The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-06-11
Tracks of Travel.
UNION school

UNION SCHOOL.
Stopping at Defiance, we passed pleas
ant evening in attending the annua
Union School Exhibition in the Cour
House. The School is under the con-
troll OF MI. HolIenbeck, and the children
exhibited decided talent and advance
ment in their compositions, declamatiOns
&C., though we noticed that the pieces
selected exhibited miniature statesmen
missionaries, reformers, &c, .,only. and this
was well enough perhaps, for such is the
future life, but we thought that with al
there should have been some part adapt
ed TO the display Of boyhood and girl
hood, its feelings and lis action. But
all this was missing, and was, we thought,
a defect, not peculiar TO this Institution,
but to the system Of education generally,
which takes no thought for the present
Of childhood, but lorces i. prematurely
into the future. Young, rosy, joyous
life, why should il be thrown into the
cares Of maturer existence 10 the exclu
sion of its own naturally happy ,imo?--
Come not the perplexiiies and RESPONSE
bililies of our brief existence fast en-.
ough upon Us, without anticipating too
much in early life? Blu. in all save
youth we live in the present; in youth il
is the fuidre, the early dreams Of which
few or none ever realize. But truce TO
this kind Of wandering. We were much
pleased TO nbserve on the par. Of the
citizens Of Defiance, such a creditable
appreciation Of, and effor, for, the cult
vation Of the young mind. For "ignor.
ance" is not "bliss," but the cause of
most Of the errors, misery, and misfor-
tunes Of humanity. Among the young
ladies', the Misses Wells, Ferguson and
Richardson particularly distinguished
themselves by the proprie.y, ability, and
finish Of their performances. OF the
DO, s there were SO many Of equal desert
that we have not KEEP. any special recol-
lection Of individual names. The hun
dreds Of pretty, engaging coun:enances
Of young children in such an exhibition,
is a pleasant sight, and lighted by INTEL
ligence, makes i. a beautiful one. Ger.
tainly to us the evening was q pleasant
one.
We called upon Mr.. Stacy, one Of those
unassuming T Teachers, who confne them
selves TO the improvement Of the young,
and spend their existence in the duty
Of fitting others for life of usefulness.
we found that he possessed large bolani-
cal collection Of the Plants OF the North
west, and Of its specimens Of geological
formations, and was surprised 10 learn
and see that our limestone rocks are
rich in relics Of the dead Of former
world, before il was fitted 10 receive man
as the Lord OF Creation. Mr.. Siacy's
collection is the best we have seen in the
possession Of any person in The State,
tboughrwe have seen but few, apart from
that in the State Library, and half do
zen others. We wish, however, that
more attention was paid to this subjec,
in The State than we have reason to be-
lieve there is. a ~
Al Napoleon we found beau
,iful and tasteful edifce for a Cour,
House, just completed, and Offices for
county officers, together with number
Of buildings for stores and private resi-
dences erected since our last visit q
year sgo. Napoleon improves rapidly
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