Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-02-07
n OnlV a Teacher.H

"Only a Teacher.'
AS too spendidIy dressed ladies stood in
the midst of a gay aud fashionable assem-.
blage; the attention OF one was suddenly ar
rested by the appearance OF queenly beau
ty-such beauty, as even in that crowd of
loveliness, caused the eye to pause in its
wanderings, and rest its gaze in delight on
the intellectual brow that would we'll adorn
the crown of queen. She was evidently a
stranger, for she stood apart from the thrung
of chattering bellies and bean, and as her
bright eyes followed the moving panorama,
one might easily read in her pensve sadness,
her heaving breast and flushed cheek, that
the gay crowd had brought back to her
memory, the loved scenes of a distant home,
and with it, the forms of dear relatiyes-the
kind faces Oft the friends of her happy child.
hood. The reverie she had fallen into even
increased the interest of her lovely counte-
nance, aud formed strange but not un.
pleasing contrast to the gay merry laugh and
gi,ldy, thoughlless remarks of the happy
gi,s around her. The lad whose attention
had been momentarily arrested, pointing to
the pensive girl, who stood apart from the
crowd, asked of her fashionable companion.
"Mho is that I" The latter, turning her
eyes in the direction indicated, with an al
most inperceptible shrug of her shoulders
and the slightest possible sneer on her beau.
tiiul but naughty lip, carelessly replied,
"Oh only Teacher" The noble girl,
from choice, not necessity, had left the com.
lurls of an atflucnt home, with thousand
sweet associations, through a warm devotion
to the most useful of all professions accessi-
BILE to woman-a profession which has Tor
its special object and aim the elevation aud
refinement Of the sex; and such was the
kindly greeting she received from sister.
1t is true, the most sacred and responsible
of all duties is hers, the development Of i'm
mortal mind, but what Of that, the doors OF
fashionable society must be slammed in her
face. for she is " onl va teacher" She may
be eminen,y qualified to mould the plastic
mind of dear daughter; but with the pa
rent this shall profit her nothing, for she is
" only teacher" She may be capable of
mparing even her own gentle manners and
queeny grace to a sweet sister; but what of
that, she is " Oil y a teacher" She may be
possessed Of Wit, beauty and Intelligence;
but even these shall not relieve her from the
odium which a false and hollow.hearted cir.
Gle would heap upon her, for alas /! "she is
only teacher" The dashing belle, with
heart as unnatural as her false curls, will
turn up her pug g-nose as she passes and SIM
per, +" only teacher" The brainless dan
ny, the joint work of the halter, tailor and
booluaker, even while expressing his admi-
ration by his rude and insolent gaze, will ap.
pend to this note Of admiration, the suffix,
"only teacher" The whole fashionable
circle will catch the echo and contemptuous.
ly excaim, "why she is only teacher"
Snrdid pappas aud tnrtune.hunling mammas,
will guard the carroty haired, lymphatic
"hope of the family" by whispering in his
ear, "she is onl y q teacher"
But thank Heaven, there are many with
out that self.stye fashionable circle, com.
posed of hollow.h hearted bellies, brainless
dandes, sordid papas, fortune hunting ma.
mas, vinegar. faced old maids, and ymphatc
hopes OF the family" les, there is a world
of generous spirits outside of this exclusive
circle, full of noble generosity, rich intellect
and exalted merit, ready to pay its tribute to
worth wherever it is found. Wit, wisdom
and beauty commands the fealty of these
loyal hearts, even when "only the teacher" +"
is the embodiment They have the discri-
mnation to see, and the feeling to appreciate
that noble spirit which impe!s the gifted
teacher, instead of fluttering the gay butter
hy of an hour, amid the deceitlul allurements
and disspations of the halls of fashion, to
go forth into the world and leave her i'm.
press upon the tablet of the immortal mind.
All! who is it that is to fashion the future
lives of our little sisters and daughters |?
"Oulv the teacher" Who is to impress the
character Of the future mothers of the repub-
lie? "Only the teacher" To whom. do
the eyes the whole country turn as the
guardians of our most sacred trust-our
most precious jewelsl "Only the teacher" )"
On whom, next to his own faithful ministers,
in the last great day shall God himself look
with approving smile? Why on the faithful
teacher. Toll on, then, sisters, careless OF
the sneers of tho fashionable few. A thou
sand warm hearts bid you God speed, and
the smiles of an approving conscience shall
be your sweetest reward.-Aberdeen Ex-
amiuer.
4 clergyman in New Hampshire pulpit,
having, with earnest eloquence, urged his
congregation to abstain, on Thanksgiving
Day, from all labor and all business pursuits,
and to attend church in the forenoon, con.
cluded with this touching appeal: !" If any
of the brethren are at leisure in the afternoon,
should be pleased to see them at my house,
as intend to take that opportunity, should
friends enough assemble, to moue my barn.
ONE of the greatest luxuries Of life is to
pay bill; and yet there are some people
we know Of who never indulge in the thing
at all. Let such turn square round and ell
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