MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
BY L. VVETIIEREI.L. 
There is, perhaps, no subject in which the 
State and the Nation lla^■e a deeper interest 
than, that whicli pertains to the universal 
education of the risiac: o-eneration. All are 
agreed that the general diffusion of knowl¬ 
edge among the people, is essential to the 
pro.sperity and happiness of a country.— 
When we come to inquire concerning the 
best ways and means for accomplishing so 
NEW PUBLICATION!. 
'Fuk Bibi.iothkc.v S.\cr.\ ano ’FhA logicai. He- 
^ lEn for IVoveinber. 
Content.-iof tliis number:—Natural leology; The 
Meaning of Irenaeu.s in the Plira.sr “ Ilogeiicrat- 
ed unto God;” Will the (inind oiwummation, 
Giving the Kingdom of thi.s_Woi’ . lo Christ, be 
Introduced under the Dispensatio •. of the Spirit-? 
T'hc Revelations of Faith and 1 ilosophy; Rc- 
mark.s on Bunsen’.s Late Work uj /ii Egypt; On 
the Internal and External Elemei t of Religion; 
Aby.s.sinia—Tlic Galla Language; Trans'atiou of 
the 13 th and 14 th Chapters of Lsei h, with Ex¬ 
planatory Notes; Notices of New, Publications; 
Miscellaneous, T’hcological and Id, rary. 
This Review is conducted V Fi'ofessors 
B. B. Edwards, and E. A. P/uk, aided by 
Dr. Robinson and Prof. M. Stuart. Its 
desirable a result, as that of fitting amlqua!. ”■■■ Vrot. M. Its 
ifying every child for a place of usefulness '“'d'-hutoi-s are among the ..post scholars 
in society, there is a diversity of opinions. “f Published by W. H. 
in society, there is a diversity of opinions. , - - 
A quaint and sententious old writer some- dwell, Andovei, Mass. 
vdiat remarkable for the possession of a ^ Gco" 7 ^ 
quality which has become quite rare in these 
days of fancied progress and improvement to unfold to the com- 
m things pertaining to mental and moral on reader tho mysteries of the liieroglyph- 
culturo, says: “Train up achild in the way socondly.'to show that these verify 
he should go, and when ho is old he will j 
not depart from iV’ Few, if any will ques- think he has done his work well. The 
Uou the truth of this ancient aphorism.- „ 
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imperative duty of thus training children typography and illustrations are in Mr. Put- 
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ly important work. Such maintain, further, THE NEWSPAPER AND SCHOOLMASTER. 
that the duty of educational training de- ' y 
volves upon the parent, as much as that of in some dis- 
pronding food and raiment for lus offspring; paragraph. It will be deemed extravaevant 
and, that the Statelias no right to tax i/ieh- by some, but a little reflection wdll comince 
property to procure the means to educate finy one of its truth. The newspaper is, in 
and. train other people’s children, and, con- the schoolmaster of this generation. 
scquently complain of the injustice of Free ^ mere chronicle of passing 
events, the newspaper has' grown into one 
‘ . of the leading schoolmasters of the day.— 
“in New England it has been a steady Its articles amuse us with their wit and in- 
and governing principle from thever}' found- struct us w ith their wTsdom. They exhibit 
ation of the Colonies, that it w'as [is] the brilliancy of the classical scholar and the 
and the duty of Government to pro- reasoning of the logician. It is an en- 
• j • 1 . X X- r cyclopcedia in itself. It reviews all books 
vide, by means of fair and just taxation, for n • t i • A • • -Yi 
,, . \ . n „ „ •' , . , , treats of all science. It is familiar with 
t le instruction o. all the youth m the ele- all geography, and at home with ail histoiy. 
ments of learning, morals and religion.”— It Ls (Edipui to read the riddles which ev- 
The to tax property for tho procuring eij political sphinx may set before it It 
of means to support schools where all the into cabinet secrets and anticipates the 
children may attend, has been acknowl- statesmen. It has the hundred 
j I 1 - j ii ’ , eyes ot the ever wakeful AruTis, the hun- 
edged and practiced more than two hun- j^d hands and fifty heads 5 Briaicus.— 
dred years in the Land of the Puritans. The And, as omnipresent as omniscient, as 
right thus to tax, w'e deem, can no more be ubiquitous as vei-satilc, it is here, there, and 
questioned, than that to raise money for the ever}wvhere, from Indus to the Po, from 
support of the poor, or for the makino- and ^cru, compassing the ivorld with 
improving of public roads or any othe? pur- correspondents, and with its expresses 
^ rt ^ I. f ‘ and electric tolet>Taph, racing against time 
pose for which money is raised by ta.x. to communicate the intelligence of mankind 
When in Canada, a year since, where the in eveiy region of the earth. The ancients 
school districts are subject to a local assess- counted up seven w'ondei-s of the w^orld.— 
ment in aid of the public fund for the sup- they had possessed a newspaper press 
port of the schools therein, we heard some eighth, more marvelous 
compkintamongtheposscssorsofrcalestate of more worth than all tho rest tog ether." 
about the inequality of taxes—that is to ■ Wii.bur Fisk, D. D.—The Ladies’ Liter- 
say, they complained, not because the ary Repositoiy, for January, has an interest- 
schools w^ere free, but because those who sketch of the Life of Wilbur Fisk, des- 
held salaried offices, and others who had an p^diing the difficulties which he encountered 
income from some other source, laro'e, per- '"'^ds early endeavors to procure an education. 
1 , • 1 or i once knew a youno* man, who,'without 
chance, yet owning no real estate, were not property, or parents, or Slier friends to help 
taxed—and though they might have many him, at the age of 20, walked four miles one 
cliildren to educate, ivere not liable to pay stormy night, to borrow a Latin grammar, 
any tax for the support of the schools. We night after having closed a 
inquired of the objectors, whether, if this teaching, walked five miles to 
1 1 • 1 1 *^htain troni a young ladV', who, more fortun- 
objection, urged as we thought with no les,s ^te than he, had been to “tho academy,” 
ot justice, than force were removed, they some instruction how to study Latin. That 
would be willing to boar their share ot the homeless youth, who took his first lesson in 
burden to support free schools ? They ans- at the age of twenty from a girl much I 
wered promptly in the affirmative. younger than himself, has occupied for 20 j 
One objection that we hear urcredafrffinst more, an important po.sition in ■ 
A ^ ,,.1 • ° ° , the hterarjunstitutionsofthe country, having I 
die fiee school law here, is, Liat over the educated thousand.s. Does not that edrt ■ 
State there are many persons able to pay a who readily stopped her spinning-whed to j 
small tax and would, under the old law pro- teach him Latin, deserve a part of the re-! 
viding for the support of schools,’have con- " that has been done by her 
tinned to pay their assessment in aid of the cause of education ?” 
State fund, in proportion to the number of a -i-, 
m Rights OF School Masters AND Pupils. 
children sent to school. This tax in a great —In the case of Wm. W. Ladd, vs. J. D. 
many instances was exceeding onerous:— Pliilbrick, master of tho Quincy school, for 
now such, we cannot doubt, will be wdlling whipping the boy of complainant, on trial in 
to pay a per cajnta tax of one dollar. Every Common Pleas Court, the jiuy rendered 
voter that is able (and wdio is not?) should ^ ''erdict this monimg, of $ 110 , with costs. 
ohocrtully do IhU. The pvoteo.lon'aiid the eh];;:» ^ 
advantages which eveiy man enjoys from ask the boy if he had stolen, and that if the i 
hving in good society should lead him to boy had refused to answ'er, the defendant j 
bear cheerfully a part of the burden of the ^^uld not have been justified in punishing ! 
same. W e is'ould. therefore uro-e uTton iKo him for such refusal. But if the bov did not; 
same. W e would, therefore, urge upon the 
attention of our citizens both the ‘expedi- ‘“‘s^red folscly, j 
eneir -inH fLo rtLvL+ . u ^ i xi. defendant had a right to inflict punish- I 
• , a c ment for the falsehood uttered in school If i 
proMsion be made for its assessment, and the jury found there had been any excess of I 
coUwuon. as .soon as it can be reasonably punishment under the circumstances, they | 
lA' , .. ... , would give reasonable damages for such ex-! 
Experience, observation and history have oons.—Boston Traveler. " 
fully convinced us, that the free school sys- _ _ , - , .-_-u-i,r _ 
tom. is the cheapest and the best mode ever , Directions for making the Plaster 
deserved, for promoting universal education, j Blackboard. —First, wet a sufficient (luan-! 
What we wish to see, now, is such a distri- 1 tity of lamp-black with alcohol, to color the i 
bution of the expenses necessary to support plaster to be used, and mix this coloring- with ' 
tins system of education, that all shall feel the “luml finish,” at the time of putting'it ■ 
that each has done according to what he on. The hunp-black, if wet with water will I 
hath. Ihis we think will tend to remove not mix uniformly with the plaster, and eon-1 
tne chief source, of dissatisfaction, and pro- scquently the surface will have a spotted ap-1 
once concord whore we now fear discord, pearance when drj'. j 
STORIES FOR CHILDREN. 
The use of Novel Reading. —A cow 
and her calf were feeding in a field, and a 
young lady was reading a nov„i under a tree. 
“Mother,” said the calf, “ what is that crea¬ 
ture doing ? I should think she had better 
begin to eat, if she means to get her share 
of tlie giuss.” “ She is eating noiv,” said the 
old cow. “Wliy mother, her mouth don’t 
move!” “No, my dear, but somehow or 
other those creatures cat with their eyes.” 
Presently the girl laid down her book and 
went away. The old cow went up to the 
book, and after a great while, succeeded in 
eating it, “ How does their food taste,” said 
the calf. “I had rather have a handful of 
grass than a ton of it,” said the cow, “ but 
my dear, you must recollect that there is no 
quarrelling about taste.” 
The Horse and the Shadow. —“What 
a coward you are to be frightened at a tree!” 
said a man to his lioree. “Not so great a 
coward as you suppose,” said the horse; 
“Pray do you belieye in ghosts?” “Yes,” 
said the man, “ I do believe there are such 
things, and I tremble sometimes lest I should 
see one.” “Well done!” said the horse, 
“ you call me a cowai'd for being frightened 
at a tree or its shadow, but you are fright¬ 
ened at what has no existence, and is not 
even the shadow of any thing.”— Common 
School Journal. 
A Cure for Duelling. — Charles IX of 
France struck one of his officers several times, 
and the officer feeling insulted, absented him¬ 
self from court. The king who was sorry 
for what he had done, sent for him, and after 
apologizing for hartng struck him, told him 
he might ask for any favor and he would 
grant it. “ I receive your apology,” said the 
officer, “with pleasure, but I will take no 
fai'or lest it should be said that I purchased 
it with the disgraceful blows I received.”— 
Was this not better than fighting a duel ? 
Wonders of Philosophy. —The polypus 
receives new life from the knife which is 
lifted to destroy it. The fij- spider lays an 
egg as large as itself. There are 4,041 mus¬ 
cles in a catapillar. Hook discovered 14,- 
000 mirrors in the eyes of a drone; and to 
effect the respiration of a carp, 13,000 ar¬ 
teries, vessels, veins, bones, &c., are neces¬ 
sary. The body of eveiy spider contains 4 
little masses pierced with a multitude of im¬ 
perceptible holes, each hole permitting the 
passage of a single thread; and the threads 
to the amount of 1,000 to each mass, join 
together when they come out and make 
tlu-ead with which the spider spins its web 
—so that what we call a spider’s thread con¬ 
sists of more than 1,000 united. Lenen- 
hoek, by means of a microscope, obsen'cd 
spider’s no larger than a grain of sand, who 
spun threads so fine it took 4,t(00 of them to 
equal in magnitude a single hair. 
Higher. —A noble motto for a young 
man—higher. Never look down.' Aim 
high—push high—leap high. If you can¬ 
not reach the stars, you can have the sat¬ 
isfaction of drawing near tliom. He who 
stands on an elevated po.sition is sure to 
catch the first rays of the glorious sun. So 
he -who is always stepping up and reaching 
up will first catch the fai'ors and blessings 
of Heaven as they descend. There is no 
object on which we gaze that gives us so 
much pleasure as the upward and contin¬ 
ued ,progTess, in moral culture and robust 
virtuc.s, of enter])rising j'oung men. When 
chains of sloth are broken, the I'ision is clear, 
the heart buoyant and the affections and 
purposes strong; higher and still higher ob¬ 
jects will be gained, noble purposes be 
achelved, and a sublime elevation be attain- 
j ed that will thrill with joy future gcncra- 
j tions, as they march on in the same glorious 
path. 
An Admonition.— Be wondrous waiy 
of your first comportments: get a good name 
and be very tender of it afterwards; for ’tis 
like the Venice-glass, (piickly cracked, never 
to be mended, though patched it may be. 
To this purpose, take along with j'Oii this 
fable. It happened lire, water and fame 
went to travel together (as you are doing 
now;) they consulted, that if they lost one 
another, how they might be retrie^'ed again. 
Fire said, where you gee smoke there you 
shall find me. Water saitl, where you see 
marsh and moorish low ground there you 
shall find me. Fame said, take heed how 
you lose me; for if you do, you will run a 
great hazard never to meet mo again: there’s 
no retrieving of ma. — Hoieeirs Fomilar 
Letters, 1634. 
Anecdote of Dr. Franklin. —It is re¬ 
lated of Dr. Franklin, that once while in 
France he had a dispute with a nobleman 
upon the question whether tho majoritj- 
ought to rule in state affairs, or whether ed¬ 
ucated and well informed few should govern. 
The nobleman advocatiid the latter proposi- [ 
tion, and Dr. Franklin defended the former. 
After some debate, the nobleman proposed 
to let the matter be decided by the company 
present, and being surrounded by his own 
friends, they all ro.se at once on his side and 
left the Doctor alone. “ Well,” said he, “ac¬ 
cording to your principles, I have gained my 
cause; you represent the ignorant majority, 
and I, the wise minority, decide that you 
are wrong and must yield.” 
|iiiil)in| J-lniMiig. 
SATURDAY NIGHT. 
'Flic vveek is pnst — it.s late.Tt ray 
Is vaiiisiieii with the closing day, 
And 'tis as far beyond our gra.sp, 
Its now departing hours to clasp, 
As to call hack that moment bright, 
When first Creation sprang to light. 
And who would sigh for its return? 
e arc but pilgrims born to mourn; 
And moments as they onward flow 
Cut short the thread of human woo', 
And bring us nearer to the scenes 
Where sorrow-s end and heaven begi.nsl 
“WHAT O’CLOCK IS IT?’ 
When I was a young lad, my father one 
day called me to him that he might teach 
me to know what o’clock it was. He told 
me the use of the minute finger and the 
hour hand, and described to me the figures 
on the dial-plate, until I was pretty perfect 
in my part. 
No sooner was I quite master of this ad¬ 
ditional knowledge, than I set off scamper- 
ing to join my companions in a game of 
marbles, but my father called me back again. 
“ Stop William,” he said, “ I have something 
more to tell you.” 
Back again I went, wondering what else 
I had got to learn, for I thought I knew all 
about the clock, as well as my father did. 
“ William,” said he, “ I have taught you 
to know the time of day, I must teach you 
how to find out the time of your life.” 
All this was strange to me, so I waited 
impatiently to hear how my father would 
explain it, for I wanted sadly to go to my 
marbles. 
“ The Bible,” said he, “ describes the 
years of a man to be three score and ten, or 
four score years. Now life is very uncer- 
tian, and you may not live a single day long¬ 
er ; but if we divide the foiu* score years of 
an old man’s life into twelve part.s, like a dial 
of a clock, it will allow almost seven yeai’S 
for eveiy figure. When a boy is 7 years 
old, then it is one o’clock of liis life'; and 
this is the case with you. When you arrive 
at 14 years old, it is 2 o’clock witli you; and 
when at 21 years, it will be 3 o’clock; at 28 
it will be 4 o’clock; at 35 it will be 5 o’clock; 
at 42 it will be 6 o’clock; at 49 it will be 7 
o’clock, should it please God to spare your, 
life. In this manner you may always know 
the time of your life, and looking at the 
clock may remind you of it. My great 
grandfather, according to this calculation, 
died at 12 o’clock, my grandfather at 11, 
and my father at 10. At what hour you or 
I shall die, William, is only known to Him 
to whom all things are known.” 
Never, since then, have I heard the in¬ 
quiry, “ what o’clock is it ?” nor do I think 
that I have even looked at the face of a clock, 
without being reminded of the words of my 
father. _ _ 
Power of a Good Man’s Life.— The 
beauty of a holy life, says Chalmers, con¬ 
stitutes the most eloquent and effective per¬ 
suasive to religion, which one human being 
can address to another. We have manv 
ways of doing good to our fellow-creatures; 
but none so efficacious as leading a ^•irtuous, 
upright, and Avell-ordered life. There is an 
energy of moral suasion in a good man’s life, 
passing the highest efforts of the orator’s 
genius. The seen but silent beauty of holi¬ 
ness speaks more eloquently of God and 
duty than the tongues of men and angels. 
Let parents remember this. The best in¬ 
heritance a parent can bequeath to a child 
is a \ irtuous example, a legacy of hallowed 
remembrances and associations. The beau¬ 
ty of holiness beaming through the life of a 
loved relative or friend, is more effectual to 
strengthen such as do stand in virtue’s ways, 
and raise up those that are bowed down, 
than precept, command, entreaty, or warn¬ 
ing. Christianity itself, I believe, owes by 
far the greater part of its moral power, not 
to the precepts or parables of Christ, but 
to his own character. The beauty of that 
holiness which is enshrined in the four brief 
biographies of the Man of Nazareth, has done 
more, and will do more to regenerate the 
Avorld, and bring in an everlasting righteous¬ 
ness, than all the other agencies put togeth¬ 
er. It has done more to spread his religion 
ill the world, than all that has ever been 
preached or written on the evidences of 
Christianity. 
Inward Influence of Outavard Beauty. 
— BclicA’C me, there is many a road into our 
hearts besides our eai*s and brains; many a 
sight, and sound, and scent, even of which 
Ave have never thought at all, sinks into oiu- 
memory, and helps to shape our characters; 
and thus children brought up among beau¬ 
tiful sights and SAveet sounds Avill most like¬ 
ly shoAv the fruits of their musing by thought- 
fulnos.s, and affection, and nobleness of mind, 
even by the expression of the countenance, 
/riioso Avho live in toAvns should carefully 
remember this, for their OAvn sakos, for their 
Avives’ .sakes, for their children’s sakes.— 
NoA'cr lose an opportunity of seeing anything 
bcautitul. Beauty is God’s handAvriting— 
a Avayside sacrament; Avelcomc it in every 
fair face, every fair skj', every fair floAver, 
and thank for it Him, the fountain of all 
loveliness, and drink it in simply and earn¬ 
estly, witli all your eyes; it is a charmed 
draught, a cup of blessing. 
HOME AFFECTIONS. 
The heart has memories that never die. 
The rough rubs of the AA'orld cannot oblite¬ 
rate them. They arc memories of home— 
early home. There is a magic in the very 
sound. There si the old tree under Avhicli 
the light-hearted boy SAvung many a day; 
yonder the river in Avhich he learned to 
SAvim; the licfuse in Avhich he kncAv a pa¬ 
rent’s protection; nay, there is the room 
in Avhich he romped Avith brother and .sister, 
long since, alas! laid in the yard in Avhich 
he must soon be gathered, OA Cr-shadoAved 
by yon old church, Avhither, Avith a joyous 
troop like himself, he has often folloAved 
his parents to AA'orship Avith, and hear the 
good old man avIio ministered at the altar. 
Why, CA'cn the very school house, associated 
in youthful days Avith thoughts of tasks, iioav 
comes to bring pleasant remembrances of 
many occasions that call forth some gene¬ 
rous exhibitions of the noble traits of hu¬ 
man nature. There is Avhere he learned to 
feel some of his fii-st emotions. There, per¬ 
chance, he fir-st met the being who, by her 
love and tenderness in life, has made a 
home for himself, happier even than that 
Avliich his childhood kncAAL There are cer¬ 
tain feelings of humanity, and those, too, 
among the best, that can find an appropriate 
place for their exercise only by one’s oaa'ii 
fireside. There is a privacy of that which 
it was a species of desecration to violate.— 
Fie Avho seeks Avantonly to invade it, is 
neither more nor less than a villian; and 
hence there exists no surer test of the de- 
ba.sement of morals iii a community, than 
the disposition to tolerate, in any mode, the 
man who invades the sanctity of private 
life. In the turmoil of the Avorld let there 
be at least one spot Avliere the poor man may 
find affection and confidence Avhich is not 
like to be abused.— Dr. Haivkes. 
Reproof of Profaneness.— A late dis¬ 
tinguished president of one of our Avestern 
colleges Avas one day Avalking near the col¬ 
lege Avith his sloAV and noiseless step, AA'hen 
a youth Avho had not obser\'ed his approach, 
Avhile engaged in cutting wood, began to 
SAvear profanely in his vexation. The doc¬ 
tor stepped up, and said, “ GIa'c me the axe;” 
and then quietly chopped tlie stick of Avood 
up himself. Returning the axe to the young- 
man, he said in his peculiar manner, “You 
see noAv the Avood may be cut Avithout SAvear- 
ing.” The reproof Avas effectual, and led, 
Ave have rea.son to believe, to an entire aban¬ 
donment of that impious habit. 
A Smile.— Who can tell the A'aluc of a 
smile ? It costs the giver nothing, but is 
beyond price to the erring and relenting, the 
sad and cheerless, the lost and forsaken. It 
disarms malice, subdues temper, turns ha¬ 
tred to love, revenge to kindness, and paves 
the darkest paths Avith gem.s of sunlight.— 
A smile on the hroAv betrays a kind heart, 
a pleasant friend, an affectionate bi’other, a 
dutiful son, a happy hu-sband. It adds a 
charm to beauty, it decorates the face of the 
deformed, and makes a lovely Avoman resem¬ 
ble an angel in paradise. 
An Indian’s Kxperience.— An Indian, 
Avho found it difficult to express his Chris¬ 
tian experience in Avords, cutting up a piece 
of fat pine, built Avith it a small pen, into 
Avhich he put a Avorm, and then set it on fire. 
The Avorm feeling the heat, tried on CA'ery 
side in vain to escape, and then curled itself 
up in tho centre to die. At this moment 
the Indian thrust in his hand, and gave liim 
liberty, saying; “That worm Avas mj-self, 
and it Avas Jesus aaJio saved me from the de- 
A’ouring flames.” 
A Brief Argument.— Bad men or devils 
Avould not have Avritten the Bible, for it con¬ 
demns them and their Avorks. Good men 
or angels could not have Avritten it, for in 
saying it Avas from God, Avhen it was but 
theh- OAvn invention, they would have been 
g-uilty of falsehood, and thus could not have 
been good. The only one Avho could have 
Avritten it, is its real author, God himself. 
True Knoavledge.— The excellent John 
NcAvton, on being asked his opinion on some 
topic, replied, “ When I was young I was 
sure of many things, there are only tAvo things 
of Avhich I am sure now; one is, that I am 
a miserable sinner, and the other is that 
Jesus Christ is an all-sufficient SaAdour.”—■ 
This is the sum of all saving knowlege, and 
he is Avell taught Avho gets these lessons by 
heart. 
Forgiveness.— One of the most beauti¬ 
ful gems of oriental literature is contained 
in a page from the Persian poet Sadi, quo¬ 
ted by Sir Jones, the sentiment of which is 
embodied in the following lines: 
The sandal tree perfumes, when riven. 
The axe that laid it low; 
Let man who hopes to be forgiven. 
Forgive and bless his foe. 
Good Reasoning. — “If you arc not 
afraid of God, I am afraid of you,” said a 
stranger as he pa.sscd a counting room on 
the Sabbath anti saAv it open. The next 
daj- he refused to sell his produce to tlie 
Sabbath breaker on any credit Avhatever.— 
He acted Avistily. In three months the Sab¬ 
bath breaker Avas a bankrupt 
He Avho gives for the sake of thanks 
knoAvs not the pleasure of giving. 
