Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 29 August 1874 — Page 3
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jElie Relation of tlift Teachcr to the Pupil. rFrom an Essay before the Teachers' Institute liy .1. II. Wilson.]
Since in a Democratic government like ours nil powers of government spring from the people, no subject can he presented to its citizens'for their consideration more important than the education of their youth. Intelligence in its rulers being essential to good government, our voters, who are our rulers, must be lilted by a proper education to rule. It has been conceded that with an intelligent voting population our form of government is the best that has ever been devised. But, .with an ignorant body of electors, circumstances have shown it to be the worst. This unfavorable contract was readily seen at the outset of civilization in this country for no sooner was the cabin completed than began the erection of the schodl house for the education of the coming generation, in which, with the aid of competent instructors, was to be laid the foundation of that knowledge which, fostered and appreciated, would give to them a proper conception of the rights and duties to which they were heirs.
To conduce towards these desirable results there necessarily arose a demand for a class of persons who should be so fitted by hature and education that entrusted to their care the youth of the land would be fitted lor all rising contingencies, whether public or private. This want gave rise to the profession of teacher, and, while we would wish to speak of his duties and responsibilities, we would also urge upon those persons who slight his claims a just and honorable consideration of his merits and his compensation. The public duties of a teacher we have conceived to be three, viz: His duty to the pupil, to the parent and to the State. Hut to be a thorough teacher there is another duty to be exercised which is paramount to these. This is his duty towards his conscience or, in other words, an unhesitating and undeviating course in what he feels to be right, or in that which intuition has taught him to be thoroughly consistent with his profession.
The duty of the teacher toward his pupil divides itself in two phases, straining and restraining, or, rather, teaching and governing. In 'teaching we find lessons of a major and a minor character. Of a minor are the inculcating of a spirit of observation, setting lorth of a good example, industrious habits, cleanliness, good manners, and so forth and of a major are the creating of a desire for information, an anxiety to excel in all they do, and to so indelibly and intelligently impress truths upon their minds that they may readily and lucidly impart them to those to whom have been denied the priviligea they are now enjoying. The last mentioned are the class to which especial attention is called. With the endeavor to create a desire for* information the teacher should make it an objective point to call into rigorous action the mind of the child. But having created the desire take heed lest you stop here. Do all you can to create what is called a thirst, an insatiable craving for knowledge strive to give that animation to study that will make it a pleasure let it be no fault of yours if the activity and ability of the child be not turned in the light direction give that impulse toward attainment in knowledge that shall endure when the instructions of the school are closed. One of the marks of a good teacher is not only that he produces great effort in his pupils, but that when he dismisses them from his care he does so with the consciousness that he litis laid a proper foundation for the further acquisition of knowledge, and imparted an anxious resolve for still further improvement. The true use of the school is to enable the pupil to continue learning through life, and ii this be so who can fail to see that the office of teacher requires persons ot enlarged and liberal minds, of winning manners, or in other words of the most cultivated minds that can be found in society? In contrast with this it should be mentioned that to friends of progress one of the most discouraging views of society at the present time is that while so much is said of and for education but lew seem to feel the importance of securing to it the best miuds of the community, and of securing them regardless ol cost.
It is true juster estimate, begins to be made in our larger .towns And cities, but generally in thev£ountry it seems as if it were thought that most anyone might be a teacher,, and that this most important profession may be filled by persons of the most moderate ability. But let it be your highest aim to impress upon the pupils, who are soon to be citizens and possibly successors to you, that there is no office higher than that of teacher of youth none that should receive greater respect, for there is naught on earth so precioUs as the mind and character of a child, rjln your strongest language condemn the folly of that economy which, to leave a fortune to a child, would starve and impoverish its heart. And, while your efforts are to be mainly directed towards the acquisition of knowledge, you should bear in niiud
that children must te governed to be successfully taught. On this rock of government have stranded many who, if tlioy had been properly governed themselves, might have been successful teachers. To govern well you must preserve order, an.l, should it become necessary, you must, when not obeyed, devise anil inflict some form of punishment. We a one of those that would wish to banish all punishment from the school, bul as long as we receive pupils who are subject to lax discipline at home, supplying us with what may be called lawless .-subjects, we shall be compelled to use something stronger and more restraining than kindness and reason. But while punishment can not be entirely dispensed with, it should be administered deliberately, judiciously and with a wise adaptation to the character of the child. Can this, then, be done by teachers undisciplined in mind or heart The parent of every pupil ought to and must have sotne security that his child shall not receive a blow unless inflicted in wisdom, justice and kindness.
The discipline of a school has an important influence upon the character of the pupil, and a just and benevolent teacher who procures order by methods which the moral sense of the pupils approves is perpetually spreading around him his own example and his own virtues. Strive, then, teachers, to be all to your pupils that a most exacting discrimination would require. Endear yourselves to them by acts of kindness as well as acts of justice, and if you succeed in turning the activity and ability of your pupils in the right direction who can estimate to you the good results? Let it be your province to assist the tiny streamlet as it feels its way timidly along, lest it be turned aside by perverse influences and, sinking from s-ight in the desert sands, take its benefits and pleasures with it, when, if it had been attended by kindlier eflbrts, it might have by and by deepened into a broad and noble river, fertilizing and blessing the thirsty lands along its steady progress toward the sea: "A pebble in the streamlet scant
Kas turned the ourse of ninny a river A (lew drop on the tiny plant
Hah
shape I the einm ilc rever."
1 lie Pyramids and the Spliynx. Bayard Taylor thus speaks of them.after his second visit, recently made: We crossed the track of the railway, drove beside it for a mile or two furthrr, and then struck directly across the level lands towards that rocky terrace of the Lybian Desert, which serves as abase for the Pyramids. Children ran beside the carriage clamoring for money, and one or two boys labored under the singular delusion that thev were contributing to our pleasure, playing the reed flute after a most weary and distressing fashion. But there was less annoyance from these caiises than you generally meet in Italy, or even some parts of Switzerland. Nearer the desert there were belts of drifted sand across the road and the wheal clover, alter struggling briefly with their ancient enemy, ceased on either side. It was so difficult for the horses to climb the last slope tint we dismounted and walked to the northern base of the Great Pyramid, 011 the top of which a little flag was fluttering, and two or three diirK forms were perceptible. The modern house built by the Khedive for the reception of his royal ami imperial guests oilers to all visitors the advantage of and cold steps on sit on. A crowd of fellahs was in attendance, eager to help tis up and down, to climb both pyramids in ten minutes, or to sell us modern Scarabiei. They are now, however, a much better behaved race than formerly. Nearly all of them have a fair smattering of English, their demands are regulated by custom, and if the traveler chooses one as an inevitable guide aud protector, he escapes much annoyance from others. I had r.o desire to make the ascent the second time, although it was well worth doing once. A crawl into the hot and stifling interior can only be recommended to the archajologist. The grand simple masses built by Cheops and Cephrenes satisfy boih the eye and the imagination when viewed from below, a few hundred yards from their bases. The best point, I think, is a sandy mound beyond the Spliynx, whence you get the exact view given iu one of Carl Werner's wonderful aquerelles. I found the Sphynx buried under ten or fifteen feet more of sand than when I saw him last.
The face was evidently intended to be seen from below, for its expression becomes almost grotesque when the spectator is brought so near its level. About eight years* ago M: Mariette discovered a very ancient temple just beyond it, and this, although lying wholly below the surface of the desert, has been kept tolerably clear of the drifting.-, sand. I have seen nothing in Egypt which seeuis so old as this temple. It is built mainly of rose-colored grauite, the pillars simply square monoliths, roofs and doorways of the same, and no sign of inscriptions or decorative sculptures. It is certainly older—and who shall say how older?—than the Pyramids. In some sepulchral chambers lying back of the pillared court the roof is made of huge blocks of alabaster. The whole edifice, in its bare and massive simplicity, suggests a Stonehenge rather than the latter architecture of Egypt.
Large Crops.
[From the Sullivan Union.]
The farmers are bringing in an abundance of wheat, and going home with happy hearts and greenbacks. A number of farmers who have been in the habit of raisinga couple hundred bushels of wheat, have this year counted close to the thousand. Among the large crops are Joseph Lafollette, 1,150 Thos Duvall, 1,020 Stephen McClanahan, 800.
All the fire-crackers now used are imported from China, the experiment of making them here having proved a failure.
Hastings shant have him! Do you hear—y-e-s!"
THE CRAWFORDSVILLE SATURDAY EV KN INft JOURNAL.
One Legged Pants and Cavalry Boots. A one legged soldier walking up the Bowery, New Yo'k, the other day, was accosted by a clothing merchant with the usual "Sell you something, to-day?" Entering the store the veteran was invited to inspect the large stock, but having looked through the array of coats and vests and trousers, he turned to go, saying that he saw nothing there that would suit him. "Veil, vat yon vants?" "I want a pair of one legged pantaloons." "Vos dat all? Yacob, bring me one of dem one legged gray pants 011 dat pile in the corner."
In a few minutes Jacob returned and reported that the last pair had been sold. Meanwhile the partner next door who had been listening through the thin partition liad mapped out a plan of campaign against the one legged cripple. "Yohn,*' he whispered to an attendant, "cut me off de leg of one of dem gray pants. Send him up quick."
By the time this had been done the soldier hobbled out of the first store only to be inveigled into the second. Again he went iuto the inspection of odds and ends, and again demanded one legged trousers, intimating that lie didn't believe the trade had them. "Not haf one legged pants. Fadder Moses, vat you talce nie for? Yohn, bring me one of dem one legged gray pants in dat pile in de back ol the sthore."
The newly altered trousers were produced, and the waggish soldier gave himself up as lost. But as he spread them before him he became conscious, as did the dealer, of something wrong. "Meiu Gott! Fadden Abraham! John! you haf ruined me! You haf cut off de wrong ler."
Another of the Chatham street dealers had what ne called army brogans and cavalry boots. An ex-soldier purchased a pair of the latter one rainy day, but returned to the store within a few minutes, complaining that the soles were of pasteboard and had already soaked to a pulp. "Vot you as done mit dem boots?" asked the dealer. "Why, I walked two or thri-e blocks." "Valk! You valk in dem boots? Vy dem vas gavalry boots?"
How They Finally Got Married. [From the Providence Journal.J One long Summer afternoon there came to Mr. Davidson's the most curious specimen of an old bachelor the world ever heard of. He was old, gray, wrinkled and odd. He hated old women, especially old maids, and wasn't afraid to say so. He and Aunt Patty had it hot whenever chance drew thein together: yet still he came, and it was noticed that Aunt Patty took unusual pains with her dress whenever he was expected.
One day the contest waged unusually strong, and Aunt Patty left in disgust and went out into the garden. "That bear!" she muttered to herself, as she stooped to gather a flower which attracted her attention. "What did you run for asked a gruff" voice behind her. "To get rid of you." "You didn't do it, did you "No you are worse than a burdock burr." "You won't get rid of me, either." "I won't eh "Only in one way,." "And that?" "Marry me." "What! us two fools get married! What would people say "That's nothing to us. Cotne, say yes or 110 I'm in a hurry." "Well, 110, then." "Very well good-bye, I shant come again." ,iii"Stop a bit—what a pucker you're in." "Yes or 110!" "I must consult—" "All right I thought vou were of age. Good-by." "Jabez Andrews, don't be a fool. Come back, I say. Why, I believe the critter has taken me for earnest. Jabez Andrews, I'll consider." "I don't want any considering I'm going. Becky Hastings is waiting for me. I thought I'd give you the first chance, Patty. All right good-by." "Jabez! Jabez! That stuck up Beck
Jabez! yes!
Resisting the Kvil One. [Krvn the New Orleans Times.] At a camp meeting not long ago, a man, clad in a tlru linen suit, seated himself on one of the rickety benches beside a fat man who occupied a full one third of the concern. When the services "•ere ended the fat man arose, and the gentleman in thin linen suddenly began twisting about in a surprising manner, while his countenance was significant of mortal anguish. His actions attracted the attention of some of the brethren, and one of them, a solemn visaged individual, who looked as though he had just swallowed ,a pill, approached the writhing body, and laid his hand on the man's shoulder and said, "Brother, if you are resisting the promptings of the, Evil One, strive manfully, and you will triumph at last, ltemember Jacob wrestled with the angel, and—" "I dtinno but he did," interrupted the agonized man "but if Jacob had the seat of his trowr.sers and a little of his meat, caught in a condemned crack he wouldn't feel like raslin' with an angel or any other critter."
Money Well Invested.
Many people look upon money paid out for advertising as spent and gone, but shrewder bnisness men view it in its proper light. They regard it merely as an investment from which large and regular returns are certain to be gained. And not for one year oh two, alone, but as long as they continue in business. Nor are they ever mistaken in this calculation. No investment a business man can make will pay as certainly and largely as the niwney paid for advertising in a newspaper of large and good circulation. It generally yields, when judiciously used, from one hundred to one thousand per cent. This is the testimony of all who have fairly and thoroughly tested the principle. The sun is not more necessary to ripening grain than publicity to a man who has anything he wants the pubto
VARIETIES.
Fort Sully has a poet chaplain, and, it is claimed, the only one in the army that can't tell a jack from a king. "His life now han^s by a thread," was the note made by a poetical reporter as a rtiurderer was strung up.
Dayton has her grain elevators—380 in, number—but at each one the i^rain is taken up in a liquid form.— Toledo Blade.
Life seems a great deal brighter to us since reading that the Czar of Russia gnaws the corn off his cob like the restot us.—Detroit Free J'rett. jpSk
Snag says that as far as making"footprinls on the sands of time" goes, Til ton has proved that he wears a number eleven at least.—St. Louis Journal.
A beau of one of Mrs. Swelkins' daughters gave her a lace collar, saying :"Dear, do not let any one else rumple it." 'O, no," said Melinda, "I'lltoike it off." "Quite a hail storm last night," remarked a guest to a California landlord, as he came dowii stairs the other morning. "No only a few of the boys shooting at a Chinaman."
In Jeffersonvilie, Ky., a woman died the other day of consumption, aud her obituary says "she gently strode into the dark cave of eternal 'night at 6i o'clock in the morning."
Tilton's mother-in-law denies his statement. When a mother in-law overcomes the influence of her proverbial affection an.l deliberately testifies against a son- in-law, it about settles the matter. —Milwaukee Santin el.
A Duluth woman had managed to crowd eighteen rings on her fingers, when a stroke of lightning took her off".
A diary is acknowledged by all who have tried it to be harder to keep than an umbrella.—Cin. Commercial.
After getting out of prison so adroitly, Bazaine will find it more difficult than ever to convince the French that he couldn't get out of Metz.—New Haver* Journal.
Persons who believe in the airy gracv of country girls would better go down to the Eastern station and see them get into omnibuses. The next best fun is going to the Hippodrome and seeing the elephant clinib a ladder.— Ungallant Boston Globe.
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