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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
281 5 
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Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorkei 
SPELLIN’G IN SCHOOL. 
OVER-REFINEMENTS OF LANGUAGE. 
Among all the improvements of the age, none, 
perhaps, are more striking than those which 
have recently been made, and indeed are at 
present making, in the language of ordinary 
life. Who, in these days, ever reads of board- 
pfful flifl. 
ICE-BERGS AT SEA. 
Ci^ v V av v v v .v ♦ It is seldom that even by old sea-goers, a 
. — ne-'r view is obtained of these terrific objects. 
ABOUT FISH AND FISHING. The following notice of them is from the letter 
-- of a lady on a recent voyage to Liverpool:— 
“Peter Gott, the Cape Ann Fisherman,’’an «j une 17.—The sea has been uncommonly 
This important branch of education, I am i ng schools ? Nobody. They are transformed interesting work by Dr. Reynolds, contains smo oth ever since we started, but from the first 
sorry to say, is in many of our schools sadly int0 aca demies for boys, and seminaries for some clever descriptions of fishing in Massa- night out we have had almost uninterrupted 
neglected, especially among the larger scholars, e j r j s . the higher classes are “establishments.” chusetts Bay. The following extracts comprise f ogs which have kept poor Capt.-in a state 
neglected, especially among the larger scholars, g j r j s . the higher classes are “establishments.” 
as they are apt to consider it humiliating. I A coachraaker’s shop is a “repository for carria- 
wish to offer a few suggestions to teachers with ge s;” a milliner’s shop, a “depot;” a thread- 
regard to this matter, which, if not particularly se ll e rs, an “emporium." One buys drugs at a 
valuable, may be of some benefit. “medical hall;” wines of a “company;” and 
Many put too small an estimate upon the im¬ 
portance of a correct knowledge of orthography 
A coachmaker’s shop is a “repository for carria- some curious facts about Lobsters and Mack- 0 f anxiety and watchfulness day and night, so 
ges ;” a milliner’s shop, a “depot;” a thread- erel: _ that he is in woful need of rest, and the steam 
sellers, an “emporium.” One buys drugs at a “Lobsters are taken in a sort of box called wb i s tl e is constantly in action. Yesterday 
“medical hall;” wines of a “company;” and lobster-pots. These are about three feet long, wa3 a jay 0 f grea t interest in the sight-seeing 
shoes at a “mart.” Blacking is dispensed from and two feet wide, of semi-cylindrical form way . Early in the morning we were called on 
an “institution and meat from a “purveyor.” thafc is the bottom 13 flat > and the sldes and to P deck to see a beautiful ice-berg gleaming out 
Every person that attends a district school, no One would imagine that the word “ shop ” had are m the form of an arch At each end is an from the fog. It was in the distance, but as sighing a requiem over her green grave, 
matter whether large or small, should once a become not only contemptible, but had been opening we ran along passing by it, we could see sev- Scatter 8weet flowerets over her tomb, 
day at least have an exercise in spelling. It is discovered not to belong to the English lan- this opening aie placed short flexible pieces of eral phases of a huge, irregular block of ice, 
not necessary that all the large scholars should guage. Nowadays, all the shops are “ware- wood > projecting into the basket, so arranged, covere d with a thick carpet of snow. While 
come out on the floor every day to spell, (al- houses,” or “places of business;” and you will that they will easily separate and a low the seated at dinner, there was a cry of, 'Seven 
though I think this advisable occasionally,) hardly find a tradesman having the honest lobster to enter, but their points close together ice . ber g S in sight!’ We rushed up on deck 
but the exercise may be so varied as to avoid hardihood to call himself a shop-keeper.- after him and prevent his egress They have with a n spee d, and several presented them- 
that monotony attending its frequent repetition. There is now, also, no such word as that of a door upon the top, through which the lobster selves to our view in different directions. We 
and causing it to be more interesting and in- tailor, that is to say, among speakers polite ; is taken out. saw towards the south what seemed like two 
structive. After the smaller classes have spell- “clothier” has been discovered to be more ele- A long line is attached to these pots ; a heavy perfectly regular, snow-white pyramids, which 
ed and put up their books, a few sentences gant, although the term tailor is every bit as stone, sufficient to sink them, is placed in them, were lighted up by a ray of sunshine, while in 
something like the following may be written respectable. and they are baited with the heads and offal of all other directions the sky was thick with fog 
by the first class on their slates as a spelling Instead of reading that, after a ball the com- fresh fish, and sunk to the bottom at about low and mist. After dinner was over, and we had 
exercise “ That king reigned four years ;” “ It pany did not go away till daylight, we are told water mark ; the other end of the line is made clothed ourselves comfortably to go on deck 
rained incessantly two hours;” “ The horse was that the joyous groups continued tripping on fast to a block of light wood, called a buoy.— again, (for the weather was intensely cold,) yet 
reined in too suddenly,” Ac., Ac. When the the light fantastic toe until Sol gave them warn- The fishermen go out with their wherries another wonder appeared. A large mountain 
allotted time has expired in writing sentences ing to depart. If one of the company happen- freighted with these pots, and drop them at of ice was directly in front of us, which grew 
similar to the above, let the teacher take any ed to tumble into a ditch, we should be informed short intervals along the shore. During the larger and larger as the ship brought us nearer 
one of the slates and read each sentence— that his “ foot slipped, and he was immersed in season of lobster fishing, which lasts from to it. When we passed it, it was said to be 
spelling the most difficult words—thus allowing the liquid element.” A good supper is describ- March to July, hundreds of these buoys may about a quarter of a mile distant, though I 
all an opportunity for comparing their own ed as making “ the table groan with every del- be seen bobbins up and down like so many could hardly believe it was so far, for we could 
with the others’ spelling. In case of any de- icacy of the season.” A crowd of briefless, seals’ heads. The fishermen visit them every distinctly see the waves dashing and foaming 
viation, the scholar has only to signify it, and lazy lawyers, unbeneficed clergymen and half- morning, draw up alongside of their boats, at its base. Hardly had we passed it, when 
the teacher will decide which is correct. It pay officers, are enumerated a “ host of fashion” takeout the lobsters, replenish the bait, and we noticed one side of it rise rapidly while the 
may be found advisable for the teacher, after at a watering place, where we are informed drop them again in the water. other at the same time sunk under the water, 
each one has written all the sentences, to cause that ladies, instead of taking a dip before The lobsters, when first taken, are very Tim mountain had cracked apart, and turned 
them to change slates, as scholars, like the breakfast, “plunge themselves fearlessly into fierce, and seize with their strong pinchers completely over, presenting to our view an en- ^ UJb , llsuu ^ 
“ rest of mankind,” are usually more prompt in the bosom of Neptune.” A sheep killed by upon whatever maybe within their reach.— tirely different surface from the one we bad I goodne83 agreea ble, and smile instead of frown- 
lafoktjr ftoiitgs, 
Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker. 
THE LOVED ONE’S GRAVE. 
“ Herb scattered eft, the loveliest of the year, 
By hands nnseen are showers of violets found ; 
The red-breast loves to build and warble here. 
And little footsteps lightly print the ground." 
[ Gray » Etryy. 
Press the earth lightly o’er her young breast, 
Fashioned so slightly, so early at rest; 
Life’s just beginning, its pathway scarce trod— 
Pure from all sinning, her spirit’s with God. 
Let the young willow droop o’er her bed. 
Where ye have pillowed thus early her head ; 
There its long branches shall mournfully wave, 
Sighing a requiem over her green grave. 
Scatter sweet flowerets over her tomb, 
Spreading rich fragrance, beauty and bloom ; 
Emblems of Heaven, from angels their breath 
Strew them where loved ones are sleeping in death. 
Where she is resting in her last sleep, 
There shall the mild rain silently weep ; 
There the bright sunlight in summer shall lie, 
And the soft zephyrs pensively sigh. 
There shall the bright birds on golden wing, 
Lingering ever, murmuring sing— 
Mingling their voices in melody sweet, 
Warbling their music o’er her retreat. 
In the long winter, where the loved lies, 
Softly shall snow-flakes fall from the skies, 
Spreading a mantle spotless and white 
O’er that sweet being more pure and bright. 
In the calm evening when day and night blend, 
On the bright moonbeams shall angels descend ; 
And with them her spirit in glory shall rise, 
Spotless and stainless, to bright paradise. 
Place the sod lightly o’er her young breast— 
Calm be her slumbers—peaceful her rest ; 
Beautiful, lovely, she was but given 
To fade upon earth and blossom in Heaven. 
Ogdensburgh, June 22, 1856. E. C. J. 
TRUE RELIGION. 
If upright people -would but make their 
exposing others’ than their own mistakes. lightning is a thing unheard of—the animal When thrown together in the boat they will seen before. 
In this exercise scholars are taught not only may be destroyed by the electric fluid, but even g rapple with each other, and tear off each 
spelling, but writing and defining—thus com- then we should not be told it was dead; we other’s feelers and legs. Without much care STATISTI 
bining three very important branches in a sin- should be infoimed that “the vital spaik had j a handling them, the fingers of the fisherman AI\n has i 
gle recitation. When it is thought proper for A ed forever.” g et many a hard bite. To prevent them from Aio-ht 
this class to “ come out on the floor ” and spell, All little girls, be their faces ever so plain, injuring each other the fishermen provide sharp » ’ 
ing, in their virtue, how many would be won 
„ _ „ 0 ._ rr .,, - . by their example to a good cause. The fact is 
then we should not be told it was dead ; we other’s feelers and legs. Without much care STATISTICS OF MUSCULAR POWER. religion j s rendered repulsive by the manner in 
should be informed that “the vital spark had j n handling them, the fingers of the fisherman «f imitating everv motion which it is laid before the people by those fal- 
Man has the power of imitating every motion ^bich it is laid before the people by those fal- 
.* To effect, these, he has in matu- lacious reasoners who picture God s wrath, and 
gle recitation. When it is tnougnt proper lor get many a uam one. but flight To effect these he has in matu- tacious reasoners wno picutre uuub wiaui, auu 
this class to “ come out on the floor ” and spell, All little girls, be their faces ever so plain, injuring each other the fishermen provide sharp ^ ^ heaUh; sixt bones ’ iu his head six t, y rarely allude to his fatherly affection. People 
I have found it advisable to have some one of pitted or pitiable, if they appear at a public pointed wooden pegs, which they insert into in p | s thi „ bs an d legs, sixty-two in his arms listen, and are filled with awful forebodings, 
the class give the words. This will command ofllce to complain of robbery or ill-treatment, the joint or hinge of their pinchers, which pre- hands sixty-seven in his trunk. He has, and sorrow overcasts their souls; whereas the 
the attention of all, rather more fully, perhaps, are invariably “intelligent and interesting.” ve nts them from closing. When they have ^ f()ur hundred and thirty-four muscles.— doctrine of Christ should be represented in its 
than for the teacher to pronounce all the time. If they have proceeded very far in crime, they visited all their pots, they row to- their land- heart makeg sixty-four pulsations in a mi- appropriate dress, the livery of joy and peace ; 
Darien, N.Y., 1856. H. F. C. are called “unfortunate females.” Child-mur- ingplace. If they now wish to preserve them QRte and therefore two thousand nine hun- and from tbe principles of fatherly love and 
--4—*--- der is elegantly termed “ infanticide,” and for several days, they put them into a long box 
ORDERLY SCHOOLS. when it is punished capitally, we hear, not that 0 r kennel made of planks and bored full of 
the unfortunate mother was hanged, but that holes, which is moored in the water at a little 
There is often a very great error committed £ be “ Un f 0 rtunate culprit underwent the last distance from the shore. If they wish to pre- 
dred and forty in an hour—twenty-nine thou¬ 
sand one hundred and sixty in a day. There 
kindness, should be gathered the strongest mo¬ 
tives for humility, gratitude and obedience.— 
the unfortunate mother was hanged, but that holes, which is moored in the water at a little ‘ . , , oironlations r b j The spirit of man is naturally rebellious, and 
There is often a very great error committed tbe “ Un f 0 rtunate culprit underwent the last distance from the shore. If they wish to pre- f^ e a S ° , nee COm b j the true way to cleanse the hardened heart is 
in allowing any of the exercises of the school sen t e nce of the law, and was launched into p are them immediately for market, they are °° C m ® space o a . ' , , . g , to inundate it with a deluge of love, the only 
to proceed while the order is in any degree be- eternity.” No person reads in the newspapers taken ashore in hand-barrows, and carried to e compara ive spee o am ^ t weapon of Omnipotence. Reason with the 
low the proper standard. Let every teacher, that a house has been burned down ; he per- a sor t of shed, in which is fixed a large cauld- 0 im P e e 0 ies, l J little infln- sinner, and he will meet you with subtle argu- 
on the first day and first hour, and on all sue- bap3 will find that “ the house fell a sacrifice to r0 n. This is filled with water. Abriskfireis 3Ize au( cons iuc ion seem although ment; threaten him, and he will meet you 
ceeding hours and days, see that theie is just the flames.” In an account of a launch, not kindled under this kettle, and when the water nf motion blow for blow ; against future interest he adroit- 
low the proper standard. Let every teacher, that a house has been burned down; he per- a sort of shed, in which is fixed a large cauld- °. im P e e ^ 
on the first day and first hour, and on all sue- ba p 3 will find that “ the house fell a sacrifice to ron . This is filled with water. Abriskfireis SIze au( cons 1 
ceeding hours and days, see that there is just tb e fl ames .” In an account of a launch, not kindled under this kettle, and when the water ence ’ n ° r as . 
the right standard of quiet and order before tbat tbe ship went off the slips without any bo n s> the living, crawling, squirming lobsters ° n ° ° 7 g ! V ’ 
any exercise is commenced, and let any and acc j den t, but that “she glided securely and are thrown into it, and covered with a heavy au< \ iei 13 saK 
every exercise be promptly and entirely sms- majestically into her native element;” the said p l an k cover. Here they are kept boiling until S ° 1S { B ° 1 
pended unless this standard is maintained.— « na ti ve element” being one in which the said their color, which when taken out of the water Can °7 ’ 
But, how long should the teacher wait for quiet sb ip nev er was before. To send for a surgeon, was a dark green, becomes a bright scarlet.— ^lawsony \ 
to be restored? The spirit of our advice on jf one ’ s leg is broken, is out of the question ; a They are now ready for the market. In this la< 1U can 
this point may be gathered from the following man j n d ee d may be « despatched for medical sta t e we see them for sale on the stalls in our 0Vf U GD ? . m 
reply of an Eastern Railroad Superintendent aid> ” There are now no public singers at tav- cities, and hawked about the streets.” rUD a m \ 6 m S . 
size and construction seem to have little influ- 3 ^ a er, ana ne win meet you wiu. « 8 u- 
ence, nor has comparative strength, although ^nt; threaten him, and he will meet you 
one body giving any quantity of motion to blowforblow;againstfutureinterestheadroit- 
another is said to lose so much of its own. The ly balances present pleasure The human heart 
sloth is by no means a small animal, and yet it vises against severity, while it is soothed by 
can travel only fifty paces in a day; a worm gentlenesses the waves of the ocean rise m 
crawls only five inches in fifty seconds ; but a proportion to the violence of the winds, and 
lady bird can fly twenty millions times its sink with the breeze, until it becomes a gentle 
to the conductor of a train :—“How long shall 
I wait at-station for the up train?” “ Wait, 
ern dinners ; they are “ the professional gentle¬ 
men ; and actors are all “professors of the his- 
own length in less than an hour. An elk can 
run a mile in seven minutes. An antelope can 
run a mile in a minute ; the wild mule of Tar- 
zephyr, into mildness and serenity. Was it not 
Fenelon who said :—“ True piety has in it noth¬ 
ing weak, nothing sad, nothing constrained. It 
Peter Gott, too, found the mackerel a rather tary has a speed even greater than that; and enlarges the heart, it is simple, free, and attrac- 
sir,until the axletreesof your car-wheels have rusted t r j on j c art,” Widows are scarce; they are all 
off; then get a new supply, and wait till they “j n terestiug relics;” and as for nursery maids. 
queer fish: 
an eagle can fly eighteen leagues in an hour ; 
rust off. So, let the teacher wait until the they are nowadays universally transformed into 
solid walls of his school-room shall crumble to «y 0UDg persons who superintend the junior 
decay, before proceeding with any sort of ex- branc hes of the family.”— N. 0. Picayune. „ . . ... n 
ercises in a disorderly school. Neither readiug __ often, move m immense bodies, appaiently | 
nor spelling, algebra nor philosophy, are mat- characx-ers in writing filling the ocean for miles in extent. They are 
ters of such infinite consequence that they are _ found near the surface. Sometimes they will 
to be taught at the expense of martyrdom of The characters of writing have followed the take tbe book with the greatest eagerness.— 
everything else valuable. genius of the barbarous ages; they are well or other times not a mackerel will bite for 
But we have one method to suggest, by way ill formed, in proportion as the sciences have da Y s > although millions of them are visible in 
of securing and maintaining this order, and we flourished more or less. Antiquaries remark, the water. When they are in toe mood-for 
then dismiss the topic. It is the imperative, that the medals struck during the consulship of taking the bait, ten, twenty, anil even thirty 
“The habits of these fish are very peculiar, and a canary falcon can even reach two hun- 
and although they have been taken in im- dred and fifty leagues in the short space of six- 
mense numbers for three-quarters of a century, teen hours.— Selected. 
their habits are not well understood. They -- 
Let us pause, then, before we consent to listen 
dred and fifty leagues in the short space of six- to those who would make it appear otherwise, 
teen hours.—Reefed. Believe us, nothing unpleasant belongs to true 
_ 4 , ^_ religion, though some spiritual cooks have done 
CHARACTERS IN WRITING. 
the word “cash.” their best to render it unsavory. Some people 
- seem to think that parade and show are indis- 
There can be but little doubt, that the word pensable accompaniments to religious worship, 
cash is derived from the Italian cassa, the chest and thus bedeck their temples and establish 
in which Italian merchants kept their money, e l abo rate ceremony in connection with such 
as do at the present time the Spaniards in their serT i ce . But let them remember that the two 
caja, and the Portuguese in their caxa, and the grea t ingredients of God’s revealed gospel are 
French in their caisse. l ove and charity, both of which lose their glory 
The application of the word cash to money is when heralded by ostentation. We know that 
, , r r- . 1 . , ’ -p, , . T-, * . , i-oio V. f A ; barrels are taken bv a single vessel in a few The application of the word cash to money is wlien heralded oy ostentation, ive xnow mai 
never-ceasing duty of the teacher to provide Fabius Pictor, a b°ot 240years before Augustus, banels sxe taken by £ £ a ltogethei English, it not having a correspond- some will adduce most logical reasons in favor 
everv child with somethina to do. All of the have the letters better formed than those of an Hours, iney usuaiij uaemusi 6 . 6 ’ _ ° . 1 . ,, , , . .. • 
cin^.bnnr, nf blass lit.h tbe older date. Those of the time of Auffustus. ter sunrise in the morning and toward sunset ing term in any other European language. of the mode that we decry , but t J P 7> 
of attention, in comparison with, and in con- it is not to medals only that these remarks are 
nection with, all other duties and lessons. It applicable ; we see the same inferiority of writ- 
stead of cassa (chest,) entries in the cash-book, j tain, such things are pleasant enough to the 
(it should be chest book) are made in English eye, but their true use is to keep out the light. 
The Dead Child.— Few things appear so 
beautiful as a young child in its shroud. The 
is, indeed, scarcely safe to leave this to the op- 
study-hours of each class, with the specific time older date. Those of the time of Augustus, ter sunrise in tne morning ana towaru sunset “S “ ujr 7 “, 7 6 7T : , 7 riCl t 
f , i i a f i‘n tbp pvertino- Thev all cease to bite about Cash having been so inconsiderably adopted in- not sound reason. Like a gilded window cur- 
set for the preparation of each lesson, should be and of the following age, show characters of in the evening, iney an cease to one aoout s / fi . _, v tn 
_ j . 1 ,, . 4 - mi c tv i is-»r tVip simp time as if tliev wq re actuated, by a stead, of cassa (cliest,) entries in tlie cash-booK, tain, such things are pleasant enough to tne 
most carefully and judiciously arranged by each perfect beauty. Those of Diocletian, and Max- tne same time, as u uiey >vere aouuai,eu uy a v v v i in rtw. 1 i(»W 
, t. ■ -ii i . . . . n , .i - ,, , common immilse Thev are easilv frio-htened, (it should be chest book) are made in English eye, but theii tiue use is to keep out the tig t. 
teacher. It is idle to expect that the simple lmian are worse formed than those of the An- common impulse, mguieueu, v •_ J 0 , ,, 
announcement of a lesson to young children tonines; and again, those of the Justins and and tb en descend into deep water. It coun mg mises in p S ,7 , 7‘ e ec e ■ ___ 
will be sufficient to insure its proper proportion Justinians degenerate into a Gothic taste. But has often happened that a eet o vesse s as as l ’ anc "for what is mil intv t D P Few things 
of attention, in comparison with' and in con- it is not to medals only that these remarks are been lying off the Cape a mile or two from and not the mone^is Dr for what put The Dead Ch _ th ings.appear^so 
nection with, all other duties and lessons. It applicable ; we see the same inferiority of writ- shore, in the midst of a school of mackerel and it, an i. oi • ® aU 1 U as a _ «m b limelv Simula 
is, indeed, scarcely safe to leave this to the op- ten characters generally following in the train taking them rapidly upon their decks, when Great mischief has too often arisen, as is well little innocent face looks so sublimely simple 
tion of the older pupils in any school. If not of barbarism and ignorance. During the first the firing of a gun or the blasting of the rock known in bankrupt courts, from tie misuse of and confiding amidst the cold terrors of death 
absolutely required, the practice should be race of our kings, we find no writing which is would send every mackerel fathoms deep in the the word cash, in which large deficiences often Crimeless and fearless that littlei mortal has 
very strongly recommended, to the most ma- not a mixture of Roman and other characters. as though they had been converted into appear and which would not be the case, if the passed alone under the shadow^ J here is death 
ture students, to have fixed hours for preparation Under the empire of Charlemagne and of Louis so many pigs of lead ; and perhaps it would word chest were used as it oug t to e. nstea in its su imes an pure ‘fi ’ ( . 7 
for each recitation. With all the younger pu- le Debonnaire, the characters returned almost be some hours before they would re-appear. of the cash account in the Ledger, it s ou be no ypoensy, no su jac o , n 
pils, we regard this, in connection with what to the same point of perfection which charac- Th ey are caught most abundantly near the chest account; but we have yet much to learn row ever darkened that little ace 
has been previously said respecting communi- terized them in the time of Augustus, but in the «bore, and very rarely out of sight of the in England regarding mercantile book-keep- come iovmgly upon it, therei is Bg e 
cations, as a sort of starting-point to future sue- following age there was a relapse to the former land ’” _^_ mg.— Note s and Queries. * _ or^ ms °J fled . f J the prattle and 
cess. Oh io Journal of Education. barbarism; so that for four or five centuries we SuRxAMES _ The Registrar . Geaeral Fhty-two.—T his is a remarkable number.- smile-all the little world of thoughts that were 
v _ „ And only the Go c ciaracters in manuscripts, estimates that tbere are nearly forty thou8and Did the reader ever notice it ? The five books so delightful-are gone forever. Awe, too, will 
Yale College. From the tiienmal cata- foi it is not wor i e a ng an exception surnames in En gland. It is estimated of Moses were written fifteen hundred and overcast us in its presence, for the lonely voy- 
logue of Yale College, lust published, it ap- for some short periods, which were somewhat e e b ... . . . ,, . , f ci mn ip nnH trust 
Jars tliat the total number of alumni is G.497, more polished, and when there was less inele- lhat among these there are 51 000 fam.hesbear- fifty-two ye ars before the present mode of com- ager ; or the ' ha ® f ^° 1“th„ ”n d 
of whom 3,311 are deceased, and 3,186 are lie- ganco in the formation of the letters-AManpe, ‘"E «■<» Smith and 50,000 bearing the puling time. The building of Rome was com- ing, into ^\inedom o^ hMTen - 
y-.f ,, . , . rr . , • i< j, Tifpvnt-u** name of Jones. The Smiths and Joneses alone menced seven hundred and fifty-two years be- of such, we know, is the kingdom ot heaven. 
Great mischief has too often arisen, as is well little innocent face looks so sublimely simple 
of the cash account in the Ledger, it should be no hypocrisy, no suspicion, no care for the mor- 
JLfeuuunaiie, tnu ciiaiactcio ictuiucu ttiuiuat . j -l 
to the same point of perfection which charac- The N are caa S ht most abundantly near the chest account; but we have yet much to learn row ever darkened that little face eaj as 
terized them in the time of Augustus, but in the shore, and very rarely out of sight of the in England regarding mercantile book-keep- come lovingly upon ^ ’ J er eJ8 not g c e 
__._ land.” in v.—Notes and Queries. or harsh in its victory. The yearnings of love. 
,nd." ing .—Notes and Queries. 
English Surnames. —The Registrar-General Fifty-two. —This is a remarkable number.— 
indeed, cannot be stifled ; for the prattle and 
smile—all the little world of thoughts that were 
pears that the total number of alumni is 6,497, more polished, and when there was less inele- 
of whom 3,311 are deceased, and 3,186 are liv- gance in the formation of the letters.— Melange, 
ing. Of this number 1,661, or nearly one in d'Histoire ct de Literature. 
every four, have been ministers, 741 of whom - 
are living. In addition to the alumni of the A learned writer says 
of such, we know, is the kingdom of heaven.— 
are supposed to include about a million of the fore the same event. Julius Cmsar made the Selected. 
are living.* In addition to the'alumni of the A learned writer says of books:-“ They are population “ In an average it seems that 1 first inroad into Great Britain years B. 
college proper, 26 have taken the degree of masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, person in /3 is a Smith, 1 in /6 a Jones, l m 1U C.,and the kingo ri am was came m e ains 
O r v r > o i i/ Qo TqttW 1 IfiOo Dor oo bn T?nmp A D fifhi.f.inn Oonatantinonlft was 
Virtue.— The creations of the sculptor may 
mould into dust; the wealth of the bard may 
ber of those who have received degrees from you blunder, they do not scold; if you are ig- Aitection,Alabaster,niioones, awkwatu, u>aoy, 
the college is 7,896. The largest class that norant, they do not laugh at you. Bolster, By (the shortest Eng is name,) am- 
ever graduated was that of 1847, which mm. -—- Cor P se ' D T a jW e !'- E.ghteen Fowls, Fussy, 
bered 123 ; while that of the present year num- AproisTMENT.— George R. Perkins has been GlD - Hogsflesh, Idle, Jelly, Kiss, Lumber, Mud- 
bers 93, which is nearer the average number, appointed Professor of Mathematics in the Iowa dle > Nutbrown, Officer, 1 ocket, Qiunce, babbit, 
About 70 young men have been admitted to State University. Prof. Perkins was formerly Sanctuary, Tombs, Unit, Y ulgar, Y addle, e - 
the new Freshman Class, and a large number connected with the New York State Normal low and Zeal.— Critic. 
are awaiting their examination at the end of School, and was at one time its principal. 
the summer vacation. ’ —-- Catable of thoughts so exalted, so far above 
-^-.-4- A good education is the foundation of hap- the earth we dwell on, why suffer any to de- 
Inform yourself, and instruct others. piness. press and anguish you ? 
Affection, Alabaster, Allbones, Awkward, Baby, England in seventeen hundred and fifty-tico.- ^oi ine warrior oi» m, 
Bolster, By (the shortest English name,) Cam- The highest Egyptian pyramid is four hundred by the recou mg minstre s, e oj.es may e 
omile, Corpse, Dagger, Eighteen, Fowls, Fussy, and fifty-two feet in height.— Selected. disappointed, but that which a o 
> r 7 oo ° 7 j j w r. ya A olY^rla o nrlnr’tr armiTin t h p. na afiP— 
aud fifty-two feet iu beight.-&fal«I. disappointed, but that which hallows the cot- 
J __ tage and sheds a glory around the palace— 
tt a , »f virtue— shall never decay. It is celebrated 
How many, adorned with all the rarities of of God _ lt „ wrllt » on the pil- 
mtellect, have stumbled on the entrance into of te 7 ven> md refleotaddo „ t0 earth. 
low and Zeal.— Critic . life, and have made a wrong choice on the very s 
-♦«■»•- thing which was to determine their course for- - 4—4 
Catable of thoughts so exalted, so far above ever ! This is among the reasons, and, perhaps Divine light is not as the light of the moon, 
the earth we dwell on, why suffer any to de- is the principal one, why the wise and the hap- to sleep by ; but as the light of the sun, to 
press and anguish you ? py are two distinct classes of men. work by. 
