Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1855-09-15
miscellaneous.
For the A. s. Bugie.
REMARKS TO SCHOOL GIRLS.
READ BEFORE A LYcEuM'

REMARKS TO SChUUL ulhLc'
READ BEFORE A LYcEuM.
1 heard one school girl say to another what
will yoa write on" ION paper" was the quick
reply. mo, write on a slate" Thinks to my
self. My school girls, they are both good SUD-
;ects and l should like to hear you treat them
Pecin with slate. What is itI A stratum OF the
earth. Well said. Now, what elsoa What is a
stratum One of tho layers or strata OF the dd-
forent earth's that compose this globe on which
,o 1.-Two This LAYER is alternated with shale,
which is nearly like slate, they are both combus-
tihlc. and contain much bitumen, which will BIO
readily discovered by throwing pieces OF them up
on n brisk fire. they will crackle and blaze until
they lose the dark color and become nearly white
then throw them upon tho surface of the ground
the action of the air upon them will reduce them
to clay, of which substance they are chiefly COM
rosed. The soil above these layers is strong, but
not SO pleasant for cultivation as some others, be-
;nc lc,ol and holding the water till a late time in
the spring, and then being subject to bake in the
extreme drought that follows. Sandstone over
lies it, but, where it succeeds it, it forms a perfect
contrast in the aspect of the country, and is a
great relief from the m%onotony of q dead level
1t is hilly and often precipitous, as seen IN the
picturesque hills at Pomoroy and a great extent
olonr the Ohio river, it is the frcestone from which
is cut much of our building material, and tomb
stones.
The word r%rocstouc, brings to my mind n variety
Of nleasing associations, such as, soft water, child
ish sports by clear pebbly brooks, and wild noun
tain scenery, familiar in by gone days. But have
O. - aJ,to ,r;tbnnf 90 vipn half |
should have said. To n ~contemplativo mind will
not be suggested while holding the slate in hand,
and ransacking dull 5rains for a subject, the idea
of its value and convenience, its beautiful smooth
expansive surface on which an impression, may be
made and obliterated as soon as made, aud the
lessons that an almighty hand has traced in the
earth as well as upon its surface. School girls
should be philosophers and philosophy teaches
sublime and beautiful things. Natural history in
all its parts forms a noble study and should com
mand the attention of students of both sexes
Geology, a branch of natural history, teaches the
formation of soils, and their constituents which is
an interesting study. Do girls think any thing
about what kind of soil is bcst adapted to the cul
tiyation of all the different kinds of vegetables
and fruits they love so well, or do they, when they
com G on the t1Dle DeIOrC tltlu, uSNOu hoi WIN
out thought or care like the pigs. Do they know
how soil is formed or how it has come, or II 1t ha'
come at all, or if it has been always here, as a CIR
who came from North Carolina said in respect t(
the discovery of this continent by!Columbus, she
said, ola l did not know it was discovered,
thought it was always here" Women of the pres
ent day talk of rising to an equality with men
and sometimes transacting important matters
therefore l think they had better learn n httl
abous the earth, and its contents and cultivation
ms a store of knowledge will DO no hindrance i
rising. 1t is natural to glide from ono thing t
another in writing as in conversation.
must pass over the many inscriptions of divin
power and goodness, in the structure of the differ
ent formations to speak a few words of ono, tina
is the c~onglomcrate. This series is more curiou
than all the rest, being composed, as every schoC
girl should know, because the fact is easily learr
ed, of small pebbles, forming q mass that is yer
solid and compact, so much so that mill stones al
sometimes made of it. These pebbles appear
have been worn to their diminutive size, the BIZ
ness of peas, by the action of water upon them
Only think of boulders such as we frequently SCI
and we may imagine them much larger, worn dow
by the action Of water washing upon them unit
they are the size of pebbles upon the Ohio shor'
then down still smaller, some very small, not BIZ
ger than shot, then cemented it would seem by I'll
wearings of the same hard substance, the int
stices being all filled up with a substance whic
seems Of a slick nature or the very hardest mat
rial, the pebbles too Of which the conglomerate
composed, are of the most finty rock, not that
its neighborhood at all. How this formation b
come, how deposited under the surface to a co
siderable depth, and sometimes projecting gu
How cemcntcd together, is all q matter of stut
and belongs to the student Of the present day.
Girls, if you wish to pursue this subject Will t
to write q little more next week.
Continued nert ceek.