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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 <
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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? "???
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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.'' '
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present iQ. the/United* ia the Lafayette
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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, *''
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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
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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.
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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
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" 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
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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
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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
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Ob,, for thja lava let rooka and bUla.. > > ;
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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*
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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 *
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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'
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