MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER. 
dftomtiffnal. 
[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
THE TEACHER. 
CHAPTER I. 
The time has come in which the teacher is 
ADDRESS TO SCHOOL HOYS. considered as being something more than a 
- mere machine; a thing to keep school, lie is 
ch apter I. now looked upon, and regarded as a person 
The purpose of these remarks is to call the whose services are indispensable; and to his care 
attention of you, boys, to the subject of your immortal minds are committed to be guided by 
position as students, preparatory to entering Dim in the paths ot rectitude and yirtuc; and 
on the duties of life; of assuming the places of it ties in the teacher's power, in a great measure, 
gag 
men, and the rights and responsibilities, which, 
to a greater or less extent, devolve upon all 
mankind — to add one word of encourage¬ 
ment—one word of exhortation, which will 
tend to influence you to make the most of this 
important period of your lives, and to cause 
to endow their minds with high and noble 
principles, and fit them to occupy stations of 
honor, usefulness, and respect, when they may 
be called to take their places as men and wo¬ 
men upon the active stage of life. 
How necessary it is, therefore, that the teaeh- 
fpVm 
m 
B An 
pi 
each moment of your school days to come should possess those qualities requisite, to 
back to you laden with a harvest of intelli- make him useful in the sphere in which he may 
gence and wisdom, more valuable than the be called to move! And first of all, he should 
storied treasures of the East sustain a good moral character, be firm and 
The purpose of this paper is to tell just in all his dealings with his fellow men, and 
you that on you, in connection with those of bve * n aP res P ec * s so as to set before the world, 
your own age throughout these States, the an example worthy of imitation. lie is regard- 
preservation or the destruction of everything ed Dy many as being a pattern for them to 
valuable in our institutions for the coming follow, and whate\er he may be seen to do, or 
generation must depend. You, boys, in a even countenance, is often thought, (even if it 
shorter period of time than you think of now, * 3 wrong,) to be of no harm. If the teacher is 
must assume the position of men; must, wheth- so unfortunate as to become a slave to the use 
er you would or not, stand in the places of “ filthy weed, in any form, it would be THE AMERICi 
your fathers; must, some higher and some nothing strange to see the little “ would-be- _ 
lower, according to the talents God has given gentleman with his cigar, pufiing through the The Yellow-bird, or American Goldfinch, 
you, and the use you make of those talents, streets, or an enormous quid in one corner of bears a great resemblance to tlie canary, and 
occupy the positions of those wdio fill the legis- Dis mouth, depositing occasionally a quantity in song F"iike the Goldfinch of Britain, but it is 
lative halls; who minister in the pulpit, and of the narcotic on the side-walk, or, what is in general so weak as to appear to proceed 
the courts of iustice-who nlow and sow who much worse, on his mother’s carpet in the par- bom a distance, when perhaps the bird is 
tne courts oi justice, wno piow ana sow, wno l i„ -n J perched on a tree over your head. 1 have 
wield the hammer of the smith, the axe of the |or, and if corrected by her will say, my { 10weverj heard them sing in cages with great 
carpenter, and the trowel of the mason; who buicher does so, and what he does I should not animation and energy. In the spring, they us- 
oriiflp nf tVio ofaorp tlio fiprv think would l)c wronff i01 me to do. socinte in flocks, to busk uud dress themselves 
guide the horses of the stuge couch, the fiery rnniiv. wouiu ue wrong 1 101 me to uo. sociute in Hocks, to busk und ores; 
locomotive on its iron track, and the mighty In no P lace cai1 the ^acher exert a greater in the morning sun, singing in concert for half | They build a nest in the twigs of an apple tree, 
steam-ship over the ocean wave- who print ’’dluence than in the school room, surrounded ail . hoU1 ' together; the contused mingling of formed of lichen and soil downy substances, 
steam snip o\ei urn ocean wa\e, wno |hiiil . . . their notes forming a kind ot harmony not at j 1 he other individuals of the fmeli or spar- 
the newspapers, write the books, and trace the ^ lie 1S by a circle ot little ones whose minds a ]j unpleasant. Their flight is not direct, but. j row tribe, which inhabit the United States,'are 
courses of the stars. The thousands of occu- are 33 plastic as the clay in the hands of the in alternate risings and sinkings, twittering as I too numerous for us here to particularize.— 
pationsin which you see men engaged, will P otter ; who are (as it were) all the time drink- they fly at each successive'rimpulse of the wings, i Library of JYatural History. 
THE AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. 
The Yellow-bird, or American Goldfinch, j They search the gardens in numbers, in quest, 
bears a great resemblance to tlie canary, and ; of seeds, and pass by various names, such as 
in song is'iike the Goldfinch of Britain, but it is j lettuce-bird, salad-bird, thistle-bird, yellow- 
in general so weak as to appear to proceed ; bird, &c. They are very easily tamed, 
from a distance, when perhaps the bird is The yellow-bird is four inches and a half in 
perched on a tree over your head. 1 have | length: the male is of a rich lemon color. The 
however, heard them sing in cages with great j wings and tail are black, edged with white.— 
animation and energy. In the spring, they u-s- j In ilie fall this color changes to a brown olive, 
sociate in flocks, to bask and dress themselves ! which is the constant color of the female.— 
soon be left for you; and it will depend upon Dig in his very words and actions. Ilis love 
yourselves whether you occupy a position high * ot c DHdien should be strong and fervent— 
or low. The better education you acquire, the sboidd not be content with merely a limit- 
more you cultivate your minds, if you remain ed knowledge ol his own state or country, but 
steadfast to principles of truth and virtue, the ap ' a ^ s be drinking from that fountain of truth 
brighter will be your destiny. It is superiority an ^ purity, whose springs are always/ m/Z and 
of mind that gives the advantage; strength of to aP wbo *°ut seek to quench their 
body will not do it. A man with a giant 
mind, but with the bodily weakness of a child, 
will rule a nation, while a man with the strength 
of a Sampson, but ignorant and unlearned, will 
only be fit to handle a pickaxe on a railroad, 
or a wood-saw at the corner of the streets.— 
Last fall the writer saw, upon a new line of rail- 
thirst, from its living streams. He should 
avail himself of every opportunity to attend 
y x V ♦ i the happiness of others will never be effaced 
tjj f £ iK S S H I) 1 S I ♦ from tlie memory. The instructions derived 
O from parents, the anxiety and solicitude which 
.......they manifest, cannot be too attentively re- 
[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] oai'dcd 
HAPPLMtSS IN ALL. Q ur soc i a ] nature also opens to us a wide 
__field for pleasure and improvement Whose 
Wherever we turn our eves, w’C see sources 1 „ . , 1 A .. . , 
. . . . , ,, heart does not swell with gratetul and livelier 
of pleasure and improvement, i he earth pre- . ▼ , . ° a .,. , 
1 . . emotion when lie hears the accents ol kindness 
sents a varied scene, lhe change ol seasons .... . . „. 
, . . , . . •», and encouragement m the voice of a friend;— 
brings its enjoyments and its uses. Man is , 
. ? . . . ’ ,, ... \Y ho but can feel a higher happiness m every 
tired of the heat ol summer, but autumn comes ° , 
. , . , , . , . , . look of kindly condescension, and every token 
with its cool and refreshing breezes, the great . , . , . . „ J „ 
, , . of regard shown by a loved superior: Every 
fountain of heat sheds his rays less directly . . . 
, , , , . , heart must give a quick response, that retains 
upon us, and the barrenness and decay that, . . .. 
1 . .. , , . . the pleasing associations ol childhood in the 
come after the chilling Irosts, and which may . . ' , . . . . , 
b w school-room, and of mature years m the higher 
[Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
HAPPINESS IN ALL. 
Wherever we turn our eyes, we see sources 
Teaching, Northend's Teacher and Parent, 
School and Schoolmaster, and a host of others. 
road, a beardless youth, the leader of a party ever -' teacher set his standard high, 
of stalwart men. The instrument he wielded an dneierbe content to remain where he is, 
was a brazen tube upon a tripod, while the Dut e\er be pressing onward and upward, look- 
tools of the others were axes and spades.— * n g to Christ for an example, who when upon 
The bodily exertions of any one of the men to eai *th went about doing good. Levan. 
tired of the heat of summer, but autumn comes 
with its cool and refreshing breezes, the great 
do their portion of the labor for a day was 
more than that of the leader for a week, while 
their strength and ages were double his; and 
yet he was receiving a thousand dollars a year, 
while they were paid only a dollar a day.— 
Newton, Ct, Feb. ISth, 1854. 
STATISTICS OF EDUCATION. 
The long-expected census of the United clotMn<r the earl h as wk„ « ... 
while they were paid only a dollar a day.— States, taken nearly three years ago, is now ° . . . , social enjoyment had, and our minds are lifted 
The youth’s powers were mental—theirs phys- com P^ted. lhe department of education ex- L10 10,1 0 h 1 ® UC1 '’ 0 ' e ' e ' nearer and nearer the beautiful and true, 
id His were the attributes of the Deity- ‘"Mts among others, the following results : for man-are all full of lessons for our daily go ^ fct ^ cierish the , in a|1 ^ 
J In the whole United States and the ternto- instniction. So too, do the forests, dark and , . n . , . , .... , 
theirs of the brute. nes there^are 234 colleges, with 1,651 teach- i oue , and so long the abode and pride of the d \ 'f a “ d . tbey f a lud ever . a 
Mere opportunities of study will not suffice ers, and 27,159 pupils. Their total annual in- T( _.tliA or-md old mountain the nurlin" P erennn “ te ullt of enjoyment, welling up in 
unless those opportunities are improved.— come is—- trom endowment, S4;)2 314 ; taxa- t . tre t j e i mDe tuous river and the broad mil” llieir bosoms giving a verdure of happiness 
Looks and schools, lectures and annaratus tl0n ’ 1 P U 2 1C funds > ^184,649 ; other stre ff - h f im P ctuous rner > auti tllC bl0aU 11111 to all that surrounds them. e. h. w. 
liooks and schools lecture, aid apparatus, sourceSj $2,14/,8o3 — aggregate, $2,800,301. ror-like lake. 
College degrees and Universitv h on ore, will Of nublie schools there are 80 991 • loooL ... a , 
never make a learned man. This is the reason ere, sW^1^ ptfpita, W^ Thdr totl «>e unreflecUng, the ocean lha covers ALL SORTS OF JIIMS. 
why so many who have the best chances of income is—from endowment, $482,592 ; tax- s0 !1 ' a F 01 1011 0 7 0 1)1 ‘7 1 -00111 r . . . 
education who have been kent at books and a1iou - S4,G86,414 ; public funds, $2,574,669 ; useless for pleasure or benefit. But if we con- here is a strong disposition m men of op- 
. ’ , . . . * . . ’ ‘ other sources, $1,147,853 — aggregate, $9,- sider it attentively, we must regard it as bind- posile minds to despise each other. A grave 
passed through select schools, academies and 591 . 53 „. i„ g the nations of the earth together by the man cannot conceive what is the u* of wit in 
colleges, come out, at last, amongst the great- Of academies and other schools, there are Kon(1a nf 0v(ir it . society; a person who takes a strong common 
est blockheads of the land. They never studied 6,032, with 12.207 teachers, and 261,361 pu- f. . ’ , ' sense view ot the subject, is for pushing out by 
in their lives, and have spent the best years of l )ds- IDeir annual income is — from endow- U _S 1Ha l s 110 inteiL iail ° e 0 " ia ever c,in con ’•De head aud shouldere an ingenious theorist, 
. . , . !• . . , . ments, $288,855: taxation. $14 292 • nublie tribute to the health, wealth, or happiness oi who catches at the slightest aud faintest unalo- 
ther existence in v.n«en,mg - instead of nervmg fm , dSi 8u4>7#0 . ’ oUler sol ,; c ® $4,235,987 - nations is made easy. Thus are the delicious S^i and another man, who scents the ridieu- 
tliemselves for the battle oflifc; and when they total; $4,653,842. fruits ami ai-omatio spices of the tropical climes !"“ 3 f ™”> <*r. will hold no commeroe with 
finally graduate and leave the institution where There are, in the States and Territories. . , , ... / ., . e him who testa exquisitely the reeling of the heart 
they have been no honor, either to it or to white persons over twenty years of age, who transported readily to the colder regions of the ^ i3 alive to nothing else; whereas, talent is 
themselves instead of receiving a dinloma with cannot read and write —males, 389,664; fe- north, and made to administer to the pleasures talent, and mmd is mind, in all its branches.— 
’ b ^ males, 573,234—total, 962,298. of those less favored by these gifts of nature. Wit gives to life one ot its best flavors; com- 
not be auite so agreeable to the sight, are „ ° 
4 0 ..... walks of learning. The faithful tablet of memo- 
clothed in a mantle of whiteness. And this is . , , . .. . 
u , , „ „ , ry retains the names and images of those who 
removed by the vernal warmth of the sun, when • , . . , . - , . . , , 
j , associated with us m fraternal bands—and 
the buds, protected with so much care during . , . , . 
^ 1 , „ . Willi us strove m generous emulation, to win 
the frosts and storms of winter, put forth their , . . 
i the crowning success. How oft m after life 
fi-esh leaves — the flowers springing up and .... 
, ° , come up m vivid remembrance, the hours ot 
clothing the earlh as with a beautiiul mantle . , . , , . , , 
The youth’s powers were mental—theirs phys- completed, lhe department ol education ex- 
; ca ] His were the attributes of the Deity— among others, the following results : 
1 ills wcre Uie aunDuves 01 ine ^ eit y In the whole United States and the territo- 
theirs of the brute. rios tbp.ro sii-p ORA pnllorroa ti, i esi 
—the fields of grain, producing the sustenance 
for man—are all full of lessons for our daily 
ALL SORTS OF MINDS. 
t . ‘ “ i ments, $288,855; taxation, $14,292; public tribute to the health, wealth, or happiness of who catches at the slightest and faintest analo- 
uing- insea o nerving f ul) ds, $114,790 ; other sources, $4,235,987— nations is made easy. Thus are the delicious gies; and another mail, who scenLs the ridicu¬ 
le of life; and when they total, $4,653,842. fruits and aromatic spices of the tropical climes ! uUS ‘'l' 0 ” 1 alar - will , ll . old 11 ? commerce with 
ive the institution where There are, in the States and Territories. . . , ... . ,, . P)1 him who testa exquisitely the teeling of the heart 
>„or, either to it or to white perscs over twenty years of age who trm, ported read,iy to the colder regtons of the is a, ive uo t hin g else; whereas, talent is 
the title of A. B, they deserve only to be fnr- There is a striking disparity between the The great deep is, also,’the abode of myriads m0 !' »--nse leads to immediate action, and gives 
nished with a sole leather medal, inscribed with numbers of persons who neither read nor write 0 f an j ma ted creatures, that find abundance of societ ^ da ily motion; large and comprehen- 
the picture of a donkey. The writer has in those States respectively, where lhe common . . . 4 . . , . , , , sive views, its annual rotation; ridicule cliasti- 
known young men in his own class, who after school system prevails, and those which provide f njoyment 111 the if prope , r G ein ent, and which ^ ful]y mid imprudence, and keeps men in 
JO ’ ’ __l.•!,_. .4-1 . M W. , i n ovtnnci vpitr aurmlw thp TOtinTs At mnn. tl.rU.. r-,.1,....... ... 1,1 „ c < I 
north, and made to administer to the pleasures talent, and mind is mind, in all its branches.— 
of those less favored by these gifts of nature. Wit gives to life one of its best flavors; corn- 
spending four years in college, were unfit to no such privileges for their youlh Ma^achu- 
f t . , . setts, tor instance, with a population of 994,- 
keep the most oidinaiy district school; who 504, lias but 1,861 native born adults who are and adventurous mariner supplies the table most sublime discoveries; feeling points all the 
Such men are drones, and worse than 
shows 21,221 natives who do not read nor flame. It is too, from this wonderful magazine -sort of talent; they have all their separate du- 
drones, in the human hive; and if they are not write, against only 30,670 in New York, which that the clouds—which give us such changing 
stung to death by the workers, they at least— 
“ Doubly dying shall go down— 
To the vile duBt from whence they sprung, 
Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.” 
Ventilating School Rooms.—O ne of the 
has a white population of 3,058,325. 
Some Requisites of a Good Teacher.— 
that the clouds—which give us such changing 1 e3 aiK a ‘ se ’ a J t ie na PP llie ss ol man loi their 
„ „ , , , , , ° object; they all improve, exalt, and gladden 
forms of beauty and such grateful shade from li( ^ t Sidney Smith 
a hot sun—have their origin, and from whence 
It would be well for newspaper critics to 
UFA orooi, i eacher.— — t h cy ( W the moisture they so gently distill on , , 7 , “ "VV T 
He should possess an active temperament. If a „ . . , f ± . heed the above, and beai’ m mind that there 
the teacher is dull, and apparently indiili-rent, r ™ ltrul “ ras *° ,ll<! “ lh - are other tastes to consult besides their own; 
most assuredly will his scholars be infused Ihusmtght we contmue our survey through lhat wbat miy be honey t0 ia gaU 
most important considerations in the erection with the same spirit; but if his eyes sparkle all the works of creation, and find them but so nl i, 0 .„j, aon f rn .j 0 _. rp „ j, 
, , , . ., , with interest, and everything he says and does ln ., nv Kn „ nvs nf n]pfli ,„ rp and nrofit fnr nvn . othei class ot leaders. It a paper was made 
of school houses, is a thorough ventilation of Ls done with ’ a due de ^ ee J anin J ion> he c ° a „ of P lcasuic and prollt / or maQ - U p exactly to the tastes of any single individu- 
the rooms. The rapid conversion of oxygen, the 8Carce ly fail to impart that vivacity of mind kmd \ ? 3at the 80ur ^ s ol our Dappmess are al) to eveiy one who would be pleased with it, 
life sustaining principle of the atmosphere, into which will drive all sluggishness from the not hmited evea tho Wlde ran 8 e of the na * therc would be oue buildred ready to p ronounce 
carbonic acid gas, by means of respiration, is . f , n . , tural worl(i it a wretched literary production.-Eos. 
a fact well known to the student of physical reasoning powers should be fully (level- The domestic condition opens unnumbered 
rm • i .. • . , ‘ oped, to enable him to give his pupils material r , ,. , . . ~ * ’ ° * ' 
scence. Xto latter gas » not only a non-sup- ( £ ^ Mplai „ create in sources of pure aud rational enjoyment What Ijmbumj sayst-'-The most agreeable of all 
porter of life and combustion, but it is also a them a spirit of inquiry. Much should be enjoyment is there more pure and hallowed companions is a simple, frank man, without 
deadly poison when taken into the lungs in any done to encourage the ivhy and wherefore than that of the well regulated domestic circle? any high pretensions to un oppressive greatness 
considerable quantity. The deadly gas gene- principles: care, however, should be taken, lest The sacred names of the parental and filial re. —one who loves life, and understands the use 
rated from burning charcoal, and also the fire U , ie teaser become too abstract and meta- latious must ever awaken the purest pleasures of it; obliging alike at all hours; above all a 
vxmiiu, to trior>fiAQl uritL fL..t rvrAriivoori phy sical - While thoroughness in all studies ..... , . TT e . golden temper, and steadfast- as an anchor.— 
damp m wells, is identical with that produced 8hou ] d beaime d at still there is a point of iuves- 111 tho v,rtous heart Here are tlC8 foiraed For such a one we gladly exchange the great- 
by animal respiration, and its inhalation by pu- tigation, beyond which it is unprofitable to go. tb at death can only sever, and the kindness and e8t genius, the most brilliant wit, the proi'ound- 
pils in crowded rooms ia pregnant of disease. — Conn. School Journal. affection shown by each, in the promotion of est thinker.” 
it a wretched literary production.—E dr 
Lessing says:—“The most agreeable of all 
considerable quantity, ilie deadly gas gene- principles, care, novvever, snomu oe taken, lest The sacred names of the parental and filial re. —one who loves hie, and understc 
rated from bunting charcoal, and also the fire te >a clier become too abstract and meta- Htjons must ever awaken the purest pleasures ol it; obliging alike at all hours; 
- triorvfi/*ui -rottL fL.it nmdnmri physiottl. While thoroughness in all studies .. e . golden temper, and steadfast as a 
damp m wells, s identic^ with that produced 8hou ] d be aimed at still there is a point of iuves- m tho v,rtous heart Here are ties foraied For such a one we gladly exchang 
1 1 ifc mho oLah K^r . .. ^ i , . . . 1 .. . . xl i. J _ _ _ „ 1 __ _ _1 1 J.. 1 O J O 
^imkri |lcat)ing. 
BURY ME IN THE MORNING. 
Runv me in the morning, mother. 
Oh! let me have the light 
Of one bright day on my grave, mother, 
Ere you leave me alone with the night; 
Alone in the night of the grave, mother— 
’Tis a thought of terrible fear !—• 
And you will be here alone, mother, 
And stars will be shining here. 
So bury me in the morning, mother. 
And let me have the light 
Of one bright day on my grave, mother, 
Ere I am alone with night. 
You tell me of the Savior’s love, mother,— 
I feel it in my heart; 
But oh 1 from this beautiful world, mother, 
'Tis hard for the young to part! 
Forever to part, when here, mother, 
The soul is fain to stay, 
For the grave is deep and dark, mother, 
And Heaven seems far away. 
Then bury me ip the morning, mother, 
And let me have the light 
Of one bright day on my grave, mother, 
Ere I am alone with night. 
Never unclasp iny hand, mother. 
Till it falls away from thine— 
Let me hold the pledge of thy love, mother, 
Till I feel the love divine; 
The love divine—oh I look, mother. 
Above its beams I see; 
And there an angel's face, mother, 
Is smiling down on me ! 
So bury me in the morning, mother, 
When sunbeams flood the sky— 
For death is the gate of life, mother, 
And leads to light on high. 
in turn extensively supply the wants of man- their proper sphere; subtlety seizes hold of the s\v 
kind. From this great storehouse the hardy fine threads of truth; analogy darts away in the glj 
