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THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND. Wednesday, »eeejiil»er 23, SPECIAL BOYS’ AND COLUHIN, GIRLS ClimSTIIIAS OF ’75. ■When you draw the eiivtaiti’s bright folJj And shut out the ti(‘rec freezing cold; When fires are wannest and brightest, , And hearts are gayest and lightest; When soft %irpets hush all the ecdiocs, And voices as sweet as the cuckoo’s lling through the close bolted door, Do you tbink of the poor? In your favorite seat, at your ease, While over the ivory keys Tour daughter’s white fingers are straying— How fair she is at her playing ! As pure as the sweet Madonna That looks from the wall upon her— When the song is fiuishod and o’er, Do you think of the pjor ? Do you think with a sigh of pity, Of the cellars all over the city, So dark, and dismal, aud cold, Where huddle the young and the old— Huddle and freeze together Ill the terrible winter weather— As for you the happy hours wane, Do you think of theii' pain ? t!ie State, is tlie county-seat ol == (Jliowan. Ill Edenton there are cliurclios, namely; one Bap tist, one Methodist, one Episco pal, one Bomaii Catholic and one colored. There are fine white Baptist and two white Methodist churches in the county, one col ored Baptist and two colored Methodist churches. We liaye four Baptist Sunday Schools and two Methodist in the county. Our little hearts feel glad and proud to state to yon that we be long to a good little Sunday School, and our Superintendent, well known to yon, is one of the oldest Sunda}'- School workers in the State, being 78 years old. We hear that th.ey are going to send your little children some thing. We intend to send some thing soon. Our dear old grand ma sent you something not long ago, and my pa takes your paper aud lias sent several subscribers. Our little prayers are that none of your little boys and girls ivill be cold this winter. Annie and Mamie Pearce. Do you think of the beauty aud sweetness, Of womanhood’s lovely completeness, Sold for a morsel of bread, And a place for a fi-ir guilty head ?— Sold wheu temptation was dire. Crushed like a rose in the mire— With your pure, happy dtiughters and mothers, Do you think ofthose others ? Peace and iiarmony will abound, and feelings of kindness will pre vail. Welcome Christmas, though clothed in snowy garments and bound in icy chains, we welcome thee among ns as the most joyous season of the year—the ming ling together of absent friends and relatives, and union of hearts thronghouttlie length and breadtli of our land. And numerous, in deed, are the hearts to which Christmas brings a brief season of happiness andenjoyment. How many families, whoso members have been dispersed and scattered far and wide in the restless strug gles of life, are then reunited and meet once again in that state of companionship and mutual good will which is a source of love and unalloyed delight I Thus our hearts will bo made glad, and sorrow will be turned to joy. To one and all we wish a merry Christmas and a happy new year. E. M. W. To-day, the glad bells are riuguig, And choral voices are singing His praises, who, born witlitlu* lowly, Taught that love only makes holy ; Saying, oh. brother, to thee : “What thou dost for those is for Me.” We may forget, but be sure. Ho thinks of His poor. —Mrs. M. F. Butts, In the Aldine_ THK £50ER. Her hands wore not soft and waxen, Of a pale and delicate hue; They were brown aud ha.rd and rugged. With always something to do. Something to do when squanderers Were wasting the time away ; Still dohig, when dreamy idlers Sat moping the Uvoloug day. She had not gold in her treasure, In her veins no royal blood ; But her nohlo heartfelt duty Was the only path to gooiL So to the faint and weary one, Her hand was firm and strong. Her smile was never so eheevy As when helping the weak along. To the lone, the sad and sorrowing. She came like a ray of light, Gilding the darkest, deariost shores That fell from the train of night. She lived but the world scarce knew it, She died—there was little to say : The pulpit “just heard of the woman,” Who for others toiled uight and day. Castalia, Nash Co., N. C., ) November 27th, 1875. j Mr. Editor :—Thinking that j-ou would like to hear from this sec tion of the country, 1 will now relate to you how \V. P. Mat thews, of this place, caught a rab bit and a cat both in the same rabbit gum and at the same time. He sa’i's that he set his gum a few evenings ago, just before night, and baited tlio rabbits with some greens, and left it for next morn ing. Next liiorniiig, however, he went to his gum soon, and found that the door was down. yi'II.4T IS A iAINIS-EKaAETEH 1 and as he was very anxious for “We must begin at the begin ning,” said Frcebel. after having devoted nearly a life-time to his rabbit, he very readily lifted the door, and to his astonishincnt he saw a half-grown cat, and thought that ho had missed the hare ; but to be sure, he pulled out the eat and ran his hand up in the gum ns fast as he could, he felt a rabbit, and on getting the hare by one foot he pulled him out. Ho says they were both alive. He says ho cannot imagine how they both got in the gum at the same time unless the cat was tiying to catch the have. If anytliuig else I’.appens in tliis cemuy of any importance yon will hear from me again. Yours truly, J UNIOR. the education of scholars beyond childhood. “Too much has to be undone in later years, that has been done wrong from the out set.” He, tlierefore, addressed himself to mothers, to the whole female sex, to whom the care of infancy is committed. In his book of “Mother’s Oossetting Songs” Frederick Frcebel laid doivn bis views on Infant Educa tion. For the age from three to sev en ho devise,s his ‘Kindergarten’, as an intermediate step and con necting link between the child’s home life and the school, which brings the child into contact with cliildren of his own ago, enhances his pleasures in following the same pursuits with them, and plants the seeds of sociable vir- listen—tlicii' col isiantanx City is to have something to do, and hence the many employments for the fingers and feet, as well as for the eyes and ears, which Frcebel sug gested, meet in an admiral man ner the child’s wants. Colored paper for plaiting, clay for modeling, sticks for laying fi gures on the table, and a slate ruled in squares for the elements of drawing, folding of pajiar, by moans of which the elements of geometry are taught, afford a va riety of employment which must be^een to be rightly understood 'and appreciated. Active games, with songs of the most innocent and instructive kind, form a part of the daily ex ercises of the “Kindergarten,” all of which are best conducted in connection with a large garden and country sconerj-', that noble impressions may be derived from nature, and space afforded for the little folks to see and occupy themselves with gardening. It will be evident that the prin ciple of the “Kindergarten” sys tem, which so admirable com bines thinking and working, is not limited to infant education—the strnetiire reared must rest upon, and accord with, the- foundation laid ; as the child advances from seven to twelve years of age and upwards, the teacher has but to supply the moans of jirogress in ' nowledge suited to tlie require- 'I'hc day came and a great crowd gathered. Old Hans, the farmer, was there, and so were the merchants. A horn was heard, and a splendid cavalcade came galloping up. The duke got down from liis hoTse, and be gan to speak to the people gath ered there, “My friends, it was I who put this stone here three weeks ago. Every passer-by has left it just where it is, and scolded his neigh bor for not taking it out of the way.' DECEBISEIS. Bat He ef the many mansimis Hatl waited ta take liev in, AY ell knowing that always iaithfni To the Master siio had been. —Methodist Protestant. Mu. Mills—Dear Sir ;—IV e see that you want to hear from the children of the various coun ties in this State. We ivill trj' and do our best for our county, which is Chowan, It is bounded on the north by Gates Co., east by Perquimans, south by AU>e- marle Sound, and west by tlie Chowan Kiver. In our county we have no mines of gold, silver or copper, as are found in many parts ; but in our county grow corn, cotton and wheat, and in fact nearly everything idauted by a farmer. In our woods are found whortleberries and blackberries in abundance, and in our sounds and ponds are found a variety of fisli. With these great blessings in abundance, none, in good health, should go in want of somo- tliing to eat and ivear. Edenton, with a name so an cient aud familiar to nearly all in The old year is fast drawing to a close, and Uecember, tlie first month of winter, and the last of the year, is now here. The frost bitten leaves have left their lofty summit, and now lay withered and moulding on tlio frozen ground. The trees thus shorn of their glory, stretch forth their bare brandies, showing their crooked and rugged form, thus giving the forest, once clothed in beauteous array, an aspect of gloom and desolation. The earth will soon bo covered with snow, and the first blast of ivinter will dash the cold biting rain in our face, and wo know that winter is at hand. The approach of winter causes a shiver to run through our frame, and brings a thouglit of sorrow to the heart, for along with ice, and snow, and hail, and rain comes the thouglit that the year is hastening to its close, and time once lost is never regained. But joy and grief are mingled to gether, and if our hearts are sad dened bj' tlio closing year, we know that the season of mirth and festivity is also at Hand. Decem ber brings Christmas, and our hearts are gladdened aud made to rejoice at its near approach. During his life-time Frcebel was understood and appreciated enl)' by a few superior minds. In order to make his ideas more widely' known, this unselfish man practiced much self-denial, aud traveled many miles, frequently resting on the green sward ‘with an uinbrella for liis bedroom and a knapsaok for his pilloiv.’ To- yvard the close of his life his la bors yvere re'varded with success, for lie lived to see many ‘Kinder gartens’ (Cliild-Gardcns,) as he called them, establised in Germa- ments of the pupils ; He stooped doyvn and lifted up the stone. Directly underneath it was a round hoHo'w, and in the holloyv yvas a small leathern bag. He held it up, that all might see yvhat yy'as yy'rltten on it; “For him v. lio lifts up the stone.” He untied the bag, turned it upside dow'ii, and out upon the stone fell a beautiful gold ring and twenty large, bright coins. So they all lost the prize be cause they had not learned the lesson, or formed the habit, of diligence. THE ORPHANS’ FRIEND, Published at the Orphan Astjlum, OXFORD, N. C. CASH, postiige pre-* ■ yea! books are then used by them wit,ii intelli gence and interest, and, in the development of their growing ca pabilities, tliey will be successful ly tuuglit to teach themselves. In this brief slcetcli of the ‘Kindergarten’ and its origin, it is not intended to describe min utely its seveml and carefully graded processes, how the tasks to be accomplished advance from the easier to the more diiiicult, nor how the law of contrasts and their connections, which nnder- lien all tlie occupations, is appli ed. Yet from tins ontliuo it will bo seen that Fri^ebel devised plans to meet the wants of tfri child under seven or eight years of age, and the favor wliich Kindergar tens find with children, shov/s that ho struck the right vein, and that lie understood the nature of the child. 'B.’iie iss tlie Bload. Prick, $1.00 n pnivl hero. Advertiskments inserted nt 10 aests a line fer first insertion aud 5 eoiite » line each continuance. Aboat eight words mtika, a line. The paper is edited by the officers of the institution without extra compensation; aud lunch of the work of printing it is don© by the Oi'jfiians. AU the net profits go to the henejit of the Asglum. Wo ask every present subscriber to get ns at least one additional nai*e before the moet-- ing of the Grand Lodge, but one need d»1 b@ considered the limit. Au;just 2.5th, 1875. ID. DAEBY. . B. LYoN, JR. {Late of “Doi&p Pw#-”)' LYON, DALBY & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF M. LTOlf THE DURHAM S5IO- PUFF, use- serv What, then, is a Kindergarten ? It is an institution providing employments and exercises tor the liealtliful and harmonious de velopment ot all the faculties ol children of from 3 to 7 years ot age. Fraiber,s motto is: “Play is the work of the child.” The toys used, Erccbel termed “gifts.” The first and second gifts are for the child in the nur- -and mothers and nurses yyho knoyv their use and value, - readily commend them to others. The third, fourth, fifth, and sixth gifts belong to the ‘Kindergarten.’ These gifts con sist of boxes of cubes, variously divided, wdiich are used to give pleasant lessot.s in numbers, or the elements of arithmetic, in form and invention. They de- velope the constructive faculty, and yvith the aid of stories anec dotes, and usetul infonnation, ac cording to the teacher’s tact, are made to convey much simple in struction concerning the laws of nature and common things. Lit tle children cannot, in accord.ance with their nature, sit still for any lengtli of time, even to look and Tliere ivas a duke once who disguised liimself and jilaced a great rock in tlie middle of tlie road near ids place. Next day a peasant came that way with his ox-cart. “Oh, theselazy people !” said he, “there is tins stone lying right in the middle of tlie road, and no one will take the trouble to put it out of the ivay.” And so Hans went on, scolding about the laziness of the people. Next came a gay soldier along. His head was held so far back that ho didn’t notice tiie'’stone, and so he stumbled over it. He began to storm the conntrj. people arbuiid there for leaving a liuge rock in the road. Then he went on. Ne.xt came a company of merchants. When they came to tlie stone the road was so'Harrow that they had to go off in single file on the other siile. One of them cried out; “Did anybody evey see tlie like of tliat big stone lying here the wliole of tlie morn ing, and not a single person stop ping to take it away ?” It lay there for three weeks, and no one tried to move it. Tlieu tile duke sent around to all tlie people on his lands to meet where this stone lay, as he had something to tell them. Mnrch 17t]i—Il-2m. M. Ao ^ MANUFACTURERS OF W'arrceirted fo excel all others, lieftmdedr T'OSSACC®. Diirlunn, N. C. Oi'iTors solic-iteil—Agents wimteil—Tobacew gniiranteed BEAMS’BOOT AND SHOE POLISH, The orfEy Bbickiug tliat will polish on oiled snvt'ace. It is gnarauteod to presei'Ve leathe? aud make it pliaut, requiring less quantity and tinte to produce a perfect gloss than any other, the briwh to 1«5 appliedi-irnaediately afier put ting tni the Blacking. A perfect gloss from this will not soil even white clothes. We guarairtoe it as^ represented, and {is for pat-* Vouage, strictly virr its merits. H. A. liEAMS & CO., Manufactwers, ' llurham, N. C. Tliis Blocking is recommend ediu the high est terms, after trial, by Geo. F. Brown, J Howard Warner, NewYora; the President and Professors of Wake Forest College; and a large number of gentlemen in aud around Durham., whoso certifiicates have been fur nished the Manufacturers. Orders solicited and promptly filled.- UaichlM, J875. . 0-tf
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