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r^UMT. 



after i-e:inii{r a iiiie nimily whom she taught by 

 exaiii|ilp and precept to Ix; larjiiers or fanners' 

 wives, at length green ulil age marked her fair 

 foreheiid with his fnrrous, uiid Tune laid her 

 autnirn ringlets in the liiist; but to her dying 

 day, for that loo came, it was remembered that 

 she was onre the Ro^e of ^liaron, and had worn 

 the gnrlanrl of fame, void of envy, and guiltless 

 of ofl'eiiee. 



Jsaac Tolnian, from I'arly life, kept a joinnal 

 .of the events coniiccti-i! with his family and his 

 farm. Wln.-n his wili; died, who preceded hi,m 

 to the grave about fourteen months, his journal 

 terminates, he having made but one entry, "Au- 

 gust 30, (S'2:3, my wiio died.'" He (^xpre.^sed no 

 sorrow, exhibited no sign of grief; not a (ear 

 followed the chaiiiiels of his aged cheek. In 

 compliance with u roqnest she made at one of 

 their last interviews, Isaac would not look upon 

 her face after her spirit had fled. He listened 

 with apparent inriiflercnce to thu discourse of 

 the clergyman at her fiinend, and followed to 

 their resting place her remains. When the cof- 

 iiii had been lowered down a solenjn ptu'.se en- 

 sued, in the nddst of which he looseil his arm 

 from the hand of his eldest daughter, stepped 

 forward and looked dou-ii ; then bowed his aged 

 uncovered head, and departed, .^t Ivis home, 

 where his youngest son also lived, he directed 

 his bed to he made in another room, and within 

 the few following months more than once he 

 'was heard to leave his chan.ber in the iiiglitand 

 seen by the light of the moon bending his steps 

 ■tovvarj 'the churchyard, but he was back in the 

 morning, and o|)ened his lips to no one ; he was 

 never heard to liiention his wife's name. The 

 biossotus of the iiext spring he did not look upon 

 ■'w'ith jdcasure ; the i/i'nird breath ofSuumierwas 

 unheeded ; the tie. tl:;t b(}innl hini to existence 

 had been severed, ami every day his frame was 

 becoming atteniiuied and more and more feeble. 

 At length he took to his bed, rather from decay 

 than disease, and when his bom' came, when, as 

 is common, obscin'ity and forgetfidncss rested 

 up(1»i all that had been i;nj)res!<ed in the region 

 of middle age, the long fo-'gotten incidents of 

 ■boyhood and youth again were remembered. He 

 was jdaying as it were with his hands; his feet 

 f.'aci became cold, and his features settling into 

 'the sharpness of death. "At fom- o'clock. Fan - 

 )ij', IsIk'II be at the door." '• What will your 

 tjiother ;h;i)k — covered wiilh mota.sges ? Here is 

 the bundle; srodd night; Ishall s'ee you to-mor- 

 row, sweetheart." Side by side their ashes rest. 

 One slab covers thL'Ui, inscritMitf; "'baae and 

 Fanny Tolman." ' - F. 



Shwon, Mass. July 1, 184.3. 



FLoniuDi.TURn. — An intelligent friend, long' 

 accustomed to the pursuits of floriculture, and 

 retntu-Uably fortunntf in raising plants from seed 

 .and cuttings, attributes his sncces.s, in a great 

 measure, tc the plan he has invariably adopted^ 

 which is to keep liis plants as lU'ar ihe level ol 

 the ground as possible ; the win.liows of his 

 Jiitehen aftbrding him the best situatioh'fpr strik- 

 ing, ciiiling, fee; after Wliis;!! come his parloi- 

 vvindov.s, and th.en those of his tirst floor; but 

 above this, his plants' never i5oin-ish. And the 

 cause for this, he considers p«rfecily piaiu and 

 natural ; for at and near ihe syri;:c.; of the eajlh 

 there is always a degree of ttjoistrire.lloatinu: in 

 the atmosphere ; lilit above, it is wanlipg; while 

 the altilu.lc of a third s'ory, or an attie, is ■dry. 

 and unf;icndly to vegetation. "^ 



When the season arrives for the removal of 

 his plants from the house to the open air, h<i is 

 careful not to set the |;o!s on b]-i< ke or a pave- 

 (infi.nt, for these arc continually extraclius mois- 

 ,t'.l)e,!iwn>the earili in the pots, ami in hot ueaih- 

 ,er -the .i sols of the idants are thereby scorcl;e<l 

 anddrieel up, ■ He, places them on the earth, and 

 in ij.atejilig-, .pgtirs some betiv'ei'ji tliem, and 

 thus the pot8 arekejit ii;ois! and cool dming the 

 hottest day. It i.'J -t iiicr, that no where havn i 

 spsn liner plants than his; nor do J know any one 

 who can i-aise then! wjjh such .cer.'ainty, ainl 

 with so little troublo and difScuJ-ty.: and heliev- 

 JTJff t!;«it the bint may be valuable to tv:a;iy of 



"your' I'np.rters, paniculHrly to ;hosa whose la.!'ors 

 in floricnltbre are chiefly cbnfiued to the house. 



•it is commim\c'%d. in tha hojjc t'lat they will 

 ■jpciprocate, it' jij' iheir power so to do. — Far. 



■ '.Vah'net. ■ S.Dale. 



Daily AItern«tion of Labor and Study. 



The (lej)arturc from the good old ways of fa- 

 thers is not always to be attribiued to the degen- 

 eracy of children, but to the overruling hand of 

 Providence. If so, the inference is, that some- 

 thing better is to be substituted. It is the part of 

 wisdom, therclbre, to notice the indications--to 

 look abroad on the face of society and ascertain 

 the wants of the coi!imunity. 



The present generrtion distinctly remember 

 when the sound of the S[iinning wheel t'or !)ot!i 

 fla.x and wool was heard in tilmost every farmer's 

 tiimily throughout the land. The fimiily was 

 cieihed by the industry of the females. The in- 

 trodtiction of cotton rendered feiijale labor in 

 farmers' tamilies less productive. No siibsiiliAe 

 was introduced. Silk could have been to .a very 

 considerable e.vtent. A conseipience is that the 

 daugliters of America have become less industri- 

 ous, more effeminate and ujore fashionable. And 

 as a further conseijuence, in coimection .xviih 

 other causes, greater extravagance has .been _ in- 

 troduced into faniill(;s. 



'''here has been ;i similar ci;:i;ige .in reference 

 to boy.s, but not iti the same extent. Formerly 

 it was the custom when a boy wished to learn a 

 trade, to look n|) tiirhim at) eni|/lpyer of charac- 

 ter and business habits, to whom the lad was le- 

 gally apprenticed, into whose family he was in- 

 troduced as a meifd)er, and to whoin.iie was ac- 

 countable for his conduct. The employer be- 

 came a guardian, responsible for the morals and 

 industrial habits of his apprentice. To him be- 

 longed the formation of the man. 



This custom does not now so generally [u-c- 

 vail. In large cities especially, boys are hired by 

 the vi'eek, month or year. Few or no obligations 

 exist than those ccmnecled with labor aiul its 

 price. If thy boy lias not the hie.ssingof a sweet 

 moral home, the probabilities of growing lip a 

 useful member of society are few. When his 

 ilaily labor is done he is master of his hours aiid 

 act.s, and selects his own company. The jiroba- 

 bility is that he becomes fond of dress and ail- 

 diirted to in.iny hurtl'ul practices. Uis wants 

 increase and his soul becomes bent cu greater 

 compen.satiou. His ideas of obligation axlend 

 no liu-lher than the price of his labor; and of the 

 quantutn and kind he is a))t to consider himself 

 the best if not the sole juilge. 



We liavfi heard some of oiu' most worthv citi- 

 zens de!)roro this state ol' things. They are de- 

 sirotis of givihg flu ir sous a trade. Behind the 

 counter they consider the path of temjitaiiou and 

 ruin. To put them ii^ the woik-shoj) or printijig 

 office tit .so inucii per w'eek or mouth is liireign to 

 all their ideas of tr/iiuing youth up with views of 

 the obligaliolis of lile that lead to the establish- 

 ,j nient of character and perlt'ctioji of a/t. 



\'v'hat does this .s'ta'te of things call for? W'liat 

 dries the age gK(-in to deiiiand ? We answer, 

 schools of labor. They ;ire adapted to obviate 

 ihe.s'c cvil.s Every con.-iderahle village ihrough- 

 oi;t our coimii-y could sn|)port ;i school where a 

 trade and an educaiion could lie obtained. Tiiese 

 schools cnsdd be either pnlijic or private. .'Vs 

 private establisliuionts they can he coiiducted by 

 one individiud or by two or more in partnership. 

 ^ It is [lerfecilj an ca.?y matter for a ypiitli to go to 

 school front two to ^slv Ijours a day am! spend 

 fiOU! foiij'fo eight in icarniiig a tr.-ide in the hiui- 

 ly of Ins leacliei', at hojne with his pa re fits, or 

 uiih one to whoui he is regulariy ahil legally n))- 

 preniiced. It is not-necessary ibat hio're thiiii o;ie 

 branch of liiisinessh shoiilif heconnecle/1 with the 

 school.'' This may''be either farming, vegetable^ 

 ga'rdeiiing, f?oric:illure, growing ei'/irtianjcntar 

 and iTuit trees, or some inechanic'«! c'r inanufiicj. 

 turing pm-j-uit. In such a school the a?piraiion.s, 

 and acts of Ihe youj'b \Vouh! be !hose best calcu- 

 lated to ilevelope [he whole p'h.y'.sic.'i!, menial and 

 moral njan, Tiie reward of industry and skill 

 would be the ai-fjuisition of ficiiiiies (i(r the llir- 

 Iher prosecution of ,'ijudies. Noble objects woidd 

 ever be jn-esenled and noble purposes lormed. 

 A period of four to ten years of appreiuiceship 

 would intro(hii;e on tlie stage of action an indi- 

 vidual combining the excellences of a (al.'orer, a 

 fcholai-, ap.d a gentleman. 



The plan is equally adapted to the condition 

 and wants of females. Theie are many branches 

 of business whicli could be ciiiidticted in con- 

 nection v.iili schools — where the girls could be 

 mide'r the iitncrvision and control of their teach- 

 er, or uiidei-'tlie roofs of their parents! Many 



young mi.^.sijs of chy birth and of high txpecla- 

 tious woidd be much itnproved and intrinsically 

 iiccomplislui'd liy being apprenticed in some in- 

 telligent lluuier's or H;,ecliaidc's family, with the 

 privilege of spending some four or five hours hi 

 a day at study under some able .in.stfiictor.— {/. 

 S. Farmer. 



F.iom tlie Newark Diily .'Xdvcrriser. 

 Protection from Iiightningr. 

 Dining the present season, previous to the fiwt 

 of July, 1/iirt.:i-one cases of deaths by Lifhinini^ 

 have been rep'orted in the uews))apers, as having . 

 occurred in diiTerent pails oi' liie union ; the | 

 number sliinncd or shocked have been still great- 

 er ; sevoiyl valuable buihiings have been set on 

 fire and consumed ; a school himsc has been as- 

 sailed and two of its tender inmates instantly 

 struck dead ■ a worthy family kneeling around 

 the evening altar, have been visited by the des- 

 troyer, and both parents in a moment rendered 

 lifeless in the midst of their children ; and in 

 another hoiijie, four out of eleven pprsons have 

 been killed liy a single n.isb. These are but li 

 l"ew instances of the deaiructive ravages of this 

 fearful element during the season. The subject 

 of ju'oteption is tliereforn one of much impor- 

 tance and general interest. 



As, notwithstanding the sure teachings of ex- 

 perience for near a ci-ntiiry on this head, there 

 are still many vague notions and unsountl theo- 

 ries abroad. Professor Olmstead has comiinmi- 

 cated, through the Journal of Commerce, a sc- 

 ries of instructive papers, showing that the old 

 Franklin rod, properly made and applied, affords 

 complete and certain [irotection ; and that .if, in 

 any case it seemed to fail, the failure has been ' 

 proved lo he owing lo most prilprihle defects of con- 

 strvdion or applicrition. 'I'he Prot'essor adds — 



" Our oldest men of science, most conversant 

 with these matters, are unacquainted with a sin- 

 gle case of damage by lightning to premises 

 protected by rods nearly or exactly of this con- 

 struction. Soine ol them have been peculiarly 

 well^it'uatcd for hearing of such cases, had tliey 

 occurred within fijiy years. Can more he sant of 

 any of Ihe ncwfornu proposed'7" 



He then proceeds to specify the proper mode 

 of constrjiction, &c., which we here subjoin for 

 the benefit of our readers: 



J. .Maleriiit. Iron is the substance generally 

 eniidoyed liir lightning rods, and its efficacy lia.s 

 beer, estibhshed by experience. It 'u; liable how- 

 ever, to certain defects, asainst v.'bicli it i.s nece^'- 

 sary to jirovide, the cbii-f of which 'ts.ils tenden- 

 cy to riisl, Rn<i gi.e il'y diminishes its conduct- 

 ing power, and of course by keeping it well paiu- 

 teil will] black paint, or by sn! jeciitig it to the 

 proce.-s called galvanizing. I5lack pamt is pre- 

 ferred to other shades, because being composed 

 of charcoal, it is a better ccu/luctor ilian the me- 

 talic oxides which form Ilie basis of most other 

 kinds of paint. 



Copper has two decided advantages over iron.; 

 it is tlom six to eight limes a better conductor 

 than iron, anci i-; not liable to have its conduct- 

 ing powers impaired by rust. But it costs about 

 eight times .ts much as iron, and tln-Tcfore is not 

 so likely to come into general use. In c:is<>', 

 liowever, where the additional expt^ise is not 

 deemed impornmi, in consideration of ihe addi- 

 tional safety, we would reccommend ihat-iighl- 

 ning rods be^maiile of copper. 



9. Fo'Di and Di'nensions. Round r<;ds 

 those which have been longest in ii.se 

 accompanied by the other essential 

 .they have never been known lo fiiil. Sonieelec- 

 Iricians, however, have urged a iireference' for 

 square and rough b.-irs instead of ihe round and 

 sniO!,;th cylinders usually employed, maintaining 

 that such are belter on two accounts, first, be- 

 cause \,vl^eu. struck they suffer the charge of ei'ec- 

 trieiiy t9 (;4:'ape by numerous jeis, til ail the 

 sharjijineib aqd.points throughout tho length of 

 the iqd, vilioreaB a round and smooth cylinder 

 cont(i!.c,ta is ill p cpncciilraled form, requiring- 

 that tlse vvhole sl):J(:l esfiape at the lower termina- 

 tion i' or, Ji'.tbHl tails to tfibrd a complete exit, 

 iucreasitig-.thc jiahjiiiy w ]eap from the rod in one 

 forinida'nlH volume. Scaciui^ly, ihey urge that 

 such point.'" and lines favcr tlic,<^/ijrence into the 

 rod of such charges as may appraj.ch it laterally, 

 wdiereas the romid rod only admits £he charge 

 Ht the top. 1 am not acquainted Avith any ex- 

 periments in plectiicity,.of hij(;.¥'in!inrity, which 



are 

 and when 

 requisites, 



