Litchfield enquirer., 1844-02-01
A. fLY SCHOOL.
pY REv. R. VI. pAILEY

| NY REV. r. W. BAILEY.
| once found, living in log cabin, poor wild
ow, with four sons and two daughters. On exam
lining slab by the wall, my attention was attract
ed by " Family Library" Of hundred volumes
| or more. Among them were Latin and Greek au-
thors, mathematical treatises, and miscellaneous
| literature / found that most of the books were
! read and understood. The history of the family,
therefore, became matter of curiosity and lively
| interest.
The mother, though Of very limited education,
was possessed of strong mind, and good common
sense. She had with great care and labor procured
her Family Library, and cultivated in her chill
dren taste for reading. The evenings were ha-
bitually spent at home under mothers watchful
eye. By the light Of pine knot, one read aloud,
while the others were engaged in some productive
labor. By the avails of this labor, one Of the sons
was at length sent to the Academy, who brought
home every night all the knowledge he could ac-
quire and impaired it to his brothers and sisters,
where it became common stock. BY such sim
pie, natural process, the poor widow did, in effect,
keep Family School, giving her children judi
cious directions where she could give them moth
| ing more, SO that they soon outstripped many Of
greater opportunities but Of less industry Their
intelligent and good behavior soon attracted towards
them the attention Of others. 2a sH s't
They began to command respect, and honor the
mother that bore them, and educated them in hab-
its of study and useful labor tHL
Such school as this may be kept in every! FAM
lily in our land, and by every father and mother
yes, by every poor widow, though Of limited edu-
cation and slender means She may give profitable
direction to the mental and physical energies Of her
children. She may, at comparatively small ex-
pense, avail herself through the press, of the best
labors of the best masters. Where the living teach
er is not accessible, books may, to some extent,
be substituted; and through these agencies, the
mind may be its own teacher. Much has been said
and done, and well said, and well done. to devise
on1 ,N1n rs 0dEs1 n
bring every district in the land within the reach
and influence of a common school. Yet, before all
these efforts, may be found the most efficient or
ganization, although disregarded or undervalued.-
Nature, wise in all her arrangements, has, in her
most perfect, self-executng laws, divided societies
into families; and in each family has made pro-
vision for an elmentGyy school for education. The
parents are the teachers divinely appointed hired,
and paid. Let them but well understand and dill
gently perform these duties, and the main spring
that moves the whole machinery Of society, is adj
justed. The world is dstricted by the great law Of
the muni6cence Of the Great King Of the Universe
and law 10 put into execution which provides for
school in every house. rt s4
RETURN OF MIKE WAIsH.-The term Of sen
tence Of Mike Walsh eco days) having expired yes
terday he was set at liberty from, Blackwslrs
Island, and on reaching sixty-rst street, (the fer
ry landing from the Island) he was met by large
body of his friends, escorted by two companies Of
fremen in Uniform, with an excellent band Of mu-
sic. He was placed in barouche drawn by four
white horses. and in this manner was escorted to
his Office, corner of TTyon Row and Chatham street,
where q salute was fired, in honor ofhs liberation
The procession was then reformed, and passed
up Centre street and down through Broadway to
Park, where it was halted, and Mike made brief
address in which he thanked his friends for the un
wayering fidelity with which they had chung to
him, and which he promised il should always be
his aim to deserve. Az the fine imposed Is not
yet paid and 40 Mike has resolutely refused to al
low his friends TO pay it, he win probably take mp
his quarters for the present in the Edrdge street
prison. COt1. & Eng
The hast years expenses Of the English Navy
are set down az thirty millions of dollars Well
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