Bloomington Post, Volume 2, Number 27, Bloomington, Monroe County, 19 May 1837 — Page 4

What constitutes ak AccomtusHED Lady. There is perhaps vo term which has become more perverted from the original meaning than the word accomplishment. If signifies Completeness, perfec tion,' and implies a finish of character to which nothing can be added and which leaves nothing to desire. Milton calls his heroine Accomplished Eve.' Now it is morally certain that she could neither dance, (that is by system,) play or draw, or converse in anv other laneuace

than her own. Where then were her accomplishments? True she is, in her state of innocene, one of'the most beautiful modes of grace, propriety, dignity and humility ever exhibited, and therefore we must suppose that the author of Paradise Lost had in view a far different standard of female excellence than the fashionable one of our own times. What then constitutes an accomplished female! We answer, 4A fitness for the sphere she is to

occupy whatever it may be, and not love so violently) as by a tica faithful nnd conscientious clis- ; sire for adventure, which they

charge of the duties belonging to j that sphere.' She may not as a ( wife and mother have an occa-

sion for those fashionable ac-, "liceate ami accomplished w oquisitions which in some situa- men, "ho delighted in the bloody

tions of life are both useful mul ornamental; but she may nnd will have higher opportunities lor ulessmg and being blessed, She may be the suitable comnanion of a sensible man; the judicious mother of a rising family; the neat, orderly and frugal mistress of an extensive household. She may be qualified to council her husband in the intricacies of life; soothe him in his troubles; lighten his heart of half its load ; and render his home the spot of all the most delightful . She may "a train up her children in the path of piety: form them to habits of virtue, 'and thus bequeath a blessing to society when she has gone to her rest in Heaven. If this is a low station and fit for nothing but vulgar qualifications, where on earth shall we find one that is high or useful? We would not be understood to set no value whateveron that which areusual ly called nc o iiplishments.Many of them are elegant, and in certain stations in life, and where there is a decided taste for them, may be highly useful. But we do deprecate the ' prenzy' of accomplishment which rases among nil classes, and induces them to sacrifice lime and money, which if properly laid out, might have made them ornaments to society, in pursuits worse than useless. The young lidy who can spend six months perhaps at a boarding school must, in conformity to custom, throw avay two thirds of the whole of that precious time in forcing, a taste for music, or dancing, or learning, French, when it is understood that at marriage these hardly learned acquisitions are to belaid aside never to be resumed. There is something wrong here and it will never be remedied, until parents have good sense and independence enough to adopt the means in the education of their daughters to the end in view. If thr.y desire them to be any thing more than mere puppets trained for display, whose only aim is dress and be admired , they must teach them by precept and example that what is useful; infititely to be preferred to what is dazzling; and that virtuous excellence is to be more irdentlr coveted than fashionable accomplishments. If aolomon s beautiful description of a virtuous woman were to be adopted as the model of female excellence , what a change would be at once produced in tht i , , , o moral aspect of the world! Some Of the most powerful temptations to sin would lose their alluring charms, and modesty, industry and chastity, be once more what thev should alwavs hntr h.n tneysnouia always have been,

the safe-guards and the highest ornaments of woman. York Advocate . . Weaving btraxofor Bonnets. The Boston Transcript says there are several establishments of looms for this manufacture in Boston, furnishing, occupation to numbers of females. The warp, however, is not of silk. Yankee ingenuity has substituted the fibre of Manilla hemp, which is much cheaper, as good in all respects, and far better in one. It does

not cu the straw, as silk does. Female Warriors have been found in the heart of Christen dom, even since the dawn of this century. We arc assured by Bui wer,,that the French armies have never been engaged in the neigh borhood of Paris without there beingfound many of those females whom one sees in the saloons of Paris , slain on the field of battle, to which they have been led, not so much by a violent pussion for their lovers (French women do are willing to grntify'even in the camp. Dumourier had at one time, for his nids-de-camp, two ! scc,,es ' war. Oltcn. in the m06t desperate ciisis of the bat ! lei said the general, I have heard i l,,c'r sienoer niu nniniaieii voice j reproaching flight, nnd urging to the charge: and you might seen their waving plumes a ve and Roman garb amid the thickest ol the lire After the battle of Waterloo, there were found among the dead bodies several Parisian girls, who liud gone forth with their paramours, and actually fought in their compnny Nor was this an uncommon event "One morning," says Mr. Scott, "v hen passing through the; Palais Royal at Paris, 1 saw one of these women dressed in military costume, with boots, spurs and sabre. No Frenchman seemed to consider the sight a strangtone. I oison Jrom hatinr Partridges, Dr. Comstock, of Lebanon, Connecticut, in rrmarkin" ii)t)n case? of poison which happen every year from this cause, sometimes ending family, says that pheasants , Fpartri.lop, nmj (,.cr all feed occasionally in winter, fur want of better food, on the sprcis of poisonous laurels called Kalmia Latyolia, and the sheep sometimes on another poisonous species of the same, family, called K-August a folia. The white flesh or breast of the partridge seems less impregnated than the black meat, because the latter is in closer proximity to the intestinal canal, and therefore becomes sooner imbued with the poison absorbed. This may or may not be. PLOUGHING. i,Coms let us reason the mitlcr hgeth f.M It is a practice with many far. mers, in ploughing sward ground, lo endeavor to turn the furrow slice entirely over, so that the grass side shall lie flat in the preceeding furrow; while others lay the furrow slice on every one which preceeds it, so that it repose at an angle of 45 degrees. The latter is called the improved mode of planting. When the funow slice is laid quite fiat, the weight and tenacity of the soil consolidate its surface almost immediately, and obstructs the action of the weather in breaking down the texture of the soil, ns well as that of the harrows in rais ing a tilth, or the greatest depth of mould for covering the seeds, & if the surface U level and the soil tenacious. i lhe water when in excess, having no Pa898ge under, reposes upon the top of the 8od' But when the furrow 8,ice 1 U ,app?d TU ll? PT ding nc' in 1 Z a dcr - e,V eVf lurrow forms an underdrain for the passage or receptiop of the water, leaving the surface dry; the greatest possible surface of soil is cxpossed to the inflence of the atmosphere; the '11? e-nd porous by the IDS dow oHhe sod, as the roots 0f the grasses in it decay, end the har,

row, by reducing the projecting an- j

gles ol the liirrow slice, readily produces a fine and deep tilth. New Method of Propagating Apple Trees. A new plan for increasing plantations of apple trees has lately been carried into extensive practice by the horticulturists of Bohemia. Neither seeds nor grafting are requir ed. 1 ie process is to take shoots from the choicest sorts, insert them in a polatoe, and plough both into the ground, leaving but an inch or two above the surface. The potatoe nourishes the shoot while it pushes out roots, and the shoot gradually grows Tup and becomes a beautiful tree, bearing the best fruit, without requiring to be grafted. VVhatever m;iy be the success of the undertaking, its novelty is at leas-t ; an inducement to (jive it a fair trial. Former and Gardener. Tenacity of the Apple Tree for life. A medical gendeni.tn, who has recently made a tour through several of die western stab's, related lo us the following singular instance, illustrative of the power f the apple tree to support life out of the ground . la the month i f (M-jher, TT.", Mr. Alexander M. (y, living near Columbus Oiii, bought of a nurseryman on Ling Islanl, 1U0 npple tree?; they were then paeked up, shipptd via the great Irie canal and the hke, to Cleveland, Ohio. On arriving at the point, the ran.i I being frozen up, the trees leiu.ns'.i d there until the latter end of Match, l-:it, when lln.-y were sent to Ct.hunluis Ohi", by the canal: they reached the latter plate in the mouth of April, following. As it was presumed that the tree, which had now been i ut of the ground f-ix tii'-nths, were all deai'. r their vital powers so far destroved as to render their veetatiiii.' not , tilv doubtful, but its was supposed, hopeles, the owner refused tu receive tliem. In tins siitiati !! iliev iname.l tiil Miv, when the iijv'ut t canal fjrwanlcd them to tin ir pr-'pii' i . t re the ' r, ho planted them out rieb limestone land, in his cornh-'ld, nnd t tided the m with his coiti. At the pcii d ot planting, which was seven n o:iths from ibe time of their I cing taken up, the trees ere partially in leaf, nnd i: tw ithstandi.g all of these disadvantageous cireums iil. e-4, '.K .if them lived, only VI of the i"!ii'red o mo Fartm r and tlnrtU t.i r. II to o hi initio it Imiitiim, MONKOE COC NT V F K M A L K S F M I N A 11 V .Mr. IV.nixo, Principal. In rt m at ing the ( I aiim ol tint institution lo the notit r of the public, we would n sjv 1 1 lu!!y invite at . htiou to a bnel htstorv of its origin and progr'.s. t r ... :...:.. I. f 1 1, . j ;ini,HHl, jmi)r,rtat,ce of l-emale tduc lion, and i.f the f on p native inutility 'd t hi' frt abl is'itiir i t ol C.dh-gs hi d IlisjIiScho Is for j-'iuth, while Ihe ! niilc m n i wn iifi;!i cted, pcliutioed the St .tc L girliitiir of 1033- lti. Tirit :i rhurter a Kcnulc n"itn I'M, -,ii t o t ;i! !; c tilt- -l'i. in the ' lit ) irb in. .n !!( i t;i-n ihe Al ).,i(.: (Jonut S,', ii. n il) h'ii'i f-r th' . i ecu ui l '.!. 1. 1 c ' -l.1 .:i: U . I O'l? purpo'c. i'his bcinn granted, tin--i i vices of a jjjei.th ni n, llu-n j'ist Irum Kigln.d, ivt'tt: M i urcd, liof c cIiht tcr and all.iii.uients, as will a? igh rrcommpiidalions from most re--;' ct'i'ilc indiviJual? in his own county, wai ranted tlie faithfudischarge il tin- ilnty devolving on him in sores -ji tn-iSic a situation. A part of thtuiidiiig has been occupied two years; "tit, uwinj to the want of sullicienl lund?, it has never been completed. Since the or tntz ition of t 2 Si m nnry, nearly 00 young ladies, from vuious parts of this, and other state?, haveirecei ved instruction, in the different branches of n useful and orna. mental education. Through the lib erality of our citizens, the board ol trustees are now enabled to finish the dilice; and it is their intention to ex lend the advantages afforded in this Institution by the establishment of a Preparatory, and a Teacher's Depart meut. Several young Ladies, who formerly attended, have been, nnd are now engaged in teaching, in this, and oilier states, with credit to themselves, and to the satisfaction of their em ployers. Certificates will in future, be given to all who complete the course with credit. The government is strictly parental emulation in all its forms is discouraged, and none but the purest motives are presented as incentives to improvement; the head is not cultivated at the expense of Ihe heart, nor the mind to the neglect of the body, and the destruction of the health. The healthfulness of the place being unquestionable, its local advantages, and, in many respects, its prospects, are pre-eminent to make it one of the first institutions of the kind. The mode of teaching adopted is the result of the experience of years, after witnessing those practised in the first Seminaries of Europe, and this country; and is found the most certainly, and rapidly, to develope, and

strengthen the mental powers. ConsUnt and untiring efforts are directed to the firm establishment of the pupils in the principles of the various branches of education; to the cultivation of V.lltl. learninl?'dJ:C'en.Ce;

uj cAcicioiug wit: uuucl smutting ctuu judgment; to the promotion of improvement, by a system of familiar reading and conversation, (for which purpose a valuable library is provided;) and to the formation of habits of order, and diligence, sustained by mildness, and persevering attention. Commensurate with the high expectations entertained has been the success which has attended these efforts. We have not seen more neat and beautiful Penmanship ; rhore interest ing Com positions, in verse, as well as proi-e; or more elegant, and tasteful Drawings, and intings. r.qiiallj might be nmde in Htproviue remarks i relation lo other t ranches; out we denn it unnecessary to particularize. In the Drawing d IMrtmiiit the young ; Linuics J 'lUVillllclrg I fi III J llici with in this countiy Mr. V. having I ..a ... i ... ..A I r. ' studied under Mnnbeis of the Ivo) al Acadtm in London. A vciy good I'tano Forte is pro vided for the u?e of music pupils. Vo cal music is made a branch of educa-j liem without any i-xtr.i chatg. The course of instruction incluacr . the Kntilish at.d French languages, with a correct ur.immatical knuwlt d(- ' oleach; Ai itiinielte, in a niari,cr cal t i ubttcd to iii;ure practical u'ilit) ; VN riling in Ihe vai :i n hands; it:i- : raphy, and (Jergraphical Diawiig,, Ancient and M jJ-. rn 1 1 1-' oi , N at u i i l cc Mnia! I'uilosepb) ,-VM itU in dies; Astronomy; Clieniistr) ; KnghshCom po-iiion ; iiul llSeicl ic . ; TKKMS l K TL 1 l lnN IU U' ll'.l ! IN A U V A X " I ' Seniol d- p 1 1 lux Hi Sit) pi I ri S-ion. ' I'l ep trati I V ,1 . C " '' l'i iroai j Drp u tin .--lit 1 " Music w h!i u-e i t I iano 1 j iNcedle w i : k, pli.in oc IXIlrtlctli! al 3 I'm i ll U v " Drawing h 1 1 i Painting in water coin- G " ' In Craj on an 1 Oil I n " " Stenogi ap! v 3 t!ic ( i.'irse. Full sps'ion is ofiinioi.ils i!ihm'ioc, the siinnncr coiniiiem::iig the tits Monday in Mm; the wioir, the Ins . 1 1 1 . . 1 i in November, lit cf-e dm ing the montiiS of Apiil and October Ihmiding n ay be viblait.e d, in n--pectabic tamilu s, al from S'l.jO s' 2 per wei k . JOHN l()V LAND, ; Wm Ai.kx xoep., 6Vc. II. T. (l TliKsll FALL t. H .Y77.7; imrict rniM ' "MIR tubrrrilicr icrtlulij ul.i tn ihe Pulilic, that lie is iitw net i in and cic tut ' in liU room, on t lie cornr-r, toiniirb crci ieJ b) J. iuli- i lj fv Co. a cm (tu I aurtimnt cT j JB9K(4 00gfS Suitable Lr tlie opiii'scliiii); tea mi, con: istitig iii j put if 1 7 variety of common and sujh rfinc cloths, ta.simcrcs and cashiitf, ' IJtai-k, liter, oliie, liMiwn, -olilcii, in isible ai.il ' liolllc green, i!r:il . S, c. ! A fine assurtuieut ifihc i:iut f.is!iipti:.li!t cningi ; for the season, t'irciusiiiiu, tutubs7elfsai.it bmul azinrs. : A general usurlu.ttit uffauc), cnloriU unJ black m Iks. ; A fine nsKirlmi'tit of Kn tish and Ameriian prints , Skirtings anil Sheeting. , MackinaiT and bed blHi.kv's Silk and cotton luindkervbiiTs. Itcd and wbile fl innels, wilb i 11 icty or ulbn 1 nrticlis loo teiliuus to ininiiui) Jaidtvarc, glassuaie and quciusinnrc. i Bociiiricis e Tea, CoflVc, Sugar, Clmgcr, Scc, VefVcr, Alum, Madder, Indigo, V) omjeras. liools and telxocs, fee Ik tir Cais, Vur Collars, Caslmgs, Iron, and Nulls, AVudo-Gla9si, Sc Salt. All of wbich will be sold.kttr for cosh ir good country picduce.tuch as pork cum, wheal, flax-seed, flax and tow linen, feathers, tallow, bces-tvax, tang, rags &c The public are respectfully invited 0 call and examine his stcck. m . ASHER LADERTEW. jBioommgton Aoremfrer, 12tb, 1836. 3 3ow WILLIAM r. CIIir.MAN. Respectful ly informs the citizens of Bloomington, and the public, generally that he ha9 commenced the above business on the west side of the public square, two doors NorUi of Col. J. Bowland's store. He assures the Public that his work shall be done in a neat and workman like manner, not inferior to any work in the western country, from his long experience in the above business, he is confident he can render general satisfaction to ihoBe who may favor him with their custom He receives the latest Fashions of the East regularly. February 7th 1837. 14 3ow. Lard. A large quantity of Lard for sale, WhoktaU or ReUttby WRIGHT & KING. PloomiogtoD, April 20, 1837. 23.-S0w

r cm ni? I 'I'TPJJe" IiOJ. ur 1 Remaining in the Post Office at Bloominton,on the 1st day of j u 183? Qnd jfnof taJcm QUf within three months will be sent to

the General Post Office, as dead letters. A Jesse Albcrty, John or Alexander Armstrong, George Anderson, Malinia Adkioa, Robert D Alexander. B C. D. Bailey John A. Brccdlove, Thomas Brecdcn, Mary A. Buskirk, Col. Jobo Bowlaud, William Bailey, George Bee ton, Anna Baker. c Joshua Curtis, Tlcubin Ct C'ce, John tl. Cravens, Isaac Campbell, Caroline C. Cook, Jcfli-non Cooper, Julia K- Couch, IteuUn Clark, William Clark, Robert C'otvdtn, Jrmes Cuuchron, Koberl Campbell. Cornelius Caflee, Clerk of the Conn. D James Day, Josisli Datidson, Dennis Drisktl ff itliacu DtJd, ZitLariub I ulncrj. E ll'in. F.llcit. John E-.t't cr Jesse. Fi'monson. Mr. Miller, Bartii Living,' Kloert Ewinj,', Ivcown "" F E'i P Farmer, Snsanuh Fouls, Fredeiirk Fleencr. Dr. Wn C. Foster, n. J. Flurry fci cu, (jcoitc Fields, G Julia A Givans, J Am Urabrat Sttli Goodnib Jol.n (ifui'ner. bulonicn Green, t'r. MicLatl Galbard Maiparct, Gilleldial II C. r. fhs'sr, 3 Robert anry, rm. IMl, 1 honias Ut , I;a.- liotr, E S. .in ell, JjIi.i Hi.'lint, illium azel, Cliarlcs fioldcr, DatiJ 1U1I, TjUiIi. iue, 1 In iojxcu llsiiieu, Ittnry Hci twill, Jeim tlurtiiian, hiael Huns, iStutJtnt j IJ Ln Iibi. uenry lo'iiiSiT., John Jackson, Mrt. let.nii s, K Ti l ings Klfy , Cooi.i 1 Ki-rn, Mrnrrria K rUi.i'.i,!!, Jacob Killir, i-i A!oii W. Orury Kiik, ll.iba'ii Keliuii, Buijiu.iu Ken'Mi, U ilh.iiii - I i lien S. U. I.oiu-, Mr. l.ioiiJl'l Jusiah l.tbo, f.tr.1 .CVJUg. M G iuubel Mi!JS, U.i)tit Mtlikin, Tliom.u ! Ma lnis. iMtr M aley, Mahal Malhrrs, Jo'i I Sainui I .Mailiiri. J- .h Miner, l.r. K i I'. Matati-''!:. t-az ibetU M.utin, Diai.na M.iliau, ! Sain k I Mm . -iatl Mml mix, John Ma'tin, Giu, niii.ii, ji J iii.cs M irhall, I li- i-.i M IV . I 0 !) M J! I !- D.oi.l I! Ni-'. it S M Oii li.il I N t) V Wi'i'mmi I'll- fill or Tlu :i., .l.:ii U.tn Tiirr, (li'iinbirs l .iiti r.oM, iuifi 1 1: I'jikLi.i, Mi-I'm;, itir, J .!.n I'Li'.lij.;, Jc 1 1 I'luii-, J.srpU l'ol.j, Jji..il 1'ifi'i.s r, .Taints I'- tl'it-ii "n r.rij mill lieutt, A WIJ'CtT, K-.but IJ.il'er . Thi-m-i l;n rr. Ai.iirir It pi r, J .-i.es I'.oatU .iin'.it li-ddf. UjiiJ Un! I.'ii.i K ipilS Ji.Vn S.ul'rr, A ' mi S'ijUmh, Joiitb:tn cr. I Sicjl.in Si.ini.iii i r Jirl.ti. I.lij ill Si aitia gb, C Nwli'c S ec:. M , silt ut atmt.t on, Ai J 5,-r' iic, I ) i U.y C Siuii'.i, ; ii. l rr C Sn.iiU . M .1 ?lni Riaii ".-I l.i!i-, Auttjii iiivjiJ, Datil Slutl t T Ttl'fiau t( I lliti, 11..1...U Ta'ttm V W L K-V.aih M i'i W il-'Mi, IMitra WaMtn, L liiisti-p'iri IVil-tm. nit nut l title,, Ain'ri-tv H. lit, p.itinn 1 hi , J Ltnij -.ildtn, K liliams, Alt) W i'son, " V Ja'0'1 V.-unt, P.iiiiutl S Vu 11;, OCT' Ica.-e 5fij r u . x rrtirr I . li II liYFJiS.j, m. ?ll "5 II i O O I) N , (l)irrt I frutii Philadelphia ) .. Sa. IIcui tiliifl. LSri.C l l U.I.Y ti.lVriii. ihe I'ublic (list be has j'tt ti it i td ai d is t o. cpci'ing in al itition to I ii- lu.ini-t sli t I, large atfoiluiriil of Cill ami iister ools, I'l'iisitiinn of a variety of lifvud Ultjlhs, (J:iss;men s, SafinrHs Heavy gmjilsfjr uxereonls , a great va. rietynj Prints, Ginghams, a splendid assortment of Jlcrinvcs and Circassians, a Jinc assortment of Flannels, Mackinaw blan!;tt., Silk ui.d Cot ton liadktrchufs, 6'iAs, if every cuor, Bimand bkaihcd Domestic, Vesliii"s vf various qualities, Toctb' r nith ctery o hir article of dry goods. Hardware, Glassware, and Queen swan. (UUH3UU1ES, Tea, ColTee, Sugar, Ginger, Spice, Alum, Madder, ludiiro, Con pcras, Pepper kc. 13oots and Shoes A fine assortment of Fur and Silk Hats, Fur and Seal Capp, Castings, hon Steel and Arails, Window-Glass. : SALT. All of which will be sold low fur cash or most kinds of conntry produce. The public are respectfully invited to call and examine the atock. lJloomington, Nov. 9ln, 1836. NOTICE. The UDdertirned the widow of David Killoueh DecM will make application to the next Probate court for Monroe county for Hie appointment of commiuionera to assign It setoff my dower in all the real estate of which David Killoti(h laMofiaid county died seized and potsened. , BAR All KILLOUGH. April 10th 1837. t-3ow WOOD! WOOD!! fT'ANTEO for inbierlptlont (be Toil.

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