VOLUME 1.
IJocfru.
I'nblbhed by reque-t.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
All vmi «ln nre t • mirth Inclined,
Consider well ami hear in mind.
W hat out g<HHhiod f«r u- Ins done
In «epdln^ r l»i« beloved Son.
In Bethbdiem «1 i«l shepherds ke»-p
Their fl'f k" and herds and feeding *h«ep,
To whom <I <1 s anjrel did appear,
Will It put the ehepherls in great fear.
IT par#* end 'lie angel .
To!'< 'l'l<-' »>• »"• "* a'raid:
II it ** II fit <1 flu" lilmcd mmn.
.Il.fi Ihv.-I ear Je us born
ui- • ' »• rt. .in ' Joyf Ini »id
n went the bub'e t » And.
VtiU •*- U *«' nlv Migel told,
.1,, . vi W < . ' t It' ll .Id.
Within " ' C I a was laid,
"1,.- vi - n M >■ • bv bin. Maid.
AfMwb- 'A O t! I. rd Ili ...
{•ijtt w t« b«tb in t er, maid, and wife.
Three Eastern »ke imn fr.»mafat.
1 1ii« <-I♦*<i» ya glorlotp htar;
Came b liil\ • n andmede no stay,
Until they came where Jestis i Vj"
And when they came nr.t«» the place
Wbf < in nt i ble--»ed lUde rm i ww,
They rnblv kneeled l>elnfo his fee.
With gifts of *old and incense sweet.
No out I y rob s not rich attire.
|)|d (.in dear favlimr Christ admire;
put n ih.c ami h « t nti lodv,
And holy angels ft m hi bi|th,
Dri in nndodl n- manner'sHr
All t. 1.1 til.- .je:l king:
All Im nor. uh»rmight an i | uwer,
fe unto Christ « nr Havlotir.
Il«. in the tern 1" daily I anght,
Many wnnder-t atrangi* he wrought;
II- ; av« I lie l«" ilitl lh« if pi'lbit xlpllt,
And made the 1 une t<> walk upright.
Ife . nred'leper-4 <>f th«dr «vil<,
aml by his p 'Wor. he ci-t • n devils;
11. tai"»d l.a/ai n* 112 m tli- irrnve.
And to the sick, their health he gave.
But, yet, for nil these wonder* wrought,
Til" Jew ."If I. Ill'* de t'action sought;
That trail, r Judos wa- themie,
ho with ■* kiss, betiftj ed him.
Then wns he 1.-d to"fh«- judgement hnll,
l.ik • one despised ti em itll;
Jliil «enf»*n e.| pa-"<».|..n him, that l.e
Mi jnl d die nj on (he tree.
Then to the cro-<s. through hands and fest,
.They nailed our redeemer sweet,
And further to augment smart.
Willi bloody spear, they pierced bis heart.
N'.w yon have heard and hoard aright,
The love Of Wirist, the Lord of might;
How he shed his precious Mood,
An.l all to do poor sinner* good.
Select ÜBiacrilang.
Relieving Sumter.
A STORY OF WOMAN'S DARING
From the hour I hat A'llor on and hi
•iit'lo land cntcicd SumtiT,the'r uositi«>t
was nil cxtrc n:t !v perilous one llis friend
\new I his. ni.d wore very unoa«y. Hi
devoted wii'rt. :» d:in«jhfer of the jx.ll.mi
soldier, «icn. Clir«h. rf f«eor<:i;i, will
1»or rliiidtt 11 ?»n ' mr> v were in Nov
York city. She knew, bet-or than oth
ers, the peiils to wl i h le 1 liush»i!«
might l e exposed 112 rom the ferocious foe
without, and p -s.-ibly tr-iitors within.—
With an iu'en- tv oi r.n'xioty not
maprined, she resolv «1 in her mind
hundred prrjocts for li is relief All wore
i utile.
At I'ti'.tl'. jvhile pa-sing a sY' | 1
night, she thought of a faithful servant
who had IMO'I with licr u- 1 ; ! in »!>-
city of Mi s ■ ■•>. «n-l wli > li i m-.rriiM
heir eq-rillv .ii !»t tl «• .. k Ilh ful
bo phjool '<• 'o M j rAn ! - >ll in mll
- i u! 1 li \o 1 11 I aii'l
trii> I■■ r • it<l. •11 w i.i 111 1:0 i • u'll
rdv o <1 o no\ Whore was he ?
r..-. m\< I.i j•it .* they till 11 t set 11
lii- f#pc * v : 1 yens before, 'hoy hail
heard lif \v tx iii N't.'w Y.tik, Sh" rcsolv
oil to stk h,iu. At dawn she wont lor a
city ii'ift. 1 v 'i ho crueant's name was
i'elcr Halt. .She made a tiiouiorandum
of iho residenco of cvory iiart who liv
ed in the city; and in ... q„rriai;e for a
day and a iialt -ho son -lit ft r the Ulan
desired to find. 'J hen she obtained
a clue, lie uiiii 1»t he in the police es
tablishment ; there was a man of that
name who had boen a soldier, She calls
ed on ihe superintendent of the police
ami was satisfied. She left a fpr
Peter Ilart to call 011 her.
Mrs Anderson had resolved togo to
Fort Sumter, if lie would accompany her.
ller physicians, and liiend. to whom she
•had alone intiusted herre-olve, protest
ed vehemently against the project. lie
believed its execution J imperil her
life. She had resolved togo ; and would
listen to DO protests or entreaties. See
ing her determinatibn, ho gave her eve
ry assistance in bis power.
Hart cauie, bringing with him
his faitlilul Margaret. They were de.
lighted to see their former friend and mis
tress. Hart stood erect before her, with
•his heels together, soldier like, as to re
ceive orders.
"I have sent fur you. Hart," said Mr?.
Anderson, "to ask >ou to do me a favor.''
"Anything, Mrs. Anderson, I will do,'
was the prompt reply.
, "Hut," said she, 'it may be more tbau
you inmgiue."
"Anything M rs. Audcrson wishes," he
*gain repiied.
* " T want 3'ou to with toe t.i Fort Sum
ter," she said. Hurt looted at Margaret
for a mi nirtji and then ies}«iU''ed."
"I Will mad.mi
■ But lla.i " c,.rinii.ie i the ramus' wo
man; "1 want to stay *;lli the M.ij r«—
Yoa will leaye your family and give up
■Z\. 1 CITIZJ^N
a good situation." Hort again glanced
inquiringly at Margaret, and then
ly replied,
"I will go, Madame."
"Hut Mnrgatet." Mrs. Anderson said
turning to Hart's wife, what do yousay?"
'ilndade. ma'am, and its Margaret's sor
ry she can't do so ni".ch Ptr you as Peter 1
can." was the warm hearted woman's
re pi v.
; W't-n will you go, IT rt ? M nskcl Mrs
Atiderß'm,
*'To-night, ma'sra, if it ho vnnr wish,"
rcpl'el her fiue and at 'd n frien '.
"Ise hera to-morrow at six o'ci-ck."
said Mrs. Anderson. 'and I will be ready
Wood bye Margaret."
All things were speedily arranged.
They were only to taken satchel euh < f' r
the journey. Ha t was to play the part
of servant to Mrs Anderson, and to be
ready at all times to second her every
word and act. What difficulties and
trials awaited them no one knew. The
brave, loving. patrii ti • woman did
not care. It wag enough for her to know
that her husband and 0011 lUry was in peril
and she was seeking to servo them.
The travelers left New York on the 8d
of January. None but her physiciat. —
not even tl.e nurses of her children—
knew of her destination. Bhe was com»
plfctcly absorbed with the subject of her
errand. They traveled without intorniis
sion until they reacheu Chariest Jti, late
on Saturday night. She neither ete,
drank nor slept during that time, troni
Cape Fear to Charleston she was the only
woman on the train, *hich was filled
with rough men hurrying 'to Charleston
to join the attack on Fort Sun ter. They
were mostly 'shaggy-haired, brutal and
profane, who became drunken and noisy,
and filled the car.! with tobacco smoke.
"Can't you prevent -their smoking
here?" she gently asked of the condue
tor. His only reply was,
"Wal, I rock on they'll have to smoke.'
Her npi eal to two rough men in front
of her wi- more successful. \\ ith sweet
voice, that touched I lie chords of tlio i r
bettor nature, she .•■•'id,
"W .1 v- n pie,iso to throw away your
eiu ir.> ? they niak.> me so sick ' One of
them glanced at lire speuker, and said to
h s coin] i»ii >n,
"Let's do it ; she's a lady " nnivr
th r- ma inner o! the journey theso ru i•'
men wire r> pectful. In th^t,train of
Cari .Mis. \tidi B' ll was COUl| ellcd to
hear her h s a d enrol with the im st
honid oaths. and th cafened with the
in t Mvi ;r vi 'orce should he fall into
the Inn ds of nil i xasperated mob. I'ut
alio endured ail heroically.
It wan late in the evening when they
re iched Charleston Whetl th drunken
.'icts woni earii d ont she as'i I an
»i_'t»nt ii rh - station lor a carri.i, e.
"Wh • are you from?' ho a-k. 1 , j
■New Vi rk," therephed
••Where are yon NLT ?"
"To Charleston."
"Where ulre ?"
"Don't know ; get me a carriage togo
to the Mills Hcuse."
"There a,re none "
"I know better."
'•I can't get one."
■•Then give uic a picee of papar that I
may write a .10 to (} ivernor, 'Pickens ;
lie will send me one.'
Tbt nan yielded to tho Governor's
name. He supposed .-he must be some
one of importance; and in a few moments
she and Hart in a carriage, on their way
to tho Miils House. There the parlor in
to which she was ushered was filled with
excited people of both sexes, who were
exasperated because of her husband's
movements His dcstruc'ion of the old
flagstaff at Moultrie was considered an in
suit to South Carolinias that might not
be fortsiven. Their language was extreme
ly violent
Mrs. Anderson met her brother at the
Mills House. In tho morning ho pro
cured a pass from (governor Pickens for
her 4o goto Fort Sumter. She sought
one for Hart. Tho Governor could not
allow a roan to be added to the Sumter
garrison, he said, he would be held re-,
sponsible to the Commonwealth for any
mischief that might ensue in consequence
Mrs. Anderson did not conceal the scorn
which the suggestion and excuse elicited
The State of South Caiolin.i—now claim
ing to be ascvcieign power auioug the
nations of the earth—endangered by the
addition of the one man to a garrison of
seventy 0f eighty, while thousands of
armed hauds were ready and willing to
strike then ! I'icken's were her father's
old Iriecd. *
"Tell him," she said, "that I shall take
Hart to tlve fort, with or without a pass."
Met w ids of icurn ami demand were
lOpetted to the Governor, lie saw the
al«ur<lity of his conduct, and gave a pisfi
| tot liart, but coupled the permission with
a requirement that her messenger should
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us. to'the end, dare to do our My as we understand it"--A-
I.ITLKR. lUTTI Fl? rorxTV, PA.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 18(10.
obtain from Major Anderson a pie I '
that he should not be enrolled as a sol
dier. The pledge was exacted, given, and
faithfully kept, Peter Mart served his
country there better than if ho h id been
a more combatant.
At ten o'clock on Sunday morning.the
sth of January, Mrs. Anderson with
Hart and a few personal friends then in
I Charleston, started in a small boat for
Sun tor carrying with them a mail 'a
'i>r th ■ garrison, which had lately often
1 kept back It was a most charm
ing morning. 'I he air was soft and
balmy, an 1 the oosotn of the h.tv was u.i
rippled, Nature inviting a delictus en'
jovment; but the brave woman, absorb
ed in the work of her holy mission of
love ami patriotism,heeded not the invita
tion. Everywhere was seen st.angc bin
ncrs. Among them all was not a solita
ry 1 uion flag: she felt like an exile from
her native land. Presently, as the boat
shot around a point of land, some one
exclaimed,
"There's Sumter!"
She turned, and saw the national en-,
sign floating gently over it. It seemed
as it waved languidly in the almost still
air. like a signal of distress over a vcssn
el in the midst of terrible breakers.—
'•The dear old fla !" she exclaimed, and
burst into tears. For the first time since
she le r t New York, emotion conquered
will.
Saotinel boats were now passing, and
proper pass words were given. They ap
proached Sumtor, when a watchtnuu on
its walls trumpeted the inquiry,
"Who comeß there ?"
She was formally ordered to advance.
As her friends conveyed her up the rocks
to the wharf, her husband came runuitig
out of t,he sally port. He caught her in
his iruis, and exclaimed, in a vehement
whisper, for her ear only, "My glorious
wife!" and carried her into the fort.
"I have brought you Peter Hart," she
ad. The children are all well. I re
urn to-night.'' Thou, turning to her
accompanying friends, she said, "tell me
when the t:de serves; I shall go back
; with the bo.it-" Shi! then retire I with
her husband to his quarters, nearly over
the Rally port, an I to k re r. haunts,
the fli>t since leaving N' vr V irk
The first ti lo si rved in the cnui.-e 112
wo hours When .Mis. A n
placed in the boat by her liu ml. >
experienced an almo.-t II IV-I• I I• :«• <>lM
to draw h ! UJ after her —tolakehiiu *w.,y
IV. in the uroi*t peril. Willi the spla-h
--in ' of the oar,:, when the boat was sliov
ed off, came a terrible impression as if
rlie had buried her husband, and was
returning from his fuiicrnul. But she
loan. 1 lovingly, by faith on the Ml Wise
Father and received strength Invalid
and a w man as she w a . >lie lla I •
lotllli" I II urci-t mIV re 111 111 I. 11-' lid
an■ I lOiintr. Sir had v
li ithful and useful friend in I'■ rr lluit
—how faithful and useful the suli.-eriui nt
h'story of Fort Sumter, until it passed
into the hands of armed in>urgents,three
months later, only ftebly reveals.
Unheeding the entreaties of friends,
who tried to persuade her to remain, and
offered to bring her family to her, and the
assurat.ee of a deputation of Ciiarlesto
nians, who waited upon her,that she might
reside in their city, dwell iu Sampler, or
wherever she pleased. .drs. Anderson
st utcd for the national oapitol that even
ing, accompanied by Maj. Anderson's
brother. Charleston was no place for
her while her husband was under the
old flag; and she would not add to his
cares by remaining with him in the f>rt.
A bed was placed in the cars, and on
that she journeyed comfortably to Wash
ington. She was insensible when she
arrived at WillarJ s Hotel, into which
she was conveyed by a dear friend from
New York, a powerful man, whose face
was the first that she had recognized on
the return of her consciousness. After
suffering for forty eight lours from utter
exhaustion, she proceeded to New York
and was for a long time threatened with
brain fever
Thus ended the mission of' this bravo
woman. She had done what the govern
mcnt would not, or dared not do. She
had not sent, but taken a Valuable rein
forcement to Fort Sumter. When we
look back to the beginning of the great
civil war. the eye of just appreciation
perceive- no heroism more genuine and
useful than that <'isplayed by this noble
WMiuti ; and history and romance will
ever deliuht to cc'ebrate her deed.—
L'issing't J Set aria I History of the Civil
War.
—At R thi're is a deflating soci
ety, at whieh are decided nil mutters of
nith and moment. At one time an
edueaitonnl subject wis on tin- flo >r—
Concerning the eiwj of irr. ul ir ut
tendance at school, one held • li«-
folhrtring v ew« :
"Many parents hare n > children. and
don't care whether they are at. school or
not!"
BEATITUDES FOR IEFF. DAVIS.
Tne fiHm* n/string or tn •.e.lictl'in, tiv a returned
Sin lowa College, Dante's Inferno, all hol-
My h o»in • ..win an-l whhftdng 1 ats,
Aidh wil-.g-i 4* and spitting cat*,
And bnmbl • bet -t and stineiu^
An I rsf it-snakes and V rwav rats,
Feed on his liver, gnaw hi* heels,
And tike ever* nerve that feels;
While little demons pin- h hi* nose
And «vetselsnibble at his tosks.
Mav every cup once filled with bliss,
W itli fire an 1 fury seethe a d hiss.
An i all the Joys on life's dreir waste
Prove Dead fya upj.le- to bis tante.
Vav pillitl fe ir sit on his walls.
And I iii. %'< u », ,-t flit through htshnfls;
May nightmares mb him of his rest,
Ills p4l» w be a ho net'* ne.it.
An I till hi* Softest feat er b.tl
Wit.» porcitplnes. both alive and dead;
Mav i>»>i. k~ !>.• his r n tmt care.
And • in:-I t ick.'p t ifl,. i, !•: f (l :
May toothache inake hisdinde. ria.
And twinge hi- net ves with -ileum tlz,'
May y 1 o.v jut kets build then n st
Within the lining "112 his v,M !
In short uny ev< ry thing conspire
To fill hisiiKiuih with coals of fire.
Ami when earth's eve»y s ingiug dart
lias pierced the craven traitor's heart,
Consign him Cimmerian punds
And blind him with Confederate bonds;
Where dead men's nkuils. with ghastly grins
Remind the traitor of his sins :
Where eorplons trawl and adders hiss
Thronghout the deep, dark, dread abyss; •
Where alligator* < leave the -pin re
And crocodiles *h.-d rainy tear*.
And ivo'idj.i|.-s full ~112 'niggers' lise
Like Hibl ■ .ho t* In f..ro ills eyes:
There may the doomed wretch ev. r dwell
Beh tiding Heaven yet feeling hell!
WIT AND WX3POM. _
—\n oxohunge s.iys : " Lovers, like
armies, pcncriilly p e t along quirtly until
aro > cn^ja<»eil."
—" Isn t there an awful strong smell
of pigs in the air?" asked Smith of
Junes. " Ves," re|.lic«l Jones, " that's
because the wind is from the sow west."
I ho following startling threat was
made use of the other day, by an excited
pvigilist: "I'll twist you round your own
nedk and ram you down your own throat,
until there is nothing loft of you but the
extreme ends of your shirt collar stick
ing out of jour eyes." His opponent
left.
—" Pa, has the world a tail ?" asked
an urchin of his father. " No, child, re
plied he, "how could it have one when it
is round " Well, persisted the heir,
" why do 'he papers say "so wags the
world," if it has no tail to wag ?" "Your
ma want's you," replied the nonplussed
daddy.
—A few days since (he teacher in one
of our public schools interrogated the
pupils us to the galtness of the ocean
One littlu ii-1 wis confident she could
'"II, add the q'OMtii nh i- put: " \Ve||
wlhit i.* it 'hi o: ti si lie subnets of tlio
wrr." in lh> ,'i •' The codfish !"
1 j 1 'lth ■ tK iriiri.'i il.
i h ■ '« "■ i- W -luiul I lie in favor
will ll.r nnlcsjx from the fact tint it
i'< il l' ii)i' :i! pf wilds iepte<cntiiig tlio
tiling and i|U lilies in which inrn tike
the most delight Fur instance : Wealth,
wit, W'.-I'im, war, wine and women, in
cluding wives, widows, and—in the ian
'ii I'lhe wnL'ifi.-h Weller— 'wirgins."
■\ ii iji|>ii -.iriiin was recently made to
t'i ■ I. n I Pn irtnient of the Illinois
'i t i! R iilr iad Company. by a gentle*
liian from the in erinr nf tin- state, for a
half an acre of ground !i ■hi d pur
pn-ps. Ihe terms we:" tlv given,
an wore accepted in tho fill iwing form:
' Who tlio directors ol this distiick are
willing to except your ofuier for said
peace of land for site." This
was considered a sufficient guarantee that
a schoolhouse was needed in that vicinity.
—.V good story is told of a rustic youth
and a huxnm country girl, who sat facing
each other at a husking party. The
youth, smitten with the charms of the
beautiful maiden, only venturod a siy
look, aii 1 now and then touching Patty's
foot under the table. The girl, determ
ined to make the youth express what he
appeared so warmly to feel, bone with
these advances a little while in silence,
when she cried out : •' Look here, if you
love me, why don't you say so, but don't
dirty my stockings."
IMPUDENT QUESTIONS —To ask an un
married lady how old she is.
To ask a lawyer if he ever told a lie
To ask a doctor how many persons he
has killed.
To ask a minister if he over did any*
thing wrong.
To ask a merchant if he ever cheated
a customer.
To ask a young lady whether she would
like to have a beau.
• To aak au editor the name of any of
his comspondenls.
A hungry Irishman, not long since;
in London mistaking a barberV shop-for
an eating saloon, bolted in and begged to
be served. The barber, supposing from
the lenuth of his beard that he wished to
be shaved, knocked up a basin of suds,
and placed it before him. with a wash
ba'l in it, went backward to >jet t | c rjzur.
Put. without waiting for grace, supped in
ibe »ud«. and swallowed the wash ball,
ml n tin- b 'hers returning with tie
/••i . Ij I?-• vi d. There's no occa !
>n to' kn lu, honey iyi ur wup is very
yi. d, but the tui nip was not quite b"ileif
enough. 1 ' Ho, paying his money, ha bade
'he astonished barber adieu.
Educational
(Fr >n» tb» pennsvlvsnla School..*ourn*l )
Soldiers' Orphan Silicol.
(OONTINUFD.)
.<iclii)nl-Ru»ni I'rincinlos and
RnIM.
Tn order to interest and aid pujiils in
their studies without supplanting health
ful self.effort, to overcome as far as prac
ticable the obstacles tn combining indusv
trial pursuits with intellectual culture,
and io scc.ure to each pupil an equal ad
vantage in recitation, — the following will
be the fundamental rules of instruction
in these schools :
r. The Principal Teacher rhall not, an
a i/eneritf rule, sr[ a or hear a less^
on, hut shall confute him'elj to the (filing
of oral instruction ami attislance in the
study of the textbooks, in the main shah/
hall.
Every student has, on innumerable oo
easions, felt the want of an intelligent,
kind and learned friend while shrusrglintr
wth tlio difficulties of a new study or
science.—not of one to tell him every
thing, but to put him in the way to over
come those difficulties ind pass through
those dark passages with which every
text book, no matter how good, does more
or less abound. Thousands of youth have
become disgusted with study and lost
their interest in learning, jnst for want
of such aid. And this aid it is, which
is indispensable to reconcile the exUemes
of the ancient mode of instruction which
was all oral, with tlio modern, which is
all text book, and retain the benefits of.
both, and with them the interest of the
pupil in his work. Accordingly, it will
bo the duty of the Principal Teacher of
each of these schools :
Ist. To afford to each pupil, in his
scat, and while studying his next lessrn
for recitation, on being requested by sig«
nal or otherwise any needed explanation
suggestion, advice or aid, as the easentnv
need ; but always so imparted as at the
same lime to overcome the difficulty, yet
to do go in snch manner as to cause the
pupil to exercise his own faculties as
much as possible in the effort.
2nd. To send out the classes for reci-
Htion to the Examining \s«isfants in the
Tleeitntmn roon.s. in their order, and as
far ns pos-ihle bv his oversight and as*
s'o.mec. prepared for sti'cccssfiil rertita
3' 1 T.i Ivive reference, in his instrue
ti'Ois m<..-e In tlte comprehension of the
fundamental principles and ma n facts
involved in 'he lesson, than to mere mem
orized passages >.r minute details.
4th. To receive reports dnily or at stn
ted periods from the examining assistants
showing not. on'y 'he condition of each
c'nss hut of each mind and the advance
in ent of each mind in each class ; so as
to he enabled to adapt, his own oral in
struction and assistance to the condition
and wants of each.
5 Occasionally, when the state of the
study-hall will permit, or when the Prin
cipal of the school can take his place
therein, to visit the class rooms during
recitation, in order to know how his As»
sistnnts may be discharging their duties
and to enable him to afford them needed
advice and instruction.
11. No Text or Lestton-booka nhu/l be
studied except in school. and durinff school
hour* ; nor, an a general rule, shall avi)
text hook bo allowed in the hands of a
pupil, except in the pretence, of the teacher
If the value of the teacher's presence
while the pup 1 is studying the lesson be
admitted, nothing need he added aslo the
danger or loss of time and interest in
study consequent upon bis absence. It
is therefore taken to be established that
all lessons should he studied in reach of
such aid. Hut, in schools whoso object
is-to combine intellectual with industrial
trailing, and therefore ia which as largo
a portion ot time as possible is to be se
cured for the former without interference
by the latter, the compact confinement of
all study within certain hours and a cer
tain place, becomes imperative. In fact
it is the indefinite mixtnre of the ono with
the other and the leaving of both, to a
great extent, to the student's own choice
or caprice as to ti me and place, that have
mainly prevented tiie success of most
manuel labor institutions. Still, in the
use of the texsbook, even under all prop
er restrictions, there are certain condi
tions to bo observed. Amongst these
are :
Ist. That fiw studies shall be pursued
at the same timo by the same students.—
One at t time till well mastered woult
probably nu> e the best scholars in each i
but, inasmuch as we are omnivorous in
mind as well as stoincch, an 1 inasmuch
als • a- -ch 01-time life is short, three or
tinit nay "0 | uisucd simultaneously
\\ hat these fh >ll be after the rudimental
studies, and their order must of course
be left to the principal !eacL?r of the
school, in view ot the capacity and state
of advancement of eucli pupil. It is
however insisted on. that attention be
oontinaed, rlurin<» the pupil's whole con
tinuance in the schools, to SptUinf/—as
the first grace to grod writing: to Ravi
'"!} —as the hest exercise of the voice
and a most pleasant soeial accomplish
ment; to Writing —na the practical branch
by which more successes in life are com
menced, than by any other; and to a
ovgh knowledge of the fundamental
principles of Arithmetic, without which
no poamanent success in business is of
ten effected, Geography, Grammar, ka.,
have their places, and should oomo early
in the course. Hut these should precede
them and be continued till the end.
2nd. That topical study is tho best
A branch of the subject should bo ta
kcn # up. ns a whole, in each lesson and bo
recited and contemplated by itself. If
too Ion? for one recitation, it must bo di
vided into two or more; but when tho
ond is reached in this way, tho whole
should bo reviewed together and regard*
ed as a whole, and also in its relation to
the main branch or science.
3rd. That the miscellaneous or gener
al reading of the pupil should be, as far
as practicable, wade to take the same di
rection as bis school room studies, for the
time being. In all these schools there
should be libraries; and in selecting books
for evening rpading. the pupils can read
ily be induced to prefer those calculated
to throw light upon theii school room
labors.
4th. That Dictionaries. Cyclopedias,
Digests and Compends be often and liber
ally resorted to, in aid of text-book study
These will often save the Teacher labor,
afford much lieht to the pupil, impart to
him a habit of reference to authority of
>rreat value in after life, and be an aid in
the use of text books, second only, in
value to that of the living instructor.
111. The Clan* Examiner shall set the
tasks and hear the lessons, hut not, as a
rjeneral rule, giee instritrh'on.
There are three nets or processes in the
culture of mind : Ist. Study, or self
effort by the mirtd itsnif to acquire
bnowledgo or development the use of
bocks and the other appointed inanimate
means; 2nd. Instruction by the living
teacher, in a'id of the imperfections and
insufficiency of the dead book , and 3rd
Examination by a competent person, to
ascertain whether the study of the book
md instruction of the teacher have ef'
footed the object in view, in reference to
the lession assigned.
[f this be the orderly and correct pro
cess, based on tho naturo of mind, the
means employed and the end desired,—
then there is neither time nor ncccfsity
for teaching in the class room. The bu
siness of that department is to ascertain
and report tho .progress effected by the
joint action of the two other agencies or
processes. And all who have closely
watched the proceedings in a recitation
room in which both instruction and ex*
animation are attemp el, will probably
acknowledge that neither is satisfactory
accomplished. A few pupils at tho head
of the class probably make good rccita
tions; but soon a falling off is perceived,
and long before the end of the class is
reached, the allotted time has been con
sumed in an attempt, on the part of the
teacher, to make up by his own instruc
tions, —which are forgotten as soon as
uttered.—for the neglect or ig. orance of
the rest. Now, such recitations aro a
severe but useless Ui upon the teacher,
ni the same time that they injure the
pupil by tiding him to this neglect of
studv and failure in recitation. The true,
mode is. neither to attempt to add to the.
knowledge of the pupil making a .good
recitation, nor to patch up by useless be
cause not reniemhered instruction, a bad
one. Let the exact state of the class be
ascertained, and reported to the Teacher
—the Master of Study; and day after
day, under the impulse of his aid and
supervision, an improvement will be
visible.
It may and generally will happen in
the class room of a good examiner, act
ing on this principle and with classes
properly prepared, thjxt time will be left
at the end of the recitation for general
purposes- Perhaps the best use that can
be made of such creditable moments, will j
be to make some remarks explanatory of
'ho general principles involved in the
\>ext fossoi, or to present some view of
the topi of the list, not found in the
book. Such aid is legitimately within
the spfierc of the class exn miner and will*
be of the greatest value to his pupilj.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
—Always be a* polite as you can with
your'parting bow; your last speech is
the one remembered.
—Wisdom is Letter than Rubies.
NUMBER 3.
•grliflious IJcjMrtmfut
THE
".»> «lihll Ma a, ,
'Ms not sadness, it is not melancholy,
'lit a pcn«ivc brooding of thespiiit, with
which we regard the falling of tho leaf,
tho decaying of tho flowers, tho sharp
winds which compel our repeat within
the sanctuary of homo. '
J'hilosophiza as wo will upon the ne
cessity of culmination and decay, feeling
assured as wo do that nature receives
"gain into her laboratory the elements
sho puts forth with each succeeding,
spring, still, when tl o floweis nitl.er
and the leaves fall and grass decays, the
lesson of our own frailty and that of all
who are near and dear to us sinks into t-hd
soul with a power no other season can
compel.
With the joyousness of spring, with
the exulting glory anil beauty of summer,
with tho rich fulfilment of the early au
tumn days, a pensive thought can scaroo
find company in tho exulting and grate,
till spirit; but tho harvest ended, tho
early blighting frosts invadinng garden
and fi- Id, the silence in tho woods, sava
the rustling of tho falling verdure, thoso
tune the thoughts to tho minor mood, and
waken sad memories of those who faded
like tho leaf; ami they recall withered
hopes that once were more precious than
life, and they suggest not resurrection,
only death.
The naturalist will say that the change
taking place around us is neither decay
nor death, and we believe it; but wha
that looks into his own heart does not bo
liove, also, that the Almighty has still
another to teach us by the great chango
everywhere going on, above, beneath,
around us? He givss ns hours of dark
ness instead of light; the wild, cold,
wintry blast for tho soft, fragrant airs
thTt seem to whimper of an Eden whenea
they came; He gives us the hoarse, snl*
lon murmurs of tho sea for the gusfoibg
melody of the wild bird, and sends tho
careless rover from the meadow and tha
wood, from blessed communication with
na'ure, in her holiest moods, to the pro*
tcetion of the fireside. Is there no les*
son for the heart in this?
Withdrawn in some measure from tha
contemplation of God's works, let ua turn
"ur thoughts to Him from whom nos
only the departed glory came, but who ill
our Creator, Father, Judge. Let us ask
ourselves what have the spring, tho sum
mer, and the harvest taught us, and aro
our characters ripening for Reaper'#
hand ?
We are fading as a leaf; and are we
fulfilling tho tasks appointed us, so th»t
when we drop, liko thorn, upon thelaprf
earth, no regret, no late repentance
embitter our departure?
As with pensive eyes we gaie upon tha
places so lately redolent with bloom, and
muse on tho transitoriness of all
earth can offer, aro wo not almost insen*
sibly led to seek for the unchanging, the
unfading; the abiding? They in wluuw
our hearts trusted and rested, they whom
wo felt to be so much a part of ourselves
that .separate existence seemed itnpossi*
ble, they ha?e goue from our firesides,
from our garden walks, and our woodland
paths, from our companionship beside
the restless sea, and wo, in these o'er
shadowed days would fain be with them
in the eternal summer of the better land.
So from the blurred book of nature we
open the book of ievel?tion, lay oar hand
in tho Saviour's to ho led withersoever
He will, strive to do his bidding, ca«t
our heavy burdens on His love, and be
lieve that in [lis Father's house are many
mansions, where our preeions lr.at are
lathered, and where we shall he joined
with them if we keep His eomoiaodments.
—JV. E. Farmer.
—T)r. Johnson u*e ito say that a hab
it of looking at tho best («i<!e of every
event is better than a thonsn.nd pounds a
year. Bishop TTall quaintly -emarks,
•' For every bad there might he a worse}
and when a man breaks his leg, let him
he thankful that it was not h<s neck."—
When Fenelon's library was on fire, "God
be praised I" he exclaimed, "that it is not
the dwelling of some poor man I" This
is tho true spirit of submission; one of
the most beautiful traits that can possess
(he human heart.
—Our thought, like tho waters of th#
sea, when exhaled toward heaven, will
lose all their bitiorucss and saltnes*. ap<L
sweeten into an amiable humanity, until
they descend in showers of lovo and
kindness upon our fellow men.
—The raint is a mirror, from which
light of Christ's countenance is reflected
to the world. Sometimes tho image is
marred, spotted,or soiled; this is not the
fault of the original, but of the glass.