, is t(ie sinker.
From this proceeds the “penant,” which is n
cord about twice tire size of the line, end is
about three feel in length. To the lowerend
of the penant, and attached to it by n small
copper swivel, is the “craft, 1 ' which is, a
small stout cord about two-and-a-half feet in
length, having three strips of whalebone laid
around it at the middle, where it is attached
to the swivel of the penant. The whole is
serried or wound with tarred twine. On
each end of the craft is a smallet swivel, into
which the gauging of the hooks is attached.
The whalebone serves to keep the hooks
about a foot apart, so there is little danger of
their becoming entangled with each other.
The men arrange themselves on the lee
ward side of the deck, throw over their
and unreel their lines till the lead rests on tho
bottom. 'The line is then drawn up so that
the hook will be on the bottom with the down
pilch of the vessel, and, with nippers drawn
on their fingers to keep the line from cutting
■hem, they lean over, the bulwarks, patiently
awaiting a bite, which is known by a slight
jerk.
They then givo a sudden pull, in order to
hook them, stand back and haul in the long
line, hand over hand, until the fish is hauled
up to the surface, when he is taken on deck,
unhooked, and thrown into a square box,
which each man has fastened by bis side,
called a “kid.” The hooks are - then baited
and hove over again, and the fishermen, while
the lino is running, picks up the fish caught
and cuts out his tongue.
Towards night the fish are counted out
from the kids, each one separately,and thrown
into a large kid near the mdin hatch, called
the kid,” They are counted aloud
as (hey are thrown along, and each man is
required to keep his own account, and report
to the skipper at night, who keeps a separate
account for each man on tho log.book. The
dressing.gang, consisting of a “throaler,’’ a
“header,” a “splitter,” and a “sailer,” noir
commence dressing down. After passing
through the hands of the first three they as
sume somewhat the shape seen in market.—
They ore then passed down between decks
to the sailer, who puts (hem up in benches
or layers, laying ihe first tier on the bottom
of the hold and building up with alternate
layers of salt and fish till the bench reaches
the desired height. The decks are then
washed down, sails taken in, and |he vessel
anchored for the night.
TnG.latest estimates of the population of
the world make .it eleven hundred,and.fiAy
millions, yip,:—^pgansj676,ooo,ooo ; Christ
ians, 350,660,000; Mohammedans, 140,000,-
000. Of Christians, the Church, of Rome
numbers 1,70,000,000 ; the .Greeks and East
ern .churches, 60,000,000 ; and Protestants,
90,b0b,000.
A LAiiy, describing an ill-lempefed mart,
said: "Me never smiles but he seems ashamed
of it.”
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