MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
CfritjCftticmai. 
BY L. WETHERELL. 
likely grow up in the possession of that wis¬ 
dom which is the fear of the Lord, and of 
that understanding which causeth to depart 
from evil. 
THE KING BIRD— (Tyraanus Intrepidus.) 
* Having light, we seek to Impartit. 
A WORD WITH PARENTS. 
AVOID ALL IMPROPER SPEECH AMONG We heard a good horticulturist remark 
C HILDRE N. ' a f ew d a y S a g 0> that, he would give “three 
The proper culture of children looks to cenls ” for the head of evei 7 King-bird or 
the elevation of their intellectual and mor- Tyrant-Flycatcher, that might be shot with¬ 
al character; and, subsidiary to this, a good in the neighborborhood of his pet-hive of 
conscience, high self-respect, and an ex- honev-bees. We would say to him, in the 
ample worthy of imitation, are appliances i e ,, , c , 
y. , J , , , rc ’ i 1 , language oi another, and for good reasons, 
not to be overlooked. It once the moral & ° & 
sense of a child becomes corrupted, or his 35 we W1 sbow before we close 
feelings of self-respect destroyed, there is no friend! good friend! forbear that barborous 
protection against at least a secret indul- , 
gence in crime, which, like the pent up fires, ‘ ® a ’ nst a va .°*’ g0 ° ness, pny P ea . 
feelings of self-respect destroyed, there is no friend! good friend! forbear that barborous 
protection against at least a secret indul- , t,ee<i; 
gence in crime, which, like the pent up fires, j r sa ’ llst ^ ' a OI / g00t ncss ’ p caa ’ 
° . , , , , - , . X r , If e er a family’s griefs, a widow’s woe, 
may at last break forth in the most de- ,t , ,\ , - , . ,. , 
J . . . , Have reached thy soul, in mercy let him go 
Your district school is now in progress, may at last break forth in the most de- H ,,, . 
. r o > J ' . , Have reached thy soul, in mercy let him go! 
is it? Do you send your children, or any structive conflagration; and if he sees not Yet; should the tear of pity nought avail; 
of them, to it ? If so, do you see and a P 10 ?*; 1 " example of purity, veracity and Let interest speak, let gratitude prevail; 
know that they go to school regularly and veaeratl on for the Supreme God, in his Kill not thy friend, who thy whole harvest shields, 
• o tc i i c • J i i na -f ura l guide, it can hardly be imagined And sweeps ten thousand veimin from thy fields; 
in season . If the hour of opening school that he will respect these virtues in him- Think how this dauntless bird, thy poultry’s guard, 
in the morning be fixed at nine o’clock, do self. Drove every hawk and eagle from thy yard; 
you attend to your little ones and send To say nothing of that constitutional fea- Watched round thy cattle as they fed, and slew 
them away to school so as to give them ture in youthful minds, to imitate the words The hungry, blackening swarms that round them 
„ . • ,, ' , r -, o , and acts of those around them, especially flew - 
t me to arrive there before it opens?-and of ts _ nothi dnl]s s00ne ,.’, J sens f. Some .n»ll little right 
then do you inquire of the teacher in order bility to right and wrong, than the use of >”• who.e .erv.ces are ihine 1” 
that you may know, know, we say emphat- indelicate and impure speech in their pres- ilson, the ornithologist, says, that he 
ically, whether they are uniformly in sea- ence, as nothing sooner discourages every bas been informed by several intelligent 
son, or whether they are tardy occasionally, attempt in them to do right than ill-natured farmers of his acquaintance, that the King- 
or frequently? After having satisfied and opprobrious censures,— characterizing bird selects only the drones, and never in- 
. . . .. ® them as “ mpnn.” “ vnlcrnr ” “ fnnls ” “ liars ” • , 1 ■, • , t, • 
! y° urself " ith re s ard •» «■* “"ter, d » you !. h viiiata S “”TmUh'e jares the workin e- bees - Be tbis « » 
j inquire of the children daily concerning Iy and ™nfetly guihy of sSmpropX tba bW ***** 8*? » I™** 
their studies, as to what they study, when ties, some such mode of punishment as ence to one bee, and one species of insect 
they study, and how much they study ?_ shall prevent a repetition of the deed in fu- over another. 
Do you inquire of them every evening af- t . ure sboidd be immediately adopted; if “Whatever antipathy may prevail against 
Whatever antipathy may prevail against 
ter they return from school, what they tbey a *° I ? 0t ’ decide< ?ty un j ust and him for depredations on the drones, or, if 
have learned during its six hours, that was It should be sedulously remembered, you Wl11, on tbe bees ’ says Mr ; W ;> 1 can 
not known on the preceding day ? Do you that words are both suggestive and modi- assure the cultivator that this bird isgreat- 
know whether they are taught to read and tying; that crimes never before conceived ly his friend, in destroying multitudes of 
spell well, or whether these are neglected, are of ty n ' su gg ested by a word; and that insects, whose larvae prey on the harvests 
and the time spent over some book or books tbe ““j d ’ m ° uld( l d and fas bioned by ideas 0 f hj s fields, particularly his corn, fruit trees, 
called “ Child’s Philosophy,” Child’s Chem- idei "took. TMs “S’ especially "true, cucumbers ’ and Those noxious 
istry,” “Astronomy,” “Botany,” “Zoology,” where, by a false representation of charac- i nsec ^ s are l i ie dai ty ^ ood i'in 8 bird; and 
“Ornithology,” “ Entomology,” and soon to ter > every motive is taken away to do right, be destroys, upon a very moderate average 
the end of the “ologies?” Will it not be ^ cbdd re P resente( l generally bad and some hundreds of them daily. The death 
well to see that children are taught to read wlclied ’ or char g ed Wlth specihe crimes, as 0 f ever;r King-bird is, therefore, an actual 
and spell well at an age when they are in- by ntultiplying thenutn- 
capable of learmngand understanding much lose by his conduct in such cases; that if bers of destructive insects, and encourag- 
else ? If they do not learn to read and spell, he refrains from such acts, he is none the * n g depredations of crows, hawks, and 
and more especially the latter, in childhood better; or if he does them, he is none the eagles, that avoid as much as possible his 
do you know that they never’can ? ’ , worse; and ' vdb liU ]? therefore, immediate vicinity.” 
Do vou know whether vour rhildren „ surrenders himself to any impulse that Nc another dist i Dguish e d writer ou 
Do you know wnetner your children are may prompt his future conduct. Ihese 
obedient while in school ? Do you co-ope- are facts in the philosophy of mind, and * ie ° d birds, says, ‘ Beetles, grass- 
rate with the teacher in this matter? or, fbey forcibly illustrate the strictness which hoppers, crickets, and winged insects of all 
do you take the side of the child ao-ainst s ^ 0ldd observed in promising, threaten- descriptions form the King-bird’s principal 
the teacher when he has occasion to i ud f in f, or condemning the summer-food." “ I have,” he also further 
correct for improper conduct — and this ____ 1 remarks seen them collecting the canker- 
without knowing the facts in the case, only LEARN TO SPELL. worms from the elm.” In fine he says, 
as you have heard them, perverted it may ... . “ r “The King-bird is the friend of the farmer, 
be by an inteiested, not to say perverse s P c ‘ lln §, 1S '^creditable. Every ^ t fi e SCO urge of the pilferers and plun- 
J J l vnnnrr man onoht, t,o ne master ni his native . ... . . . .. . 
MY BROKEN BUD. 
I had a precious gift from heaven;— 
Oh 1 it was passing fair, 
It was a bud of promise sweet, 
Adorned with beauty rare, 
I gave it sunshine and the air;— 
’Twas watered by the dew; 
I watched it as each coming day 
Unfolded beauties new. 
Rich odors from its heart it breathed, 
Of most surpassing sweet, 
It was a bright, celestial bud, 
For our cold efime unmeet. 
There wal a fragrance not of earth, 
Around my fairy blossom, 
And with a thrill of ectasy, 
1 placed it in my bosom. 
Ne’er was thing more dearly loved 
Than my fair beauteous flower;— 
And closer to my heart of hearts, 
I wore it every hour. 
The dream, the wild, sad dream of woe, 
Came never to my heart, 
That from my own sweet bud of bliss 
1 might be called to part. 
One day, upon its tender stem 
It could not lift its head,— 
And, with a shudder through its heart 
Its petals bright were shed. 
Alas! One had been near my flower 
With icy, shivering breath, 
Which chilled it to its care very;— 
It was the blight of Death. 
Sadly we raised its drooping head,— 
We watered it with tears,— 
And night and day hung over it, 
With agony and fears. 
We strove to stay the withering blight;— 
We strove, but strove in vain, 
No sunshine could revive it now, 
Nor dew, nor gentle rain. 
And yet we prayed, and yet we hoped, 
Still cheered by some slight token. 
One morn I found,—oh, agony!— 
My cherished bud-was broken. 
But could it be that all my hopes,— 
My dreams of bliss were fled?— 
Oh could it— could it be, alas, 
My darling bud was dead? 
Sad,—sad the change that had passed o’er 
My blossom fair and bright! 
They tore it from my bleeding heart,— 
They put it from my sight 
And now my broken bud doth lie 
Upon the damp-earth sod, 
From the sweet sunlight all shut out— 
Wasting beneath the clod. 
But I shall see my bud again, 
’Midst fairest flowers of heaven. 
Oh! then in bright, celestial bloom, 
’Twill back to me be given. 
Then let me still my aching heart, 
And bless the friendly Hand, 
Which soon transplanted it from earth, 
Into the better land. 
THE ART OF LIVING EASY. 
time saving. But if you will not be offend¬ 
ed, I will tell you a little story.” 
“Offended! Not I. It’s the silliest 
| thing in the world to get offended, particu- [ 
larly at those who wish to do us good.—- < 
The doctor often has to administer unpleas- < 
ant drugs to effect a cure.” \ 
“Well, then, Ellen, I was out taking tea \ 
with a neighbor last week, and we went in¬ 
to the milk room and cheese room to see 
the cheese; and as we came hack we stop¬ 
ped a few minutes to chat in the kitchen; < 
the lady told the girls she might make some ) 
flannel cakes or griddle cakes as some call { 
them, for tea. She started off on the bound ; 
to her duty. First,she ran down cellar and < 
brought up the buttermilk jar, holding al- \ 
most a pailful; then she ran back for the 
eggs, untied a half pound of saleratus, scat- 
tered a spoonful on the floor and another 
on the table, rolled it and tied it up; next 
turned her buttermilk out and spattered a 
new dress all about the waist, splashed it 
over the table on divers things, said “ oh 
pshawpicked up the saleratus from the < 
floor, cleaned her dress, and caught a plate 
and ran to the meal room; and came back ' 
with a heaping plate of flour, put it into the 
pan and stirred away, back and forth, till it 
was all submerged and all lumps. There 
was not flour enough; away she ran again, 
brought more; there was still not enough, 
and the third journey had to be made, in it ' 
was dashed, and she stirred away till her < 
face glowed like a peony; all at once she ' 
thought of her eggs, and broke them into 
the batter. She had forgotten the salt, and ( 
ran the fourth time into the meal room.— ) 
Now her batter was too thick, and more ( 
buttermilk had to be used, and consequent¬ 
ly the saleratus paper had to undergo an¬ 
other operation. Finally, after much labor 
and toil, and an expenditure of much time j 
and waste of material, the lumpy batter was ' 
ready for use. But here was a new trouble; 1 
the fire that was just right half an hour be- < 
fore was exhausted; the griddle which had / 
been set on the stove in the beginning, } 
burned rough, the kitchen and ante-room > 
full of the unpleasant smoke and odor of 
burnt grease—the cakes stuck fast to the 
iron—tw T o messes were wasted before the < 
griddle could be rubbed smooth; the dish¬ 
cloths were in sad plight, and the young 
lady had expended as much actual labor as ; 
would have prepared the whole meal, set 
the table and all.” 
“ Oh dear— that was me; any body might \ 
know the picture! But how would you 
have managed ?” 
“ I should have taken my pan and spoon, ! 
put my saleratus into the pan, gone down 
in this matter? or they forcibly illustrate the strictness wdiich hoppers, crickets, and winged insects of all t .. put my saleratus into the pan, gone down 
of the child acrainst should be observed in promising, threaten- descriptions form the King-bird’s principal , CAN 1 S °m ° r ^ -j W ^ ou S et cellar, and with my cup, which I keep in 
oi the child against oensuri judging F OT cond l m „i„ g the 5um ‘ ,-foocl ” « 1 have ” he also further f f T cas T’ Jones ’ aa ' d ""ry El- the jar for that purpose, dipped the butter- 
te lots occasion to J 3 o[ ohildr »„ J _ §„Ttkwe S ter n Baptist. "“T ° Z, rw :“nll„„ U 0 her inotheFs nearest neighbor; “your milk without spattering it, into my pan; 
conduct — and this ----remarks seen, them collecting the canker- family is larger than ours, and you have then broke the eggs carefully into the milk; 
acts in the case, only LEARN TO SPELL. worms from the elm.” In fine he says, less help—but you are always in time— gone from there to the meal room and sift- 
a m perverted it mav - “The King-bird is the friend of the farmer, come when 1 will, I find things in good or- ed the proper quantity of flour in, and stir- 
not to say perverse Bad s P eilin g is discreditable- Every „ the scourg e of the pilferers and plun- der “ n0 bu f e ’ fuss ’? r c ““ fus ? 0 ?; red it carefully thus beating the eggs while 
^1 L ' young man ought to be master of his native , f , • , , , „ 1 rp , we all work from morning till night, at our I stirred in the flour: dropped in a little salt 
y or girl comes home tonuue. He that will not learn to spell the derers ot hls cro P ancl Darn-yard. ihe house, and our work is-ever done. There and returned to the kitchen, all in five min- 
be by an inteiested, not to say perverse Bad s P ellin g is discreditable Every ^ the SC0U rge of the. pilferers and plun- der ~ n0 bu f e ’ fuss ’ ? r c ^ fuslon ; Now red it carefully, thus beating the eggs while 
* . ^ P young man ought to be master of his native , ri- , , ,,, rp , we all work from morning till night, at our I stirred in the flour: dropped in a little salt 
child. When your boy or girl comes home tongue. He that will not learn to spell the derers ot hls cro P and Darn-yard. ihe house, and our work is-ever done. There and returned to the kitchen, all in five min- 
with a complaint against the instructor, are language that is on his tongue and before drone among the bees is the bird’s victim must be witch work about it—some secret; utes, without having one thing out of place, 
you always careful to go and see him and his eyes every hour, shows ho great &pti- 
investigate the case with him, and see for the higher duties of an intelligent, 
—so says Mr, N. 
James E. De Iyay, the author of that part 
do tell us won’t you ?” except the egg shells, and those I should 
“ Why, Ellen, I don’t know that there is aaave . removed Some other time. So you 
"j vuuuicu ms eyes open, j^eeurunigiy we nave Known-----’-with ail that seems to Jail to my lot” saved my strength, saved the wear and tear 
are growing wiser as they grow in age, and the application of m re than one young man, canker-worms and insects of every descrip- « Well, we all know that, Mrs. Jones and of m y shoes > saved the soil of my dress, 
better for the aid you thus employ ? or, are made with great display of penmanship and tion. By this, and by his inveterate hostil- we know, too, that you do more reading saved the fire, the annoyance, and a good 
they becoming more boisterous, rude, and P arade of ref crences, rejected for its bad Ity to rapacious birds, lie more than com- and writing than any of the rest of us, and bour for something else, and had a 
j ft t/* .1 i .. , spelling. visit, t.hp ciplr mnrp anri £n/i r, better mess of cakes for supper in the bur- 
gain. And this is only one half hour saved 
of this, and either to have it removed or bright schoolboy, utterly incapable of ap- ^ r - Peabody, in his able Report on the 
else to take your children from school?_ predating your stores of science, art and Birds of Massachusetts, says, “The King- 
Can you deliberately continue to send Ii J erature can see your bad spelling at a bird is with us from the middle of May to 
..glance and crow over it. lou will find it Sentemher. All this time he lahors Hili- 
them where they are growing more and har<T^ to”'inspire that bov with any Treat ® e P tember ’ this time he labors dili- must first promise to try and make my secret 
more immoral every day of their life, by respect for your attainments. Bad spelling gently in our gardens, destroying beetles, of practical use to yourself and teach every 
the influences which encompass them ?— is therefore a very mortifying and incon- crickets, grasshoppers and canker-worms, 0 F e s e- 
These inquiries are of serious import to venient defect We have known men, without claiming any reward. In fact he Eden bashed and almost wished she had 
you who are educating your children both . l0 “ k « farra u “ der bis Erf 
must tell me all about it.” m g e thng supper, by one hand. It took 
“Yes, Ellen, I will tell you all I know three that night longer to get tea by one 
about it, for you’re real smart, and will make ha \ than w °uM have taken me to have 
“But law me! here’s the baby fast asleep 
—the peas are all shelled, and my storv 
must be wound up, for its time to “ whey 
^ _1 99 Xl • 1 P J 
a first rate wife for Fred, some day, but you 
must first promise to try and make my secret 
body else.” 
Ellen blushed and almost wished she had 
off the curd.” If this bit of experience 
thrown into prominent positions, so ashamed seems to take the whole farm under his notbeen soimpertinent. But Ellen was a story ^omeXf’’— 
- * n.., . . uood. sensible mr . anr was lmnrpssof! w it J vniu ^uinvaior. 
for the world that now is and that which is 
to come. 
With your diligent and faithful co-oper¬ 
ation in all matters of the kind hinted at, 
of their deficiency in this respect that they 
never ventured to send a letter till it had 
been revised by a friend. This was, to say 
no more, sufficiently inconvenient. 
k;VV»AAO VV TT AAVAO 111 UUUV/1 1UO J *11*1 1 • 1., 
. .. , , , . , good, sensible girl, and was impressed with 
protection, and if a hawk ventures near, lie the idea that ^ woul(1 wa]U ‘ a „ ife £Qme 
attacks him with so much fury, flying over what resembling his mother in domestic 
him and plunging on his head and back, matters; so she stooped down and tied her 
FEMALE EDUCATION. 
The pursuit of knowledge is the most 
I say again, learn to spell, young man. that the hawk, and even the eagle is glad shoe to hide her confusion. Mrs. Jones i nnocent and interesting occupation which 
__________ j i.i.T a.ij mi . . i ■ • laid down he cheese Life (xnr if. mac oad» , . * 
, , ----- & muuc, wuciuuu wmuusngm. xvoepyour ( , atc } 1 i nfr t u e u ees as thev arp emwured , -i i i , 7/— — 7 ’ oi dissipation than Dy dittusmg a taste for 
and training the children entrusted to them. Dictionary by you; and in writing, when- 1 g , _ they are engaged and picked up a basket of green peas that literature. The true wav to attack vice is < 
But without this aid from parents, the skill ever you have the least misgiving about the amon g the 0WCrS- This however, is not were to be shelled for dinner, and sat down by setting up something else against it Give 
and patience of the teacher are not unfre- spelling of a word, look it out at once, and „ t0 be a Sub J ect of ^nurse her little orphan to sleep, take the J woman in early youth, something to ac- 
quentlv almost entirely baffled by the way- remember ib Do not let y our laziness g et P or revenge. peas ou of the pod and tell her story. quire , 0 f sufficient interest and importance § 
q ^ J y / the better of you .—Family Visetor. As a friend to this persecuted bird, we “ Well, Ellen, my secret is just this:— to command the application of their mature 
wardness of children thus neglected. Not —-~~-~ have attempted to show by testimony from when I go out to shake the table cloth, I faculties and to excite their perseverence in 
until parents come to feel that it is their Great Men.— Ihe true test of a great the very highest sources, that it is for the always bring in a stick of wood; seldom future life; teach them that happpiness is ' 
personal duty to educate and train up their raan —^ eas 5 which must secure his interest of both farmers and gardeners, to take two steps where one will answer, and to be derived from the acquisition of knowl- < 
children in the ways of wisdom and under- Pty cc -among thei highest order of great men protect the King-bird. The cultivators of try to do everything the shortest way. I edge, as well as the gratification of vanity: < 
standing, will they so sympathize and labor ^ ^ Tl TT *T r “S Ve & “T P ulveriz ? sal f atus . e ? ou g h to Iast a month and you will raise up* a much more formi- 
\ \ . a This it is which decides whether or not he from the ravages of insects, than they have at one time, keep it in a convenient vessel, dable barrier against dissipation than a host 
with those whom they employ to aid them has carried forward the grand plan of hu- from birds of any and every sort. We can- and then it is always ready for use-no un- of invectives and exhSSTamiumSv < 
in this great and good, and indispensable man improvement; has conformed his views not conceive how farmers can, after know- tying papers and scattering the floor and —Sydney Smith. ^ 
work of mental and spiritual culture, as to and adapted his conduct to the existing cir- ing what they do of the usefulness of birds, cupboard, no table, rolling pin, or mortar to -_ _ ___. 
cause their children to receive therefrom cumstancc ‘ s ef society, or changed those so encourage their destruction. Yet many do clean but once; instead of beating my eggs The best thing about a girl is cheerful- 5 
the greatest possible amount of improve- !? 1* 1 condltl “ n: has been ° m tos-yes, more, they engage in the work with a knife or spoon, I have a whip made ness. We don’t care how ruddy her cheeks ! 
° p \ , \ ,i the lights of the world, or only reflected themselves with an avidity that nothing can of wire bent m an oblong shape like a tassel, may be, or how velvety her lin« if she 
ment. Parents have, and therefore should (Lp WmwnJ rtmt; Lrmor lnmLn.;™. u.if fi,« ti.u u.-x ‘ ’ ' ■> ’ . u vcivoiy ner ups, u sue 
they may, and consequently should be, same dawn. Brougham. mers best friend’s—their most efficient co- easily as you will in half an hour with a beregardedashandsome,thoughhercom- 
than all things else pertaining to this world. Wtttt . u a ’ n, i a J 0rke ”' Tbese are the birds. Protect knife. Anybody can make an egg whip plexion may be coarse enough to grate nut- 
If vou are ffiithful and diligent in the ful S T * Blackstone the learned them, then, from destruction-far by so do- that can whittle a stick or find a piece of megs on. As perfume is to the ?ose, so is 
If you are ■lauhtul aad dU ^nt in the tut commentator on laws, learned the trade of ing you greatly increase your harvests of wire, if they cannot afford to buy one. I good nature to the lovely Girls think of 
filling of this duty, your children will most a printer. whatever kind. w. only mention these things as samples of this, and dispel your frowns 
