JULY U 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
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COMMENCEMENT WEEK IN ROCHESTER, 
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER. 
The Annual Commencement Exercises of the 
University of Rochester, and the Rochester Theo¬ 
logical Seminary, were opened July 11th with a 
sermon before the “Judson Society of Inquiry,” 
by Rev. Galusha Anderson. On the evening of 
the 13th—the Anniversary of the Pithonian and Del¬ 
phic Societies — Rev. M. L. R. P. Thompson, D. D., 
of Buffalo, delivered the Annual Address, and John 
G. Saxe, of Burlington, Yt, read a Poem. 
On Wednesday morning, the 14th inst, the usual 
procession was formed at the University Buildings, 
and the line of march taken for Corinthian Hall, at 
which place were delivered the orations of those 
composing the Graduating Class. Twenty-two 
young men were the speakers, and the orations ex¬ 
hibited much talent, judgment and culture. 
The Degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred 
upon the entire class, as follows: — Elwell S. Otis, 
Gates, N. Y.; Willard Abbott, Fulton, N. Y.; Al- 
mon C. Bacon, Homer, N. Y.; Cephas B. Crane, 
Cassville, N. Y.; Gardner S. Cutting, Rochester; 
Jacob S. Gubelmann, New York, (who delivered 
the German oration;) Thos. Dransfield, Rochester; 
Wm. Harkness, Rochester; John S. Higgins, Flem- 
ington, N. J. ; Egbert Hurd, New York; Samuel P. 
Merrill, Lansing, Mich.; Henry L. Morehouse, East 
Avon, N. Y.; Lemuel Moss, Cincinnati, 0.; Francis 
B. Palmer, Parma, N. Y.; Orrin Munger, Middle- 
bury, N. Y. ; AdODiram J. Padelford, Chicago, Ill., 
Wm. T. Rockwood, Newark, N. Y.; Thos. Rogers, 
Palmyra, N. Y.; Isaac C. Seely, Preston; Howard 
M. Smith, Le Roy, N. Y.; Hugh C. Townley, Newark, 
N. J.; Ambrose F. Willey, Chicago, Ill. 
President Anderson delivered the Address to 
the Graduates, and if the yonng men, now going 
forth into the world to undertake the practical pur¬ 
suits of life, are but guided by the instructions it 
contained and the advice given, they will reflect 
credit upon their Alma Mater, honor themselves, 
and benefit those with whom their lot may be cast. 
The Degree of A. M., in course, was conferred 
upon Henry B. Shermer, Jacob H. Phelps, Norman 
Robinson, Louisville, Ky., and Wm. W. Fay, Pough¬ 
keepsie, N. Y. 
Honorary Degrees. — J. D. Bradbury, and J. A. 
Drake, A. B. Justin R. Loomis, President of the 
University of Lewisburgb, LL. D. Rev. Henry C. 
Fisb, Newark, N. J.; Rev. John C. Burroughs, Pres¬ 
ident of the University of Chicago; Rev. John C. 
Harrison, D. D. 
ROCHESTER THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. 
On Thursday morning, the Eighth Anniversary 
of the Theological Seminary was celebrated in the 
First Baptist Church. The Graduating Class num¬ 
bered eighteen—an increase of five over last year— 
and the orations delivered, (the speakers chosen 
from the class by lot,) were able and eloquent. 
The following gentlemen compose the class: — 
Daniel Bowen, North Springfield, Vt; C. Rollin 
Burdick, Rochester; Alex. C. Caperton, Clinton, 
Miss.; G. M. W. Carey, St. Catherines, C. W.; J. D. 
Clark, Peoria, Ill.; Columbus Cornforth, Waterville, 
Me.; Wm. T. Fagan, Tribes Hill., N. Y.; Wm. I. 
Gill, Sing Sing, N. Y.; Leander Hall, Salisbury 
Centre, N. Y.; John B. Hamberlin, Clinton, Miss.; 
Julius C. Hasselhuhn, Rochester; Wm. N. Reeves, 
Liberty Hill, Ala.; Wm. S. Ryland, Richmond, Va.; 
John R. Shanafelt, Jersey City, N. J.; John Sim¬ 
mons, Toronto, C. W.; Wm. A. Smith, Somerville, 
N. J.; Edwin S. Walker, Whiting, Vt.; Shadrach 
Washington, Dayton, 0. 
The Address to the Graduating Class, by Prof. 
Y. R. Hotchkiss, closed the exercises. 
IMMEDIATE RESULTS. 
The great demand upon the teacher for imme¬ 
diate results, and the almost universal tendency to 
judge him by such results alone, constitute one of 
the greatest obstacles in the way of an accurate 
and thorough progess in education. A noble 
building does not spring up, gaudy and showy, 
“in a night;” it requires long and severe toil, and 
much care and pains to lay firm and lasting foun¬ 
dations for a substantial edifice; and, for a long 
time, the labor makes no show, and a careless ob¬ 
server might suppose it to be useless. The oak, 
the hickory and every other hardy tree, come to 
their maturity slowly; to one who cannot afford 
to wait, their process of growth seems tedious, and 
far less satisfactory than that of the locust or the 
white pine. 
So, it requires a longer time, and more perse¬ 
vering and intelligent labor on the part of a 
teacher, to educate a pupil in the literal sense of 
the term, to give him the power of using his own 
faculties and of thinking and judging for himself, 
than are necessary in giving him a thorough drill 
over the prescribed pages of a certain book, com¬ 
mitting to memory a certain number of rules or 
facts, and learning the performance of certain set 
problems. And then the former kind of teaching 
makes less show at examination, than a glib, tho’t- 
less recitation, where every question is promptly 
put and promptly answered. The result is less 
gratifying to those who judge from present ap¬ 
pearances only; and so the philosophical, pains 
taking teacher is often condemned, while he who 
is willing to follow the beaten track of the book, 
like the horse grinding in the mill, gains the ap¬ 
plause of unthinking parents, and, too often, of 
those who should know better, the School Com¬ 
mittee. Thus, we sacrifice permanent and valuable 
results for a poor exhibition of word-memory.— 
Massachusetts Teacher. 
Connecticut Teachers’ Association. — The 
Sixth Annual Meeting of this Association wa 3 held 
in Stamford, on the 2d, 3d, and 4th days of June. 
The attendance, though not as large as last year, 
was very respectable in numbers, and the session 
an exceedingly interesting one. The lectures were 
of a high order — well written, appropriate and 
practical All had the true ring — much of sub¬ 
stance and nothing of mere shadow. The follow¬ 
ing gentlemen were chosen officers for the ensuing 
year -.— President — Emory F. Strong, Bridgeport 
Vice-Presidents —F. F. Barrows, N. C. Boardman, J. 
W. Allen, H. A. Balcom, C. W. Todd, E. R. Keyes, 
C. H. Wright, J. H. Feck. Rec. Secy— Geo. Fillow, 
Hartford. Cor. Sec'y —C. Northend, New Britain. 
Treasurer — F. C. Brownell, Hartford. 
N. Y. STATE TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of this As¬ 
sociation, will be held at Lockport, on the 3d, 4th, 
and 5th days of August, 1858. The Association 
will be called to order at 10 o’clock, A. M., August 
3d, and the following order of business will be ob¬ 
served:—1. Organization; 2. Address by the Presi¬ 
dent; 3. Miscellaneous business. 
Afternoon Session. —1. Essay by Miss Helen M. 
Philleo, of Boonville; 2. Report on Prizes—Messrs. 
Cavert, Wiggin, Dunn, Barker and Snyder, Com¬ 
mittee; 3. Discussion of the Report; 4. Address 
by Rev. W. Alvin Bartlett, of Owego. 
Evening Session —1. Miscellaneous Business; 2. 
Address by J. N. McElligott, of New York. 
Wednesday, August 4. 
Homing Session —1. Report of the editors of the 
Aew York Teacher ; 2. Report of Treasurer and 
other Officers; 3. Address by Oliver Arey, of Buf¬ 
falo; 4. Miscellaneous Business. 
Afternoon Session — 1. Address by Emerson W. 
Keyes, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruc¬ 
tion ; 2. Report on Evening Colleges and Aca¬ 
demies—Messrs. Lambert, Richards, and Reid, 
Committee; 3. Discussion. 
Evening Session —1. Miscellaneous Business; 2. 
Address by Rev. S. J. May, of Syracuse. 
Thursday, August 6. 
Morning Session —1. Reports of Special Commit¬ 
tees; 2. Discussion—Subject: The Effects of High 
Intellectual Culture upon the Respectability and 
Efficiency of Manual Labor. 
Afternoon Session — 1. Election of Officers; 2. 
Address by Dr. A. Wilder, of New York; 3. Unfin¬ 
ished Business. 
Evening Session —Sociable. 
On Friday it is proposed that the Association 
take an excursion to Niagara Falls. 
The Association will be called to order at 10 
o’clock, A. M., Tuesday, August 3d. The morning 
session thereafter will commence at 9 A. M.; the 
afternoon session at 2 o’clock, P. M., and the eve¬ 
ning session at 7 P. M. 
A number of distinguished educators from other 
States will be present G. L. Farnham, Pres't. 
James Cruikshank, Cor. Sec’y. 
THE BEST SCHOLAR. 
In every school there is one who is called the 
best scholar. Teachers and pupils have no diffi¬ 
culty in deciding who is entitled to this honorable 
distinction, and when we once heard the pupils of 
the school exclaim, as a bright-eyed boy entered 
the room—“Here comes Frank; he is the best boy 
in school”—we thought, “ What a good introduc¬ 
tion te a new teacher.” After becoming acquaint¬ 
ed with the scholars, we found that they had told 
the truth. Frank was the best boy in school, and 
will, no doubt, become one of the best men in the 
city. Think of it, boys. “ The best boy in school.” 
Who would not be proud of such a title? It is 
worth more than a million dollars. But perhaps 
some scholars will say, “ We can’t all be the best.” 
This is true, and you have a right to try, and the 
one who will try hardest will succeed, for there is 
power in that little word try. Frank could not be 
the best boy in his school if he did not try. If 
you cannot be the best, be careful and not be the 
worst. Every school has one boy who is worse 
than any other scholar. We pity him; we pity his 
parents, his brothers and sisters. What a disgrace¬ 
ful title—“The worst boy in school.” He will, no 
doubt, become one of the worst men in the commu¬ 
nity. Let every boy who reads this resolve to be 
“the best boy in school.” 
THE TEACHER. 
The modern school-master is expected to know 
a little of everything, because his pupil is requir¬ 
ed not to be entirely ignorant of anything. He 
must be superficially, if I may so say, omniscient. 
He is to know something of pneumatics; of chem¬ 
istry; of whatever is curious, or proper to excite 
the attention of the youthful mind; an insight into 
mechanics is desirable, with a touch of statistics; 
the quality of soils, &c., botany, the constitution of 
his country, cum mullis aliis. 
All these things—these, or the desire of them— 
he is expected to instil, not by set lessons from 
professors, which he may charge in the bill, bnt at 
intervals, as he walks the streets, or saunters thro’ 
green fields (those natural instructors) with his 
pupils. The least part of what is expected from 
him is to be done in school hours. He must in¬ 
sinuate knowledge at the mollia tempora faudi. 
He must seize every occasion,—the season of 
the year; the time of day; a passing cloud; a 
rainbow; a wagon of hay; a regiment of soldiers 
going by—to inculcate something usefuL— Charles 
Lamb. 
A Teacher’s Office.— There are certain people 
in the community who appear to regard a school¬ 
teacher as in some measure their servant, rather 
than as a useful aid in the bringing up of their 
children, whose lives they desire to see useful to 
their fellow men. From them the teacher has no 
kindly feeling of encouragement He is regarded 
simply as a task master, and if their hopefuls 
should ever feel the weight of his unjust displeas¬ 
ure they are looked upon as martyrs, and he as an 
oppressive tyrant. Granted that there are those 
who make the vocation of teaching merely the 
means of procuring bread and butter, are there not 
many who desire to be at once the counsellors and 
co-operators with parents? And should the mere 
dicta of children in all cases be received as verita¬ 
ble statements of the “outrages” of which they 
complain? Daily experience proves that corporeal 
punishment is in some cases of school insubordi¬ 
nation the only remedy, and as mature years gene¬ 
rally bring increased judgment, it is fair to pre¬ 
sume that the rod is seldom applied, unless the 
urgent necessities of the case demand it .—Boston 
Saturday Evening Gazette. 
The Twenty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the 
American Institute of Instruction will be held at 
Norwich, Conn., on the 17th, 18ih and 19th of Au¬ 
gust, 1858. The introductory address will be de¬ 
livered by Rev. Barnabas Sears, D. D., President 
of Brown University. Addresses will also be giv¬ 
en by Professor Foster of Union College, Sche¬ 
nectady, N. Y.; Mr. Valentine of Norwich, Conn.; 
Benj. W. Putnum, Esq., Master of the Quincy 
School, Boston, and others. 
We present our readers with a view of one of 
the most beautiful of our city churches, which was 
completed and dedicated the past spring. We do 
this for the purpose of commending not only the 
good taste but the good sense of the architect and 
all those instrumental in devising the plans after 
which it is built Most of our churches are like 
far too many of our fine houses, all show and no 
convenience—all glitter and no comfort—all parlor 
and no kitchen. Go into almost any of our new 
and fashionable churches, and on first entering we 
are enshrouded in gloom—then as the eye becomes 
accustomed to the darkness there is a world of cu¬ 
rious objects of carving, pictures on the glass to 
be scanned, (for of course they were made to be 
looked at,,) and attractive indeed must be the 
preacher that can secure the undivided attention 
of his audience in such a house. In such church¬ 
es the audience room (the parlor) constitutes the 
church—there are no conveniences—no living- 
room—no home for the members of the family— 
no decent fold even for the lambs of the flock. In 
the model which we present, particular pains have 
been taken to provide suitable conveniences for 
the children of the Sabbath School, and for this 
the church and the children are no doubt indebted 
to Geo. W. Parsons, one of the building commit¬ 
tee, who ever has a care for the good of the little 
ones. 
This Church was commenced by the Society for¬ 
merly known as the Washington Street Church, in 
July, 185G, and completed and dedicated April, 1858. 
The building committee was composed of Messrs. 
Simon L. Brewster, Frederick Starr, and Geo. 
W. Parsons. Henry Skarl, of this city, was the 
architect, and the building certainly does credit 
to his skill and taste. 
The building is situated on the east side of North 
Sophia street, a short distance from Buffalo street. 
Its style is Norman, and the facade is bold and 
striking, not overladen but sufficiently ornamented 
with carved work. The principal material is red 
brick, the ornaments of Ohio drab sand-stone and 
wood. The front is flanked by two towers, the 
chief of which rises to the height of 144 feet, sur¬ 
mounted with battlements, the other but 115 feet 
high, terminating in a pyramidal roof and finial.— 
The main doorway in the centre of the building, 
has columns an each side, a circular head light, 
panels and rosettes, and circular cap of Ohio sand¬ 
stone, with corbels; triple windows with similar 
caps and corbels, and a circular window above, 
under the point of the roof, and bands, blockwork, 
and tracery further ornament the front Double 
windows are let into the small tower, and a Winter 
entrance is provided in the large one. 
The principal tower is 24 feet square at the base, 
with projecting buttresses, and is built of brick, 
with sandstone ornaments, to the height of 94 
feet, where it is surmounted with a turret at each 
angle. Above this rises a wooden octagon tower, 
to the height of 50 feet, with a battlemented roof. 
From the summit of this tower, a very extended 
view of the surrounding country is obtained. The 
tower is pierced in the upper and lower parts with 
high latticed windows. Dials are provided for a 
clock. 
The main entrance admits you into a hall twelve 
feet wide and fifty feet in length, through which 
you pass into the main audic-nce room. On the 
left hand side, as you enter the doors, is a small 
room in the tower, fitted up very neatly with Brus¬ 
sels carpet, book-case, lounge, table and chairs. This 
is the pastor’s study. It is lighted by large win¬ 
dows of stained glass, and is well adapted to its 
purpose. The pastor was “ surprised ” to find that 
his young friends had furnished his study so ele¬ 
gantly. Adjoining the study, on the left side of 
the hall, is a large room, 34 feet 6 inches, by 22 
feet, fitted up as an infant school room. The ar¬ 
rangement of this pretty apartment is very neat 
and unique. Upon a terraced platform are placed 
rows of little chairs, just large enough for the 
members of the infant school, and not so high as 
to make their little limbs dangle above the floor. 
A carpet covers the apartment, and tables, chairs, 
&c., are provided. On the opposite side of the 
hall is a room of the same dimensions, called the 
“ Prayer Room.” Its floor is neatly carpeted, and 
the appropriate furniture is provided. Beyond, 
on each side of the hall, are the stairways leading 
to the galleries of the church and to the Lecture- 
room, which occupies the entire front of the build¬ 
ing, on the second floor—about 45 feet by 58. The 
stairways are lighted at their heads, with cir¬ 
cular windows filled with stained glass. The Lec¬ 
ture and Sunday School Room is a beautiful and 
commodious apartment, lighted with large double 
windows at the sides and in the towers, and a 
triple window in front Small rooms are con¬ 
structed in the towers, for the use of Bible classes. 
The main audience room is a very pleasant and 
well adapted apartment It is 82 feet in length, 
by 68 feet 6 inches in width. Galleries are con¬ 
structed on each side, with an organ loft and gal¬ 
lery for the choir at the west end, the rostrum and 
pulpit at the east end. There are 14G slips or pews 
on the floor, and 32 in the galleries, with scroll 
backs and cushions. There i 3 not an ineligible 
seat in the house, nor one which does not afford a 
complete view of the whole chamber. The pulpit 
is a simple reading stand, placed upon a rostrum 
raised four feet from the floor. In the wall behind 
it is an imitation of a triple window, with panel 
work in wood and stucco, the caps, aorbels, Ac., 
corresponding with those seen in the real window 
in front. Above this are three circular windows, 
with emblematic designs worked on the stained 
glass. The center has an open Bible, resting upon 
a blue field, encircled with crimson rays, on a green 
ground. The baptismal font and the sacramental 
cup are the designs in the smaller windows. The 
large Norman windows, four on each side of this 
room, are filled with stained glass, of a diamond 
pattern, a leaf in each quarry, and an emblem at 
the point The galleries are supported upon neat 
wrought iron pillars. 
The method of lighting this chamber is novel 
here. The ceiling is worked out in a circle, with 
a dome for ventilation, and eight circular openings 
surrounding it through which gas light is reflected 
into the room below. In each of these circ’es, 32 
inches in diameter, are three gas-bnrners, over 
which are placed silvered concave reflectors, which 
throw the light directly downward in a flood, 
whose glare is modified by thick plates of ground 
glass which fill the openings in the ceiling. There 
are twenty-four burners, which supply abundant 
light to the body of the church, excepting the 
space shadowed by the galleries. Side lights 
remedy that deficiency, and candelabra afford light 
at the reading-desk. 
Rev. F. F. Ellin wood has the pastoral charge of 
this Church—a position he has occupied accept¬ 
ably for several years. The officers are as follows: 
Trustees— John H. Brewster, Geo. W. Parsons, 
Wm. A. Hubbard, Albert M. Hastings, Lewis H. 
Ailing. 
Session —Orlando Hastings, Preston Smith, Fred. 
Starr, Wm. S. Bishop, Lyman Cook, C. H. Hamil¬ 
ton, Wm. Ailing, John N. Harder. 
Are Thin People Liable to Apoplexy?— Per¬ 
sons below the middle height, robust, with large 
hands and thick short necks, are generally recog¬ 
nized as apoplectic subjects; but a foreign medical 
author asserts that it is confined to no particular 
conformation of the body, all persons being alike 
liable to be attacked by it The predisposing 
causes are the habitual indulgence of the appetite 
in rich and gross food, or stimulating drinks, 
coupled with luxurious and indolent habits; seden¬ 
tary employments carried to an undue lengih; the 
habit of sleeping, especially in a recumbent posture, 
after a full meal; and lying too long in bed. Per¬ 
sons, however, predisposed to this disease, Bbould 
not fail to profit by the warnings of its approach, 
such as giddiness, drowsiness, Iqss of memory, 
twitching of the muscles, faltering of the speech, 
&c. Their diet should be light and nutritious; all 
luxurious habits should be abandoned, and mod¬ 
erate exercise should be taken. Above all, they 
should avoid giving way to their passions, as it is 
well known that many persons have been struck 
with death in the midst of a fit of anger. 
Minute Philosophers. —It has not added to my 
personal comfort to know to a decimal fraction 
what proportion of red earth I may expect to find 
in my cocoa every morning; to have become 
knowingly conscious that my coffee is mixed 
with ground liver and litmus, instead of hon¬ 
est chickory; and that bisulphuret of mercury 
forms the basis of my cayenne. It was once my 
fate to have a friend staying in my house who was 
one of these minute philosphers. He used to 
amuse himself after breakfast by a careful analysis 
and diagnosis of the contents of the teapot, laid 
out as a kind of hortus siccus on his plate. “ This 
leaf, now,” he would say, “is fuschia; observe the 
serrated edges; that’s no tea-leaf—positively poi¬ 
sonous. This, now, again, is blackthorn, or privet 
—yes, privet; you may know it by the divisions in 
the panicles; that’s no tea-leaf.” A most un¬ 
comfortable guest he was; and though not a bad 
companion in many respects, I felt my appetite 
improve the first time I sat down to dinner without 
him.— Blackwood's Magazine. 
HINTS TO YOUNG RURALISTS. 
Messrs. Eds.: —The column devoted to the 
Young Ruralist has always been especially noticed 
by me, and it has given me much pleasure to see 
the growing interest manifested with regard to it 
in the circle of my acquaintances, and, though I 
don't know as I may exactly be classed with them, 
1 am still not a very Old Ruralist. 
I feel that I am young in experience, and have 
much that pertains to the farmer's calling yet to 
learn. But I would like to speak a word of en¬ 
couragement to all farmer’s boys, who, like myself, 
have had the privilege always to exercise in the 
open air and in the bright sunshine, to cultivate an 
appetite by the labor of the hands and by the 
sweat of the brow. Aye! a privilege it is, and tho’ 
you have many times been wearied by the toils of 
the day and longed for some situation in town, 
where the bodily exertion would be less, depend 
upon it, many of the very ones you envy, weak¬ 
ened and dyspeptic, by their unnatural mode of 
living, would gladly come back to their good old 
homes it the country, if they only could. 
Now, what I am coming at, is this:—I don’t want 
you ever to so lose your love for your profession, 
as to forfeit your birthright, by running away after 
other, though gilded gods. It has been demon¬ 
strated in numberless instances that the manual 
labor the husbandman has to perform is not only 
tho best calculated for the full development of all 
the bodily powers, but it also gives a greater stami¬ 
na to the mental faculties. 
And that the life of a laborer is not incompati¬ 
ble with true greatness is shown by the fact that 
the most distinguished men of all past ages, as 
well as of the present, have been those who “ carv¬ 
ed a fortune and raised a name” for themselves — 
Well, how did they commence? There lies the 
key to each one’s career. Review their individual 
histories and you will find that each one was 
punctual and precise in the transaction of the lit¬ 
tle things of life. What they undertook they tried 
to do well. There was a strife to excel, even in 
the performance of humble duties. And this gave 
them a character for thoroughness, which resulted 
to their advantage by prepossessing in their favor 
all by whom they were surrounded. Now, all my 
young friends who read the Rural— and I know 
you are many—it is your privilege as well as your 
duty, if you have not done it before, to commence 
now and mount the first round of tho ladder to 
fame. If you are plowing, try and make every 
land and every furrow a little more straight and 
true than the one before. There is nothing 
which bespeaks the tidy farmer to tho passer-by 
more plainly than his well-plowed field. And, if 
you are learning to mow or cradle, try and imitate 
the man who excels at that particular business, or, 
if you rake and bind, keep your butts even, don’t 
bind too near the head, and, whatever way you tie 
your band, be sure and have it well tucked under, 
thus saving yourself and others the perplexity of 
having a portion come unbound while being 
handled, to say nothing of the loss of time and 
grain to the employer. “Bind fast, you’ll find 
fast,” is just as applicable in this as in tying a 
halter. 
When, and where you can, let a little honest 
pride be manifested with regard to the appearance 
of the premises, “ have a place for everything, 
Ac.,” and where it is possible, just pull up or cut 
down the noxious weeds which come in your way, 
even if only one at a time, before the seed matures 
and cast them into the hog-yard, or some place 
where they will undergo decomposition, and be 
put in a way to replenish the soil instead of ex¬ 
hausting it; then let it extend also to the comfort 
of the domestic aniifials; don’t dole out their sub¬ 
stance in homeopathic doses, but give them all 
ihey will consume; and then just cast about you 
to this effect and single out some animal or pro¬ 
duction on the farm, and get the privilege of tak¬ 
ing it to the Town or County Fair next fall. Com¬ 
pete strongly with your neighbors in producing 
the appliances to, as well as the comforts of the 
present life, and don’t let the almighty dollar be 
the only thing which engrosses your attention.— 
And, if from application to business you have less 
time to devote to the amusement of the Mollys 
and Dollys, and the Ellens and Helens than 
some who have less brains in the right place, and 
consequently less sense, be assured that every sen¬ 
sible damsel would much rather ride after a good 
fat horse, which the driver owns, than any of the 
hired liveries from Maine to California. Then, 
emulous of honest fame, let every Young Rural¬ 
ist strive to elevate the dignity of his profession, 
by personal attention to those which, by some, are 
considered minor points. Live down the opinion 
which, in some sectious, is creeping in, that any 
one who smacks country can't be smart. By a ju¬ 
dicious application to books and practice of virtue, 
let your highest aspiration in this life be to become 
a No. 1 farmer, and I will just place your name 
“right on the ticket” for an abundant supply of all 
the joys of life, over and above, that the whole 
crop of lawyers, doctors, politicians, or editors 
ever dreamed of—except the editor of the Rural. 
And now, although these hints have already 
grown “too big for their size,” I still would just 
intimate to the Rural Misses—for I see you are on 
the list with your recipes for making all the ap¬ 
pliances to our creature comforts—to go on and 
exemplify the character of Young America in your 
department, and while your hands and voices may 
grow skillful in the practice of music, (and it is a 
blessed “institution,”) do not get entirely unused 
to the good old family spinning wheel; and as you 
excel in your crocheting and needle work, never 
let the rust be suffered to tarnish the useful knit¬ 
ting needles, w ich used to click and sparkle in 
the hands of our mothers by the cheerful fireside 
in the long winter evenings, for brothers, aye! 
husbands thiuk when far away and buffeting the 
rude storms of life, that home made socks and 
mittens are much the warmest, and oh! [ know it 
warms the heart too, to think they were all made by 
loved and loving unes at home. 
Fail f*x C. H., Va , 1858. A H. Anslky. 
Night labor, in time, will destroy the student; 
for it is marrow from his own bones with which 
he fills his lamp. 
