The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1861-05-28

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tanned 4 reply, kind but 3oeose, that I'll,
Professor would no doubt BE happy 10 At
tend 70 what he had to propose, On any
subject. she might say. except. perhaps
Pcrpetaal Motion, on which he had suffer.
cd % much waste Of time.
Madison here rose, and made flourish
ing Tow, and turned homcwaid to provide
for communicating his discovery to tho
world, Without hindrance from old dons,
ignorant, cnyious and obirusiye.
When we rose from the table, Madison
kept lis seat, preaching about perpetual
motion. To my surprise, d shut The
door behind Anna aud The children, and
sat down again. When Tie lal had lla-
ished lis lecture, he Withdrew 70 bis stud
les, and D said to me:--
'What would you do with such lad as
lhatS
That depends on how much his notions
are worth.
i don't put much confidence in them
myself; but, il he really has turn for
study
just 50. Only LIT il be study. Don't
keep him here, putting himself up with the
fancy d being philosopher. Send him
10 la. ..rl, where he would be near us
He wo'id lind his level there, and discover
that our Professors may possibly know
more than he does,
'Al that is exactly what can't be done,
replied D. 1T is a disadvantage for
life TO man here TO have been to a north
ern college. lie never gets over the sus-
picion of being tainted with bad opinions
on the negro question.
'Send him 10 a southern college, then.
They do not stand so high as Harvard and
New York but probably they can teach
Madson something
No doubt; and i would be great bles-
sing. I'm sure, TO us alt. But the students
Of our southern colleges are apt to be so
incorporate in politics that more and more
parents are unwilling TO send their sons
there. A few weeks ago, these sons OF
the chiyalry' learned that a sister Of Mrs
Beecher Stowe was staying III one of the
professors houses and they serenaded
her with marrow-Lones and cleayers, and
insulting songs
is it possible? ?
Yes; that is their notion of patriotism; ;
and should not exactly like Madison to
take that turn, though / hope he viii do
his duty by his state the first time the
North goes too far
The end of the matter was that no de-
cision seemed feasible, and | saw plainly
that Madison would 60 on with 'his stud
les as his mother said, but as should
have put it, with his Dreams till some
strong reality should bring out something
more natural that was seen at present
He must be planter, D--said. His
parents would not hear Of the church for
him. They owned that, while entirely
convinced that slavery was scriptural in
sttution, they did not like TO see c eraymen
turning slave owners, set ing N oyerseer
over The negroes, and themselves watching
the oycrseer. 1t was better that their
clergy should come from the North, fresh
TO the institution. They could be more
free than southern man to board out, or
hire negroes for house service, as an alter
native to having plantation of their own.
They usually feel into othis last way of life
by marriage or otherwise; but it did not
quite suit DIS notions of a clergy
mans position. lie could see no way for
Madison but beginning life on cotton land
in The usual way; and whatever fancies
the lads might lave while in their teens,
they always did come round TO this last,
unless they early entered the army or ma
Wy.
Ii seemed to me that one part of educa-
ton might have been better attended TO,
both in my nicce's and nephews' case that
Of assisting their parents in their every
day business, and preventing some of the
discomforts which are always occurring
where slaves are left to themselves for an
hour. On The first morning for instance,
we were all reused uneonsciously early
While dressing, supposed my watch
must have stopped for an hour and half
in tie night; and when We met at the
il appeared that others had
supposed tie same. 1t was then half-past
six; but the hot wafiies, buekwlieat cakes,
eggs and beefsteak, hominy and broiled
ham, we're on the table, as if it were the
proper eight o'clock. The cook had been
too lazy 10 ask the body servants 10 in
quifc the time, and had served breakfast
by guess. The family laughed; but it
seemed TO me that Minnie might UNDER
take to announce the hour TO the servants,
if il was really impossible 10 trust them
with the care Of kitchen clock. found,
however, that no confidence was felt in the
watches for ! was appealed to, nearly
every half hour 10 the day, within doors
or in the field, by the negroes, 10 know
what O'Clock il was.
After breakfast, again, when ] went
with Anna on her round Of morning du-
ties, it seemed 10 me that there were va
rious things that son and daughter might
have seen TO. In the negro quarter there
was sick man covering over the fire,
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