BIO© JUS'S BUTiAI, 



EDUCATE THYSELF. 



PirrsrCALLT. morally and intellectually. Pbys: 

 caDy,— for unless the encasement of Ibc soul i 

 preserved, such is the intimate relation between 

 tbe body and the mind that the latter mu 

 bly sutler. As to tbe moral education, tl 

 lime when mind needed no cultivation. Its moral 

 purity was perfect. In the primitive days of mo 

 creation, mind, like matter, was a lovely garden, 

 which the beautiful flowers of innocence and love 

 bad a spontaneous growth,— or, if you please, a 

 casket filled with diadems that insured to the pos- 

 sessor wealth aa enduring, and beauty as lasting, 

 as duration infinite, — it was a statue, fresh from 

 the Omniscient Artist's band, — bearing in every 

 feature the impress of Divinity. 



Milton says, that through envy, Sin desired the 

 fall of Eden's pair. Indeed, it was a state to be 

 envied, and Time hd oiptive (drill's fairest .daugh- 

 ter to pay her homage to the tyrant, Sin. Guilt has 

 stripped tbe luxuriant garden of its fragrant her- 

 bage; the beautiful rusk el is broken by tbe rebel- 

 lious band of disobedience, and that symmetrical 

 slut ue is marred by the tyrant's relentless power. 

 Thou hast a work to do, 0, Man I Thou art fallen 

 from thy "high estate. " The lovely statue lies 

 crushed at thy feet, and thou art to raise itfrom tbe 

 dust. " Have faith, and doubt not," for when the 

 King of all the Earth shall come, clothed in power 

 and majesty, with His holy Angels, then shall the 

 New Jerusalem descend, and man, clothed in im- 

 mortality, shall go over the river to that land where 

 there is no sin, and where the Lamb is tbe light 

 thereof. 



The mind is capable of moral improvement. In 

 its darkness it is an undeveloped germ, and, like 

 tbe little seed of the earth, it bears within a hidden 

 flower, which, if tilled by the faithful hand of Edu- 

 cation, and moistened by tbe puro waters of Love, 

 may go on expanding in power and capacity, ever 

 approaching, but never arriving at infinite wisdom. 

 We are not able to determine how barren would be 

 the waste— how great the dearth of tbe mind would 

 be in its fallen state, were it never visited by any 



The mind is worthy to be educated, or, why was 

 it made capable of improvement? Would an om- 

 niscient being frame anything unworthy of its 

 author? Look upon the earth. Is it not a work 

 worthy of a Gon? Yes, it is material. Then shall 

 not the mind be a thing of worth, which is immor- 

 tal? He thai studies the workings of his soul 

 admires the formation of its parts in proportion ns 

 ho understands its ways. Then how infinitely 

 beautiful must it appear to "Him who fortneiflhc 

 heart, for He can understand." It is like a book 

 in which each page reveals to the reader some new 

 and thrilling truth. It is a splendid combination 

 of parts, so complete as to far exceed in har- 

 mony of action and adaptation to end, any mechan- 

 ism man can ever produce. Its worth can only be 

 measured with ondloss duration, and He only knows 



i tdoratimu The student is not compelled to 



fathom all tin- depths of knowledge for himself, he 

 has the aid of the many researches which have 

 been made by giant minds before him, lb- 1ms 

 history and biography a- examples Ic->m «!■■■ ). !■> 

 choose that which he himself will follow. De has 

 the ablest instructors, and printing has placed 



As appropriate to the c 



chosen the above beautiful and 



fitting emblem with which to embellish our pages. 



eleft i 



., the 



the fublod inventor of Agriculture, who was 'hon- 

 ored by tbe ancients as the goddess of Corn. In 

 her left hand is seen the ripened wheat, to denote 

 tbe realm over which she ruled, and in her right 

 hand she holds tbe sickle, the only implement used 

 nitfwit days to gather the golden grain. The 

 genius of man has destroyed much of the 



poetry of Agriculture. The shepherd's crook is 

 seen no more, and the sweet notes of his well-timed 

 pipe flout no more on the eveniug breeze. The un- 

 sightly cradle and the ponderous reaping machine 

 have taken the place of tbe poetical sickle, winch, 

 in our childish days we were wont to see men and 

 maidens wield so gracefully, and wave with jov, as 

 they shouted the "harvest home." Poetry falls 

 before utility, and while we love the beautiful of the 

 past, we rejoice in present goo and future progress. 

 On tbe right, sits Pomona, the goddess of Fruit 



ami Fruit Trees. From frost nod blight and all 

 evil, she preserved the fruits of the garden. Iu 

 her hand she holds the horn of plenty, and sci 

 upon the earth its rich treasures — the luscious 

 Peach, the melting Pear, the Melon and the Grape 

 — gifts worthy of a goddess. It was a poetical 

 idea, this belief iu a protector of Fruit aud Trees 

 a beautiful goddess, with sleepless eyes. But, v 

 have learned the unpoetical lesson, that only by 

 labor, and skill, and unceasing watchfulness, 

 we obtaiu the rich fruits of the earth. 



appreciation of its value, energy and perseverance, 

 firmness and decision, A constant effort is necessarv 

 to unite wisdom with discretion, exerting a faithful 

 watch-care over the heart, to pluck out noxious 

 weeds, and plant the beautiful flowers which we 

 may cull from a sinless garden. Educate thy- 

 self; for, 



Teachers' Institute, I 



HOW TO READ WITH PROFIT, 



For the sake of t 

 tomed to systemati 



■oadmg. 





l_-;ui] III' 

 pernse. 



1. Ascertain the aim of the author. You will 

 thun know what to expect from his book, and may 

 much time, which might otherwise be spent 



i looking for what v 



:ould r 



t find. 



reading of the title page, preface, and table of 

 cuts, will en ulde yon tu judge pretty aeein 

 what the author is about. Some facts, too, vt 

 float only among intelligent men, will aid 

 greatly in these matters. 



Read toaktfultu and ottcntlrely, and with 





ugbly 



ire perusing. Read nei 

 ally, but candidly ; endeavoring to go to Hi 

 if tbe mutter, if possible. One hour of such 

 og is worth a week of the superticial reading 



3. Read with a good dictionary at your elbo, 

 onsult it freely whenever you meet a word y 

 lot sure vou understand. Webster and Wor 



impot 



oliouhlui.t the whole man be educated? There are 

 reasons why. 1st The purpose of education is 

 ofti ■- ■ ,,-• iken Many seem not to think thai they 

 are created for any other world than this, and that 

 education is to raise them from the dust of the 

 groveling carlh to the heights of a holy heaven.— 

 The young lady who seeks what is Urmtd an edu- 

 cation merely for her advancement in the fashiona- 

 ble circle, errs iu her purpose. The young man 

 who pursues Ins college course because his stand- 

 ing in society demands it, errs in hi. purpose; and 

 those who pass their time in school, merely because 

 others do, err iu their purposes, or rather in hav- 

 ing none at all. 2d. They have no self-education. 

 Education may be divided into two classes — that 

 which we give ourselves, and that which we receive 

 from other sources. Without the first, thesecond is 

 awrij impossible. The house must be founded 

 upon the rock, or the floods will overwhelm it, and 

 the full will he great A splendid ruin is a useless 

 mind. How many noble intellects have been worse 

 than mined, because of DO self-discipline. Bacox 

 says that knowledge is power. If the man is self- 

 ,,[..,. u. ,t. t.-arnmg reigns nobly on such a throne ; 

 but give to bad men knowledge, and it is like put- 

 ting a sword into the bands of a maniac. 



Da. Franklin Wft4 a self-made man. Madame 

 TtaaAKD, in her Memoirs of the Fwnch Revolution, 

 speaking of him in Puns, says— "The richest em- 

 broidered suit was an object of insipidity and 

 passed unnoticed, while the M TI ,p| e „, ttrD f p RAXK . 

 us was the theme of adoration." i, wos doubUess 

 ? mind which made his attire seem beautiful. 

 \V. always take pleasure in the society of the edu- 

 cated. There is a satisfaction iu that conversation 

 which makes us forgot the speaker's attire however 

 coarse, and makes the plainest face look handsome. 

 The self-educated mind is like a monument « bieh 

 Stands erect, though it stand;, ahuie. Sorrow tuay 

 ,ii the furnace of affliction, but, like 

 it oomes forth unscathed, seven times purified. 

 • Such a mind can only be attained through a just 



way you will soon gain a good stock of words for 

 while you are learning the meauing 

 of tbe book you are reading. 



4. After reading a chapter, close the book and 

 try to recall, uud state briefly in your own lan- 

 guage, the substance of the chapter, in the order 

 the author pursues. This is one of the most profit- 

 able exercises. It will show you just bow much 

 you have gained by reading If you cannot do 

 tins, just read the chapter again. The second read- 

 ing will probably do you some good. The first 



ble to slate what the main thoughts are. 



5. If the book is your own — but not, if it is a 

 borrowed one — you may mark with a pencil the 

 most important thoughts. You will thus remem- 

 ber them more easily, and can refer to them more 

 readily. 



Adopting these Miggeations, you will read slowly, 

 but what you read will become yours. It will stir 

 up your own thoughts, and probably develop your 

 meutal power as healthfully as any other discipline 

 you cun have. — Ohio Farmer. 



Wobd TO PjJUUXS WHO IIAVB CctLDf.EN AT 



School.— If parents do not feel sufficient interest 

 in the education and training of their children— in 

 their moral and physical, as well as in their intel- 

 lectual culture — to visit the schools, see the pro- 

 gress of the pupils, encourage the teachers in their 

 arduous and difficult labors, and thus assist both 

 teacher and pupil, how can they reasonably expect 

 the scholar or teacher to feel or manifest a desire 

 for progress and improvement, so sadly neglected 

 by those who should feel and exhibit the liveliest in- 

 terest in the culture of their offspring? The teacher 

 we know has many duties devolving upon him, and 

 because he discharges them faithfully, the parent 

 is not excused from his duty. Parents, if you have 

 not visited your school recently, do so immediately, 

 and you will, we are sure, find the hour well and 

 pleasantly spent. 



Design or Education - . — The real object of cdu- 

 tionis t© give children resources that will endure 

 long as life eiulur- .-- ; habits that time will amclio- 

 te, not destroy; occupations that will render 

 ckness tolerable, solitude pleasant, age venerable, 

 to more dignified and useful, and death less terri- 

 *■— Sidney Smith, 



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original paintings! 



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\ MooBK. New 1 



I pnge* 



Hiking pa-.-iiiris fr.irn sermons preoctf 

 eb daring 18M and '5T. These note 

 memory by a member ofthe PlymouU 



over the living w. ml?, tile l.it,i,g satire :ui ■! I. liming 



thoughts of BEEcnr.it in most of the notes. Some of 

 the logte is tame, and tbe theology tangbt in a few pas- 

 sages many a Sabbath school soholnr cotiM -n, .■.■.-(nil) 



culatod to arouse the Pharisee* of the present day to a 

 sense of their duty to God and their fellow men. For 

 sate by Dewet. 



veritable Pilgrim's Prof 



tented during the Holidays. Sold by Coia & A 



> piORHtajd tor 

 o day, and *i, } ■- 

 ■f cornstalk* ftir, nrul w 

 "r»r thotop? 

 .8 descend in autumn > 

 thr -:i|i i.t wheal a-eenu In ttie aperture 

 .. . r the stalk. or mar Ul 

 Tin. Will a post last longer plai 

 i upward*, Hum the uiiliirul nay, ami h M > 



Hkiiauks.— 1st. It is not easy to point out the lt*t 

 method of protecting grape vines and cherry trees 

 from the ravages ofthe rose-bug. but the W(frof 

 whale-oil soap, thrown upon the plants by a 

 syringe, or in any good way, will destroy these 



2d. The rapid or quick milking of a cow will not 

 product more milk than a slower milking, The 

 rapid is more likely to lessen the yield; but the 

 otbeT may be so alow as not to be economical.— 

 Doth are to be avoided. To do the work gently, so 

 as not to irritute the cotf, nnd quickly, so as not to 

 put her out of palience, or waste lime, is the best. 



3d. There is not any special reason for delaying 

 the watering of plants till tUtUtt. Some have pre- 

 ferred this time, because the evaporation then is 

 slower, and the watering will prove more effective 



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ihcd. 



This time is chosen too, from it; 

 because the pressing occupations of the day are 

 ended. If we would loom n lesson from Divine 

 Providence, we shall at once see that less rain 

 falls at sunset Ihnn in other parts of the day, and 

 that Divine Wisdom has not seleeled any particular 

 hours for sending the rain on its own creation. 

 Hut we must remember that when nature waters 

 the earth aud growing plants, the curtains of the 

 heavens are drawn over the sun. This teaches us 

 the only important point to be remembered, and 

 plants when the sun is brightly 



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4th. The Joints of corn-stalks are for strengthen- 

 ing the stem, that they may hear up their abundant 

 fruit for maturity ; uud they are thicker and larger 

 towards the root for the same eud, as the lower 

 must bear the pressure of the whole plaut above. 

 These joints are common in most culmiferous 

 plants, and in abundance in the cuue, ratan, Ac- 

 Did " Frank " ever think why (he body of a tree, 

 or shrub, thistle, burdock, 4c, is larger towards 

 'the root* 



5th. The sap ascends from the roots to the leaves 

 in the soft, woody part, aud is there modified by 

 heat and light; this then descends in the vessels of 

 the soft, inner part of (he bark to the places it is fit- 

 ted and designed to nourish or to be deposited in. 

 As vegetation advances to maturity, less sap 

 ascends because less is needed; there is not a do- 

 scent of sap for the winter. As the centre of a 

 wheat-stalk is a cavity, the sap docs not ascend in 

 this empty cylinder, but in the body of the stem, 

 probably near the middle. Assimilation goes on, 

 till in a regular process the vegetative action for the 

 season is completed. The leaves become lilted with 

 earthy and vegetable matter, and by thickening and 

 stiffening produce by the action of wind that rust- 

 ling sound which is in August held to be the sure 

 approach of autumn, the time of the fall of leaves. 



7(h. It is maintained by many that a post, placed 

 inverted in the ground, will be more durable Hum 

 in the direct position. Let the inquirer try the 

 experiment, and satisfy himself. Let him place 

 six posts, in each of the two ways, direct and 

 inverted, in the same soil aud exposed, aa near aa 

 nay be, to the same action of water, and the ele- 

 ments generally. The object is worthy of the 

 labor. Let him record the kind of wood, its diner- 

 sizes, as from the outside .jr inside of a tree, and 



having the same sap-wood or heart-wood; the 





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uHiorltively, It is •' got up " in superior style, I 

 ears to he a dictionary of the whole Gaatronon 

 'or sale by Dewet. 



liil^C. Vooi.'aela.T , V"ivwS,'h limit,! |'» 

 Wu" "Mom-ro^ Pilgrim-.," etc. New York; 



Those who had the satisfaction of perusing u 



icenuve [o the possession of this last productloi 



kes Home IlappT- By M. 



. A „„, Kiltj'» Tide!,- et,-.. 



pnjres, beautifully written, 

 ■ is, than a stalled ox and 



a result which will be sat ^factory. With the 

 wrong end in the ground, he may find the post to 

 last forever, because he flat tried it. 







if the moat beautiful 

 not ody adds to o 

 person's estimation in the minds of others, but is 

 ever a source of great advantage to one possessing 

 it. Those unaccustomed to be punctual, aud to 

 perform their duties with promptness, arc forever 

 in the drag. By their tardiness at the commence- 

 ment of the day, they are just so much behind all 

 during it ; which, taken in connection with the ac- 

 cumulation of losses from the force of the habit 

 during the day, results at '*«-' clo8 e of it, iu the 

 loss of much precious tone, and if continued 

 through life, in the frustrating of many plans, and 

 Ibe blighting ofmonj fond hopes, and too fre- 

 quently, is a clog (o the progress of many who are 

 dependent upon tbe exertions and instructions of 

 these tardy ones, for means, and ability, and occa- 

 sion to perform promptly the duties of life. It is 

 particularly desirable and essential that the young 

 who arc now forming habits for life, should culti- 

 vate Punctuality, as one of the noblest and most 

 promotive traits of character, and one of the first 

 among the graces which adorn a well ordered life 



Stepp PS. Siirrrr.— Whieli Is spelled correctly. Ac- 

 cording to Webstek the latter (Sirup) is correct. But 

 the former way Is almost Invariably used by writers.— 

 YoDNG Rcuaust, Lteland, Minn. 



Remarks,— As Webster is the authority gene- 

 rally acknowledged in this country, and followed 

 n other respects, we know of no reason for an i 



No life can be well ended tha 

 spent; and what life has been 

 o purpose — that has accu 



t has realized no hope. 



has not been v 

 ,,ell spent that has 

 uplished no object. 



