Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-11-14

I I'll there is no earthly or starry orb that can
send its beams 20 far Men are now speak
ing in the pariamenls Of civilized coun-
tries, whose words may hereafter sway the
destnics of the world! and yet how few
years ago was it thai thesP men could
scarcely articuatc! Alo!,s make their ap-
pearance in our cities! the spirit OF wrath
bursts torlh--the ralIyng cry Of vengeance
mngIes with the crash Of demolition; the
earth is stained with blood! and yet forty
years ago every misCreant oil The fplon
brood was "muIlng and pulling in his
nurses arms" and could as easily have
stormed Gibraltar as have cljned 10 The
cradIe}
Mr, MANN then slightly alluded 10 the
wonderful progress made Ly Newton and
LA Place in their astronomical resparches.--
their exact calculations concerning every
motion Of this pondrous earth-its apheIjon
and perihrlon- as j. goes looming on at
the rate Of 10 miles second; and yet, how
short u time since, IN comparison, was it,
that they could not lrundIe hoop. Or
biologists, who have dved into the bowels
Of the earth-mapped out and classified its
internal structure-brought to light and
named enormous animals, who lived and
moved thousand Of ages since who show
the way in which the Eternal went 10 work
to construct this beautiful giobe.-yet but
ii few years since these distortions Of pnst
world bit coral for the benefit OF their teeth.
and Sir John uerSchel has explored what
may be termed the southern part Of mnen-
sity, and mapped out the cenucs OF other
systems, and called them IAN hy name;"
and yet but few Years ago, and the ends
of his fingers were to him The outside OF
the universe.
Education and its final truth is compr sed
in TWO words, "nind grove" How di
minutve are the seeds Of the apple, con
tained within the core Of the fuit-and ye'
one Of these small seeds will produce
cord OF wood, and ten tons of aprles,-
Look at the vast navies Of tue powers o.
Europe, NC, and yet few wears ago, aud
all the seeds from which The wood Of those
ships sprung could he held in the hollow
Of your hand. And, striking as are these
Illustrations, they are feeble to image forth
the rapidty and vaslne5s Of mental groWth.
The growth CT the body is definite and
limited; and tLere is a point when it reach
es maturity; bat to that which is hy its ma
ture immortal there is no maturity.
Again, the fate of the bod y is determined
before We dre born!-True, God gives lis
the boon Of Iiie--yet he selects those who
shall he the bearers of the gift; and the
boon is often turned to curse by the vice
or The folly of those who bear II. And it is
now admitted as well known fact, that
consumption, g0ut, scrOtuIa, insanity ARE
hereditary. They descend in u manner
called by lawyers "gaveI kind" with this
exception, that each child inherits the
whole of the diseases. Physicians tell US
that scrotuIa meant "IIttJe piE;' now no
child will lLahk his parents for turning hrs
tody into a sty and filling it with I'ttIe pigs
especially il he has added lew Zig pigs
10 his disposition.
think that those sons and daughters
whose faces and bodies are covered with
bIolhchps and ecabs and scars by lnher-
tance, should be released from. the injunc-
ton of that holy ordinance that commands
us to "honor our father and mother" Nor
can consider it either religious or moral
to remind ID child OF the worship OF the
blessed saints by giving her ST. Vitus's |
dance or ST. Anthony's fire! Farmers, it is
known, will take the creates, possible pains |
to give COW straight back in order TO |
improve the breed; and | think fathers
should take at least the same amount Of
pains with their daughtcrs--ior | cannot
deem a straight hack in IA COW mere impor-
tant than Il straight spine IN woman!
Pardon me, my friends, hut these truths
must be told more important than life it,
self and fastidous ears must not stihe an
inporton, appeal to the human heart.
Paul says, thatnot that which is spiritual,
hut that which is natural, is FIRST Let the
habits OF the child conform 10 times and
ae to the laws OF Nature. Give
an infant pure air at all times, and plenty
Of it, not by cup-iuIIs in the parlor, but LEI
him drink in his fill from the great atmos.
pheric ocean without. The colder the air,
the better, provided you are warm your
sell. Make the child's dress Invariably
conform 10 climate. Never let it sleep in
any thing which it has worn during the
1aW and let its garments be put on in the
morning, all redpIent oil the west wind and
he song of the birds| Thus, at Ienst, do
your part of the contract, and Nature will
give it health, and throw in perpetual joy
% bind the bargain.
Mr., NJ. then alluded to the early and
melancholy death Of Margaret Davidson