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MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
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EDUCATION PAYS. 
Freeman Hunt, in a late number of his in¬ 
valuable Magazine, affords a powerful argu¬ 
ment in favor of educating the youth of our 
land. It is to be regretted that there should 
ever be any necessity for using such kind of 
argument, but as there are in the "world a great 
many men who measure all things—even their 
professed religion—by the “ Almighty Dollar,” 
the article will result in good. Aside from 
that, it is one of interest, from its calculation, 
and will be read with much pleasure. We 
have only room for a brief extract, which goes 
to show how much a man costs—what he is 
worth—what is his real money or commercial 
value, and what per-centage an education, if 
given him, pays on the original investment.— 
Mr. Hunt says : 
The average cost, with interest, of raising 
any person to the age of twenty-one, will equal 
$1,000—this is invested—what is the invest¬ 
ment worth ? It will cost $100 a year to sup¬ 
port him. 
To this body add a mind, and in what an ex¬ 
traordinary ratio has the person’s value been 
raised. He can now' earn, suppose $300 a year 
—lhat equals $400 above the value of the idiot, 
which is to be set down to the credit of mind. 
How add education, perfecting him from birth 
to maturity, and what can he earn ? Is $1,000 
per year too much to allow? That is $700 
more more than the uneducated man is allowed; 
and how highly must we rate the expense of , 
education ? It could not average $700, which 
therefore yields 100 per cent. People usually 
count the cost of growth and sustenance of the ' 
body as part of the expense of education ; but 
this should never be done ; a clear distinction ' 
should always be made between the expenses 
to be charged to the body and those to be 
charged to the mind ; and as clear a distinction 
should be made in case of the credits, for at 
once some very practical truths would be thus 
exhibited. 
Perhaps the following table will present the 
truth in a conspicuous manner : 
Body costs, up to 21 years,.$1,000 
Mind costs, up to 21 years,...1,000 
Education, up to 21 years,. 700 
Body costs, after that,..$100 per year. 
Mind gains, after that,. 300 per year. 
Education gains, after that,.1,000 per year. 
It is also to be noticed that the uneducated 
man is more valuable in middle age than in 
advanced yeais, but the educated man grows 
more valuable as years increase, so that if he 
begin life with a sum representing the interest 
of $10,000, he will find his income to double 
quite as soon as if his capital were in gold. 
These figures are not fanciful; they are, of 
course, a certainty given for an uncertainty, and 
merely for illustration ; they may be exchanged 
for any other to please any caviller, but any 
fair test of the truth will prove that education 
will pay more than 100 per cent, upon its cost. 
It would appear, then, that any man who 
would reckon up his investments, must, to 
what he has in lands, cattle, implements, <fcc„ 
add at least $1,000 for every mature child he 
has raised, and if he has added to the child a 
good education, he has changed this otherwise 
unprofitable investment into a fortune of not 
less than $10,000. Now, every principle of 
commercial economy would dictate that we 
should add a little investment if we can there¬ 
by save the whole, and much more readily 
should we do it if we can turn the whole into 
the most profitable of all investments. And 
what investment is there which will pay as 
will brain, mind and education combined ? 
A POPULAR ERROR. 
One of the most common and fatal mistakes 
made by ardent friends of education, is the in¬ 
dulgence of unreasonable hopes, and the main¬ 
tenance of extravagant views as to what they 
can effect by means of it. It is often supposed 
that great results can be produced in a single 
term of twelve or fifteen weeks. Both teacher 
and committee aim at this rapid mode of man¬ 
ufacture. True education is that which aims at 
the slow and healthy growth of the mind—the 
incorporation into it of principles and the for¬ 
mation of tastes and habits, the full value of 
which will appear only after mature years 
have developed their tendencies. The highest 
and best parts of education are incapable of 
exhibition. The show made at the close of a 
term is well enough to amuse children and their 
fond parents, but is often like that of newly 
dressed pleasure grounds, adorned with trees 
and shrubs fresh from the nursery, having a 
show of vitality in the foliage, though as yet 
drawing no sap from the root. Such frostwork 
at the school-room is soon dissolved, and gen¬ 
erally passes away with the occasion. All at¬ 
tempts at such premature results of education 
are entirely useless, and yet our system of em¬ 
ploying teachers by the term renders it almost 
necessary for a teacher who is ambitious of dis¬ 
tinction, to lay his plans for that kind of super¬ 
ficial culture and mechanical drill which can 
be produced in a few weeks, and shown off as 
evidence of marvellous skill.— President Sears. 
The Pleasure ok Learning. — A child has a 
number of faculties. Does he come into the 
world with a disinclination to use them ? No : 
he delights to use them ; and every time he 
uses them, he feels more inclination to do so.— 
The mind is ready to work, only let the work 
be suited to his capacity. Lay open the aven¬ 
ues to knowledge, make your steps sure, and 
labor will then be its own reward. 
GRAMMAR, RHETORIC AND LOGIC. 
AN ALLEGORY. 
These three elegant, ornamental and much 
admired arts, upon which many of the most 
learned, profound and eloquent writers have 
treated, although not immediately connected, 
have a visible and essential intercourse with 
each other. One very peculiar circumstance 
in regard to these arts is, that while they treat of 
different things, all have one common point to 
which they tend; and all beautifully assist and 
harmonize with each other : so that they may, 
with a considerable degree of propriety, be 
styled the Graces. Under the allegory of their 
constructing a building, or temple, which is 
Language, we shall attempt to introduce some 
of their qualifications. 
Grammar, although not habited in so fascina¬ 
ting a costume as the other two sister Graces, 
possesses yet the most desirable and essential 
qualities ; and her aid lost, the very symmetry 
of the building would be destroyed, and the 
labor of Rhetoric and Logic would be useless. 
It is she that gives the delicate, well propor¬ 
tioned and beautiful appearance to the fabric. 
True, she is not the disposer of these elegancies; 
but she is apparently — for by her rules the 
sisters are guided. Whatever they perform 
brings into operation some of her rules, and 
they are always under her direction, or her 
power and influence. She teaches the connec¬ 
tion between the various parts, but especially 
the more minute and delicate. She is not the 
despiser of what is gay and fanciful; still she 
delights in plainness and propriety, and is will¬ 
ing that the other more beautiful ornaments be 
added by her sisters. 
It is the province of that bold, commanding, 
and coy sister, who delights in the most in¬ 
tricate parts, to afford much of the material for 
construction, at least the most solid part of it. 
The cement, that is, reason—the rafters and 
supporters, which are the powers and opera- 
I.et us go 
E’en to the house of God ; thither the sire 
With white locks—and the sweet-lipped innocent, 
i The bright-eyed maiden and the young man 
n Are turning with willing feet. God bless them all t 
; And now within the simple church they sit, 
And the devout pastor—in a voice 
8 Of richest melody—pleadeth with Heaven 
J In touching earnestness. There seems almost 
The atmosphere of Heaven within these walls. 
The hymn of praise he reads with felt accent; 
And the untrameled choir hears it aloft 
With tones of beauty up to Heaven’s high courts, 
Christ is the theme ! and many an eye is wet 
With the sweet tale of Jesus’ love and suffering*. 
The benediction— 
Then they turn to homes of holy quiet, and 
When the night shuts in, with hearts all full of 
Heavenly influences, and aspirations new, 
They go to slumber in all peacefulness, 
While guardian angels watch around their beds. 
September, 1856. Winxib. 
THE WISE IN HEART. 
This pbrase is met with nowhere except in 
•L* ^ S AGASSIZ. the Bible. Like other phrases of the “holy 
- --- men of old,” it has a deep and peculiar signifi- 
There areU'ew men who commaud more re-1 and they are gradually obtaining the credence cance. It describes not the learned, not the 
spect than the subject of our present sketch, of the scientific and thoughtful in vestigator of gifted, not the profound, not the man of knowl- 
Louis Agassiz. His attainments in the exact truth, and will, we doubt not, do a great work edge, nor the man of intellect; but it describes 
sciences are equalled by only a moiety of those for science, in shaking the old foundations ot the man of pure intent and simple faith ; the 
called scientific; his philosophy is manly and error as taught in the schools of the world. man who loves the truth and the right; the 
discriminating; untrammeled by scholastic Mr. Agassiz has been a resident of the Uni- man who walks straight onward in the path of 
tions of reasoning—form the greatest part of called scientific; his philosophy is manly and error as taught in the schools of the world. man who loves the trulh and the right; the 
the temple • and they are applied by such nice discldminatin g > untrammeled by scholastic Mr. Agassiz lias been a resident of the Uni- man who walks straight onward in the path of 
and exact rules, that she alone presides over rules ’ seeking unexplored regions for light aud ted States for nearly a dozen years—having duty, assured that it ends prosperously, because 
that part of the work. She gives strength and trutl L andrespecting no opinion merely because become a naturalized citizen. After pursuing his Father bids him walk therein. This is 
permanency to the building and: adds such d,s antiquity, or on account of the array of his investigations into the natural history of our heart-wisdom, in comparison with which all 
qualities that men are persuaded she is one of g reat names upholding it, but causing ail opin- country from Lake Superior to the Atlantic, head-wisdom is mere folly. Not that head- 
the most valuable and learned architects She * ons and speculations to bear the ordeal of rea- and from the Rocky Mountains to the Passama- wisdom is useless, but it needs to be associated 
has not the immediate power of feasting the son ’ particular sphere, (if we confine Mr. quoddy, he accepted the chair ot natural his- with heart-wisdom, and to be subject to it. Let 
eve but she has the power of pleasiu^ the ^’ to one,) in which, he excels is that of the tory aud science in the University at Cam- science explore the skies, and pierce the earth, 
thinking mind Her portion of the fabric ^ afcura l 18t , aQ d to him more, probably, than to bridge, Massachusetts, which he occupied until and question nature every where, and bring to 
,, * ,■«; i * any other, is the world indebted for knowledge called to assume the duties of “ professor of light all the secrets of existence; let history 
of Rhetoric were often seen giving elegance obtained in this department of science. comparative anatomy m the University of unfold the record of past ages, and teach lessons 
° ° a T_ __1_TTr.. _ _ Srmtli ComlinQ oTnorinnno • lot art witll Wdn d Pr. Wfivkl D CT 
and dignity to the structure. 
Rhetoric is the slightest, most fascinating, 
and the most beautifully attired of the Graces. 
She does not dwell upon the solid material, 
except to bring it to a certain exquisite smooth¬ 
ness. Into her hands, the temple is last com¬ 
mitted, and it is her chief care to give it a 
beautiful polish, and to fashion it correctly ; 
and in fashioning it correctly, she is always 
assisted by her sister Grammar ; and they often 
act in concert ; while Logic, who delights to 
Louis Agassiz was born at Orbe, in YYaatlan- j Charleston, South Carolina. 
of experience; let art, with wonder-working 
de, Switzerland, in 1807. His father was pas- Mr. Agassiz has won the respect and esteem power, analyze aud combine whatever science 
tor to the church of his native village. In of all who know him. His urbaiiit.y of manner has discovered or shall discover ; there is still 
early childhood he manifested a deep love of and his cordial whole-heartedness have gained a higher wisdom than this—it is the wisdom 
knowledge, and eagerly listened to the instruc- dim hosts of friends, while his unremitting la- which teaches man his duty, discovers to him 
tive conversation of his father, or read such hors have contributed valuable mines of wealth the springs of happiness, and condi cts him 
books as could satisfy his hunger for knowledge, to the scientific arcana of America. through the valleys of humility and penitence, 
As he grew up, he exhibited a passion for nat- -- to the true life, not of the spirit only, but oi the 
ural history, and would spend whole days THE DAILY LIFE OF MILTON. body also. 
among the crags and ravines of his wild moun- ~ . ”*■*'*" 
tain home, seeking out the curious manifesta- I* his mode ot living, Milton, as might be The Pure Spirit.— 1 The springs of everlast- 
act in concert ; wnue Dogic, wno aengii s to f the natural world and tran ted with anticipated, was moderate and temperate. At ing i ife are within. There are clear streams 
meditate, steals as unobserved away, to tlnak j . henevel . a new , Mt _ „ „„ we , rocb _ „ r his meals he never trek much of wine or any “y from the depth, of the soul, and 
in silent solitude. Rhetoric charms the eye J J . , ,, other fermented liauor and he was not fa«tidi- „ , „ ,. , , , 
... ,. . . ,. , \ fossil rewarded his untiring zeal. At the age omei ‘ermenieu uquor, aim ne was nou ia ucu flowing out to enliven the sphere of outward 
and allures the imagination; she ornaments „ , _ , . 0 ns in his food - vet bis taste seems to havp . , „ , ... ,, , ,, 
(1 _ ..U „11 fi.JL „;n of eleven he was sent to the gymnasium at Biel, ^ us la existence. But like the waters of Siloath, they 
where, such was his proficiency, that, in 1822, 
and allures the imagination ; she ornaments 
the work with all those things which will give 
it neatness, and sometimes adds very gaudy 
been delicate aud refined, like his othei senses, 
aud he had a preference for such viands as were 
‘go softly.” You must listen to catch the sil- 
10 surnames auus veiy gauuy he was promoted lo the academy of Lausanne, and he naa a prererence mr sucn v.anasas were tones of the little rill as it glides along, 
garniture. She binds us to her by an irresisti- From ^ lace be was transferred to the Uni- of an agreeable flavor. In his early years be witness its silent march; but its 
ble attraction ; she persuades of the beauty ^ at Zurich> where he studied medicine • used t0 8it ll P lilte at his stlldles ; and P erta P s course will be seen in the fresh verdure and the 
and harmony of the structure, and steals una- ^ ^ ^ gciences> Re ^ ^ he continued this practice while Lis sight was - fl 0 wers-its presence will be known 
wares over the sense. She is the most charm- .j . i...,v:. - i. j- 1 
ing of this beautiful trio. 
SMART CHILDREN. 
versity at Zurich, where he studied medicine 
and the exact sciences. He then entered the 
famous schools in Munich and Heidelberg, 
where he spent two years in the study of com¬ 
parative anatomy and its kindred sciences, par- 
used to sit up late at his studies ; and perhaps 
he continued this practice while his sight was 
good ; but in bis latter years, he retired every 
night at nine o’clock, and lay till four in sum¬ 
mer, till five in winter; and, if not disposed 
by forms of life and beauty that gather around 
it. It is thus with the pure spirit. You may 
Dot hear its “still small voice,” or heed its si- 
ticular chemistry ; taking from the last-named '^ ea to r * se ’*' ad oue tu at 5lis ^ ed ‘ lent aspirations ; but it has a moral strength 
side and read to him. 'When he rose, he had a 
A child of three years of age, with a book institution the degree of M. D. ZTJIhZw Bible«Idfor himTnd and a infl “ eDCe is fet a ™ nd 
in its infant hands, is a fearful sight. It is too While pursuing his studies, and immediately with of course the imerventiou of break The wilderness 13 made to s “ de ln lt8 P resence 
often the death-warrant, such as the condemned after taking his degree, Agassiz devoted himself till twelve. He then dined, took aQ( | f De * ^ ^ ^ ^ 
stupidly looks at fatal, yet beyond his com- to the study of the natural history of the pis- ^ eX( ,. cise for an hour-generally in a chair- aud flouns h lorever ’ ^ ^ _ 
prehension. What should a child three years catory tribes; and such was the thorough man- j q wllich he used lo swius? himseli-aud after- w , 
old—nay, five or six years old—be taught?- ner in which he pursued this branch of science, wards la d ou tbe orgau or the bass-viol,and ? nAT ?. WE y T °. 1 he lat< 
Strong meats for weak digestions make not that Martins asked his aid in publishing an ac- ed ber san«- himself or made bis wife sing, who emluent English Judge, Sir Allen I ark, onc< 
bodily strength. Let there be nursery tales count of the fishes discovered by Spix in the had a good voice but no ear. He then resumed said at a public meeting : 
and nursery rhymes. I would say to every Brazilian waters. The work of arranging and . . ti n • d . Qm ^ ^ b m . e ip-bt YY e live in the midst of blessings till we ar< 
ami nursery rnyraes. i wouiu say io every Drazu.au v™ u. *uu his studies till S ; X) from wh ich hour till eight 
parent, especially every mother, sing to your classifying the one hundred and sixteen species hg conyersed with tLose who came to visit him. 
children ; tell them pleasant stories ; if in the of fishes winch Spix had discovered fell entirely ^ ^ tQok light smoked a pipe 
country, be not too careful lest they get a little upon our young naturalist, and so faithfully did Qf tobacc0j and drank a g ] ass of wa ter, after 
dirt upon their hands and clothes; earth is very he execute his duties that lie has as yet had no whi(jh he retired t0 rest .-KnigMey's Milton. 
much akin to us all, and in children’s out-of- occasion for a reclassification. Having finished _^ 0 _ 
door plays, soils them not inwardly. There is this great work, he published his “Natural His- MADAME IDY PFEIFFER 
in it a kind of consanguinity between all crea- tory of Fresh-water Fishes in Europe,” both _ 
tures ; by it we touch upon the common sym- antediluvian aud since. This was in 1839, and a phurfspovdent of the Alltremeine Zeituns'. 
tures; by it we touch upon the common sym 
patny of our first substance, and beget a kind 
A correspondent of the Allgemeine Zeitung, 
What we owe to Christianity. —The late 
eminent English Judge, Sir Allen Park, once 
said at a public meeting : 
YVe live in tbe midst of blessings till we are 
utt erly insensible of their greatness, and of the 
source whence they flow. We speak of our 
civilizatiou, our arts, our freedom, our laws, and 
forget entirely how large a share is due Christ¬ 
ianity. Blot Christianity out of man’s history, 
and what could his laws have been, what his 
civilization ? Christianity is mixed up with 
our very being and our very life. There is not 
the work was executed with the most thorough writing from Vienna, May 21, says:-“ Mad- a ibmiliar object around you which does not 
ness for our poor relations, the brutes. Let completeness. At the same time he gave to the ame Ida Pfeiffer, the indefatigable traveler, will w ^ar a different aspect, because the light of 
children have a free, open air sport, aud fear not world his “ Researches on Fossil Fishes” aud ce i e brate her fifty-ninth birthday next Octo- Christian love is on it—not a law which does 
though they make acquaintance with the pigs, his “Descriptions of Eckinodermes.” YFL.le ■ - r— o —1:_ — i mt, nw« its truth and s-entlenessto Christianity 
She left Vienna for Munich, Berlin and owe its truth and gentleness to Christianity 
the donkeys, and the chickens ; they may form engaged on his work on fossil fishes, a friend p ar i S) an d from there it is-her wish to sail for —not a custom which cannot be traced, in all 
woise friendships with wiser-looking ones.— sent him a scale which he had exhumed from tbe Xslancl of Madagascar, or should the con- its holy and healthful parts, to the gospel. 
Encourage a familiarity with all that love them; the chalk formations near the city of Paris. On templated French expedition put any obstacles -- 
dumb animals love children, aud children love this slender foundation he undertook to draw a j u k be wa y, she will leave in the English steam- A Black Cloud. —A black cloud makes the 
them. There is a language among them which portrait of the fish, long extinct, to which it er f or ^ b e East Indies, to pay a visit to the less traveler mend his pace, and mind his home ; 
the world’s language obliterates m the elders, had once belonged, giving a description of its knowu regions of the Indian Archipelago.”— whereas a fair day and a pleasant way waste 
It is of more importance that you should make habits, fixing its place in the piscatory family, „ j u taking my leave of this wonderful lady," his time, and that stealeth away his affections 
your children loving than that you should make etc., etc., aud sent his paper to the Academy oi 8ays tbe correspondent, “ 1 remarked in her in the prospect of the country. However oth- 
them wise. Above all things, make them lov- Arts and Sciences in Paris, where it was pub- r oom a chest resembling those boxes which our ers may think of it, yet I take it as a mercy, 
ing; aud then, parents, if you become old aud lished in their scientific journal. Five years city ladies use to pack their provisions in if that now aud then some clouds come between 
poor, these will be better than friends that will after this, that same friend had the good fortune th e y to make pic-nic excursions into the me and my sun, and many times some troubles 
neglect you. Children brought up lovingly at to discover a perfect fossil of the same fish ; and country. I asked Madame Pfeiffer if the box do conceal my comforts; for I perceive, if I 
neglect you. Children brought up lovingly at to discover a perfect fossil of the same fish ; aud 
your knees, will never shut their doors upon so perfect had been his drawing of the same, 
was a part of her traveling equipage ; aud she should find too much friendship in my inn, in 
you, and point where they would have you go. that there was no necessity of altering a single answered me that this chest contained all her my pilgrimage, I should soon forget my father’s 
— Blackivood's Magazine. line. dresses, straw hats, linen, books aud other home, and my heritage.— Lucas. 
-- Not long after this, Mr. Agassiz gave to the necessary traveling complements for a three - 
The New York Teacher. — YVe learn that world his famous work, “Study of the Glaciers,’’ years’voyage. ‘This is my last yoy age,’she Sacred Days. Christians keep Sunday; 
this valuable Periodical lias passed into tbe in which he controverted the long-established added, morunfully, ‘ and if I come back it will Greeks, Monday; Persians, 1 uesday ; Assyri- 
handsof James Cruikshank, Esq., as Editor and theories of the creation, and the chaBges which be in order to look for a quiet place on earth, ans, YVednesday ; Egyptians,! hursday ; I urks, 
Publisher, retaining its usual board of Corres- the surface of the world has undergone since where I may patiently wait my last summons.’ Friday; Jews, Saturday. And each sect per- 
pondiug Editors from the State Teachers’ As- it acquired form aud place among the planets. The indefatigable Ida leaves us full of honors sists in tliinkiDg all who hesitate to adopt its 
sociatiou. Mr. C. is a young, energetic and His views startled the scientific and religious auddistinctious, but without much means. She peculiar day as their on n, guilty ol the most 
talented mau, aud will labor assiduously to world, and have by no means met with a gen- knows, however, the secret of making long voy- atrocious crime imaginable, 
retain and even increase the reputation and eral reception even among the savans of the ages at a small expense.” " 
usefulness of the Teacher. YY r e trust that school earth. But the modesty with which these - - Those who die young are like lambs which 
[officers, teachers and educationists generally views were launched upon the troubled sea of There is so great a charm in friendship, that the Alpine shepherds bear in their arms to 
will give their organ a liberal support. Pub-| science was equal to tbe courage and firmness there is even a kind of pleasure in acknowledg- higher, greener pastuies, that the llock may 
lished at Albany. with which he has ever since maintained them; ing ourself duped by the sentiment it inspires, follow. 
