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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



[Jan. 27, 



Xhose, who sIirII siiccep^Ciilly cuUivale llie l;irg-- 

 est numbnr of acres, without the u=e of arHent 

 Spirits. Their exerlion; are hiudahle, and ihoir ' 

 example i? worthy of iinilation. "It is |iio[ios-, 

 ed iti the County of Unmpsliire to send circulars 

 into every toivn in Ibal county for tlie purpose 

 of o!)lainin!» signatures to a pelitinn (o Congress, j 

 praying that a dulv mnv he liid on distillprs of do- 

 mestic spir'.ls,an(l an additional one nn tho import- 

 ers of all tb'.'ii^n distilled liquors." Tlicy, uho 

 are miking these efforts for the moral improve- 

 ment of society, are entitled to the gntilude of 

 their country, and deserve to he enrolled among 

 its benefactors. 



1 ciU upon you, as friends of liumanily, of 

 domestic happiness and social order, lo exert 



paradise ; yet if our good institutions are Iramp- 

 lAd in llie du«t : if vice and moral corniplion 

 pollute and curse the soil ; it is not n paradise ; 

 it is not an Eden ; it is a licit. 



NKW ENGLAND FARMER. 



FIUUAV, .lANUAIlV 



I aee. 



PRACTICAL ARTS .^ND SCIENCES. 

 We have read ivilh much satisfaction a Report 

 of the Commissioners a(ipointed hy a resolve of 

 the I\Iass:ichuscl!s J^pgislalnre, of the C'Jd of Feb- 

 ruary 182.5. Dy that resolve it was mado the 



and proJltoOle one. and that the pupil is to he at 

 liberh: to pursue antj, or all of these studies, as he 

 thirks ■:v!ll best suit his occupation.'''' 



The studios proposed are I. "The French 

 and ."Spanish language*. 2. Grammar. Cnmposi- 

 (ion. jiheloric, including speaUmg and rpadiiig. 

 3. Fiook Keeping nnd Arithmetic. 1. Geogra- 

 phy and History. 5. Drawing. 6. Malhemil- 

 ics. in its largest sense. 7. JN'aiiiral Philosophy. 

 8. Cliemislrv. 9. Agricnitnre and Horticulture. 

 10. Moral Philoso)>hy and Morals. 11. Politic- 

 al Economy.'' 



'• .-\5 to the number of lhe<e schools to be en- 



duty'of these Commissioners " (o digest omZ n«. i ''""^'' immediately by the stale, the Commi.s- 

 pn,'c a s;,slcw for the establishment of such au In-^'^^"^'- '.'^^''' f""''" <'P,'I"^'>- niimls as helore sug- 



. . :slitulionorIustitu'.iovs,aslheCo,umissionersshonld\S^'^'"^^^" recommend one only ; to he Incnled 

 your influence to use all the menus your wisdom j ^,_,^^^^ •, ,,,>„, f,,^ ,/,^ State In create and endou: I 'll,"""'' f"""' '"'■"'''"'' "' "' "'"'""'-^ ^" ■'" """y '"'• 

 may suggest, to arrest the ,.rogress ol mlempe- „^ ^^^^.,;^^ he best calculnled to afford cconomici and\V'7 ^'''^' " "* ^''"J'" " "" "/^crimcnf, and we 

 ranee in onr l-ind. In behalt ol d..mestic sntfer- 1^,,^.^-,,^, ,.,,^,,,,,,,.,.^„ .,•„ ,;,^ ^;„^,;^^^ 



eicts to iJuil class of persons uho do not desire or 

 colleiiiale education : and 



ing, I call upon you ; of the devoted wile whose 



bosom is piercpd «,th sorrow and " umg will. ! ;;.7;;,;jj;";^ ^^,„;,, 

 gnet ; oflhe lond mother, u hose heart is bleed- 

 ing for the ruin of her family ; of the gray hairs 

 of an atTectionate father, whose happiness was 

 Klenlilied with that of his lost and liopeless sons ; 

 of innocent and helpless children, hail clad, and 

 half fuiiished, shivorin^ with cold, and crying 

 aloud for bread, over <\ horn are falliiiir the tears 

 of maternal aflection and anguish 



also to prepare and digest a system for a proper r'l"> ' i''' "^•^-'""n*-" "', unnenaKing loo mur, 

 orfianir^tion of a fund to be 'set apart for the L- i } l^' 1''^'"' >'<Mvever. eventually, ol an institui 



poses of education; shcwius the source^ from Jhi^h I '°"' .''"^ *=';'""' "^'^y 'l" ""' , ''"t"' -^' '"^ V 



,!.„ .„.':.. ..,,■„;.,;,„„;.,. ;.,„,7„„,; ,i.. „/.,■;..„ i.A.t. ^o the main design ot such education as is hi 



the same miglit be obtained, and Ihe objects to icAic/t 

 tiie same ought to be applied.'" ) 



The Commissioners are '^rnKotinr,r, Sfnowidi-:, 

 h. M. Paivker, and Jamcs SIvace. Their liennit 



In behalf of Ihoso imhap'py beings, loo, who i"^ a'''e and luminous, and makes 5o octavo p^T' 



are their own »vorst enemies, who have snr\iv 

 rd the lo.ss of properly, of character, of every 

 thing that is dear lo man, — Ihe loathsome vic- 

 tims of disease, who are last consuming Ihe biil- 

 lle thread of life, and sinking into dishonoiiiahle ! Seminaries which these gentlemen recommend, 



es. It is worthy the attentive ['enisal of eve|v 

 patriot and philauth.'-opisl. Our limits confine lis 

 to such extracts as we think may exhibit Ihe 

 iiosl correct idea of the plan of Ihe Seminary or 



graves, — ! call upon you. And above all, 1 call !■ 

 upon you, as christians, who cannot but feel con 



vices, — lo wipe away llie leais of niortal sii(T<'r- 



Ihi'ik it will be more conl'ormable to the pru- 

 dent, business-like character of our people to 

 enter upon it, on such a scale, as thai nothing is 

 likely lo be hazarded by undertaking loo miicli.'" 



ion 

 ale 

 ere 

 projiosed." 



/n speaking of '^ these jirovisions for the 

 sclioi 1, which will require expense,'' Ihe Coni- 

 ini«>ioners enumerate, " .-3 scile for buiUUng — 

 A farm and garden. The quantity of land, we 

 siijipose lo 1)6 fifty acres; certainly not more 

 llian one hundred. The land is not lo be ob- 

 laini d at the expense of the slate, but lo pro- 

 ceed fiom the bounty of Ihe town and vii inity 

 id which the location shall he. I'he Coinmis- 

 ! sioners have no doubt, that many loivns in Ihe 

 slate, v/ould give a much larger boon for ihcad- 



ing,— lo blot out the'siHins of hom:in guiSt, — lo|<'"es, lilile inleie.-l in their concerns, or know! 

 ssve your fellow men from infamy, ruin, and '-■*'.^'' ''I their all.iirs. 



Ihe principles nn which Ihe plan is founded. 

 In most counlries learning and education' 

 cerned for Ihe future well bein?ofyour fellow I constitute a separate casle.an aristocracy of ilsell, j ^^j'^'.'^p of the location ' 

 men, 10 stay Ihe progress of this pa'reiil of I he "''-'''--"' '"'^" •'"'""'^ exclusive, having litllo-j ^ " ' ,, ' . , ,, , 



• ' "^ ■ •' - '\mp,ilhv with the mass of their feliosv crea-1 '/ 1 h^y propose tlial there shall be o»c o,- (u'o 



I . urinctpal buildings, as shall be ^Jund riiosl con- 

 venc?jlt, to furnish accommodations for lecture 

 '•The question f.r ns is. whether we <;],;,|| ! '"''o/ni, rcoVod'on roomi, public exercises of ever- 

 lake an opposite course, and endeaior lo bring i ''^indyrooms fur philosophical and chemical nppa- 

 men into thai slate in «hich all shall bo fi;^t\^i\.'f <""3, for botanical and mineralogical cvhibilions, 

 ed, ihat, so far as governmenl is concerned, ai;'"^''.^V "'^ librartj, models, plans, draznings. j-c. 

 lender regard is sjmwn for all, and lliiis ir.con- 

 cile all lo ihe inevitiilde Individual disliuciious ! ' 

 which exisl in nature, and in every form of so- 

 ciety, however organized. The world has been ' 



death. 



Your exertions, (ienllemen, lo promote lhe| 

 interests of the communily in which you live,! 

 liave lieen crowned with abundant success. You i 

 liave alrearly done much for society, for your 

 country, for prosperity. And you liave the high 

 satisfaction of seeing the good fruits of your la- | 

 bonis, in the removal of ancient prejudices, the; 

 sidoplion ol better modes of cultivating the soil, 

 and the improved condilioti of manufactures a-: 

 rourd you. j 



1)6 encouraged, therefore, to persevere in the 1 

 good work, that has been so auspiciously begun, 

 until the arls of life shall be carried to their iil- 



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'i'he expense of the principal buildmg or bnil.I- 

 I ings nf)t to exceed jJI^iOOO, includii!? the work- 

 hops, out buildings, and fences. Workshops, in 

 liliich pupils may learn somcth'mg of the Common 



.vided into lli<.se who have go\erned .,,^,]\"iec!iatical operations, are an iudtspetisable pari of 



the plan. The books, philosophical appaialus, 

 chemical apparatus, maps, charts, globes, mod- 

 els, plans, drawings, tools, mechanical exhibi- 

 tions, mincralogical and botanical exhibilions 

 and specimens are ex[iect('d to cost jilo.OLlO, — 

 making JU,000 dollars in llic whole." 



those ulio have been in subjection. Educa- 

 tion has given the farmer their power, — the 

 want of it has j)hiced the latter in a stale of 

 imbecility and abject degr^idalion. It has been 

 believed -that the reverse of this could noi exist 



most estenl of improvement. Persevere, till i in ualure. We in these free Slates, on the con- 



overy liarren spot shall smile with verdure and|""''y, are oi opinion, that nature points out no j The most important object of this school is 



lerlilily— till the green fields of your country i *•'"■'' '^'".2 : Ijul that Ihe improvements which to qualify instructors and managers for other 



shall celebrate your praises— till, in a literal as I '"P Rfowiiig up, show tiial much of this dislinc- ■■•-•■" ■ - 



well as a religions sense, 'Mhe wilderne.ss and'''"" 'i* grossly artificial, against nature and Ihe 

 Ihe solitary place shall be gl id, and Ihe desert I '"'''*''' of Providence. That so many should re- 



i niain in the semi-barbarous slate in whicli rhev 

 are tonnd in most countries, covered »vilh rags. 



shall rejoice and blossom as the rose." 



To li'omote the best good of our fellow men. 



schools. The Commissioners believe that In a 

 short lime the scliool will support itself from 

 annual luition fees. They otiserve that " The 

 standard of knowledge and taste in the common 

 saiools does not comport xcith the spirit of the age 



we mu>l ami, not only lo make thitm indus|!i-| 'uiried in lillh, terril)le lo Ihe eye, and fiightlul : .Adnm Smith, in his " Wealth of Naljo'ns," pro- 

 ous and wise in their occupations, hut i;pright| '" ''"^ imagination ol cultivated mr.n. (if that he pused titty years ago, that the elementary parts 



in their conduct and virtuous in lluir lives.- 



Let Ihe arls of life be cariied to the greatest ""* '° think, that we are the victims of a perni 

 jiossiide perfection; multiply Ihe means of wealth [*•'""* =""' <h^gusling system of nature, ralher 

 and Inniuin cnmtort e\er so much : slill, unless ' "'•'" under the conliol of a benevolent J;emg." 

 men aie moral, virtuous and good, these im-l in stating the jilan of the inslilu'ion Ihe Com- 

 piovemenls arc lost, ;ind worse than lost n()on j millee say "It miislbe kept constantly in view, 

 them. Yon may make every farm in our com- 1 thai the "plan of this institution, is not in anv- 

 munily a garden, and the country aiound us a i thing, « ;/icre orju/mATitfi/ education, but a useful 



shown to be a iiece:.sary condition) woulil lead ! of (ieomelru and .Mechanics, should be l.inghl in 



the common schools. We want that, which 



Bolivar has adopted as Dictator of the I'ernvian 

 llepuhlic, a inirsery for School Masters. Good 

 -chools are prodnceil by good teachers, who 

 have a knowledge of good hooks. 'Phe school 

 inasler" now, are many of them young men, 

 who are filling for College, or «ho resort lo 



