Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-10-12
pprMArURE EDUCATION.

10 do their utmost ; ana not oniy 'niS'
their physical culture is almost entirely neg
Iect.d. being limited to few cailsthenic
exercises, and one "walk' during the day
a staid, quiet, proper" (yOung fGdVs)
walk. We were thinking, when wo began
that sentence, Of boys as well as girls but
girls suffer most in our schools, since there
are many conventional restraints operating
on them, from which boys are happily free.
We would not doubt that women are
s.angelic," but they are angels in physical
and earthly organization, and until they put
off the earthly, their bodies, as well as their
..imnortal minds, " are to be cared for. The
beautiful soul in the sickly, "dying' body Is
hut half beautiful for how shall 1t express
itself and be Eno,Cn as beautiful, save ny
means of the beautiful-and in order to
beauty, heahhjul-body. In the old myths
neither Venus, nor Hebe, nor the Graces,
nor Apollo, nor Adonis were sickly, and SO
by dedicate health" made more "divino'
We commend the following opinions
from high scientific authorities, to the at
tention of both parents and teachers-espec-
tally to those who have ''smart' children to
care for
OF the infants destined for different vooltions
Of life. l should prefer that the ono who Is to
studv through life should be the least learned al
49, 20 Of --TJssos
Intellectual effort in the first years OF lie IS
very injurious. All labor Of mind when IS re-
ouirsd of children before their seventh year is IN
opposition to the laws of nature, and will prove
ipuriou, TO the organization and prevent Its prop
er develop u ent.-Hufsiand.
Expcrienee demonstrates that of any number OF
children of equal intellectual powers, those that
receive no particular care in infancy, and VINO do
not learn TO read and write until the constitution
begins to be consolidated. but who enjoy the oen-
eft of good physical education, very soon sur
pass in their studies those who commenced earlier
and read numerous book, whom very young.
-SPUrzdsiT.
DR.. Adam Clarke was very unpromising
child and learned but little before he was elgnt or
ten years old. But at this age be was uncommon
ly hardy" and possessed bodily strength superior
10 that Of most children. He was considered a
"grievous Ounce" and seldom praised by his
father except for his ability to roll large stones
an ability which l conceive q parent should be
prouder to hsvo his son possess, previous TO the
age of seven or eight, than that which would en-
able him TO write all that is contained IN all the
manuals magazines, and books for infants that
have ever been published.-Dy. Brigham.
If parent were seen urging and tempting AID
stimulating his child to the performance Of an
amount Of labor with legs and arms, sufficient to
tax the health and strength Of full grown man,
all the world would cry, ''shame upon him he
has crippled mis- child with excessive work" Yet
everybody seems to think, that, though the limbs
Of children cannot, without injury, be urged and
tasked to do the work Of a mans limbs, yet their
brains may be tasked to any degree with impu-
nifty. What is there in the brain and its powers
essentially differing from the leg Nothing what
ever Bet people 70 look upon the braI= sor1e
fkraq ertraordn dry, mystical, magical sonefFag OF
other lc}ch sreHspi from the ordinary lars gor-
s-.i1q h. otAey organs Of The Gody. The principal
business Of a childs limbs is to grow and acquire
strength daily. Thought, reflection, study these
constitute the natural work Of mars brain, as
blowing and sowing arc the natural work Of a
mans limbs.-DJ. <. Johnson.
Pure spirit may be impassiye and untir-
ing, but not on this earth can mind work
except through some physical organ, and
this may be worn out, or become disordered.
Parents and teachers often forget this.
WHAT THE SoUTH THINKS OF TIE VIDE
Aw4KEs.-The Richmond Enquirer says
1t will be remembered that the front door
Of John Allstadt of Jefferson, was broken
open by Browns party with rail hence
we learn to interpret the peculiar equipment
of these abolition cohorts; they parade at
midnight, carry rails to break open our doors,
torches to fire our dwellings, and beneath
their long, black capes, the knife to cut oar
throats.
Isn't that Interpretation Of the &c rails ="
good?
\ writer in the Charleston Nero ury says
1t only requires the substitution of muskets
for torches, and swords for walking sticks,
to convert these apparently innocent fire.
bearers into we'll drilled and efficient soldery.
1t is a noteworthy fact that the Republican
Leaders are concentrating nearly all their
campaign funds upon the promotion of these
parades. Three objects are plainly to be
subserved by these torchlight militia : First,
young men are drawn into it for the fun of
of the thing and thus become active Repub-
licans. Second. a powerful body guard is
organised for the furtheraDce Of Republican
interests at the polls Third. if Lincoln
should he elected President, and he should
require an army of loo, 900 drilled volunteers
in any conceivable exigencY, they would be
Immediately forthcoming.
The only exigency that can arise requiring
the presence Of such force at Washington
or any where else. is, undoubtedly, that
which some Southerners have openly declared
should arise if Lincoln was elected. an attempt
to hinder him by force from taking the
Presidential chair. More than 100 900 vol
unteers, and those not by any means all
Wide awakes, would be forthcoming in such
an e1igency That some hot-headed men az
the South do contemplate forcible resistance
to Lincoln's Inauguration is probable A
friend of ours heard Southerner say. while
witnessing the recent torchlight procession
in New York, that if Lincoln was elected,
his friends had better guard him tCeH But
any organized attempt to interfere We do not
look for. The South is too weak, and like
most DULLES, too cowardly TO attack where
victory is not certain.