'•>«IF 3 
which is usual at the sight of visitors from another 
world. “No harm,’’ thought be, ,; can follow so 
friendly an invitation,’' and he suffered the dwarf, 
who took him by the hand, with childlike confi¬ 
dence, to lead him into the cavern. 
A soft, hazy, rosy light, the source of which the 
admiring adventurer could not discover, lighted the 
narrow path on which they traveled, and the voices 
of unseen spirits sung around them, with heavenly 
sweetness, the goodness and the former glory of the 
goddess of the mountain. Soon they came to a door 
of polished ebony, which the dwarf opened with a 
golden key. William started back in surprise, for 
he saw before him a garden, diminutive, indeed, but 
surpassing in splendor all the productions of earth. 
Spring, Summer and Autumn seemed 1o reign in it 
with divided empire. The ground was studded with 
knots of brilliant flowers, while the trees bent down 
to earth their branches, overloaded with golden 
apples, oranges and pomegranates. This was the 
chosen.retreat of the dethroned goddess, and here 
she sat, in a bower of roses, with a purple flower in 
her hand, which she extended toward William, say¬ 
ing:—“This is the magic flower of Love: guard it 
["Written for Moore’s Rural New-Yorker.] 
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of the Pith instant.) as but comparatively few of the two 
hundred and fifty offered have been secuved np to this date — 
Dec. 16. Mow's the Time to secure the Extras, and make a {rood 
start on the other Premiums! Dec. IS. 1 S 62 . 
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The Cash System is strictly adhered to 10 publishing the 
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and'jilainly. wit shonld receive loss scolding about other people's 
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about which agents complain are not attributable to any one iu 
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and mailed to the above places. Please note. 
Tu.nK—“ Dixie." 
Let others praise the land of cotton, 
Nigger slaves and treason rotten; 
Cheer away, cheer away, cheer away, Freedom's land: 
We'll sing the laud where we were born, 
Where honest toil no man dares scorn. 
Cheer away, cheer away, cheer away, Freedom's land 
C/iorus —Although from home we sever. Away, Away, 
"We’ll never sigh, but live and die, 
True to our cause former, Hooray I Hooray ! 
True to our cause forever. 
In the good old times, our fathers fought 
To leave us treasures dearly bought: 
Cheer away ! St e. 
At duty’s call our armies come 
To strike confederate rebels dumb: 
Cheer away! &c. 
Chorus —Altho’ from home we sever, &c 
The haughty South to her own undoing 
Our country seeks to rule or ruin 
Cheer away ! Ste. 
Maddened alike with pride and whiskey, 
They’ll find their foolish war too risky: 
Cheer away 1 & 0 , 
Chorus— Altho’ from homo wo 6ever, &c. 
Our noble boys are bravely battling 
Where the deadly halls art* rattling: 
Cheer away ! &c. 
Though they may fall they’ll never fail, 
Their iron hearts shull never quail: 
Cheer away ! See. 
Chorus— Altho’ from home we sever, &c. 
"While Uncle Sam needs a defender, 
The loyal North will ne’er surrender: 
Cheer away I Nc. 
With charging steel and dashing saddle 
We’ve learned to make the Robs skedaddle: 
Cheer away 1 ,Vc. 
Chorus —Altho' from home we sever, &c. 
Then let us ever, living, dying, 
Be where the .stars and Stripes are flying: 
Cheer away! Ike. 
The good old flag we’tt never alter, 
And he who would deserves a halter: 
Cheer away ! tec. 
Chorus —Altho’ from home wo sever, &c. 
Rochester, N. Y., Dee., 1862. w, w. b. 
(Written for Moore's Rural New-Yorker.] 
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ple, young and old i)f the editors we need not speak- their 
names ate household words all over the country in' their 
hands no periodical can fail to teach the highest pointer excel¬ 
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of the higher ones. So of Grammars. A primary 
grammar is, practically , a humbug. Scholars that 
are ready to study grammar can use an ordinary 
one without any difficulty. At least 1 bare found it 
so in my observation. With Arithmetics it is a little 
different, but not much, after all. An introduction 
may be first used to great advantage, then a thor¬ 
ough, practical work. 
But how do we find it in our primary works! 
are they arranged with reference to the develop¬ 
ment of a child s mind? Not at all—1 mean the 
most of them. How me they made? Why, they 
take the large work and run it through the book 
fanningffnilU putting in a screen, which sifts out all 
the fine print, notes, remarks and explanations, and 
then it comes out a primary grammar or arithmetic! 
We have the very stone definitions in the very same 
words, but the book —yes, here is the seerei—the 
book is not so large; ergo, it is a primary work. 
Authors and publishers who adopt Ibis system must 
think the pabulum for a child's mind should be 
arranged very much like a farmer’s supply of food 
for a Berkshire pig—first shelled corn, then corn in 
the ear. What must be done? First, let us have 
the definitions in the primary work objective as far 
as possible, but still complete; then in the latter 
course synthetic. I have here a course of three 
arithmetics and two algebras, called a series, in 
which the definitions and illustrations in the greater 
part of each of the whole five books are identical, 
i word for word, except the terms algebra and arith¬ 
metic. Certainly there is no need of this, and the 
only real object is tho profits on the sale of the 
books. “ Introduce our "erics,” say the publishers, 
and too often we do this and find, to our sorrow, that 
Koheletu said truly, u of making many hooks 
there is no end " 
The great difficulty in using these “ serials ” is, 
that our classes increase into an infinite series too 
soon, without any advantage to the pupil, and cer¬ 
tainly none to the teacher. But I will leave the 
discussion of the requisites for primary and higher 
works for a future epistle ; meanwhile let ns use 
only those books which really tend to develop the 
mind, to unfold it in the normal way. and not fol¬ 
low the continual treadmill of the series system ad 
infinitum , until the pupil almost believes that the 
process of education is a kind of Jesuit ritual, in 
which he who can “say his piece ” in the most 
orthodox manner is the highest, on the road to the 
temple of wisdom. Let us have more thought and 
less books in teaching—more life and less dry bones. 
Why is it that our fathers and grandfathers are 
often better posted iu the good literature of the last 
few centuries than their children? Because they 
thought more, although they read fewer books. It is 
the great fault of the age. that our youth do not 
think, but read by the wholesale, and are surfeited. 
This has been the great fault with us as a nation. 
Fraternally yours, Ik. Iopas. 
Seville Academy, Medina Co., Ohio, Deep 1862, 
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that is sitting in the foreground, with a book. Her day was fixed, lawyer* were making jams and jm? 
every-day, commonplace countenance spoils the paring to draw the contract, when Louis heaid, for 
whole picture. I would swear she was reading a fhS-Mi? * 
. 1 . , „ & wealthy, and was the owner ot a beautSlul villa 
cookery book. This seemed incredible, but he determined to ascer- 
li That is a kind of reading she is not fond of.” tain the truth 1'or himself before his marriage. 
“Who 9 ” William received him most cordially, and made 
dm,,,, , „ ■ ... „ no secret ot the fairy favors that had laid the lbun- 
The lady seated theie in trout. elation of bis good fortune. Lonissaid little, though 
“So, then, she is no creation of the fancy, but a be was bursting with envy, but asked, in a careless 
real woman! Perhaps the artist’s sweetheart?” way. which road led to Lora's dwelling. As soon 
“I keep no secrets lrorn you.” • 38 ] jear *l he lelt his brother, and began to 
, £T , , , ,,, , , , , , curse the stars which had thrown such wealth in 
I wish you had. I should be glad it you had wa y 0 f £j g indolent brother, while he had lo 
sense enough to be ashamed of such a weakness, marry a jnofister.Jor starve. In a word, he deter- 
You can have no chance of getting on in the worid, mined to try the adventure lor himself nothing 
if vnn marry >, nnur unknown mrl ” doubting but that the elves would be doubly liberal 
it you marry a poor, unknown gal. to so goud-iooking aleilow. ,So begot together all 
“My Caroline is poor, it is true; but rich in all the the bags and sacks he could, intending to bring 
gifts of nature.” away some bushels of the golden fruit, till be was 
“Stuff and nonsense! I have no patience with 38 au onion. He walked round the monu- 
.... . , : . .. tain a dozen umes, but no d wart made ins anpear- 
such enthusiasts. A inau who finds comfort at ance< *• Why don’t the monkey comef 1 said he to 
home, in the bosom of his family, never comes to himself, and began to fling stones against the hill to 
anything. 1 mean to marry, not with any such hasten, hie movements This produced a visitor, in 
foolish ideas Imt with a careful eve lo mv own the shape, not ut a beautitul little enpid, as before, 
foolish ideas, but with a caretui eye to my own b ut of a hideous dwarf! who just thrust out ot the 
interest. It you were rich yourself, there might be foil-side a head as big as a pumpkin, and asked, in 
some excuse for you; but our good old father was a surly voice, what he meant by making such a dis- 
so simple as to leave his sons nothing but his good turbftn c e - 
0 ° k » I «rri tn T7i2it (ho (ynrfrfnea I ni«a moa thn 
name, as he called it. 
nnili; “EMPIRE CO ELECTION,” by A N. John 
_L son, best Music Book extant, for Church Choirs and Sing¬ 
ing Schools. Published and for sale by ADAMS & Dabney. 
y^r I L L I A M cos: 
Draper and Tailor, 
it) jhojyt btiipjit. icocm: stub, jy. j 
]->EST FAMILY SEWING MACHINE. 
Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co. 
Were awarded the First Premium at the Great International 
Exhibition. Loudon, 1362. 
Pi'tnciyAl Office^ ,j03 Urtniiliimj, JVexc t'or/i. 
665 8. W. IHUHl.E, Agent, Koeheatcr, N. V. 
Completeness of Edocation. — The present 
crisis in national affairs gives especial significance to 
the words of Milton, “a complete and generous edu¬ 
cation, that which fits a man to perform justly, skill¬ 
fully, and magnanimously all the offices, both public 
and private, of peace and war.” 
( yH0CERI.ES, PROVISIONS, SEEDS, FRUITS, fte. 
IVC. J. IVIOJNTFtOE, 
WHOLESALE and retail 
GtltOC'EH AND CODDllSSION MERCHANT, 
90 Bwrtkilc estreat, Roehesrer, IN. Y. 
Also, Dealer in Clover and Timothy Seed, Seed Potatoes, 
Green and Dried Fruite, &c C5’ - Pure Wines and Liquors, 
and Rectified Whi«ky, for Medicinal purposes f6iu 
r I IREKS AND SEEDLING s T O V it 8.— JOHN 
_L GOUNJJRY, (formerly Bristol 6c Williams,) Dausville, 
I.ivington Co., N. Y., Invitee the attention of 
Planters, Nurserymen and Dealers, 
to Lis line stoek ot IV-nr, PIuiu, and Annie SeedilnicH. Also, 
2 year old Standard and Dwarl Pear Trees of leading: varieties, 
which he otters for the Fall and Sprinp trade, cheap for cash. 
665-131] JOHN GOUNDRY, llansville. Liv. Co , N. Y. 
If he had made one or two 
clever bankruptcies, we might have held up our 
heads, and spent our money like other people. 
However, I intend to make up for his want of com¬ 
mon-sense. I am a handsome fellow; so says my 
glass, and so say all the women. Many a prince 
would give half his dominions for my figure. Hhall 
I throw all these advantages away on the first girl 
that takes my eye? No such thing; I mean lo 
bring them to market, and to the best market I can. 
I advise you to do the same.” 
“ I live only for Caroline.” 
“Incorrigible enthusiast! Go on and vegetate in 
your humble sphere, if you will; my aim is a rich 
wife and a title. When 1 have gotthem, youcannot 
expect me to continue any longer oil the same terms 
with you; and as to your vulgar true love, let her 
never come near me.” 
With these lofty orders, he flung himself out oi 
the room. 
The characters oi' the two brothers are, we trust, 
sufficiently plain from the above conversation. In 
a word, Louis, the elder, lived only for himself and 
his own aggrandizement; while these weie i fie very 
last things his brother William ever thought of 
We will only add, that they lived on the borders (>v 
the Harz forest, in the year 10—. Near I heir house 
was a mountain, where the heathen Saxons used to 
meet to worship the goddess Lora, the v'enus of 
northern mythology. To this mountaiu, yet sacred 
in the traditions of the people, William would often 
repair, fancying it always the most favorable spot 
for a lover’8 meditations. One day it seemed lo 
him as though the mountain was moving. He. rub¬ 
bed his eyes, ami looked again, and it actually did 
move. It rolled from side to side, and finally 
opened, and brought forth, not a mouse, but a dwarf, 
of wondrous beauty, who advanced to the young 
artist, and addressed him in the sweetest of voices: 
•' Youthful mortal, pure from sin, 
Enter free and fearless iu ! ” , 
William was less astonished at the strange appa¬ 
rition than at the coolness and fearlessness wifh 
which he regarded It. He felt none of that terror 
A head equal to the greatest events, and a heart 
superior to the strongest temptations, are qualities 
which may be possessed so secretly that a man’s 
next-door neighbour shall not discover them, until 
some unforeseen occasion calls them forth. 
THF GfKOVK JN l IK8EKV.—DR. 
L JOHN A. KENNICOTT, Ta;; Grove P. O., Cook Co., Il¬ 
linois. rtill sells all kinds of Nursery stork, suited to the North¬ 
west Fruit. Ornamental and Timber Trees, .Splendid Eykr- 
GRKENS, sure to tier —“Small Fruits," of 60 bert sorts; uear 300 
yarn-lies of luirdv Shrubs and flowering Plants, and some that 
are fonder. Ke Plant, Asparagus Roots, all “ honest and 
f A M K 8 TEKKY Ac CO., 
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Manufacturer* of KEDZIE S WATER FILTERS, Refrigerators, 
and Thermometers, and dealer in Tin. Copper, Zinc. Sheet Iron. 
&e , Ac,, 5« 4. 81 State Street. Rochester. N. Y. 
Knowledge cannot be acquired without pains 
and application. It is troublesome, and like deep 
digging for pure water; but when <>nce you come to 
the springs they will rise np ami mleet you. 
MOORE’S RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
THK LaROKST (JlROrLATBD 
AGRICULTURAL. LITERARY AND FAMILY WEEKLY, 
ia rrni.isBKP bvt.k r SArcKDAY. 
BY D. D. T. itlOOKE, ROCHESTER, fi. V. 
Office. Union Building, Oppunfe Die I'onrt tlrmss, Buffalo Street. 
HARMONIUMS AND &EL0DE0NS, 
Warranted ttu- bust iNffrumiKirrs of the class in the world 
See Catalogues containing testimony to their superiority frors 
the most eminent musicians- Couetantjy exhibited iu compe¬ 
tition with instrument.- of the other cert makers, they have 
never, in a niiigfo icstaucr. rnile-t to take the hie best priie The 
only Gold M.vqal ever awarded to -eed instruments in this 
country was to one of these Prices of Harmoniums. (Of which 
several new etvles ore now first offered,) $60 to $400 each, cr 
Melodeons, $-JE to $::oi) each New York ware-rooms, at Nos. 6 
& 7 Mercer St., where dealer* ai e supplied at the same prices as 
from the factory, by MASON’ BROTHERS. Agents 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS. <xe 
674 AND 675. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—Study Orthography. 
Answer to Geographical Enigma:— Major General Pierre 
Toutant Beauregard. 
Answer to Mathematical Question:—i —5H—20* North. 
Answer to Geometrical Problem:—If3,8580 cubic inches, 
nearly. 
Answer to Charade:—Jack. 
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within OB0 mouth,) furnish free copy, Ace. 
i y- UirAXGH of Address - Subscribers wishing the address 
of their papers changed Trom one Fo&t-Otiice to another, must 
specify the old address as well wa tire new to secure compliance 
I jr* No Traveling Agents are employed by us, as we wish 
to give the whole field to local and club agents. 
TMPEOVED BUTTER PACKAGE. 
-L PATENTED KEPT. 8, 1S«8. 
This is a cheap and durable Package, so constructed with a 
lining of MICA on the inside, an to secure all the advantages of 
glass, with the lightness and durability of a wooden package. 
It will preserve the butter better than tubs or b'rkius. as there 
is No Loss from Soakape. and the butter iunvt spoilt by coming 
in contact with the wood 
The use of this Package will secure to the Dairymen pay for 
the Package Or its return; and it Cftn V cleansed as easily as a 
Stone or Glass Jar. aud ran be used for years until worn out, 
thus saving the expense of new-Packages every season. 
l/jjr- State, County, and Town Rights for sale by 
A. T. PECK, Puteiitec. 
Scott. N. Y.. Sept. 24,1S02. 665-12t 
Answer to Geographical Enigma:—To return evil for good 
is devil-like; to return evil 1’or evil or good for good is man¬ 
like; but to return good for evil is God like. 
Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma:—Thousand Islands. 
Answer to Anagram:— 
I am dreaming, sadly dreaming, 
Of the bright and happy hours 
When thy smile was resting o'er me, 
Like the sunlight o'er the flowers. 
Answer to Algebraical Problem:—125, 6J and 27. 
RILKES’ SPIRIT OF THE TIMES 
Oflice, 201 William Street, New York. 
GEORGE WILKES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. 
Four Dollars a Year, iu Advance. 
TO CLUBS-5 Copies.$17.C0 
*• 9 Copies...$30.00 
I 3 T- No subscriptions received for less than, jour .nemths- 
SINCLAIR TuU.-LY, No 121 Naesan Street, New York, Gen¬ 
eral Whole.ale Agent for supplying Healers. T. R Cai.KNDER, 
Agent for Philadelphia, Pa. 
Postmaster* ate requested to act as agents, and retain 25 
per cent, for their tumble. This per cantago is. however, not 
to be deducted Irom Club rate* 
Persons subscribing for toe SPIRIT, previous to Jan. 1 3803, 
will he allowed, ten per cent, discount. 
675-3t GEO. WILKES A CO., Proprietors. 
Answer to Biographical Enigma ; — Godfrey Theophilus 
Kneller. 
Answer to Riddle:—The leter I. 
Answer to Arithmetical Problem:—1st, SU0. 2d, $180. 
Answer to Double Charade:—Night-in-gale, and Nigh-tin- 
gaie. 
