The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1838-02-09

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GIRL. "Yes, sir; be seen a piece in the
Banner about The He. Springs, and he
couldn't rest till he started 10 see them
Ed. "Your father takes tho Banner,
then does be 7"
Girl. No, sir, but we all read it,"
Ed. "Well do you remember what you
see IN it, after you read ii p
Girl. 90 yes, sir for we read it every
day, some"
Ed. "Cau you tell me who is President
Of the United States 2"
Girl. "Mr. Van Buren, of New York"
Ed. 4" Who ie our representative 10 Con.
gress ?"
9" Mr.. Crockett but daddy voted for Mr..
Hughes; said little haxen headed urchln
about seven years old in great haste, TO pre-.
cede hts sister.
Ed. but, my liule man, how did you
know that =
Boz. Much ahashed) :" | seen it in the
new spaper. as how he was elected"
/ Ed. "Well can sou tell me who is the
Governor Of Ten. 7"
Boy. Hastily Cannon
Ed. "Who is our representative IN the
State Legislature =
To this, the little fellow could not so
readily reply, but he was reminded by his
sister that it was Mr.. Grove. After asking
them divers questions about politics and
such other subjects as had been treated on
in the Banner for few weeks past, asked
them If their father was a subscriber TO the
4 Banner.
! Girl. "No, sir, he don't take any paper
but Mr.. who lives in that house a.
cross the field, takes it and we borrow II
every Sunday"
Ed. We left this circle Of Intelligentchil.
dren, and proceeded on our journey nile
or tive, and coming TO very large tafm
We continued around IL; until We came e
1.-The cate. From external appearances, We
supposed that old and young belonging 10 that
house were Intelligent An old lady and
several charming girls, were the only IN
mates when We entered the spacious halt
hy when we we're received IN The most po
lite manner. A few common place obser
yations we're made, when lad OF slxteer
handsomely dressed, with shot gun II
hand, made his appearance. tie was JUS
returning from an excursion after squlrrel'
round his fathers cornheld. We soon d.
recfed our conversation towards bum, and II
The space of fifteen minutes, discovered tina
he was totally ignorant Of the passing event
oC The day When We spoke Of the extr
+. session Of Congress, il appeared as Il II wa
i subject entirely new to him; and IN
. Young ladies' listened to il .lth the mos
!, profound attention. The old lady remark
ed that they " did not take any newspaper.
That vas enough the reason oil their igne
d rance as il regards matters and things
general was quite apparent.
Parents do you want your children TO b
intelligent Would II be source OF era
: LITIGATION 10 have them well versed ~ poll
lies. in news, and miscellaneous subjects
Then take q newspaper. Children vi
: read newspapers when they will read moth
Q ing else; we know il from experience
well as observation We remember, whe
\ a little school boy, how eager we were
get mold of a newspaper containing the lecs
news--.he concerns OF eur own country
We read it over and over again, and "
even note remember whole paragraphs
which we found in our county newspaper
when only ten years Of age.
D A base attempt was made to destroy
greatly iniure the printing office OF the +
lizabeth City Phoenix 10 the early part
: the present month. The editor says To
attempt was made by putting piece
wood in the stove filled with nearly poun
of gunpowder, The publication OF IN
Phnuix was suspended for one week. o
:, account of the injury the office sus'a'ne
!. by this atrocieus contrivance. Fortunate
: ", no persen was in the office at the tiin
!. OF the explosion. Standard.
]; Sagss.--A .ri.weekly line Of stages,
70 to conmsnce running from Nashville
Knoxville on the first Of March next