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0 LUME XIX
NEW STORE.
HOSTETTER, REID & CO.,
WOU,L-D—respectfully inform the citizens o
Waynesboro' end vicinity that they have ro
ceived a new and extensive stock of
GEMS,
Embracing in part=
SYRUPS,
SUGARS,
MOLASSES,
HAMS,
TEAS.—Hyson. Imperial and Oolong, of the
'finest flavor. SPICES, ground and unground, and
-
Beim articles, warranted fresh and puro,anl of the
best quality
QUEENSWARE AND GLASSWARE,
very heavy stock, towhich special attention is in
vited. Fine ware in se o . t. "• •
1 e latest styles; Cut Glass Goblets,
KEROSENE LAMPS
of every pattern, a large assortment. Shades, (new
style) wicks, chimneys; spring hinge burneis, al=
ways on hand. • Also No. 1 kerosene ____
NOTIONS, VARIETIES,
A thousand and ono fancy, useful and necessary ar
ticles, used in every flintily and by everybody.
TOBACCO, MAC 1111 PIPES,
'Willett's Cong. Navy, Nat. Leaf, Mich Fine Cut,
and all the best chewing and smoking tobaccos.—
Havana Cigars, good common do. Sanitary and
Ncotric Pipes, latest thing'out..
SALT AND FISH.
G. A. Salt, Liverpool, large size sacks. Pickled
Shad, Mackerel, No. I and 3, bbl., half bbl., quarter
bbl , NEW.
NMEET cm
Being in connection with Hostetter & Co., of
Greenenstle, which firm haven Market Car on thO
R. 8., we nre enabled to supply our customers with
the choicest luxuries of the Eastern markets in their
proper season.
M" By strict attention to business, furnishing
the best articles In the market, and doing all in our
power to accommodale customers, we, hope to re
ceive a share of public patronage. No trouble to
slum goods
E .- " Terms, PostrivEts CASH. :We buy our goods
for cosh and must sell them in the same way
Country dealers supplied at wholesale prices.
HOSTETTER, REID & CO.
Waynesboro', Aug. 25,135. •
CARRIAGE-MAKING BUSINESS !
THE NEW FIRM.
SHE subaciibers would inform the public that
is they have opened' out a new Shop on M a in
Street, East end of Waynesboro', where they are
now prepared to put up all inds of
3E3 TY GA- ar I 3E3 SS
and do all kinds of repair work' at short notice—
Persons wanting anything in their line will do well
to give them a call. ISRAEL HESS,
NATHANIEL CROUSE.
arp l—tf •
BOCK FORGEAII - WORKS, -
(ADJOINING DAY OFFS MACHINE SHOP.)
M. L. BELL,
FILE MANUFACTURER.
011. ES and Rasps of all descriptions, wholesale
and retail. Files cut expreesly for wood, iron,
brass or hteel. Old Files re-cut and warranted e
qual to new. Vice jaws cut and repaired AU or
tiers by mail promptly attended to. Adresa Box
146, Waynesboro', Franklin Co. Pa. •
July 14-Iy.
Mechanic Wanted
A . good Wagon-maker will hear of a good situ
ation to carry on business in the vicinity of
uynesbero' by applying at THIS OFFItZ.
sop I—tf.
BACON, bought and Bo ld by
HOSTETTER REID & CO
F OIL a caku of duo Soap, you mutt it w li t; r2.
TiATENT 7 FLASKS--Just Elie thing for bait!.
' , in t ; wino and catsup, at
sop 8] iiOSTETTED., Raio & CO'S.
QPI:1{114 good article for sale by, -
IQ sap 81 . floarirrna,..itste . & Co.
wler .NtIT. _LEAF_ TOBACtlei—'(Orinvo)
1 at gamma, Roan Cr .CceB
E NSE—Fterli ;tot, just xe
ctive4l by HOSTETTICIA REIV & CO.
CHEESE,
COFFEE,
* CHOCOLATE,
DRIED BEEF.
. Fts-folds-drop-round thee now;
They mourn thy' death deplored;
Borne o'er the bloody field,
43y one who ne'er would - pet
To lawless horde—
On the rook-bound coast of the Southern
part of Italy, boardering on the Mediterra
nean sea stood Marmora Castle, a magus
cent edifice of ancient workmanship. It was
built upon solid rock, so near the sea that
its base was washed by the foamy waves.—
The owner of the castle was Count Rosetta,
an Italian nobleman, whose ancestors had
been very distinguished, and immensely weal
thy. He was the only remaining represen
tative of the once noble family, whose proud
title he disgraced by becoming a bandit.
The "Rosetta Brigands" were known as
the most desperate characters that inhabited
Italy. Their real residence was never known.
The situation ;of the castle was such that
vast forests bad to be traversed before reach
ing the seashore, which was never traveled,
as no person would attempt to wander
through the depths of the unknown wilder
ness, for fear of being waylaid and murder
ed.
Twelve men constituted the band. They
were not scrupulous in their actions; strange
stories were whispered about as regarded
their actions, a cavalcade of darkly mantled
cavaliers, wearing masks, and mounted on
fiery chargers, were occasionally seen, at mid
night dashing over the country; beaded by
the towering form of their mail clad chief-
Ltain, armed with lance, battlease and falchi-.
on.
While in Rome ono day Count Rosetta
chanced to meet with the daughter of an
illustrionsSenator, The exceeding great grace
and loveliness of the young lady completely
fhscinated him; be paid his addresses to the
lady, but was unfortunately compelled to fi
nally retire us she was the betrothed of a
celebrated Roman General. So desperate
was the Comats passion that ho. oonceivoi
plan Urban the lady conveyed to his castle,
which was accordingly done with such skill
as to baffle pursuit. There ho kept her con
fined in a high tower overlooking_the_sea
'* *
.It.was a glorious night. The canopy' a-
-EL Fiaxamily' Newssratioer a, IV46l.3.t.iNsta rocolitios. maxi MlLeligicm.
WAYNESBORO', FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13,1868:
wpcnatirrc,,st.r_a.
THE DEAD SOLDIER.
BY EDWARD P. NOWELL.
Rest, valiant soldier, rest !
Rest trom heart-rendiag strife;
No more shall snriek of shell
Toll in thine ear the knell
Of ebbing life !
Thou eleep'st the sleep of death;
Thylips are white as snow;
No longer flash thineeyes
With fearless energies, .
In face of foe:
Repose in peace profound,
. Intrepid son of Mars !
Right loyal was thy love,
For Freedom's ensign of
Sweet stripes and stars.
0, flag of sacred trust!
He whom thy folds enshroud,
Vith way courage flung
Th spangled form where run.
War's tocsin lout.
The deadlier raged the fray,
The, higher waved in light,
This dear, Saturnian type
Of Freedom—nought could wipe
This sign from sight ! or,
- But now that arm's unnerved; •
Our-hero lieth-low
He leaves a fame that lives;--
t esi,hramel_tilLnature_gime_s
Her final throe'.
SUMMER IS GONE.
BY CLARA AUGUSTA
Across the fieldelthe gloaming
Of Autumn stealeth slow— -
The maple flush with crimson heat—
The stumie's fervid glow:—
The morning airs are damn and cool,
At night the ekies are gay—
The wildivood silence tells the tale--
Sweet Summer's gone away.
We miss the birds that sang in June—
We miss the sweet lipped flowers--
We miss the soft airs of the south—
We miss the tong slow hours—
Those Autumn days are all too short,
Though brilliant in decay—
Their very brilliance saddens us--
For Summer's gone away. •
The frost-weed blossoms by the road—
The nate in forest shades
Drop ono by one; and asters polo
Hide in the woody glades—
The morning's shorter, and the sun
Falls with a slanting ray,
All Nature tell us mournfully
That SuMmer's gone away. •
~~ •~ ~,
[Writtenfor the Village Record
. 1
-IMOGENE;
THE BANDIT'S DOOM
BY PAUL IRVING
boys blazed with unusual splendor, the mil-
lions of distant stars peered forth unveiled
by 'a single cloud, the moon cast its brillisnt
beams down upon the restless sea, and the
beautiful castle of Marmora.
Imogene Dietellus the lovely captive of
Count Rosetta was seated at a window, in a
gorgeous apartment of the tower, where he
had placed her, when she arrived at the cas
tle. She was surrounded by all the luxu
ries of life, the Count who passionately a
dored her, was very kind to her, but persist
ed in keeping her confined until sbe would
accept his proposals.
On, the evening that we before alluded to .
bad
3eeil seated at - the window, ga
zin.--out-upon the grand and brilliant scene
before_ her; the'waves_of the sea_rolled over
the gray rocks, and dashed against the base
of the castle, accompanied by a low murmur
ing sound.; "Ten o'clock" was chimed by the
elegant ornamental golden time-piece, on the
mantle; as the last notes died sway the heavy
folds of topestry, that was suspended on one
bide of the chamber slowly parted to admit
Count Rosetta into the presence of his Imo
gene.
She slightly turned her head - as he glided
into the apartment, causing the rays from a
silver lamp, to fall upon her countenance in
such a manner as to display every lineament;
her attitude was beautiful to behold, one of
her symmetrical arms encircled a gilded harp,
_the_other_was raised apparently fiir tho pur
pose of touching the silver strings; a light
gauze mantle rested carelessly upon her shoul
ders; her auburn hair was kept up by a cir
clet of pearls and sapphires; the brow was
white as alabaster, the nose small, and of
- ormation,while_her_e_yes—were-small
but &wiling.
The Count w a s overpowered by her
extreme loveliness. He thought that he
had never beheld a being .superior to her in
beauty, as his greeting words indicated.
"Ohl fairest of mortals! Oh daughter of
Zenus! I love but to adore thee!" exclaimed
he passionately. ,
"Thy adoration would-be more highly ap
preciated noble Count, were the recipient
not imprisoned like a slave, by the dormer,"
replied Imogen in tones slightly sarcastic.
"You are surrounded, "fair lady" by a
fortress of love, over which cupid presides."
He guards thy slumbering form;
And fans thy beauteous cneeks.
"Noble Sir : flattery does not become one
of your station: it is only used by low per
sons, to cover base designs; therefore do not
again use such•language in my presence."
"I shall with pleasure obey your com
mands." "You are disposed to be accom
modating this evening Rosetta; will you have
the goodness to touch the bell cord and or
der cups and flask, my throat is parched and
a queer sensation seems to overpower me."
She turned her expressive and glittering
eyes upon him, . with a gaze so wild and
ghastly, that it almost caused his blood to
curdle, while his heart throbed violently,
and his cheeks bleeched to a deathly hue, he
touched the bell-cord with a trembling hand,
but pulled it violently.
A slave instantly appeared.
"Bring forth a flask of the putost maderia,"
said he.
The slave departed, when he returned, he
bore upon a silver salver, a flask of bohemi
an glass, containing the rich and sparkling
wine; and two silver cups lined with gold,
placing them upon a small table he instantly
retired.
The count filled one of the goblets, and of
fered it to Imogen. -, •
"Would you have me drink alone," said
she gazing into his eyes, with an expression
in her own, that caused him to tremble.
"He turned and filled the remaining cup,
as he did so she dropped, into the one she
held a drop of colorless liquid.
"Now, said slte, io musical tones, we shall
drink success to the efforts of both." The
silver cups were exchanged, touched, and
emptied in a moment.
As they 'replaced the cups upon the sal
ver, a peal of thunder so loud and fearful
that the tower appareutly shook, sounded
from the now dark and dismal firmament.
A tempest had suddenly arose.
Imogen arose and walked to the low win
dow, the storm had already began to rage,.
gigantic billows had began to rise and roll
over the rocks, beyond the shore, sending
up horrid moans, as the boiling ; surge rush
ed impetuously on. Terrific flashes of light
ning darted from the black mass of clouds,
illuminating the awful scene. A ' s Imogon
gazed towards the horizon she thought that
she perceived the outlines of a ship; another
crash of thunder sounded. a ghastly gleam
of lightning followed.
"Behold," said she to the Count, pointing
across the sea, they beheld every sail of a ves
sel, even the shrouds, and forms of the sea
men, a moment after all was veiled in dark-
CCSB
"Hark," cried Imogcn, a wild skrieking
cry was two or three times repeated. .
"It is the hideous cry of the sea-gull;
there are lives in yonder ship which the sea
is craving for," said the Count.
The tempest continues to rage more furi
ously_e_very_mement,the Count-remained a.
if petrified, his strong frame quaked with
fear, as the waves plunged about in wild fu
ry, threatening to sweep away some part of
the castle.
"But look," exclaimed Imogen, the ship
continues to drift this way, oh! h will strike
those horrid rocks.
Another flash of lightning again illumina
ted the scene. "Count Rosetta," continues
she; in thrilling tones, it is in your power to
save the crew of yonder ship, will you do it?
and her voice grew . strangely passionate.—
' And why would you have me risk the lives
of my moo and myself ; in so hopeless an un
dertaking?"
"To save its Crew," who ate my friends
-Theo-let the boiling surge receive them, and
be laughed a horrid sardonic ha! ha ! ha
llear, the sea Analog their dirge, as
they near perditions regions." Ah see * it
nears the reeks; And he leighed again, ae the
lightning gleamed, •
Imogen stood leaning over the 'veranda
baluster like a figure of'alabaster, she listen
ed for the final,erash, as she saw, between_
the vivid glares, the doomed ship, drawing
near the fatal rocks; the blood ran coldly
through her veins; her hair seemed to be
raised from the scalp, she bad an insane
longing to end existence by jumping down
upon the rocks and perishing with the crew;
bat then a voice cried in her ear, "have=
revenge!" A moment after the ship struck
the r s,—with-a-tren • eras
when the sea was again lit up by another
lurid glare, Imogen saw, the pale face of him
whom she adored (the(the Roman
floating in the boisterous sea; she almost
swooned as the voice again seemed to shriek
in her esi-,-vengeance vengeance ! With
the quickness of thought she drew a stiletto
from her bosom, it was poised for an instant
above her head, and was then buried in the
Counts heart. He fell lifeless at herfeet,
gain it was raised, when it deccnded Imogen
fell by the side of her victim--dead.
END.
DEDICATED TO MRS. KATE G
"I Don't Care."
Yes you do, and there's no use in trying
to deceive yourself with the sophistry of
these. words.
The best and noblest, the truest, and
most generous part of your nature does care
for the unkind, cutting words you haVe ut r
• o one you loved, in moments of .pi
' ou.may . carry yourself ever so proud and
defiantly, you may never drop by word_ or
look the dew of sweet healing on the wound
you have made in a nature as proud, as sen
sitive, and exacting as your own; but to
your honor, be it said, you are better than
your words, and away down is your heart
lurk shame and repentance and sorrow for
them.
You may carefully hide them both, and
in a little while they will be gone, for oh!
it is very easy to make one's self bitter, and
proud, and cold—very hard to keep one's
self sweet , mellow, and charitable; but there
must be some pain, and some struggling be
fore you can do a mean, ungeneroub thing to
one who loves you, and have your heart en
ders yoir "1 don't care!"
And how often these words are uttered,
when conscience sternly refutes them; and
how often they harden the heart, and keep
the feet in the way of evil.
Be careful,' reader when you say, "I dbn't
care!"
Besetting Sins.
There are many sins which have this ab
sorbing character; whose property is ever to
encroach more and more on the regions of
the moral and spiritual life, not as yet pos
sessed bythem, never content until they have
reared- r their-trophies on-the wreck-and—ruin
of every nobler faculty and power. All sins,
perhaps, have more or less this character.,
Yet we may signalize two or three concern
ing which it is eminently, true.
Vanity is such a sin. This may seem to
us often little worse than a harmless foible;
yet physicians will tell you that there is al
most no sin Which gives more inmates to
the madhouse than does this; and how many
through it shall have missed the crown of
life, only the last day shall declare.
Tha Love of Money is another such sin,
growing by what it feeds on; and ever claith
ing to exercise a wider, a fiercer, a more re
lentless tyranny and dominion in the soul
where it sales as lord; ever resenting more
and more any freedom of action, any generes.
ity in.dealing, any openhandedness in giving,
any botvels of compassion shown on the part
of him who meant indeed to allow this sin,
but did not intend at the first that it should
bear sway in his heart or life, as solo and ab
solute and tyrannous lord.
The Lust of the' Flesh, indulged and al
lowed, proves oftentimes another such a sin;
it has a. fearful tendency to become such;
what a workshop of unholy, impure fancies,
will 6,3 heart of man .be, who has given him
self over t o the Spirit of uncleanness.—
"Keep thy servant.from presumptuous sins,
lest they get the dominion over • me."
7', end.
GETTING MARRIED.-A loafer, who had
been noisy, was up before the Mayor's court.
His honor told !Ulu to pay over five dollars
for his fine.
"C
-c-c can't do it" muttered he; '•3 a iat
got the p-p-pewter!"
"Are you a married man?" inquired the
3layor.
"N n•n not exactly Do f ffar gone yet,
"Well, I will have to send you to the work
house."
"T-t-t tain't nuthin' to g-g go There,"
said Aliek— "b-b-but when you t-t-calked
about vo-nr.marriage, o 1 d fellow, you ff.
frightened rue?"
man in 'ewtown . was lately
saved from a violent death at the hands of
he r husband. b y hcr • "waterfall." He
broke a Springfield rifle over her head be
cause she would not give up her money.—
The barrel striking the mass of hair at her
neck prevented serious irjury.
• A well known lawyer in Boston, had a
horso that always stopped and refused to
cross the mill dam bridge leading out of the
'city. No whipping, no urging, would carry
him over without stopping. • So he advattis
ed him, ' , To be sold for no other reason than
that the owner wants to go out of town."
A conscript being told that it we's sweet
to die for his country, hied to excuse him
self on the grou n d that lie never did like
sweet things.
The Mitten
Seventeen yearwago,-there.wris a fair girl,
so pure, solovely, so refined, that she still
rises to my mind as almost akin to angels.-
Slt was wooed, and ultimately won by a
-handsome-young-man-of Lonsidcruble wealth - 7.
He sported a 'a fine. team,delighted in hunting,
and kept a pack of bounds. He neither play.
ed cards, drank wine, nor used tobacco. He
bad no occupation, no calling, no trade..=
He lived on his money ; the interest of which
would have supported a man handsomely.- Fnever saw th - e - fair - britie till a few days alp
-;.
.S_ev_enteenler
,gar away, an with
.them her beauty and her youth, her hus
band's fortune and his life, during the latter
part of which they lived in a log, cabin a ,
L)--t-he-harrks-of-rb-e-TIF
AlO. near mnnerhassett r s
Island—a whole family in one single room,
subsisting on water, fat bacon, and corn
bread. The husband. had no business ca
pacity. He was a gentleman of education,
of refinement, of noble impulses; but when
his money was gone he could get no employ
ment, simply because he did not know bow
to do anything. For awhile he floundered
'about—first trying one thing, then another;
failure was written on them all, •
Ile'however, finally obtained a situation;
the labor was , great, the compensation was
small, it was that or starvation. In his he
roic efforts to discharge his duties accepta
bly, he over-worked himself and died, leav
ing his widow and six girls in utter destitu
tion. In seventeen years, the sweet and joy
ous and beautiful girl had become a broken
hearted care-worn,sovert -stricken widow
with a house full of children. Young wo
men, if a rich
,tvnung-m anaaks- you -to-marr. ,
him and has no occupation, or trade, or call
ing, by which he could-make a living if he
were thrown on his own resources, you may
give him your respects but give him the mit.
ten —Dr. Hall. .
BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.--I confess that
increasing years bring with them an increati
ing respect for men who do not succeed in
life, as those words are commonly used.—
Heaven is said to be a place for those who
have not succeeded upon earth; and it is sure
ly true celestial graces do not best thrive and
bloom - in the hot blase of worldly prosperity.
111 success sometimes arises from a supera
bundance of qualities in themselves good—
from a conscience too sensitive, a taste too
fastidious, a self-forgetfulness too romantic,
a modesty too retiring. I will not go so far
as to say, with a living poet, that "the world
knows nothing of its greatest men," but thire
are forms pf greatness, or at least excellence,
which "die and make no sign;". there are
martyrs that miss the palm but not the stake,
heroes without the laurel, and conquerors
.without the triumph.
PREPARE FOR MUCH SNOW.-Our oldest
people, who have carefully noted the "signs
of the times," say that we will have an un
usual quantity of snow this winter. They
say that much rain -during the summer is
always followed by heavy falls of snow in the
winter, and claim the character of the sum
mer is always a sure index to the character
of the winter in this respect. Our last wet
summer was in 1855—ten years ago- - id it
will be recollected that the winter of 1855
—'so afforded more fine sleighing than any
win ter since.
COMPARITIVE: LENutrr. : —At Belin and
London, the longest day has 16i
.hours.—
At Stockholm, 18k, and the shortest
. si.
At Hamburg 19, shortest 7. At SE Afters
burg. 19; shortest 5. A t Finland, 21k;
shortest 2i. In Noraway the day last from
May 21st to July 22nd, without interru,p,
tion; and in Spitsbergen the longest day lasts
three months and a half.
A little boy was saying his prayers half
asleep: "Now I lay me down to sleep; I pray
the Lord my soul to keep; if I should die be
fore I wake—pop goes the weasel."
The Louisville Journal says able bodied
negroes are said to be selling in Texas at
twelve and a half cents a dozen.
A citizen of Virwthington owned a very
ugly and vicious dog. He named the cur
"NV irz," and then shot it.
Believe one half the ill one woman speaks
of another, but credit twice the good,sbe re
ports of her.
• A year of pleasure passes like a floating
breeie, but a moment of misfortune seems an
age of pain.
Snooks' wife loves to make bread, because
it cleans, her Lauds beautifully.
In the beginning woman consisted of a
single rib. Now she is all ribs, from her
belt to the rim of her petticoats.
Why cannot a deaf man be legally convic
ted ? Because the law says no mau shall be
judged without a hearing.
Nature reflects the light of revelation, as
014 moon dues that of inc sun.
• Be above the world, 'tied ect . from your
own seen of right aud wrpuu.
lie that is innocent, be coufi
dent.
' stt'A.l•
.; • '
Indolence is a stream thao l
on, yet it unddradiaes every vt
Passion evaporates by wards,,,
The husband who devoured hi s Wife
with kisses foiled afterwards that she•
agrced•with him.
He that swells in prosperity, will shrink
iu adversity,
;l a (' •
• -b ilk ,
est:
MEE
Stray Tieiverifra
Jouina.l
• NO. 1
with its - lecieitiotiS'ltii
Vaeatio
urea, has passed 'until:id; and another.seitool
season with its hours of toil, of eare:tindle
sponsibilkty, is upon us., Many ' were, the
thougbis that passed throw* our tibia du
ring the Vacation of 'twit'might - still im'-
Lnotre and better oar sehbol the twit Session;
what new and improved methods of instrue-
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terest our pupil's, '
so that the' prosecution of
their, studies Might' be both *Ostia and
profitable; of how we might Malte.dui , disci
'line still more sift - eau - rift - id our ke1.166 is I
more self-regulating. MI things in readi•
ness, and with high hopes for a happy and
pleasant Session, we sought
,the school room
on the openhig morning of the Session.—
The pupils wore there before us exchanging
greetings and salutations, and talking over
incidents of the vacation.
After exchanging a few pleaSant words
end smiles with those that githereround us
and take us by tho hand, we take our place
on the stand. The faCes before us are near
ly all familiar—our pupils .of the last year.
But two of the brightest and happiest faces
of the last session are absent. We regret it
exceedingly for the vacant seat cannot well
be filled. We tap the bell and the• pupils
fall silently into their places. We read at
portion of Divine Truth and give thanks to
the Giver of all good fur his mercies, and pe-
for blessings in the future; for,the
lli
rotaation and guidance. :hat our inter-
course as teachers and pupils might: 4 l)e pleas
ant and proftratile; that we might be Prepared
for usefulness in life and fur happioess-iri e
ternity.
Just here at this stage of our exercises
important thoughts crowd in upon us. Let
us follow them:—This opening hour is the
eventful, the all important hour of the Ses-'
sion. The pleasantness mid i saccess of the
Schookand the efficiency of our labor, all
depend upon how we improve it.
Before us are young, winds buddings of
immortal spirits thirsting an d eager for
knowledge. Bright and happy faces beam
ing with the buoyancy and lightnes of youth
look up inquiringly into durs floppy hearts
filled with bright hopes for the future anx
iously await our orders. Shall they be dis
appointed in their hopes arid aspirations ?
Shall the school be pleasant and interesting
to them, a place where they will lavcrikeon
gregate and linger, or shall it be a pleas of
pueishment which they will regard with a
version and disgust? This first hour must
in a great measure decide it.
If we are master of our profession; if we
understand the proper organization of the
intellectual, physical, and moral nature of
our pupils and take advantage of our knowl
edge, we may further inspire their young
hearts, increase and stimulate their hopes,
and s *nterest them as to make light and ea
sy their e p the hill of science.
Or if we fail to comprehend our true rela
tion to our pupils, or du not understand the
organization and constitution of their being,
we may pursue an opposite course, one that
will chill their aspirations, damp their youth
ful ardor, and blunt their whole being.
Mane teachers fail of success by not un
derstanding their duties, or by failing to com
prehend their true position, and, in conse
quence they lay hold of 'their' work in a
wrong manner in the very .first hour of the
session; pursue a wrong and injurious course
of discipline, use wrong methods of instruc
tion, thus hurting in a great measure the fu•
tare usefulness and happiness of many chil
dren, that under proper training might be
come instruments of usefulness and happiness
to themselves and to their fellows.
We tremble' when we think of the influ
ence the .teacher wields, and by so many
wielded improperly. Teacher, do you often
think of the responsibility of your trust—
the trust that you have in the instruction
and guidance of those' uuder your charge'?
Those young minds, stamped with the im
press of their Creator, and susceptible of the
slightest impressions of good or evil, are pla
ced in your hands for weal or woe.
"Fathers, provoke not your children to
wrath, but brirag them up in the instruction
and fear of the Lord;" is the injunction of
the Apostle to parents, and when the. paren
tal authority is delegated for. the time being
to the Teacher, the trust and responsibility
also passes with it, and we would under no
consideration place our children under•the
charge of an immoral or unchristian teacher.
We could not do'it in view of the account
we must one day render of the discharge of
our duties to the judge of all the earth.—
Fellow Teacher, do you think often and se
riously of your position and your responsi
bility, and do you do the best for the good
of those under your charge,' for time and for
eternity ?
"Teacher, 0 be wise:.
Be every measure of thy eboise to aid
In forming deathless intellect; the fruit
Of earnest study, and of zealous care
-E'-- look:
. en . to the boundless future of
Its destiny. T how may'st be popular
orchaneetbut - seelr - noi popularity
As motive spring in any act of thy
Profession.' Valiant be and ever dare
To do the right { though,all the gathered hosts
Of error may oppose. Then if thou tail
On earth, thy r well
- earned measure of applause
To gaint—that.iteirtributelioni the skies . ,
done t4tgoodjul foithful ear vant,". sh al
Thy glorious mission crown.".
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He PAC-would' have, Tro t iouh
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