Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-03-18
LITERATURE OF THE pay.

The Farmer & Gardeners ALMANAC fo,
lS43.-lt may be regarded by some as rather
late in the day to call attention to an almanac
Tor 1913, every person, no doubt, having
months ago provided themselves with this in
dispensabls companion on their a~iourney round
they sun But to such an almanac as the
Farmer & Gardeners, published in Cincinna-
Ii by Chas. Foster. Esq it 10 never too late to
turn for It's pages, instead of being composed
Tor the present moment alone, abound in mat
ter the most instructive and useful 1t is a
complete manual Of the daily, weekly and
monthly duties Of The farmer and the garden
er; teaching when-and how those duties may
be properly performed, and starting a thon-
sand suggestions of the highest practical be-
nefit to society. Associated with Mr.. Foster
in its editorial management, is 81. W Ps.ilip~,
Esq, a Mississippi planter, who understands
thoroughly the most approved systelns OF
southern agriculture. lie Is a gentleman Of
extraordinary energy. quick of percePtien
and very active in put ing into practice
The deductions of his mIMa9 Here are q
few remarks by Mr.. T. en education :-(Ils
almanac may be had for a bit or two at the
stores of Mr.. Iieroman and Mr.. Pike)
.EDUCATtos-This theme has been harped
on so long, that were it not as durable AZ 1t is
worthy, it would have long since been a mere
by-word, an empty sound. But thanks to the
improvement OF the aye, as it is used it bright
ens-as it is employed in use, it increases in
dlmenslons-as it is cultivated, it improves in
stature. Why should it be so much neglect
ed in our Southern attitudes! The mere
school labberlng, parrotlDg, (f | should be al
lowed to manufacture one term cut of an old
one,)-the learnlg children to repeat set phra-
ses, already receives the most ample atten-
ton, and it would, were il only to receive the
half it now does. But education, PRACTICAL,
useful education, receives almost no attention.
Those who can send their sons and daughters
to schools and colleges, send them off without
a thought that more is to be learned, than to
say by rote, what is already in print. The boys
return with a suit Of broad cloth, head full of
Latin, Greek and Mathematics, hearts. full of
fun, frolic and dissipation. The girls, God bless
them! return with taper fingers, and vet more
taper waists, silks, satins, and laces, a few
Comlnon-plaeedtunes on some old banjo! their
hearts set on conquests.-Whose fault is this?
Does one solitary individual of the many,
educated thus, know any thing that will fit
them for the head of a family! Not one,
shame on thee, father you know the difficult
ties beset thee, in the path of providing for, Of
maintaining a family and yet, what have you
done! Remedy this, ere il be too lafe-while
the twig is tender, train it-too late when
grown to the tree. Should not the boys know
something of the business of life, would it not
be we'll to give them a training, even if you
should never put them on the track. And
the girls, can they tell a waist-coat pattern
from one of their sleeves !! venture on it,
if one of the sleeves of a fashionable dress,
was spread on a table, they would not know
what it was ever intended for try it, mother.
! knew a lady, who made 9 yards Of flannel
into one shirt she is now, thanks to her good
sense, an excellent housewife. Teach your
daughters what they should know, and what
by i'll fate they may have to practice, it will
save them many a bitter tear, many an unhappy
moment! IT'S true, witness thousands, speak
out, fear not!