FEB. 20. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
STATE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT. 
sides, tlie offence of dictation is very generally ag¬ 
gravated by the manner in which the supporters of 
a school choose to communicate their wilL In¬ 
stead of writing a respectful note, or calling on 
the teacher in person and proposing such changes 
, 7T . , as they believe proper, the usual course is to put 
In accordance with the requirements of the law ® ° f 3 
., r, • their wishes m the form of orders and entrust them 
callinsr upon the Superintendent of Public lnstruc- , , „ . .... 
r * TT w nvpr i^n to the memories and mouths of their children— 
tion for an Annual Report, H. H. Van Dyck, Lsq., . , , 
the present incumbent, submitted his to the Legis- Most teacbers have s P int enough to resent such 
Mure on the 5th nit The delay attending the messages, so conveyed, as an indignity to their 
organization of the Assembly retarded its accep- office - aild niany times they return an equally of- 
tance and prevented its publication until aboutthe f^sive answer. Thus the teacher feeling that his 
1 st inst As space will permit, we shall endeavor Porous have wantonly degraded him through his , 
to make such extracts as may be of general interest pupils, and the parents realizing only that their 
to our readers, and append that portion relative to cbildren bave been means °f conveying 
Y - i NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE. 
Our young friends are still ahead of us with 
' ^ lilt . interesting letters, and therefore, we have to con- 
-dense, as much as possible, so as to give a goodly 
~ - ,g ?r - number a hearing. Short, practical letters are 
'jii• • i|!what we like, such as will make us all wiser, or 
bettcr - In another number we will give a few hints 
about writing, particularly for the press. 
^ - LETTER FROM THE KKYSTONH STATE. 
iL r~M r. Editor:— 1 am one of the many, who are 
— —.-T.. ever anxious for the success of the Rural New- 
•' JyapP' <c? Yorker. I am not a subscriber to your paper, but 
my father is, and I do all I can to get subscribers, 
SION El OUSE. and very likely, in a short time, (if our efforts 
- do not fail,) we will send you a host of new 
Sion House, the residence of the Duke of Nor-1 jects within the domain. It is very wide, and ex- names. But, in reading the many letters that ap- 
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to our readers, and append that portion relative to y uuu, '- u ua,c ucc “ .- ■> ever anxious tor the success ot the Rural Nkw- 
fichool Districts, Attendance, Number of Pupils, *? 9ult to them > a mutual disllke anse9 Between par- Yorker. 1 am not a subscriber to your paper, but 
Teacher?, etc. The Superintendent says: ties w ^° ^ ave > P er ^ a P 8 » never seen each other, and my f a ^her is, and I do all I can to get subscribers, 
«The whole number of school districts in the bave no real cause ° f disa g reemcnt SION HOUSE. and very likely, in a short time, (if our efforts 
State, as per reports made on the first of January, Thcre 13 n0 class of workers who enter on their - do not fail,) wo will send you a host of new 
1857 is 11 857- same previous year, 11,798. In- Business with higher ambition, or more extrava- Sion House, the residence of the Duke of Nor- jects within the domain. It is very wide, and ex- names. But, in reading the many letters that ap- 
crease 59 ' ’ gant expectations of success, than teachers. They thumberland is situated about, an hour’s drive from tends a great distance, apparently almost as far as pear in your paper, we have never yet seen one 
Unfortunately some school districts omit to re- undertake to do not only their own work, but the London, on the north bank of the Thames. It was the eye can reach, and is as smooth as marble. On from Western Pennsylvania. And now as we set 
port at all (though the number of these is now work of their pupils. They strive to make their originally built in 1G05, but was rebuilt about a either side are Yews and Hollies that must have by our cozy little stove, let me pen a few facts to 
supposed to be few) and as some Commissioners own zeal recompense the lukewarmness of those century ago. It is one of the most princely estab- been planted many centuries ago, and probably you. We, of Washington County, Pennsylvania, 
have reported to this department only such dis- they are laboring to instruct They endeavor to lishments in the suburbs of London, containing gal- were among the first trees set out boast ourselves as unsurpassed by any others. In 
tricts as reported to them it is fair to assume that raakc thorough and labored explanation of difficult leries of magnificent works of art, parks, gardens, Mr. Barry, who visited this place in 1851 says:— point of intellectual improvement and agricultural 
there are P’000 districts'in the State, including points compensate the want of industry on the conservatories, and the finest fall grown specimens “ There are great lessons to be learned here, both in science, we defy the world. This is big talk, and 
the cities Exclusive of the cities, the districts in part of the learner. In the fond hope that they of choice and beautiful trees, some of them of morals and art, and it is now liberally thrown open, very likely wo will make some overwhelming illus- 
insult to them, a mutual dislike arises between par- Yorker. T am not a subscriber to your paper, but 
ties who have, perhaps, never seen each other, and my f a t±ic r is, and I do all I can to get subscribers, 
have no real cause of disagreement. SION HOUSE. and very likely, in a short time, (if our efforts 
There is no class of workers who enter on their - do not fail,) wo will send you a host of new 
business with higher ambition, or more extrava- Sion House, the residence of the Duke of Nor- jects within the domain. It is very wide, and ex- names. But, in reading the many letters that ap- 
gant expectations of success, than teachers. They thumberland is situated about, an hour’s drive from tends a great distance, apparently almost as far as pear in your paper, we have never yet seen one 
undertake to do not only their own work, but the London, on the north bank of the Thames. Tt was the eye can reach, and is as smooth as marble. On from Western Pennsylvania. And now as we set 
work of their pupils. They strive to make their originally built in 1005, but was rebuilt about a either side are Yews and Hollies that must have by our cozy little stove, let me pen a few facts to 
the rural territory of the State number as re- ... 
ported li 394 rapidity by anticipating and removing the dimcul- don for illustration in the Arboretum. Some idea Passing from the castle to the grounds we breathe the first quality, and our farmers are ever ready 
The reported number of persons, between the ties that lie in their way, teachers will spend them- of the magnificent style on which everything is freer. We are relieved from the deep and solemn to improve it more. Our sheep are very fine, and 
ages of 4 and 21 years in the rural districts, is, selves in endless talk, exhausting brain and body, conducted, may be given the reader by stating that thoughts that cannot be escaped in the midst of the number is great Yet we raise a great many 
858 499- same in the cities 35G272 Total 1214,- voice and lungs, and with what result? They find, the conservatory, a noble structure, fifty feet high, ancient portraits and objects that look down upon cattle, and they are ponderous fellows too. You 
771 Previous year total 1214113 Increase 658. at last, tinat it is useless to tell scholars what the and filled with the rarest plants, cost something like us from every wall and window, and speaking of would think they werc“little hills walking.over 
The fact that the report'of children of a school latter do not care to know—that the clearest reas- $160,000. The English nobility are very liberal, the past. We are among the majestic old trees; we the big hills,” were you here to to seo them. Why 
a^e in 1855 was 10 014 less than in 1854 and in the oning and the happiest illustration avail little un- and indeed, take pride in throwing open their have the noble avenues, the green lawn, gay bor- our fat sheep are taken away to New York, 
present report of 1856 the increase is so small in les3 met b 7 and taken into inquiring minds; and houses and grounds to visitors, and strangers can ders of flowers, and gushing fountains before us. and even there are pronounced to be the best 
proportion to the increase of the population of the that in undertaking to make good insufficient study at almost all times obtain admission. During the The Great Grape Vine is one of the lions of ever killed, or sold in the market. Our 
State, involves the supposition ol inaccuracy in By over-work in teaching, they have attempted an World’s Fair, in London, Sion House was thrown the place, and nobody thinks of going away until horses,—and what noble animals they are,—both 
the recent or former enumerations, or shows that impossibility. Nor is this system of instruction open to all, and formed one of the chief places of he has seen it On our way to it we pass through large and small, ugly and poor, are fast on the 
the system of local supervision latterly adopted without positive ill effects. Scholars who are nat- attraction. the “Private Garden.” Large Orange trees are the track. If a horse can’t trot a mile in three min- 
lias a restraining influence on the too prevalent urall 7 ambitious, and who take pride in engaging nAHrTON court. most remarkable objects. There are a couple of utes, we send him right off to some of the Eastern 
disposition to enhance this item of statistics, for with and overcoming difficulties unassisted, are al- Hampton Court was founded by Cardinal Wool- small green-houses, and a few rare plants called the States, perhaps to New York. But our running 
the purpose of drawing an undue proportion of raoat sure to abate somewhat their industry, and sey, and is looked upon as his monument The remains of Queen Mary's collection. The Great stock, beats the nation, and if it ain’t believed, just 
public money ° gradually fall into easy habits of study, when they history of its rise and progress presents some of Black Hamburg Grape Vine is specially exhibited come along and see. In the language of old Jaktih, 
The reported number of children attending the are long under the tuition of one who is willing to the most remarkable personages in English history, by the gardener, who receives a small fee from visi- “ a hoss is no hoss” if he don’t come under 2.30 to 
public schools, for a series of years, is as follows: spare them all severe exertion, and virtually en- Hero Henry the VIII, Queen Elizabeth, and tors. The house is seventy-two feet long and thir- the mile. Yet the greatest horse is the iron horse. 
lg53 lg54 ’ lg55 1856 courages them to yield to the slightest obstacles. Cromwell, held their brilliant levees and banquets, ty wide on the rafters, and this vine covers every Just now we hear him snort, and then he goes 
During the entire year, 13,391 3,925 7,598 7,934 But the greatest injury resulting from this style of and as the visitor examines the costly luxuries, the inch of the roof and is loaded in every part with right through some awful hill into some pleasant 
10 mos and less than 12 42,174 44,618 47,193 45,916 teaching falls on those who do not care to learn.— vast collection of exquisite works of art, the por- large perfect bunches of fruit. It has produced as valley, and the mystery is, lie’s always in a hurry. 
8 « “ 10 71,193 66,246 61,320 65,972 The teaching art does not consist merely in satis- traits that represent the features of these distin- much as 2,500 bunches. It is planted outside of A short distance from us rolls the peaceful waters 
6 “ “ 8 128,206 131,116 120,922 133,113 fying a thirst for knowledge where it already exists, guished persons, with their costumes and arms the the house at one corner, and is carried in through of the Ohio. Over her gentle waves glides the 
4 “ “ 6 177,957 180,956 183,288 182,654 b ut a j so j n cr eating a desire for it in the minds of mind is carried back to the days of old, and we the wall. It has no border of any kind, but ap- steamboat and canoe. But, changing the subject 
2 “ “ 4 212,110 219,151 205 ,.>07 the indifferent The former may be done by per- seem to live in the past. Hampton Court is situa- pears to be growing under the walks, and the gar- a little, we boys know how to hold a plow, and take 
Less than 2. !9tVU> 2io,->oo 204^668 9 » 10 gong 0 f or( ji na ry ability, provided they have suffi- ted in the small village of Hampton, about fifteen dener says it has received no manures, or dressing great delight in so doing, yet wo still learn how to 
part of the learner. In the fond hope that they of choice and beautiful trees, some of them of morals and art, and it is now liberally thrown open> very likely wo will make some overwhelming illus- 
shall bring forward their classes with singular world-wide renown, having been selected by Lou- and converted, as it were, into a public school.— trations; but we write the truth. Our stock is of 
HAMPTON COURT. 
Hampton Court was founded by Cardinal Wool- 
dersof flowers, and gushing fountains before us. and even there are pronounced to be the best 
The Great Grape Vine is one of the lions of ever killed, or sold in the market. Our 
the place, and nobody thinks of going away until horses,—and what noble animals they are,—both 
he has seen it On our way to it we pass through large and small, ugly and poor, are fast on the 
the “Private Garden.” Large Orange trees are the track. If ahorse can’t trot a mile in three min- 
most remarkable objects. There are a couple of utes, we send him right off to some of the Eastern 
small green-houses, and a few rare plants called the States, perhaps to New Y'ork. But our running 
1854 
1855. 
1856. 
3,925 
7,598 
7,934 
44,618 
47,193 
45,916 
66,246 
61,320 
65,972 
131,116 
120,922 
133,113 
180,956 
183,288 
182,654 
219,151 
205,507 
205,971 
210,500 
204,668 
191,175 
856,512 
830,491 
832,735 
are long under the tuition of one who is willing to the most remarkable personages in English history. | by the gardener, who receives a small fee from visi- “ a Boss is no hoss” if he don’t come under 2.30 to 
spare them all severe exertion, and virtually en- Hero Henry the VIII, Queen Elizabeth, and | tors. The house is seventy-two feet long and thir- the mile. Yet the greatest horse is the iron horse, 
courages them to yield to the slightest obstacles. Cromwell, held their brilliant levees and banquets, | ty wide on the rafters, and this vine covers every Just now we hear him snort, and then he goes 
Totals,.-. 844,186 856,512 830,491 832,735 : cient education; the latter calls for men and miles from London, and is one of the most inter- of any kind, for many years. The stem at about work better by reading the Rural. 
The reported number attending the public women of infinite resource and invention, 
schools in 1856, is: One of the greatest disadvantages that schools v >sit. Our engraving represents the center avenue I circumference, and the entire length about 120 feet. 
In the cities,.. 227,452 labor under is an insufficiency of teachers. Where in the gardens, and is one of the most beautiful ob- j It is truly an amazing production of this kind.” 
In the rural districts,. 605,283 a 8C hool of fifty or sixty pupils of various ages is _ . 
Tota] 832,735 under the instruction of a single teacher, the - rr T -v 
’. teacher’s time must necessarily be taken up with 
The average number of persons between the ages . , .. 
, . , , , , . . <. .. hearing recitations and giving brief explanations 
of 4 and 21 years in each school district of the h b ° 1 
, . , ,, ... . „„„„„„„ of them. Scholars often need assistance in learn- 
State, exclusive of the cities, is 76; the average . 
’ .... , , r 0 „ ing their lessons. The moment a difficulty occurs 
number attending school, 53, a fraction over tv\ 0 - . ° 
1 i„„„ is the most fortunate time to unravel it. Afterthe 
esting and instructive places that the traveler can three feet from the ground is about thirty inches in 
■ee feet from the ground is about thirty inches in Cross Creek, Pa., 1858. E. P; Gosdbn. 
cuniference, and the entire length about 120 feet. Our young friend, no doubt, lives in a very beau- 
is truly an amazing production of this kind.” tiful place, where the soil is fertile, the scenery 
beautiful, and, what is of still more importance, 
■; 1 the people arc intelligent, industrious, and virtu¬ 
ous, and consequently happy. In our travels over 
the world, we have seen many places where nature 
appeared to have done everything to insure the 
happiness of men, while these seemed to labor in¬ 
cessantly to defeat the kind designs of Providence, 
and we have often been led to quote the lines of 
Hebbr; 
“ Here every prospect pleases, 
And only man is vile.” 
A Toung Pluralist, in Ohio, sends on a good list 
of subscribers, and says ho would send more, but 
money is scarce, and ignorance plenty. This 
seems to be a rather common complaint, but grow¬ 
ing less, we hope. 
impton court. of Stark County, Ohio, says a great 
^ : - man y n j ce thiugg 0 f ug> we cause him a great 
INDIA. many happy thoughts. The Rural is the best pa¬ 
per he ever read for morals, education, beautiful, 
India is a country that has never belonged to its SO ul-stirring pieces, that make an impression upon 
State, exclusive of the cities, is 76; the average . ' . ‘ 
’ i 1 ro „ ing their lessons. The moment a difficulty occurs 
number attending school, 53, a fraction over two- . ° 
... , . , i.if a.™ is the most fortunate time to unravel it Afterthe 
thirds; but nearly one-half of these attended less ...... , . 
’ ., . ,__ - , . 1 , +l an pupil has contended with a hard problem or an 
than four months, and nearly one-fourth, less than f f . , 
, . . . , __. .... „„„ obscure passage till satisfied that he must have help 
two months. It is fair to presume that about one- 1 ,, , , . 
„ v„„- .„ to untie the knot, he will generally feel more m- 
third of the persons enumerated for a basis on ’ b . \ 
, . , . r ,, . . terest in the solution if it be given at once, than if 
which to apportion the school moneys, is made up ~ r. .. ’ ,, 
„ , postponed to the hour of recitation. Many times, 
of children too young to attend school, and of 1 *■ J ’ 
persons over 16 years of age, who have either at- to °- inablht 7 to understand some particular part 
tained a good common school education, or, from of the lesson prevente the scholar earning the re¬ 
engagement in the active pursuits of life, have binder of it so perfectly as he otherwise might, 
withdrawn from the public schools. So that if all Ba t where the patrons of a school do not choose 
those who attended school had attended the full to incur the expense of an extra teacher, a very 
school term, or even four months thereof, the edu- g° od substitute will be found by appointing certain 
cational prospects of the State would certainly be of the more advanced pupils to aid the younger 
. „ ones in traveling over the ground themselves have 
encouraging. ® _ .. ... „ , 
GARDEN SCENE AT HAMPTON COURT. 
A STREET IN THE CITY. 
There is a little street in the city of London, 
. . «« ,1 ... roopntl v loft lioliinfl Tho Honior Diinil will find . . * ° so ill - ? birring piGCGH, iUt*KO un linprvyssioii upon 
The number of persons reported in all the cities J™* ^ ^ ^ of hig famil - ar i ty with his °‘ F f ‘'° m °" e ° f ' t9 K '' eateHt thorOUghfares ’ nativC8 ' Tw0 tho,13and y ears a S° Alexander and mi[ld> neve r to be forgotten, causing him to think 
of the State between 4 and 21, is 356 272; number JJ. . dj ti f tlnftime thus ^ fil ’ e<1 a11 day Wlth the thunder of wheel and his Greek8 led dliak 7 captives in golden fetters aud fec l. We thank our young friend for the beau- 
attending school, 227,452. This would give nearly . J re „ ular le8Sons wbi i e the plan has h °° f ’ where,n - alth ? u 2 h busines « of lar S e flr ™ is from thence to Athens. After him it became the tiful compliment, and hope ever to interest and 
the same proportion attending school as in the k P 1 ? ! . * _ ‘ carried on almost in every house, no cab or cart prize of Parthian bows and Scythian spears. Then tho vnnth 
country; hut little reliance is placed upon the a u advaata £ a for i tbe younger learner beyond that can pass another, so broad is tlie pavement, and so came Mohammed and his Persians from Ghuznee, j rrI4 j ^ 0 f Holly Mills Michigan, has been 
enumeration of persons within the years of pupil¬ 
age in the cities, as no apportionment is based _ v ____ _____ 
thereon. It is supposed to be merely an estimate, edge he has lately gained than that he stored up t heirlower stories; and, at high no«n-day, so much the Afghans drove out the Persians. Then the 
and in many cases is given in round numbers. years ago, and a >out 1 wi carry more ent usiasm, do they overhang with their huge penthouses, from Tartars drove out the Afghans. Then cameTimour, 
The average time school was kept in the rural and perhaps more patience to the task of explain- bcneath w hi c h tlie cranes haul their mighty bur- the terrible Tartar, and the long and princely line 
ation of persons within the years of pupil- of affording him help when he most wants it. One narrow j a the roadway, The houses are so tall that to teach, by scimetar, the new theology, “Allail V““ V . ’ ,T“. 
districts was 7J months. 
of November 28th, in which tlie young people were 
urged to improve the winter season in study. This 
winter, she says, has been a good harvest for the 
district schools, as the large boys and girls have 
__to another what has lately puzzled himself, deng from beloW( that there is very little light in of Great Mogul^-Baber and Akbar, Jekaugire and “ schools, as the large boys and girls have 
The teachers employed within the year in the than the teacher can feel in repeating for the B1 ank street, even then. Dark and hideous enough Aurengzbe. The Mogul Empire got, like the Brit- ' beCn gatbered * n ’ * n ' ar 8 e numbers. On the sub- 
State were:—Males, 12,452; females, 19,111. Total thousandth time what he has been familiar with so u ig through out the winter time; the very snow, 
31,663.” ' on £ tbat be bas ^ ost ab s 7 m P atb 7 w Bh those >vho before it reaches the footway, is black and rotten 
long that he has lost all sympathy with those who before it reaches the footw r ay, is black and rotten 
do not know it. ^ a. looking, and indeed can scarcely be said to fall at 
South Livonia, H. Y., 1858. cta+o an 
a t * „• v v -iR^K looking, and indeed can scarcely be said to fall at cr0 p of Viceroys, Nizams, Kings, Shahs, Rajahs, 
Written for Moored Rural New-Yorker. ^ ou trma, • •» ^ _ all, but drops down in a half-melted state from the Newaubs and Nabobs, all over the provinces.— 
ABOUT SCHOOLS, SCHOOL-TEACHING, &c. projecting eaves upon the passenger by day, and About this time II. B. M. East India Company came 
: 4l 4 .. „ . RESULTS Ox CA LLULA1 ION. in the night time keeps awake light sleepers with to trade, and stayed to rule. By cajoling one prince, 
Someone tells us there are three things that ev- ... its monotonous thud. Nor do the many shadows threatenimr another invadimr a third andnrotect 
nrv man imao-ines be could do a little better than There are many persons who cannot, or will not, . T) . , , , , , . ,. , mreaicning anomci, mvaaing a iniru, ana protect 
ery man imagines ne cornu ao a muc oeuer man j l ... in Blank street keep it cool in summer time, for inn a fourth thav not the whole concern Into the 
onv nne elae viz nlan a house edit a newsnaner appreciate the harmony and beauty of natural laws, ....... . . . .. . mg a iourin, may goi me wnoie concern into tne 
any one else, viz., pian a nouse, cuit a newspaper, n j / . the air itself can scarcely find there any room to hands of John Bull and the lion and the unicorn 
and write a review To these a fourth mar be ad- the reason being, we suppose, that they are incapa- ,. , . , , .. J 01 00,1,1 mi,1 > anu lf,e 110,1 ana L,ie utlIC0rn - 
ana write a review. 10 tnesc a iourm may oc au , stir: a very unpleasant place of residence, upon if the SeDovs succeed in securing a native Hindoo 
ded teach a school I believe the conceit of Die of following the calculations necessary for 1 . . J , sepoys succeed in securing a native Hindoo 
ded—teach a scnooL i Deueve tne conct oi avoiding all the the whole - for twelvemonth after twelvemonth of dynasty now, it will be the first they ever had— 
ability to exeel in this last-named business is more their elucidation and thus, by avoiding all the existen and for aU hurr _ of comin erce and L .. r’l 
RESULTS OF CALCULATION. 
projecting eaves upon the passenger by day, and About this time II. B. M. East India Company came are in the ir sockets. Though neither wealth or 
in the night time keeps awake light sleepers with to trade , and stayed to rule. By cajoling one prince, fame are mine) if i can gain knowledge and im- 
1 iect of writing, she truly says:—“We need tocul- 
lsh, too big to hold together. ° ... i . ... . . 
tivate habits of thinking on all improving subjects, 
Down went the throne at Delhi, and np sprang a and then, with practice, wo will bo able to express 
op of Viceroys, Nizams, Kings, Shahs, Rajahs, 0 ur sentiments well, for habit is powerful, and be- 
ewaubs and Nabobs, all over the provinces. comes almost as firmly fixed, as the bones of the body 
bout this time 11. B. M. East India Company came are j u their sockets. Though neither wealth or 
There are many persons who cannot, or will not, y . „ threatening another, invading a third, and protect- prove my mind, I shall reach the ultima thule of 
... ji . , . ,, in Blank street keep it cool in summer time, for inu a fourth thav uot the whole concern into the v.- 
appreciate the harmony and beauty of natural laws, 1 „ . .. ing a iourin, may goi me wuoie concern into tne m y anticipations.” A truly noble ambition. 
riJ reason heinu we sunnose that they are ineana the air ltsdf Can Hcarcely find there any room to Bands of John Bull, and the lion and the unicorn. , .. T) , , 
the reason being, we suppose, that they are incapa- . nnnleasant nlac.e of residence, nnon TC..C ... ___..... A Villagh Bor, who has m 
T „ ,. „ .. . .. TT . , A Village Bot, who has no ground large 
If the Sepoys succeed in securing a native Hindoo . „ , . , 
, . .. ... . ., „ . .. , , enough for summer houses, drawings of which we 
ammy to excel in mis lasmiameu uusmess is mom — --- " -- -" existence; and for all the hurry of commerce and A i bariu Journal 
general than the fancied possession of extraordi- rouble, the result brings no pleasure o them.- of ’ population about , t J Mceedingly re8Cm . ^ __ 
nary qualifications for either of the first-mentioned Where can anything more beautiful be found, and hline beine buried alive .—Dublin University Maea- TT „ m . 
undertakings; which, as man is a highly imita- in what fact can you find a greater demonstration n Origin of ‘Hurrah. The word is pure Scla- 
tive animal and apt to think he can do whatever of the harmony of the universe, than that the same ’ vonian, and is commonly heard from tlie coast of 
he sees done, I propose to account for by the fact l aw which governs the motion of the planets, also What will a Glass op Water Hold?— It is Dalmatia to Behring’s Straits, when any of the pop- 
that most of ns have enjoyed the advantage of controls a falling stone? The same force which generally thought that when a vessel is full of ulation living within these limits are called on to 
seeing school-teaching carried on; whereas, tho’ binds the rocks together, also keeps in contact the water any solid substance immersed in it will cause K> v e proof of courage and valor. The origin of 
inhabiting houses and reading newspapers and re- particles of skin on our hands. The universe and it to overflow, and such will be the case if the tbe word belongs to the primitive idea that every 
views, many of us have never seen a person in the all things in it obey a system or code of laws which substance is not soluble in the water; but the man tbat dies heroically for his country, goes 
agonies of house-composition, while the contor- cannot be broken. It may appear extraordinary philosophic truth, that in dissolving a body, you straight to heaven Hu-ray (to paradise,) and in 
tions of brain and body undergone by editors and when we state that nothing is violent or irregular do no t increase the volume of the solvent, may be the shock and ardor of battle the combatants utter 
reviewers in getting up their wares, are wholly innature! The upheaved rocks of former ages have proved by a simple and interesting experiment. tbat cry > 88 the lurks do that of “Allah!” each 
strange to us. a ^ Been upheaved gradually, and in obedience to a Saturate a certain quantity of water, at a mode- animating himself by the certitude of immediate 
One of the greatest annoyances to which a teach- controlling power; even apparently capricious rate heat, with three ounces of sugar; and when recompense, to forget earth, and to contemn death. 
strange to us. Been upheaved gradually, and in obedience to a Saturate a certain quantity of water, at a mode- animating himself by the certitude of immediate _ _ _ _ ___ 
One of the greatest annoyances to which a teach- controlling power; even apparently capricious rate heat, with three ounces of sugar; and when recompense, to forget earth, and to contemn death. " ‘ 
er is subjected by the patrons of his school, has its earthquakes always move and ever will progress in it will no longer receive that, there is room in it --— gave m a late number, still thinks he can do 
origin in the notion each one is apt to entertain a definite and given path around the globe; and f or two ounces of salt of tartar, and after that for Fresh Air in Rooms.—A correspondent of the something at rustic work, if we will give plans for 
that himself has a special perception of the pro- the eruption of a volcano can be calculated to a an ounce and a dram of green vitriol, nearly six London Builder suggests that in the upper sash of Bower stands to place in the door yard, or even 
prieties of school-management. Men and women nicety. Storms can be prognosticated, hurricanes dr ams of niter, the same quantity of sal ammoniac every window there should be inserted a framed for the parlor, in which pots might be placed. So, 
who have never so much as taught a child the predicted, and a comet’s appearance predicted; all 0 r smelling salts, two drams and a scruple of alum pane that will open on hinges; and that this should we give a stand for pota, above, which was origi- 
alphabet, complacently imagine that if they had these wonders are the result of hard and dry fig- and a dram and a half of borax — when all these he compulsory, because in numerous instances the naUy designed to be 
chosen to turn their attention to the instruction of ures, the consequence of great calculation. Who, are dissolved in it, it will not have increased in upper sashes of windows are fixed, compelling made ° f w,re ’ but 
.i . ..i.ii_owii in future, will not have a creat respect for arith- ..ainma neonle to exnose themselves to the evil influence could as well be made 
Wilu nave never on niuvu ao ^ ........ .— . • i i i c - ° - --- . - > - 
alphabet, complacently imagine that if they had these wonders are the result of hard and dry fig- and a dram and a half of borax — when all these he compulsory, because in numerous instances the 
chosen to turn their attention to the instruction of ures, the consequence of great calculation. Who, are dissolved in it, it will not have increased in upper sashes of windows are fixed, compelling 
youth they would have been model teachers; each in future, will not have a great respect for arith- vo i ume . 
one believes he could have kept a little better metic 1—Scientific Aviericaru 
school than anybody else, especially so far as the 
governing part is concerned, and so feels that his 
ilume. people to expose themselves to the evil influence 
_ - of draughts from opening the lower sashes of their 
Origin of “Humbug.” —This word is said to windows. 
Children. —The real object of education is to occur first in Fielding’s Amelia, 1751. One writer 
sunerior wisdom justifies him in dictating as to the gi ye children resources that will endure as long as suggests that it is a corruption of the Latin Amba- The children are a kind of raw material, placed 
4 * j _ . 1 _j iyf all ra/^4- *-U «4- 4 A i „ A o ty* n /I J r\ onr Vi Q Ti rJ a wlilrtli urO oon wa M A ot nloocjiirn* on/1 
of willow, or even of 
small sticks, in a rus¬ 
tic style. The next 
is a little rustic stand, 
made of suitable 
limbs of trees, with 
, ent of big c hil d ren what class this one life endures; habits that time will ameliorate, not ges; another that it is derived from a man named in our hands, which we can mold at pleasure; and made of suitable 
shall read in who that one shall sit next, &c., &c. destroy; occupations that will render sickness tol- Hume, who, in olden time in Scotland, succeeded if we fail to make of them what we desire, it is be- limbs of trees, with 
On the”other band it is very natural, and'why not erable, solitude pleasant, age venerable, life more to the Bogue or Boog estate, and was known as cause we fail to use the power we have over them, the bark on. The pots should be set in this, and 
proper for the teacher to think he understands dignified and useful, and death less terrible. “Hume o’ the Bogue,” or “Aume o’ the Bug,” who — William Godwin. properly arranged, and then the surface might be 
better bow to conduct a school than his patrons do, -——- was so inclined to the marvelous, that when any < -- covered with green moss, wherever the earth and 
particularly such of them as have had no experi- Education makes more difference between man one made an extraordinary statement, it soon be- The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye pots were not concealed by the foliage. This has 
ence in the business, and therefore he does not and man, than nature has made between man and came common to style it “a hum o’the bug,” which —the more light you throw upon it, the more it a very pretty effect, in fact, we know of nothing 
Wprenoe from them- Be- brute .—John Adams. was soon shortened into humbug. contracts. in this way that looks more simple and pretty. 
ence in tne nusiness, ana xnereioxe uc uuc» uvt -- 
patiently submit to interference from them- Be- brute .—John Adams. 
in this way that looks more simple and pretty. 
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