The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-07-23
For the Pilot.
LAPoRTE, July IL, 1851.

cannot think Of leaving your pleas
ant village without expressing the pleas
ure afforded me by visit to the school
in your place. Its order and general ar
rargenent are so much superior to what
we generally sec and the interest mani
tested by the scholars is so much greater
that it is, alike worthy of public COM
mendation and of lasting patronage.
Patronage not only of dollars aud cents,
but what is far more valuable to the
faithful teacher as we'll as to the scholar,
patronage of interest, and that shown
by deep concern in everything pertain
ing to the prosperity of the school.
A practiced eye soon discovers here
the effective labors of teachers who TRY
to- perform their duties faithfully-who
labor earnestly and perseveringly in the
great work of Education; and from such,
success is rarely withheld, if employers
give their reasonable support,
was highly pleased on visiting the
school in the afternoon to find few of
the parents present TO witness the exer-
| cises. And how some little hearts beat
more happily that day, and some eyes
grew brighter at the thought-an anxious
mother sees me now, or perchance ia
lher dear! How glisten the tears of joyl
but, methinks. other tears were shed that
day-othet bitter tears of conscious neg
lect. When that little bright-eyed girl
recited so we'll the long studied piece in
which she had taken so much interest
for many days, and looking around, saw
not the encouraging smile Of father and
mother-when she felt that they took
not enough interest in her progress to in
duce them to leave for an hour their bus
mess or their pleasure-what wonder if
tears should flow, if her little heart should
sink discouraged within her bosom! What
wonder if she should lose HER interest
in advancement, when she sees those
whom she loves best taking none! What
wonder if the teacher, already worn with
care, should be doubly taxed to keep her
interested in the tolls of study. Oh, that
parents could but see how such neglect
crushes. withers the growing intellect of
their child. that they could but see how
it blasts the interests of the school! The
faithful teacher may toil--yet his tolls
are unheeded, his labors unknown. He
may strive to make the school room de-
sirable re treat, but his efforts are not Sc
conded. He may talk to his scholars of
the importance of improving the mind,
of the value of education, yet the indif-
ference of parents destroys his counsel
and weakens his influence.
Men may talk to me of the deep inter-
est they feel in the cause of education
and in schools, but give me before it, a
s'.N~SohU ttdtSC thO tntCiCSt UUCSltu
by that mother who occasionally takes
time to visit the school
If parents could but look at what is
really to their interest here--if they
would but Know that proper education
is truly more valuable to their child than
all the wealth that can possibly be hoard
ed by the miser's care--then we should
see the dawn of brighter day-then
would parent and teacher labor harmoni-
ously together-then would good school
grow up in every neighborhood, and the
youthful mind quickly receive crown
of beauty and strength.
D. WITTER.
THE Moon DAoUEREorYPED.--T Bos-
ton Journal says that Mr.. l.. Whipple,
the distinguished daguerreotypist. has
succeeded, with the aid of Mr.. Bond. the
Cambridge astronomer, in taking views
of the surface of the moon, as it appears
through the great Telescope at the OBJ