Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-10-19
THE NATIONAL INrELLIeENcER.
THE SCHOOL AND SCHOOL DISTRICT AMERI-

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The attention of the people of the United States respect
fully invited to the subject Of establishing the School and
School District American Institute ncuSng teachers resi-
dence experimental and model FARM garden Of plants
with such improvements the American Institute Of the city
of New York; the National and Smithsonian Institutes of the
city of Washington, may appropriate with
for public meetings. for chemical electrical and other pho
sophical apparatus for free library such those Of Massa
chuses and New York for the reception and preservation of
the newspapers and reviews Of the great parties which divide
country such the National the Republic
the Union, the Congressional Globe, the National Era, &C.,
the Democratic and Whg Reviews, the State and county
papers Of the respective schools the Presidents annual
sages with the accompanying documents the Patent Office
reports and such others to Congress may appropriate
that each voter may examine thoroughly the great ques
tons which agitate our country.
In leisure hours if thrown out Of employment
may always be had valuable library philosophical appara
and pleasant place Of resort for social enjoyment
well for political physical intellectual and moral inn
provement.
Mothers and Daughters American Institute, Ameri-
can, Maternal Paerna and Juvenile Code of Laws may
also be established for mutual improvement aid in self
culture where the old and the young become successful
learners and teachers of truth. And the mothers and
daughters Of country will have facilities for higher attain
>ments than at present.
number Of andholders in Maryland Virginia. District
Of Columbia, &c. have offered give from to two
hundred Of good land to aid in establishing State and
County Normal Schools, School and School District Exper-
mental and Model Farms from which family may have
the most choice fruits vegetables, flowers drc and the use
OF eaCn Otnef dOOt, DOCKS, money! OC.
Estimating the cost of each school ten thousand dollars
and eighty thousand schools in the Unon the whole
cost would be eight hundred millions Of dollars This is
large amount yet the American people approve they are
equal to it's accomplishment But not the object sufficient
to induce fathers mohc and the youth of country to
dispense with of the uxures and nsel Of the day to
accomplish it 4
By introducing good libraries philosophical apparatus
perimena and model farms much valuable knowledge may
be acquired by the children and youth Of country between
the ages four and twenty with the advantage Of pu
suing investigations and experiments in the School and School
District American Institute in after le-greatly facilitating
the Of adding to human knowledge and Of dsing h
IF Government be great POLITICAL social intellectual and
partnership will not the adoption Of the proposed
sure greatly advance its object JosEPH L. SMITH
p s. The attention Of the people of the District of Colum-
ba respectfully invited to the fact that the people Of Scot
land of the Presbyterian Church. greatly benefited by
to the valuable Libraries appended TO each church, for the
free Of each member Will the appendage Of valua-
bic libraries each church in the District Of Columbia be
greatly beneficial the members of said churches and pro-
mote the establishment Of such Libraries in each church
throughout the widespread Unicn J. L. s.