Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-29

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Besides, YOU forget, said my anclc, look.
ing up from his paper, that tie mothers Of
Of laly have very little to do Sih the educa.
,ion Of their ehildren yorr ,ouyens and
summaries relieve them Of llai task
Too true, said the count As our IA.
Tiers and graudfrhers did h.farc Us, also we
must and rha, is Why, q, .sven or eigh,
years old. our boys are s'n, to Jesuit col.
leges; while uur girls, a. even an earlier age,
are placed in nunnsrics, to icarn from wo-
men perpetually secludoi ia the cloister, the
duties that are to IL them Zoe wives and
mother, in the world.
Never even coming tome 81 their holi.
days,' remarked my uN''s. Strange that
there should be people in .Sis'snee who can
consent to this unncccssl'- .arsniion from
their children Tor ten or eleven years. How
tho character may be worked upon, and all i's
fresh impulses destroyed, by this long period
Of unbrokcn influence.
Bot do they, then, never see their chill.
drenr inquired.
20, YES, they NAV 60 and visit them he
replied 'bu, an interview Of bot m hour or
so occasionally, is very poor substitute for
more uurc,,ra,neI intercourse; besides, It
often happens ,ha, lhe convent or olle2c is
at n considerable distance md II dos not suit
people to be always travelling.
Taking Of those visits ait the count,
remind, me or one I l,,c'y pai, to Lorr,io,
to sec tho eldest son or,hc Principe Ia
handsome, animated. and promising liuIr frl.
low of nine yenrs oli, who hd been placed
a, h, Ic,uir.' College there ah,ul sit months
before. | could scarcely rccUn.lr the child,
Without ill.u-arc, without my compulsory
discipline, hut simply by tie ,tr'dy work
iucs of their wonderful mohod of comprc'-
zion, the boy, spin, ,nd originality 'npelr.
FL to be a' completely rI,iacuishcj a'ii they
had never existed
lie had become grave, thoughtful h.vond
hi, age. wi'h ltilc dcmurc blank hok thai
seemed a reflection of the conn'ranccs Of
his rries,'y Instructors horrfs, tho &C.
clcsnslic ~ho wa, pr,scu, dnrinrIhs inter.
view. by rather m1lciou,ly askin, the child,
IL be i.ll continued to take a. much inlc'e',
as ever in an scientific and mechanical pur-
suits, and in reading of the rccnt discover
les. As the sworn upho'icrfa government
tia, opposes railuays, and hmeni' the in-
ion Of printing, the priest ,as bound To ~
press his surprise At Tho suggestion. "My
child" said he, mildly Addressing his pupil.
"i' il possible you ever ,h,oghl ihus' You
have other tastes now. T,l the ..rnor CON
le What YOU mos, wish 10 become" The
bov colorcI. cast down hr, cyrs, and mur-
INJURED "un b,inisu"-a la,in scholar.
Auyrh,uz In love q -uch, r''r'irs 10
progression was a cur.
There vas som. bitterness. but M eNar.
rera,Isn in what the yoorg Ancun.,an rcl1'-
81. The question n ,la Jcsnls i. purely
a political ono. they h.iur surp1rttd by ths
party termed w the liberals O'rwlrrH or
Coi,ni-the first name scuib ing luerallyob-
scurcrs, and the la', derived from the queue
worn by the gentlemen Of the last century,
and wi,hou, which to hi, DAY upon the H..
llan Stage, the portrait Of preiui.c-d. Oh.
Hinats o'i noble is incomplete. Families Of
these views esteem IL, therefore, a roiut NJ
conscience To in,rus' he education OF their
children to this order.
The college ucarcs, hn-onl i, 1t Iorrilo.
4 distance nj twenty miles. y, which place al.
50. the French Dam, Ia Sirrs Crur have
have a coven, for younr hdis. embracing
much the same line Of principle. and course
Of tuition. II canno, be denied that, as ~.
spect' general accomplishments and lldy.lke
department, their pupils infinitely surpass
those of an other couycnlual establishments
in Italy, wksro they barely learn to read,
write aah cmbroJder..
Those parent, who hold NOR. liberal opi.
MONS, are sorelv pcrplrHrd aS IN the means
Of educating their sons. Sometime. they
shd them to Pisa or Sienna, at which la,
there uSel to be college Of some eminence,
conducted on moderate principles by The Pa
jri ScolaPi, but Of hieyclrs abuses have crcpt
in. and il has cr ca,ly derencraled Others,
again engage an aboe as tutor or the first
few years, and then place them to complete
their studies at Iolorna, hu, At the conclu-
sion Of this acadcmical career. unless a youth
has more than average abilities, particularly
II he belongs 20 the higher clisscs, the cen.
eral range or this arainmrnls may he rated
as beneath mediocriiy. Dcblrrcd by the prc.
iudces Of caste from catering any profession
bu, the church, conscious that he will never
have a field on which to display his abilities
without stmulous to eNertion, or prospects
Tor the future, the young noble seems to re-
sign himself tina, his safest course is 10 vece.
tate unihinking. unquest,oning, unknowing,
and unknown.
The ignorance Of some Of these young pat.
rieians on al subjects OF general information
. was perfectly startling. Many of them were
quite unacquaintrd y ilh the nature OF iencls
which had rent Enrope assunder, or Of the
geographical position Of nciglboring com.
tries. or Of the best known historical facts.
Not having access to any easy literature, such
as our magazines and miscellanies aiT1rd, ow-
ing to the extraordinary restrictions imposed
upon the press, they had been LEFT without