MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
| What this impress shall be, will very much 
; depend upon the character of those whom 
j you employ. In conclusion we will say 
I then—first, hire good teachers; secondly, 
! co-operate faithfully with them; and third- 
WINTER SCHOOL S IN R URAL DISTRICTS- : co-operate faithfully with them; and third- 
Tiie time is rapidly approaching when My> we ma 7 safely add, you have good schools 
the schools for the winter throughout the i which will be blessings to the Rural Dis- 
Rural Districts will be commenced. Many tricts, and an honor to the State. 
who will attend these schools during the EDUCATION IN WISCONSIN. 
winter have been employed on the farm, in ' - 
the workshop, and at various other occupa-j Mr. Editor: —As the Rural New- 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD¬ 
VANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. 
[Continued from last week's paper .] 
Ox Wednesday, President Mahan, of the 
Cleveland University, (by request) read an 
llfrtrtlrirm * Europe. Celery came from Europe also’ 
^ * as did Horse Radish, Caraway, and Salsify" 
"origin or some of ouk plants. c ’? ulifiower a " d . G™ 1 ™ ™ 
_ or Greece. Artichoke and Lettuce were 
The Oat is said to have been brouo-ht the vicinity of the Mediterranean.-— 
ORIGIN OF SOME OF OUR PLANTS. 
ly, we may safely add, you have good schools address upon the Comparative merits of the from the Island of Juan Fernandez. By The Jerusalem Artichoke is from Brazil, 
which will be blessings to the Rural Dis- tioil) g i v i nga detli e iS S a°c CO unt e of a the Cleve- others il is su PP osed to be indigenous to Endive from China, and South East of 
Districts will be commenced. Many trwts, and an honor to the State. ] anti XJ n i ver sity, and laboring to show its some nort hern climate as it delights in the Asia > Radish from China, Peppergrass from 
ill attend these schools during the EDUCATION^^N WISCO NS IN superiority to common collegiate institutions, higher temperate regions. It is the hardi- the East, Buckwheat from Asia, Broom 
have been employed on the farm, in ' - I he afternoon and evening, and the fore- est of the cereal plants. The position of corn from the East Indies, Parsley from 
kshop, and at various other occupa- Mr. Editor:—As the Rural New- noon oi Thursday,.were occupied with an ds kernels give it the advantage, as they Greece and Sardinia, Pumpkins from the 
too numerous to mention, —through Yorker has won an enviable name, and a( jdress of Pres Mahan J hang P endant f rom diffuse panicles, that Levant, Watermelons from vYfrica and 
the active business portion of the year.— extensive circulation in the educational as ^ r Q a 
Some of these youth are looking forward well as rural world, we trust the following a f evy ex t rac 
with eagerness to the day when the school brief sketch of the history and prospects of the speakers. the earth act as shields in carrying off the These were brought to England nearly 
will be opened. Such have begun to feel Collegiate Education in Wisconsin, will not Prof. Greene, of Brown University, gave dew and rain, a provision that spiked grains three centuries ago. Albeit Onions were 
the importance of acquiring knowledge in be entirely uninteresting to those who feel a detailed account of the “ New System” do not have. ° famous in Errypt in Israelitish times there 
. , flfiOntPfi fit. t n A lnfetlhltinn wif h nrliion l-\n r 
We are unable to do more than to give admit a wide circuIation of air and sun- South West of Asia, Cucumbers from Tar- 
a few extracts from the remarks of some of sb:ne - Then the husks that open toward tary and India, and Muskmelons from Asia. 
1/ , A . ° .1 i • „ as adopted at the institution with which he 
S order that they mav secure to themselves an interest in the advancement and pros- r . , T , 
I , . JJ , . , , „ ... . „ , „ r 1 was connected. In many respects, the new 
\ that position in hie which shall entitle them penty of the Western country. system worked well. Some departments of S/p, 
to a share of the confidence of their neigh- Wisconsin, though but a few’ years the study were improved by the change. He 
| ; burs. How important, then, that such per- abode of civilized life, has wisely enacted a specified particularly the Classical depart- iHllilSfl 
jR sons as are entrusted with the power of code of free common school laws, and made J 11011 )- Although the studies to be pursued 
|| employing teachers for these schools, munificent provisions for the endowment of JcL^tLTassi^ ^ ^ 
j should early at tend to this duty. a State University. This Institution is lo- Mr Southerland, of Philadelphia, tho’t 
> In some districts their teachers are enga- cated at Madison, (the capital of the State,) it best to stand by old landmarks. He 
) oed a year beforehand; that is to say, if a which is a flourishing town, containing would have the system run higher; — we /| 
teacher in a certain district gave good sat- nearly three thousand inhabitants, and sur- should not busy ourselves about cutting head oe oats 
< isfaction last winter he w-asem^d for the rounded by that diversity of scenery, wood- down the standard of education because head of oats 
. isiaction la.c winici, n . 1 - ' ' UJC . . .. some boy could not get up to the old degree. Scotland produces a wild oat resembling 
) ensuing winter, before closing his term.- * a ud, Jake, and prairie, which forms the The time was com i ng when all colleges the cultivated species in form. In quality 
! This is a good method and should be con- “mst attractive and admired feature in would be free—it was the result of the there is a wide difference Oat are exceed- 
| are those who would claim Hungary as 
tbeir native region. 
But this article, although it might be 
continued “ ad infinitum,” is already too 
long for the reader’s patience. t. e. w. 
INFLUENCE OF THE FAMILY ALTAR. 
HEAD OF OATS. 
some boy could not get up to the old degree. Scotland produces a wild oat resembling At no time does the family below pre¬ 
sent to my mind so faithful and strikii 
This is a good method and should be con- most attractive and admired feature in would be free—it was the result of the there is a wide difference Oat are exceed type cd the family above as when with one 
tinued 80 long as tile teacher gives satisfac- western landscape. Though founded but common school system. Butifa man knows ingly tenacious of life, as they will lie burl JXd 
tion if nossible S > loner at least as he two years ago, in a newly settled country, bow t° read In this country, and has a taste • , • , “ . , rp . t . , , . . ' t "• 
uon, it possioie. ion,., at least, > * * J’ f or knowledge he will be a man anvhow d ln tbe ea5 'th a century or more without True it is with this as with every lllustra- 
pnntinitucM W*. m,t. h*W« tW where the orevailinff mama was land snec- ; ^uwaeuge, ue win ue a man anynow. --- U..., • 
tion, if possible. S, long, at least, as he two years ago, in a newly settled country, ifXbTkmananvhow ieS in the eaj ' th a <*ntury or more without 
continues to teach. We do imt believe that where the prevailing mama was land spec- affecting their vitality, 
the frequent change of teachers is benefi- uhmon and monopoly, it is in a more pros- be i ieved in holding to old systems—that As the Pea has been cultivated time out 
cial, but contrawise, that it is productive of perous .condition than its most sanguine which we knew to be good—that which had of mind, its native place is not known. As 
evil results. Whenever then a district has friends dared anticipate, and now bids fair stood the test it droons under either extreme » miM 
found a good teacher, whether male or fe- to rival the older institutions of the east.— 
male, our advice is, employ that teacher as The number of students in the regular col- 
Prof. Agnew, of Michigan University, 
proceeded with a systematic reply to Pres. 
Mahan’s address, pointing out many erro- 
long as you can, — or so long as he or she lege classes, is now between 20 and 30 neQus] ^ termed ’distinctions between the did the Lima Bean. The Scarlet Runner, , . „ - 
continues faithful. while in the grammar and normal schools, two systems. He repelled Pres. Mahan’s however, hails from South America. These has been reputedly used by God himself 
Believing, as heretofore urged, that the many others are preparing for an early ad- charges against the old system, showed that plants are striking exemplifications of the and^cmrelv ’could 
teaching and training of children is the mission. The Chancellor of the Board of the , n , ew s y s ^ m were de ' stability of constitutional habits impressed which would appeal so forcibly/because so 
most responsible duty of parents toward Regents (Rev. John II. Lathrop, L. L. D.,) ^ for such a^eat^y for the^ne^v 7- Up ° n plantS by their Creator - It is the 01 '- sweetl y> t0 the hearts of all men in all ages, 
their offspring, we cannot conceive how they is a gentleman whose past experience and tem 0 f Collegiate Education, cerfoinfo not dinar y law of twining plants that their The residence of my father was inland, 
can rest satisfied short of employing the high literary attainments render him in until there was something new, or until its stems turn with the sun. But the Bean, and remote from facilities for acquiring ed- 
very best teachers that can be found to aid every way well qualified to preside over, supporters can show some particulars in coming from the other side of the equator! ^nt l ??°?, /f* 
them in instructing and training their chil- and secure the permanency of the Univer- which it was better than the old. with us, reverses this law, and turns against bent of my own inclination, and seek^such 
dren. The unfolding of the child’s mind, sity. The library contains several thousand 1 rof. Brand, of Indiana, was sorry that the sun. advantages in a distant city. The history 
no less than the formation of his character, volumes, and is constantly receiving new Lie tei ms Old and New System bad been pj ax j s s , ]ni . nsp i t b inrUfrpnrmc of my first year was similar to that of many 
depends very m uch upon his teachen- and vaiuab.e additions. The Cabinet of “rStcK! Egypt. TheTis^ ^ 1 Wfls aequiring^akm.wb 
What thoughtful parent will for a moment Geology and Minerology is also large, as the subject than we had. He confessed that less affected by circumstances of soil and tio f normateria™ 61 ^ ° 
think of placing his son or his daughter, the valley of the Mississippi presents an in- he possessed much of a spirit of conserva- climate; hence it is the same species, About this time a fit of sickness render- 
during the impressible period of childhood viting field for success in scientific research. J l£m relation to this question. He had identical in all its characteristics, the world ed it necessary for me to" seek maternal 
and youth, under the influence of any oth- Between Madison and Beloit, situated on , , e ^ n 0ng f a . , Western Colle g e - over. care, under whose blessed influence health 
er than instructors of good moral character, Rock River, is Janesville, which is doubtless Curate with" heof uJ human' Cotton is a native both of India and 
such character as is produced by the fear destined to become an inland city. In this mind. He recognized the principle of pro- America. Its varieties are very extensive, had hitherto done into the whirl of busi-* 
of the Lord, and is under the guidance of town is located a Collegiate Institute. There gress, but at the same time he would hold ranging from the herb of one and two feet ness, I was sitting by my mother and pour- 
that understanding which causeth to depart are similar institutions also in Racine, Ke- t0 the principle of conservatism. He in height to good sized trees. The larger ing into her willing ear some account of my 
from all evil. In our view it is not enough nosha> Milwaukee, and Appleton. uIh ’T?*®? ° f innovatl ? n ®- t He genera require an annual temperature, die c . ares and annoyances. She heard me pa- 
that the literary qualfications be good on Beloit College is located in the thriving lhe 0 !d System WhatlsZremedy?- mean of w,lich sba " be 0S " The smaller p"?almarormd mv"S'r^I-ks' 
the part of the teacher. He must, in addi- town of Be | oit> which in general intelligence Increased attention to the Common School flo ™ sh under a “tan of 00° to 64°. ‘ forehea(1 ‘ sni(! <• Mv son-n« foil- 
+ tlirroo Km o mor\ irlrnoo <rmnmv.il KnKitc , • • 1 1 -111 ,1 fieohmi if io. fnn . __ _ <1 rn. . . . . O J ’ J ‘ J 
ecting their vitality. Lon of life in that better country, much im- 
As the Pea has been cultivated time out perfection is mingled. A large share of 
•i , devotional exercises consist of confession of 
mind, its native p ace is not known. As i , 
1 sm, and supplication for strength against 
it droops under either extreme, a mild re- time of temptation; besides which wander- 
gion is supposed to claim it. ing thoughts and the jaded spirits too often 
Beans came from the East Indies. So mar our worship and render our solemn 
1 the Lima Bean. The Scarlet Runner, f ervice vain - Yet < nevertheless, the family 
that the literary qual fications be good on 
the part of the teacher. He must, in addi- 
, , tion to these, be a man whose general habits and enterprise is seldom rivaled by the System it is too limited: —we must also The Potato is found with pure white son, never think yourself forgotten "by us. 
* ^ and manners are such as the children may most flourishing of New England villages. ampli<y . ar)d enlar S e our courses of sta dy. flowers, growing wild among its native Your father mentions your name every 
safely imitate. If in boyhood he contract: The College building is erected on a com- LTeenTdopJedTn ’the Brown UnRetsitv rocks in Peru and Chilb is said ’ also > mornin f 
ed the habit of using tobacco in any of its ending bluff overlooking the town, and a is imperatively demanded & to be found in the rocky regions of Mexico. ear li e Tirffancy I' helrd^fe.wenTnS 
forms, he should deny himself the use of ro i ling prairie, which will be regarded as He went for the Old System, with such For a lon S wbile after its firsfc introduction, tions offered at such times for the tempo- 
the weed in the school-room, and upon all c ] ass i c ground, when the history of the red improvements and modifications as might it was considered a high luxury. In the rarily absent one, and now, as I was o- 0 in<T 
other occasions when he meets and associ- man is tinged by the romance of modern be demanded. time of James the 1st, we are told, they out into the world — perhaps never tore” 
ates with his pupils. If a person will use times. Here Black Hawk aroused his President Mahan. Many of the remarks commanded the price of two shillings a turn - the remembrance of this cireum- 
the weed, it should be done in his own room brave s to chant the death-sonu of the white made b y gentlemen are entirely irrelevant DO und. ° st ' ai , lce WHS a . corafur t to me. 1 knew the 
paths were slippery, for I had seen sufficient 
of the world, even in a year, to be well 
the weed, it should be done in his own room bmves to chant the death-song of the white made b y gentlemen are entirely irrelevant p 0 U nd. ' staace was a . cora,ort to me. i knew the 
it annnv no nnp Wo i n ik^ u to the question under discussion. I should n l ,• -r , paths were slippery, for I had seen sufficient 
tthuc it can annoy no one. We have man-hereare the sepulchers of the Indian be asha 4 flied t0 advocate what basbeenim . Cherries were first introduced into Italy 0 f the world, even in a year, to be well 
known one teacher who having unfortunate- dead, whose remains are disinterred and puU;d t0 tbe Hew System. It seeks to b y a Roman Conqueror from Cerasus, a aware of the fact, and in some degree re¬ 
ly contracted the habit of using thenar- scattered as relics through the land. elevate—elevate education in all its depart- city on the shores of PontusEuxin us. This a l'zed the privilege of being so remem- 
cotic weed, retired to his study to indulge Beloit College is principally endowed by men t s - was 93 years before Christ. The conquer. bei ed ' 
in this luxury. donations from the New England States, . Tbe term “^ System” is used in no ing arm of the Romans within a century those in^ T ^ u ’?® 4 
Excuse the seeming digression. We and it promises in time to become the lace it in contradistinction from the Old Carned thlS frUlt lnt0 Franc U Brltain and ence my conduct. The lips which then 
excuse me seeming Digression. we and it promises in time to become the place it in contradistinction from the Old. |ruu into trance, Britain and e nce my conduct. The lips which then 
have alluded to this in order to be the bet- “Yale” of the west. Its President, Rev. it was so used by Prof. Wayland, and I Germany. The Plum came from Italy.— supplicated for me have changed supplica- 
ter understood in our reference to the teach- A. L. Chapin, has won an enviable reputa- use it for want of a better. We do not, I The apple, pear, peach, nectarine, apricot, tions for everlasting praises; yet, in times 
er’s habits. He should not be a convivial- tion as the most popular preacher in Wis- 
ist, in the common acceptation of the term, consin, and is well qualified to preside over 
but ever show to his disciples by example the destinies of the College. The Profes- 
ion as the most popular preacher in Wis- a g a ‘ u repeat, seek to abridge the study of almond, pomegranate, fig and grape, were sorrow and perplexity, I feel my moth- 
, . ,, rc , . •, the language or the classics. The great de- all mimtallv A • er s lips on my fevered brow, and her words 
:onsin, and is well qualified to preside over . . .? ,9, , ° , an originally Asiatic truits. i f . 7 ’ . e . >fi) 
. . 4 „ c sire is for higher attainments, and one of the „ . ,, . , ., are coi dial in my heart In times of joy / j 
he destinies of the College. J he Profes- strongest arguments in favor of the New By some the Currant has been consid- and prosperity I remembered them, and > • 
ors are also men who mav be relied on as SwRtem is tlmt. iho stnHu <-,f nil Kr. Jri ^i-, Q <, ered the degenerate orane of n.irintb— they acted as a moderating 1 atrenev to the <I) 
1 .. , ,1 , . ~ owvugvwi ui^uuj^mo Ail iavui UI LUC HOW “ I I- J ---^ 
j / as wen as by precept, tnat there is more sors are a ] so men who may be relied on as System is that the study of all branches of ered tbe degenerate grape of Corinth.— they acted as a moderating agency to the 
| \ delight in the pursuit of knowledge, than t, rue to the interests of the popular educa- education would be made thorough. This Hence, they say, its name, and they aver san o u ’ ne restlessness of ambition. 
R in seeking to indulge the fleshy appetites tion demanded by the wants of the west, is a great defect of the times. Our schol- there is now to be found in the Levant a Intents! throw around the hearts of 
j) and passions of the decaying body. Every Owing to the failure of the wheat crop for ais are fo° superficial,—anil the question is seedless grape, bearing the same name. It ATtbe Vn' c 'f tlu< ', db * < '^ cua ” i l - 
one who has tbe SDirit of the Great Teach *i & f , , ,, ! , how shall we remedy ? lhe point present- ■ i j +, * • i- <• A t the family altai teach them by suitable 
one, who nas tbe spmt ot the (great leach- the past two years, and the scarcity of e d has not been met. It is simply this- 15 remarked that Rodcen, in a history of petitions that you sympathize with them in 
j er > wl!1 exemplify to all with whom he min- money, its inevitable consequence, the num- can the student master twenty sciences in P lants translated into English in 1578, calls their feeble attempts to do right; there, let 
) gles from day to day, that there is some- ber of students is only 30. In the Normal six years! or rather can he master them in it “ The red beyond sea Gooseberry.” The confession be made for family sins, and 
) bdng better, even, than money; and for and Preparatory Departments connected f° ur • Ibis is the problem to be solved— States, however, can boast native species g ,a teful praise returned foi family mercies; 
, whose sake, money, if he has it, is poured with the institution, there are however, LLs the principle which we wished to pre- that are black, white, and red—differing, ^ Un '°, n 
j out like water. Says an old writer, ■■ Re- „ e arly 80 students, who will doubtless ac- r ar » “ faTOr though, from the cultivated varieties, ° fc > “ * ^ C#mto 3 r '* 
| ,7 wsirudirm, andnot silver; and quire a finished education, and exert a bene- up to thefoactica] question Uoan™^ be Spinach takes its name from Hispanach, _-;-;- 
) i no a; e ye rather than choice gold. For ficent influence on the religious, social and attained in a four year’s Collegiate course or Spanish plant, being introduced into Eu- There is nothing purer than honesty; 
! wM ° m iS bett ° r tha “ rubies; and a11 the political welfare of the State. of study? through Spain from the west of Asia, ‘“‘If 8 
< things that may be desired are not to be Thus is Wisconsin laying the corner stone Mr. Galloway. He did not intend to mis- where it was famous for its supposed me- wisdom; nothing brighter thanvirtue- aud 
t compared to it. of a broad and comprehensive system of re P re ®c n t or ridKiu e the arguments present- dicinal qualities. nothing more steadfast than faith. These 
e cannot too strongly urge upon the education, which will tend to enhance and ma n must inlhe^udffmentof the Facult^ Cabbage is a native of Europe growing unlte d in one mind, form the purest, the 
| attention of all whose business it is to hire render permanent her prosperity, by that be qualified before be enters on the study on roc ky shores, devoid of any head and svvee . t 5‘ st ’ ^ be Lyhest, the brightest and most 
| teacbers for tbe coming winter, the import- diffusion of knowledge which animates tbe of Mental and Moral Philosophy. Now is presenting an appearance very greatly dis- stt ' la ast ia PP meSb - _ 
- ance o{> faithfull y discharging the duty de- spirit of improvement and is the soul of not tb '; s compulsory, as much so as in the similar to the cultivated varieties. The man who threatens the world is al- 
; volved upon you. The instructors to be progress. Yours, &c., w. m. h. oldest institutions of the land. Surely it is. The Nasturtion was brought from Peru wa J s ridiculous; for the world can easily 
} engaged, licensed and employed in the sev- Beloit, w-s., Oct. 15,1851. meie mathematician is notan educated wbere j t j g a woodv nerennial nl-ini hm go on without him, and in a short time will 
) eral districts over the State the coming t • Y\~T~\ —'N" ,7",— , man—a meie classical scholar is not an ed- . , , .. . ’ cease to miss him. 
) . , ( . rain S It is remarkable, that of all knowledge, ucated man. We don’t want one-sided cultivation and perhaps climate with us, ____ 
^ win er, are o make “their mark,” so to the most important, the knowledge of our- men. Every department, every faculty of has changed it into an herbaceous annual. Do ernod with what then hast nr ;+ w ;n 
) speak, upon the minds of your children.— selves, is the most universally neglected. mind must be educated and developed. The Beet grows wild in the South of do thee no o-ood. ’ 
