The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1795-05-21 00:00:00, page 4

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CANT PHRAIMr
AS found as • not, o’er 'he plain
I ot late whistled, foil of J
A ftrtager to for row f .nd p^’Oi
As hippy, as happy could be.
As plump as ® partridge I g rew,
Mv hem being lighter than »rk:
My Humbers wire calmer thwn dew !
My body was fatter than pork!
Thus happy I hop’d I Ihonld pass, . r t
Sleek as greale, down the current of tim^j
But pleasures are brittle as glass,
Although as • fiddle:they’re fine;
Jemima the pride of the vale, -
L’ke a top nimbly danc’d o’erotfr plains;
With envy the Uffes were pali-*-
With wonder flood gaping the fwaku.
Shit fmtl’d like a bsflcet of chip?—
As tali as a hay-pole her size—
As sweet r.s ifiolaffes her lip-—
As bright as a button her eyes. i>
Admiring, t g«*d on each charms
My peace that would trouble fa fodri,
And thoughrifibt of danger, nor'hand,
Any more than^h^ man in the meant > '
But now to toy sorrow I find, (
Her heart h is hard as a brick ;
To my paflion forever unkrnd, ' J •
Though pit paflion I’m full ail tick.'
*<•**»’^ 2 ’ ■ 'V-' $ ’ 4 ’ OJ -'ft
I fought her sffeflioa to win.
In hopes of obtaining relief,
Till I like a hatcher grew thin,
And-fhe’Hke'rhaddock grew deai*
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J late was as fit as a doe.
And play some and fpright Is a cit ;
But new I' skn 'dull as a hoe, ' ’ ■
And lean and as weak as at rat. • r
Uolefs the nnpifytag fates . , 4
With "paffibn di ardent file!! cram h<r,
As certain as death or as rates,
I loon HiaU be dead as a hammer.
' kadanda.
Norib-Tarmouib, Jlfril t 1795. v .
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Sagacity in a Dog—afaß. . .
A FEW days ago, as Mr. Bouflead'i fen
of Great Salkeld, in Cumberland,
was shepherding upon Great Salkeld com
mon, he had the misfortnne to fall and
break his leg. He was then at the distance
of tfiree miles from home, no person with
in tall, And evening approaching. Be Tides
the arfguilh he was Offering from the frac
ture, how dreadful must his feelings have
been from the accumulated difireflea of his
fituscion •’
At a moment when diftration was most
likely to have overcome the power? of rea
son and reftedion, PrdvidenceAirefled him
to the following expedient. He folded one
of his gloves in his handkerchief, which he
tied round the neck bf the D^g> and order
ed him home. The Dogs which are
trained to an attewdarte on the ffock, are
known to be of udmrrshle fobjedion to tht^
command of their masters.
The animal ioftandy let off, and arriv
ing »< the hoofe, for arched at the door for
admittance; The young man’s parents
ware alarmed at his appearance, and more
especially when they took off and unfolded
the handkerchief esmetading, beyend a
doubts that fame accident had befallen
their Ton, they inftactiy went in search of
him. The Dog reeded no invitation :
apparently fenfibje that the chief part of his
duty was ye| to be perfarmed—He led the
way# and condafled the anxious parents
direct »o the fppt wh^re their son laid !
Happily this was effeded before night came
on; the^ycupg man was brought home,
and the neccffary aid being procured, he is
in a frir way of recovery. ?
A writer of no knell eminence; fays,
« There is a moral obligation between a
/ Man and a Dog * In the prefect in fiance,
that obiigatian i» very ft rang indeed
the Shepherd owes his refoafe from a fits
ation the most dreadful that can be con
ceived, to the wonderful fagaeity of his
faithfal Lfog. . Lindon faffr.
anecdote.
MARAT, deprived by na
ture of all thpfe qualities which
rehd^jed man beiovedand^ref
peO<e &
in impudence and attrocity
whatiie ^t^d in eloquence
and goodlenfe. When he en
tered the Hall of the Cbfivenr
tion } ha cast immediately his
eyes with an air of felf fails-
Ja&icn on the fpe6fators in
|he tribunes, which served as
| signal ta ar parcel of women
ind boys to break out Si
Ihouts of applause, r '
Marat commonly took
jeat on the firft bench oppo
site to the Preftdent, but this/'
ili-fliapecl dwarf, who conceit
vedr. himfelf : to be the high
prieft’ of liberty, did not long
remain ih one place: Bq often
moved triumphant front one
part of the hall to the other ;
wherever a mem her attempted
to refute the nonsensical argu
ments, pr combat th,e fefd^
5 bus tenets of his party, there
he flew sand .overwhelmed ^is
adverfaty with gross , tmreft*
ives: If he could nbt frighten
the eloquent orators from the
tribune by reitetated ihfults
and menaces, then he gave a
fignM t 0 people in the, tri-.
bunes, who drowned the voice
of his enemies by a tremen
dous tumult. . .
Ose day • during Ifnard’s
Presidency, when some depu
tations of PXfis demanded the
exclusion of certain members
of the Convention, the depu
ty Vricentj formerly a milita
ry man, had placed himfelf on
purpote behind Marat, in ot*
der to hinder him from quit
ting his feat. The conceited
friend of the people attempt
ed feyeral times to rufb upon
the moderates who inveighed
in the most forcible manner
against the perfidious machin
ations of the Commune of
Paris, but Vincent, who had
Jain hold of his coat, pulled
him as often back as he tried
to rife. ? '} -
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The extreme conceitedness ,
of Marat did not permit him
to fuppbfe it pofiible that any
body should venture to insult
an illuftrions personage like
him • he ateribed the behavi
our of Vincent to an ardent
desire of enjoying hi| compa- '
ny, and entered in a.converfa
tion ; he began with his usual
rhaplody on the crimes of the
party of statesmen [bommes d'
etat} but hardly had he reach*
ed the middle of his vocabula
ry of invedives, when Ifnard;
in a solemn manner, invited
Tallien, Legendre, Freron,
Chabot, Bentabote, and the
rest of Marat’s noisy adher
ents to refped the fanduary
of liberty : Marat wanted now
to call the President to order,
but being unable to resist the
powerful arguments df his
stout companion, he exclaim
ed, “ Ifnard is indeed a very
handsome man but this is alls
his merit he affedts the grav
ity of a Solon, and {peaks like
a blockhead.’ 1 i( Why? re
plied Vincent, there is cer
tainly a great difference be-
tween Marat and jfnard; his
phifiognomy bears the stamp
of virtue^ but thou art crime
perfonfied.” Marat, furious
at this remark, broke oiit in
base invectives, and went off
laying, “ Take care, I’ll mark
thy character in such large let
ters on thy back, that every
Sans Culotte (hall ery out,
‘There is a CtmfpiratQr?' ?
The deputy Vincent was *
arrested after the ,31st May,
1793, an ^ re-adrftitted in the
Convention after the fall of
Robespierre.
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NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Aftowit of a ntw inftstation in
1 . ri '’ ; ' France.
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THE word normal, which has
been apphed>tQ rbe newly
lifihed khoqls in France, is drawn
from the difbohary.
Jc ^xpreites properly a
in the figurative fente, k a^noun- '
ces, chat iii those tehcols an know
ledge relative co arts, teieoccs,
beiies-leucrs, sic. will be biughr
to every citizen, whatever branch
he may choqle to apply co.
In Older id obtain this grand
objtft the convention wilbed that
teachers arid proftflbrs fh.u’d be
|formed, and thole lehools aje thus
eftablilhed to qualify teachers for
the, whole republic.
The following are the statutes
relolved on by fbexeprefencatives
sos the people with the normal
schools at Paris, on the 151 b of
January.
1 Art. The fittings shall dai
ly begin at eleven o’clock in the
morning, and be broke up st a
quarter past one, in the following
■order.
The fifft and fixch day of the
decade.
1. Mathematics, La }Grange,
and La Place. ~ f
2. Natural Philofophv, Haui.
3. pelcriptive Geometry,
Monge.
Second and feventb day.
r Natural Hifto.ry, paubenton.
2. Chemiflry, Bcrtholefj
3. Agriculture, Thouin,
Third and eighth day.
r. Geography, Bauche and
MenteUe. / ,
2 Hitory, Vo^iey.:
3. Morality, Bernarcin de St.
Pierre.
^Fobrch and ninth day*
I. Grammar, Sicard. .
A 2. Analysis of underftan jing,
Garat.
3. Literature, La Harpe
Art. 11. Each sth day, the pro
fefibrs of the normal feioQ^ lball
hold in presence of the pupils, a
conference, at whichjphilotephers,
men of letters, and the most: dis
cinguiflicd artists are invited to
attend.
Art. Ilf. The principal object
of these conferences Ihrall be read
ingapd .examinitig of the tiemen
t<y schools of the re^u^lie.
Art. IF. There (hall be nofr«
ting onr.the tenth day. The pu
pils of the normal schools. fnall
visit the national libraries, obser
vatories, museums of arts, trades,
in fliort, all-the deposits consecra
ted topubfic iiiftrudionrailthofe
deposits fcaU be open for the pu»
' pds at they ftiew a card bearing ;
the, flamp of the cpriimittee of
public inftru&ion, signed by the
two'icprefenutives nearest normal
schools. ’ S
J ^rt. V. The fittings of the nor- 7
mal schools (hall be employed, al
jernately in unfolding the princi
ples of the art of teaching, as ex
plained by the profcffors, and in
coherences on these principles i- -
mong the profeiters and pupils.
Art e . Vl. The conferences (hall
neVer be opened on any fubjeds,
but such as have been treated of
in the preceding fitting.
Art. Vil. None Os the pupils
(hall have liberty to speak unless
he has got his dame inscribed,
and be called upon by the profel
for.
Art. VIII. In the course of the
debates the profrflbr may
adjourn his answer to the
fitting.
Art. IX. The lefibns, debates
and conferences, which take place
in the normal tehcols, (hall be col
lected in a fienographical journal.
This journal (hall be distributed
among the members of the con
vention, the profcflbr and pupils
of the normal schools It mail be,
alio tranfmitred to all the Fre&cn
ministers, consuls and agents in
foreign countries.
'(Signed)
LAC ANAL DELURE,
[Ope of the indmate friends of
J. J. 'Rouficau, during his lUy ijSi
France.]
The second fitting of the not? *
mal school at Paris took Place on
rhe 2sd January. -The citizens
Bauche and Menlelle spoke on geo
graphy^VonLj on hiftoryi Bernar^
din de St. Pierre on morality, and
d’AjJbenton on natural-hiftpry.*—
The free former , profefibrs were
listened co with all the attention
which the interclling-fubjed and
; celebrity of their superior talents
inspired : but it jw< pajFHcularly,
when the good, the whmqus Ber«* ?
nardin de St. Pierre, when the rc
fpedable d’Aubentpn rote, to step
towards the desk •, it was then that
unanimous and reiterated app!au- r
fes fijled the ampitheatre. .All the
fpe&ators felt an indefatigable de
light in gazing at them, and riltcn
ing co what they explained, .ft was
fomethTng more than, attention
which suspended fora while all
minds —it was somewhat fike ad
jmiration—every heart melted when
those veqtrable interpreters of
morality and nature pppeard; aH
: w>s au.entioh when they began to
[peak. The univerlat homage
which the assembly paid to those
jlfuftrious philosophers, to the
friends of Buffon and Roufftao,
proves that the disciples of the
> normal school, as well as every
true republican, know bow to
. honor old age, talents, and virtue
and this profound refoed; is almofc
as honourable to~tbe dilciples as to
v »he cm nent profcffors who were
. the objtft of ir. The federation
'of Julv ^th will always te cele
brated in the anhals of liber tybut
' the federation of January 21, the
? grand federation of aft men* of
genius and learning in France j
the opening of a school where ge
nius and virtue are the proftflbrA
and he most dTftinguifhed aniffs^
men of learning anfc letters, the
• disciples, will ever ’be famous ia
Lhhe y snpak *
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