MOOEE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER, 
liar mark for a neighborhood of eager-eyed 
uncharitable critics, but his employers should 
feel enough interest in their own business, to 
know personally how it is going. “How does 
■?” inquired I of a friend, 
0, I don’t know—don’t hear 
(For the Rural New-Yorker.1 
GOD GIVETH TO ALL ARIGHT. 
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE IN OHIO 
your school prosper 
the other day. 
much complaint—haven’t been near it myself 
_children don’t seem to learn much.” Here 
it —this let-alone system. AY hat man who 
has any interest in his business, would think of 
treating it thus, if there were even five dollars 
at issue? Would a farmer hire a man to plow 
in his field, and not visit him daily? Would 
he set him to chopping wood, and not know 
whether he had chopped three cords or one at 
the end of every day? In this case there are 
several shillings at stake. If he sees anything 
wrong, he kindly tells the laborer of it; and if 
he is a seusible man, and worthy to be en¬ 
trusted with work, he will reform. This is all 
WEliSTER LLOYD. 
Youno Nor a ii sat at her cottage door, 
On an afternoon in May, 
Her baby crept on the soft green sward 
And her little boy was at play. 
The sun had placed on the children's cheeks 
llis good night kiss, hut still 
He touched with gold the tall tree tops, 
And tinted the distant hill. 
The golden faded—a purple tinge 
Stole over Lite A estern sky, 
The creeping baby was hushed to sleep 
By the soft winds lullaby. 
Still the mother wrapt in the gloomy thoughts 
Unheeded the falling dew— 
When the father caine through the little gate 
And sat on the threshliold too. 
The young wife over his weary form 
A troubled quick glance sent, 
Then she laid her hand on her husband’s arm 
And murmured her discontent. 
“ I was thinking just now of your life of toil. 
And I thought of our neighbor's too ; 
The days that bring only ease to him 
Bring hardship alone to you. 
And I thought if we only live to work, 
If our children must labor too, 
For tlieir daily bread, it were "oil for all 
If this weary life were through.” 
“Why Norah, your thoughts are strange and wild 1 
And your heart is wrong to-night; 
There's a righteous Giver above,” lie said, 
“ Who giveth to all aright.” 
“I have worked to-day in the rich man's field, 
I h ive eat in the rich man’s hall; 
His lands are broad, and his gold is bright, 
But my riches are worth them all. 
His lands are broad—they were freely given, 
If again on the pallid cheek 
Of his beautiful, cherished, invalid wife, 
The roses of health might speak. 
His gold is bright—it would be to him 
A source of the purest joy, 
Could it buy a single geim of thought 
For the mind of his idiot boy. 
Nay, Norah, the little sleeper there; 
The boy that has climbed ray knee; 
Thy love, dear wife, and our perfect health, 
Are the richest of gifts to me. 
For our hopeful future, our present good. 
I've a thankful heart to-night.” 
And Norah said, as she kissed her babe, 
“ God giveth to all aright.” 
Burlington, Ky., September, 1854. 
marked attention botli at home and abroad. 
Among other efforts to further “Progress and 
Improvement,” perhaps none have been more 
energetic,-or creditable to the people of Ohio, 
than the establishment of Institutions to pro¬ 
mote Agriculture and Education. In these 
respects much has been accomplished in Ohio 
during the past five years—more, we think, 
than in any other State within the period 
named. As items, witness the success of the 
efforts of the Ohio State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture, whose recent Annual Fairs have been 
the largest and most successful in the Union,— 
and the establishment of Antioch College, one 
of the most complete and extensive educa¬ 
tional institutions in this country. And now 
an effort is making to establish an Agricultural 
College. From what we have heard respect¬ 
ing this laudable enterprise, we are inclined to 
believe it will prove successful. The plan of 
the institution presents some peculiar advanta¬ 
ges, as will be seen from the circular or adver¬ 
tisement subjoined—to which we iuvite the 
attention of all interested. 
OHIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, AT OEERLIN. 
The first term of this College will commence on the 
VIEW IN MT. HOPE CEMETERY 
of a train of cars to the noiseless creeping of a 
raft, may be deemed by some a retrograde 
movement; and impatient young America, re¬ 
pudiating in his haste all the advantages which 
the latter possess over the former, may stand 
in the midst of the crowd at either terminus of 
the New York Cen- 
RURAL CEMETERIES, 
such a gigantic railway as 
tral, and view with astonishment the vastness 
of its corporation business; while, at the time, 
he ignores the very existence of the Erie canal, 
lie may be cognizant of the crowd of pas¬ 
sengers, the car-loads of mails, express packa¬ 
ges, and lighter goods, the long trains of live 
stock seeking from the far west a market at 
the sea-board; and yet never think it worth 
while to take a look at the docks and quays, 
where the untold millions of freights and mer¬ 
chandize received by the canal, are awaiting 
transhipment. He may stand confounded as 
The second difficulty then appears to be 
a want of co-operation on the part of pa¬ 
rents. It is not enough that the teacher be 
hired—that he be fed and clothed, and every 
temporal want supplied. lie wants to know 
and feel, that those for whom he daily toils, 
feel an especial interest in his business. The 
teacher cannot always raise an interest in the 
mind of the scholar. He cannot always make 
him feel the importance of becoming wise. 
Can you expect your child to feel more inter¬ 
est than you manifest yourself? You are far 
more capable of understanding the importance 
of improving his school hours, than he is him¬ 
self. Do not find fault with the teacher be¬ 
cause he does not interest your child, when 
you take so little pains to interest him your¬ 
self. Make your teacher a friendly visit — he 
will be glad to see you; and see that your child 
complies with all the requests of the instructor. 
Not that you are to take the business out of 
his hands, but aid iu that direction is always 
acceptable, and extremely profitable. Thus 
sustained, and thus treated, your school will be 
flourishing, and your teacher successful. 
Brockport, N. Y. J- w - Barker. 
surest proofs of a moral and religious commu¬ 
nity; for no people can become wholly de¬ 
praved, until they cease to cherish sentiments 
of respect for the dead, and to pay homage at 
the shrine of the great leveler, Death. 
“Earth to earth and dust to dust,” can be 
commingled in no more fitting place than such 
a cemetery as Mount Hope, in the immediate 
vicinity of this city. One of its varied scenes 
is represented by the above illustration. It 
was drawn and engraved by our fellow 
townsmen, Miller & Mix, and represents an 
ornamental basin or tunnel overshadowed by 
trees and surrounded by graves. The ceme- 
terv is one of the most beautifully located in 
the country, and capable ol tastetul adorn¬ 
ment unsurpassed; although truth compels us 
to say, the attention paid to it within the past 
few yeai-s has not fulfilled the promise of its 
origin. There are many fine monuments and 
many lots which display the 
[Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] 
tasteful graves 
existence of a cherished and revered memory 
for the departed; but the general appearance 
of the grounds, and especially those portions 
not under the immediate care of individual 
citizens, indicates a degree of carelessness and 
neglect no way creditable to the public spirit 
of the city. 
Mount Hope hqs only to receive the atten¬ 
tion and adornment of which it is capable, to 
render it, if possible, even more attractive 
than the far-famed Mount Auburn. 
The Boston Public Library is now one of 
the institutions of the city. Its benefits are en¬ 
joyed by thousands of young men and women, 
and are second only to those realized by a co¬ 
pious fiow of the Cochituate. The number of 
books taken out daily—particularly on Satur¬ 
days—is really marvellous. The Librarian and 
liis courteous* assistants are kept quite active 
during each afternoon, and it is really pleasant 
to witness the procession of young people on 
their way to and from Mason street, for the 
purpose of returning books which they have 
read, and the procurement of others, 'flic de¬ 
mand is principally for books of travel, history 
and biography, and but comparatively few nov¬ 
els are taken out. This is an encouraging cir¬ 
cumstance; not that there is any tiling objec¬ 
tionable in a standard work ol fiction, but it is 
better that busy men and women, who have 
but little time to read, should study those 
works which may have a tendency to cultivate 
and enlighten the mind. It is lar better that 
one should endeavor to become acquainted 
with the arts by which bliss is won, eternity 
achieved, and a people governed, than to waste 
candle light snivelling over the misfortunes of 
a Sophia Weston, ’there are twelve sets of 
Mr. Hillard’s “Six Months in Italy,” in the 
All may be summed up in a few words;— 
“Thou shalt love the Lord, thy God, with all 
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy strength, and with all thy mind, and thy 
neighbor as thyself. But, my brother, ha\e 
you ever tried to obey that command, asking 
of the Most High the strength he alone can 
give? Have you never heard that God gives 
to those that love him a new perception of the 
import of those words? 
Take to yourself that lesson. Obey the 
command, and then see if our minister will tell 
you nothing new. Ought he not to repeat the 
lesson till you have comprehended it? Do 
those who truly love the author ot all their 
blessings become weary of listening to those 
same old stories ot his mercy and his truth ! 
Is it not proof of your ingratitude, that you are 
unwilling to be told ot your obligations to 
God? 
Will you refuse to look ou the flowers of 
spring, to rejoice in the harvests ol summer, 
to listen to the wild music of the winter gale 
as it sweeps along the frozen earth, because 
the past year, and every one before it, aflorded 
the same round of enjoyments? 
Would you, after reading that one passage, 
cast the Bible forever aside? Yet read it from 
PHILOSOPHICAL LECTURES, 
A long time before Railways were even 
thought of, transportation of merchandize had 
been effected between commercial marts by 
means of water communication. Commerce 
on the ocean existed from the remotest an¬ 
tiquity, not as at the present day, carried ou 
by means of huge three masted clipper-ships 
spreading an acre of canvass, or the marine 
steamer sustaining a burthen of two or three 
thousand tons, and forcing its way across the 
sea in the face of waves and tempests, but by 
means of galleys propelled by oars, and feeling 
their way along the shore,scarcely venturing out 
The commercial Greeks, 
of sight of land, 
when they penetrated the remotest of the Eu¬ 
ropean inland were in search of the golden 
tleece, and the warlike Romans, when they 
passed the Pillars of Hercules, to wit, the 
Straits of Gibraltar, and reached the ultima 
thule, (England,) performed feats worthy of 
commemoration in immortal song. 
But inland commerce by means of artificial 
water channels, did not exist among the an¬ 
cients, unless some canals may have been in use 
in China. Commercial marts were then, as 
now, located upon the sea, but where navigation 
was broken off by interposing land barriers, tin 
caravan was the only means of overcoming the 
difficulty. No canals, no railways, not even 
a tram or a McAdamized road was ever 
dreamed of to facilitate the transit. True, the 
Romans built the Appian way, and some other 
works of a similar nature; but these were for 
military rather than for commercial purposes, 
and were dedicated to the god of war, rather 
than of commerce. 
It is one of the features of modern civiliza¬ 
tion, that inventive genius is turned to an ad¬ 
vancement of the arts of peace, and commerce 
is one of the most powerful agents in forward¬ 
ing the great work. Nature has furnished 
facilities for carrying on external commerce by 
providing to all nations the great highway of 
the ocean, but internal trade, to a great extent, 
has to be conducted through artificial channels, 
one of which, the railway, has been heretofore 
considered. The intention now is to call at¬ 
tention to another, viz., the Canal. 
Turning from the fast traveling locomotive 
to the slow moving line boat, from the thunder 
Pennsylvania School Statistics. — The 
following statistics are taken from the reports 
of superintendents made within the last four 
years, showing a large increase of benefits, 
without a dollar of increased expenditures: 
Averaged Appropriation 
Pupils. Teachers, school time. paid. 
In 1850 424,334 10 907 6m. 1 day $180,773 24 
“ 1851 463,642 11,929 5m. 2 days 193 00480 
“ 1852 480.778 11.713 5m. 190.266 19 
“ 1863 474,555 11,230 5m. 184,390 27 
Thus, it is demonstrated that whilst the 
State expenditure for public schools has de¬ 
creased since 1849 the number of pupils has 
swollen fifty thousand, and the corps of teach¬ 
ers multiplied three hundred and twenty-three. 
Summer Sickness.—As the heat of the season 
advances, bowel complaints make their appear¬ 
ance. These are the result, generally, of indis¬ 
cretion, showing itself either in over-eating, 01 
iu using crude berries and badly-cooked gieen 
vegetables. Children are the largest sufferers, 
as they have but a feeble share of reasoning 
power to guide tl.em in the choice ot food , 
and those having the care of them are, as often 
as otherwise, influenced quite as much by the 
promptings ot appetite, as the admonitions ot 
experience. Ripe fruits, when not taken in 
excess, are conducive to health. 1 hey are ab¬ 
solutely necessary to its maintenance in many 
parts of the world. With us, the apple is an 
essential ingredient in a correct system ot diet. 
But it would he a waste of words to urge the 
point. A dissertation on the bad tendencies 
of beefsteak would be no more absurd, than an 
attempt, on any common sense principle, to 
prove that rich cherries, luscious pears, blush¬ 
ing peaches, or ripe grapes, were not intended 
for food. The great point, already referred to, 
must not be lost sight of, viz., to be sure the 
fruit is fully ripe, and be moderate in the use 
of it. 
[For Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.) 
How to receive your Pastor. — When 
your minister calls to make you a friendly vis¬ 
it, receive him without ceremony. His time is 
precious, and he cannot well afford to wait toi 
you to change your dress, perform your toilet, 
and put things to rights. 1 le calls to see you, 
not your clothes. And do not weary him 
with your apologies. He would much prefer 
to hear you speak of your moral concernments. 
And if you invite him to sit at your table, 
give him precisely such food as your family 
would have if lie had not visited you. And 
improve your time, while lie is with you, in 
conversation upon such subjects as tend to in¬ 
crease your knowledge and your happiness. 
Rreachers are men, and they know that peo¬ 
ple have their affairs iO see to; and it your 
minister is a man of common sense, and finds 
that you put yourself out ou his account, he 
will not come again, lest by so doing he should 
put you to some inconvenience. Be kinci 
enough to see him just as you are, when he 
calls—he will like you the better for it.— Ex¬ 
change. 
Those who have forsaken rural labors and 
been disappointed in their dreams ot riches 
quickly obtained, should return with the hu¬ 
mility of a prodigal son to a forgiving parent. 
Unconscious Influence.— It may be aque 
tion which is the wiser, but not the happier- 
he who strives against every form of wron; 
Science is not a club, it is an ocean; it is as 
>en to the cockboat as the frigate. One man 
rries across it freightage of ingots; another 
ay fish there for herrings. 
les of beauty, unconsciously soothes 
rmonizesthe perturbed spirits and un- 
ed passions of those around him, into 
with his own higher and purer nature. 
What is religion? The pilot of the soi 
the bright fields of heaven; a communion 
the saints of light. 
