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FARMERS' RRGISTER— MANUAL LABOR SEMINARY. 



common species, with their progeny, have for 

 three or four years past made an old stone quarry, 

 in Martic township, their ahiding place, and in 

 that time, it would seem,. have relapsed to the 

 wild state, and acquired the ferocious and preda- 

 tory habits natural to their tribe. A short time 

 ago some of them were seen in pursuit of a full 

 groA\m sheep, belonging to the flock of ]Mr. Mar- 

 tin Herr, of that vicinity. They soon overtook it, 

 dragged it to the ground, and before the person 

 who°vitnessed the scene couhl reach the spot, they 

 succeeded in so lacerating the poor animal's throat 

 that it bled to death in a short time. It required 

 considerable exertion to drive them off A dog,' 

 subsequently sent in pursuit ol" tliem, caught one, 

 but would probably have been himself worsted in 

 the conflict that ensued,:had not the owner come 

 to his rescue. It is said that they also pursued a 

 small boy sometime ago, and Ibllowed him a con- 

 siderable distance, as is noAv supposed with dead- 

 ly purposes. — Lancaster Examiner. 



OF THE LANE 



MANUAL LABOR DEP ARTIVI,ENT 

 SEMINARY. 



The fourth Annual Report of the Lane Semi- 

 nary at Cincinnati, Ohio,, has' recently appeared, 

 and contains much that is interesting in relerence 

 to manual labor, 



• This institutiouis another of those "Visible Illus- 

 trations of Benevolence," which are so rapidly' 

 and so happily muhipjlying in our country. It owes 

 its origin, to the benevoLence ol' a single merchant, 

 and its broad toundationto individual contributions; 

 and the -fact that these Avere chiefly presented by 

 Hhe EasV io "the West," affords gratifying evi- 

 dence that riarrow local feeling is. not yet predom- 

 inant over' the spirit of beneficence. The Semi- 

 nary has three professors in'thetheological depart- 

 meiit, und three in the department of preparatory 

 study, which is designed M those whose age or 

 circumstances prevent theiY piirsrung a collegiate 

 course. One bujI'.Ung for one hundred students, 

 and two houses for professors, 'a:i-e already built, 

 and a "chapel is soon to be erected. In consequence 

 of the provision of funds, the expens-es of ea,di 

 student do not exceed i^GO or 880 annually. 



But the princii)al peculiarity' in this- institution is 

 in its provii?ions for manual hibor, and the ground 

 on which it is placed. It is with peculiar pleaisure 

 that we find '■'■physical education'''' spoken . of '^ in 

 connection with "talents and acquisitions," and 

 trhe "spirit of holiiK^ss," as of fundamental hnpor- 

 iance to ministerial energy and success.'? -When.- 

 will the acknowledged truth, tliat "the miiid is iii-' 

 fliienced by the state of the body," be ado])ted 

 practicalhj] in our schemes of education! On the 

 subjectr of manual lalx)r in connection with ^study, 

 theOommittee remark in general: . . . 



"WhateviT may Ijc the theoretical objections of 

 good men', practically unacquainted with this sys- 

 tem, to its practicability and importance, it is to 

 the directors no longer a niatter of .experiment, but 

 of sober fact, resulting from three or four years' 

 experience, that the connection of three hours 

 daily labor, in some useful anji interesting emploA^- 

 ment, with study, protects tlie health and consti- 

 tuiion of our young men; greafly augments their 

 physical energy; furnishes to a considerable extent, 

 or entirely, the means of self-education; increases 

 their power of intellectual- acquisition; facilitates 



their actual progress in study; removes their 

 temptations to idleness; confirms their habits of in- 

 dustry; gives them- a practical acquaintance with 

 the useful employments of life; fiis thern- for the 

 toils aiyi responsibilities of a liewly settled country; 

 and inspires them with the independence of cha- 

 racter, and the originality of iuvestigation, which 

 belong pecuUarly to seU-made and self'-educated 

 men." 



They make one remark, which Ave presume will 

 explauiinore than one of ttose fa'dures which have' 

 led some to doubt the ])racticability of the system: 

 "No small injury is threatened to manual labor 

 institutions, and no small embamissment has been 

 felt by this seminary in commonvvLth others, in 

 consequence of the erroneous impression too com- 

 monly prevalent,- that no funds will be needed in 

 a manual. labor institution, even when the student 

 has no trade, no knowledge of any kind of busi- 

 ness, no jJOAver of accomplislmaent, and little dis- 

 position to perform the lubor oftered Jiira, as a 

 means of paying his expenses. 



"The comhiittee need not inform such young 

 men, and the community generally, that no insti- 

 tution can long sustain .itself and. prosper under 

 such circuiBstances." 



White they consider the pecuniary benefit of 

 the jilan as of minor importance, compared Avith 

 the health and vigor it produces, the report f virnish- 

 es encouraging evidences that mucTi may be done 

 in this respect under fiiivorable circumstances. In 

 consequence of the contio'uity of the seminary to 

 .Cincinnati, printing has ^een introduced as one 

 branch of labor, and the novelty and success of" 

 this department rendei's the details interesting. 



"During the,, early patt of the last year, an 

 arrangement was entered into by the committee, 

 with -Messrs.- Corey & Fairbank, booksellers .of 

 Cincinnati, to. furnish the students with several 

 priiiting ])resses, and with stereotype plates . for 

 printing Webster's spelling book. This establish- 

 ment hag been in operation nearly a year, and now 

 embraces sis- presses, furnishing work lor twenty 

 students. 



"About 150,000 copies of the above narned 

 work have been printed, and about 1000. copies 

 per day arc now issued from the pires-scs. • • 



"The students liave recently commenced the 

 priiiting of an edition of Dr. Eberle's" Treatise on 

 the Diseases of. Children, a valuable medical work, 

 which, requires fine paper and the best workman- 

 ship; and ii is'belierved that in, all respects the. exe- 

 cution of the work is highly satrsthctory to the 

 employers." . . ■ 



. The report from which we are quoting is ^ very 

 handsoine s|)ecimen of the skill of the students. In 

 refjard to pecuniary results, the' committee' state: 

 " Tiie average amount earned by six - printers in 

 ten months by working about tlwee hours ]ier 

 - day, - . - - - - - _ i 120 00 

 " Average aitiount earned- at the same 



rate in a year, - - - - 

 "Amount now earned by twenty stu- 

 dents per week, , - - - 

 " Average amount (by each student,). 

 " Ayerage amount earned by twenty stu- 

 dents at the same' rate as above per 

 year, - . - 



"In view of these results, and the small annual 

 expense of this institution, it is hardly necessary to 

 remark, that the students in this -department have 



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