Public Leger, Volume 2, Number 103, Richmond, Wayne County, 8 April 1826 — Page 4

THE FIRESIDE. Tune "The Burnside." Tankahiix. There's not on earth a place so dear As home's fire-side, When parents, children, all draw near To home's fire side. When the toil spent day is pat, AnJ loud roars the wintry blast, Then how sweet to get at last By our home's fire-side! To meet a much-loved bosom friend At home's fire-side, In social glee the hours to spend. At home's fire-side. Tis the Eden of our joys, When no ereiit vice annoys, And our passions keep their poise, At our home's fire side. "Tis wedded love's peculiar seat, At houies fire-sidr, Where happiness ami virtue meet, At home's fire side, And each prattler, (loath to rois,) Climbs to claim the wonted kiss : Tis the sum of huuiun blis, At our home's fire-side. Behold the drunkard and the rake Leatt Iioiih-'s fire-sidr; Punuinc pla i'v they f-.tsake Thru home's fire side; But in lawless pleasure's train Lurk the fiends Remorse and Fain -Who theu, who would not remain At his home's fire-side ? F.

side, and she is corcrcd tvith the winning Loams of the "fcing of day;" white ths Crldsun-i the syhan shades are fast weaving c;tmals f.r her vernal robe the wedding garcc-icf ths csa6on, tinclnred and teinted by a thousand vcjyicj dies'. And to be wed to whoa ! To you, dear pirls, to you, to you. You should therefore prepare yourselves to meet the lorelj and the smiling maid. There is a little volume, written by one of your own sex, which is a good introduction to the stud , and which I recommend for jour perusal. The author is Priscilla Wakefield, an agreeable writer. There is another siall work, by Dr. Darwin, which he calls the "Botanic Garden. " In this the traits of the plants are described poetically. He thus characterises the sensitive plant :

44 Weak with nice sense, the chaste Mimosa stands,

From each rude touch, withdraws her timid hands; Oft as lipht clouds o'crsprcad the summer glade, Alarmed, she trembles at the moving shade, And feels alive throujh ull herteudet form. The whisper'd inurmers of the rising storm; Shuts her sweet eyelids to approaching night, Andhai!?, with freshened charms, the rising lieht." This jou rnicht also take along with jou in your rural walks: and I know of nothing else, particu larly necessary, except you take also Dick Turniptops. But unless my cognomen give me n m;. rierity over the rest of my genu, ou may find plenty in your gardens. Please not therefore disturb me; for, even now, I am ringinc; the bell of m dissolution. My head is to be laid low this very veek and if there are those who have not been pit ised, and I doubt there are, determined to satisfy trera, I will write mine elegy, mine epitaph : Here he scouted, here he died. Hoc numerus est meus ult mus. Hie jacit poor DICK TURMPTOPS.

breast of youth, they look up to their instructors and superiors as proper models of action, they thin!: they see in them what

is requisite for gaining tneir cesireu

TE1NTS. Just now, and all bowed silently beneath The weight of surly winter's blasting Irown: All iept beneath th snowy shee t, aiidcold, Which nature spreads, (when autumn leaves the wrld,) O't r very plain, and every sinking glyn. Yr did earth's rising heads uucovcrs-d lie : They loo were wrapped beneath the general chill, Aud while to universal sleep resigned. The winds of heaven, darkly fori biding ill, Wingtd down their ay to earth frowning waters Itito b uidagc, buttling fast each little pool: And roeanhiie moving with a jovial air, Tbt-y drive their clarion voices thro' each crevice Of our heated domes, strike up the tune The melody of winds sweet melody ! That e'er delighted me, when warm within. 31y -out can praise its Maker for the good Which I d then enjoy. Hut now the scene Unchanged. This arhitrary reign has past: And earth, like one that' lore enthralled in chains, Conscious of innocence, Iibc rated, flits to m et the all-endearing bo?om Oi the vernal sun; and drans nutritious And vivify irtg aliment from thee, Oh! thou apjHnntetl parent of the day. All feel the loos'ning cords, aud all adore With uch an adoration as is aked By Him whom they would Uiauift,and r.raie r.h siltDt toiigue. Now when I view the heavens, (When the solar lamp has u heeled its course, To luht another world, sod Luna rules,) 1 thii.k 1 set the star-bespangled ky Look down, all crowned in srmUs an 1 happm?, To see the wrl I so happy . For U ere lives Ajiympathetic j uit that be:it in tune Vo ever murky cloud, and every It own Iii heaven's Udd forehead. But now the cord It beat by mellow winds, and heaten wiales, Am' we fmile too. CAROM NT.

FOR THE FIDIIC LEO tR. GOCIAL CIRCLE.-No. 8. TO THE GIRL?. Come see what pleasure in our fields abound, The woods, the fountains, and the flow r ground. Virgil I im willing, so fir at my Protean powers will admit, to assume almost anj character that may gratify my readers. And having dreamed myself into notice, having smoothed my face into philosophic seriouse-", (though I confess 1 hate laughed in th midst of my grmity.) and having frowned, in theshapfof a critic, u on a pamphlet, my nest metrinorr,hoM will U: ar, advocate for the study of EoTt.ir as rertdinrlv nr, M- .

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THK HAPPV PAIR. a FRAGMENT. It was a neat little house by the sice of

the fields; a pretty look ire woman, dres-

;sed in simplicity, nature's hat dmaid, was

l;ning the table loth and trimming up her little parlor. Her looks were cheerful and feri ne, and with a pleasinc voice, tho'

; wild at.d untutored, she sung the following

sta i zas: Here heneath my hcn.bh' tot, Tranquil peare and p asure dwell; If contented with our lot. Smiling joy can grace a cell. Nature's wants are well supplied, rod and raiment, houe iind ore; Let other swe'l their courts of pruir, This is all that I require. Just as she bad finished,.! genteel vcurg

man entered the gate. She ran c.igeily to meet him.

! 4M dear Charles cried she

late to-night.'

I am weary Anna,1 said he, leaning his 5 head upon her shoulder. I am sorry for it, my love; but come, cat your supper, and you shall then repose jon my bosom, and hus-h all your cares to rest. If to be contented is to he happy, ! my dear, how superlatively happy am I.

I have no wish beyond what our little inj come will atford me; my house is to me a I palace; thy love my estate. I mjy not i the rich dames who shine in costly array; I I please my Charles in my plain simple attire; I wish to please no other.' 1 'Thou dear reward of all my toils,' cried Charles, embracing her, 'how can I have a wish ungratificd while possessed of thee. . ! never desired wealth but for thy sake, ar.d thy cheerful and contented disposition makes even wealth unnecessary.' i It is by no means necessary to happiness, ' said I, as I left the house. Charles ar d Anna seem perfectly happy and content j with only a bare competence. I a-k hut

a competence, cries the luxurious or avaricious wretch; this very exclamation convinces us that a trifle is adequate to the vants of the humble frugal mind, while

! thousands cannot supply the immediate

desires 01 tiie prodigal, or satisfy the grasping disposition of the miser.

j From the American Sentinel. j School. A good instructor is an object of the first importance. Much has j been said on the difficulties and hardships of an instructor. His task is indeed e culiarly arduous and perplexing; he has

not only to encounter the outward and

ges travelling with the strength cf a ,alon their rail roads; or of cro?;r,f I Thames on terra lirma, at a great 1 j below the bottom of the channel? o!

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iect they observe with attention, their u would our ancient neighbors of conduct and behaviour, and take them as thought of our Air famed country, ':; patterns to guide their youthful steps; it Perking had they seen his truly lTo is important therefore, that their ir.struc- ful machine? And how would thev r tors should possess a good moral character i treated him, unless restrained by .l and set examples not unworthy of imitation, j tie hid ventured to discharge before ( Those whose business it is to procure in-; his steam gun, "at the rate of twoi," structorsdo not take the pains they ought,!, red and forty ounce halls per mi.ute,(to obtain those of experience and abilities; a musket barrel, tvith a force equal to t they are too apt to employ those who will ; of gun-powder?" Bat at the presort,' work cheap, passing over their qualifica-, (and perhaps the remark is applied; lions as something of little consequence h to ancient days,) he would be quite

and not worth inquiring about. The pe-ji among his most superstitious couUrvr

as ue now is in jLvmuon. r or it mu. remembered, that at a place not vcrv tant from one of the principal Eali'.; niversities, is annually delivered, bj Professor of Theology in that Lame-, and is to be continued to the end of u-. a discourse against witchcraft; theo,., eated estates of those unhappv beings ; were once found guilty of this mort.i; being appropriated to the support of highly important Lectureship. GRASS SEKDS. From the Agricultural Almanan for the year patronized by the Philadelphia Sucittj furp-, tinsr Agriculture. The proper quantity of grass seel,

j sow, per acre, is a point of tht' greater portance, as regards the expense of seed, and the speedy formation oftherr. ! valuable sward. Tiie cirrumstan. ; soil, and weather, at the time i f sn-j-; all influence, in a great degree, th? k Icessful vegitation of the seed. Shou'.iit 'seed be sown than is sufficient to fur ; j every part of the soil with plants of ja proportionate l.)ss of time, labor audi; I will be suffered. Minute vacanci,:

plants in a recenlh made pasture, or ;: field of seedhag grasses, may tc;.; observation altogether; but if those parently minute deficiencies which o over the surface of an acre be calrulv a difference, perhaps, of ten to fiftoci ; rent, in the produce, will be? foutid ia between a perfeetly furnished surfue land, and one where the deliciencie? plants are so minute as scarcely to be ; chived. In the mo-t productive nat. pastures no deuViences of placits are t found, every part of the surface is rlI ritnpnrt'.iii il 1 1 It fI-i C -Alrl tit 1 1 If r

IUIC5 HI UU1 idliV lUlllKUUMMiv. vi i i v ries of urass only, where the surf.n

IIt:i l. If I-1I1J-VJ 9 V M I'J kllV ,U . . C I . k nnm n iritiea ! I i t 1 1 1 a r r'. il-i in r? i

' I"" i, A rough uneven surface will requira much greater quantity of set-d thai. 1 r with a dry, finely pulveri.ed, mootl:, r a.dirl:itoM siirfirp. Il tf im fri i u t '

the time of sowing, a greater qua: tin

seed will tie required than otherwise wuv i be nece-sary. The seeds of mot si ; , essential permanent pasture :ra-H-;n j small and liht as to be readily tak. ; ' in clumps by the harrow or roller p ! over a damp surface. Sinclair's 11 j Gram Jl'ubuni. j Grass seeds are often defective m (, iity; are seldom sown in sullirieiit jn j ties, and very rarely put in with prr j care. Accurate husbandry is morev i tial for the proper hiyinu down and iv i augment of grass lands than an o' I branch of the ai ultural art. Fine t

; i ill ciui ri'iiii; iii " ' a ! nure, are especially requisite in a coir exposed to exireme cold and ex t 1 drought. Autumnal sowing has eia r

been found mo?t succcsmui; oul ine

k .ft I I IIIM. II1II1L III I r."ll II I lil- V"

cnterethin AO degrees, and runnetii up h t;; ,iirll(ll. rriw w ;n,

north-west and by west, and eoelh out, ei- : , i w n i i nom wui.111" i j b j (,cs should, in all season, he 'J ther into the South Sea, or else into the , . i Villi ll.lt III. l ,.mi r i ? n ifp-ici! cmwlii III tlko Cllf 1 .

i I iii j;i t- uo i - v7'...-,.

wheat and rye crops are benefitte d h

cuTiiary expense ought ever to be a subject of minor consideration, compared with the importance of obtaining a good teacher.

The first enquiry should be,is he competent to his undertaking? If he proves fully ' qualified, employ him, never run the risk j of obtaining a northles teacher on account of a little additional espensc. School keeping is an art that requires a peculiar turn of mind, and bent of genius i which is by no means the gift of all in ; fact there are many of otherwise handsome abilities po!sessed of an education every way adequate, that are quite incapa- ! ble of taking the charge of a school. Parent have an important duty to pcr!form; they should on all occasions show their children that they take a lively interest in their education, they should often question them concerning their studies, I observe their progress, give praise, when ' it is due, answer them if necessary, and use ( every little means that will serve to increase ! their ambition aud excite emulation. A good understanding should always be maintained between the parent end tutor ; pa- . rents should ever show a willingness to i aid and support him in his duty ; this will

; inspire him with confidence and sweeten

1 the cares of his difficult and perplexing I task. !t is equally important that children I should love and respect their instructor; j patents therefore cannot be too cautious ; in their conversation before their children ; they greedily catch at every hint and ! swallow with eagerness every observation ; that can tend to prejudice them again! their Master, and when once confidence ceases and scholars have imbibed a prejudice against their teacher, all im provement stops and his utmost endeavors , to renew their ardour and exc ite ambij tion will prove fruitless. Finally, much j lie to the duty of parent-, if yu wish ; your offspring to become uood and useful j members of society and an honor to your

j declining years, early instil into their minds the seeds of virtue and strict molality; and lastly enforce your precepts I by example.

From thr N -Knclar.d Farmer. j KX TRACT From nn Addres !!! r-t! t Concord, (Me.) h-e-l r O t ijoci i) of Middlr-x H iib;uut u.en Mint Manufacturers Oct. 6, by Rt v. Charles Many things are now known by evcrv child to be true, which formerly would j have appeared to the wise as utterly mj c red i ble. One of the most learned of the colony ! at Plymouth, in 1621, wrote to his friends ! in Kuulaiid.that they had called this coun- ! trv New-Kngland, from its resemblance, in many respects, to the country they had left behind them; but principally because, "as far as they could yet find, it was an I islntul.iwd near about the quantity of Eng

land. heiiiE cut out from the main land of

America, as hnglatid is trom trie main oi ji

Europe, by a great arm ot the sea, winch ,

character. Tt.iTtr it . much umphcity in thi ; perverse disposition the dull and stupid Hor iie,i1,.!oJm.i.t, an,! ,t partake, abundantly of j genius ofmanv of his pupils; but what is the future of an innocent u.verMon, tliat 1 cannot j far Worse, he has to combat the whims and forbear , ac,nc ,t Lrt amon? the ,tlJl,e. I woul.l re- caprices of ignorant and malir ioti parents.

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. . . ' , nil anilines uiereiore stiouid ne proporent betwtrn the nnlure ff thi ocrur.ntion and ! l i . i- n i n ,k , , . inuon nnJ htionate to Ins undertakinL'. He should

( ...v..,, WIT har.U view thcfi.,riti roe withont teinr reninnti-d

O! iingmne chikt; the !t lit iou odor of the fit-Id xr.aj mni.btv !r ,w nt to the remembrance of the iwrrtelfiii,;n from the 1 male tongue . the harmleiseharactrr cf th. tcnai.U of or curdrnt and our

r..uu., a9,ut iaie xvitt, tte letu'i r ii.noc. nee peculiar to jour nature. 1 know of no p.rtioii of the tudt I

that i not coictni.il to j.iur taite. for it n crowned with urr!atie .iu.phrxty; n, tllt.r,. j, noije of t tt wlb xi'.h- stufneMin it, nhich U lontu manj of the K-ieiice. In m.itht-matic, we re bound, by iron lm.it., to one Mrai-ht rath, to verge from uic!i would he tn erzc from truth. Rut in Hotanj, il -num. ruble fi.mcrt of unnuiubtred hues burden our earth, and, "Each in its peculiar honors dremd," tacitlj decl.ir.-t the varied powtrt of the Lord of plant, and ren, and vrorld. The (season has approached when vou chould

nut only have the education requisite, but

! he should possess that strength and stabil

ity 01 mind; that tirmncss and energy ot j jot character which is calculated to insure1 j the obedience and respect of those under ! his care. Of the many qualifications reLquUite for a school master, government is one of the most important and one in which they arc generally most deficient;

11 is ansoiuteiv necessary in order lor the improvement of ;, hool that it thould be conducted with stillnrsand regtilurit), free from noise and confusion. I have often had occasion to visit different k hoofs and have always found their improvement proportionate in a ureal measure to the decree of regularity and good order apparent among the scholar?. The moral t i;rac ter of an instructor should he

coinmrnro jur cl,u n:.li..n.. .Vilnie i. I :n,l hit ib:..,,,-. ".i.,

Hay of Canada.'' This is no rellectionn

upon the wisdom and intelligence of ourj! niousand worthy ancestors; because this

country was then but a wilderness of savages, and almost unknown to the civilized world. It was at a much later period, when our country had acquired a name, and had been described in many a geography, that a learned gentleman in the British parliament, spoke of the island of Virginia, in North America. What would the superstitious Dutchmen on the banks of the North River, in that age, when a voyage from New-York to their Ultima Thulc Album , was regard

ed as almost an India voyage, hae thought, if it had been told them, that at no very distant period, this voyage would be performed in less than a summer's day? And had they actually seen the apparently self-moved vessels of steam, of the present day, Hying through the waters of this river against wind nnd current, greater smokers, if possible, than themselves, they

would have lied from them in dismay, asi

application. Their roots, which arc ti

diseased Iroin being thrown out n frost of the winter, are thus broujihn contact with fresh earth. J T

Olden time. The following i exfr ed from the ancient records of Lm' County Court: "At the Court held at Ipswkh,tl. -of 1st month, 1650

is fined 10s unless he learnc Mr.

chatachisc hv ncx court.

As attest, Robert I.onr, clcri.

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Michic an-. It is the opinion ofij gent travellers, that there n.ay be-r-from the region of Ontauagon r.vr

j ticient quantity of copper toii1-' j Union. And the character of the n on the wli.de roast of the LiKM"

the belief that it abounds intidii.N"' ,

P.iniirvi' c nn itiiMorf :ifif al'til'h

I I Iv1 nil t.i''" j V I

, .1 i , kV i till' 111 , 1' 1

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from the ehoGts of their fathers. What;

would the inhabitants ot iNcw-YoiK naye, f -ttttt rlU. u.,ih r a

lhriiirlit Imfirfi tliolP I ni trot r f t I l.lilltOM ' ' i

liied, of unit ing the waters of I'rie and the Hadson? Or the people of England, a few years since, of seeing steam can ia-

plvolit. It is said that-it dctfti-

in great quantise? :H,.V United States.

ethc-r

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