Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1856-01-03

Two years ago, Rev Warren Burton, of
Boston, who is devoting himself to the cause
of Domestic Education, proposed, through
newspapers and circulars, to the people of
his own State, that there should be meetings
during the more leisure season, to discuss
-.@aAnnertaining to Family DisAx- - ]
very gratifying results .S-ss-ssnted w
speakers, otners made effective addresse
who had never spoken in public before, an,
latent talent was unexpectedly brought out
The young manifested peculiar interest, an,
were stimulated to new efforts for improve
ment. The relation of the home to tn,
school, and of the school to the community
was better understood, and the cause of pub
lie education was advanced. Ladies sen
in communications both instructive and en-
tertaining, to be read on the occasions
showing that through similar opportunity
female talent in every town mig be elicit.
ed, and put to noble use.
Now that the long evenings have again
come, why shall not this most useful move
ment be carried, at once, widely beyond the
State where it started! Anxious parents.
earnest teachers, public-spirited men and
women think, confer, cooperate, perse-
we're, and it is done.
A few topics for consideration are sub
Joined as a specimen, and, possibly. to save
time at first in seeking; numerous others
will doubtless occur in the course of proce-
dure
Questions for Discussion.
!. What combined movement of neighborhood
ha anti g.
of schools and especially to effect reform 10 the
morals and manners of the young?
4. How much should parents depend on school
teachers to correct the bad dispositions and habits
of their chldren' and how far are teachers Justly
responsible for the conduct Of their pupils out Of
school?
3. How early should child be made to obev
the parent: and how shall reverence be induced
and authority maintained, without that fear on
the one part, and GOODNESS and distance on the
other, which formerly PREVAILED
a.. AT what age, and in what manner, should
the first religious impressions be made? and how
should spiritual culture he continued?
o: What is the best method Of cultivating
spirit OF active gooddoing, and of self-sacrce in
behalf of others? and to what degree does such a
disposition promote the happiness of the possessor?
o.. There are about thirty thousand persons
imprisoned in the United States for real or SUM-
posed crime; in what way, and how far, does
sucn crime originate in the early home? What
can, and ought each community to do toward pre-
vention?
I; What effect has much of the light reading
of the present day on the character of the Young,
and what is to be done with reference thereto?
8. How can it best be ascertained for what
occupation In life boy has the most natural it-
ness? and should any difference be made in the
previous education at lone or school, with refer
ence to this!
9. Should not children be early trained to
work with their hands for the sake, at least, of
forming useful habit, whatever the condition of
the parents as to wealth?
10. How do luxuries for the palate, together
with the irregular use of them, affect the health
Of children? What is the influence on the moral
character'
IL. What is the cause of the early decay of
female health in this country? and what is the
remedy?
IL. Would not sanitary investigation and
report by committee. be of great service in eve
~ town, by making known existing and possible
causes OF sickness, especially those appertaining
10 the location and other material conditions Of
dwellings,