SEPT. IS. 



MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 



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THE LOVE OF TRUTH. 



Education is constantly and almost universally 

 eulogized. Boi why? Not as an end, but as an 

 instrument Not for itself, but because knowledge 

 la power,— It ta respectable,— it is an important 

 means of success in the world. 



Bnch views, altbougb by no means without their 

 use, are, nevertheless, of themselves, utterly inade- 

 quate. They can never result In that symmetrical 

 and harmonious development of the whole nature 

 of man, which la Implied in the word Education, — 

 The foundation la too narrow for the superstruc- 

 ture. Something else is needed. The need la the 

 tnre of truth in the mind of the person to be edu- 

 cated Implant In tbe mind of any youth a sincere 

 and ardent love of truth — a love of truth for the 

 truth's sake —a love which will lead him to seek for 

 trulb wherever It maybe found, and to follow it 

 wherever It may lead, and you have done more for 

 the education of that mind than can possibly be 

 done by the communication of any amount of mere 

 information. Such a mind will be educated. It 

 may have more or fewer facilities and advantages, 





I way; 



where there is a living, active love of truth, there 

 will be an educated mind. 



The influence of thiB principle may be seen in 

 brothers or sisters of the same family, in scholars of 

 the same class. In school, or in college. Of those 

 whose natural abllitlea are equally good, you will 

 aee some making rapid progress,— grow i 



others grow li 



Tbe same thing is also seen in those sudden trans- 



conr In Intellectual 



i who have heretofore 



pld, become fired with 



ir after go on to make 



character, by which persi 

 been considered dull and i 



zeal fur knowledge, and ( 



HINTS TO NEW TEACHERS. 



Tu Michigan Journal of Education contains 

 ime important Bints to Sew Teachers— some that 

 will prove of service to those just entering on the 

 duties of their responsible profession. 



1. Meet yonr school at the outset with a quiet 

 and natural demeanor. Affect neither sternness 

 affability. Feel and say. In a few simple words, 

 you hope to do tbem good, and will try to do 

 the beat yon can for them. 2. If whispering or 

 disorder occurs, paose at once, and do not proceed 

 till order Is restored. The mere pause is generally 

 sufficient for this. 3. Remember that good die- 

 ipline is the principal thing; without this there 

 in be no successful teaching. 4. Govern your- 

 ilf. Do not fret or fly Into passions; never stamp 

 r scold; do not threaten or talk too much. Let 

 kindly interest in your pupils temper oil your 

 actions. 5, Have tbe school room kept tidy and 

 comfortable; wash off scrlbbllogs and ink-spots, 

 and hang up charts and maps, to give the room an 

 stive appearance, ft. Let the lessons be short, 

 thoroughly mastered. Go over the same 

 ground again and again In review. No lofty su- 

 perstructure can rise except on solid foundations. 

 ter In your pupils a spirit of justice and 

 generosity, kindness and forbearance, reverence 

 tnfth and duty. 8. Make dally preparation for 

 your work; the oldest and ablest leathers do this. 

 io will thus be al>le to give clear explanations, 

 d to infuie life and spirit In yonr Instructions. 

 Remember that your every act is closely 

 watched, and that example teaches more power- 

 illy than precept. That teacher who is a gentle- 

 lan in dress and demeanor, whose language is 

 imple, pure end truthful, whose deportment is 

 gentle, graceful aDd kind, will awaken a respect in 

 both pupils ond parents, that will make his task 

 easy. 10. Pat yourself into communication with 

 lighboriog teachers. If there is no Teacher's 

 uociation, organize one as soon as possible. 11. 

 Take an educational journal; you cannot afford to 

 do without Its suggestions. 



it the celebrated Dr. Barrows was so 

 i a youth at school, that his father 

 hat if it should be the pleasure of 



was the only one of the nine of whom anything is 

 now known. Becoming possessed of this new mo- 

 tive to Btudy.— the love of truth,— he made attain- 

 ments In learning, and in command over language, 

 which have been rarely, if ever, surpassed. So 

 great were these attainments, that Lord Chatham, 

 as a means of perfecting himself in oratory, copied 

 with his own band, eight times, bis published 

 works. Nothing can prevent the progress of a 

 mind possessed of this principle. It matters little 

 who or where its possessor may be. It Is awake and 

 open to those impressions of truth, which are ever 

 coming to each a mind from the whole range of 



WISCONSIN STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The State Teachers' Association of Wisconsin 

 held Its Sixth Annual Meeting at Portage, com- 

 mencing on tbe 3d of August and continuing four 

 days. The Wis Journal of Education says " it was 

 an interesting and profitable session; the attend- 

 ance was qnlle large. The lectures and essays were 

 of a high order, and were characterised by breadth, 

 directness, and practical common sense, and, as & 

 whole, were superior to those usually heard on such 

 occasions." The President of the Association, 

 Prof. 0. M. Cono v er delivered the opening address ; 

 subject:—" A Perfect School System." On Wednes- 

 day, A. M., Rev. A. L. Chafin, Pres. of Belolt Col- 

 lege, spoke concerning "The True End of the 





Edncation, and the Reciprocal 

 i Several Departments." "School Go 

 " formed the theme of ProL N. Batem 

 renlng. On Thursday, Prof. J. W. Horr, of 

 aon, read an essay upon "Public Edncation 

 Needs of tbe People, and the Duty of the 



i the School 



A committee appointed 

 Laws of theState, reported, and, after some i 

 ments, the report was adopted, and an addl 

 five made to the committee for the purpose 

 mlttiog the report to the Legislature. 



The following individuals were c hosed officers for 

 the ensuing year:— President— A, PlCKETT, Eoricon. 

 Vlct^reiidmts—. J. E. Munger, Oshkosh ; T. C. Bar 

 den. Portage; W. C. Sanford, Watertown. Secre- 

 tary— James W, Strong, Beloit Treasurer — J. C. 

 Plokard, Madison. Counsellors— J. B. Pradt, She- 

 boygan; A. J. Craig, Palmyra; I. Johnson, Janea- 

 sillc; 6. T. Lockwood, Burlington; A, M, May, 

 Rlpon. 



NATIONAL TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. 



Tbb Annual Convention of tbe National Teach 

 era' Association, convened at Cincinnati on VI 

 nesday, Aug. 11 lb. has been an occasion of 

 usual interest. Eminent educators from every 

 quarter of our country were present The dis- 

 cussions were spirited ax 

 spouse to calls for reports on educi 

 Mr. Adams, of Montpelier, spoke 

 Mr. 1'bllbrick, of Boston, for Massachusetts; Dr. 

 M'Jiltou, for Maryland; Mr. Bsgg, for Alabama; 

 and Mr. DctoII, for Missouri. Favorable reports 

 of the eause were also made for New York, New 

 Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut Prof. 

 Daniel Reed, of Wisconsin University, delivered 

 on address "On the Kdooational Tendencies and 

 Progress of tbe last Thirty Tears." Mr. Plillbrlck 

 delivered an address on ■ Manual Education 

 President, Z. Richards, one on the ■ Province and 

 Agency of the National Teach*™- Association;" 

 and Horace Mann, one on the " Motives of Teach- 

 "" 'a last was characterized by in e g^pM, 



productions. It commanded close attention, a 

 at Its close was loudly applauded. A copy was n 

 quested for publication. A similar compUmet, 

 was paid to Mr. Pbilbriek. — Providence Journal. 



HOW TO SPEAE. 



;es; on tbe contrary, how often is it found that 

 be a scholar is to become a creature who ex- 

 esses himself in public more awkwardly and 

 Ih less effect than many a sturdy ploughman's 

 a, who never darkened the walls of either school 

 college? The consequence of this in the church 

 d in the lecturinghalls of our unlveraities is 

 ten moat lamentable. Where earnestness, vigor, 

 d Impreasiveness are most necessary, a sort of 

 me propriety and a cold dignity have become the 

 rule; and nature, the great charmer, Is as mnch 

 afraid of showing herself in our Christian pulpits 

 as amid the conventional decencies and cold pro- 

 prieties of a fashionable drawing-room. The pre- 

 valence of this artificial feeling is one of the chief 

 why uncultivated Methodists and wild un- 

 tutored apostles of all kinds have so much more 

 influence with the masses than tbe regularly train- 

 id English clergyman. It is not that the scholarly 

 ricor is too high for his audience, but that you have 

 itamped on him a type of scholarship, divorced 

 from life and ashamed of nature. He who would 

 iak to his fellow-beings with effect, must, above 

 things, have three qualities — freedom, fire and 

 force; and these are precisely the three qualities 

 which our scholastic and academical habits and 

 bookish notions tend systematically to 

 repress rather than to evolve. — Prof. Rlack'u. 



®ltt foimrj Italist. 



GEM >K< ; li \VH JTEFIEIjD. 



his Grand-children," and "Counsels of 

 Father," has left the following coarse of instrui 

 Hon for sons. Till eight, English reading only.- 

 From eight to sixteen, the grammar-achooL Latin 

 be thoroughly learned, Greek more slightly.— 

 From sixteen to seventeen at the university, orun 

 Latin, but chiefly arithmetic 

 geometry and geodesy. From seventeen to nine 

 n or twenty, "logic, natural philosophy, an< 

 it&physicB, according to the ordinary discipline 

 of the university;" but ofter " some Bystems or late 

 topical or philosophical tracts," the pupil to be 

 chiefly exercised in Aristotle. Afterwards, Bhould 

 be foUow no profession, yet to gain some knowl- 

 edge of divinity, law, sad physic, especially anat- 

 omy. Also of " husbandry, planting, and ordering 

 of a country farm." For recreations, he advises 

 "reading of history, mathematics, experimental 

 philosophy, nature of trees, plants, or insects, 

 mathematical observations, measuring land; nay, 

 tbe more cleanly exercise of emitbery, watch- 

 making, carpentry, joinery work of all kinds." 



MiB30UBi State Tbachbrs' Association.— The 

 Third Annual Meeting of the above Association was 

 hrtd at Jefferson City on the 6tb, "th and Sth alt. 

 A lengthy report of the proceedings appears in the 

 St Louie Republican of the 24th. There was a fair 

 representation in attendance from different parts 

 of the State, and much zeal and mutual good feel- 

 ing were displayed. The chief topics of discussion 

 were a State Normal School Agricultural Educa- 

 tion, the co-education of the sexes, a uniformity of 

 textbooks, and the phonetic system. The agricul- 

 tural question was decided in favor of State endow- 

 ments of Agricultural Departments in the princi- 

 pal Universities and Colleges. On the question of 

 the education of the sexes there were several 

 speakers, all In favor of such co education. No 

 special action appears to have been taken on uni- 

 formity of textbooks, or on the phonetic system, 

 though there was Borne discussion. The Assoc ia- 

 :et next year in St Louis.— 



Thib great and devoted itinerant preacher was 

 born In Gloucester. England, Dec. 16, 1714. Being 

 naturally of a studious and serions turn of mind, 

 he was early put to school, where he made striking 

 proficiency in his studies. His father, dying when 

 he was a child, left bis mother in charge of an inn, 

 to the care of which he was called from school as 

 soon as he could be of any use to his mother. This 

 life of a publican was, however, by no means suit- 

 ed to bis taste, and at the age of eighteen he en- 

 tered Oxford. 



While in college, young Wtxitefield made the 

 acquaintance of the brothers Wesley, John and 

 Charlib, whose pious zeal and pure lives attracted 

 bis love and admiration. These young men adopt- 

 ed certain strict rnles and methods of life, which 

 reached all their habits and duties. They became 

 the nucleus and founders of a religious sect, 

 which, from the rigid habits they adopted, received 

 the sobriquet of MethodlBts, a name afterwards 

 adopted and gloried in by tbe sect, and continued 

 in both hemispheres to this day. Young White- 

 field joined heart and hand with these youthful 

 zealots, and on leaving bis college he took orders, 

 In 1786, and immediately commenced preaching. 

 Hie first sermon was delivered in tbe church of the 

 Bishop of Gloucester, and produced a powerful 

 effect Complaint was made to the bishop that a 

 number of persons were driven mad by It "I only 

 wish," be replied, "that the madness may last" 



In 1738, Mr. Wihtefiblh came to the United 

 States, whither one of the Wisleys had preceded 

 him. He landed at Savannah, Georgia, where be 

 labored with unremitting zeal and diligence for 

 nearly a year, preaohing and traveling night and 

 day, and meeting with abundant success. Return- 

 ing to England, he received ordination as a priest, 

 by Bishop Bhnson, in January, 173!). In Novem- 

 ber following, he again arrived in America, and 

 traveled through the Southern end Middle Siatep, 

 preaching the word and baptizing thousands who 

 were converted by tbe eloquence of his appeala— 

 All classes were drawn to his ministry. Hio rare 

 and peculiar eloquence seems to have been magi 

 cal, and it was nothing uncommon for him to 



He followed the impulses of I 



Wi may seek costly furniture for our homes, 

 fanciful ornaments for oar mantelpieces, and rich 

 carpets for our floors; but, after the absolute i 

 sorfes for a home, books ore si once the cheapest 

 and certainly the most useful sod abiding embel- 

 lishments. 



i decided 1 

 M 



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Neither Schools nob Newspapebs.— Sir Wil 

 liam Berkeley, one of the early Governors of Vir 

 gnus, In 1071 wrote to King Charles II., "I thank 

 God there are no free schools nor printing 

 here, and I trust there will not be this hundred 

 years; f or learning breeds op heresies, and Beets, 



and all abominations. God s. 



s from both." 



He that studies only men, will get the body 

 knowledge without the soul; and he that studies 

 only books, the soul without the body. 



TELEGRAPHIC INBTED MENTS 



As the public mind has lately been quite a 

 I regard to all things connected with lb 

 gropb, the following from tbe Albany Jinan 



I Mobse Ikstrumi 

 the first in this country, 

 alternate breaking and 



, In i 



; fr..i 



connecting of the 

 allowed to flow a 

 dot— if a little longer, a 

 Tbe operator taps on a single key and the messages 

 are recorded by an alphabet composed of combi- 

 nations of lines and dots, thus; — 



. In tbe bands of an expert, 



the Bpeed of this Instrument is about twenty words 



The Cook aud Whsatstonb Instrument, is 1 

 one that until lately, hoe been generally used 

 England. A needle on a dial plate revolves, point- 

 ing out the letters, which are inscribed around 

 circumference like tbe hours on the face o 

 clock. This is a much more intelligible proi 

 to outsiders, but It is slow, accomplishing at 

 fastest, only about fourteen words a minute. 



The Hocbb Inbtsi'mevt prints the message In 

 Roman Capitals en a long atrip of paper, by the 

 revolution of a type wheel, the operator playing 

 on a key board like that of a piano, with a key fo 

 each letter. The printing Is done by clock-woil 

 the use of the electrlo Current being to preserv 

 equal time, bo that tbe letters of one machine run 

 correspond to those of the other. This instrumec 

 prints from twenty-five to thirty words a minute. 



Morse and House Inventions. In the Morse iustrn 

 ment two or three pnlsstlons of the electric cnrreni 

 are required to Indicate one letter. In tbe Honw 

 instrument It requires from one to twenty -eigh 

 pulsations. In tbe Hughe* instrument it requirei 

 but a single pulsation for each letter. The me 

 chanism by which this is accomplished, is simple, 

 though the principle on which It Is based is 

 prex. The type wheels at the respective stations 

 revolve to print the message, sad their revolution! 

 are governed by vibrating springs. These springs 

 cause them to revolve In exactly the some time.. 

 There U an acoustic principle involved, viz :— that 

 two springs which give the same musical 

 while vibrating, vibrate the same number of 



■ open fields to aadie 



t by Mr. Whitefibli>,— 



t he was listening to tbe t 



LABOR AND THE LAW. 



Messrs. Ens :— Although quite a Young RuralUt, 

 I have perused every number of the Rcul yon 

 have Issued from tbe press: and should have been 

 peruse the thoughts of others without 

 obtruding any of my own, had I not noticed an 

 e from the pen of Harbv Harris. In that 

 b he gives the challenge— throws down his 

 gage, like Richard Cibetbb de Lion— and 

 dares the farmer*' boys to raise it; threatening to 

 annihilate them wlih a display of talent; and at 

 the same time calling upon those who ■ intend to 

 enlist under the banner of att'y" to rally lo tbe 



adventures. Like that renowned knight you don't 

 seem to be at all particular who or what shall be 

 the object of your attack; whether it U» fulling 

 mill or a flock of sheep; a traveling barber or a 

 windmill. For your " I'ulcenia" you have chosen 

 -a profeaslonal life" and seem to be a little anxious 

 to "flesh your maiden sword" io the sido of any 

 young farmer that may not be of your own way of 

 thinking. As you wish for it, if Mr. Moobk will 

 kindly give space, I, as a representative of the 

 Rural DutrkU, have no objection to measuring 

 weapons with yon. 



Before entering the lists for a tilt, allow me to 

 say a word in reference to your style. A person 

 who writes for the public must expeot to be criti- 

 cised; and, as Lord Byron saya: 



The only fault I find Is the two frequent repetition 

 of the personal pronoun / In its various numbers 

 and oases. In classifying yonr style you would 

 hardly find a name in Blair or any of the other 

 Egotistic la the only name that oc- 

 s being appropriate. 



■alve all c 





try. In 



I this country i 



t a jot and the 

 nen coeval with 



,h his popularity. 



mained here this time betweei 

 jars, bis popularity abating n< 

 iolent persecution which had 

 his ministry keeping due pace wi 

 ag troubled, be labored on 

 apparent fruits of bis preaching 

 ness that he was serving ( 



Mr. WeiTEKiBLD crossed the Atlantic nine times, 



id landed on our shores for the last time, Nov. 



i, 1769. During all this lime, both in Engtan a 

 and America, as well as on Bhipboard, his zeal and 

 Is exertions flagged not for an Instant, and he 

 jtnally "died in harness," at Newburyport, Mass., 

 d the 30th of September, 1770, aged 5C years. 



Perhsps no public speaker has lived within the 

 ist ten centuries, who has bad such Immense 

 ower over the hearts and passlone of his auditory 

 s this eccentric preacher. Kran. the celebrated 

 ragedlan, used to say of him, that "he was the 

 nly man who knew the straight way to the very 



' the human 

 ld that he \ 





I told 

 a thousand 



pounds If he 



would teac 



i hi 



interjection ' 









1 personal 



K"U 



Cow per thus 







character, wit 



a as much 



QBtiC 



;eeding s 



power. Its ex- 

 the least perceptible pul- 

 irrents adapts itself espe- 

 cially for long HneB and submarine cables. It is 

 capable of writing forty words 

 about one-tenth the battery powe 

 ments, and sends messages both 







i- claims, and i 



5 Atlantic Cable. 



of your piece, you have 



, According to your O! 



arrived at a proper age for 





for you to determine In 



appear on the stage of 



In looking over tbe long list of employments 



your eye meets tbe word farming, and you turn 



>m it In disgust and without hesitation pronounce 



the worst that could be thought of. In thinking 



er the possible position you may occupy in life, 



Is with you, "Take any shape but that" viz,: a 



fanner's life. Now Harry, I have spent s 



■1 I.I.-!. 



„„.'.> a 



rith 



everything which pertains to It, and must say that 



farmei's life when regulated as it might, and 



should be, is the most independent and happiest 



Lion and if you deny it I will defend it against you, 

 though backed by all the young attorneys, dry 

 goods' clerks, tinkers, tailors and tanners you can 

 press Into the aervlco. Another mistake is this:— 

 In making choice of profession you i 

 governed 





select that one 

 aall subject you to the least possible toil; 

 as H yon could accomplish anything i» any voca- 

 tion without labor. Speaking of this matter of 

 work, let me ask yon one question. Did you, Sir, 

 ever know a man, (I care not what his talents,) who 

 in any profession accomplished anything worthy 

 of note, without severe, steady, long-protracted 

 toll? If yon know such a man, I wish you would 

 show him up, for he is certainly a " rara avis in 

 terris." Granted, then, that labor is a necessary 

 concomitant to any profession, which do you 

 think the most fatigniog, mental or manual labor? 

 rooking of the baby or rooking of the mind? If 

 you think the temple of the law Is a place of placid 

 repose, where men recline on easy couches and 

 gain honor and distinction without effort, you 

 have only to cross the threshold to learn yonr mis- 

 take. Although ignorant cf the laws, I am ac- 

 quainted with many lawyers, and I i 



the i 





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THE D3E OF COAL.-A CTJRIOOS DELUSION. 



The anthracite cool of Pennsylvania has been 

 used for only thirty-one years, and yet the con 

 sumption amounts already to the enormous figure 

 of 3,600,000 tuns each year. The l'biiadelphli 

 correapondent of the New York Tribune relates 

 the following most extraordinary fact respecting 

 the persecution which the person suffered who 

 brought the first sample of coal to Philadelphia — 

 It is hardly credible: 



"Thirty-one years ogo the first coal came to 

 Philadelphia— being ten wagon loads hauled over 

 the mountains by George Shoemaker of Pottsvllle. 

 Very few persons could be induced to purchase it, 

 and most of these were wholly unsuccessful in 

 their attempts to make it burn. Everybody con- 

 sidered It a mere stone. Mr. Shoemaker was de- 



were being taken to arrest him for twindling. but he 

 escaped arrest by leaving the city by a circuitous 



Tbe most remarkable I 



himself know how 

 therefore unable t 

 really would Ignite. 



itore In thi 

 tat Mr, Shoemaker did not 

 ake the cool burn. He was 

 nvince the pnblic that It 

 Had be experimented at 

 brooght with him a grate or Btove, in 



which to kindle a successful fire, the exhibition 



would have no doubt hastened foil ten years the 



developmentof the cool business. He reached his 



home, dlsguBted at the belligerent temper of our 



citizens, and heart sick at the 111 



venture His reputation as an 



rescued, however, by on ii 



county, into whose hands 



mineral fell He tried th< 



freely, with an int 



with it that he pro 



pera. This led ot 



ceeding, the pi 



l hi- un- 



reached tbe 



master in Delaware 



j." of the repudiated 



_ U, caused It to burn 



beat and was so pleased 



ed the fact in the newaps- 



to try, and they also sue 



as removed, and consump- 



rrom titia beginning, until it last year 



i quantity of 3,470,863 tuns." 



CLERKS TJNSOITED TO THE WEST. 



Ed9. Rural:— The article copied into your paper 

 from the New York Commercial Advertiser, a 

 short time since, is not wholesome In many es- 

 sential particulars. It is said therein, that the 

 editor had received many applications for situa- 

 tions from young men In the country ; he advises 

 tbem not to relinquish the farm for a situation In 

 the city, should they manage to obtain one. He 

 further turns off, and admonishes the poor, sickly 

 clerks in the city, working for a "pitiful salary,'' 

 to leave the "busy haunt, 1 ' and plonge into tbe 

 West buy a farm, ond after a few years clearing 

 and preparing the land, they will secure for them- 

 selves a competency for life; that by so doing they 

 will do a great deal for their moral as well as 

 physical existence, Ac. 



This letter advice is. In my opinion, very absurd, 

 and showa that It emanates from a weak mind- 

 To suppose that clerke. brought o P in the city, 

 with a natural repugnance to all kinds of real 

 r an inability to perform It, could 

 wilderness of land, probably an- 

 jst ridiculous Idea. Would they 

 enough to wield tbe axe for one 

 So. It is enough for tbe strongest 

 jrave the Western wilds, and none 

 bat's man of an Iron constitution conld endure It 

 The suggestion probably is a very good o 

 It feasible, but " 



manual laboi 

 embark on 

 bealthy, is a 

 have streng 

 single season 



t hear any more such " old 



1;r ii ai: ■ ; * —The youth should learn moderation. 

 Tbe pen is as dangerous as edged tools In careless 

 hands. There Is a good deal in tbe above, that 

 will not bear criticism. 



IlooEf. — Books ore standing counsellors and 

 preachers— always at hand, and always disinterest- 

 ed; having this advantage over oral instructors, 

 that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often 



falter conviction of the 1 

 ture; which, one would tl 

 modesty; far tbe more a 

 his ignorance. 



