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AUGUST 23. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
273 5 
ffoutatau. 
CONNECTICUT SCHOOL REPORT. 
The annual report of John D. Philbrick, Su¬ 
perintendent of the schools of Connecticut has 
been published and submitted to the Legisla¬ 
ture at its recent session. It appears from the 
report that the aggregate number of public 
school-houses in the State is 1,350, of which 
number 454 are in “good condition,” 564 in 
“ fair condition,” and 332 in “very bad condi¬ 
tion.” The number of new houses erected du¬ 
ring the year is 41, at an aggregate cost of 
$120,737 ; $17,530 have also been expended for 
repairs. The number of school-houses reported 
in 1853 as in very good condition was 240, and 
in very poor coudition, 470; the amount expen¬ 
ded in that year for new erections, was $73,000, 
all of which goes to show a decided improve¬ 
ment at the present time. 
Connecticut was a model State in early times 
so far at least as the subject of education is 
concerned. “ For nearly one hundred and fifty 
years”—says the report—“after the establish¬ 
ment of our system of common schools, every 
town having seventy householders, and up¬ 
wards, and every ecclesiastical society having 
that number of families, was obliged to main¬ 
tain, at least, one good school for eleven months 
GAINESVILLE FEMALE SEMINARY. 
Tms institution is pleasantly located at 
GOOD ADVICE TO HEADERS. 
THE LONDON POST-OFFICE. 
A well-informed writer in Putnam's Maga¬ 
zine, describing the management of the London 
Post-Office, says : 
Each letter goes through from ten to fourteen 
processes, and the wonder is, how 500 men can 
handle 200,000 with so little confusion and so 
few mistakes. A spectator is always astonish¬ 
ed at the rapidity with which the letters are 
made to pass under the stamp. An active 
stamper will stamp and count from seven to 
eight thousand an hour. The process of sorting 
is carried on on large tables, which are divided 
into apartments, labeled “ Great Western,” 
“ Eastern Counties,” “South Eastern,” “Scotch,” 
«Irish,” “ Foreign,” “ Blind,” &c. Those mark¬ 
ed “ Blind,” are carried to a person called the 
“ Blind Man,” who has more skill in decipher¬ 
ing bad writing than a Philadelphia lawyer.— 
He will take a letter directed thus:—“ Srom 
Predevi,” and read at once Sir Humphery Davy; 
a letter superscribed “ jonsmeet ne Weasal pin 
Tin,” he sees, immediately, belongs to “John 
Smith, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.” In short, he is 
such an adept at this business that it is almost 
impossible to write or spell so as to be unintel¬ 
ligible to him. The mail-bags are made of 
sheep-skin, soft and pliable. They are sealed 
up with wax upon the twine that is tied around 
the top. This is thought to be safer than lock¬ 
ing, although bags that have to go a great dis- 
UlLLl, i*u IcaoUj GUC gUUlL 3 LUWI AUI t/frcc/wc --- - — I- J - - __ ~ ^ TVlP flVPraP’P 
in the year, taught by a master of sufficient Gainesville, Wyoming county, N. Y., about four j F you measure the value of study by the tance are secure wi o . 
and suitable qualifications, and every town and miles from the Depot at East Gainesville on the i ns ight you get into subjects, not by the power weight of t le evenin^ mat lom 
society of less than seventy families, was bound Buffalo and New York City Railroad. It was of sa yi D g you have read many books, you will about fourteen tons ie num cr 0 ne ^' P 
to keep a good school for, at least, one-half of founded in the fall of 1854, by Miss M. Hardy SO on perceive that no time is so badly saved, as pers sent fiom tic o ice ye, Y , 
each year. This was one of those wise provi- and Miss C. A. ELDRiDGE,and has from the be- that w hich i s sa ved by getting through a book 53,000,000; the average num ei o e r ^ 
sions of our school system which made the ginning received the warm support of numerous in a hurry. For if to the time you have given daily is 2b/,o21 ; the average num 
common schools of our State famous. Yet in friends. The writer was so fortunate as to at- you added a little more, the subject would have is 283,225. 
1799, when the school laws were revised and tend the exercises at the close of the spring been fixed on your mind, and the whole time — 
consolidated, it was excluded, and the volunta- term of this year, and was much impressed by pro fitably employed, whereas, upon your pres- HOW COFFEE CAME TO BE USED. 
ry system substituted, each district being left the excellence of its plan, and with the energy, en t arrangement, because you would not give , , 
at liberty to keep a school for a longer or shorter perseverence and high purposes of its founders. a little more, you have lost all. Beside, this is It is somewhat singular■ o race _ 
term, as it should determine. It was found It is but too obvious, even* to the casual observ- 0ver i 00 ked by rapid and superficial readers that in which arose the use o eeomm g 
that the schools were kept open, as public er, that education sometimes costs more than tte best way of reading books with rapidity is of coffee, without whic ew person , _ y 
schools, only just long enough to expend the it is worth. Children are sent abroad, not to to acquire that habit of severe attention to hall or wholly civilized coun ly in » 
public money. The operation of this was inju- “learn what they are to practice when they are w hat they contain, that perpetually confines now make a breakfast 
rious to the schools, and subsequently a law was old,” but to form idle and expensive habits and the mind to the single object it has in view.- discovered Amenca, it a n 
passed requiring a school to be kept, at least, acquire false views of duty and responsibility. When you haYe rea d enough to have acquired or used. It only gre H 
four months, as a condition of receiving the They often return to the quiet of domestic life tbe b abit G f reading without sntiering your Ethiopia. The discovery 
schools, only just long enough to expend the it is ' 
public money. The operation of this was inju- “lean 
rious to the schools, and subsequently a law was 
passed requiring a school to be kept, at least, acqui 
four months, as a condition of receiving the They 
It is somewhat singular to trace the manner 
which arose the use of the common beverage 
Rlitetfj Dtaiirp. 
THE PEARLY GATES AJAR. 
BY FANNY FORRESTER. 
I gazed down Life’s dark labyrinth, 
A wildering maze to see, 
Crossed o’er by many a tangled clue, 
And wild as wild could be : 
And as we gazed in doubt and dread, 
An angel came to me. 
I knew him for a heavenly guide, 
I knew him even then, 
Though meekly as a child he stood 
Among the sons of men— 
By his deep spirit loveliness, 
I knew him even then. 
And as I leaned my weary head 
Upon his proffered breast, 
And scanned the peril-haunted wild 
From out my place of rest; 
I wondered if the shiniDg ones 
Of Eden were more blest. 
For there was light within my soul, 
Light on my peaceful way,] 
And all around the blue above, 
The clustering starlight lay, 
And easterly I saw upreared 
The pearly gates of day. 
So hand in hand we trod the wild, 
My aDgel love and I— 
His lifted wing all quivering 
With tokens from the sky,— 
Strange my dull thought could not divine 
’ Twas lifted but to fly 1 
Again down life’s dark labyrinth 
I grope my way alone. 
While wildly through the midnight sky 
Black hurrying clouds are blown, 
And thickly in my tangled path 
The sharp, thick thorns are sown. 
Yet firm my foot, for well I know 
The goal cannot be far, 
And ever through the rifted clouds 
Shines out one steady star— 
For, when my guide went up, he left 
The pearly gates ajar. 
HOW MEN DIE. 
Some men die in ignorance, unconcerned, 
and seemingly without fear for the future.— 
Others are sullen and silent, as if determined 
to have it out at all hazards. Others are so 
lour mourns, as a nonunion ui icceiviug cue - j - i wie iwva - ~ ° * . •, . t flip sunerior of a monastery to nave 16 ouu 
public money. At the last session of the Gen- and labor with tastes perverted, constitutions min d to wander, and when you can bring to age is ascrioeu io l F ' wearied out by long illness and continued pain 
...-1 *_i__&_ 1 __imnaired. and capacities for usefulness nearly _ _ «,hi«ct a meat share of Dre- m Arabia, who, desirous ot preventing tne ___ w 
eral Assembly, an act was passed, requiring a impaired, and capacities for usefulness nearly b ear ^pon y our subject a great share of pre- m ia ia > ^ 10 ’. c ’ ‘ . * “ - g that they are eager for the change, and yet no 
legal school to be kept in each district for at destroyed. Our rural population have been v j ou8 knowledge, you May then read with rapid- of be i»g ta , * „a.e to appear before 
least six months, which has been very generally forced to remain at home, or attend schools j ty . before that, as you have taken the wrong < , , , . t -p , God. Others abound in professions of hope and 
complied with.” ' where fashion and frivolity were purchased at road tbe faster you proceed the more you will the report of shepherds, who o confidence, yet leave impartial observers at a 
mu_i_m .a hiffh mice. Smith. their flocks were more lively after browsing > J _ ‘ 
The report advocates at length the necessity a kigfi price. 
be sure to err.— Sydney Smith. 
of sustaining Teachers’ Institutes, Normal 
Schools, Common School Journals, liberal com- 
It gives me great pleasure to believe that the 
Female Seminary at Gainesville will supply a 
pensation to teachers and co-operation with want long felt in this section of the country. In 
them, gradation of schools, &c., &c., and is their Annual Catalogue its Conductors say : 
illustrated with several plans of school-houses. 
For the Rural New-Yorker. 
“READING IN SCHOOL.” 
“ The health of the young ladies will be 
watched over with a solicitude next to that of 
the parent. It is designed that each leave the 
school as well as when she entered ; therefore 
no one will be permitted to take more studies 
Ijttfttl flic. 
Written tor the Rural New-Yorker. 
ONE PENNY’S WORTH OF OIL. 
BY THE RAGGED PHILOSOPHER. 
their flocks were more lively atter Drowsing 7 J 1 . , ~ 
men t J , loss to conceive what basis there can be for 
on the fruit of that plant. Its reputation spread 1088 . 
” . , , f such assurance. Others again give their friends 
through the ad acent countries, and in about such aesununc. s 6 . .... 
® l j T> • a every reason to think that they are real child- 
200 vears it had reached Pans. A single plant cvc v _ . J 
broiht there in 1714, became the parent stock ren of God ; yet make the dread passage w.ft 
of all the French coffee plantations in the West '■«'« “ »» c “ mfor , t ' “ feW Ca ” e , S . 
Indies. The Dutch introduced it into Java and under a dark and heavy c out. e majon y 
the East Indies, and the French and Spanish of consistent Christians, have their last end, as 
all over South America and the West Indies. it « described .by the I sal mist in a single 
The extent of the consumption can now wd ; it is « Peace.” A few of them, however, 
—;- no one will be permitted to take more studies a very sensible article in your paper some b e realized. The United States alone taste heaven this side of the cold Jordan, and 
Having read the article under this heading, than in tbe judgment of her teachers she can time s i ncej f rom the Builder, on this subject, so ^ consume it at the cost on its landing their rapture is a thing to be witnessed in order 
in the Rural for June 14th, I wish to give nursue without iniurv to her health. Students mi, vidwa and habits for manv ‘ . , _ to be underst 
my own experience on me suojeci. 1 once 
and thought just as the writer says, and 
experience prove the truth of his remarks. 
tion of the teachers. It is especially requested m y own experience to your readers. 
, , , ,, . , , r i - —j i - i the best coffee, by its small bean of a dark yel- 
could not keep up the interest ot a class in tba t each young lady be provided with conven- jj ow maay things about the house and farm, ^ The Java and Eagt i nd i aD) ne xt in 
tants. At lengtn, nowever, i piacea mysen in served whenever the weather will permit, ihe l oc k that squeals, give the blade of the key a 
a situation in which I was obliged to attend to p are nts should pay strict attention to the cloth- touch of oil. Every catch that jams on the lsl ° ia y 
it. I procured “ Porter s Reader, (Rhetorical 0 f jbeir daughters—not that it should be i a tch needs a drop. The hinges of the doors -pj A mfi s 03 
Guide,) the one used in school, and one to expensive or fashionable, but it should be wisely require it and the coffee mill, and the pocket 
which I have yet found no superior, and began ado pt e d to the season and to the health of the knife_the tongs, shears and scissors, and every j N ^e Mu 
last enemy. This is to live habitually in com¬ 
munion with God through Jesus Christ. Such 
a life cannot end miserably. Death must be 
to it only the crowning seal of its steadfast 
course, the finishing touch to its lofty blessed¬ 
ness.— Selected. 
NAMES OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK. 
IS RELIGION BEAUTIFUL ? 
to study the directions for Reading. I soon 
became interested, discovered my error, and coura g e d by precept or example. It has not meta i bas friction on metal. Padlock’s ex- to Northern Anjiqmties, they have the repre- beauty of its own, which nothing on earth can 
formed a class. I commenced at the very he- be en the design of the founders of this Institu- p 0Sed to the weather should have a good ca- sen t a ti 0 ns of the Idols from whom the names mar Never yet was the female character per- 
ginning. The class read, and I explained the t i 0Q to establish a school where all must bow to t j iart i c dose. of the days of our week are derived. From the f ect without the steady faith of piety. Beauty, 
rules; read and repeated the examples and tbe s bri n e of fashion and yield themselves You will not be the loser, by touching your idol of the Sun comes Sunday. This Idol is intellectual wealth 1 They are all like pitfalls, 
illustrations—each one singly or in concert— w iHi D g slaves to her tyrannical requisitions, but boots on the side where the little toe comes in represented with his face like the sun, holding dar ^ i Q t be brightest day unless the divine 
repeating after me the same example five or six to awaken in every mind placed under their in- con tact with the leather; as there is the spring a burning wheel, with both hands on his breast, jj_bt, unless religion throws her soft beams 
times, if necessary, until all could give the fl ueuce higher and nobler aspirations. and bend of the foot in walking, and where the s jg n if y i D g his course around the world. The arou ^ d t b em to purify and exalt, making twice 
proper tones, inflections, Ac. ; and continued „ Domestic Arrangement.— This is similar to boot fails first and should be kept soft and sup- Idol of t h e Moon, from which cometh Monday, „i or i oug that which seemed all loveliness before, 
this course till the class had acquired some tha t 0 f Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. The pie. A dollar saved is two earned. How often j s habited in a short coat, like a man, but hold- Religion is very beautiful; in health or sick- 
familiarity with the subject, i he next step de p artment i s superintended by a matrou, have I seen a whole family, jamming and kick- j D g a moon in his hands. Tuisco, from which BesSj j n -wealth or poverty. We never enter 
was, to select a piece for exercise, and while w hile each young lady is required to perform i n g at a door for months together to make it comes Tuesday, was one of the most ancient ^ chamber of the good, but soft music 
one was reading, the rest were required to ^ er proportion of the entire labor of that de- shut and latch; when two grains of any kind and peculiar gods of the Germans, and is rep- geems t 0 float on the air, and the burden of their 
attend, aud at the close of each sentence, each p artmeut (^hich requires about one hour each of grease, would make it slip like sleighing. resented in his garments of skin, according to g0DO . ^ „ Dove, peace is here.” 
member of the class was called on for criti- d v By this method expenses are very much The complicated machinery of our brief ex- t b e ir peculiar manner of clothing. The third Could we look into thousands of families to- 
In the Museum of Berlin—remarks a writer Always ! 
_ - - . _ In the child, in the maiden, the 
Needless ornaments will not be en- implement needs this lubricating agent, where J n a Newark contemporary—in the hall devoted mo tbcr, religion shows with a holy, benignant 
by precept or example. It has not meta i has friction on metal. Padlock’s ex- to Northern Antiquities, they have the repre- beauty of its own, which nothing on earth can 
thousands of families to- 
this was pursued daily, and has been pursued sys t em f urn ishes needed relaxation from study the world jog easier aud keeps down wrinkles was p raye d to for victory. Thor, from whence And in felon’s cells—in place of crime, mis- 
ever since, the class sometimes reading twice and an opportunity to obtain such a knowledge and hard words, and worse feelings. An oily Thursday, is seated on a bed with twelve stars ery> destitution, ignorance, we should behold in 
around, sometimes once, and sometimes all 0 f domestic economy as will be calculated to word which does not even cost one penny; some- over bead, holding a scepter in his right hand. a n mos t horrible deformity, the fruits of ir- 
reading in succession, the same sentence. It prepare young ladies to engage successfully in times saves hard knocks and lawyers fees— F r ig a , from whence we have Friday, is repre- re bgi on ._ Selected. 
was not the object to read much, but correctly. t be duties of life.” broom-sticks and black eyes. Soft words put seQ t e d with a drawn sword in his right hand ° - 
Since adopting this plan I have used several By means of these arrangements students are away anger, says the prophet. How true ! It aad a bow in his left. He was the giver of Kkep Y our Sabbath. —Be jealous on this 
different kinds of “ School Readers,” and sel- boarded for one dollar a week, and the whole is the real oleagenous panacea of life, for halt peace and plenty. Seater, from whence is Sat- poiQt Whether you live in town or country, 
dom fail to keep up the interest of a class, even ense of atten dance is reduced to sixty-four the ills that flesh is heir to. Make note of this ur d a y, has the appearance of perfect wretched- reso i ve no t to profane your Sabbath. Once 
— 1 fL o*> ” nrnl col rl rnn A r\ T G r» A o - i • i i • r _i. l . L „ rrloo rrnA 1 rvn cr ViniroH Wlt.ll Jl • £* a.1 
dom fail to keep up the interest of a class, even ex p ense 0 f attendance is reduced to sixty-four the ills that flesh is h< 
with an “old book,” and seldom do I find a dollars a year. The school buildings are com- for constant reference, 
student who does not wish to read. Our read- fortable and commodious, and will accommo- rpu . . ^ 
ing exercise is generally one of the most inter- date about 0Qe hun dred pupils. While a Qua- Amber.-TIus is a 
ker-like simplicity pervades the school, there is 
ing exercise is generally one of the most inter- date about 0Qe bundred pupil8 . While a Qua- AMBER.-This is a imneral solid, c> yei ow 
esting in the catalogue. ker-like simplicity pervades the school, there is color > usuall y found “ tllkmal 80lls ’ and 80m ® 
In general I have found a greater difference evidenwThigh 1 'Culture, fine IntellLtua/tn- times in detached P iec f ou the sea - coast ’ and 
in teachers than in books; and perhaps I may dowraeutg) and exa lt ed aims. It is to be hoped 18 probably an antedeluvian resin, often con- 
also add, more faults. I once visited a number ^ guch gcbo()lg wiU become general through- taiain g lus8cts aad leave8 ’ II con81st « about 
of schools in -, all the teachers made the , „ niir . tr - anr , ninv have the e fi lial P arts of carbon ’ hydrogen and oxygen, 
In general I have found a greater difference eyideDCe of hig b culture, fine intellectual 
in teachers than in books; and perhaps I may , __ . „ volt i h P hr 
ness; he is thin visaged, long haired, with a g i ve over caring for the Sabbath, and in the end 
T~ long beard. He carries a pail of water in his y QU wd l give over -caring for your soul. The 
mineral solid, of yellow ri ht i^,,^ wherein are fruits and flowers.— Sel. l te „ 3 which lead to this are easy aud regular. 
1 dilu,i! ; 1 80 ‘ 13 ’ a “ d 1 i,om ' -—- Begin with not honoring God’s day, and you 
ces on t e sea-coas , an |Money i Whence comes the Word 1— A cor- wd l not honor God’s house; cease to honor 
eluvian resm, often con- regpondent of the Independent answers the God’s bouse, and you soon cease to honor God’s 
ives. t consists o a ou quest j on a f ter this manner. We agree with our book • cease to honor God’s b®ok, and by-and- 
tTT.lmrroii n n n nwerfm. n . . ’ _ 
- ---- that such schools will become general tnrougn- -= . . , question anei-uiio fuauuu, book; ceaseio nonin uuuD wk, auu u r <,uu- 
of schools in -, all the teachers made the ^ country, and that we may have the e( l lial P arts of carbon ’ b 7^ r0 S^ ana oxygen, contemporavy that « it i s too good to be lost,” by you will give God no honor at all. Let any 
sarad complaint :-“The reading booksiwereso ^ witho ut the poisons that are and burns quite away with flame. It resem- and therefore transfer it to the Merchants’ Mag- 0 ne lay the foundation with no Sabbath, and I 
wayolT read ing C ” U inone of the schools a^lass too often mixed with it. Education acquired bles copal in several respects, utu ^ azine, as a more convenient record for ready am never surprised if he finishes with the top- 
was called out to read, and a book was handed a t the expense of health, industrious habits, does not me iu o i iops i ° ‘ . reference, present and future : stone of no God. It was a remarkable saying 
> M flame. It exhales a fragrant odor when burned, r - - - — - - 
and when distilled yields inflammable gases 
and water containing several acids. Hiere are 
to me. I soon discovered where the difficulty s i m pj e and CO rrect tastes, is altogether a losing 
lav. The teacher was one of those who expect- . 1 ...... , ,, 
ed^ that the book was to do the teaching; (at, investment; while it is undeniable that thou- 
least, so it appeared —not a solitary case;) and sands never get beyond our primary schools on 
“ Maa-ne is a Danish word, pronounced nearly of Judge Hale, that of all the persons convicted 
like the English word money. The aa in the of capital crimes while he was upon the bench, 
former syllable has a sound that is between that he found few who did not confess that they be- 
least, so it appeared —not a solitary case;) an a sanas never get uejum w i, prp am ber occurs in sufficient 1OTIuei “ auuuu - ” . 7 , , / * 
made no effort to interest the class. I exam- account of the expense which is necessarily in- a few P a ... f ,, _ of o in note, and that of a in fall, and which gan their career of wickedness by a neglect of 
ined the book—the rules were good—theselec- cuned where display is a leading object and quantities to e minet, u i ’. ma y easily be mistaken for either of these the Sabbath.— Selected. 
labor is in disrepute.-B. J 18 found oa thc C d . tb b d f sounds. The e in the latter, and unaccented --. 
___ Eastern Pr a88ia - U 18 collected in the beds o ^ the gound of y in money , i F a minister leaves Christ out of his sermon 
m ,, , , , tt , small streams and in the waters of the sea. it T b e Danish word maane (pronounced moh-ny he blots the sun out of the firmament. Le 
The libraries now connected with Harvard ig found in Sicily , in beds of clay and marl be- ^ ’ ^ look at ^ doctrines be taught practically, and practice en 
,liege contain more Hum 100,000 volumes.- the cl ,„ llmestoDe , and is accompanied ”“““ ■«“=“2L, „d ,w ,1.0 motives. 
tions ditto, and a few moments spent in ques- 1&bor ig in d i 8re p Ute ._B. 11 18 toun ;; oa the C T ° asl01 th.bldVof sounds. The e in the latter, and unaccented 
turning and exercising the class, showed them 1 Eastern Prussia. It is collected m the beds ot u. il« wnml i 
to he composed of the right kind of material. * ’ * small streams and in the waters of the sea. It 8 ^ a ’ 7 
This deficiency on the part of teachers is pro- T he libraries now connected with Harvard . f . • gicil in be ds of clay and marl be- The Danish word maane, (.pronoi 
ductive of much evil. It is one cause of the College couta in more than 100,000 volumes.- , Umestone, and is accompanied or maw-ny,) signifies moon. No- 
multiplicity of readiug books, and a principal 6 iIioopt. low tne ciag units , l brieht silver coin, lust from the r 
cause 1 of the frequent and often injudicious Of this number 70,000 volumes are in the gen- wilh bitumeu . It also occurs in Saxony, Po- JX whtS moon ■ look at 
changes in the use of books in the same school, eral library in Gore Hall. Ihe otlieis aie con- i and Siberia, and Greenland.— Selected. 1 ° ( 
Let teachers inform themselves in the rules tained in the Divinity, Law, and Medical --- the coin, and then at the man 
and principles of good reading, and they will scboo i 8 an d in the libraries of societies of un- l T i 8 very easy to look down on others ; to and say if money be not 'Luna, ( 
care less about the kind of books they use. dergradvia tes. look down on ourselves is the difficutly. try to get it ‘ on tic,' Luna-lics.") 
Out West, June 1856. Ji L. H. 6 1 
If a minister leaves Christ out of his sermon, 
he blots the sun out of the firmament. Let 
bright silver coin, just from the mint, and then forced by evangelical motives, 
at the bright full moon ; look at the image on - 
the coin, and then at ‘the man in the moon,’ That whicb moveth the heart most is the best 
and say if money be not ■ Luna ,’ (and those who poetry ; it comes nearest unto God, the source 
trv to set it * on tic,’ Luna-tics." ) of all power. 
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