Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-11-28
LOCAL MATTERS.

Dn
.,,,m engine INTENDED to propel a printing
' Our press is none Of the moder'
r XII, Inventions that are continually get
, a",. o., Of repair, but one Of the expensive
~, I've & Taylor presses, embracing all .
=. node,n improvements and get up OF Al
...,.e of over $4,000. Our engine wa
.,,f.ctured expressly for us BY Messrs. r
" GATES & Co, Chicago, and is mode
of;,, kind, being Of six horse power with
,.amot;,e boiler. We have machinists
,.x engaged putting the press and engine
!. .,der for work and by the first OF January
Ao,e 10 present our subscribers with q
!. 80, Oaoer; one that will afford them more
,,,ljne matter and ut the same time accom-
.a,,c those who wish TO avail themselves
,,,be advantages Of our advertising columns.
we will then be enabled to print jobs Of ev.
cry description from label or handful
,,,o a pamphe, or book and we solicit
II ,h,, kind Of work, as having the facili-
liz. our charges will be no more than those
of,he Chicago establishments.
-TaE LEcruRE,-Of Mr.. Whipple
mn Monday evening highly grn'ified large
and very attentive audience. We have had
an opportunity of speaking with but two or
,b,ee persons who heard him, but we could
,plI from the countenances Of those present,
;, ,bey we're leaving the room, that they had
been well pleased, pleased from two or
three rouses,--with the lecture itself, with
The fac, that such lecture had been at
sno,h delivered in Davenport, und with
The further fact that the experiment was so
literally sustained by the discriminating
patronage Of COR citizens.
Wehaye no space, even il we remembered
/, Sufficiently, TO give anything like con-
mcted synopsis of the lecture. II was en-
,hsd. + iuca,ion,-5ut, as the speaker Oh.
served. tina, word, as generally used, would
no, rive very clear or determined idea OF
the subject As used by the lecturer, J. du-
cation is the whole process of effort and
.elfdiscipline. by which the Individual is
converted into an active, seli-balanced and
.elirelyiug personality, Independent in his
ogn actions and eausatiye Of the actions OF
ohers,--and that il was only when thus
educated, that person could see into and
understand the very heart of things, instead
ofhayiug mere guessing,out-s acquant.
,nce With them To use another form OF
IhraseOlogy. Mr.. VS. theory only is that
man. relations to all other facts should be
objective instead Of subjective--,hat he
ehuud master facts rather than that facts
should master him. In conformity with this
d,ctrine was Mr. VS. remark that, sit is
not 50 much the intellect which makes the
man, as the man u no m axes the intellect,
and though this may seem TO be like many
other Propositions, the terms OF which may
be trans posed, and still have the same signif-
ance, yet i, was well elaborated by Mr..
Whippe, Illustrated by number Of opposite
historical examples, and supported by argu-
ments, Of which some were OF course tru-
sms' and others derived from the style Of the
speaker an air OF ingenious novelty. The
nature and the effects Of the three main
hndranccs to the acquisition of knowledge,
Incidence, selr.conccit, and fear, were traced
with precision. and though i. might be
though, by some tina: the subject was &C.
c'sonai'y clon!ed by high sounding words,
III general result was clear exposition Of
Tue argument, and the satisfa ton which an
audience always feels, when they perceive
'aH &c Sho attempts 30 instruct them, is
complete master Of the knowledge which he
Undertakes to convey. The moral of Mr..
"app'e's lecture was every way ndmira bic.
Us aim ives to impress spsa Is. minds Of
|!ouas Students the indispensable necessity
o. 'S'm'ng habts Of thinking and acting for
secs sef,--'hat our xmas ledge should be
t"'esat Of our own labor, and our judg-
m8hts the processes OF our own thinking
'acui''es Viewed in this light, il was well
adapted to be the inaugural lecture Of the
s'ries.
we VIII not conclude this hasiy notice,
'""oa' again congratulating our young
"ehas on their success. If not altogether
'"r 'arges'' there was decidedly the bcs,
'0a'ehce on Monday evening, that ever met
"IeC'alre Hall. l, was an suspicious CON-
."'aeenen'' and the promises a.e that the
p0s'ess and conclusion vii! be equally sat
''actory and encouraging.
ALMOST A FIRE.--A bed caugh, on
"' Yesterday afternoon in the little frame
",u'e AT the corner Of Iowa and Fifth SITS.
""'n soon enveloped the inside Of the
muse IN ilames, which, however, were ex-
'"sulshed in time to save tina, and the ad-
''"'ns buildings from destruction.
The Ladies' of the Methodist Episco.
pa 'hurch of Rock Island give n festival
: supper this evening for the purpose OIL
81 "s 'he means to finish their meeting
.suse The citizens of Davenport are all
, ""ep 10 attend end participate in the fes.
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OF 'he occasion. Tickets can be
h at Mer"in's, adjoining Child & Bakers