Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-01-31
LITERARY NOTICES.

LIFE IN B'sToN' is the rowdyish title of a.
newspaper pub sh"d aye, und sustained TOO, III ~
he repuied moral city of notions. 1t is wholly IN
leyoted to deno,alizing tales for warp, and low N
,ersunltles ana lower scandal for wool Sonr. c
BODY has occasionally sent us one which we Il
have kicked ont Of gu office, only regrettlng g
hat the gelters up Of the foul land senseess con-
Germ, were not there to go with it by the same p
process,
THE ScupEL, Journal of Health, and for
the exposure Of qnnckery, by Z. II. Dixun, NJ d.
New York city. This medical monthly, for the
fearessnes3 and ability with which 1t assal's and
nnmlsks qulckcry not only among the lhouSana
prttendcrs of patent cures, but among t." Fac
u,tv themselves, is commanding much attention.
and dong, we trust, much good. To overcom'
ouackery is indeed an ilercnlcan task; hut Ut
O,xon's river of reason and ridicu'e Is oc'ng
turned 40 cifrcuay upon this Augean stable
that we cannot but anticipate for hlm go'd
.,nasure OF success. We scarcely know an e
fort of the day more deserving of encourage
menl.
TIE CANzovEr, small volume of misccIia
nruus poetry moral ahl descriptive beng +
cho;ce selection Of American poetry, gathered
.b.ourh cou Sc of years, from the pcrio,''ca
,re.s. wnh o1ginal contributions, by the Rev
Rpyxrrr PALMER, of Calais, w. ju9J PUBLISH
al and for sale at the Freeman Office and ouI
book stores.
Every body knows. hat, among great de"
th,t is worthless, some Of the finest pieces Of
poetry in the anguase IS yearly found floating
N our magazines and newspapers but IS soon
lost or forgotten for van, of some one capable
o selecting the gems fronthe rubbish, that they
NAV be gathered up and put in fO'n for prcscr
yatlon Mr. Palmer hps performed this task
with taste, and with a moral perception of lii"
good and the beautiful which does HIM much
credit; and we doubt not that his little book
will prove an acceptable Offering to the pub
lie.
VT AUroGRAPH AID REMARKER neatly let
tered with the pen, and with as many ideas in
it rs many paper o. fifty times its size, has
reached ". and should have been acknowledged
bclure. To MS, it Is a great curiosity. not only
on account Of the salt and pepper it usually con
tains, but ON account of its mechanical and
photographed execution.
lis editor is James johns our antiquuiar cor.
respondent. His father, to whose adventures he
his often al'u led IN his articles, vas Jchjol
johns, ESQ. f St settler Of Huntingdon, the fir
Jn,ticc oftht Palcn and fist representative Of
tint town. having originated IN duchess Coun-
", n. T., 60 NJ to Vormon' IN 1867, mp~riel m
Manchester, aud from thence removed to oh. Il
N.-> tI..~.i.,c-.rr ."la~o hn d;of IN IaAn u@nd
, 81 leaving a widow and SIX children among
WHOM is our cxcentric, but intelligent friend, the
g Autographs editor.
a Lecture or .4ddress, delivered before the u
nerir0n Institute Of destruction. mug. lWh lo49
by Rev C!iries Broots, Of Boston, " e are ga'
= Mr.. Brooks hes published his performance; ia
. all that h. writes ia alw rvs goll, md what Is o
y scarcely less consequence, It Is always interest
:, ine, lie Is one of the philosophers Z" the d.
C whom much learning hath not made mld. AS
'r writer. a moral teacher, ana an edncaIonst, Ii
" coubinrs the simplicity the child with the WE
ID dom of the sage, IN manner that IS at first. SUI
III to win and then as sure toinstruct. And her'
er in consists The art of writing well, which wll
:" the reuuircd information, is a much more s mp
,e thing than Is generally supposed, beng nothi
hut the plain faculty OF talking common sen
!, kindly on paper. We close with an extract
nd SIR. Bis. remarks, addressed to the Legislature
- Nav s,y n word to the Legislature of VI
~ mont? Your constitution wisely recognizes
ny nrincipcs for which have been contendlng.
" accordance with its spirit, let me ask You, CT
II" cnhers 10 consider the ,phOIe nature ct man. !
nhvsicaL intellectual and moral powers are GA
IN. dear to Go let them be equally dear to yon'
n Give them all their fair, natural chance IN &c
nm Staff. II, NV partial or penur1n7 rgl'I1'l
concerning schools. yon do every thing to sha
en- the intcllpcr of youth, do nothing to thr
in t,nXr the conscience; if YOU make grant
di. that intellect and dwarf Of that conscience,
Won moi thereby double The power nt dong wro
and propor'ionnbly lessen the disposition to
mt, riuht? WeInvte YOU to take the most comp
zen hnn.,vp views of human society, and Ia INA
d, It the de- pest philosophy ST human nature the
led s,s of vour lerisation. Congress, whea 1t sat
to mat portion OF the pubic lands IN every to'
'rn "a devoted to education, hls set Won noble
uf5 amp}a: aGd il seems 10 say tn YOU, that next
parents, Won are responsible for the intellect
;., and mnral culture of the rising generation;
IA" espaclqliy of those whom the ordinary aghn'
w. Of society cannot reach. We trust you Will IL
,t,b natlon's eXhortutlon.
liz" We a-k yon 20 render the public schools
. l vour Statd attractive to youth Furnish II
Tvs wv, with accomplished teachers, good Libraries,
49, extensive apparatus. here t'Ie money Is III
the bees will always conc. You promise ten
"a or inp rewards to any citizen who snail rear
nm fairest forest of oaks, or raise the largest Ca
,,ns or invent the best machine, would 1t BE- nu'
,onj thy Of your patriotism to 0ltE Vnnf aPptoha
' ,,.henr in some form. on the best school te
Mr. er. on the ttest class book or 'le "o'tll'cS
NIL n,I3 Are not mind and morals staples "
= lon some patro age? You spend vast sums III
,'," ,ns and commentaries in wltchnena ana shrT
,In, will vnu not provide something which VIII
,,,'., dor these useless? Ifvon plant moral pl
;ms ME in the plastic mind of youth. yon pu the
hn,,lrcd governors Are you not bound to u
the process. which is preventive OF crime
nerrect that the curative one will not DC n
was ed? q
Ic he Perhaps vou reply to all his. and say"
cnce are afraid If sectatanisn. ana 50 are VIZ
ce Of we nrc not 50 much afraid Of any of the pr
said. Ion, f,rm. of Christianity as we are OF thu h
rctrd oman which threatens n'' we are not h.
fact much nfraw OF s'ctlri ~ 7H - w. ''' y, :"
but ity, or as We are "I the o'A'N"rSS anu
inau- ness ol ignorance betIer eat Sou' 'ic'"
herif, starve
e jail, ClV'l Fathers! deepening moral resi-
ton bllhV FeSs IN you. f"u are addressed ot
y the ny side by emphatic voees' Our pilgrim q
nee of tore from the rock on plymouth, call out I
verlng from the visible past, and command Won
ppoint. low up the two great principles Of the cb,,r
nick to schooi-house which they have baoneatbrd
cached in trust So, too, from the invisible finn
'Nr Bar coming generations cal II, ,,,, , '''"