Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1866-08-08
WHOLE NUMBER 1906.


may lay up a little filthy lucre, that some
prodisal heir may laugh at and riotouslY
spend. We are -created with faculties
tLas ally US to the Creator himself, in his
image, In form and bearing erect, with our
faces towards heaven ''What piece of
work is man how noble in reason /. how
Infinite in faculties in form and moving
low express and admirable ! iu action how
like au angel, in apprehension how like
God :"
By the excuse of these faculties we are
enabled to interpret the laws Of nation, We
can comprehend the relations OF turil aud
member, OF time aud space, of cause and
effect, of the Operations OF our own minds
to appreciate ami enjoy beauty in ars and
nature, and to entertain immortal hopes.
The highest natiopa. enjoyments Of life
spring from the cultivation OF these ex-
alted faculties, these faculties which q
wise and good God has created for our
guidance and our highest ficility. Let
the miser horde his gold and store away
his musty greenbaeks, but as for me let
my lot be cast among people who know
the value of intelligence aud culture, and
who have pride in building up institu-
tons of learning like this.
But there is still other and special sig
nifcance which the enlargement Of this
Institution at this time possesses. This is
now school for the education Of Orphans
OF the Soldiers and Sailors of Pennsylva-
mia who fell in the late war. " hen in
the days of iminent peril to the country,
a call was made for men to stand by the
fac, the true hearted and the brave, from
the mountain and the river, from the lakes
to the sea came focking to the standard
to fight the battles of the Republic
Amid the viclssitudes Of the camp. aud
the march, and the carnage OF the battle
field, many of them fell never more to re-
turn to their homes, to their friends, and
to their once happy families. The chill
dren Of many ol these fallen patriots were
left without either father or mother, and
in many cases with no one to care for or
protect them. Ignorant of mother's
love and robbed of fathers tender care,
the cry of the orphan appealed for pity;
and, thanks to kind Providence, the ear
of one man in Pennsylvania was not
heavy. That man was Gov Curtin He
whose sympathies were the first to bs
responded to the cry, was our honored
Chief Magistrate. He first conceived the
idea of making the Orphans of the Sol
diers the Children Of the State. And
through evil report and through good re-
port, he has olung to that idea with lion
hearted resolution, until he has seen his
plan successfully cousummated. Aud
you, my young friends who are protected
aud provided for, and taught, and trained,
and loved by these teachers, all these priv
ileges and this happiness, you owe to his
Excelleney. For his arduous and patri.
otic labors during the past six years, and
for his many services to the State, the
name Of Andrew G.. Curtin will be Illus
trious in its annals. But when in the full.
ness of his years he shall be laid in an
honored grave, no pronder lire will be-
found inscribed upon his tomb stone than
this HE MADE THE ORPHANS OF THE
SOLDIERS THE CHILDREN OF THE STATE
When l say this Go not desire to de-
tract in any manner from the cred,; which
is justly due to my venerable friend who
is the Superintendent Of these schools
To his organizing mind belongs the honor
of having digested the system aud of
having set it in successful operation. His
services in behalf Of popular education in
the State are duly appreciated. But the
zeal and energy displayed in organizing
this system of Orphan Schools, which is
purely Pennsylvania system, eutltle him
to the special honors of the Common
wealth.
1t will not be expected on az occasion
like this that l shall make any extended
remarks to the pupils of tie schUol. But
| cannot find it in my heart TO turo awav
without speaking some words of counsel,
or at least expressing my heartfelt sympa-
thy. When the hungarian patriot. Kos
suth, came an exile among Us. Mr. Web
ster said at his reception, 1T is not much
that we can do for your coantrymen, but
lce can at least gice them q cheer"
No one possessing the synpathies of
our nature can behold unmove1 the or
pidu Suliu vi UUt VINO ftI tEe
battles of his country, and whose body
now lies mouldering on some far off bat-
lie field. As we follow the sharply con-
tested line We may tread carelessly oves
he bones Of the dead soldier But that
soldier fell to preserve al. that We hold
most dear on earth. ''Dicus Ct decoraps
pro pGtriia nsorii." 1t is the sentiment OF
that greater love hath no man
IN tha. he is willing to lay down his
lie for his friend. They were indeed
our friends for they laid down their lives
or US. Can any one thea fail to regard
tenderly the orphan children of such?
PUPILS OF THE MCA LIsTERsyILLE
SCHOOL. The State has wisely, ard but
Justly, made provision for your education.
But it does not always depend so much
lpon how much is done for child as
.pon how much the child is willing to do
or himself 1t is what is in a child and
. - ,;b,Jr ,l;ractaJ and davaI,raj