The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-03-05

hem, Ill every mptnfnt 81 TIM, bnl $" n
Ic,ei 10 OPS, 5 ar annoy. lie MT thods
NJ pfescr, mr. q MS watchaiI atieution, aud nj
HE same anc leaving The pupil free from
Any sense ofrcsifaint, are amOng those pro-
ccsses which no I.piiOnVanudequately !
represent. The great prinopie seems Ia
be. III appeal 10 the we'll known 7arcc oil
h0bil. and u .ludieiun3 variation Of the ger
,ulis and studies, united with never fail
ing g-rHl,nrss, aud serenity Of temper IN
the instructed and guardian. Care is dlso
taken To admit new pupils only, when all
those upon the establishment are com
pletely trained La the industrious and inno-
cent pursuits of tire jl1ce.; so that this
foundation being once laid, tire labuur Of
converiiu. the bad habits of the new com
ers is greatly abridged they fall more ea-
silly into the manners Of their cOmpaD-
ions.
The sum paid for this mostexcellcnt and
complete course of education, rising from
the elements of grammar, To the branches
of mathematical and physical science, IS
only about sixty pounds year, which COW
ers every expense, except that of clothes.
The pnpils'eat at Mr.. Felleuberg's table,
which is plentiful, yet simple /; they are
treated in precisely the same manner,
whatever he their rank no scct IS cXclu
ded.
The Agricultural Institution consists of
young gentlemen more advanced in years,
Who have constant access IL the farm, as
we'll as To the experimental farm, of about
nine acres, attached To their branch Of the
establishment. They are also instructed in
the book learning of the subject, uud Of the
arts and sciences Immediately connected
with il. They assist at daily conference
upon the new methods To be employed
thr improvements machinery; in short,
every thing that usually occupies an sgrl-
cultural society with this great difference,
that they are ON the spot, where every p0-
| sltlon may he brought to the test of actual
| experiment, and are surrounded Try practi,
| cal agriculturalists, makers of farming I'M
plefqEnts, and operations on scales con
stanl1y going on. These pupils pay sbout
seventy pounds year for all expenses, and
live at Chateau about half mix.
from the principal residence, where Mr..
Fellcnbe,g and the boys are, and where
the laboratory, cabinets of natural history,
aud apparatus OF natural philosophy, are
also fixed.
The mandatory Of machinery and inn
plements is intended to carry on improve
ments in this essential article, the profits of
which will defray the expenses, for It not
only supplies the farm'hut leaves "a SURPLUS
of machinery aud tools for sale it also
instrutts both the pupils of HE academy IN
the handicralt arts, the pupils Of the inst
tuition IN those connected with agriculture,
and the poor boys in the trades of black
smith aud wheeriglt, which may in after
Ilte, afford them a livelihood. This rational
plan has been attended with deserved sue
cess. Many valuable improvements have
been made IN agricultural machinery.
The most Interesting branch, however,
OF ms establishment, is that which pro
vides Tor the education of the poor. The
principles upon which it is conducted, arc
unquestlonably sound for they are foun-
ded IN perfect know ledge of human ma
ture. The first principle of the system is
To show the children gentlencss and kind
ness, so as to win their affections, and III.
ways TO treat them as rational creatures,
culiivatlng then reason and appealing Ia it.
II Is equally essential to impress upon thci,
minds the necessity of industrious and
Vlrtu"us conduct which leads to their
happiness, and The inc, liable effects Of the
opposite behaviour, in reducing them from
the comfort III which they now live, to the
state of misery from which they were +. s.
N'' u "A NOISidIll anu GNt4l minute super
Intendence, at every instant Of their lives,
forms of course, part of the system ; and
as may easily be supposed, the elder bows.
VINO are a'Trady profted by the care of the
master aid him in extending it to the new
corners, whoftr this pnrpcse, aer iu,iiciaus.
~ distributed among them, II sconstant-
" impressed en- their minds, that manual
iae"r, IN cultlvating the ground, is the
grand and permanent care which must en-
pfoy their whole lives, and Ilpno which
Their very existence depends. To this
every thing else is made subordinate ; hut
WIN ms, are Judlciously connected a vari
eiy at intellectual pursuits At their hours
o' relaxation, their amusemt1Its have
an instructive tendency certain hours are
SUI apart Tor the purposes of learning !;
ahd "'n'e at work in the fields. the CONVEX
sa'loh, without nterruptlng for Il moment
Tue necessary business, is always directed
towards those branches of knonlrdrr i'm
Wl1cn they are improving themselves du-
rioS Their intervals Of labor Dcsde3 read
ing writing and ciphering (at which they
are very expert they apply themselves 10
t'eos' dphB and history, and TO the different
uranches'of nutGrdt history, particularly
minerdtogy and botany in whirh they take
Singular delight, aud are ronsidera-
bic Profclrnts. The cunnexion of these
Win agrlenttuI'e, RENDERS then, most appro
pirate Studies for those pDor children and
AS Their daily labor brings them constantly I
INTO contact With the et1rct Of those scieu-
ccs, double relish is thus afforded at once
TO The science and the labor. The eyder
ces OF design, observable in the operations
81 nat'ne, aud the benevolent tendency of
those operations in the great majority of
instances, form constant topics of discourse
IN Their studies, and during the labors of
the day. The SuPre,re Beng is udored in
all has rorks.
The habits of order which are carefully
formed in the boys, and the exact taste for
and hea'ness which they acquire
without ever suffering their other pursuits