Litchfield enquirer., 1835-05-14

I v cellent, and he could hit off many of hi classmates with truth and spirit. His man ners were constantly changing; sometime
 he was as gay as a common boy of his age and then he would become as grave as
 professor. He wrote satirical verses will great effect, and but few dared offend him
 In 1903, the great eclipse of the sun, whicl
 was to happen in 1906, was given to the
 class as subject to test their powers o
 calculation and delineation. The profes- sor of natural philosophy and ma.he natics, to put the question of the powers of the sssuEs1fsUs aEH WaIched ltie itrs,al..s of his lobors; an:l, Tor accuracy in cei...s ..ss lation and fine drawing, it had 6ut ,wos ,hs, were before 1t in "a large rfus>-~.. T, !. physics he was acute, and often llustraS6d his opinions with wit and elegance. If he were pet of the professors, he was envl- land detracted by some oftle thick -head- led among his classmates. He disdained assistance iron, any one, but took his own course. After leaving college he studied the modern languages, and became pro-
 icient in some of the oriental ones. All who knew him were waiting to see what figure he would make in the world. For several years hadtlost sight of him; and, perhaps, had ceased to inquire about him, when, one fine afternoon, during the last war, an officer, over six feet high, entered my office and made himself known to me. He was my classmate- infant prodigy 7. He now was Colossus, but his sprightli- ness had gone; his memory, which was once all light,. seemed treacherous his Edic;ion, once choice and tasteful, was now sunk to ordinary and scanty phsaseology {; and, on the whole, he appeared a stupid fellow. He several times alluded to hls great corporeal size with loathing, and intl- mated that when his body began it's rapid growth, his mind had suffered for 1t. undertook to soothe him by suggesting that when his " thew and bnlk'' had acquired frmness, his mind would como back in all its strength and elevation; but he shook his head at this, seeming to think he knew better. Three years afterward l heard that he sunk into the grave an imbecile. without leaving any trace of his having ex- isted, except on the minds of some ot his friends, who had watched the progress of the premature genius.
 commend you, my dear friend, for rot naming your child after any great man, .Ta;s Gally aaen. aahj jaess haygsto the biting criticisms of their compecrs. knew lad at school, of mediocrity of talents, and who might have passed well enough in the mass of the school. if his name had not been Solon. The boys were constantly running parallels between Solon the great lawyer of Athens and their classmate. In getting up little tragedy, for private enactment, a wicked tyre, in the prologue to the play, introduced the story of the opposition of the great Solon to, the Thespian exhibi- tions, and suggested that the modern Solon might have the same enmities, but the same causes. He was not allowed to take a part. He was often taunted for his name, particularly when he blundered over his
 Greek lessons. It might be said that these
 opinions of schoolboys lasted through his
 life. Dying at thirty years of age, an, and
 having acquired some celebrity as a law yer, there was still, among many of hi' early acquaintances, strong Prejudices re- maining. l.3ssTss,E.
 was highly pleased to find that you have secured a good nursery maid. This is of more importance than you think.-
 The verne little naids) of the Romans
 who taught the infant in the nursery, were
 educated in the best manner, and the child
 lisped his first accents from them; hence
 tho term vernacular language. We, thank
 heaven, have higher term for our Ian
 guage it is our mother-tongue.
 1 Teach your child his letters yoarself.--.
 Look carefully over your grammar. and get the sounds ofletters and n'onosyllablei
 accurately in your own mind, to be certain
 that the infant tongue of your child is made
 to pronounce rightly at the beginning fol
 vicious pronunciation in infancy can nev' Fer be wholly eradicated. even with the ,t most painful attention. in riper years.
 T Teach your child veracity and honorable feelings, and at the same time indomitabl'
 courage, united with caution and prudence O. ne lesson of this kind in childhood has more lasting effect on his spirits than an. events in after life can have. When he ] large enough to attend school. never in |, duiee in fond and foolish hopes and expec
 tations. that he is to be first among all.- Insist on his being respectable and trust tn rest to heaven. Feel no envy Of a foolis mother. whose son, by bribery. accident , or partiality, has carried of the first prize Let her enjoy it. for it is often the last com l fort she receives from him.
 When you wish to excite your son to hi duties. place no wonderful examples befor } | him but such as those who have by goo , sound sense and perseveriDg industry, rise