Xbe world was made so various hat the mind of desultory man, studious of change and pleased with novelty, might be indulged. Cowks.
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TOB THE MICROCOSM.
Betters on education
HYf&.. i Jfo. IV.
. Simple? pod,1 regular and moderate meals,
good hojiarlyrjsing, and abundant exer
ciseJ&Jopenrair will seldom fail to give
heaHhl vigor and activity to the frames of
'youth. Sweetmeats, condiments and cakes
Vare injurious to health more from excess than
quality; and they bend to the formation pf
indulgent habits. They pamper appetite, en
ervate the mind, and pave the way for, luxu
ry and debauch. . perhaps entire deprivation
may bejas; dangerous as excessive supply:
but I believe lhat21f acquired experience
nd welKtimedadvice" areTihe best correc
tives of these peccant -humours.. The natu
ral disgnsi yhfcVa child" feels from appetites
doyedKbyiodulgence .cai, excess, in sports
and pleasures, 18 V powerful argument to
teach him moderation an self control, es
pecially when backed 'hy'fhe judicious re
marks and authority of a parent.' ; ; In teach
ing learners how to, swim, it isoisual "to em
ploy corkV tor , life-preservers. - When the
-JrirtiJU)us,ij ax:
exposed to trial, lest natural Sense or reason
fail, or passion prove too strong, let the sav
ing antidote of parental, advice, let the love
of duty, strengthened by a deep sense of
honor and the shame of degradation, be at
hand; and Jet memory suggest the bright ex
amples of fortitude, self-command and real
greatness, which illuminate the pages of sto
ry. Then may they perhaps steer their barks
in security among t ie haunted rocks of the
Sirens,) and escape the perils both of Scylla
and Charibdis. j As the contest is inevitable,
let them be : well armed. The struggle is
for happiness and life; the victory depends
on .their own ' choice, . and the raoUd under
which they fight is j"wru unica kobilitas."
We may reasonably hope that no parent will
be so unnatural as to! indulge his child mere
ly to gratify his own vanity by a pompous
display ef what he can afford to throw away
upon his son's extravagance; and when an
enemy's supplies are intercepted the cou
quest is, easily made,
"When youth still loves the school boy's simple
-'V fare, -
Ilis temperate rest, and spirits light as air."
The love of manly sports, and the pride of
excelling in feats of dexterity, in running,
leaping, swimming,! riding-, fencing and hunt
ing, will be powerful aids in giving strength,
Ia'nd activity to youth. Contempt, for games
ft hazard and thety ignoble 'and, base won
ppotls, is an exalted trait in a boy of magnan
imous and independent spirit. He who will
acorn to be indebted to chance. for a few pal-
I try dollars, will one! day be greater than the
general ot armies wnose ceieoraiea victc
is are the gut oi xoixune. A . s,
To b mewed up in the close confinement
:aejc&y aimospnere oi cuies may renne
jMsind, but- it debilitates the body, The
iid'Ati of, the woods and hills arid the vig-
: 'r u . t-
horticulture or mechanism for idle toys and
silly games which commonly engross the
leisure of a spoiled child. It is a mistaken
notion to suppose that the skill and inven
tion of crafts are beneath the notice of a lib
eral man. Some .States have even required
by a law that all their citizens should learn
and profess some art or trade. What is use
ful cannot be degrading. In the middle a
ges, guilds and Craftsmen were as honorable
as gaming clubs and sportsmen! are at pre
sent. Meanness and baseness are intfinsi.
cally personal, not professional demerits:
and if the Mosaical account of the creation
be true, God is the first mechanic.
It is a subject of regret to teachers that
the usual method of instruction requires so
much confinement; peripatetic exercises
would be relieving to the limbs and benefi
cial to the mino. Where boyf have suita
ble and solitary walks they might commit
their lessons to memory,! and take healthy
exercise simultaneously.! Although igno
rance is the bane of mind, yet sloth is the
corrupter of body and spirit. Here I will
add a remark which an excellent father used
often to his son. "Do mischief rather than
be idle" This may remind the reader of a
maxim recommended in one of Miss Edg
worth's tales, j "if is better to wear out than
tn rust out9 which I fear is,iheateof many
disinterested teachers, who benefit their pu
pils more than themselves, and in whose
rank and file might perhaps be enrolled youjr
humble servant. . :? .
AN OLD FIELD TEACHER.
FOR THE MICROCOSM.
: master JjEonidas Here l am, ensconced
in my corner, with a poor fire upon the hearth,
made of two sticks, and a parcel of embers;
the bleak winds thistle around my dwells
ing'ana whisper through the crevices. of my
doors and windows. A kind of death-like
chill runs over met- as the icy blast howl
th rough the forest, and rattles the sash of my
window; and as it moans and wails among
the naked branches 6f the shade trees , that
surround my dwelling, I can almost fancy
that some infernal spirit, V the prince of the
bower of the air," has come to haunt me. -The
moon peeps through; my window,-and(
if jit were not so pinching cold, its trembling
ray would remind me of joYe songs',' fairy
tales, ramblirig lovers,'! moonlit walks,!
'serenades,' plighted vows in rosy bowers,! J
Xxf JLrt Kit roolltr thorn la anmptVi!nfT on n
chilly and freezing in the sharp winds, and
in the appearance of the clear cold moonj
that I should have to feel more than an ordij.
nary degree of inspiration to indulge thoughts
on such subjects, under existing circum-f
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stances." l ne last expression, you see, is a
quotation; I do not claim it as origihaK T
make this observation in order to avoid, the
change of plagiarism, if 1 f my fire would onlyi
sparkle a little more briskly, and make myi
almost concealed blood gallop with a little
more rapidity through my veins, (a fine met-j
aprior,, ny tne way,; l migni possioiy write
enough of something or other on this coarser
sheet to fill up a column in the Microcosm.
. . Well, to begin again, (foir I am sure yon,
have forgotten my first sentence, Unless your;
memory is nctter xnan mine;; nere i am oy
i aa-h tlie attention "of af parent who has his my poor, fire, (it is a tower fire, you will re-
piUren'sgood at heart. Th5!.jrt"'iry of a collect two' sticks and a few embers, here
wr s love mi?ni arts 1 1 am, Dy my nre, myJxoea.4n. uie asncs my
port-folio on my knee, my wife holding my
inkstand'; and, I was going to say, a wash- '
s'tand for a candle-stand -but I believe I will .
not, as. ink-stand, wash-stand, nd candle
stand in the same sentence would sound very
much like I was a poet; ' and that is what 1 1
do not pfbfess to be not having wrote mojre
than two or three piecesjjf poetry in my life, ,
and I never heard them spoken of in very
high terms. But here Ito;retum from , .
my digression, with a bad pen in my fingers, , "
black, smutty ink, that smears my paper and
bedaubs my hand in a word, I am in what
I have heard called a reo predicament but,
what is worst of aUf I have no subject Hto
write upon. Yoti see already that my com- "
munication is desultory, and quite defective '
in point of perspicuity and unity, according' is
i. wme hiusi oe my apuiogy-; lor a oreacij pi
the rules laid down by rhetoricians for the " .
structure of "sentences." Indeed I have . v "
wandered until I scarcelv know what subieet
I intended to write upon when I took my
seat. I reckon you will think me an egotist V;-
if vou count the P in the last sentence. !
mf ... ....
But to my snbject. Suppose I call up an
incident of my "eventful life;" (in quotation, .
as it should be.) Andiere is another vip-K ,,
lation of Blair's rules for the preservation of
clearness, umiv. ana sirenern in a sentence. -
KXl UUll u U bIHfKdid flllClC Ah DILUUI1I .11171. IIH. ,. t
M. uvguil w auJ , OHJ'JUOt M. Villi UJJ OUIIIC t .
dent connected with ray "evenful life," arid' v v
rub!" asShakspeare saith. It is, however. -
some say, not a nara tnmg to matte some-' y "
thing out of nothing. The Grecians'thoughi l
differently. But I am not speaking, or rath- '
er writing, about making the world; bat about i
making some kind of a stdry to fill a short
space in a newspaper. j ' ' ' ; -
Suppose 1 try some other subjectsay pdl S: '
ilics no, you will not publish it and" that - f
would De; exactly right. The pursuit of: i
happiness," religion, dreaming, hunting, flsh-. i
have so often been written upon thatTcoutd1 -say
riothing new;" and some smart fellow'
Awould accuse me of theft if I did. not mafjc'"
the whole in quotation. ' And even if J did; ,v
that, somebody else would say that it was. ,
unnecessary to fill up m newspaper with such'ij
worn outiatter. " I' ' ' ;iC'vr2,!
precisely, I have gotten farther down 'nHrfs
sheet, writing; and while I write, the'gibb6.r .
moon is careering in all her beauty and :16tWjVw
iiness in mid neaven. and tram ner loltyeleiti;
brightness ever our dinx world below. Her
pale light falls m pensive ana mellowed, ib.
ruins Frav wjhi uujeves. tnai moon nn fK v.;
which 1 look, gazes
jeCts.--, ohe sees
bles among tombs
with the night-winds that wave "tb&'wttlrerecr
rthfifi dear to bis hpflrL : Shfe ' SftftR ihl trti . vk
pest-tossed" mariner, as ne nosf.upon th? j; 4
friends. She sees the; infemow .wretch Wvvh"
iia treoif naj iiuiu euiur oucuc v UcuauClK.
erv. and at the same timeshe ffazes'ubon 'thA" -
kneeling (christian who holds wt6wAvi
with his God.- Her trembling and dim tfcrhtl
. 1. - .L - il j it, i
euuanct- iiip ocauiy oi many a oeuc sceno
upon a dversity,of;obi
the poor mamac, as he ram- ,v
and minglesrhiswild laffghl :M