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" WE SHALL MISS HIM."
"We shall meet but we shall miss him"
On the coming Christmas Day,
And often shall our morning hearts
Feel sad that he is away.
"When a-year ago we gathered"
Around the Christmas Tree,
No one was then more radient
With joyous life than he.
Our home now oft feels lonely
With all die inmates there,
Because we cannot see hint
Join in our morning prayer.
I ween we'll long remember
The advent of that day—
And the sorrow that o'erwhelm'd us—
When cold in death he lay.
When by the hands of neighbors
He was rescued from the tide,
But not our darling "Frankie"
As lie was before he died.
Our tears we freely mingled
Although . full well we ken'd,
Our son and brother's spirit
Was in the " better land."
Affections claims we could not
Howe'er unwise, deny,
But still to breathe "Thy will be done"
We did not fail to try.
And now we fain would think of him
As u bright angelic boy,
Drinking purer draughts.of bliss
Than we on earth enjoy.
Yet I know that we shall miss him
On the corning Christmas Dty,
And often shall our mourning hearts
Feel sad that he is tWay.
GRANTELLUS
LANCASTER, DECEMBER 20, 1561.
INFLUENCE OF. THE TEACHER'S EXAMPLE.
An Essay Read before the Lancaster County
Teachers' Institute
By NUNS M. Leanard
Mind distinguishes man from the low
er orders of creation, fits him to pe lord
over all else that has been made.'und as
similates • him Co Deity. If, like the
frail tenement which it inhabits, it were
liable every moment to pass from the
sphere of usefulness for which it was being
prepared, we might consider its culture
of but little importance. But since it is
immortal, destined to live through, time,
and eternity, since it must 'suffer endless
misery, or enjoy an everlasting bliss,
the conviction forces itself upon us, that
its guidance involves a mighty respon
sibility. When we consider further,
that the youthful . mind susceptable in
its nature so readily receives impres
sions, either for good or evil which shall
endure for aver, we cannot but feel that
influences thus brought to bear upon im
mortal destinies, should be in the high
est degree noble and refining. Both
observation and philosophy show, that.
impressions received is childhood, usual
ly determine the character of the future
man, in short thai his early surroundings
mould his character, shape his manners,
and form his tastes.
A man whose early da,ys were passed
amid .the innocent pleasures of wood
and field will be likely to surround his
home, wherever it is, with birds and
flowers, and when his /aim of acquiring
a competency has been in some way ac
complished, he will' not build himself a
palace in town but a home In the country.
The child 'of ,a l eaner will be likely to
love' the rolli ~ waters' deep roar, and
seek "a cat ge by the sea," while the
son of a sol er will not fear the martial
drum, or qtake at the cannons echoing
sound. I nd if perchance the child does
not Coll in the way of those whose
provin e it is to guide his earlier years
it is b cause something unpleasant has
happ ned to him in it, or because he
sees in some other acshorter way, to for
tun and a name. For the habits child
reform are generally their habits when
1
ol er ; the language they acquire then,
11
1 ves expression to their more mature
' oughts ; the principles they believe
hen, are the favotite ideas of their grav
er meditations ; and their enjoyments
then, the sweetest memories of their
more careworn hours.
It would be a happy thing if children
could be reared surrounded only by the
elevating and the good. But in our
present state of society this is impossi
ble. Still let home control be what it
may, the teacher possesses an influence
second to none. It is a remarkable fact
that children imitate the teacher who
commands their confidence well nigh as
perfectly as they do their parents. His
air, his manner, and his language, are
all closely copied for they strive in all
things to be like those whom they con
sider their superiors. If the teacher
place a vase of flowers upon his desk
the pupils will have flowers on theirs.—
Is he slovenly in his appearance ?- they
will come to school'so too. Is he re
gardless of the roles of propriety and or
der ? His pupils are ready to imitate
his example. Or,—to continue in the
nes
and
ow
ithe
f the
tion.
vidu-
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asketa
toys
I dren's
,
orses,
y size
of all
gifts.
MARIETTA, DECEMBER 2L 1861.
pertinent and familiar language of an=
other,—if the teacher is neat, and be
comingly careful, in relation to dress
and personal appearance and habits,
prudent in his movements, and chaste
and dignified in his deportment and con
versation, he will exert a most salutary
and powerful influence, over the minds,
the habits, and the speech, of the "little
immortals who meet to learn , of him."—
Would he have his pupils form industri
ous habits ? He must be diligent him
self. Would he impart to them energy,
spirit, vigor? The teacher is the cen
tre whence it must radiate. Would he
have them form habits of punctuality
and promptness? He can expect but
little unless he be prompt and punctual
himself. Here, as in every thing else,
the teacher's example will have a more
direct force than all his other teachings
and precepts combined. What the
teacher is, so will his pupils be. How
sad to reflect that this faculty of imita
tion so largely developed in youth, for a
wise purpose by means of a pernicious
example is made the means of degrading
instead of elevating humanity, yet it is a
mournful truth that persons are often
employed to instruct our youth, who
are the victims of bad habits. How
much of the evil which exists in the
world is attributable to thiS fact. How
many of those who now fill our peneten
tiaries and frequent those haunts of
wickedness which sully our earth, owe
their ruin to the evil influences and
pernicious example of some misguided
teacher of their youth. It is a princi
, ple in moral philosophy that we become
like those with whom we associateove
may not know it, yet unconsciously we
conform to surrounding influences. This
is true in every time of life, but more
particularly in childhood. Then the
power of example is unlimited all pervad
ing. The influence of the teacher's exam
ple extends not only to the children in
his charge, but is is beheld everywhere,—
in the family, in the social circle in the
public sphere and neither time nor eter
nity can efface his work for it is upon
the mind "that deathless thing."
How important then-when other char
acters are thus fashioned after the teach
er's, that his should be a model of all
that is attractive and beautiful i—and
how doubly important that his moral,
and religious principles, should be firm
and good. Beauty will fade, wealth
may be rested away, strength of mind
may be shattered, and knowledge may
fail to bring happiness, but pure and
virtuous principles are a present and
eternal, blessing, to their possessor. 'lf
the teacher would have his pupils love
to do good, his own actions must be
characterized by uprightness magnanim
ity and philanthropy. He must not only
impress upon, the minds of his piipils
virtuous precepts but if he would fit
them for the faithful and honorable dis
charge of life's duties, the broad princi
ples of mortality and religion must be
enferced by his own example. Without
this all his teachings and precepts will
prov,e abortive.
A well trained will and a "heart for
any fate" are of untold advantages to
one just commencing life, - and the teach
er, if in all his intercourse and actions
he is controlled by thoseprincipl i es,
which ever inflnence the good 'andup
right:has the power by his example to
give the mental energies this turn. A
right view of ones duty and a great opin
ion of the world will do more to give
character, inspire respect and insure suc
bass than the 'hoarded knowledge of all
books without these.
This just regard for t,he rights and
feelings of others together with a love
of honesty and truth are some of the
things which the instructor teaches by
example as words can never teach.
If the teacher would be a pattern
worthy of imitation, his conduct must be
uniform, gentle, and kind, under unpleas
ant as well as , pleasant circumstances,—
strict in little things, as well as firm in
great things, dignified, and- just, with
parents as well as pupils, consistent in
action as well as pious in principle.—
And only by daily striving to imitate
the "Great Teacher," and learning of
him lessons of humility and faith, can
we hove to exert a salutary influence
on the immortal beings around us.—
Only by presenting in our selves piing
example's of love and truth, can we
hope to fulfill "the vocation where
with we are called," and make it as it is
—the training and developing of immor
tal minds, for, a sphere of existence that
shall search through the undies ages of
eternity.
From The .Islll,riettian, of 1854.
THE DARK cx4IsTAIAg.,,
A TALE OF THE SUSQUEHANNA,'Ie
-
BY A. )3..GR0511
Innumerable are the instances in
which the weaker sex have proved them
selves in possession of the stronger
minds ; in which, when the courage of
man has changed to cowardice, and his
strength to weakness, woman's cheering
fortitude has infused animation into his
pulseless heart, and her energy awakened
his powers to strength and activity. I
wish to record one instance, though I
must regret that it has not found au
abler historian, or one more conversant
with its thrilling events ; for mine is not
a tale of fiction, hOwever imperfectly it
may loom up in the dim vista of the past,
or be faintly pictured on the retina of
my memory. But it is time it should be
recorded, for the traces of it are fading
from the legends of the aged, and mists
and shadows are fast gathering over the
few details which the more youthful re
ceive from the lips of the departed who
witnessed, or sharedin the perils, of the
adventure. Even the scenery around
the theatre where it occured is under
goipg so many changes, that soon the
rugged walks, and cragged peaks, and
deep ravines, which added difficulties to
the perilous rescue, will have vanished
before the levelling improvements and
increased facilities introduced to this
busy, restless , generation.' Let me, then,
endeavor :to fix them on paper while
yet my own memory retains a faint glim
mer of their former wild and savage
features.
On the northern bank of, the Susque
hanna river, about fifty , miles,from the
Chesapeak bay, a small village or rather
two united villages were just emerging
into being, about thirty-five years ago.
So recent indeed were, the twin villa
ges of Waterford and New
,llaven, that
the place was yet:Most commonly knewn
by its More ancient name. 'Anderson's
Ferry.' The site of these villages rise
from the river's bank in three\successive
slopes, each' terminated by a narrow es
planade, after whiCh'a beautiful 'roiling
and gradually rising country succeeds,
admirably adapted for farming, and
agreeably diversified by hill 'and dale,
farm and woodland. A. few miles to tho
west the river winding down from the
northwest, and, after passing one mile
east of the place, it bears away again to
the southeast, seeking the ocean's bosom
for repose. The southern and western
bank of the river, which bounds the
sight from the village, is surrounded by
a steep mountain, fopst-clad to its crag
gy summit, leaving (mire small opening
opposite to the upper end of the village,
through which 'the ferry road winds
upward to the south. Where the river
turns toward the southeast, bath banks
of the -river were thus crowned with
mountains covered with h _ ugh masses of
rock, interspersed among the . trees and
bushes, down to the waters edge. I
say were, for since then a beautiful
Macadamizing raid has been construct
ed along the river's edge, and, outside of
it the State walled up the Waters for her
Canal, while within it approaches have
been 'madetoward . the snsiiension era
railroad on the 'mountain's 'side ! Just
betels' the village, °nth° northern side,
of the river, the Ohjcqueflainnga creeks
pour their/united tribnte'in the Susque
hanna. Tfiese creeks are bounded along
their course, b'n'the eastern bank, by
similar 16ity hills, which"terminate at ;
their debochurnin an abrupt, perpendic
elar,rock, about two
,hundred and fifty
feet in bight, whose chalky front almost
tapes the, lower end of the villages' so
Calcined named, , and now best known as
the Borough of Marietta. - Opposite
Chicques' Rock on the southern side of.
the river, is another' Callnethe Point
Bock—its counterpart in' appearance,
and nearly- in size—Whielv geologists
suppose was united to the former, 'and,
hence have inferred that, at some distant
date the valley above was ',a Vast lake,
which here poured its thundering: floods
over the rocky barrier,soother Niagara.
The Susquehanna opiosite
is more than a half a mile wide for
several umlles aboye the Tillage, it is a
smooth. glassy. sliest
,;= but immediately
below, opposite Chicques':Rockf, it lie
gins to .break up into a sucOession of
falls and rapids, which continue"'with
few exceptions, the rest of its course.L-
The first and principle exception, is
about four miles' below the ferry, lathe
then small village of C01u4i4.:,
intercourse between these two'!ferries
was rather unfrequent, and hone luit ft
31:Dllar a Year_
foot passenger could possibly clamber
the hills ,and rocks which then interven
ed
on both sides of the river between
the two Places.
Such were the ordinary features of the
scenery,. such the difficulties of direct
intercourse between. the two ferries.--
Let them be born in mind while I pro
ceed with my narrative, in. which they
form prominent objects.
December had been unusually cold in
the year 18—, the, period of my tale, and
Christmas eve came in increasing sever
ity. The night was cold and gloomy.—
Two , youthful, female travelers; one ,a
mother, bearing, in her arms an infant,
arrived late.iu the evening, at, the, ferry
house kept by Mr. Snyder; on the north
ern shore. They, wer.e on horseback,
and Avowed their, desire to cross the
river early in the morning. Morning
came, intensely cold. The gathering
ground ice floated thick in the, river,
whose groaning waters seemed .to com
plain. of the icy fetters in which minter
was increasing them. The ferry: men
declared it impossible to cross the river
through yie increasing and . rapidly con
paling ice; and , so great was the .cold,
that, if stopped in .the .stream, all on
board must- perish. .Brtt•-( for reasons
not now remembered) so great 'was the
anxiety of the travelers Io cress, im
probable was it, that. the ice would bear
passengers for- several days, .that several
citizens of. the villages: Volunteered to
aid the ferry menl,and every precaution
having bean taken, the company :at last
embarked on the .perilous. and laborious
undertaking. ,
On the banks, and from every window
facing the stream, might be seen
tenances agitated with, mingling emo
tions of hope and• anxiety, and fear—the
countenances of the wives. and parents,
and children, and friends of the ferry
men and their volunteer aids. On the
boat was seen stern-resolntioh and busy
activity, necessary not, only to carry out
the resolve t,o•cross the dangerous stream
but also to keepthe zold from:benumb
ing their physical energies.' For, - on the
.open river,. the heavy hpiercing .nortb
west wind blew- incessantly, -and, with
unchecked force, from the dull grey
sky, increasing in power as, the progress
of the boat carried :it further from the
sheltering hanks. •
§lowly the boat moved•onward, and
more rapidly the crowding ie,e bore, it
down the, stream, in spite ,of all efforts
to prevent . it: After several thours of
incessant • toil,, they had passed .about
three-forths .of the stream, -and; were
carried down to ,within a, few;: hundred
;yards of the falls below the, ferry. And
here, a new difficulty commenced to in
crease their labors and add new fearsto
their apprehensions: The ice below,
darned .by the ledges of rocks that cross
the river and froin the falls, checked the
- downward progress of the hoat'; but the
ice from aboVe began to rash over its
upper side, all immedirtle destruction'by
the' piessure, or 'foundering under the
weight of aocumulating'masies. Every
exertion was necessary to' keep the 'boat
ftee , from the ice; and fear`fullY .ivas it
felt that between exhaustirigand fatigue
and paralizing cold, these-exertions Mirk
soon he relaxed, 'Alen, if'the 4.1/Ling of
the-ice abated not; te certain destruclion
awaited all on board.
Nor did they atone feel the horrors of,
their situation.. ,The : friends -they bad
left behind were looking on in agonizing
suspense, watching with cm intensity
which, scarcely allowed their pulse to
Play, While observing,every_movempht, of
those,in the boat. •It was • seen at, last,
that ,assistance., must -be seat them, ,or
they, would perish. „But hcov,Assi4 them?
;pearfal,question, t to which but one ans
"er ;could ,be,given,and it .was, :given.
action, not in doubting, pr-,in =words of
debate and delay: , A gallant band of
!Vie accustomed tol:res;&the
c r iatigy 'pattrAo'breitse elerriental rbtrifh,
quid: to darelhe •treacherous . ice, started'
at once trOtheThey hid three
milei tb . tra;reiskt,overio l ci;
rS9ln@, end
reach 'there' the:river
d
expan e to a mile m ,`and mutt
betrosied ; ropes, planks, •
Not
carried on the back, elrePtekgidetind
,upiresiditiitAd miles
be t* ih R'R I APtI 4%414A°, boat could
I.l' reached/.,,4 1 /Yod:1 ,11er ordimiry eircum.
stsnces :4
tpo 441 f rp u t4 have required
. keyerat forthguisi ,:pprformance. But,
Ft i' 1 • .10
animated
4 hypo electric ,power of syna
.,., I; •74
patby, and strengthebed by an aroused
det.erMinatiun to i, , ave their relatives'and
fib :lids at all hazards, it , might he done
iu half the usual time. = ;But! even one-
hour was, an a 7 .0 to those in eminent
danger, paralyzed with fear, and sulfa:-
Mg from fatigue, cold and bringer.—
Leave we, then, this active band to their
arduous and human efforts, and let m
return to those in the boat.
For hours they had suffered and toil
ed, and now the accomplishment of thei,
passage seemed more distant than when
they started. The boat stood still a
gainst the wall of ice on the lower side.
while the ice from above rushed in a>
fast as they could throw it overboard.—
Their hands were cold and stiff, and their
bodies shivered with cold; their heart:-
grew faint at the near approach of death,
and, as one after another gave all up a,
lost, the despair of the more courageous
and active increased, until all ceased to
hope and to labor. Some sit down in
the ends of the boat, or on its lower
side,. eyeing the encroaching ice with
looks of sullen dispair ; others lifted up
their voice in lamentation and wept, and
others still sunk into the' attitude of
prayer, and devoted their few remaining
moments to•communion with. Him into
whose immediate presence they were
soon to be. ushered. . A few minutes
more, and the masses of ice would sink
them into the congealing deep—when
the stupor of cold and dispair is broken
up and hope ,made to revive. in their
bosoms, by woman's voice and exertion's,
drawn forth by maternal love. ,
The mother-laying her child in a dry
spot in the bottom of the +ferry-boat,
commenced throwing the ice overboard
with her own hands, and with a vigor
and energy: totally unloOked - for, and by
her:voice, looks and, example, encourag
ed the men around her to a renewal of
their efforts. The - movement was elec
tric. It seemed as 'if her exertions were
a' token of success vouchsafed' t from
heaven., An aged., and worthy citizen,
Mr. Ludwig, took off his bugh overcoat,
and, wrapping the sleeping baba in its
folds, re-commenced, with: new life and
energy, the labor 'tinder which he had
just sunk as insupportable. The rest
foll Owed the eXitiriplh and the beat is
soon again cleared Of the load of "ice.—
The power Of the cold gradually con
gealed the masses,'and: , held them firm
on''the surface 'Of 'water anti the
lands-men canic to the rescue before the
animating spirit had time • to subside
agafti. Board after beard' was laid on
the ice, commencing' j ai' the' slim, and
after cOnsiderable peril " and labor, a
itoSting bridge Wan' con'structe ' d" Co
boat, When;by the aid of a `rope extend
ing along the line, anirthe Use of some
stout poles, thelandsmnn succeeded in
leading the' almoit frozen hut now joy
intoxicated Ciew to the shOre.
NO. 21.
A. Walk of a mile and a l half brought
, ,
the company to the ferry house on the
southern shore, kept by lgr: 'Anderson.
The courageous iemale, on entering the
presenod with 'her, child,
'whih in herAinxiety and subsequent
stupor,' she lad ukarly fariottein-41iee
she, immediately
,fell into, a death zliko
swoon, from which .site with difficulty
recovered. , , ,
Thula, was a Christmas dny,
,began in
anxiety and continued in ; terror and
dark dispair, closed with almost madden
ing joy and rejoicing. , Hay was'carried
to the t boat for the horses, one of which
how,ever, perished during! the night, in
Attempting to, reach the.shere, and the
other • was rescued, ,on the, next day in
,se,fety, ;,Arter l a day ontwo spent under
the hospital roof of Mr. Anderson, the
villagers were able- , to cross on the ice.
and again cla.sp their 'familiesand friends
to bosoms glowing with glhtitude
God for their wonderful eseiti2e from a
fearful grave. The heroine of my nara
tive was yet living a few years ago; and
,
though the ferry has frequently changed
owners, sha'and , her family still pass and
repass at Pleasure, free of charge. It
was a fearfal time ; the-whole neighbor
hood, and"the - neighboring villages, all
partook ofl - the heart sickniog terror Of
the several 'hours of euipense. l Cold,
water; lee, al combined io render the
-danger greater' and more dreadful, and
'Onde'r God; but for 1,14 t youn g mother,
the vilages of brew-Haven and Niirater
- foid tad been • filled"with - widows and
o'rPhans, and with ihn - iciicee of wailing
andime, and'ourfriebile -and neighbors
had slept years before their tiine, under
the- groaning waters of •the ice. laden
12 , XPAYETTE 'AT ' SETT;NTY-ONE.-..1n per
'son Tie wits-tall and strongly built, with
bioa`d slroldnri', large liraled, , and' a gen
eral cirstren'gth, whielr"-was •rather
increased thin' diniitilihed by liar evident
tending towards :ebrpulericy. • While
'still'qr yowler/fan,' his right leg:—the
genie, I believe, that had been =wounded
in rallying our broken troops at Brandy-
Vlinewits fractured by a fall on the
ice, leaving him lame for the rest of his
ditys, This did not, provelAt4im,
,how
ever, from walking about his, farm,- but,
it ent'him
, off from the use of his saddle,
and gave a halt tohis gate, which, but
for his dignity of carrjagn would have
approached to awkwardness. Indeed,
he had more dignity ehearing than any
man, fever saw, 'Andrit was not merely
the. dignity :or self. possession,' whicl
early, habit t of:command • may .give won
to an,•ordinaryarian, but that • elevation
of manner which springs from an habit.
ual elcvatibm.of thought, bearing wit
ness 'tis the - purity of its source, as a /
s -
6ithler check bear witness to the purl
of the' air you deity lareath.:.