MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
djinuatiflital. 
[For the Rural New-Yorker.] 
THOUGHTS FOR THE SCHOLAR. 
Eds. Rurai,:—S everal valuable articles ad¬ 
dressed to the Teacher, have of late appeared 
in your columns. I am aware that there are 
high and noble duties enjoined upon the teach¬ 
er; but at the same time, there are also duties 
which are due the teacher, from the scholar. 
Supposing, as a matter of course, that into 
whatever family your valuable paper finds its 
way, it is read by every scholar of that 
family—that its precepts, if correct, are put in 
practice; and that its counsels, if good and 
wise, are given all due heed and caution, 1 
would make it a medium, through which to 
suggest to the scholar a few brief thoughts, by 
way of stirring up those lively and pleasing 
emotions which should ever actuate him, both 
as it regards his own interests, and contribu¬ 
tions to the happiness and pleasure of the 
teacher. From the relation which exists be¬ 
tween the teacher and scholar, it is evident 
that one of the first duties due the former from 
the latter is respect. This is seen at a single 
glance ; and though I may fail in imparting to 
you any new ideas on this subject, yet I shall 
at the same time have gained my point, if by 
way of a remembrancer I can be instrumental 
in renewing your diligence. 
He is a kind and faithful teacher who toils 
with unceasing labor, both mentally and phys¬ 
ically to contribute to the happiness of those 
under his charge—to impress upon their minds 
the invaluable worth of a thoroughly cultivated 
brain, and a well disciplined conduct. Shall 
such a one be treated with disrespect ? It is 
cruel thus to do. Does he make any reason¬ 
able request ? then at once obey. He does it 
for your best interests. He does it because he 
loves you, and your prosperity. Though many 
times it may seem crossing to your nature, and 
improper, yet remembering that he is your 
teacher—superior to you in wisdom, it becomes 
you at once to yield. Then we see that ou, 
of sincere respect for the teacher, springs up 
obedience. There are numberless little petty 
things rising up, calculated in themselves to 
perplex and try the patience of the teacher.— 
Now the scholar can effect a great deal in as¬ 
sisting the teacher, both by discountenancing 
the wrong, and pulling down errors in their 
outset Every teacher knows this to be a fact. 
Scholar, do you know what kind assistance you 
may render your teacher by setting a good ex¬ 
ample before your school-mates ? When care¬ 
worn and weary, do you know how much you 
may relieve his burden by a kind smile, and an 
affectionate sympathy ? Did you, would you 
ever call him harsh and improper names ?— 
Would you disobey his proper and just require¬ 
ments ? I hope there are no readers of the 
Rural who do the latter ; should there be, I 
trust they will persist in them no longer. What 
a sin thus to grieve him, and make his heart 
ache with your wrongs, when his chief aim is 
to benefit you, and prepare you for future use¬ 
fulness, that you may fill its stations creditably! 
It is said that “ idleness is the parent of mis¬ 
chief are you aware of this, scholar? Then 
be on your guard lest its snares entrap you be¬ 
fore you are aware. Cast your eye about 
your school-room, and I will guaranty you, 
with perhaps a few exceptions, you find a 
scholar not engaged in study, and the time will 
not be long before you will see him engaged in 
some mischievous operation, amusing himself at 
his own expense, perhaps that of others. It 
needs no great dexterity to attract the atten¬ 
tion of the whole school. Then let me entreat 
you to be cautious ; that as you would insure 
the happiness and comfort of your teacher— 
as you would gain his respect and esteem 
— as you would have him speak well of you, 
whenever or wherever your name may be called 
in question, that you treat him with all due re¬ 
spect and deference. Then I am certain that 
as you respect him, you will also be obedient 
to him,—that you will do all his biddings when 
consistent and practicable. 
Let me say in conclusion, that in general, 
such scholars, when going home at night, are 
not only gentlemanly in appearance; but they 
are seen with books under their arms, indicat¬ 
ing that their leisure hours, and evenings espe¬ 
cially, are not wasted in idleness and vain rec¬ 
reation; and instead of resorting to the com¬ 
pany of the vicious and profane, they are 
treasuring up knowledge which “ neither moth 
. nor rust doth corrupt, nor thieves break through 
and steal.” a. b. b. 
Murray, N. Y., 1854. 
A man’s genius is always in the beginning of 
life, as much unknown to himself as to others 
—and it is only after frequent trials, attended 
with success, that he dares to think himself 
equal to the undertakings in which those who 
have succeeded, have fixed the admiration of 
mankind.— Hume. 
If you have great talents, industry will im¬ 
prove them; if moderate abilities, industry will 
supply their deficiencies. Nothing is denied to 
well directed labor; nothing is ever to be at¬ 
tained without it 
JOHN PIERPONT. 
The Rev. John PiERroNT, whose portrait . _ 
accompanies this sketch, was born at Litch- BENJ. FRANKLIN !- PRINTERS’ BANQUET, dependence upon God for the aid to form and ^ & „ prize E Qn the Babbatll » writtcn 
field, Conn., on the 6th of April, 1785. His BY PR0F> dewey. preserve his heart in virtuous action. lave by a journeyman printer in Scotland, there oc- 
great-orandfather, the Rev. James Pikrpont, . -- . . the petitions, “Increase in me that wisdom C ursthe following passage: 
was one of the original founders of Yale Col- The Printers Banquet, in our own city, w fo cb discovers my truest interest: strengthen “ Yoke-fellow! think how the abstraction of 
Wp n+ • , b .witution the subiect of this in honor of Fbanklin > excites anew tbe atten ’ my resolution to perform what that wisdom the Sabbath would hopelessly enslave the 
lege, at vlnch nstitution the subject ot t n ^ ^ ^ of this WO nderful man.- di e tates .” 0 r these, “Save me from folly, vanity working dasses, with whom we are identified, 
memoir graduated in the yeai 1804. Attei . P , . . ’ . J , Think of labor thus going on in one monoto- 
graduating, Mr. Pierpont devoted himself to For ’ lie was a wonderful man in various re- and vice> f rom every low pursuit: fill my soul nous and continuous and eternal cycle—limbs 
teaching for several years' and from 1805 to 8 pects, and it was appropriate lor the Printers w fth knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue forever on the rack, the fingers forever playing, 
1803 w°as private tutor in the family of Col. « f oit ? 11013 » *•«"» in r0 S“ rd lo , tho pure.” He made too, a list of thirteen virtues, 1 the eyeballs forever straining, the brow forever 
William Allston of Charleston, South Caro- memory of this Printer, who was distinguished ^ temperance, frugality, industry, sincerity, Sf 0 £t,t**oon“ 
liua, where he had ample opportunity to wit. by his strong common sense, his power of rea- justice , chastity, all which he made postive “g™ SS„g,^d toteS 
ness the practical workings of the institution sonm g and ^ aciu 7 111 composition , for his and extensive, and the first and last ol these ndnd f orever scheming. 
ofslaverv and imbibed that deep aversion for literary, political, and philosophical writings; be designed to carry out in their full extent, Think of the beauty it would office ; of the 
the same' which has distinguished his subse- for diplomatic talents and success; and for the aud became a distinguished example of their merry-heartedness it would extinguish; of the 
. ° fascinating influence of his simplicity of char- p0 wer. Had he only adopted the Christian giant strength it Would tame; ol the resources 
^After Mr. Pierpoxt’s return home from the frankness of manner, unvarying firmness faith, he would have been considered the best ^“‘tTo^^Tof«S 
south, he entered the law school at Litchfield, °i" P U1 ’P 0SC » aU( l unaffected wisdom and philan- 0 f m en, gg be was actually one ol the most breed; of the projects it would wreck; of the 
and having there completed his legal studies, thr0 PY philanthropic. groans it would extort; of the lives it would 
he was admitted to the bar and commenced Scarcely any man of that period, in Europe, lie was usually a listener, and not a speaker, immolate; and of the cheerless graves that it 
[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
BENJ. FRANKLINPRINTERS’ BANQUET. 
poured it into the subject. Franklin’s speech Q/ v (V) v * 
in the Convention which formed the Constitu- ZUEUJM* 
tion of the United States, at the conclusion of ^ ^ . 
the debates upon it, and immediately after ..... “‘.. 
which that instrument was adopted by all the FAME, 
members, was ot this Anglo-Saxon chaiactei. This is a translation of ene of tlie most perfect of the 
With all its plainness, it contained a powertlll lyrics of Schiller, and so well done that it loses little by 
argument for the adoption of the Constitution, transfer into our language. There is a thought in every 
° r line: 
The Anglo-Saxon of Franklin is prominent WnAT shall T llo lest lifo in Kilencc pass ? 
in his letter to Mr. Strahan, a copy of which And if i do, 
follows ' And never prompt the bray of noisy brass, 
Philadelphia, July 6th, 1775. What need’st thou rue r 
Mr StrAUAN _ Remember, aye the ocean deeps are mute; 
You are a Member of Parliament, and T!ie shallows roar ; 
one of that Majority which has doomed my Worth is ocean-fame is but me bruit 
country to destruction,—You have begun to J on 8t eBloie - 
burn our Towns, and murder our People.— What shall i do to be forever known ? 
Look upon your Hands!—They are stained Thy duty ever. 
with the blood of your Relations!—You and I This did ful1 mat W wh ° yet slept unknown- 
were long Friends:—You are now my Enemy, . 01 novei ; never J . 
, & -r -r-> -*7t " " Think st thou, perchance, that thev remain unknown 
-and, I am, yours, B. Franklin. Wom thou know’st no t? 
This letter has very few words from the By angel trumps in heaven their praise is blown, 
Latin tongue, and none from Greek, and is full Dlvine Iot ' 
of spirit and force. A people of such spirit What aha!11 do to f? a!n eternal life ? 
v , Discharge aright 
and energy must be victors. The simple dues with which each day is rife : 
Franklin was deeply impressed with the Yea, with thy might, 
belief of the presence, power, and goodness of Ero P erfect schume ofactiou thou devise 
. 1 . . Will life be fled, 
tllG DivillC Being’, and Ol nib obligations to be 'While he, who ever acts as conscience cries, 
virtuous, to be like Him and to secure His Shall live, though dead. 
favor. Iu the prayers which he used for a - 
considerable time, are expressions to show his NO SABBATH. 
What shall I do lest life in silence pass ? 
And if I do, 
And never prompt the bray of noisy brass, 
What need’st thou rue t 
Remember, aye the ocean deeps are mute; 
The shallows roar; 
Worth is the ocean— fanjo is but tire bruit 
Along the shore. 
What shall I do to be forever known ? 
Thy duty- ever. 
This did full many who yet slept unknown— 
01 never, never 1 
Tliink’st thou, perchance, that they remain unknown 
Whom tliim know’st not? 
By angel trumps in heaven their praise is blown, 
Divine their lot. 
What shall I do to gain eternal life ? 
Discharge aright 
The simple dues with which each day is rife : 
Yea, with thy might. 
Ere perfect scheme of action thou devise 
Will life be fled, 
While he, who ever acts as conscience cries, 
Shall live, though dead. 
NO SABBATn. 
BY PROF. DEWEY. 
In a “ Prize Essay on the Sabbath,” written 
lit; >\ ilo OULLllllvU lvj mo ucu. auu w&jliluv/u v/vsvi v -'~ v j - ” -I- 1 —-r ' - *> * i i 1 
the practice of the profession at Newburyport, was known to exert his powers with such uni- for he adopted “silence” in the class of vir- "^ ld ami' freUhlg grhHnlllf and 
Mass. But soon after, having abandoned legal form success, in so many and so different tucs. In familiar conversation with friends, Dewing, weaving and spinning, sowing and 
pursuits, he entered upon a mercantile career, departments of knowledge. Certainly no man without the forms ot social intercourse, his gathering, mowing and reaping, razing and 
and resided a few years at Baltimore. was so distinguished a favorite among all colloquial powers are said to have been fasci- building, digging and planting, unloading and 
T + lo linmovw Tnnv Ptfr classes of men, as kings and courts, lords and nating and commanding. Hence, he was the storing, striving and struggling in the garden 
In trade, however, as in the law, John i ier- ° ’ s ? „ ? 4 P r • ® and in the field, in the granary and in the mill, 
pokt was out of his element; so making an- ladies, mechanics and philosophers, literary men favonle of men of science l.teratui c taste and jn ^ ^ aIK f in ,fi e shop, on the 
other and a final shift, he entered on the study an( I legislators, the laborers and the poor. One ethics. I here must have been a mighty charm niounta j n aild j n the ditch, on the roadside and 
of Theology at Harvard University; and after reason for this is found in that utilitarianism , about him, when a philosopher so destitute ot fo the wood, in the city and in the country, on 
I • _ „ tll „ rv-vinitv Sphnnl for a which predominates in all his writings and all principle aud so full of vanity and egotism as the sea and on the shore, on the earth, in days 
ordlS ZZtleitiZot his works. He labored fo advance the inter- VoltU should have been delighted with his of brightness and of gloom. What a sad pic- 
>ear, lie was oiaaintu ana seuiea as pasioi | , , . , ture would the world present it we had no 
over the HolUs Street Unitarian Church in! este aud promote the elevation and happiness society. Sabbath!” 
Boston in 1819, which position he continued I of his fellow men. Take his maxims in Poor It is not wonderful that Franklin should -,- 
I „ p, I r xminn+Qi-iiw wLLiLvmv In IRA's Richard's Alnuuiac, as the evidence, and then have been lauded with the highest commcndar nl , n 
ture would the world present if we had no 
Sabbath!” 
to hold until he voluntarily withdrew in 1845. Richard's Almanac, as the evidence, and then have been lauded with the highest commend*- 
, . . , , , add to this view all his writings on philosophy tions after his death. He was styled an “ hon- 
1 ieri ont is a eai e, s ic oimei, am . ciup es economy, legislation and freedom, and his or to human nature,” by one author; by others 
not to con enm wit unnn iga e ..even y , Qg ^ or p U p ) }[ c improvement by schools, li- “a citizen of the world,” “a friend to all men 
whatever he deems to be wrong. Among the J \ , / „ . . _ 
and economy, legislation and freedom, and his or to human nature,” by one author; by others, 
braries, and loan of money to the industrious and an enemy to none. 
members of the Hollis Street Church and socie- . . . , , „ •„ 
, , . . _ . poor. And another reason starts up, viz., the 
tv were men of wealth and influence engaged 1 .. «... _ * 
DENYING OUR LORD. 
It is a fatal mistake to suppose that there 
can be no apostasy from Christ, where we are 
not absolutely called on to deny his name, or 
ty were men of wealth and influence engaged 
iu the manufacture and sale of intoxicating 
Franklin was born Jan. 17th, 1706, and his ^ burn an incense to an idol. We deny our 
practical application of his wisdom, for thel death occurred on April 17th, 1790. 
p . , Lord whenever, like Demas, we, through love 
onbu 0 jb £Dia p resen t world, forsake the way pointed 
practicability of his principles w'as ever promi- the “Life and Writings of Benjamin Frank- out to us. We deny our Lord whenever we 
liquors. I heir pastor s chastisements liom the nen ^ xience it was said of him, that he was lin,” in two volumes, Philadelphia, 1834 
pulpit excited their enmity, and for seven years mQre extensively knovvn than any wise man of -- 
a very bitter spirit of opposition was kept up j ; The great discoveries of even New- _____ _ 
on-m’nA kirn Lnt bp maintained his irround and „ wluchw'eourselvesbelievetobesinfulinthem- 
against him, but be maintained ms grouna, ana T0N coald not be s0 generally understood, as -~ selves or tending to sin We deny our Lord 
defied their wrath. At length, after letting the lhey rcquired talcnt8 of a peculiar kind to ap- A = ^Sve/^^e SsS; a goJd nim! li affli^ 
world see that he could not be crushed, he sent prehend them, and to carry out their applica- L^ ltioil to^llow him to open a little shop, and refuse to give countenance, encouragement, 
in his resignation, and was the same year called [ ion tQ tical effectSj P0 that the world is without paying the fees of freedom, and lie is andaupportto those who, forGod’ssake, a.id 
to the pastorship of the First Unitarian Church enteri upon the knowledge of the re- refused. He ices to Glasgow, and the corpo- for the aitliful discharge ol their duty, are ex- 
in Troy, where lie remained about four years, ^ Franklin’s wisdom can be applied by ration refuse him there. He makes acquaint- to persecution and slander, hishop 
and then removed to Medford near Boston, at , • d d it results eil ; ove d bv ance Wlth some ,nenibers of the umve F sl1 7’ who J_ 
which Dlace he still resides in the exercise of the comi,lon • - - J) ) find him very intelligent, aud permit him to . 
vluen place lie stiu rcsi . . .. t j ie cora i n on people. The erection of the open his shop within their walls. He does not Original Christianity.—M onies shut up in 
his sacred calling. lightning rod is the simple and common illus- sell spectacles and magic lanterns enough to cells; a priesthood cut off by celibacy from the 
We cannot more appropriately close our tration of his practic al wisdom, and is cliarac- occupy all his time; he occupies himself at in- sympathies and most interesting relations in lite; 
memoir than with the following remarks from . . f „ /. , h tervals in taking asunder and re-making all the and universities enslaved to a scholastic logic, 
the able pen of a contemporary: teU&tlC ° p opny. . , ,. machines lie can come at. He finds there are and taught to place wisdom m verbal subti - 
^ 1 The simplicity of his presentation of Ins books on mec lianics written in foreign lan- bes and unmfelligible dehmuons—these took 
“ The Rev. JohnPierpont,’f aman on ^hose mogt im . tant thoughts an d conclusions, is guages; lie borrows a dictionary, and learns Christianity into their keeping; and at their 
shoulders the mantle ot true genius has fallen. 1 He never seems to estimate those languages to read those books. The chilling touch, this generous religion, so full of 
His pen is never elegantly feeble. He never most admirable. He never seems to estm tc . ° ° . wonder at him and are fond life and affection, became a dry, frigid, abstract 
gives you the glitter of fine words for the gold them highly or to anticipate any renown from 0 f dr0 rmf n [r j n t 0 his little room in the evenintm, system. Christianity, as it came from their 
of pure thought. He does not cringe and them. He treats subjects as if any person, to tell him what they are doing, and to look°at hands, aud as it has been transmitted by a ma- 
creep, and bow and lisp like a literary fop, but whoge j nvcs ti ga tions should be turned in that the queer instruments he constructs. A raa- jority of Protestant divines, reminds us of the 
like a brave, honest, earnest man,_ as he is, must think and see and W! . ite and chine in the university collection wants repair- human form, compressed by swathing bands, 
speaks the sentiments that are born in lus soul. > ’ ’ • d b • Pn inloved He makes it a new untileveiyjointisrigid,cverymovemcntcon- 
He is an artist, who thinks the picture ofinore develop the same tilings. He never clwells in ^ hin& Thc engine is constructed; strained, and almost all the beauty and grace 
consequence than the frame. He v. ill not spoil upon or magnifies their importance or utility. , , • t : nd Watt, stands out before of nature obliterated.— Dr. Charming. 
a good thought for the purpose of saying a ^ the,., in I,is peculiar, clear, aud direct g? 'JSSSiTlftA of theTdustrW Z- ---— 
style, he leaves them to work oat their results premaoy of this.country, the Bmo.it and Gloomy Hocks. - Ah j tins 
on his ideas, at their birth, for fear that they on the minds of mem SS “ f ^ 1L.S5 AAlowowort! ^“.11.1 worHI. Indeed 1 know not what o 
lin,” in two volumes, Philadelphia, 1834 lend the sanction of our countenance, our 
__ i , m - , -- praise, or even our silence, to measures or opin- 
PERSEVERANCE OF WATT. ions which may be popular or fashionable but 
_ which we ourselves believe to be sinful in them- 
A young man, (says Sir R. Kane,) wanting se [ ves or tendia S ^ sin - We deny our Lord 
to sell spectacles in London, petitions the cor- whenever we forsake a good man in affliction, 
poration to allow him to open a little shop, and refuse to give countenance, encouragement 
luitnni nn.vino' ilm fees of freedom, and he is and rapport to those who, for Gods sake, and 
Original Christianity. —Monks shut up in 
' dropping 
ection wants repair- human form, compressed by swathing bands, 
He makes it a new until every joint is rigid, every movement con¬ 
fine is constructed; strained, mid almost all the beauty and grace 
ft stands out, before of nature obliterated.— Dr. Channing. 
premacy of this country, the herald or anew Bright and Gloomy Hours. — Ah! this 
force of civilization. But was W att educated? beautiful world. Indeed, I know not what to 
Where was he educated? At his own work- think of it. Sometimes it is all gladness and 
his^muse^ wUh^harp^^hand, stand? between of his life, and had familiarized himself with means, not ends. He used them to promote I the i iv e S 0 f the saddest of us there are bright 
the porch aud the altar. Is there a monument the higher and more highly educated ranks of } 11S engineering p ans, a* ic use a a sum days Ike this, when we fed as it we could 
to be erected over the dust of departed he- 
liigher and more highly educated rauks of 
i. Even then, indeed, he preserved much 
roes, he there builds a pyramid of verse that Anglo-Saxon plainness. It must be con- 
will stand when the stones shall have fallen in , . \ , . 
decay. Is there a crisis in the cause of reform, ceded that Ins style gave Ins wntings giea 
when the great heart of humauity must speak power, in the way of ease of comprehension. 
'era. take the great world in our arms. Then 
— - - -come the gloomy hours, when the fire will nei- 
VASTNESS OF THE UNIVERSE. ther bum ill our hearts nor on our hearths; 
- and all without and within is dismal, cold and 
Prof. Hitchcock in one of his scientific dark. Believe me, every heart has its secret 
or break, his words ore its throti his songs its ^ the words from the Latin and Greek works, aptly illustrates the vastness of the: uni- sorrows, which the world knows not; and often- 
° , , ,. , . verse. Light, although apparently visible in- times we call a man cold when he is only sad. 
Fier d ont is emphatically the Temperance give dlgnity to sty e ’ aud han , ce 1 f y stantaneously, really requires an appreciable — Longfellow . 
qL. lL .tSrUno- in tw of our language, and ever abound in the higher time to trave l. A flash of lightning occurring -♦ ■ — «- 
sentiments. give dignity to style, aud enhance the beauty 
Pierpont is emphatically the Temperance ° f our f on ™ age , aB d ever abound in the higher 
poet See him standing in that magnificent uul 1 o » ’ D , 
music hall, reading his poem before the mem- efforts of eloquence, they do not bung ie 
bers of the Mercantile Library ‘Society. He thoughts into so full contact with the general 
is straight as a palm-tree fanned by the “ airs m ; nd q’} ie Anglo-Saxon is especially fitted 
of Falestine”-his snow-white hair looks like f ^ colloquial manner and simplicity of ex- 
a halo ol glory about his head, and the rosy . 1 . , . . a i nnntknna 
j glow of health upon his face shows that his P re8S10D , though not for gr 1 
efforts of eloquence, they do not bring the on earth would not be visible on the moon till ]j Y Seeming to countenance vice in others, 
thoughts into so full contact with the general a second and a quarter after; on the sun until we insensibly countenance it in ourselves; for 
• j nn a i ic rvo,voc.;..iLr fiitpil e i8’ bt BBiiutes; at the planet Jupiter till a- there is a subtle and almost mysterious sophis- 
mind. The Anglo-Saxon is especially fatted m f nutes; on Uranust m two hours; on Neptune try which she employs as her chief agent in 
for the colloquial manner and simplicity ot ex- four hours; on the star ot Vega, ot the first pacifying mutinies of conscience and seducing 
pression, though not for great eloquence.— magnitude, till 45 years; on a star of the eighth reason from her vigilance. „ _ j 
HA..™ ana d in + Lo Avns a. np.rtineiit maimitude. till 180 yeara; and stars of the " * 
I have had a look into eternity!” 
ne is now neany seventy, nave uuun young su and pointed speairer, out not an u , - nia< ^ it ude are visible through telescopes A look into EternIty-WIici! Summerfield 
ong as lie; few men oi his age are so young as What he uttered was often of great power, but ^ g his flagh of ]ightn5ng wo g dd not re £i was on his deal h-bed, htr exclaimed, “ Oh, if 1 
He is now.^ _ j t was p 0W er of the thing, and simplicity of tke remotest heavenly body till more than might be raised again, how could I preach! I 
u Act oonsiderateiy” is the nractical ver- language, not of rhetorical energy. He either 6 ,000 yeara-a period equal to that which has could preach as I have never preached before; 
Ision of “know thyself.” ’ found the lightning ready formed for u6e, or he elapsed since man’s creation. I have had a look into eternity. 
found the lightning ready formed for u&e, or he I elapsed since man’s creation. 
