Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-03-19
MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.
9th Lccture--cOntinucd
BY s. FLETCHER.
SUBSTITUTES FOR PRINTED BOOKS.

=. UtWe VFHHS, OF IprOgiyiHicS'F
1t may seem presumptuous for a mechanic
to attempt to lecture an intelligent audience, OH
subject so little understood, even by the learn
ed, as hieroglyphics. But SO large a portion of
the records of past ages were made in these
characters, and it appears SO obvious that
plain and simple representation of fittings by pic
lures was the first mode invented by mankind,
to record their knowledge for the use of
postcrity or absent persons,--that it is neces-
sary to give some account of their use, in even
the most hasty sketch of the different methods of
communicating thought. | shall attempt moth
ing further than brief description of three ve-
ry natural and obvious divisions.
First. Hieroglphics .Gguratire-That is,
pictures or figures ofthngs standing for or rep
resenting, simply, the things themselves
These are our ordinary pictures; the painting
of a man, for the man himsef-the likeness or
form OF the lion, to represent that well known an
imal. Thus the savage, who in his daily hunt
had met an unknown beast, might represent the
strangeness of its appearance, by the best pic
ture he could draw of its form. This mode
could furnish but an imperfect means of en-
pressing facts. The necessity of something by
which to represent the quality of objects as well
ont use of p;ctor;aI cbar,,tors ,h;oh oo,,,;,,,,a
tbo nocuIiar;,,, of tho sooonJ ,,;,.;.;er
Herogi,nL;cs ,ron;cay Tbo ,,ori ,.o,,;,,,;
used here n tho sonso in which II ~ ,inIoaJ
in rhotoric Tic oynross;n, ior ;ra,apo '"
8. ,rhn I'm, l.. Il ,.,p L".o,c III ;HIr,,
..on;oai 49, ,'o,anI,as;,a, - ;,,'ot 10 d
j., L;oua,.,,,ri.;.a H.. -. inc n''''''e'
Ian, ,!pn,L =; W. III: VI .'o,i u'awh u
,Ti' ;5;r. : u.eu u. 'G,aPhor'chi use
taI S 10y " ,; .ne nsyPtlans pun
~ c'i; uso '' ,T ''caeule - oi'eii 80 asa-
.u''' ~ eP'Ieen' e'c,'i'y tl'ey
Pa'n.eu '',o sun a"S lhoo''' oecause tley were
e'I Irndo. e, .hnaa.s NJ 49,; w.
us ou',,'rn' az ,'oiuue" 'iiost vi
.nc 1i.i'e'ioa,i cIosi!p'''cs'-hecent discover
vs. al'u .a'. uoso,' P..on1 Vi .'ie iho'ahs Oh
ou'nc.n 'N'i,o''oa' STU" ,'ia' tncy Pii"'eu III
oc'u'''ui ooio'S' anu seu'Ptuieu, Oh s'one ana
u.'0N' .',o ep'ee''"',p". vi 'iie,i 'I"us' thei,
h'nss' 'ie'r HEROES ueir a",lials' Plitiits' ana
Whatever oplects 'le'r nancy uic'a'ed or circum-
sauces might require; III tn's manner the NICK
!eanS' Pa.uc"la'iy ueinea'cu 'le sy'ipois Oh
t,'e.r rc's'o''' accounts VI reliiarhaDie events
'''ei' irMs' o.s.on,r' anu .ap''e' H'eh 'heir
houe o, cias'slnS 'nrir c'.ore'' IS represent
.eu ihs'eau vi inc o'u 'asH'oi'eo .ou' or swi.ch
tilat most Oh US nave some ACQUAINTANCE WIN,
they are represeh'eua as ho'u,hg 'he nose OF the
ooN W e'ii o.uf S"ou s'h",ge' ,iaue oi some
herD' hot oi uie most agreaole li'''or proDabiy'
Inc MeN,cans liau pictures answering Tor al
MANAGES eHhot'hg ule pos'''oh OF the stars,
eclpses, chahges OF the iiooh' ana proghosu-
caliohs OF INC weatncr'
Eor'es says tI,a' M"h'cHu,ha, PresenIeq nm
WIN ~ c',u', ., 'ic coasloh t''e u"' Vi hcA'co'
l"ey hau a'so soIae s"os,''ntes LOT newsPa-
PCS o' w. '''o .i is. i,'u'u -" ,'le
coast Vi MGH'oo' so'nc VI l''e s"ojec,s ol monte
yuma sun n' suol " usser'p.'oh VI 'he span,
,Sn sn'pl' ,.'n' a..s, w. a. no' onay terrified
nun Wv" III ~ Wv. N'"e''' pu'
aiso as.on,'sner '"e .neinseses' ~
.no y, ~, , Tne" '''' paintings "o'o III
'e' ,W,'I eno"N " .ne'i
NJ noi. do' ';,,' H., inn'in' W. no. toli'iy
W ,Eh WIZ, ,n' ~, lo'. INV m.'t'rs
Ia lHai ,,h G,p h y '" ~ ot's
"''u 49, ~ y. ,i' !"
'a s'.''o a'I "lon ~ y, '.e "o'' sIe -,
Iovc ne', ''Ic ,;..', VI .Nc'; III prat,'c'
pofo ana are ilue ,"o, IT, .'ian ruIe scri'thes
repesu,',he o'rus anu J'.e, "urn;ais nay,
,ic' w''n s'ns s..iy IN,'e' VI o'snt p'ges' W
Mr. ocnoo'rrat' Wn.n oon.'il' more 'i'lo''na'
uon on NV i,'',,o Willy VI .'I no''"eI'' III
u,""'' va" an oa,e' o''' VIZ. "a ,
nc says "c uaa ne.o' .o".ua1et Will any %
'''s .'a, a. v, c ,,a u
"non '''o '''' VI P'o'o'ai '!iaue III
'a''o"' Wy was ~. 'a'n'.'a' a. III ,"e'l
view p"eHo I ,h ~, ~ vi even ae'liala re-
li i, anu ',,a'' a An"n ",a' s"'" Ut
VIZ VIZ ~ "se' ~ so". a. .np era
,'ie u'soo.p'y, a's M, y. I,' '''1e1 Hi'u'''c'
TeMe" WI W. ,,,o,' I;,,In '',;, o'a IS ,L sou Gu
i ha,,n ,ra,aJoI -, ,.r;,o Id La La
.o'' :, haauPa 10 o., 81, haI a.is
w.. 30 ,ba;r .,,ar,iou ,a, ''t ,bo o,';
~ e"S ,Lo ' mS,iuaaas -, ',r i pIo
."'o ~, ~ ~. A. .,J y.
w.. pyy w. ho,h man
NC M 49,; n'' o.,ou, I A..
no mI.n, w., ,io ,','' NV
ny s.p n,anr h~";,,oss ,hat on',aoI w.
no"sr, s.t.n , n 49, '. o,e,,
power Vi '"e'r MINUS anu pou'e'' ,a'u' co'efe'
WIN huse trees, Inns, aT We su"nueo' OF ,he'
PERISH WIN ,'u'isei' inc{ were "'so su'io"nuc'
ny race vi hea'nc'' ""o"h '''ey must ei'he
convert or eNierminate'
MOI ony th's, out, as Oo'lon Niathcr eX
, Presseu u, they "had 10 contend against Tn
the deyil-whose absolute empire was nov
first disturbed with the sounding If the silve
trumno,s of tho oosnol . onJ H., ot,e,,.t
,,,,aIs SPr """ Noa'o"' "''ct'P'
,o"",us oust''S hiihoi MS ancient possession
here" Men who were at once engaged with
world of lous and stumns a world of Indians
and world of evil shirts. would naturaIlv lool
- go " W. SP'''"' WYNN i'"'"'""y iooi
!, VIVA cohteihpi Oh iew rude scratches on emp
= piece OF bark, a strip of leather, or even OF
stone Esneciallv whom ,va ronamhar ,I,o ,ro