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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1881-04-01, Page 10t • THE HURON XPOSITOR—SUPPL Some Lessons, We observe that a good. deal of atten- tion is drawn in the press to the sub- ject of -home work for pupils attending our public schools. Some writers con- demn the whole .histrong lan- gus.ge, averring thst sehool alone is tbe place for study, thst tho teacher's husi: ness i to instruct tho pupil, to break down his difficulties and generally ac- complish the work set before them within school time. They complain that by assigning home work, the teach- er really turns over a great deal of his own work to parents or brothers or sis- ters of the pupil at home, who are often unable and generally too busy to attend to such matters. They say, too, that the pupils ought to devote the hours outside the school room to physical ex- ercise, which they aro sure to do, either by work or play, if not burdened with • study. There is enough truth in all this to deserve the careful attention of teachers' and parents. But the teacher's position.; in the matter is one of much difficulty. Parents oan hardly appreciate the diffi- culties the teacher has to face in the' matter. Many people are ready to com- plain in very aggravating terms of the laziness and carelessness of the. teacher whose pupils are observed to have little' to do at home. They lanagine, and. sometimes with justice, that 110 home work is a sign of want of push and vigor at school. They recall to mind the days of yore and the long "sums" they had to do by the light of a pine -knot fire, in their own school days, and they contrast the energy of the old-time pedagogue with the Laodicean ease of the young man who governs the village school to -day. The true path seems to us to lie, as usual, between the extremes. In the case of young children no home work at all ought to be strictly the rule. The business of a young child is physical growth. His mentallabor should be small and intermittent. To breathe, to eat, to exercise his muscles in all man- ner of contortions, to train the organs, of sense, these are the purposes of life up to ten years of age. All else must be subsidiary to these. Indeed, below this age half time or three hours a day for school work proper is much to be preferred. But when the age of twelve is reached, not only is the child. able to attend to school work, broken as it i$ by frequent changes of position and of subject, during the five hours or there. abouts actually occupied, but he can stand without injury a small amount of home work. At fifteen, work occupy ing an hour and a half •at home 'would not be too much. But 'the character of the work needs to be judiciously select ed by the teacher. It should be such as is manifestly within the, capacity of the child, and ought to be in the main in the nature of memory exercise, or somewhat mechanical, and should never involve the solution of difficult - prob. lems, which may require an indefinite length of time, and may harrass thel young brain far more than the masteri has any conception of. Then the mas-t ter should also note the physical strength of the pupil, and should be very careful about stimulating or over loading weakly, nervous pupils who ar often quick and ambitious in proportio to their real weakness. Every teachei can call suoh oases to mind, and oan also remember their opix sites, th heavy brained but_ healthy fellows whom no appeals can move, and wh cannot be overburdened, because, liko the camel, when the load is too heavy they will quietly throw 'it off. Often those fellows who have given the earn, est teacher the heartache, trirn out more successful in life than the quicker but more fragile lads that were his de- light in the school room. Staying power is worth a great deal in the race of life. And that observation brings us to our conclusion. Let no -pressure bring the teacher to injure or weaken the physil cal basis of the man or the woman tha is to be, but consistent with that moderate amount of home -work judicir ously selected is not objectionable in th oase of the older pupils, and is indee necessary to their satisfactory progres Waterloo Chronicle. • A Long Lost Mother Found. For five years "Grandma" Hamilto4 had lived at the Horne for the Friend- less—blind and. feeble and -wanting t ) die. She was too gt)Od to go to th poor -house and had no money to go t the Old Ladies' Home; so the naanag ment gave her a room andthe fairies o the good angels brought the old lady comfortable rocking chair and other a ticles of furniture, and there she salt rocking and knitting life to its ',lose. One day a lady, in sealskins and je els, rang the bell and asked : "Is Mr Hamilton in ?" No, they said. There was no Mr Hamilton there. The lady could n mean "Grandma" Hamilton? In a the five years gone nobody had cane for hr 1 But, yes ; the richly dresse lady would like to see "G-randma," anc while they went for her, sat and sobbe1. on the sofa. '- When they led the old lady in, die lady in sealskin and. jewels burst intO tears, and throwing her arms aron her neck, sobbed out: "Mother, mot er, don't yon know Louisa ?" "Oh, no," said the old lady, peeri with her blind eyes and shaking h head, "my daughters Louisa and. Li zie are both dead, and you cannot Louisa." "ButLindeed, I am , and Lizzie living, too, and for a year I've bee looking for you everywhere, and no I've found yon"—and while they we on each other's nooks, Dirs. Grant, thi superintendent, and Miss Bowman, the matron, withdr v and left them to talk it over. ; • This waslonly la short time ago, an e lacly came in a carrage agajn,au. 'Grlaatl I LI IL," having ta.ken the luight 'go hi things together,' bade g.,od by to tho 11,m:1e and Nvenrt next day t i away all wrap' d in fur -lined -robe • to Wait in ease nd happiness till Deat oornes to bid. h cease her rocking and her knitting. And the expl teen years ag went to I Calif Ohio, ant"Gr compete e, ca while, bY one oombina4ons of times obtain in they all Came dead, and "Gra her corn etence for g rl theriendl grew he in C mer ther whisper She sta gap and and who 218 still family iiiEu oity) wh had s ton at tie Ho aid tlassail she f capo Jo2Ofnal. • t 1 1 II ation of it all is that fif- Louisa-amarried and nia ; Lizzie etayed i dma," with a litt e to Chicago.. After of those inexplioabl mistakes that som his mysterious wort believe each oth dma," h.aving lived o t drifted, to the hom as. LOuisa's husban iforniai and last 8111:4- 08,m to her the faintest that " other' was not dead. ted t search for her, and, ug all through ich4- hi here they had lived br t e way, she found Liz - in he at length found a 1 ood suburb of this n "Grandma" Hamil- for the friendless+ nth her mother.—Chf- :, Pres of Ti.ifant B. Dr. special skirts, nOw th deepest child th body a over th d ove o ten w aiid, if cloak 1 1 reach n i born ei the c b by, other t ched and ha itag do f et on' uch o f shion t1iat it b by e ive. f4"Hig shion t ey m a d sh That w 9 V o wo cliest a c ld, c b ing l4ssen life be ared, nights and a Mother, as wefl the chi_d." e oy B. Jackson says: "The til of w ioh I speak is the long ri3sses d cloaks which are fashiom for babies. I feel the commi zration. for a delicate ti ha's 1 ung upon its tender nnel : L irt a yard long, and a. cotton skirt equally long, that dressf to cover both, ighted ith heavy embroidery, he chil. ' carried out, a double nger th n all, rso that the skirts arly to the floor as the infant on the is urse's arm. The long- thes ale more aristocratic the onld Se no to be the idea of the Thin of all this weight at - •round 11ke waist of the child, ng o r the little feet, press- ri t (3 and even forcing the f tbeii natural position! HoW • defer ity and suffering th s •roducI3k none oan tell ; but a great discomfort- to the e y thinking Mother Must per - Becks and long sleeveS are now le for babiesl; but how soon be laid aside for low necks, HEAL ✓ sleeveS. cannot be foreseen. 1 depend on the enlightenment en. To expose the delicate d arms of a young child. in our Anges.blej climate, is often to ii pnetMonia, and greatly to he chances of life. And should here will be sleepless rixious days for the as great suffizing for A DCO hand an and at Medi lied. on of Tru tectors, &c., always on hand. Also St tionery Sohool Books, Fancy Goods, & SUES rzr VENT. C. L. PAPST I ITUrrEs ca is n a b the goo sub the an ef1t'-rp. • 1": of llte ninoir-, a cerrau, v h th;s When askuti : they 1.viritInly discrver tha,. have another article 414 )01 are `c 1. irl-mt e. iThe oti'tcft 11t rh rhry will sunplynt the spine is cieception is transparent. These 1) 0 11 on the 6 -eat reputation of hal cheapest drugs, wha.the pays fn jnr cow -pounded of the vilest re bought by the dealer at about the genuine Pain -Killer, wh;ch ena ->les him therefore to realize a few cents more pr,,nt er bottle -upon the i it tion article than he can on the gen line. SL MAIER OR FOR CHOL R MORBUS, CRAMPS, ALL. OWEL COMPLAINTS PERRY DA IS' PAIN! -KILLER ZS EC? LI A LIZ!). . IT CURES A MOST INSTANTLY. Tie PAIN KILLER is 'put i in oz. and 5'Ioz. bottle,: retailing al 25 a id 50 cents respectively, Targe bottles are therefore dieapLat, SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALER&'. RAL DRUG STORE, ETER, ONTARIO. PLETE and Full Stock gs and Chemicals oonstaptiy warrantedof the Best Qnali oderate Prices. 11 y al Wines and Liquors oan be r shoat quality. A _complete sto k ses, Shoulder Braces, Chest Pr The stand,) tel. 662 LU 4. The '13's fill Sunflo-*er. In sonthwestern Russia, betJween the Baltic is,ad the Black Seas, the sun- flower ii& unive 'sally cultivatedin fields, gardens, and b rders, and ever part of the plant is tu ned to practical account. 4 huh red poiinds of the seeds yields f rty P unds f oil, and tho pressed ✓ Filthier forms a wholesome food for cattle, a also do the leaves and the reen s alks cu up small, all being eag- erly ea en. Te fresh flowers, when a 1 ttle s ort of iallbloom, furnish a dish f r thej table' Which bears favorable,' onipa i on with the artichoke. They ; conta,ir large quantity of honey, and • so pr e an ttraction to bees. The eeds ar a valuable food for' poultry; round nto floi r, pastry and cakes can 1 e ma frotcr1 them ; and 1oiied in lun3 ter t ey yield a blu coloring atter The , carefully dried leaf is used a tobaccia. The seed receptacles re ade 'into bloiting paper; the, oody • portmeb are censumed as friel nd frc ria diel Iresultiug ash ' valuable otash it obtaiined. Large plantations f theal in sWanapy places are a pro- ection .gains linterrnittent fever. _ -- --!---1.— iiabbi S in Australia. The A•ustraran meat -preserving cona-, auies vhiohftave doring the past two ears ta en to preserving the rabbits, 1 illed d such enormous numbers, have ilound beir re Ources unequal to the tisk o boilin and tinning in a freSh tate 11 that have been offered theini ne o Mpany lwhosel.works are situat d abo it 90 mi1es from' MelboUrne, liadl u an yera.ge 7,000 of these rodenti roug t in v4iy night for the first foui1 ights Of tree past Season. How th4 nppl would 1jave increased as the seal on ad anced it is impossible to Sayii nt o- trs we 6 give i to limit the dai131 nanti y to 2 00 pairs. This numbek Ooke rid " Tined'? for five days a eek, and 4u ng a season of 25 weeks, ave 6 ,00O abbits as the return for ne e:t bliah ent—a' quantity wbich 8 50 On. co . more than was dealt !with i I I the 8 ason of 1879.—The Lonl-; on F26 d . 11 1 1 • Prii4e M whole ife I twelv pers pleas;rt to the s ject. and d iottal not s eu t cultiv: ed e in c awn posse tact to ele ate t aubj s. Talkers. ternich says : In my ave only known ten op is with ,whoM it waO peak—i. e., who keep tb not repeat themselves of themselves; menwho d their Own void , who a ugh n:t to lose emselvei places; and, 1 stly, wh • d go d taste nongh n t r own persons above th • BI All Le POW entral Drug Store, (Winan's o d directly opposite the Central H C. LUTZ, Exeter. IBER FOR SAL OK, First Quality, $6 per PINE from $8. LS CUT TO ORDER, gth, from 10 to50 Feet, at t MILL, MoKILLOI The Subscriber has also a LUMBER YARD IN SEAFORT 11 kinds of Lumber can be o TEM S DOWNE Y. 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