Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-08-12

may NC CONlluenilN aSSeTteu tIat ne mas
fulfilled the behests of the wise Dispenser
of good, and that he has approached as
nearly to state of perfect happiness as
we are permitted to enjoy in this proba-
tionary life.
CULTIVATION OF TIE MIND.
Cultivate the power TO fix the mind on
any subject you please.
Fix in the mind the elementary princ-
pies of all pertains to life; such as the prin.
cipes of science, of business, Of politics, Of
government, laws and religion.
Obtain the power of using language, and
defining what you mean by sach terms as
are in common use when we speak or think.
Fill the mind with the materials of thought
such as the facts which we read, abserve
and hear.
Teach the mind where to 90 for infor-
nation; that is, from what source to draw
Teach the mind how to take up a subject
investigate it, and draw conclusions on
which you may rely.
Cultivate the Judgment as to what facts
are worth preserving, and what are appli-
cable in proving or Illustrating particular
subject.
Cultivate the memory, so that the male
rals which you gather may not be dssipa
ted and lost, as fast as gathered
You will think, perhaps, that have laid
out the work of life here, and so have
intended to do; but if you will read these
objects over again, believe you will say
that no one of these can be omitted in cul-
tivating the mind in proper manner. You
will not of course have all these objects cs-
noc;ollx hafora bo II h.,
ercise it; but they are not to be the points
to which you are to bring the mind in all
its wanderings, and in a cultivated mind
these several points will unconsciously re-
ceive attention.
Perhaps this is not the place, but it can
not be greatly on, of place, to say that in
my estimation, all this only looks to far
higher and nobler object-which is, to pre-.
pare that mind to be the receptacle of light
and knowledge, the image of God, and the
unseen glories of an eternal state. In all my
contemplations of the mind | look upon it
as an Immortality it is now to be disciplined
and prepared.
Education does not mean going to school
in your boyhood, or going TO college lnyour
youth; but it means the power TO take your
mind and make it an instrument of convey
ing knowledge and good impressions upon
other minds, as well as being itself made
happy. To cultivate the mind, then. does
not mean to read much or little. to converse
and to observe; but to discipline it in all
ways in your power.
You must not have narrow views on this
subject or else lose all my labor. | do
not expect that every one will discipline his
mind so that he can observe and think as
well as Franklin; but what then? Is this a
reason why you should not do what you
can? Neither could Franklin reason like
Isaac Newton, and bring the universe al
his feet. What then? Was this reason
why he should not do all that he could!-
TodTs Hints.
Charles Blttersdorff, native ofthe Grand
Du,chy of Baden, left the place of his ma
tivity some years since, and is supposed to
have purchased a farm and settled some
where in this State. His parents are now
dead, and some property is coming 10 him.
A letter directed to him is now in the pos
session of Hon. James S. Green, at Wash
ington City.
Lore and Death.-In New York on Wed,
| uCsuuN, w ho'i'S VI
phia, aged IS years, was found dead. lie
was a sea captain and some five years since
was married, went to sea, was gone four
years and half and returned by way OF
Rio few days ago. During his absence
his wife proved faithess and became an
abandoned protligate. The news affected
his mind, and al o'clock in the morning he
was found sitting dead on the end ofhis bed
leaning against the corner post.
! Wehear of fate--of destiny, as something
tina, moulds the human character and con
trolls the human lot. But the indolent anc
passive mind alone is the slave of circum
stances. An energetic will is the arbiter o
fate. When Napoleon contemplated TN
, passage of the Alps, and his Generals pre-
sented to his view the obstacles, numereu
and mighty, which forbid the daring enter
prise, he interrupted the recital by inqui
ring, Can ii be donel' With hesitancy, the.
= answered in the affirmative. Then SAT-
he, let IL be done In this incident is the Sc
; cret of Napolean's greatness. 1t Das done
There are said to be in Washington fifty on
gambling establishments, from The miserable DEF
in the suburbs to the fashionable resorts in Penn
'sylvana Avenue,