JOT3S 18. 





MOOHS'S RURAL msW-YO&KER. 



TEACHING 



Peab ricads*. did you * rcr tcactl »*hn*l* If 

 , ..u^ou runlet y°» af < an Bditor,)tb»* 

 you know IH* a 1 * 0111 ,roubl< '' aud • tili le *" about 

 bunion nature. J"* 1 imagine yourself surrounded 

 by acroefllof "jouDg ideas" four years old and 

 upwards, which you arc expected to initiate, ad- 

 ranw, and graduate in ibe art of "shool"-iog. and 

 Qh d determine how many various compounds, per- 

 mutation*, combination*, and arrangements, may 

 re*ult from the heterogeneous niaas, and you will 

 tuiT« in adTonce, tome idea of experience which 

 awaiti you. If you do not, before Ibe close of the 

 , gather material for a volume of ser- 

 .11 i irnly government, a quarto of 

 , board around.) a book of 

 poetry and a comic almanac the fault "ill ho your 

 , . ... ,n be pretty lure>«Uo» to acquire a 



E 1 portion of ortbndDXJ >u the line of doctrine. 



... teacher who wo* not a firm believer 

 in " total dcprarilr," and but few who did not con- 

 , |, „ [ „ ) iii'.Iiuuaok»autli.»rily on the use 

 of the rod. 



II rellcally, the teacher's is a high and holy 



calling— practically, 't is «n nwlnlh 

 ,„„., i.ui.i.r,. .1 »iili the intoreits of eternity; yet, 

 after all, when we come down to the cvery-day mi- 

 I primitive 



c the i 



tnnob to excit 



are not retired ncbool-tcachcre. From the yi 

 Bier in pinafores U> the young lady past her 

 I | I,,. ■ l> i pardon i [t il comical all tin 



, thai 1 



y up.- 



The little fellow who read* " p-o-t, kettle," 

 just ai clear iiu idea of what ho is doing as the 

 voting lady who talis you, ou the authority (!) of 



the iter of crltioUm that " the Datura] signs of 



passion ore volunlory," and both compare favor- 

 nhly nilli a third, whom I once heard render a 

 passage from Dyson's " Darkness," in this wise: 



" 'Hi., [.ni 





W.„. |„. r „( f..f l.:l'»n " 



It wa* enough to upset the gravity of a I'urilao, 

 ihoot-roora in which such 

 blunders never occur? 



An for patience, Jon himself would have needed 

 a fresh supply, bad he turned, teacher. In the 

 e daubing of 



, I, nl ihe ( 



inunl dropping which 



I petty cares, tbe con- 

 one's temper. It re- 

 ioI to give way, some- 

 to him who does giro 



, thmk, I 





> be i 



i lazy to study, I 



.n.l if, 



• forced out of the common 

 branches into any of the higher studn -. t !,.■ n i i ■ 

 ranee cannot be concealed. They never know b 

 from ./. Like the ShibbnUth of the Kphraimites, 

 these letters are sure to betray them. 



Notwithstanding these petty trials, the teacher 

 receives, ha (bo luoeeai of those who will learn, on 

 ajople reword for bis labor and lu-. care. They 

 whose character be ims formed, whose intellectual 

 symmetry be boa fosbionod, will remember him 

 with gTfttofUl affection, and future generations 

 " ahull i iso on t.> rail hi in blessed," 



THE TEACHER IN THE SCHOOL - BOOM. 



Ir we enter successively a number of school 



hull probably discover it contrast 



.- mi, thine, hko this lu one we shall see a prcsid 



in- pn-si on , which it will pusale us at first sighi 



te analyst otto explain hooking at tbe master') 



in.nouionu— I use the masculine term only for 



convenience— this tint quality that 



the ubiencc of all eflort Every thin 



,h. lie with .in ease which gives an Impression ol 



spontaneous ond natural energy; for, after nil, it 



is energy. The repose is totally unlike indolence. 



i manner has noshnflliug and noloung 



nig !n it. There is all the vitality and vigor of in 



n .i | deb rmionttoa. The dignity i* nt the farthest 



ft] carelessness. 



li i told Of Hercules, god of real force, that 



" whether he Stood, or walked, or sat, or whatever 



red." This teacher eecom- 



. ml* with -uigulnr precision, fie speaks 



less than is common, ami with less pretension 



■ in- i.;. ,i :- . enToytd en i 

 promptty done. When he 

 or a class, attention comes, 



-'iM*. Nobody 



t ho 



In an eaey flowing stylo. 



uube urn i w - 



Poetry by Miss Hazud. 



Sl^^^l 



m^^ ^^^mm^m 



3. Yes! all tbat Nature claims her own, The ocean, earth, and 



w^m^^^ ^^^ ^^^w^ 



golden bowl is bright: The laurel wreath seems fair; And youth - fill hearts would fain be light, But, ah! a thorn is there. 



sn^ssn^^fg^ 



The twinkling star, tbe moonlit sky, the stilly breath of 



Each leaves a sigh in passing- by, A 



The sun that throws his halo o'er This Eden of the brave; T 



The rock-bound c 



l^g^ii^^ei 



The famed of earth, the good, tbe brave, Bloom 



85 



mm^mm mmmms 



Earth halh no joy unmixed with pain; Pure friendship is unknown; There's die 



Peace blooms in heaven 



& I) e R c u i c w c v. 



Jtlt,.in,i..,l Now York 



■"■utoinphited issuing a inei 

 .'iKDpllsh Ihe object for »™ 

 s stylo It is unnecessary t 



ntfh Ihv whole 



Bed 



■ -. -. 

 rUbtfwell 



■ 



■ 

 ■ 



wledgt is got with • hearty M "al. 



. 

 im-aroation of painfnl 



■ l tion ; ■ ,, tiri ". 

 . •■ .1,1, an riuh.'ili. ,1 limier; a mortal 

 ij luhiaprv»enl 

 "her. Indeed 

 that by ■' ■ eonunon per 



vcruons of human nature, his poptl 

 haei ■ „i r m, m.-n miods to MB W 

 tri hanlut .. 

 Ulks. umcU, ami (he multiplication of words only 



'"'"''■"tWiuutlipli.-fiti t into.-- r-jinltr.ufion;. 



WUW^bdaijOTtnmMitud beclouds the reeita- 



M'-MuUiiuiift rull iti-er the bovs' con- 



over the ice. 



■ 



1 despair. - AmtriM* Journal of 



Books Received. 



n two volumes Quarto 

 toyul Octavo: To 



'rigin, Utstoiy,! 

 Explanation of Ihe rnni-iph's 



Geographical Nnnu-s. 

 J'tctortal tUaslralions, 1 

 Use of Words nod Ten 



guisbed PeraoDS, Abbrv 



mil, i Spanish 1'i.r. 



Crown Quarto, pp. 1,11 







ln:i.-.u. Mil.j.,.-i^ ByHa.- 



PP.40B.1 See Tont; I'.-rby and Jackson. 



Dnrii and Dakbow A Bbo. 



Liix axd PL«AatNT Talk / 



lei Tori 

 Moore 4 (jo. Rochester— Diwir. 





ANECDOTES OF WILD GEESE.-NO. n. 









for 





■•Oriental Aequaintant 



I'i'.H'I.- 1 -.'i,|'...,U r.V V-M hy ltL.i i ■ 



- 0a n-i,:ii-,t,, 



si II. Written by 



lui.v. Trsuvlsiod 



...] RewTork: D. 



_;iu„ .—,,(",. ■„.-,; J u, 



myself, have I been o lover of wild geese, and to 

 the truth, I believe my interest WAS lirst en- 

 listed upon hearing that "the cackling of geese 

 ince saved Imperial Rome." That it was the 

 mckling of wild geese I do not say, but this little 

 eeident made such an impression upon my boyish 

 fancy, that since then I have taken every possible 

 form myself and get posted up in 

 this particular branch of natural history. 



pair of wild geese I possessed, and 

 which I valued as only an amateur knows how, 

 ictwith an early and unfortunate death. They 

 ere very wild when I obtained them, and I took 

 if Lilnm>i pains to make them acquainted with my 

 resence and whistle, and imagine my pleasure 

 hen, after much trouble, I quieted their fears, .so 

 ittt tbey would feed out of my hand, and always ap- 

 proached me as it' for protection, when any stran- 

 ger or strange thing made its iqipenranec. But 

 .derail this affection on their port I never dared 

 o allow them to go past the seasons, (spring and 

 fall,) without having their wings clipped, which, if 

 iftered to grow nut, tin* would take advantage of 

 id fly away. 



They were only a year old when I got them, and 

 when the third year came about I was looking with 

 and speculation upon the proba- 

 bility of their breediug— imagine my disappoint- 

 ment and vexation one line spring morning, upon 

 hearing the report of lire-arms at the pond, I 

 hastened on with my cluthes and quickly as possi- 

 ble got down there — only to And my poor pets un- 

 ceremoniously being dragged by their necks out of 

 the water by the vandal .vho had shot them. What 

 I said it mutters not, ns I am a person of a very 

 quiet temperament ; but why, you ask, did he kill 

 them on private grounds V I will tell you. lie 

 was a new-comer in our neighborhood ; some kind 

 of a mechauic in alarge furniture establishment, 

 who, returning home just at night, espied the geese 

 in the pond, said to himaelf, " if you will only wait 

 patiently until morning 1 will load my gun and 

 kdl you," Sure enough they were there in the 

 morning and with a good round charge in his fowl- 

 ing piece, he fired away at them almost under his 

 nose, and as the sequel is already told, killed them 

 both. The follow was just from California, or some 

 place whore wild goose frequented, and had been 

 in the habit of shooting them ; but after the uuld 

 atUlreu I gave him, 1 doubt not he was more care- 

 ful where he sent his lead. 



After this experience, nothing daunted, I pro- 

 cured another pair, who, in due course of time, 

 commenced breeding— nor h^vo 1 dm 

 out their happy honk. But to give on anecdote as 

 tbe heading indicates. As the paat full approached, 

 all of my geese showed more or less sign of uni 

 siness ond disposition to take a joe 

 which was preveuted by their bung pinioned 

 One particular pair (and handsome birds they we 



>,) tormented me, by waudering to a small 

 cam half a mile oil', and .•uinetinios I wasubliged 

 follow it up a long distance before I could tiud 

 :m. Finally I concluded to shut them up. Before 

 I imprisoned them I lost two of my geese by the 



up and in a few days I hoard the n mSli | . 



aking that peculiar noise which (swan like) had 



preceded the death of the others, and which I 



hoped might not prove fatal if good nursing could 



her; but, alas! passing the coop late in tbe 



afternoon I beard a struggling and fluttering as 



though sonic animal had the geese hy their necks 



was choking them. Upon hastening to open 



door and look at them I found the gamier had 



the goose by the neck ami was evidently trying to 



choke her to death, and she it was that made the 



loise of strangulation. Pulling her away from 



dm, which made him perfectly furious, so that he 



Hacked me, I found, upon examination, that she 



vas badly bruised and very bloody Putting her 



by herself I visited her an hour afterwards and 



fonnd her dead, why and wherefore I could not ex- 



i, and must say I felt exceedingly puzzled.— 



Finally, one day I happened to meet a friend that 



lore experieoce than myself aud I told him 



my story, asking him if he could account for the 



gamier killing his mate. Oh yes, ho said, nothing 



', I have hud the same Hung occur twice. In 



instances the females were the parties ut- 



tacked by the roup and their mates killed them in 



te manner as did yours, besides which I have 



•ard of the same thing from other sources. The 



up is a distressing sickness, and one from which 



,ey seldom recover, and tbe loving husband, 



,ther than witness such cruel pain, kills her to 



it .in end to her agony. 



By-the-by. let me ask if you, or any readers of 

 tho Rcslm., have ever seen or heard of a wMtt wild 

 goose? Twoof my friends that have been in Culi- 



geese, white o 



i Un- 





seen with wild 

 it, have killed 



SOMETHING FOR GEOLOGISTS. 



Oxt 



,Va. 



of the most remarkable curiosities which I have 

 seen — a rock marked with human foot-phots. 

 The surface of the rock, which is several feet square, 

 slopes gradually towards the stream, and the tracks 

 extend to the water's edge. In appearance the 

 foot-prints are those of a child of three or four 

 years. The lirst trucks are not deep; the next an 

 irregular, as if the child had tottered and crossed 

 its feet to preserve its balance. Below, the ball of 

 the foot and toes have left a deeper imprciou, u 

 if the tittle tbmg had attempted, hy bracing its fee 

 in the soft clay, to stop in its downward course 

 Then tbe tracks are a little lengthened at the heel 

 as if the foot bad slipped — each one, aa ii pro 

 ceeded farther, presenting a longer slide, until t » 

 doom of the little one was aealed by the last foot 

 step which slip, ufl into ihe water. 



There are manv conjectures us to 'be origin 

 thesctracks. Some maintain thel ihej **•»" ™ 

 impressions of a child's feet, 

 was in a clayey state; other 

 the work of the Indians, can 





bed 



walked down t 



FEEDING CALVES. 



Mkssbs. Ens.:— I will giro you something I am 

 sure will help some of your Young RuralitU in 

 tho vexing business of feeding calves. Where 

 there are a number together, every boy who has 

 tried to feed with pails knows what danger there 

 is of losing milk, toes, and patience. Having e 

 dozen to feed one year we made stanchions for them 

 on tho side of the lot facing the house, 



TVe took a basswood slick about thirty feet long 

 and faced it on one side. Then dug out troughs ee 

 large as wanted, 2'.: feet apart. Then, by setting 

 a post at each end and in the middle, we stretched 

 ■trips two by six the whole length, the bottom 

 one being on a level ivilli the trough and the upper 

 one two feet higher, nailed on the top of the posts. 

 The strips should be bored previously for tho 

 stanchion rounds opposite each trough. Hy mak- 

 ing one of the rounds fast and hoarding up be- 

 tween, the thing was made, 



After this it was mere fun to feed calves. We 

 had just to pour into each trough the reel aired 

 mess, and by simply raising the loose round the 

 fellows are let in and fastened in a moment. This 

 was made on the farm of Hon. Geo. QeoDM, in 

 Fairmount, N. Y. It did well. 



If you think the patent right worth a copy or so 

 of the Horal, we can use them among our neigh- 

 bors who have none. B. 0. Mushon. 



Fowlerrllle, Livingston Co., Mich., I860. 



AN OUT -DOOR CELLAR, 



he could not dig. 



Messrs. Ens.:— I noticed a letter fi 

 your correspondents requesting 

 to build an ont-door cellar where 

 My father mode one last fall and I will descnoe it 

 for his benefit as well as for the rest of your read- 

 ers. We first laid up tbe frame of lags "d bujlt 

 u sloping wall arounc 

 bottom and sloping 

 tbe top. Filled in w 

 the wall, filling thee 



Then we laid a leg 



i for the middle of t 



two fcetof «truw and covered thick with dirt. — 

 With double doors this made us a good warm eel- 

 l (tJ . j.; yv. M ' wj$lon Co., 



Qi.'iet vs. Fuss.— It i* amusing to notice how, i 

 „,,,,',,. perte of the wot Id, noise end pretension pa 

 Tor power and merit. In reading tbe hie e.1 W*i 

 ihe inventor, recently published, we And in h 

 correspondence e ] > tag raph which both il 

 this pepnlor infli tnlti oj Judgment, and 

 ihe pleasant humor of the machinest. Writing t< 

 his partner, respecting one . i 

 gines put in operation in Cornwall, \W 

 , Violence, magnitude, ; 

 r ■'-- engine g 



