Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-06-28
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commonly made use of, KEEP. in vial. or
bottle. A better and much stronger paste,
according TO writer in the Liverpool
| Mercury, is made Of gum tragacanlb. II
may be mixed with water 10 proper con-
/ sistency. This writer intimates that with
water it is apt 10 become offensive, and he
mixes the gum with vinegar. Gum Ar
! able with water remains pure, and We
should suppose this other gum would also
keep unchanged 1t Is likewise good
cement, when it does not come in contact
with any liquid. .."=*. ...::
! Millions of money are yearly spent in
teaching children 10 read. or how to call
words BY name.-If our schools are not
j improved SO as 10 give the children some
thing more than mere verbal attainment
Is not all this money and time worse than
lost2 How much is now done that chill
dren may learn 10 read !t--Yet how few,
from this read to learn! And before
they ever can read to learn, they must do
something more in school than Learn TO
! read. -. -. =. .... - 49,.
Children in school should receive a
love of knowledge-they should learn to
compare, to discriminate, 10 reason. They
should daily make an active recital in be-
nevolence, kindness, love and good will !;
and their minds should be stored with
knowledge Of the "dutes of mankind !"
| The individual, internal man, should be
develop ,-invigorattd-ca capable on any
occsion, 10 after life, of seeing and seiz,
ing truth, and of vanquishing error.
/ Tnen there can be no demagogues.-
| Oar schools, defective and deficient as
they are now, give im7ostors ample room
and $50 den opportunities. Common
Schoot Assistant. -" III
How TO BE RIcH--Nothing is more
easy, says PauIdlng, than to grow
rich. Il is on Y TO trust nobody-to be-
friend none-to get everything, and save
all we get-to stint ourselves and ev-
erybody belonging 10 US, TO be the friend
Oh ne man, aud have no man for your
| friend, 10 heap Interest upon interest cent
| upon cent-tu be mean, miserable, and
/ despised, for some twenty or thirty years,
and riches will come as sure as disease
aud disappointment. >~" ~.... :....
! GYMNAsTIcs.-It seems altoc ether un-
necesSasary for US 10 attempt 10 prove, that
bodily motion is necessary 10 preserve and
| tortlfy the health. Oar most celebrated
| physicians agree. that the sources of
health are 10 be found in pure air, cold
| water, wholesome and temperate diet, and
due bodily exercise Even infrm adults
become healthy and strong when they
apply TO these with resolution, persever-
ance and cheerfulness but we may seek
Ia vain, throughout the four quarters OF
the globe, for the means of health, if we
SO completely quit natures guiding hand,
and sink spiritIesS In the arms OF luxury
and ease. To this we inevitably destine
our youth, and render them incapable of
voluntary recourse to these fountains OF
health, when we accession them TO fear
the weather and restrain them from cor
poTeal exercise, which promotes all the
functions OF the animal machine, gives
them 6rmness and stability, imparts
| strength TO The muscles and igamen.s,
braces the nerves, renders the circulation
brisk, and dlffuses health and vigor over
the whole frame. ...= -. - "
CouRAGE.-There are few among US
who do not believe themselves possessed
ofcourage, yet many even onthe approach
OF danger are overcome with fear. Again
there are those who possess a large share
OF physical valoror contempt for personal
danger; bat your truly courageous man
is he who has the moral courageto face
celsure in a good cause. This is rare
virtue indeed. The soldier who marches
into battle is moved by degree of me-
! chanical courage; It's his trade. The
bravo is exercised by feeling of reckless
daring; but the noble contempt Of the up
! right soul for the obIoquy Of the world in
a matter Of conscientious duty, is more
truly courageous than he who would face
death in bad cause. -. ..:..::= .~
MERIT.-Merit is often an obstacle to
fortune, and the reason Isl because it al
ways produces two bad effects-envy and
Fear: envy ia those who cannot Use to the
same degree u perfection, and fear in those
who are established, who dread that by
advancing mdn possessed of more abilI-
ties AMI merit than themselves, they may
be sopplanted. 1t will, however. work its
own way in the eHd if accompanied with
perseverance and energy. II.
i ERRoR.-The walls of castle have
been undermined by the borrowings Of
small and despised animals; and the be-
ginnings Of error, though ct frss unheed,
el, will soon, if not checked, sapthe fund
, alton of truth, aud build up its own wretch
ed dogm IS on its ruins All great errors
, arise from small beginnings. They rap
, idly increase to large ones to desolate SO
ciety.
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