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MOOKE'S RURAL TOW-YORKER. 



THE PUBUC SCHOOLS OF BOCHESTER. 



I „„imon Schools willalwn* 

 owning glory. Within these walls i» fa 



tered ths spirit that upholds free 



„ ,,( ii, g intelligence and virtue here inculcated 



,i. BepuMIc ere numbered. Ourlegis- 



lalors have hod, at least, n partial TOW of thia 

 nearly all the Slates bare pi-oded 



p,. liniment school I I* to aid in furnishing tuition 



lor the maeaCB, and in many of the cities of the 

 country, the only r.-iiuisite to the obtainmeutof a 



i, practical education Lb a display of energy 



and studiousness upon tho [.art of the scholar.— 

 Kochi'slcr bat DOt been bebilld her sister cities in 

 the i Furnishing menial aliment for her youth, and 



■ ; i Bel i with upwards of o 



hundred teachers, apeak well for the liberality of 

 tbe oStlton* 



Aiiiuni; Ihe noticeable features of tliOBChOol sys- 

 tem in this t'ih, i- Hi-' .limige taking place in 

 school bnlldio "- t0 mi,kc ' u 



mark in Ibis respect— old, rigid, inconvenient 

 i,,,,.,,.,.,,! ,. ,i, ,1 l.nli .-.(.iliolyrs were 



"Cribbed, cnliliicd find confined," 

 are giving way to enlarged, elegant, convenient 

 ! oi thieapeciaUtyourEducaUonalBoard 

 annually derote from $5,000 to $10,000, and in a 

 few years we can favorably compare the entirety of 

 tin: buildings devoted to educational purposes in 

 Rochester with those of any other inland city of 



The above illustration fairly represents one 



"modern" might apply,) of our more prominent 

 BOhool tenements— Ho. 14, situated on ScioSt.— 

 J. It. Vosuuncii, Principal, insisted by Misses M. 

 8. Antiionv and ES, 8. DiOMOir, It was consiruct- 

 i i mi -I. nod cost seven thousand dollars. The 

 building is of bnek, 68 by 58 fbet, two stories in 

 height, and surmounted by a belfry. The ground 

 ded into two rooms, 41 by 33 feet, u'aed 



:h Hi.' 1'niiifin iiiul Intel LiatC I I 



(In.' Ilirilll.-r 1HMII.LT Ull'l'l III'/ lllill'4'Mll' Ml.-Sl'S R. 



Wnnh, I. Jinn', and H. M wvt.i. , the latter cared 



I V Amis,;, .1. ¥. QuiXH Ulld J. F. 



W or. Tin' remaining portion of the lower 



lloor is occupied by u recitation room 10 by 16 feet, 

 hulls, wardrobes, Ac. The second floor contains 

 the Senior room. M by 1J feet, Library, Iieeitalion 

 i i-. Ac., ami ii admirably adapted to the pur- 

 poses for which it is designed. The average at- 

 tendance tor the last lerm I- Mated OS follows i— 



Bonier, 1M; Intermediate, 111 ; Primary, 1T8- 



In the Report of the Principal, to the Superin- 

 tendent of Public School*, the remark is made: — 



■' H Ii.m hern ;. I'.udinal principle U impre-s on 

 tin minds of our pupils the importance of thor- 

 Thia maxim has ever been kept before 

 their minds, 'not how much, but howwell.*"— 

 Willi such a course, strictly carried out, we 

 iler tint il( Ibc popularity which No. 1-1 has a 

 - I. i.i,. I Hie meed nl" pmu-u ihu-e din. i-ily interested 

 Klie parents.) are always ready tu award tiic f.nth- 



In order to spread a knowledge of School irchi- 

 taotuxe, we will probably give a few more of our 

 homo educational buildings, together with Others, 

 that con lay greater claim to fitness for Villages, 

 or Rural Districts. 



How tub PuorsssoB li.i-i Out or tbbWiu \ 



igo, Professor — -, ofliowdoin College, 



. . .-I the building of the Uigb School 



bouse hi Brunswick. In the cellar of the same was 



a well, walled with brick, whoso sides were cousc- 



ili On./ day, being left alone in the 



budding, be went don n i i-llur, ami iu bis baste un- 



■ i. . Kin-lv (oil into it. Here was a predicament 



i i .in on,' ()u>sf,Mng no mure iinuiortality than a 



tar; standing in Ave net of water — 

 ■t the hot) -1 a well sixteen feet deep — at the 



''■'"■ 'I ii deep . elbii - Willi tm -mil in hearim* 



aifbntoal After shouting himself hoaaraa, be be 



■ ! i ..i ii |,i.ee of chalk — a remnant of 



'■■■■I. wMoh be applied to die walls, 



10 nln i.«- situation. Ths M itemcnt of the ques- 



■ equal bow l shell gi ' oral , ■. equal 



111 1" 1 ' »l B ■ ■■ ' qu i] distant i to tho water; and 



by means of his knowledge,,! Ai^.b.,1 he n.mullv 

 w.rked l..iii.-.-itui,i.« i erfi)U j showing the pow- 



. 



TEACHERS SHOULD STUDY. 



Mlch has been said and written on both the o 

 and science of teaching. But I spj 

 half of the battle of teaching; is won when the 

 teacher comes before bis pupils with that freshness 

 irhleh is the result of daily study. It is this more 

 than anything else which gives life and animation 

 to teaching. 



The teacher should never make present attain- 

 ments, in any study, a finality. There is hardly 

 such s thiog as a finality to any subject. What 

 have been considered as finalities have given way 

 like gossamer, before investigation. 



Teachers should study many authors on every 

 branch which they are called upon to teach. All 

 the belter if they review them fur the hundredth 

 time; some new thought will be elicited and old 

 ones revived. The teacher will thus go before his 

 school anticipating his pupils' difficulties, nnd can 

 impart instruction « ith eloquence, incite attention, 

 awaken thought, nnd cause tho vacant stare to give 

 place to conscious intelligence. 



Without study the teacher will soon exhaust his 

 stock of knowledge, lie will then wonder at the 

 restlessness of bis pupils and the difficulty in 

 managing his school, lie bus fairly taught him- 

 self threadbare and the keen eyes of his pupils 

 see it. This must be the fate of every teacher who 

 docs not study nnd keep posted. 



We place this babit of the teacher of studyiog in 

 advance the lesson to be taught, in Ibe front rank 

 of qualifications for success. Because a teacher 

 that has this habit is earnest and striving to rise 

 in his profession, and, as a consequence, will im- 

 prove both himself and his school. 



The teacher should not only study for ideas, but 

 for methods of imparting the same, and Inciting 

 thought in his pupils. Here is another secretin 

 teaching. Where manner and matter go together 

 in the teacher, success must follow. What is the 

 best method of presenting a subject, should be a 

 ant thought with the teacher. Any ouo 

 method of conducting a recitation will become dull 



In short, tbe teacher who would discharge the 

 debt which he owes to his profession must be tbe 

 studious and industrious of men. If we lion- 

 • profession, it will honor us.-Jf. Y. Teacher. 



PHYSICAL EDUCATION. 



uhee heartily with the views of the lost 



month's editor, upon the importance of introduc- 

 ng bodily exercise into the schools, and I approve 

 of all his reasons. If they could be read by every 

 teacher, and by every school-committee man, as 

 often as once a month through the present year, 

 they might produce a very general action; and I 

 know of nothinir more likely tu have that effect. — 

 My object in writing now, is to suggest the intro- 

 duction of n set of exercises which may be per- 

 formed by the children standing by their seats, 

 and which, although Km valuable, than more active 

 exercises in the open air, may be used as an excel- 

 lent substitute. They should consist of various 

 more or less rapid movements of the hands and 





fpers 



who ^ 



find thi 



easily devise others:—!. Place the hands back to 

 back as high over the head a3 possible, aud bring 

 them down rapidly as fur on each side as can he 

 done without striking any object. Repeat this six 

 times, i!. Stretch the hands as far forward as pos- 

 sible, palm to palm, and swing them thence hori- 

 zontally as far hack as possible, and repeat. Do 

 the same with the hands back to back. 3. Bring 

 the right hand firmly back to the height of the ear, 

 and strike forward with the clenched fist, but not 

 to the full length of the arm. Do this three times 

 wilb (be right band, and as many with the left. 4, 

 Strike down three times with the clenched fist of 

 the right hand, then as many times with the left. 

 .".. Make tin- right clenched li-l revolve three times 

 in ,'. large a circle as possible. Do the same with 

 (he left. Repeat all the exercises, except the lust, 

 with both hands at once. 

 This will he enough fur a beginning. I have tried 



lb- .-sei-ci.M's for many years, the first thing in 



ith the lower 

 feat advantage of my 

 hcidth and strength. — Autous, j'ji i/bw. Tcarfui: 



Scbools in Onto.— From the Annual Report of 

 tbe School Commissioners iu Ohio, for the year 

 ending August -1, U..'.s, it appears thttl til 

 of money received for the benefit of the school 

 system was, $:!,357,C~8 ; expenses, $2,739,807. The 

 total number of white and colored youth in Ohio b 

 943,547 ; the number of youth enrolled in thi 

 schools during the year was 011,720. 



The total number of teachers employed in tin 

 Stale is 'jn.'jin. The average wages per mouth ii 

 common schools, for male teachers, is $27 S9 

 female teachers, $12 B5. In the High Schools tbe 

 average wages of the males is $01 81 ; of the females 

 $32 82. The number of school-houses heretofore 

 erected was 0,795, and the value of tbe 

 905,395. The mimbeinl" houses erected il 

 539, of the value of $391,305. Tbe number of 

 school libraries in the Stale is <Vt37, of tbe 

 |U5,958. The number of books in the lib 

 MBfiSfl. The value of school apparatus is 



i:..i a 



, !■>•. 



! 



Ibe uuunol 



port Of the Sllpl-linlell.leiit ul Cr. „,,, Stimuli „| 



.,,. shows that there »« 



in Ihe State, being an in ■ 



that the number Of teachers is 1::,- ... u ,„i lllilt fhl . 



ivernge of salaries ol male teachers |,. r u,„m|i i- 



. tli - |17,SS. 



IOI PlIlLADILPinA.— The | 



«f Philadelphia require for 1859, $ ■ - 



-. end H«,800 for tQ C erection of new 

 The high BChoOl DM 

 oil but H of whom are females. One norma) 

 » 4x9 pupils. Tbe total average attend- 

 ■ 



Educational Find ov Esm ami. — The whole 

 amount of tho vote for public education in Great 

 Britain, for the year 1.358, was, in round numbers, 

 £063,000; of which sum £157,000 was expended 

 for building and furnishing M-hools; $400,0u0 in 

 paying Mtiona olniaes of bi hoounasten . and BW,- 

 000 in defraying the expenses connected with the 

 management of the schools. 



WILD, OK CANADA &OOSB3. 



Alabama State ScboOL rOBXD Deaf.\xdDi;mu 

 -The Alabama State School for the Deaf and Duml 

 «ii- opened at Talladega, on the 1st of October last 

 and placed under the charge of Dr. Jos. H. John 

 son. The present appropriation of $2, 

 ■ ■■nt foi theedueatii 



mutes; while the census returns show 

 gate of 151 in the Stole in 1850. 



deaf 

 i aggre- 



"Tni 



only 





ANECDOTES OF WILD GEESE. - NO. L 



It is with feelings of the utmost delicacy, that I 

 prepare the following facts for publication, know- 

 ing that by many they will be looked upon as ft 

 hoax, and without tbe reader is acquainted, or 

 wishes to become so, with tbe habits of wild geese, 

 I will advise him to read no further. 



Ail who have had much experience in life know 

 of incident* which they would not like to see in 

 print with their own signature attached —and 

 why? For the reason that they seem so very im- 

 ble tbe readiug public would not believe— and 

 ight sufler for having exposed facts that were 

 before known, nnd might not be observed 

 again. Hut, those who are interested in what my 

 article treats of, if they have ever bad like experi- 

 ice, orunyi/(i»<7likcit, I hope will make il known 

 a similar manner as myself, and gratify at least 

 ic lover and breeder of this peculiar bird. 

 For ten years a pair of wild geese and their 

 mng (most of which I early disposed of) have 

 cupicd a pond adjacent to my house, which 

 juld always quickly come to the call of my whistle, 

 id many an hour have 1 spent in their com- 

 pany, studying their habits. In winter, when 

 ifincd in warm quarters, I was par- 

 ticular to feed them punctually, and by playfully 

 talking to them awhile, I could familiarly handle 

 them, and, seemingly, they considered me their 

 friend. 



spring of 1857 my old ganderdisnppcured 

 mysteriously, and as I did not suppose the old 

 goose wonld lay without a mate, I borrowed one of 

 neighbor, and put him into the pond with 

 my geese. Much to my disappointment he soon 

 commenced to make love to a. femole only a year 

 old ond finally paired oil' with her— showing no 

 liking for the old goose, and she as little for him. 

 The party that obliged me, finding it incon- 

 mienttolend his geese in winter, aud asccrtain- 

 g that I could do it with but little trouble, re- 

 oved the goose [mate to thi ijandcr J ttod borrow- 

 ed,) and several of their young into my hands. In 

 of 1858, as soon as the ice commenced 

 to break up, I gave the geese liberty, and they went 

 ntothe pond together; but what greatly surprised 

 nd vexed me was, that the gander would not re- 



cseeill to view her eon.^unt al tend atn >■, i""[U' it.ih 

 .owing and love-making in general, and "Hen did 

 e turn his bark upon his former affectionate wife, 

 ndwith gallantry unsurpassed, with hisuiisophis- 

 ticated new one, sail happily away to some seclu- 

 nook, where they could enjoy themselves un- 

 molested. Seeing this state of things and know- 

 ing 1 should have no goslings, 1 wrote my friend 

 how his naughty gander behaved. In reply he 

 ne, " that as I bad kindly wintered bis 

 as no more than fair that he should sum- 

 ;" nnd " that no doubt existed in his mind 

 —if the old gander and goose were back again on 

 tbeir little island, where they had hutched out four 

 broods, they would re-marry and again commence 

 domestic duty." 



Accordingly the geese were caught and trans- 

 ported to my friends, where I arrived about noon, 

 and feeling a curiosity to see how they would he- 

 have, we concluded to dine before letting them out. 

 As the Old pair and their young approached the 

 pond, it was evident tbey instinctively knew their 

 former home, and on reaching the water they 

 evinced their unbounded pleasure by the maddest 

 antics imaginable, so much so, that we could not 

 but remark and enjoy their mirth. And " now," 

 my friend said. " see if the old pair don't make at 

 once for the island," and true enough they did, but 

 not alone— the last lady-love was with them. 



The shadow of polygamy seemingly darkened 

 the vision of tbe old gander, when about half way 

 to tbe island, and turning bock, he looked, at first 

 on one and then the other, who meantime were 

 bowing tbeir heads and swimming about him jab- 

 bering like a flock of jay birds, when, (we wished 

 him dead,) with a perfect vengeance be rushed to- 

 wards his old mate, pushed her the distance of two 

 or three rods, pulling her feathers out and biting 

 with all bis strength. Then, hissing, fiend-like, he 

 returned to his mistress, and with the air of « man 

 who has washed his bonds of a very disagreeable 

 job, swam for the island, introduced her to its sa- 

 cred shores, pointed out this thing and that thing 

 of interest, as he led her towards tbe spot, over 

 which he had kept watch the previous year, »hik- 

 his lady, fatigued, day and night gave her warmth 

 and comfort to tbe benefit of his forthcoming 

 young. 



While we leave this couple so happy letour sym- 

 pothies return to the old goose who, With down- 

 cast head, and plumage all awry, watched tho hard- 

 hearted wretch in voice and movement, Sadly tbe 

 picture came lo her of their early happiness — of the 

 time when instead of this young coot, she w. 

 apple of his eye — of the eternal devotion he vowed 

 her when their little ones chipped the shell and he, 

 prouder than earth's crowned king, led them to 

 the water— how, as they grew up companions oi 

 the lilies, and alike as beautiful, each day her love 

 grew stronger for her guardian and defender— nor 

 did the doubt of his constancy ever cros 



Hers had been the pliant ear and memory to 

 listen and retain his happy pictures of other lands, 



which be had visited ere tbe unkind band of the 

 hunter pinioned his wing, and he it was that in- 

 stilled into her soul tho joyous hope that time would 

 heal their deformity, and together, on the wings of 

 love, they might journey un tired to her fancied 

 land. Such thoughts as these, if my acquaintance 

 with them has taught me rightly, and many 

 others, on instant's space more then sufficed to im- 

 press her memory, and as she beheld her truant 

 husband leave theii former happy isle aud convey 

 the spoiler of her happiness to other familiar 

 places, nnd felt, herself by him unnoticed as athing 

 that were not, she cried aloud in heart — breaking 

 agony— better than my existence do I love thee 

 ond now I know thou care not for ma— on thy head 

 be my wicidi, for I die— and, pressing hrr head un- 

 der water and reclining on her side and back, with 

 but little perceptible flutter, ero my friend (who 

 cried, "the will drown html/") could enter a 

 ready boat and reach her, li/eienx extinct. Well, 

 we knew she had died of a broken heart ; and to 

 be sure nothing uiled her, we made a careful ex- 

 ternal and internal examination and fuund all as 

 it should be. What I have related is, truth and can 

 be proved, and I consider this incident of con- 

 stancy and afl'ection worthy of record. 



She Kcuicvocv. 





3 author-is highly 



riplion, at $1 50 per volume, and the great 

 It already, proves tluit our penple nppre- 



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■riva enhanced b 



DiBLBT, mi nrlisl wllO, 

 Cooper a congenial sti 



t,!iii.iow ..r ii great rock," 

 f readers by extendi"! cri 



n become* absorbed ir 

 ,he shepherd'3 hut an 



gods— and lo places t 



Father, ami DauQIK 

 Philadelphia: T. It 

 This is really a ree 



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 Hinting namn 



Sold by Dei 



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^wlsa Incongruous. They 

 pUer while enga • 



arc presented to thupnhlli 



Oxk clear and frosty morning in December, 18M, 

 in one of those picturesque valleys iu Western New 



York, my friend O nnd mjaolf wire BtrolliDg 



along, commenting on twIou* topics of interest 

 thai suggested themselTee, when an object in tho 

 glittering landscape attracted our attention and 

 drew forth our admiration by iu boldness and 

 grandeur. To me it appeared nothing mora than a 

 cliff, lofty and majestic. My companion expressed 

 his thoughts in glowing language and Mrikiog 

 similes— portraying its beauty and the silent lesson 

 it there taught. Speaking of other things, he said; 

 "I can sec beauty in everything around— the crisp 

 snow beneath our feet— the leafless tree by tho 

 roadside— the Jutting cliff on the hillside, and tho 

 sun flooding the vale with his gulden litjhi, but 

 reveal the inimitable beauties nl nature. Fhask," 

 said he, " there it untold beiuitn , .m,t\ e, lieie dis- 

 played, if we will but behold them," 



lew light dawned on my mind. Can it bo, 

 thought I, that the world is indeed so beautiful that 



x aeo fanciful jewels in the frozen rniu-drop, or 

 leafless forest, and I, gazing on Ihe same objects, 



chold it? Ah ! beauty with me, then, was as- 



:ed with giij ei.]..is .,:i,l brilliant trappings, or 



quiet retreat, where the hand of refinement 

 bud adorned it with gran In! l,-.-!n"ir. nl" flowering 

 shrubbery. 



We separated— each returned to his vocation in 

 the school-room, in the brown school-house ut tbe 

 foot of tbe hill. Nature, even in her rough and 

 ucouth aspects, no longer appeared unlovely ; for 

 train of thought had been awakened which was 

 ) run parallel with, and almost become part of, my 

 xistence. The flinty rock, as we surveyed it and 

 thought of its ci cation and purpose, its constituent 

 elements and grim face, lin nished it field for many 

 thoughts and speculations. Tho tall •'evergreen 

 pine" seemed a thing ol'gi mid beauty— for it seem- 

 ed a type of mini ns it st I tlol tied in living green. 



It was once tiny and pliable as the infant mind; 

 now it stood immovable us an aged Christian 

 clothed in a fadeless armor of beauty. 



May we not also liken the leafless oak to the 

 hardened sinner who in youth neglected the means 

 of grace, and sought not the pearl of great price, 



ow stood shorn of its freshness and beauty, 

 cold, chilling and uninviting, yet sublime in its 

 wreck and decline? * * * * We 



went West, to tbe "laud <>/ Ifaomim} prairies," 



a we roamed in frolicsome ^lee over the ver- 

 dant plains, covered with multicolored flowers; 



nld but exclaim with Head, 

 "Oentlo dowers aro springing neni roes 



-I,, i.t. in,;; .v., , 1,1.1 I. Ii ..III .IU. Illl. I , 



Even the humblest flower seemed " a thing of 

 beauty." The tiny, sensitive plant, and the broad 

 lily, ned each in their sphere to make the prospect 

 lovely. Our occupation was teaching, and in fine, 

 pleasant weather we walked forth with our youth- 

 ful charges, pointing out here and there the many 

 varied beauties spread out before us, The widen- 

 ing luudscape — the disl/int grove nnd Ihe meander- 

 ing brooklet were each pointed out to ihe delighted 

 group, fur each one seemed to percci re something 

 new, nnd unperceived before, in the prospect before 

 her, as objects were likened to some fanciful picture 

 as drawn by tbe Great Artist 



A few days after one of these rambles, " Mart," 

 came to me, — after she had taken a long walk one 

 fine morning, with a face glowing with delight, ex- 

 claiming :— "Oh ! such a delightful walk 03 I baro 

 had, everything looked so pretty. The snow looked 

 like a crystal sheet— the frozen rain-drops seemed 

 pendent jewels on tbe shrubs— the brook seemed 

 to go laughing by, the sun was glorious with it3 

 flood of light, and the shrubs, trees, fields and 

 prairies seemed the furniture of one vast palace 

 fitted up for us to enjoy and admire. I am so glad 

 you took us out to walk and told us of tho beauties 

 of nature. I'vo b«n so happy since. Everything 

 seems so different; so charming aud adapted to 

 make us happy if wo will but permit it so to bo." 



I was well repaid for all I had said to guide the 

 youthful mind lo a just appreciation of the Beau- 

 Tirt'L. Thought had been around ; Maiit saw what 

 she had always seen before, but with very different 

 thoughts and feelings. Nature was seen in its true 

 light,— she gazed upon it with a wondering look, 

 admiring its varied beauties, and with a light heart 

 she resumed her task. 



I need not add more; enough bus been said to 

 illustrate my Heme, and tre'U let tbe thoughtful 

 young reader pause and think how I 



make himself and others happier by a few thoughts, 

 bright nnd happy, communicated with love and 



friendship. *'" oK u ,; ~' 



Hornby, N. T„ Jan., IS! J. 



A Noulb BaMTWaOT-Soroe true heart ha-* given 

 expression of Us geueruus nature in the following 

 beautiful sentiment -" Never desert a friend when 

 enemies gather round aim j when sickness falls on 

 the heart— when the world is dark and cheerless is 

 the time tu try a true friend. Tbey who turn from 

 the scene of distress betray their hypocrisy, and 

 l)ro re that Interest only moves them. If you have 

 u iViend who loves yon and .studies your interest and 

 hnppiuess, be sure to sustain him in adversity. 

 Let him feel that his former kindness is appreciated, 

 and that his love is not thrown away. Real fldelity 

 may be rare; but it exists in the heart. Who has 

 not seen and felt its power? They deny itfl worth 

 who never loved a friend or labored to moke a 

 friend happy." 



All the world cannot pull dow 

 because Hod will exalt him; a 

 cannot esalt a proud <■■ .; 



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