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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Feb. 



HINTS FOR TEACHERS. l the bit of string, he went into the water, and the 



The main and almost undivided attention of , <^<^g P"!!*^''! him across. After playing about on 

 teacliors should be given to the business of giving 'the other side some time, they returned 

 instruction while tlicy are engaged in the em 



ploynient. They cannot do a day's work, nor 

 half a day's work in some mauual labor or mer- 

 cantile ati'airs, and do a day's work in the school- 

 room at the same time. They may Avork a little 

 when out of school for exercise, and to allow the 

 mind to unbend, after the mental labor and per- 

 plexities of the day are over. One-half and per- 

 haps two-thirds of the teachers need to spend sev- 

 eral hours when out of school, in looking over 

 the lessons that are next to come up in Ihe class- 

 es, that they may have everything familiar, and 

 bring up questions not in the books, that will 

 unfold the various principles of the sciences. 



It is not consistent for teachers to spend their 

 evenings with loafers at shops and in bar-rooms. 

 We have known a few to do so, and even to take 

 a glass of liquor. In the same connection it may 

 be said that while social visits may be made and 

 with parties that make them, yet those that are 

 for mere amusement should be avoided, if they 

 would maintain proper dignity. Allusion is here 

 made to those in which there are what are called 

 "plays," and also the amusement of dancing 

 Of this last we do not think well at any time 

 but especially it should be avoided while teaching 

 or attending school. An evening spent in the 

 dancing hall, with the heat and fatigue of the 

 mind , renders one altogether unfit for much ef- 

 fort with books the ensuing day. And if teach- 

 ers dance with their pupils, they let themselves 

 down so as to lose the respect of the wise and dis' 

 creet. 



Some who attend school may carry things with 

 them that do not belong there. Among these 

 may be named pocket-knives for the purpose of 

 swapping with their^^ompanions. Newspapers 

 and pamphlets of light reading. Books that are 

 tales of fiction. A gun to hunt in tbe woods at 

 noon or after school in the afternoon ; a ^^ack of 

 cards for gambling. When these or anj'thing of 

 the kind are brought to the school-house, teachers 

 should see that they are removed at once. If 

 those that have them show the least obstinacy 

 they must be disciplined, and if necessary the su- 

 perintending committee must be called on to re- 

 move them from the school. 



The proper business of the school is important. 

 There is a prize to be gained more valuable than 

 a mine of silver or gold. There is a treasure to be 

 secured that may be of infinite worth here and 

 hereafter. Let nothing be brought in the way of 

 attaining the prize and the treasure. — Exeter 

 News-Lettcr. 



BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT. 



[A correspondent of the Preston (England) 

 Chronicle gives the following anecdote :] 



"A good while ago a boy named Charlie had a 

 large dog which was very fond of the water, and 

 in hot weather he used to swim across the river 

 near which the boy lived. One day the thought 

 struck him that it would be tine fun to make the 

 dog carry him across the river, so ho tied a string 

 to the dog's collar, and ran down Avith him to the 

 water's edge, whei-e he took off all his clothes ; 

 and, then, holding hard by the dog's neck and 



as they 

 came ; but when Charlie looked for his clothes, 

 he could find nothing but his shoes. The wind 

 had blown all the rest into the water. The dog 

 saw what had happened, and making his little 

 master let go the string, by making believe to 

 bite him, he dashed into the river, and brought 

 out first his coat and then all the rest in succes- 

 sion. Charlie dressed and went home in his wet 

 clothes, and told his mother what fun he and the 

 dog had had. His mother told him that he did 

 very wrong in going across the river as he had 

 done, and that he should thank God for making 

 the dog take him over and back again safely ; for 

 if the dog had made him let go in the river he 

 would most likely have been drowned. Little 

 Charlie said, 'Shall I thank God now, mamma'?' 

 and then he kneeled at his mother's knee and 

 thanked God; then, getting up again, he threw 

 his arm round his dog's neck, saying, 'I thank 

 you, too, dear doggie, for not letting me go.' 

 Little Charlie is now Admiral Sir Charles Na- 

 pier." 



Milk in Bread.— I have more objections than 

 one to milk in bread, but the most serious is, that 

 persons of advanced age, who are in the daily use 

 of milk-made bread, will be expected to suffer 

 from an over supply of osseous or bony matter, 

 and particularly if their kidneys be affected. 

 Bread should always be made with water, and 

 when so made it is suitable for the aged and the 

 young, the sick and the well. And as for sour 

 milk, a microscopic view would, I presume, pre- 

 sent additional arguments against its use. — Water 

 Cure Journal. 



What a Mowing-Machine can do. — The 

 Sfringfield Republican states that Captain Samuel 

 Parsons, of Northampton, cut, made, and put 

 into his barns, sixty-two loads of hay during the 

 first week in July, commencing on the 3d, besides 

 mowing for others to the amount of ,$40 in the 

 same time. The whole was accomplished with 

 Avhat would be equivalent to the labor of one man 

 for thirty-eight daj-s. He mowed in one day, and 

 in less than nine hours, eleven acres, producing 

 from two to two and a half tons per acre. 



Thaxter's Rotary Calendar. — A neat, con- 

 venient and useful article for the library-table or 

 store-desk, has recently appeared for sale at the 

 stationers in this city, which combines a wafer- 

 stand, pen-rack and rotary calendar, which gives 

 the month and the date of each day of the week. 

 They are neatly japanned and bronzed, and make 

 a tasteful ornament. They are manufiicturel and 

 sold at No. 78 Commercial Street. We would 

 recommend them to our literary and mercantile 

 friends as one of the most useful inventions of the 

 times. 



d^ Readers will please notice the advertise- 

 ment of Hiram Blackmer, in this number. Ma- 

 comber's Hay-cutter possesses qualities which are 

 claimed by no other machine, and purchasers 

 will do well to examine it. 



