Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1836-09-23
OPENING OF FALL SCHOOLS.


Drr;no the months of September and Octo-
hsr narents begin to send the older children to
schopI. nj This time also new school books are
,s,rcbosed. and in most cases new teacher
ppu,nloved This is a good season of the year
20 lnake q change for the better, and we will
with great earnestness and sincerity ASH tne
school districts few. plain practical Questions;
lat. What wages have you heretofore given
vour teacher3 Would it not be cheaper, taxi
mo all things into consideration, to employ one
Of higher qualifications if you do have to pay
him q little morei Can you expend money IN
anv other way so wisely as in giving your chill
dren good educationi What so essential 10
your well being as virtue and inteiigence IN
those around you? OF all men, VINO should De
more virtuous and inteigen., than 'na az lllai
who educates and forms the character OF your
cbildrens Will any thing but {. higher salary
secure higher qualifications If well educa-
tod teacher saves school books, and above all
your chiLdren's time, by advancing them raster
and more correctly in their studies, can you not
afford to pay him more'
9dly. What is the condition of your school
house Are the windows filled with glass!
Are the clapboards falling off +? Are the doors
thrown off from the hingesl Is the stove or
the pine out of orderi Are the school desks OF
the RIGHT construction Have they back pieces'
Are thew cut full of holes and ridges with the
penknife! Does the school house leak ram ana
admit the wind3 Is this building located in
good place?
2dy. What school books do you usel Can
Won not select better series and then abide by
them, thus freeing yourselves from the perplex-
ity of so much changing!
4thlv. Can you not elect school officers who
are competent, and will be faithful to the inter-
ests of the school?
5thly. Can you not keep your children more
steadily at school! Shall they this winter go
to school one day and stay at home the next!
Can you not give them more than two or three
months schooling during the whole fall and
winter?
6thy. Will you not endeavor to visit the
school once week this winter, and take suit
able interest in your teacher and his instruc-
tons? Will you not try to cooperate with
him out of school and in school! :,
Finally, will you not resolve when the TALL
school is opened, to start anew on this mo mo-
mentous subject? Will you not begin then
to give this subject more aid, more attention,
than YOU have done Com. School .dssisf
HARD TIMEs.-High rents and high prices
for every thing we eat and wear, are themes OF
universal complaint. Bacon, beef, veal, lamb,
poutrv, eggs, butter, and all the little ct cete-
ras of the table, are double former prices. IN
der such circumstances economy shouid De the
word of all those who have to toll for their live
libood. Cut down every useless expense and
useless indulgence;-get up an hour sooner in
the morning, and go to bed an hour later at
night: work in a little additional selbow-grease
during the day, and if blessed with health, the
poorest among us may soon bid defiance not
only to high prices, scarcity OF money and pro-
spective starvation, but in due time, to debts,
duns and difficulties in the bargain. Live light
and cheap; it is easily done. Rice and molas-
ses, or hasty pudding and milk, is an admirable
dish for children;-salt behring's for breakfast
or tea three times a week, is an eDviable luxu-
nv for grown folks; fried pork and apples, OF
baked potatoes, are both healthy and palatabe;
veal or beef-shin soups, well made, are cheap
and good; and an occasional dish Of Goldfish and
potatoes is esteemed dainty by rich and poor.
These, with a dozen little nick-nacks which
might be named, afford cheap and substantial
diet. And now for cheap apparel. Brush up
and repair the old shoes and stockings; pull the
faded Wastcoat and pantaloons out Of the closet
and try them on again. they don't look as wei
as new to be sure, but they fit loosely and plea
sanity, and besides they are paid for. Get las
years coat from the garnet, have the elbows
patched, the missing button replaced, the dus
brushed off, the grease spots taken out, and sliI
it on; have the old hat brushed and ironed =
then look at yourself in the glass and see how
you like your personal appearancel Patche:
on the elbows are objectionable-true,t they art
not very slightly, and would by no means sui
the pride oil young dandy; Out winch IL DeSt
patch on the elbow by tailor, or tap or
your shoulder by the sheriff Constellation.
Small Church and smaller Congregations
The Philadelphia Sunday News says that Del
aware is not only the smallest state in the I'm
ion, but has the smallest house of worship ant
congregation. At Cantwell's Bridge, prctt,
little village on the main peninsula road, abou
ten miles from Smyrna, is Friends meetin.
house, built of brick, only about twelve fee
square Small as it is, it has all the appearan
ces outside and in, that are usually found il
those of larger dimensions. The congregation
consists of one man. He is a respectable far
mer living four or five miles distant, but al
tends regularly twice every week, and sits on
the usual time alone. He is bachelor, an
unless he takes to himself wife, he need nc
fear any ofthose unhappy divisions that so fire
quently disturb the peace of religious societies
sci looked in upon him. says the editor, g
few sabbaths since, but so intent was he upo
his devotional meditation, that he did not OF
serve me until the meeting toas broken up, an
then found him quite a social, though sol
tary being. How different must be the fee
ings of devotion in this small tenement, alone
from those excited in one of our fashonabl
churches, 'gttering with polished marble an
fine gold,' surrounded by thousand 'wavin
plumes' and fair faces dazzling the eyes, Will
on the ear the 'pealing anthem swes wit
notes of peace"
What Smoke!-It appears from the Ire
sury Report on the commerce, navigation al
tonnage of the United States, which was SUI
mitted to Congress at the last session, that fro