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SUBJECT---" Are Our °miles 'f Stud* -Ie • -' 44- . such knowledge ae will
and Methods of Teaching slipway, m 88. mil
Practical ?" 'beSta8SAtinsOlVillgt4411:aportantttrobe
Since the, first proposition " entittiect'-rIjier,4,0nit thelinrowledge4mt practical use
• about. the °oersted study, and the sec- ich mainly depth& his happiness
'end respecting' the methods ef teaching, or misery, and the lgiverance of which
it willthe blind more ponvenient to con-. ,..would be attended with the most (tam-.
, subject :ender teettealetheett trous.conseque,nces. te him. _
Among these essentials 1 would class
raider this
heads. Firet-Are our courses, a sti4Y- a knowledge of himself as a moral and
sufficiently praetiest ? - Second--,-, Are our responsible being, of the ehysical condi-
methods of teaching sufficiently prac-
bodiis pieterved in: a state of health,
tical! ..
The answer 0 this naturally euggests and of eeti duties which he owes to his
the question, "For wliat purposer own country in parifeula,r, and mankind.
I assume, as a reply,. that educatioin ts it large.
meant. But what is echication 1. There As a sound- mind in a healthy body is
is, perhaps, no terne in the English lens the only, condition in which man can
guage about. which so mucia teas been properly performthe duties in the varied
written and yet so littleauaderetoocl, and , ',relation's of a life in which Providence
about which so many vague end errortee !has Planted him, so ignorance of his
ous notions prevail araong all classes Of own 'physical constitution will be accom-
the community. Is it not tthe general paned With the direst conseghences to
belief that edu.catiOn consists. only en a himself, and not to himself only, but to
certain way of pronourimag a sterd of a -generations after him, compared with
certain recognized arthograpticat . ar- /which hiS ignorance of any merely seiem.
rangement of letters in the, fbamatton of tific fact bears no proportion.
that word ; perhaps '<if a smattering of • No doubt, man/ a helpless victim of
t
grammar, generally limited. to a f IV t 'misdirected sal y womd gladly ex -
vague and ill -understood definitio s, ehange his stock in, trade Of ideas that
whith aelclorn or ever have any practieal he has been at ituch Pains and years ia
connection' with speaking and writing acquiring, viz, a few' things in •two or
correctly, . or of as much writing and three uncommon languages that he could
arithmetic List Will enable its possessore have learned. by a few days' study in his
more easily to procure his subsistence ? _own, for a renewed lees& of that health
There are also those -who understand; and. spirits which a little early knowl-
education. to -consist in the cominuateat edge of the laws of his being might have
tion of the eletaents of thought, and the preserved;
general improvement end. strengtheanig Again, it cannot be too strongly &L-
ot the infelluot ,-- but 1. clo believe that forced that all mere intellectual attain
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the number is but limited of those who meat it vanity of vanities; centrasted
understand edueation, in its true inter- with. pure- aims, nobility of purpose and
pretation, to mean the formaticatof char, unwaveeing rectitude. The history of
acter and the caltieatiori of Moral hab- the vast teaches this doctrine in no mi -
its, to build. up, as it were, such a spirit taken language, the ruins of a,ncient
as 'was said. - of Ikrutus by Antheey, empires, strewn tarbund; like_ the
"That nature might stahd Op and say to leaves of autumn, , teach the same
- all the world, l'hie was a Man." - '
. mournful lesson, and all experience loude
Pey. it proper: course :of education . we ly repeats that that sygtem of .•education
mea0 toexpancl and strengthen physieal-,... which will raiseeepan fume -his present
ly, intellectually and morally; that by state of eitatalt degred.ation and slavezy
• enlarging rants mental ceepecity, byl in must, metaphorically speaking, deat,
' ' - f his Intel ,'
creasing the :sphere o i , lectuel ,en- lest with. the head -titian the hetet, and
jayraeate by a course "0- tapieing . i
-II that the only produCt that really dis-
which moral rectitude is ever preptinent, tinguishes OM= country above another is
by the general diffusion acif knowledge, the character of her people. Hence, is a
by the daily and continual habits of. in- boy industrious ? has he learned. to veal
dust ry and correct condelet, we .eiljti- the truth ? 'is he manly' • is he self-reli•
vale a character that will have a decided, ant' 4 he generous and forbearing ? has
tendency to goodness -the surest guar- he a high sense of morel duty ? Ttese
antee against the evil effects of igpore !then:1g present, the rest are secondary. e
ance, barbarity:and vice.
A dietinguished eclucetienist says :
"That the ultimate Object tif. all
scholastic instruction omelet to be to coil-
thful minds substantial.
vey to you
knowledge ; to lead them gradually krite
aeview of the nature and qualities of the
objects with which they are surroanded,
of thegeneralappearances, tnotionatand
machifiery of external nature,' Of tflir
moral relation to eacheether, of the'Vari. ,
ouS duties which flow ftern these ela-
lp
-bans ; to direct their affectioes, tem ells
or antiquarian, it has to my milk'
A1 to be more ornamental than
fa 'For, suppose a person should be
altitito trby Aid of the so called Dar-
aah
Winian theory that noble aniinal, the
horse, through all his various stages of
development of animal life, and ultimate-
ly discover that his prototype is the Owl
or the Yahoo -so graphically described by
Dean Swift, :and to be able to apply the
proper nomenclature of each as , he went
along, while at the same time he re -
maids totally ignorant of the various
practical purposes to which it can be ap-
plied, and consequently of its real value,
would look upon him as equally wise
as the man who would spend his time
grubbing iu.the dirt for the ancient roots
of words,and at the . same time be ig-
norant of itheit present meaning and
'force, and to be able to usethern
fully as weapons in the struggle of life.
and passions in such \ e intoner ELS. Will/
tend topromotetheir Own comfort , and,
the harmony of society In general4and
to fit them. for the nobler ,employ ntsi
orr;
of an immortal existence, in 4110 i• to
embrace everything that has.ta tendency.
to invigorate the animel..systeneemid to.
enlighten and expel& the widerstencl-
ing. ' And. further says, " except Web_
moral and intellectUal iestriiction „go
handin hand with the va,tioes cembina-
tions'of sounds and syllables, au& •s--ith
the iiiedifenical exercise of writing. 'and
ciphering, the beneficial consequences
arising' from common School instruetion
will be few and unimportant" 'Some
one has Correctly reniarked that "Mail
is a bundle of habits," for all Past ex:
perieftee- proves -conclusively that tater::
cieedevelbps. the moritl or physical pow.
. ers directly proportional to their normal
, ..; .
. use.
Indeed, I believetligt th4 effects arisin,e,
Irene. continued liabitil are -in general not
properly estitriatecl in thee formation of
eharacter,etthat they are ttuttlarstood by
many .of our shrewdest observers aud
deppeet ethinkersa history , hears ample
testimony. e :blyery on that cora-
mon,axiematic aphorism,
‘• "As eitioatiommsmeete,comeemenieet ,
last as pie twig is bent'the treeq4inelined."
, Lis - -- 71
Th.e distingeiseed. mezitat. philoStaher,
Lecke, states "" that I may- say of all the
men 'With whom. T nieetenine natts-dlit of
ten, are *het they are, doikl or. evil, in-
dustrious or idle, by theihrearly &Inca -
thin ?" Lord ,Bacon semeNtlieee Says,
(anct.to me none" more deeply versed:tin
the philnieiphy of the human' mind ever
wrote) " We think according tenor na-
ture, we speale „according as; we are
taught, but we act according to lhabit."
Itencerhabite. engrafted; on children of
regular attention, of steady applicatidn
. tofwhat they are. _labout, of „ prompt ana,
uncentpromising obedience to the com-
mands they receive, of cleauliness, ordem
and good behaviour, will be of: lasting
advantage to them. in every station of
life. •- . t , -
.
tilaving,thus defined what . we iii-rder-
stand: education /to signify, and having
pointed out, at briefly as possible, the
benefits arising from such education, I
nowiaroeeed in the first place tomoesider
, whether, or not our common ,seheet,
course is.euiticientlyaraaticel for attain-
ing thisobiect The tirtit subieet, in our
' coette is reading, whichdeenryedly
stands at the head ofe all our ,bra,nchee,
as the medium theeeigh which we mainly
acquire oar ideas, as the kerby means
of which we can unlock the treastires of
the past, arid comramee with the; dead of
other day!. •
tt
AP'
TS
o Iasi' the clvantage of an eat y ac-
qeatetance with books, 'from the want of
it, forms a drawback for which no. 'eub-
sequent advantagee can coniperisate, and
the almost. universal testimony of the'
past is, that in whatevei..respedts they
may•have differed, all great men agreed
in this, _Itha-t they were early and' con-
stant readers.' 1 • -
Again, it must be Within the range of
the experience of all that there are
viduals 111 every corcimunity, Who, with
perhaps -no superior , natural abilities,
• owe, in it great measure, both their mor-
al and intellectual prominence to a long-
continuedpractice ef reading, with its
accompanying habits -of thought, rather
than to any scholastie training, whatso-
. •
e ver.
Tlie individual who ..reads has the ex-
• perience 01 thousaeals te compare with
his Own, anct no position so difficult but
that he may find` a solution in his re-
searches. An., Scquaintance :With' the
opinions, habits aid chatoras of, different
ae well as their common keterdet
blances„ will have the effect Of Making
hiip more tolerant and inclutgeneta feeler
piWiudieds- the
dath-
gFirr with Which' the siperstitions-of- past'
andpresent ages cling to humanity may
e Of the remaining element in our school
eoufle, Viz., Mathematics, 1 will refer to
briefly, Archbishop W hately says, that
matheihatical reasoning, as it calls for no
exercise of the judgment, is the best in•
exercise,' but when too exclu-
sively pursued is apt to make men incor-
rect moral reasoners, as iteilmits of no
probabilities." How far this view may
or may not be correct, I am not prepared
to say, but I certainly agree with him
when he says that " Mathematics form
the best introductory exercise in te,ason-
ing tliat can be presented to youth." No
course of studyi would be complete into
which such aneelement did not largely
enter, as their! uses are eo,varied in the
business of life, as well as their primary
value in sharpening and strengthening
the intellect. Arithmetic should form
an important part in the early drill of
children, as its facts are easily perceived
and -apprehended, In teaching it, the
great object should be to obtain e ciear
apprehension of the principle and then
facility in applying it, mental operations
and analytical creductions taking. pre-
cedence of any.. mere mechanical mocha
operendi or even of any book rale, which
are in but too many cases fruitful sources
of evil, inasmuch as they do away with
independent processes of thought And
.when the mind. has been well prepared
and trained 'in Arithmetic a great part
of the difficulty that SQ often:eccompan-
ies the study of the higher Mathematics,
such as Algebra, Geometry, Natural
Philosophy or Mensuration, will scarcely
be felt, or present a.ny serious barrier -to
'progress. On this head, then, I must,
in conclusign, observe that no one looking
at the list of texthOoks and the improve-
nient required from time to time in each
of the varidua divisions of these impor-
As the *Teat aim reading is to ace tent sciences, but must come to the con -
quire ideas, so to understand what is
react should be the object for, afid any,
teaching whieh falls short of that is only
time and applicatioe lost. The axiom
that correct definition is the basis of all
senudephilosophy should never be .lost
sight of, as to define apything well can
only be done when we anderstand what
it is, and should invariably be drawn
from an examination of -the properties of
an ctject rather than from any mere
boole definition, for # the latter be nut
thoieughly understood it is only ma,king
bad worse, and substituting one Lied of
ignorance for another, and a Army limited
experience mill cenvinee any one that a
great part of the reaugna,nce and difficalr
ty young people meet with and:evince
can be attributed to this cause alone,
that they do not uuderstancl the wink
in which they areenzaged, and the evil
:does not termieete here, but may be
seen in a more mischieveus. form whea
they leave school,, by a repugnance to
books, wherease if the idea of a pleaaant
and improving exercise was Mvariably
ateoeiateCini the mind Of the pupil; it
would be evinced, not only in his desire
fot reacting while at school, but would
continue to make its influeuee felt alter-
-wards. I. have 'Duly now to add, that
our, comincat school course of reading,
embracing as it does •the following I sub-
jects, , viz, : Anatomy, Physiology Auld
Hygiene, Moral philosophy, _ Canadian,
English and General .History, Geogra-
phy, Natural History, Botany, Chemis-
try, Chemicel Physics arid Agricaltural
Ohemietry,'' English Literature and
SchOhltliawt if properly used, is .amply
suffieiefit for a practical and liberal edu-
cation.
.
, What the setting 'lite_ the gem, Mb is
the'reediem througt'which,it is cOnVey-
ed. to the? noble tlitinght-the mistake is
•when the attention is 90. wholly absorb-
ed in the setting as to late sight of the
jewel. AE3. the world goes an -individual
held to be educated if he can spell well;
and, trace fair characters upon paper.
In lily opinion he only is educated who
con distinguish the. tive and. the good'
from the false and the gad, although he
knOiv comparatively little about /these
art,e comirared with the standard set up
by tpeda tic edueationists. As these
arts Indy- be looked., upon including
writing, spelling, etymology a,n.1 gram-(
inartl will make a brief' note under each
separate head. -•
Ansi-Writing :,,To record the useful
ideas which pass through our minas ; to_
cothmunicate them to others in such well'
defieed characters, With (external neat -
nem and Order, so as to The easily read ;
to 'state mercantile transactions with
taste and accuracy, sh,ould be the object
of writing, beyond , which: it is of little
importance to aspire, SDI
Secoad--Spelling : That this subject
. .
is e, „highly important ont, there. is •no
donlets but I think it has received a
greater share of attention from educe-
tionihts than its real:value, as an instru-
ment of 'cultivaticee for the- intellect,
mita, warrant. No doubt; to prevent
confusion such arbitrary and anom-
alous language as ours,, it must be ‘stedi-
ed carefully in order that there may be
no confusiop of ideii iii carrying out the
meaning intendedabut sertainly it holds
an inferior place in comparison with. cor-
rectness of idea and its expression in cor-
reetglangua,ge. ..9.ndl it is certainly to be
regretted that_as• yet the spelling of our
language has not been reclaimed from
theaharbarous and chaotic cotatitioe 111
_which it exists and placed upon a more
enlightened m'id systematic ba,sie, as I
think a great part (Attie time, and laboa
nowsdetoted. to obtain' correst spelling
(so called) could be otherwise more prof-
itably'employed. -
elusion that' their being well and
theroughly taught hes- been amply pro-
vided for.
We now proceed as: briefly as possible
to the consideration of the secolid head,
viz.: "Are our methods of instructioe,
To this inquirt legive a deliberate
answer in the negatite.1 Nor is it to be
attributed to one exclusive cause, but
rather to a combinetien, a few out of the
mai may suffide as examplee. 1st-.
Gen rat lack of -School accommodation
t
and -' prhvision for physical recreation:
2d -G en eral lack of internal arrangement
and educational apparatus. t td -a -General
.lack of firoper School government. 4th
-Defective system of teaching, and last
and. worst, when these are, as they
sometimes are, found. . in combination,
under whieh heads I will make a few
passing remarks. In - niany gases up-'
wards of a hundred pupil's, in oui rneal
sectiOns, MP y be found huddled together
in space not sufficient for one-third that
number, in appearance. resembling a
large herd of -sheep in a small enelosure.
When. one moves a general concussion is
produced, classes called to recite or re-
tiring produce _ an almost iinvaried ep-
roar-and general- confusion, the teacher .
e
may maintain order Provided he 'toed'
little else. . --
. Again; many of our pupils sit before
obliquely inclined boards, technically
called'ilesks, possessing neither conveni-
ence nor comfort, but sit they must in
some, sit they won't in others, according
to,the strength or weakness of the ocean-
tive power. turinis from dav to day they
breathe the ,poisonout exhalations that
are confined -on every side as s seething
sine quo, nOn to learning, and inttead Of
tur educational institutions being :places
of delightful' associations and pleasing
impressions to yoetliful minds, we have
rather a somewhat modified vie* of the
former slave traffic on the Atlantic, oe.
the never -to -be -forgotten Black Hole of -
Calcutta. • ' ' e
-
But it is gratifying to know that this
yet too common evil is rapidly disappear-
ing, and we have already not a few hap-
py exceptions, although, stillkfar shot
of what we ought to have, awl I have no
doubt that our 'inspectors and other
friends of education have, even inthis
said to be enlightened nineteenth ben-
. Miry, too nit& practical demonstration of
stubborn opposition, while they are now
endeavoring to inaugurate a better state
of things by obeying Lind end eavorine to
carry into effect the la*s of their c'tun-
try. Again, while it is true that -the
aforesaid causes -very much retard the
progress tof spractical instructioa, yet
we cannot overlook:the tact 'that a lack
of good government on the part of many
teachers not only cultivates rude, un-
mannerly, boiaterout habits, but the
evil effects of which must be carried -into
after life, and should the teacher contri-
bute his quota to the general fund,of up-
roar avid riot, 'while amidst the horrid
din and repeated calls for order, we hear
suhh. epithets as blockhead, scoundrel,
villain, ass, 'dance and other such mi -
clearing and poetic terms hurled at the
juvenile offender_ for some slight inad-
vertency, hence, instead of a course of
rational nistructittn being communicated,
productive -of good tesults, it tether sug-
gests to oar mind the appearance luf Paul
fighting the wild beasts at Ephesus. To
be well governed is to be half taught, has
passed into a proverb, hence good. gov-
ernment must be secured at all hazards.
By moral Ipower, by 0,1.1 means, if -you
ca,n ; physical force, if you muirt. Order
must exist, obedience must be given.
reeptet for Ins. coentry's laws, and that
general observease' of right which
the laws of tleillized communities de-
mand,. It is held as a philosophic ax-
iom; that the thorough subjugation of a
rude aitel micivilized nation by a higher
ram (though attended with temporary
sufferhig) is always attended with the
best results, and in like manner, in
schools where the pupils' selfish propen-
sities are in full activity, like mankind
in a savage condition and not under the
absolute control of a higher mind, then
the first and most important step toward
a practical educationhas not been at
-
tamed, and, which, if not Secured by
some means what little instruction calf
be comthunicated under such a state of
things may in the end prove to its pos-
sessor more of a cure than a blessing.
_Neither ere the consequences confined to
the individual alone, het ge far to form.
the national charaeter. The splendid
achievements of our island ancestors,
theirtpatient and determined persever-
ance' under difficultici cart be traced moie
immediately to . their rigid discipline,
severe though it has been and. that sense
,!To those who are employed in the ac-
quisition of other languages than their
owe; 'grammar should receive a large
share of attention, which holds equally
true of those, who receive, anything be-
yend a tinere common schotil course,
but I do sincerely think ' that to
the trnajoiity iof school children much
thie that s now .spent in ac-
qhning what is called gratainar is but ill
employed: except in learning.tta simpler
forms and definitions, • antra *plying '
them practically in speaking and writing.
However entertaining and amusieg the
-study of etymology- may be to the phil-
of duty which are such prominent fea-
tures of their educational institutions
than to any othet cause,' and it is this,
and -this alone, which confessedly places
Germany at the head of civilization. To
the open and shameful violation of the
Fifth Commandment, which 18 rapidly be-
coming.euch a distingeished feature of
American youth, and in which respect
the heathen Indian and Chinee might
put us to the blush,tiay be traced the
germ of the Whole eVie Can we wonder
at the troubles and trials of the school
room wheu fond and indulgent, but in-
judipious parents leave unchecked, nay,
often cultivate the vicious propensities
of their children so that by the time they
. come to exchange the home for the school
government, almost irreparable injury
has been done, heuce it is all the more
impoitant why teachers and all friends of
education should use every effort`and aid
each other in carrying out a vigerous apa
wholesome, reform. A Greek, once, on
being asked what, occupation*he followed
said he wee the ruler of Greece In .ex-
planatien he stated that•he governed the
children, the children governed their
mothers, the mothers governed their
fath_ers, a state of thiegs as evident in
modern at in ancient tMoes, in the Coun-
ty of Huron as well as.in Sparta. Lastly,
our systems of teaching are defective,
from the fad that -2 like all other pro-
fessioees, men „leave catered upon its du -
tie tt without one qualification necessary
for the proper. performance of them -
others, because teachiug loOks like an
easy way of making a livieg, and Use it as
such. While others enly maim it as a
means of earning funds to carry them in
.a higher professiou, and 'which is
literally true as far as reinupetation is
concerned, While. there is alsrt a class
teaching, who, vthile they endeavor
faithfully to diseharge, the duties of their
station, put theniselves to no trouble to
study the philosophy of the human mind,
and. the beat nodes of communicating in-
struction, but probably derive more plea-
sure, like the illuatrioes Old Dominie of
b F itl / to th
aco a rfu , ntrying sq,aare e
circle by Means cifAlgebraic false quan-
tities, oi. to ascertain the resnitant where
irresistible forces come in coptaCt with an
immbeable o-bject. Again tour systems
of teaching are defective, from the lack,
of elementary teaching. Rev. Thomas
Dick says, that too great care „cannot be
taken t� give young children accurate
and distinct pronunciation, which, if not ,
thoroughly, two' evils will arise that e)xiacienstssest, oft, habits, or rim dovm by oia com-
bat have resisted all ordinary methods of
perfectly harrnless under all encurastances, it is
eminently adapted to prostrate anemic women and
delicate children.
so ,long as parents in general do not as
siat teachers in the work of edtetation
more than is generally done, I lutiat- no
hesitation in saying that our methods of
teaching cannot be made sufficiently
peactical.
SPECIAL isTOTICES.
BREAKFAST. -EPPS'S_ COCOA. -GRATE-
F(11, AND Comeoirriito.-" By a thorough
knowledge of the natural laws which
govern the operations of digestion and
nutrition, and by a careful application of
the fine properties of well -selected cocoa,
Mr. Epps has provided our breakfast ta-
bles with a delicately flavoured beverage.
which may save ifs many hatvy doctors
bills."--eivit Service 6ltze-4e. . Made
simply with Boiling Water or Milk.
Iltaeh packet is labelled -James Errs &
00.1 Homoeopathic Chemists, Lohdon."
MANUFACTURE OF C.00OA.-" We will
now give an account of the process adopt-
ed by Messrs. James Epps & Co., nian-
ufacturers of dietetic articles, at their
works in -the Euston R,oad., Londoe."--
Caesell's Bousehold Guide.
Aar The efficacy of Ilryan'e P,uimonie
Wafers in curing Coughs Cold's -a,ncl all
Bronchial affections, and cheering the
afflicted has passed into a proverb. In
ithe United States, where these marvel-
lous Wafers are known, they bear down
all oppbsition and eclipse all rivalry, the
den.and for them has steadily increased
for the last twenty years, until now the
sales average over one hundred thousand
bbxes a year. . Eminat members of the
medical profession without number ad-
mit that they know of no' _preparation
producing such such- beneficial results as
these Wafers. When , taken in season
they affect a permanent cure. Sold by
all druggists and country dealers at 25c
per box. ,
107" A. majority of the mortality cases
. .
in this country may be traced to the
disease of the lunge. Indeed, these
maladtes are alarmingly on the increase.
We . do not know of a remedy better
spited to this disease than the Combina-
tion of Hypophosphites discovered by
Mr. Fellows. .
' HIpE BOUND HORSES.
A horse is said to be hide boand. when
his skin will not slip under th' pressure
i
of the hand, but sticks as if it as glued,
which condition is always 'de endent on
a derailed state of the stomaeh and ndi-
gestive organs -by correcting which,
and giving to them a healthy. tone and
condition, the disease ca _complaint will
disappear. ' Experience has proved that
the means best adapted to this end is.
Darley's donditiou Powders and Arabian.
Heave Remedy. It has beeii used in
numerous eases with complete 'success,
generally affecting a cure in a ifew days.
It is the best condition media e known,
safety at
the horse
mber the
and may be given with perfec
all times, and does not requir
be kept from. work. Rem
name, and see that the signature of Hurd.
& Co., is on each package. Nerthrop &
Lyman, Newcastle, Ont., Proprietors for
Canada. Sold by all Medicine Dealers.
TMPROVE NUTRITION. -The central idea in
*A" the treatment of all Chronic Wasting Diseases,
'resulting in Nervous prostration and GeneniltIDe-
bility, is to improve the Digestion and Assimilation
of Foods and the formatien of Healthy Blood. Dr.
Wheeler's Compound Elixir of Phosphates and
Calisiiya contains the only agents known that act
db.actly as excitants of nutrition,by imparting
tones to the Stomach, Liver and Pancreas, the
great Wye& that prepares nourishment for build-
ing up the organs and tissues of the body. The
action of this remarkable preparation is extraor-
dinary in strengthening and vitalizing the con-
stitution; whether impaired by age, exhausted' by
time can not wholly eradicate. ,Eras- treatment. Being, a delicious cordial to take, and.
mus, the learned Dutchman, remarks,
"It is oi no consequence how much you
teach, but how will you teach it, hence, if
reading be not so taught that correct
articulation, fluency and. expression be
acquiredat an early age no amoupt of
'subsequent labor will supply the defect,
and the same general principles apply hi. weh have witlistpod the impartial Judgment of
with equal force to every branch of the peofile for any great length of time. One of
study in the course. Again our teaching these is _amass' ELI:C=1C Ors, purely a prepar-
may be defective from its principles no ' ear of six of some of the best oils tka as; known,
• And roy experience is this, that if I
had a child who could simply read, and
I had the choice of selecCmg for hiiri
either a School where othing else was
taught- but orderly habits'respect for
theefeelings of others, habits of industri,
respect for •and prompt submiseiou to
th6seplaced in authority' over him, or
an,other where all the arts and sciences
would be fully expounded and thefeetner
distegaided, wouldnet for one liniment
hesitate at to which would be MY choice
--the latter would, bear no coMparison to
the .former withregard to its ',superiority
as a praetieal education-- and I have yet.
to learn that the boy who is notttaughe
obedience in school, to waive his own
selfigli gratification for the general good,
will hardly or ever in manhood have that
• Tflomas' Eeleetrie Oil,
WORTH TEN TIMES ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD. DO YOU
KNOW ANYTHING OF IT ? r NOT, IT IS
TIME YOU DID.
There are but few preparations of medieine
litlgtitAXst
_T M. LEST, SolicitoissWiirgbain, hae been ap. _
tf • pointed Agent for theColonial Securities Com. „
pany of England, he is also Agent for several psis
vate Capitalists of Toronto, whot loan Xoney,„et.
-very reasonable rates, Interest payable yettly
Charges nioderate.
Whigham, Dee. 15, 1871. 218
A/1-cCAITO-1113Y TIOLIKESTED. Banisters, Ats
torney13 at Law, Solleitore in Chancery and
fissolveney, Notaries Public and Conveyancers.
Solicitors for the it. C. Bank, Seaforth. Agents tor
the Canada, Life Assurance Company,
N. B,-$130,000 to lend at 8 per cent. Farms,
[louses and Lots for sale. - 5s ,
-pttNsoN a MEYER, Banisters and Attorneys
4-1 • e,f Law, Solicitors in Chancery anti Insolvency,.
Cpoiftrivrieys.rfin Geis, Notaries Pnblic, ettis Offices-8ea-
forth and Wroxeter. $26,060 of Private Fantle tos,:s
invest at once, at Eight per cent. Interest, payable
U. c. mEYn58u. -
NATJAL BENSON.
, Banister, Attoniey fn. Chan.
w • ery, &c., G oderich, Onf. Office -over X. 0.
Detlors& 00.114 Emporium, Market Square. see
Squier 4,1z
PARRISTERS, Attorneys, Soli citois3 in Chanestry,
13russels, Ont. Office -two doors nocthof
2wth71e, B.
sstQOuffni,:alcoeuae. rich. lanDONBALrugDgetill.
'MEDICAL.
—
nA.vID MITCHELL, M. D., Graduate of Viet°.
As' ria College Physieitin, Surgeon, etc., eta,
KINBUILN, �.—Coroner of the County of Ilurony
°Mee and _residence, at Thompson a stanioyis.
TAMES STEWART, M. D., C. M., Graduate of
U McGill, University,Montreal, Physician, Sur-
geon, etc. Office assl Residence-Bnicefield.
Lise. 0Vn:Iteten?E0, niMen. iuidC.RAerusi-dPenhey1037ieciannin,eSrus.
of.
Market and gigh streets, next to the Planing Mill.
DEDCAMPI3EPL„Coroner for the County. Office
and Residence, over Corby's corner store, Main
street, Seaforth.1 • Office hours, from 11 to 4, each
da31 and all day Saturday. 159
• J G ItT.TLL L DS
1-3..sURGEON, Dentist, &e., Seaforth, Ontalio.
Plate work, latest styles, neatly executed.All
surgical operations perfOrmed with eare and
promptitude. Fees as la as can be obtained else-
whore. Office Office hours from A.M. to 5 PI M. Rooms
over Mr. A. G.McDouga s Store; Mainist, 270
VETERINARY ,S1JR110N.-3).- MeNAUGHT,
T. S., begs to anno ce to the inhabitants et.
Seatorth end surrounding country that he has
been awarded the diploma a the Ontario Veterin-
ary College, and is now prepared to treat diseases
of Horses and Cattle and all domestic animals. Ile
has openedan office in connection with his horse -
shoeing shop, where he will be found ready to at-
tend to calls. Diseases of the- foet speeially at-
tended to. 'Residence; office and shop in the rear
of Killoran -& Hyttn'S new store. All kinds of Vet-
erinary Medicines kept constantly on hand.
-
Charges reasonable. 229
• J. CHURCHILL, Veterinary Surgeon, (mem-
• ber of the Ontario Veterinary College,) begs
to intimate that he has returned to the practice of
his profession. in Seaforth, 11.11a may at all timesbe
consulted' on the diseases of Masa, Cattle, Ate.
Veterinary medicines constantly on hand. All
-.calls promptly attended to. Office, at Mansion
Seaforth. 278
XIOTittae.
1111e OYAL HOTEL, Seaforth, Ontario. SIMON
-i-v POWELL, Proprietor. The -subscriber has
thoroughly renovated and newly furnished the
ahem house, so that it now affords good accommo-
datithY for the travelling public. Choke liquors
and cigars itt the bar. -The table is supplied with
the delicacies in season. Oysters in.season.
Large stabliisg and ay attentive 'hostler In con- -
nection. 251-ly
(10MMERCLA.L HOTEL, Ain2eyville, Ont., WM.
%-f. ANNETT, Proprietor. -This Hotel is under
1
I entirely new management and has been thorougly
renovated. The Bar is supplied with the best
-Liquors and Cigars. Good Stabling and attentive
Hostlers. A First-class Livery in eon/feet-ion. 228
. MINCE OF WALES HOTEL, Clinton, Ont., .
• 4--- 0. J.McCUTOSLEION, Proprietor. First-elass
aceonnaodation for travellers. The Dar is sup-
plied with the -Veil, best liquors and agars. Good
stabling attached. The stage liliefes this House
every day for Wingham. 204-4t
being understood. .Although it mayrhcy si7cuiLr 8 ouwsittavtirtueesi cjinf tsmi'wnyyy foerraiened of
seem at first sight rather/ Str1 ange, yet. several ingredients in 1:erata.ein eilxed proportions of
believe has been saved from mental deathgreater power and producing effects -which could
theou h the want of a good m.emor nevorresult f1 -6m the use of any one of than or -
different eambinat
ply , its del is riven by necessity to sup'
d which Could net ble•kaene place, forming,
by ttimking. Since h.' anicaodmel °up
cannot remeets
Not gein
pass muster by thY'. in the preparation
meals, h!' able
to of oil a ehemici
(a).11:inuT!Infti
rsqammaer.9, othor combination yorPee:oipbilitY be
ember a mathematical demone of the gr dienta, or any otheringredients,
he tries to make ,one if he . ever before
made, one
and entirellvyhinidiffoi peel.onidins-cfr:r_9. anything
Thostrtatcioon I
said on some
remember what one,
can-
sults, and having a wiedethr tanliaegeeteoef
tonishing re-
p notation
, he trile has
t laniecilicLinie ever before discoverend.P i
h -----11 be to s ° tains n3o'
think wallinte heisthe
should. rical poliin ely
n tho viti:y, and oonw,nelirly all the alcohol las
all of us, and every with ,,ost i
mon. practice
oy other volatile liquids say,coemi-
or quently loses nothing by evaporistion nee -
under the c' cumstances. applied ssiif get the benefit of every drop,.Whwhe'rereevaer
The habistablOf memorizing Words, only, I with other preparati '
hence abuses can only b
e ucation is aware that 1 And NORTHROP N.
LYMAN' 11B
e guarded against Sole Agents f
1:olatits-Electrie-Selected
niu4ectnonntly_ the small quan-
sant with , :tity of oils which theyy
the principles of d tine coever
believe to e a too com
S. N THOMISalt urshq. Y.
, Newcastle, Ont.,
it is most.
readily acquired by children or the Dominion
lectrized.
rest satisfied with What is called h la 9 d
ms eittn. Seafortli. bfE. Mak '
son
by the most earth ly teaching, for if we & Co. and R.
eer- The Grent Female Reinedy.
ing glasses say their lessons,"we e .gofgTOP MOSES' PERIODICAL PILLS.
the memory and starve the judgment. THIS invaluable medicine M unfailing in the
1 conceive then, that true 'teaching con- 61 -re °Ian those painful and dangerous diseases
to which the female constitution is - subject. a
. , ung people un moderates all
Sists in seeking to'm- ake yo - excess and removes all obstructions,
deretand priumpleseto spare no amount and a speedy cure may be relied on.
of pains and drill in ascertaining that To married ladies, it is peculiarly suited. Itywill
n a short time, bring on the monthly period with
such is the 'case, when, this is secured
, regularity.
that the scholar can be induced to under-
, go sufficient labor'self-denial/and disci-
,
-pline as will serve to fix and make them
practically available, and this -work
should be whay, or nearly so, the
pupils' own.
• No practice in schools should be more
strongly condemned thau that ote,ssistt-
ing too much on themart of the teaefh.er,
it is evemmore mischievous than too lit-
tle, as hereby the whole E nd and aim of the
training is kst, viz.: independent thought
LI VERN:.
A. SHA-UP'S ITEBY.A.1,SALE STABLES: .
• Office -At Ifurray's Hotel, Seallttli.L-Good
Horses and first-class Conveyances always on hand.
1QELL'S LIVERY STABLES, SEAFORTH, Ont.
-a-P Good. Horses and Comfortable Vehicles, always
•on hand. Favorable Arrangements made with
Commercial. Travellers.. sAll orders -'left at KNOX'S
HOTEL, Win be iiromjitly'attendudIe.
OFFICE AND STABLES :-Third door Ntn-th" of
Knox's Hotel, Alain Street• .
221 THOMAS BELL, Proprietor. '
INSURE YOUR PROPERTY
-
A.
AND YOUR LIVES,
Strong, Seaforth.
AGENT FOR
The Scottish Provineiial Insurance Company -
Fire and Life. ,
The Western Insuranee Company, of Toronto -
Fire aud. Life.
The Isolated. wt3le InanranetfIcOnspany,- of
Canada. -
Terms as reasonable as offered by any other
agent doing business for reliable Companies.
MONEY TO LOAN,
Also, Agent for the Assidultural "Investment
Society, London. This,Company offers better in-
ducements to borrowers than any others doing
business in this Province. Call and get circulars
giving full particulars before applying elsewhere.
OFFICE -over Strong & Fairley's Grocery
Store, Main Street, Seaforth. • 252
THE HOLIDAYS OVERI
BUT THE TIME FOR
These Pills should not be taken by Females
during the first three nsonths of Pregnacy, as they
are shre to bring 011 'Miscarriage, but at an Y' other
time they are sa.fe. -
In all eases of Nervous and Spinal Affections,
pains in the back and limbs, fatigue on slight ex-
ertion, palpitation of the heart, -hysterics, and
whites, these pills will effect a cure when all other
means have failed ; and •altheugh a powerful
remedy, do not contain iron, calomel, antimony, ors
anything hurtful to the constitution. • t
Full directions in the pamphlet around eadh
package, which should be carefully preserved.
Job Moses, New York, Sole Proprietor. 1.00 and
124 cents forpostage, enclosed toNorthop Lyman,
Newcastle, Ont., general agents for the Dominion,
on the part of the pupil. For it cannot will insure a bottle, containing over 59 pills by
be too strongly impressed that it is far return mail..
less the fact learned than the manner in Sgednin S E Hi k Sc C d
Seaforth by . c sou,.( o., an
R. L
-which it has been acquired that will ul-
197-6
timately benefit the in.dividual, and I
look upon a young person having his
memory crowded and crammed with a
formidable array of words and sounds
only without the power of cemparing,
weighing and drawing correct inferences
as being a much more helpless creature
than the chilcl of nature who Pima been
learning in the school of life,
Now, it must not be understood that
I wish to infer that all our systems of
teaching are not sufficiently practical.
On the contrary, I am aware that much
good teaching is done, and these
remarks apply rather to the particular
thin the general. In feet, I' believe the
majority of tus render oier teaching less
practical than it shohld lie, by end.eavor-
ing to accomplish too much under the
,circumstances in which we are mostly
platted, and the general defects in practi-
cal educatiop, of which 1 have spoken,
will probably be found to some degree,
at least, in almost every school in the
Province. Nor can [-i-well suggest a
remedy, fpr as long as the school law de-
mands eta• average attendance IV "only
four months during the year, which
ought at least to be nine or twelve; and
JOHN SEATT
CHEMIST AIVID .111? Gomr,
fs- HaR DOW on. hand a full RS-
sortment of all the leading
• medicines of the day, compris-
ing Dr. -Wheeler's - Compound
Elixir of Phosphates, Drs.
• Ayers, Radwaes Depew's and
ss Hagyard.'s medilehies, Thomas'
Eclectrie Oil. Kennedy's Medi-
cal Discovery. Extrasit of
• Buchu, Horse and Cattle Medi-
cines, Superior Dye Stuffs, Perham. ry Combs and
Brushes, Hair Oils and Pomades, SchoolBooks and
Stationery.
• EXCHANGE OFFICE.
In connection, where at parties going to tho
United States can be supplied wit - .American cur-
iency. Money to lend on easy ter,, s. Tickets is-
sued to all parts of Europe and the Western States.
Parties wishing to bring out the- friends 'from
Europe can be supplied with tick ts here to send
to them. •
267, JOH SEATTER.
ROOMS TO I4ET.
TO LET, in Seott's Block, to commodious
-I- Rooms on the second fiat. Ag I y to
195 McCATJGHEY OLMSTED.
• TO LET.
A.L.A.non STABLE. Apply to AS. MURPHY,
` Cheqriered Store, Seaforth. 272
CHFAP •J piVELRY
1 sr
IS not `yet ended et
1V1.'R. COUNTER'S:
JTJSTi, RECEIVED,
TWO CASES OF THOSE
Celebrated Watches,
Manufactured expressly for
M. R. COUNTER,
BY *
THO.MAS PUSISELL (6 SONSi,
• rrO7r,.,-DON AND LINSERPOOL.
REPAIRING DONE AS USUAL.
Personal attentisn paid to repairing' and regales
ng watches. t
TERMS-STIRICTLY CASH.
Also, agent for Lazarus, Morris & CoSs PorfeeW.
Spectacles.
M. It COUNTER.
MONEY TO LEND.
97.11.e, undersigned has $8,000 and ripwatd pr,,VI
a_e
-I- funds, to loan, at 8 p& cent. per annum, on
Farm property. Charges moderate. 3ra1nage
liessInle issued. Applysto
227-52s 'W . 0.1,VispS ON, Z Mich.
MONEY TO 11.-bANt
THE subscriber has MONEY to loan to fins
-A- amount on good farm property. Interest, SIX
per cent. per annuli!, when the interest and prin-
tiple are paid yearly, and 8 per cent. p6r annum
when the interest on3y is paid.
A G. MeDOUGALL,
227=52 At cheap cash Store, sign of theBsar.
•
8A73.
‘‘ The -Heathen -Paint26.”
The following excellent parody of Bret
Uarte's " Heathen Chime," was com-
posed by a Ldeknow Good Templar, and
tread. in the Lodge on the occasion of the
Brit meeting after having the Lodge -room
painted and frescoed
1 rise to remerk,
Awl I. think not in vain,
That for paiatirig that's dark,
Ara letterinsseplain,
Our heathen petite& is pre-eiriinent--
Which the same these walls -do exPlain.
TellTly -Sin WAS hisemme ;
For talent extolled,
In painting it gentes,
IluAwtnd
taslieitwnheasytaYdnitlhearitartalitiorbnleilfiecfinu'hitsolerubohsohu
Jt was March the third.
Quite soft were the skies;
Andvnitn ifl wbe.al,sinflikerzle ;
Yet be &Tared our painting corniiuittect
WienhaadviaoYurwheadlle3paPiisne*
te
Tenny-Sin took it in hand,
''Twas to be frescoed, the same
Be_ did understand ;
But he snailed as he said forty dollars,
With a smile that was ehitilelike aea
Till at last. h e -dashed B. E.
BAunw%tvd theehtcoe:f snee 7teelnrmifsr: .agihyges: stmf: :0571- e
bland.
By that Heathen Paintee,
Then I looked at our Chief,
And he gazed upon me ;
And he rose itt great erie ef,
And said ' can this be?
We are fooled by that painter's cheap
Andthelel,wdeern' tit* tit Heathen Painteee
In the scene that ensued
1 did not take a hand --
But the Hall it was strewed,
=Like leaves on the -strand
With the paints trenny-Sin had beea
using
In the frescoing "he did understand.
'This is why I remark,
And I think not in vain'
That for paints -Which are dark.
And lettering plain, ,
Our Heathen Paintee is pre -eminent -
And this I a,m bound to Maintain.
I� * at
HOW BECAME TO BE MARRIED.
ft may be funny; I've done
I've got a rib and baby. andow
departed — oyster stews, brand
cock -tails, cigar boxes, boot -jack
ilpseouding, shirt buttons, whist an
rnijonn..‘Shadows present—boo
bandtioxes, ribbons, gartm
long evenings, jUvenhe dressei,
tle willow chairs, cradles, bibs, s
gat -tits, paregoric, hive syrup,
bait, senna salts, squills and
tor's just tea you how
got, caught. 1 WetS always
darndest, most tea-mstard bashf
fellow you ever did see ; it
kinder in my fine to be taken
the shakes every time I qaw a
ty girl approach me, and I'd ero
the greet zinV time rather than.
one ;it wasil't because I didn't
tile -critters, for if I was behind
fence, looking through a knot
I Could not look long enough.
Well, my sister Lib gave a 11
one night, and I started away
home because I was too buhful
face the music. I hung around
house, whistling "Old DaifTlicke
dancing to keep my feet w
watching the heads bobbing up
down behind the window -cartel
and ,wishing the thundetinp, pa
would break lip, so I could get
My Ann. , I smoked up a bane
cigars, and as it was getting late -
uncomfortable, I concluded to s
Up the door -post. No sooner
than done, and I soon found my
mina in bed.
snug
says I, let her
Dance till your wind, giA,es
And cuddling down under .
quilts, Morphfus got me.
I Was dreatning of soft-shell e
and stewed.tripei and having
titne, when somebody knoclie
the door, and :woke me' ill).
• again. I laid low. Rap I I
rap! Then I heard w.hispeting„.
I knew there was a whole ra
gals outside. Then Lib sings O
" Jack, are you there 1"
" Yes," said I. • -
Then came a roar of laughter
"Let us in," said she.
a f:1.w0nItl';id I. " Can't
110 waioile'
" Are you abed e says
" I am," says I.
Gesays she.
t out,-,"
wont,'
Then came another 1a13g]1.
thunder I began to get
" Get out. you petticoated
crows 1" sap L " tan't you
beau without. hauling a fell
ofwonb,e41 so cIieNavio‘no'utt. go with
And throwing a boot at the
I felt better. But presently I
a. Stuall, still vateeMuch, like
Lib's, ancl it s:
" Jack, voull have to
for all the girls' things are iuth
Oh, mercy what a. 3
Think of n3e ill bed,
with muffg, shavdS, bonne
cloaks, and twenty girls
waiting to get in. -With a
ed prayer for safety, I rol
among the bonnet -ware and w
in a hurry. Smash went th
linery itt every direction.
dress in.the dark—for thex
crack in the door, and gi;
peep—and the way I fumble
was death to straw hats. T
cal moment camc. I open