Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1839-10-31

spirit itself wosld be. Such F4iidren ar
generally ola delicate constitution ~
$50 wise so young, they say do meier .liv
=. long!''
and some fatal disease, proceeding from tina
poor over wrought brain, carries it of annie
tie tears and lamentations Gifts well-meanins
destroyers. Or, if it does live, ten to one tina
its maturity fulfis the promise offs childhood
Commonly its intellect wakes feeble. instead
OF gradually stsen9shenin&: and. expanding,
aRd It Is 9nfu.a.ousssttiip6sa in after life by
lard ,hlef;and tfsSeforeldss abAsei Children.
r a nd of what use to- them is 4wo-thirds, q
the $50 called) knowledge with which they
are burdened, to the ruin of health and exchi-
sion oienjoyment. A young girl, for instance.
vi what utility to her in after life is the smat-
| ,efing OF geography, astronomy, botany, ZOO
iogy' orhithology, or any other ology, which
siie may PICKUP Is IT not more interesting
TACT to her that her pet dove is the emblem Of
true love than that is of the genus Columbia.
and She can derive pleasure from the beauty
ana fragrance OF flowers, endeared to her by
thelr common name and associations andIacl
thelr moral purity, without botherinu her little
mead about the cramp titles with which Lin
n@us and others may disguise them. Is she
ever likely 70 call the ''Forget-me-not'' bv its
liatin name! And what to her is the use of
the globes, without her lover be a sailor and
then She probably mistakes latitude for lonoi-
tuue and c'ce rerSa2 What to her is the plan
etary system, that caused her so MANY hours
OF trouble and perplexity, unless she affects a
soldier, and has a curiosity to know when Ve-
nus and Mars are likely to come into commune
uon :; and what again to her is the ring OF Sa-
turn In comparison with one of much smaller
dimensions Will the SIGNS of the zodiac
give any idea ofthe fashions ? and what cares
she now about the distance ofGeorgium Sidus
from the earth she treads !-These things were
troublesome to her when she was girl at
school :; they cheated her of her doll, skipping
ropes and scamper in the fields but that is
over now.-She Is woman-she has done
aciM them.
early and too much! They are porin@ over
the rudiments of learning when they Should
De nraclng their young limbs with healthful
exercises and they are studying the fragments
ana tall-ends OF sciences (soon to be forGotten)
when they should be imbibing the rudments
OF learning. Why should we be i'm such
haste to inflict the pains of education and the
penalties imprisonment upon the Young var
lets 1t dulls or overtaxes their brain. and
checks the healthful current of their blood
hey must learn, but let it be in due season.
II makes one sad to see fine little fellow sent
TO study Euclid at the age he should be read
ing Robinson Crusoe; and it equally docs :,
man good to see such one enjoying his younr
existence In an appropriate manner. Few
.iere are now who cannot enter into the feel |
ing SO finely given in the very beautiful lines
oil an American poet, Commencing
'There's something in noble boy,
brave, freehearted, carless one,
With his unchecked, unbidden iov.
His dread Of books and love OF fun.
And in his clear and ready smile,
unshaded by thought ofguile,
And uneXpressed by sadness
Which brings lie to my childhood back.
As fl trod its very track,
And felt its very gladness.'
Then let the children have their play out.