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, , , NMiiummiMiiiiLLuii liiuu'i sgssps v--v ^wm 1 - ' w*." WQBFWF . - y% -. * 4 k1-*'" " ? . , V^v-.'-:-< % ; * . . V* if-*'! *'*. * ' . BY W. A. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1867. VOLUME XIV. NO. 44. EDUCATION OFTABMBHS. We remember a capital letter tbat was written a few years ago to tbe editor of tho Country Gentleman, upon tho peculiar position of tbat special member of society. Ho is said to be in all frespocts, a real gontleman, a man of education, good social and moral habits, and a man of business. The country gehtleman is no idle gontleman, no man of lazy loisuro, no drone; ho is, or ought to ho, of tbe highest grade of the human family in privato life; and as a general rule, is so. More genuine gentlemen are found in tbo country on farms and Dlantations. than in cities and towns. 'Country gentlemen havo one failing. It is the absence of a proper esprit du corps, und in its place, a longing for other professions. The farmers, as a genoral rule, look down upon their own profession, and up to that of the lawyor, doctor, divino, merchant and tradesman. This is all Wrong. Tilling the soil is the noblest of alt tho professions. An educated farmer has arrived at tho highest position that human ambition can ask for. Farmers mast aim to becomo great in their lino, instead of quitting the .profession to reach greatness in tho lino of the law, or physic. Farmors' sons and daughters should be proud of inoir miners' calling, and rccognize a station and standing bigh enough to satisfy their greatest ambition. But how.ean this bo accomplished ? By a proper system of education. At pros? * cnt, the end and aira of niucty-nine young men in a hundred, is the law or medicine, or divinity. Tbe last requires but little real talent, though much piety; the fccond, considerable talent and much natural benevolence; but. tbe first domands great mental ability, and none of the higher attri butes of tlio soul. The slightest touch of real honesty in a lawyer, spoils him for that lino of bus'.nc&s. Tbe bigger bis bump of rascality tbo better bo is fitted for Coke nncl Blac-kstone. If ho ia born with a nice senso of right and wrong, ho will make a dead failure in i.he law. If a farmer have two sons, and one exhibits a medium of intellectual 6mnrtnc68, that ie, cheats bis brothor in a knife trade, and the other trounces him for it, the firbt is sent to Yalo or Harvard for bis smartness, the second to the barnyard for bis. Among all that has boen written on the subject of oducation of farmers' aons, the proper idea Las not yet been started.. It is trae, we are constantly furnished with essays recommending the establishment of agricultural schools and colleges, but thoy do not contain the germ from which the future tree must grow. Legislatures ore not to be deponded upon to cstab? lish schools. Farmers must do il themselves. Lawyers, doctors and aiviaes estaDiisn tuoir own schools ; why not farmers? No; thoy first pot their abouldcrs to the wheel, and then on hercules to help them. The great a idT overlooked idea is, t he re jjpectability of the profession; this they ? most fully appreciate, before they lean be induced to take the proper measures to insure a thorough education for thoiir sons. . They must lboTr'own profession tho equal of v ?oy Qui?r,coo8iaoring no cmts ol mon their superiors; and once establishing tfcfothey wllJL receive the respect and - attention whioh they juBlly merit. ' ' Stat us sketoh a plan of education, **d M ft model take the medical pro* fessiop. What does a man do who has ' * son that he Wishes to become a doc'*? tor ty ilo selects some good physician, M& pafo his so* withhimto study \ two ortkree y?***.^ This is to give him A theoretical knowledge of the ra*. oimraic -xae piiysiomT) witt insirocc ' him m to tho books ho rnaat road, and Sim o&joai&ted with tho minor tioe ft? cany be eoneidored proper.? . ^PBSrii apprenticeship. After a propw. iiM ho < - - .yrfOTlyUB'M w?Ii wlto -peMfcio*' ?f ' ' ? ?' i > ^ * "/? .v.' ' v their art, they should put books mto their hands to bo studied, thoy should, in fact, bo carried through a rogular apprenticeship. Whon they have gone through with this preliminary study Of theoretical and practical farming, such as can bo given them at homo, or with somo rospcctablo farmor, thoy are prepared for the higher school studies. Every county should have, at loast, ono high agricultural school tstablished and supported by the farmors, both in tho science or the theory and Dractico of florrimiifnHA ? 4 "O V* Uutil tho farmers adopt a system of this sort, it is impossible that they can cvor attain to that high professional standing that is enjoyed by other professions. Bat what is tho system now ? The boy grows up on tho farm and shirks as mneh of tho farm work as ho possibly can. If he is willing to work, (and tho farmer's sous who are form exceptions to tho rule) no one oxplains to him tho "why and wherefore" of any oporation. If his parents are able, he is sent to somo country school near his residence, where he "learns to read, write and cypher somo," but ho also learns to onvy tho condition of tho school master, tho clerk in tho store, the doctor's student and tho lawyer's office boy, and raoro than all else, ho hates tuo iaen 01 roiurning to the work of a plain furmcr. Here is tho root of tho evil, and it is only to bo oradicated by a radical change in the school systorn, and in the minds of tho farmers thomBclvcs, as to tho standing and character of tho farmera's profession, if tho young men were induced to consider the profession of a farmor as dignified and "genteel," nB much as any other calling, they would not'so readily imbibe a disliko for it. This can i bo accomplished by a proper eyBtem- I atio course of instruction at homo, and by schools properly managed. Tho terra "an ignorent farmor" has become stereotyped.. It was a slur of roproach from some, or all of tno bo callod ^learned professions." The farmers owe it to themselves to repel this insult by the proper attention to education. Time was when the working man was looked down upon, and the farmer beiug one of the working class, came in for a portion of the B'noera of tho lazy, proud, nonpioduccrs, who wore a disgrace to tho ago thoy lived, in and are doubly so to-day. Thank God, the time v*hen to labor was to lose casto has passed away. This is tho working age. Ig ?.._v/ .u u UID-IUW) HID 1UCH Ul a fair degree of book knowledge is a disgrace; bat to work physically till tho sweat rolls from one's brow is honorable; toil is ennobling; bat the physical toil of the educated farmor stamps him as with a true patent of nobility. Cincinnatus Was a specimen of tho agriculturalist, which the American firmer should-pattern after. Tho lioman Senate found him in tho field at work. Tho time will yet come when the American Senato will look ior another (Jincinnatns lo save, by his wisdom, this poor country. The Ibow Bah.?Hero is a good lesson from an iron tor. * We fihd it in anothor paper. Read it, boye. " A bar of iron worth five dollars, worked into horseshoes, is worth ten and a half; mado into needles, it is worth3355; made into penkinfe blades, it is worth $3,285; made into balanco springs of watohes, it is worth $250,000. Wliit A drilling tli? "??? - . -y?- ? VUW WWW* Vt*k IUUOU undergo to reach all that; bat hammered and beaten and poanded and rolled and pelleted, bow woe its value increased. It might well have quivored and complained under tho bard knocks ii got; but woi? tbey not all necessary to draw ont its fine quali lies, ana uui lor higher offiooa! And BO,mycbildrort,allthe drilling tnd training Which you afcbjeot to in youth,- and which often iaeera eo hard to yon, nerve to bring pat yoar nobler and finer qnalitiua, and fit you for woro'reBponribia post a and greater usefulness inthewoTld.'' ' iayS$S5yt^a ohi** *i. present iQ. the/United* ia the Lafayette AyWu* fcre#l>yteTlan efcnfefci. Brodlw iy*, K; Y.,eT %hWh Bt+T. If. Opf* prtfMsion of jmt. ? ??MtvMWBWMn??caM?nr?? mm i THE 8NOW?STORMIt was a dark Decembor night, wild and stormy. Ever since mid day tho storm bad fallen with unwoarying perseverance, and now lay doop on tho ground. I had beon detained at my ofllco laior than usual, and had to cross a dreary moor for somo two miles, to reach my home. I confess I felt ed at tho prospect of such a walk in such a storm; but wrapping ray plaid around me, and staff in hand, I set forward, thinking of tho bright^litthr homo I should soon reach, rind tho dear ones who wore waiting my return with a loving welcome. Soon 1 left the busy town, and its many lights I 1- .1 1 -1 1 A !-l. il uuuiuu mu, uuu uteppuu out into tno dismal moor. Tho enow lay ranch docpor boro on tho untroddon footpath, and scomcd to fall moro heavily than boforo?so thick and blinding, that I found myself perpetually straying from the proper roadway, and with difficulty tetraccd my stops; tho cold fell keener also, and a sbarp east wind had risen. At limes I grow almost breathless with the struggle, and had to pause for gathering strength, ero 1 faccd the etoim onco moro. At length T rf'iniP-Afl f A ROA f lin mi I^5n#? Tirvof J ? which was placod where three roads met, and against which 1 was thankful to lean ffor a few scconds, until I had recovered breath. 1 was juBt on the point of starting off afro3h, when *a faint sound of a human voice caught my ear. Startled, I listened, hut all was still. I shaded my eyo with my hand, and Btarcd anxiously into tho surrounding darkness; but naught could I discern beyond a wildernoss of snow, and I was concluding my iraagnation had doccived mo when again the same tuurmur camo floating through the air. Fooling tbat, with tbo guido post so near, I could iscarccly loso my way, I hastened forward in the direction of tbc sound, and soon distinctly beard a cbild'a voico repeating tbo Lord's prayer. It bad a strange effect in 6ucb a storm at such a placc, and my heart beat high when tho gentle "'Amen" was said. I called out, "Whoso voico is that?" but thero was no reply. I called again more loudly than before, and then tho timid unswor came, "Jobnnio's," and a few steps brought mo to a boy some eight years old, standing ehivering in At 1116 BBOW. " My poor littlo mail," I said, "aro yon all alone ?" "No," bo roplied, "Nelly is bore; bnt ebo grew bo cold and tired I could not got hor on, and now sho is fast asleep. I felt sleepy, too, bnt thought I would say my prayers first." And as I stooped down to tho bundlo of snow bo. iodicatcd' na being "Nolly," he whisporcd softly, "Has Josus sont you "Surely ho has," 1 answered ; ''had you not said your prayers, Johnnie, might both havo perished. Buthow yon came you hero, my boy 1" " We went into town Ibis morning to boo grandma. Ib was snowing then," ho said innocently, "when wo left homo." "And wbero is your homo?" I asked, "and who is your falbor ?" " Farmer Rutland," ho replied " we live at High Farm." "High Farm happened to lie on tho road ta my own houso, so I told Johnnie wo would all go homo together, Yf A wr 1%KA ? ? ? 1 Axv icjvivuu ituou uv uuaiu uiy uniur^ and remarked to himself, "How well it was 1 said my prayers." I found Nelly indeed half asleep, wrapped in a heavy cape, which the devoted little fellow had divostod himself of in his effort to keep her warm. Nor could 1 induce him to put it on until ho eaw me raise Nelly tenderly in my arm* and wrapping her in my groat plaid, gathered hor close to,my ItyBpm, prepared to carry her.. "Now Johnnie/' I tmid, "joo*beop hold of tbe.?kirt of my ooat, and we will toon be at High Farm/S Tha cold seemed to Imvo become mcpe tatenfeoj the failing snow more 1 dense Chan] ever. KasfriUy the little kaee* I te ^6* hfnr u-*e t^ge^ a^y^l^a ^drag i r wS * y w, *'' 'K^Cr" ' ~ ' 'r" were failing him?thon a sopproBsod 60b broke from him, and ho olung moro closoly to mo as I bont down, trying to sootho and comfort him. "You nro a hravo litllo man," I said ; "Wo will soon reach tho farm I now. Think of tho bright firo thorc, -tho nico warm bread and milk, and mother's loving kiss, All waiting for you." "1 cannot walk fuvthor," ho sobbod. "Oh, take Nellie home, but lot me lie Ifbwn hero. I will f?ay my prayci^ Orrnln n ??/l T - uuu ^uiiuvpo Jesus win eena eorao one clso to help me. "No, no," I an^worcd checrity, "I cannot loavo you behind, Johnnie; you muet mako a horse of me, and mount my back. Thoro you are now, hold' mo fast around the nock, and whip hard to make mo go better."? And again I started forward, endeavoring to keep Lira awako with questions and sallies; but 1 felt the addi-| tional burden in such a 6torm was] gotting loo great for my already ex-' haustcd strength, when suddenly a wavering speck of light shot out of tho darkness, then vanished, then ap-; pearcd onco more, becoming noarcr and brighter. I hallooed loudlv? nn/1 ray shout was nnsworcd, and Johnnio called out in a faint and glad voice, "Oh, that's fathor 1" And, happily, so it wa'; tho poor father, becoming alarmed at tho lengthened absence of his children, had started with his two men ar d a lantern in sonreh of them, and groat tears of thankfulness fell from his eyos when ho beheld his loved ones. Johnnie was at once laken into his loving arms, and a quarter of an hour's walk brought j us to tho farm, whore. tho anxious mother received us. Nolly was soon aroused by tho warmth and light of tliA ?mnf ? 11 vuv> ? nut UIK, HLL1U U1 iJUHU LUU worse for tho night's advonture, but poor Johnnio wus badly frost.bitten, and it was long boforo ho recovered. Deep was tho gratitude of tbe honest couplo for the aid I hud afforded their beloved children, who, doubtless, overpowered with sleep, wbuld have boen hidded in the suow ere their father had them, and must inevitably have perithod, but for tho prayer which Johnnie's trusting, simple heart had prompted, and bad been tho mcanB, with God's blcBsing, of my saving them.?Moravian. A BEAUTIFUL BTOBY. " A cheerful word of sympathy May scatter clouds away ; One little act pciformed in love Turns darkness iDtodny." It wag a warm afternoon; a lazy breezo stole through the windows of a littlo hot district school honBO, lifting tho while curtains, and rustling tho loaves of the eopy.hooks that lay open oh all the deeks. Thirty or forty scholars of all ages were bending over their writing, quiet and busy; the mastor, as ho passed among tho writers was tho only sound. Bnt, though silent, this littlo light, hot Bchool room has its heroes and heroines as certainly as the wider sphero of life. The bell rings'for the writing to bo i?:,i - -* IUIV1 Vjr J auu uun VUIUOB UUU l?86 OXOTciao of tbo day, tbo spelling, in which nearly all tho school joined. At the hoad of the class is a delicato little ghi in a blae dress, whose bright eyes and attentive air show that sho prizes her place and means to keep it. Presently a word, which had passed all tho lower end of tbo class oaroe t<fEanice. The word was privilege* P-r-iv. nriv?i. nriv?l.Al?.n n?'ci. # * -9 r v o wi r"'" lege," spelt Eunice. Bat the teacher, vexed with the mistakes of the other end of the class, misunderstood her and passed it. The little girl looked amazed; the bzight color came into her cheeks, and she listoned eagerly to the uextporson, who spelled It again as oViA liad iIaYio | w ****" **WMV' -9? J ' * v " Iiight," said ibe. teacher j " take jour place." , "I spelt it bo," whispered Eunice to herself: the tears springing to her eyes as eho passed down. Bat, too tiapid to speak to ft*. piaatejypheromained in her plaoe, in^rordly dfter mining soon to get op ag^n; Vital her trials were not yet oyer.'1 ! Many - '*/ first whisporor was stood upon the floor in front of tho teachor's desk. Hero ho aotcd as-a monitor; as soon as ho detoctod another ho took his seat, and ; tho noxt offender kept a sharp lookout to find Bomo one to tako his placo ; for at tho closo of tho school, tho scholar who had tho whisperer's placo was punished vory soverely?as the school phrase was, "took a feruling 1" ThiB plan appeared to operate vory well; 1 every ono dreaded boing found last on tho floorj and though it secured an ordoly school, many of tho parents ! nvwl A S? uuu luviuio uuuua'u lit) JUbllCU. j The boy who was on tho floor whon j Eunice loBt hor place was an unruly, surly fellow, who had smarted for his faults often boforoj and as school drew near its close ho began to tremble. The instant Eunice's whispered com* plaints reached his ear his lace brighj toned up; ho was safo now. And < whon tho class was dismissed he said, "Eunice whisperod, sir. Eunice rose, j and in a trembling voice related what ! she had said, but tho teacher saw no excuso in it, and she waB called to take tho placc of tho ungenerous boy who had told of hor. Books had boon put away, and the waiting school looked on in sorrowfulness as Eunice left hor soat to take the Hrftnrlfn 1 nnniohmnnt Slio mno "f IT WO VUO V* tho best scholars?bright, faithful, sweet tempered, and a general favorite. Every ono felt that it was unjuet; and many angry glances were cast at tho boy %ho was mean onongh to got a littlo girl whipped. Overcome with foar and shame, she stood by the side of the desk, erying bitterly, while tho toacber was preparing lo inflict tbo punishment. At this moraens a tall boy steppod j oat of his soat and, going to tho desk, said: "Aro you going to whip Eunice, Bir?" "Yes, 1 never break my rules," the toucher answered. "We will not see hor whipped 1" said the boy in an excited voice j "and* there is not a boy hero, except one, that would 6ee her whipped I Whip me, sir, and keep your roles, if you must; but don't touch this little girl, sir !'' The master pansod ; and tho school looked on fearfully. "Do you menu to say that you will tako her punishment 1" asked the teacher. - . "I do. sir." waa the hold rnnlv. / > rv The sobbing little girl was sent to hor Beat, and, without flinching, her friend stood and received the punishment that was to have fallen on her. I'ho school was dismissed, and the boys paid him in admiration atd praiso for all ho had suffered, while the grate* ful little girl blessed him from her heart for a noblo and genorous boy, wbo had saved her from tho greatest shame and suffering. 1 said tho little Echoci had it* &eroes?and this was one c f ohuui. Do you not thick this coo(<-iui admirable? Now for the moral : The ^uuishment rocoivod by ibis noble boy was Christ like: it was one of suffering from his own free will, the punishment that was to have been borne by another. You see?dp you not??that thi? is just what Christ did, who bore oar sins in his own body on this tree?the Savior of men. What he suffered we eanrfot know, in this life; but God laid on him the iniquity of us all, which he williogly bore, to save us from eternal shame and misery. With bia stripes wo are healed. How great the gratitude each of ua b#es suoh a friond. V , ? . !*'?> ?* ... * <T/own from the ahiniogaeaU abort, _ .. With joyful h&ele he fled, Entered tba grave io mortal flaab, And dwelt among the dead. a. V -t: .; Ob,, for thja lava let rooka and bUla.. > > ; *TL t - - AUCir ia?uug*ucDC? ureiK; v.* r, J And all h#rmoniotnhumnt? tongue, . - Th?Bft7iot'fl praim ?pe>?k." ,vl?;n . An eminent and quite wwilflfl miniate* recently remarked-* "N? fh? qaeintanco nroand tfcek 4re-*Jfte?( bonrs ot every Hay i* ment/* .?<*? * - ' .: - < .. ' f. ' &J |PPS M v.::.^...: .V . :' P* BOILING HEATS, Nover put them in cold water, bat plainp them into that which is boiling briskly. This will coagulate tho albumen on the ontside, eloso the pores, and prevent the water from soaking out the rich juioos. If salted meats need refreshing, let it be previously dono with cold water, taking all need? ed time, with irequent changing of the water, if it is very salt. Toogh, cheap pieces of beof, can be mado teridor and palatable as follows: If salt, freshen as above. Put into the pot with a triflo more water than will be dually naedfitt. Snt. infn th? *An * ?v VWJ# VA WUVJ VW&* ing pot a closely fitting tin pail or pas, and fill it with cold water. If thfa gets boiling hot, dip out somo and add cold water from timo to time, foil the moat until it gals bo entirely tendeir that the bones will drop out, even if it takes five to ten hours. Tbo steam and aroma or flavor of the meat will bo condensed on the bottom of the covering pan or pail of water, and drop back, and thus be retained.?* When thoroughly done remove tbe cover, and slowly simmer down thick enough to jolly when cold. Dip out tbe meat, remove the bones, place it in a pan, pour over it the . boiled liquid, lay over, it a large plate, or inverted tin nlatter. and nnt on IS | to 30 poancta woight. When cold, it will cut into nico slices, and if lean and fat or white meal be mixed, it wili bo beautifully marbled. The juice will jelly and compact it firmly together, and you .will have nice juicy meat, good for breakfast, dinner or supper, and so tondor that poor teeth can masticate it. Fresh beef, or corned beef well freshened in cold water, may b? used in this way with decided econo> my, and it is far superior to meat boiled in an open vessel, and from which the flavor has constantly mI capod, as you can Derceiva bv tha odor all through the house, if Bridget leaves the kitchen door open a minute or two, a? she will certainly happen to do.? American Agriculturist. LITTLES STBIHGI. Did you ever aee a gatta peroha face? And did you ever amuMyonrsolf with pinching it one way, and pulling it another and seeing what different expressions it will put on J Now, your little faces are softer than gotta peroha, and they are fall of tho little strinera. called rhnnnlaar And tfi* little muscles poll them one way and another, just according to yoarieelings. Sometimes you fool grieved ov sad, and the little muscles pull your face into a vory doleful expression and we know, by looking at you, bow you feel. Sometimes you feel pleased or merry, and the little muscles pull your face into smiles and dimples. But often there iire wicked passions * at work at the strings. Anger" pqlltf/ and ob, what a disagreeable To6k tha face gets on in a minute f Pride pulls the stringa/or vanity, or envy, or discontent, or deceit, and brings its own expression over the face. Tha wov&t of it is, that -when these passions puU very often, the face does not return to what it was before; bat the muscles harden, and retain thai ugly expression. A face that was to- ; ry lovely when it was that Of a child, has bad the pa*Bion of anger falling at it so often, tbat ib always Wears a ulleo, oros3, dUsatisfiod look. Or, if a man has learned tall#. tod steal, be cannot make b? faoe tbatot a trmihfbl honest man.- ^ * New, dear children, do yon waaft to ? have pfcaatot fiysCi that every body will Intra In IaaIt mtf TK?n *?> aww ?y ^ *MVU WV UVV fifV the ugly passions get bold of the. strings Put .them into the toad* of love and charity, aod goo&wiU end truth/feed honesty} and tfcso yen fHHr have beautiful fooes. ' " ': 'r' . I fi ii' r i . i' il r' ** .. i Lxabx -'a ' ^Thtr Now"" York . e, i