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A'STIKIIING WAR SONU
Ant—-'Sir Unci* Ned "
was mi old Briton, whose namu was
And he lived far away, far away,
Ahd.be 'had some brains in the top of his
scull,
. InTthe place where his brains ought to stay.
Then lay down the Minnie and keep cool,
Hang up the sword and the Colt,
For Ithere's no fighting here lor old Johnny
Bull, |
And he's gono ne'er to be such a dolt, '
And.bis finger has been itching like those of j
the Czar,
But he has yet some eyes for to see;
And though he,sltowed his teeth at the signs
of war,
He found very soon he'd belter let it be.
Then lay dowr. the Minnie and keep cool,
Hang ur> the sword and the Colt, j
for there 'a no fighting here for old Johnny !
Bull, |
And he's gone ne'er to be such a dolt! \
" - I
Condition or Uussla.
. Tl.e New York Herald of the 3d insl. con- !
tains a long article on the present condition
and resources of Russia, as represented by
Col. T. P. Shaffner, who has returned in the
Atlantic, after spending five or six months in
travelling throogh the country. He states
that the nobility and the people are alike
earnestly in favor of s vigorous prosecution
of the war, and that the country appears to
bo firmly resolved to endure a protracted
struggle. The nobility are convinced that j
peace cannot be obtained on any terms that i
will be less injurious to their interests than
the expenses and burdens incident to a long
continued war.
The Czar finds no difficulty in raising new
levies without resorting to compulsory means.
The crops nave been abundant, and hence
•he blockade of all the ports on the Baltic and
Black Seas cannot produce even a scarcity of
provisions.
' The fosse* fudured Irj -Russia. iLu* far
would seem to be far less than the actual ex
pense of the A'lies ir. producing them. The
ordinary sources of revenue have been found
nearly adequate to most the requirements of
the war.
The Toss-ol lives on the part of Russia,
since the commencement of hostilities, is
estimated at one hundred and thirty thou
sand. The article to which we refer, con
cludes thus:
" With the exception of the small loan
which has been made eir.ee the commence
ment of the war, the whole expenses have
been defrayed Irom the revenues of the coun
try. There is no lack of means; and as a
proof of this it is only necessary to state that
the public works which were commenced
last year with unabated vigor, and on the
same extensive scale on which they were
begun. The charge has been made that the
government has aken the church money,
but so far from this being the fact it is- actu
ally increasing lliejwealth of the oburuh by
the expenditure of millions for the erection
of edifices of still greater magnificence than
any yet built. The very domes of some of
these are of gold, and the ornaments in the
interior are of the same valuable material
aud many of them studded with diamonds
and other precious stones. The yield of the
W silver and platina mines this year lias
■ Exceeded that of any former year by three
I iqAllions of dollars. In addition to. this the
I government have forbid the exportation of
the precious metals ; the mint is kept in con
stant operation night and day, and the paper
rouble passes as current now as ever When
it is considered that all the money which is
expended for the war is still kept in the coun
try, and only passed from the possession of
one Russian to that of another, there appears
to be but little reason to believe in the asser
tion of tbe Allies, that Russia is already in
an impoverished condition. There is no
disguising the fact that they have entirely
miscalculated the strength of their enemy,
or that they have intentionally misrepre
sented the actual condition of things in Rus
sia. Tbe effects of the war are scatcely per
ceptible, and so little dread is entertained of
the Allies that the government is making
oreparations for a ten years' war. The means
0 of tbe Imperial family alone would be suffi
| qjenl to carry it on at its present rate for sev
f erst years, without calling upon the • nobles
S to make tbe sacrifice of what they have half
| promised, Tbe manufacture* have been In
-1 creased, and those of iron particularly are at
% present in a more flourishing eonditton (ban
% before tba breaking out of bostilitlee. Of
W tbe lighter branches of manufacture, such
as Wees and other articles ot ladies' dress,
■ Coli Sbaffner has showed us some very bean-
M liful specimens, all of which, he informed
■ us, were made by serf women. So /at. as
H w ® could judge, they were not inferior to
W anything of the kind we have seen at some
vt our publio exhibitions.
1 *&~A. writer in one of th northern papers,
■ on School Discipline, says, "without e liber
■ al use of the rod, it is impossible to make
* boys smart."
BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY. JANUARY 3, 1856.
Deaattes of Ofllce-tloldtng.
Mr. Atwood, the editor of the Clinton Dem
ocrat, lately resigned his situation as Post
master at Lock Haven, and thus congratu
lates his successor:
We would congratulate our friend Caller,
on his appointment, if wedid not know by
experience fhaf it is ralher-a subject of con
dolence tban congratulation. He becomes a
slave the moment be take* upon himself the
duties ol the office. He must move at the
command of every man, woman, and child
in the community . he must labor seven days
and nights in the week; he must do more
work than ought to be done by two men, for
less pay than ought to be giverfto one, for
doing the half of it; he can employ no as
sistance, for the emoluments of the office
will not permit it; bis duties will be of tbs
most tedious, vexauLps, jr.d- aunoying ohat
acle r, and he oantioh*yvhil# he holds tbe of
fice, for a moment escape from them. Wher
ever he goes, il he ventures out of the office
at all, the annoyances will attend him. For
his faults m an officer, if he has any, he will
be censured by everybody, and for his mer
| its, he will be censured fully as much as for
I his faults. The largest amount of censure
I will be given him by those who have the
least business in tbe post office. The mtn
who receives a lottery circular once a month
from the Baltimore blacklegs, will discover
more irregularities, and make louder com
plaints, than all the lawyers, merchants and
I business men in town. Those who have the
I largest correspondence will make the least
complaint and give him the least trouble.—
j All the children in every family will call up
| on him at least once erety day, (and it will
| be a lucky day that they do not call oflener,)
j and at each call, no matter how often he has
looked the same day before, he must look
again, or be charged with neglecting his du
ty. He must have the suspicion of stealing
lottery circulars, Irish letters and Dutch
newspapers. For all failures of newspapers
and correspondence to arrive at the office at
the proper lime, he will be held responsible.
If he can not patiently endure this cease-
I less round of irksome, tedious, night and day
j labor, these constant annoyances, suspicions,
! complainings, and fault findings; if he can
not cheerfully comply with every demand,
reasonable or unreasonable, that may be
made upon him, at any hour ot the day or
night; if he cannot get along without eating
or sleeping, it will be said of bion, as it prob
ably is of Ins predecessor, "he is not fit for
a postmaster." If any man in the world can
endure all that will be demanded of him,
Mr. Caller is the man; but we have strong
vxrajjiciuu'limit"?trn *>mr pvrvom7r min> -
humor will not stand the wear and tear of
the post office in Lock Haven. We venture
the prediction that, like him whose place he
is taking, he will "rejoice and be exceeding
glad" when the day of his emancipation ar
rives.
A Short I'ollUikle SCrmti.l.
Mr BRCTHERIXG, 1 will take for my text
the same which was preached onto you by
my brother,at Brandon, Mississippi, ol whioh
you have doubtless heerd :—"And he played
on a harp of a tlion'and strings—sperits of
just men made perlic."
My brelhering, there is as many strings to
politix as there is to a lye—an a good many
liars to eenymost every string; then there
aim but one on 'era all that rings out the
music of the union to which evety true pa
triot had ought to keep step—lur "he played
on a harp of a thousand mrings—sperriis of
jusi men made perfic."
Fust there's the know nothin'! His name
expresses the amount of his information,
but it don't convey an idee of his resources.
He's 'he most extraordinary animal in the
show—he is fur aud a variety of to
pics; he's temperance, an he drinks—he's
fur the Maine law so pervided he can violate
il—he's fur an against fusion—he's an abol
itionist an he aint an abolitionist—he's here
an lie's tliar —and he will be no whar in No
vember—fur he played on a harp ol a thou
sand strings—sperrits of just men made per
fic." '
Then there's the polittikle cobbler, goin'
round like a roarin' green bay Jackass seek
in' where he may humbug somebody. He's
all the eolors of the rainbow), an more
ohangeable lhan the Camelia Joponiky, He
is a whig and an anti-whig—and know noth
m' and anti-know nothin'—fur furriners and
agin furriners, fur every body and agin every
body, but principally a long-heeled, wooly
headed, rantin', ravin niggerist and abolition
ist and disunionisl— fur "lie played on a harp
of a thousand strings—sperrits of just men
made perfic."
Then that's the straight-out whig—a re
. speclable charactei in contrast with the pre
ceding, who represents the fusioqist. He
don't want to see the Ur.ion destroyed but he
kr.ows he can't help it if he runs on his own
hook, an that he'd better run wid der ma
sheen that's bound to be ahead and wash the
other tubs. He plays on a harp of a single
string, but bis execution is imperfee.
Then thar's the liberal and the genuine
old-fashioned democrat. Tbey don't go whirl
. ing round th circumbendibuses ; they aint
afeerd of nobody nor notbin*. They carry
their Ualon flag aloft ;—the bunting all kiv
ered oe'r with stars and stripes;—glorious
and victorious because its the banner of tbe
Union.
They go for personal freedom fur popu
lar rightsfar justice to ell men and all
parts of the country ;— fur light instead of
darkness ;—fur open discussion instead of
midnight Cabal; —fur self-government and
not fur oligarchy;—-and they go in to win,
' for thair instrument it tuned with pop'lar
' feelio'sod tbey play on a harp of a. thou
-1 sand strings, and every string an honest prin
ciple.—Boston Post.
VON SWEITZEL ON POLITICS-
Von Sweitzel's experience is not peculiar.
Many have had similar experience but
the story will be instructive just at tbe ptesent
time.
"Mine neighbor, Wilhelm vot you tink of
bolides, hey' asked Peter Von Slug, of his
neighbor Von Sweitzel, the Twelfth Ward
blacksmith, last evening, as he seated him
self beside him a 'Bierhouse.'"
"1 t'inks much," said Sweitzel, giving his
pipe a long whiff.
"Veil, vot you tiriksl"
"I comes to dor conclusion dat bolides is
one big fooi."
" Ah I" exclaimed Peter, after taking a
draught from his mug, "how do yon make
him dat!"
, "Vejl, mine jriancl tell you," replied Sweil
>{el,'after. fsw wbtß* atul • ttrtnk, "! Comet
to dish place ten yearn last-evening by der
Dutch Almar.ic, mil mine blacksmith shop,
I buils fine little bouses, I pools up mine bel
ters , I makes mine fire, I beats mine non, I
strikes mit my hammer, 1 gets plenty of woik
and I makes ntoouish."
" Dat is good," remarked Pele, at the same
time demanding that the drained mugs be fil
led.
"I say that I made much friends," contin
ued Wilhelm, relighting his pipe "Der bee
pels all say, Von Sweitzel bes a good man,
he blows in der morning he strikes in der
night and he minds his business. So dey
spraken to me many times, and it made feel
me much goot here," slapping his breast.
"Yaw, yaw, dat ißh gooter," remarked
Pete who was an attentive listener.
" Fell, it goes long dat way tree year. Let
me see, von yeaT 1 make tree hoondred lot
lar der next year tree hoondred and fify, der
next year four hoondred and swonzy, der
next year five hoondred tollar; dat makes five
year, when old Mike, der watchman, who
pees such a bad mau, comes to me, and he
say, 'Sweitzel, vol makes you work so hard.'
'To make moonish,' I dell him. 'I tells you
how you makes him quicker as dat, he say.
I ask him how, and den he dells me to go in
to Loiitics and get big office, I laugh at him,
ven he dells me that Shake, der lawyer—vat
makes such purty speeches about Farderlaud
—bees again to run for Congress, and dat
Shake, der lawyer, dells him to dell me, il I
would go among der beeples and dell them
to Vote mid him all the while, he would put
me in von big office, where I makes twenty
tousand tollarsa year.
"Twenty tousand ! mine Got!' exclaimed
Pete, thunderstruck.
shust slops der striken and goea to'my frTent,
and all der Yarmans for Shake, and Shake
bes elected to der Congress.',
Here Mynheer Von Sweitzel, stopped took
a long draught ol beer, and fixing his eyes on
the floor,puffed his pi[ie as if in deep thought.
"Veil, mine neighbor," said Pete, after wai
ting a due length of time for him to resume,
"vat vou do, eh!"
"Veil, I ask Mike, der swellhead watch
man, for der office, and he dells me I gels
him next year. 1 waits till after der next
krout making time, and den I say again—
"Mike ven vill Shake give me that twenty
tousand tollar office!" "In two year, sure,"
he say, "If I work for der barty." Veil, 1
stop a blowin mit mine betters again, and I
blow two years for der barty mit mine moat.
"Two yeat mit your mout!" asked Pete
in astonishment.
•'Yaw, two year. Den again Igo to Mike,
der swellhead watchman, and dell him der
twenty tousand dollar office about, and he
dells me in one more year I gets him, sure, I
dinks he lools me, yet I blows for der barty
anudder year and den vat you dinks!
"Dinks I Vy you gets him twenty tousand
tollar!"
"Gets hin>! Py sbinks, Mike, der swell
head watchman, dells me I bes von big fool,
and dat I might go to der bad place and eat
sour krout."
"He tell dat !"
"Yaw, sure as my name be Von Sweit
zel."
"After you do der blowing mit your mout
for de barty !"
"Yaw."
"Mine Got! vat you do den, mine neigh
bor !"
"Make a fire in mine blacksmit shop, 1
blows on my own belters again, I heats my
own iron, and strikes mit my own hemmer.
I say to mineself: Wilhelm Von Sweitzel,
do your own blowing and let bolitictans do
ders!"
Neighbor Pete thought he had come to a
wise conclusion, and after wishing all sorts
of bad luck to 'politicians,' that class of men
whose patriotism and integrity lies in their
pockets, they ordered their mugs to be again
refilled, and changed the topic of conversa
tion.
Scarcity of ItorsCs in Europe.
A correspondent of the Spirit of the Times,
writing from Paris, under date of May 31st,
remarks on the siate of the London horse
market as follows" Ladies' saddle horses
are not to be had, neither are carriage hor
ses, whioh will surprise you. In thirteen
days search I could not find a decent pair for
■ale at any price. If this war lasts another
year, the European* will be importing hor
ses from America, end it would be well
worth the attention of our formers and breed
ers to raise large horses fit to draw a heavy
carriage, or carry a heavy man. Good sad
' die'horses for gentlemen, are still 16 be found
by paying for them ; a flrabrate one stands
you #300." A Utioa, N. Y., paper stater
that a gentleman is now in that eity purobae
ing carriage and saddle horses for the Pant
market.
* ufl ftiftlft—Mr
f: •i'VV': •
| Another new year graciously sent,
It is welcom'd with Hit and with revel;
'Midst the joy we herewith present
1 Tbe kindest regardsjif—the Devil.
Hail, Patrons, all haillinay the hopes of the
* past-,
fn blissful fruition beaded,
May the shadows wbicl Fate o'er your path
way has cast,
No more with your pmshine te blended.
1 May your treasures iiraase, of your lives
may the lease
Be lengthen'd to three score and ten;
May you never "sing sioall" when the car
rier doth call,
But always be "men amongst men."
SEASONABLE.
Old Winter's come withgleesome sports—
His broad, bright fires, and cheerful hearth,
His blithesome days, and lingering nights
Of undisturbed and genial mirth.
The keen, clear air, the splendid sight,
We waken to a world of ice;
Where ail things are enshrined in light,
As by some genie's quaint device.
'Tis winter's jubilee—this day
His stores their countless treasures yield,
See how the diamond glances play
In ceaseless blaze from tree and field.
Anon the sable furs are brought,
The notes of jangling bells resouud;
i The bright plateau of ice is sought,
And skaters whirl in giddy ronnd.
The whizzing srrowdjau flies its way,
The young with anxious glee retire,
The older marshal for the fray.
i Then strip lads and to it, tho' sharp be the
weather,
And if by mischance yod should happen to
> lull,
There are worse slips itflifo tban a slip of (he
leather,
1 And life is itself but a game at snow-ball.
i
- And when it is over we'll drink a blithe meas
ure
' To each gent and each lady that witnessed
I our fun,
I And to every blithe heart that took part in our
pleasure,
• To the lads that have stood, and tbe lads
that have run.
\ PATRIOTIC,
s The hopes and the fears of six thousand years
I Had kept all the world iu commotion,
r When "the States" in their youth developed
the truth
I That Freedom's a great Yankee notion.
■ We live to enjoy the rich boon of our sires,
, And a monarch's gilt trappings disdain;
t While churches and school-houses send up
their spires "
On mountain, on prairie and plain.
Freedom, freedom, what a treasure 1
t Yankee doodle, glorious measure !
Thirty millions sing the song,
Millions yearly join the throng;
Seas are crossed, and forests fall,
Here's a freeman's home for all I
' Our artists are masters, our farmers are thrifty,
' Our preachers are piyus,nurjayerg are shifty,
Our statesmen are patriots true;
I They work for the nation
> In beaute'ous rotation,
And never, oh never, get blue!
1 They never contend for the spoile, oh no!
8 They never contend lor the spoils ;
1 They never engage in broils, oh no!
r They never engage in broils.
I MISCELLANEOUSLY, METAPHYSICAL
LY, AND SUGGESTIVELY DESCRIP
TIVE AND HISTORICAL.
Alas, and alack, and what shall I say
i, On topics so glibly discussed every day !
i, Tbe war in tbe Crimea— no Speaker elected—
e The last filching banker so snugly detected—
e The legalized jug witb its handle ao handy,
> That old-fashioned water gtve* plaps to bad
a brandy— ; • ... ;
r The spirit* departed, that take on such airs,
ir That tables and bedsteads go lum'bting down
•tain— -i
II The blood that in Kansas so horridly flows,
... (Albeit'the red flood finds its source in the
v nose—) ,
|. Tbe effort new made la promote true sobri
d ety
la By the introduction of the New-York-Baby
is * tonian-Freelove Society,
i- And then for tho smaller affaire of the towo,
is How boarding goe* up, ae provisions oome
down j
How gobblers and geese in a manner most
vefious,
Each nigbt disappear in a style most myste
\ rious—
How dead-heads by dozenj with innocent
V facet,
ho take, at the concert, the very beet places--
low tbe old labor on for much coveted la
\ ere,
Wfijle the younger most leisurely spend it
in eucre.
To riyme or reason on these themes
Mightsadly discompose your dreams;
Besidis, our "STAR," of steady ray,
Disperses light both night and day.
So 6vw, good friends, With your consent,
To end my rhymes is my intent;
Riu befbie Ig®
Tbe rhllotophy of Fusbinns.
There are many would-be reformets who
defeat ends that are good in themselves, by
the violence of the methods they make use
of to carry them. Amongst those there are
some persons who have employed the most
extreme methods to push into notoriety their
peculiar opinions witb regard to female cos
tume.
A year or two since, some well-tnnning
persons Conceived that the fashion of long
heavy skirts, hanging from the waist, and
trading on the ground, was nntidy, extrava
gant and absurd, and that the whole arrange
ment of ladies' dresses was ur.heatlhful and
highly inconvenient, preventing them from
taking exercise and interfering with their dai
ly occupations. In alt these views there was
undoubtedly a measure of Itull); and had a
number of ladies made real improvements
dress, and quietly adopted them by degrees,
so that the eye should become accustomed
to them, tbey might doubtless have shorten
ed and narrowed the skirts to any suitable
proportions, without opposition or ridicule.
If the principle of action has been simply to
introduce a fashion that should remedy each in- !
convenience with tire least possible interference with ■
established custorhs, all tbe proposed good ef
fects might have been accomplished.
But when the Bloomers came out, their au
thors at once showed that tbey knew less i
about the msthetics of dress than those tbey
sought to supersede. Dress, and particularly '
ladies' dress, ii designed to answer a variety
o(piirpQS£S. Protection against the extremes J
of weather is one of tliese, ornament another,
but a certain expression of character, and es
pecially of modesty, is also one principle fea
ture, Suppose, then, that the Bloomers had
succeeded in establishing superiority as to 1
' the first two of these ends, the very way in 1
which they went to work to introduce them
showed they understood nothing of tbe lal
, ter.
The Derfection of modesty and good taste
in dress is that it shall so suit aud set off the
person, that the speolator, forgetting the dress,
shall only admire the wearer. All dress in
man that costs obvious thought, and draw*
I attention to its otoh appearance', is foppery,
and all dress in woman that renders itself and
r thus its wearer conspicuous, is immodest.—
O.: this account alone, the violent effort that
i the proprietors of the Bloomers made to at
tract attention and to defv publio opinion,
drawing crowds night after night on Chestnut
street and Broadway,was enough of itself toa
i waken prejudice in the mindsof sensible people
against tbe fashion, however intrinsically ex- j
I cellent the innovation might otherwise have
been. Il proved, moreover, to every one,
that the philosophy of dress wits but little un
derstood by those who had attempted this
sudden alteration, and those whose opinions
had weight, prefered to adhere to the Paris
' fashions, which, though adapted for a differ
ent sphere,were yet based ou some establish
ed principles.
Nothing, indeed, proves 60 completely the
inability to appreciate all the higher laws of
appropriateness in costume, as the very ar
gument by which the innovators undertake
to prove Bloomer dresses not immodest.—
They say that Greeks and Turks think il im
modest for ladies to show their faces—that
• St. Paul thought it immodest for women to
> sit in publio assemblages with uncovered
beads—English and American women think
difterently, therefore the dislike of Bloomers
is only a prejudice. St. Paul better knew
the laws of modesty tban these reformers. —
His idea was all that which by violating the
innocent cctloms and usages of .society for
sheltering woman from an undue conspiou
ousness, is immodest', and ought to be avoid
- ed simply on that account. Hence, in civil
ized society, all l&dical changes of fashion in
ladies' dress are brought about by degrees,
' "b6 that' the eye of good taste may never be
offended, as it would be by any sudden alter
. ation.
It will J>e said that if conspicuousnesa in
dress be always a fault, many of the leaders
1 of fashion, or rather tbe followers of the new
est." fashion in this country, are eminently
wrong. And this is unquestionably the case,
a Those who thus follow: are generally desti
tute of taste, and run blindly into tbe mad
dest and most indelicate extremes. The Par
b is head-dress, suited only for tbe opera, will,
if just imported at two hundred dollars, grace
i* (he bead of some young lady promenading
on Broadway, or making a morning call;
■- and dresses fit only for evening parties are
there exhibited in broad daylight continually
, by our would-be faseionables. Thus also it
s cornea to pass that long skirts and dainty
slippers, and other fashion*, fit only for the
velvet carpets o'f a drawingroom, or the inside I
of a close carriage, are trailed throogh tbe j
mod Of publio streets.
We believe there is no city in tho United !
States where so great tn amount of good
taste is to be seen in ladies' dress as in Phil
adelphia, and this isowingto the quiet avoid- !
ance ol all extremes, the, perfect modesty j
that avoids conspicoonsued*. At present in j
this country, we Lave generally followed the
fashions of Europe, and particularly those of
France, because there is a class of persons
there who devote themselves to the study of
what is becoming in dress. They know how
to introduce endless variety of costume,
all harmonious and becoming, without be
tcg
lumes of Louis XVI and Madame de Pompa
dore, is, in fact, the representation in dress
of the political effort of Louis Napoleon's ca
reer, that is, to reproduce the gorgeousness
and splendor of the fashions at Versailles in
the most luxurious days of that iniquitous
monarchy which destroyed France to build a
palace.
It is said that we republicans are as fond
of gaiety and extravagance as cny other peo
ple. But persons of good taste, in every part
cf the world, by degrees adapt the fsshiotlffi' to
their own circumstances, and.a due knowl
edge o! the philosophy of dress has in it the
advantage of enabling the possessor to unite
convenience with good taste, and to ensure
all the advantage of comfort and even econ
omy; without inconvenience or conspicuous
ness.—Ledger,
That's Ihe.rince for I.ncy stone.
The Constitution framed by the recent Con
vention of the people of Kansas, contains the
following provision :
RESOLVED, That the General Assembly shall
( have no power to pass any law whereby the
{ separate estate of a married woman, either
in property real, personal or mixed, shall ev
er be made subject to the disposal of the hus
band, or subject to the payment of the debts
I of the husband in any manner unless by
| written consent of the wife first obtained, du
! ly acknowledged anil recorded, witnessed by
' at least two witnesses to be named by
. wile. That the General Assembly shall
no power to pass any law depriving ihu rofcgliZJ
or of an eqnaiiiy '.villi the fattier in the maiiiS
tenonce, education and care of their children!
i and in tio case shall the mother be deprived!
t of her children except per account of in-1
i saniiy, intemperance or other gross impropri
eties.
Thus forlune-huuleis will stand but a very
poor cftance in Kansas, since they will have
but a very limned control of the purse-onal
affairs of their partners. Some curious re- !
, suits tnay however flow from the regulation, |
which allows husband and wife an equal;
share" in the management and education of I
I the children. Suppose the Infant Johnny to ;
have a violent ache under the apron, and the
I father to bo a believer in the Tliorasonian
, system Of medicine while the mother is a
I decided Hydropath. Think of them divide
ing their management, be sweating and pep
pering the infant to within the sixteenth of an
inch of its life, during the morning while the '
j mother freezes her darling itty phenomena in [
, Sitz baths and slieeis of cold water. Or, eup
j pose tliern to be of differeut religions; will
the difference be split by sending (he boys
| and girls to one church Sunday morning and
to another in the afternoon! Suppose the
j mother is a Baptist and the father a Presby-
I terian, the children must be both sprinkled
and dipped to fulfil the law. Or will the I
mother have the girl* and the father the boys! ,
How will they manage the schooling of their:
offspring; suppose one wants the young hope- I
luls of the family to become learned and the j
. other wants no such stuff, will (hey be obliged I
I to learn Algebra, Latin and Greek one week
and sedulously set to forgetting it the next
week! Or, suppose the parties differ as to
politics, how will the sons vote! They can
only stay away from the election, and com
, roil themselves neither way. These are a
, few of the difficulties that will beset women '
in securing their rights a la Kansas.
GOOD AT GUESSING. —"WeII, Pal, which is
the waj to Burlington!"
' How did you know my name was Pat."
"Oh, I guessed it."
"Then by the powers, if ye are so good at
' guessing, ye'd better juess the way to Bur
lington."
I ... I. '
1 "Mister, what's your house!" asked a eu
' rious traveler, of a half horse, half alligator
squat'.er. ,
"House, eh! D'ye think I'm one of them
> sort, stranger! I sleep in the praire; I eats
> raw buffalo, aufl dinks out of tbe Mississip
; p' l " _
The following advertisement under the
> head of aWi fe Wanted, is in a Batesville pa
• per.—
"Any gal, what's got a bed, a coffee pot
, and a skillet, and knows how to cbt our
t britches, and make a hunting shirt; and
! knows how to take care of children, ean have
; my services until death parts both of os."
i ..... >
i Wise men are instructed by reason, men
t of less understanding by experience, the
i moat ignorant by necessity, end brutes by
• nature.
[Two Diitert pgr Alttu* ' ■
NUMBER 50.
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A Needed^Slovemeul.
Two years ago, Rev. WARREN BURTON, of
j Boston, who is devoting himself lot he cause
of Domestic Education, proposed, through
newspapers and circulars, to the people of
I his own Slate, that there should be meetings
' during the more leisure season, to discuss
j questions appertaining to Family Discipline,
and to the relation of speakers, others made
effective addresses who had neverjspoken in
public before, and latent talent was unex
pectedly brought ont. The young manifest
ed peculiar interest, and were slimulsted*<o'
new efforts for improvement. The relation
of the home to the school, and of the school
'° agjgS WM be " er .^understood,
both ■ VMtIMMjP?, < n be read
j , rethMMßpWTilt everyjtlowu
tnMUM noble use.
Now that the long evenings have again
come, why shall not this most useful move
mem be carried, at once, widely beyond the
Slate where it started! Anxious'patents,
earnest teachers, public-spirited men and wo
men! think, confer,* co-operate, persevere,
and if is done.
A few topics lor consideration are?aubjoin
ed as a specimen, and, possibly, to save
lime at first in seeking; numerous others
will doubtless occur in the course of proce
dure. •
QUESTIONS FOU DISCUSSION.
1. What combined movement of neigh
borhood or town could be Entered 1 on for tM
improvement of schools, and especially to ef
fect a reform in the morals and manners of
the young ?
2. How much should parents depend on
school teachers to correct the bad dispositions
and habits of their children? and bow fir
are teachers justly resposible for the conduct
of their pupils out of school?
3. HoW early should a child be rttade to
obey the parent; and how shall reverence be
induced and authority maintained, without
that fear on the one part, and and
distance on the other, which formerly pre
vailed?
4. At what age, and irt what manner,
should the religious impressions be made ?
and how should spiritual' culture be contin
ued?
5. What is the
L '!!! a vWrw-tf. t
r^^^^rSWrcrime; itj what way, and how
far., does such crime originate in the early
home? What can, and ought each commu
nity to do toward prevention?
7. What effect has much of the light
reading of the present day on the character
of the young? and what is to be done with
i reference thereto?
J 8. How can it best be ascertained for
what occupation in life a boy has the moat
| natural fitness? and should any difference be
i made in the previous education at borne or
schools, with reference to this?
9. Should not children be early trained to
work with their hands for the sake, at least,
,of forming a useful habit, whatever the con
dition of the parents as to wealth ?
| 10. How do luxuries for the palate, to
; getlter with the irregular use of them, affect
[ the health of children? What is the influ
ence on.the moral chafacler?
11. tVhal is the cause of the early decay
of female health in this countiy? and what is
I the remedy?
I 12. Would not a sanitary investigation
j and a report by a committee, be of great ser
j vice in every town, by making known ex
, isliug and possible causes of sickness, espe
j cially those appertaining to the location and
other material conditions of dwelling?
SMART CHILDREN.
A clii'd three years of nge, with a book i a Us
infant hands, is a fearful light. It is too" often
the death warrant, such as the condemned
stupidity looks at—fatal, yet beyond his com
prehension. What should a child three yeah*
old—nay, five or six years old—be taught ?
! Strong meats for weak digestions make no
{ bodily strength. Let there be nursery tales,
j and nursery rhymes, I would say to every
patent, especially to every mother, sing to
your children, tell them plea rant stories; if
in the country, be not too careful lost they
get a little dirt upon their hands and clothes;
earth is very much nkir. to us all, and in
children's cut-of-door plays suits them not
inwardly. There Is in it a kind of consan
guinity between ull creatures; by it we touch
upon the common sympathy of our first sub-
I stance, and it begets a kindnesßfor our rela-
the brute*.
Let ohildren have a free, open, air sport, and
fear not though they make acquaintance with
the pigs, the donkeys, and the ohiokeos—
they may form worse friendships with wiser
looking ones; encourage a fami'iarity with a'*
that love to court them—dumb animals lov,
children; and children love them. There is
a language among them, wbicb the world's
language obliterates in the elders. It is of
more importance that you should ma kg your
children loving, than you would make- them
wise. Above all things, make then) loving,
end then, parents, If you become old and.pQor,
these will be better than friends that wiU trov
er neglect you. Children brought up loving
at your knees will never shut their doors up
on you, and point where they would have
you go.— Blucbmo<rs Magazine.