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From Mas. Teacher.
EDUCATIONAL.

sense on the subject than | have heard yet
-.'OHR Plat.
From Mas. Teacher.
EDUCATIONAL.
Mothers Visit 10 4 Primary school.
MEssBs. EDIroRs,-I often find allusion made,
IN the Reports uf School Committees and other
educational papers, Z % want Of interest mani
Tested by parents in the school their children at
tend. ! suppose this is so or it would not be
said but | am also sure that many fathers and
mothers are not remiss in this particular duty
If you think it will be worth publishing, you are
welcome to use the following account Of a visit
TO our Primary School, No Z, in 5, where |
have little boy of eight years and glrl Of SIX,
to whom ! attempt TO do a mothers duty.
We live about sixty rods from the school-house,
which is situated on quiet cross street. and has
plain, wel-grayellei. and dry yard of about a
quarter Of an acre in extent. The house has two
rooms 10 it, one for the older and the other for
the younger classes, where the alphabet Is
taught Miss Fuller is the teacher Of the latter
and Miss Meazher Of the former. | am pretty
well acquainted with the ladies', and like them
and they sometimes come and take tea with me.
and see the children al home ! want to say
here that we don talk ell the time about Celia
and Carl (my Little oneS). hut | show them my
home arrangements, and take them into the gar
den to see my flowers. They select books from
my husbands library. too, with his consent
and, as he Is So gifted 30 with a taste for fine pho
tograph-, we sometimes sit down after tea, and
travel through the scenery Of Scotland and Eng
land, and cross the Alps, and roam through
Pompei, without any risk to our morals or our
limbs
Wei. here is the house. What a nice broad
step TO the door What good pile Of dust out
side the scraper there Is heel fallen from
some jealous little ones shoe who meant 20 be
unusually nice. Shall we knock Not at the
outer door, / think we may disturb fir7 rooms,
and that is one too many. What clean and
well kept entry Not "a suge cap or cloak on
the floor. There is a ittie shelf for ruhher, ami
an umbrela-s.and on each side, carefully nun
tercl There j. q long mat reaching across the
entry I notice the floor has no papers upon it;
hut little box fastened un IN the corner, breast
high, hols an abundance of these, and Sc all
sorts ' of things besiies. Vow let Us knock at
the door on the eft band. Is Miss Fuller in .''
enquire. ana the lady follows her littIe door
opener, and gives a cordial " G0od-morniug
to her visitors. She asks US TO come in and take
scats,-she has three chair, in her posse sion,
AMI q ahle.-aud we DO -u explaining our
wishes and stating what time We can stay. On
some occasions she "a -lt do rs many teachers
always seem 10 do,uame.y show her Test class ami
1II tho rrqfry -hir-s tley had ar.uirc.I. lut To-
da, sbo .loes ro- She bs-orter Lr.tu,.. ou hand.
Tho ,-.viaus d,y inst arer tbe rarrrr4 exer-
riso-- u--la fIi.w h,l -lautei s. Dc entered
The door. q. Bv Nlo-c. ai-.-titcolI r- aud. be-
iu~ overheard ty tbc teacher. the peculiar form
Of adiuraiiou had suggested 20 her to take the
opportunity thus naturally offered for some
wbU'es1ue moral instruction. Iu pursuance Of
this. She sketcbel. In larru,ce spifel for child
ish comprehension. the early history ,f the ex-
,,5sp-s ~ -bs ..7st-, i.f,r-. .r a E. ';rt-, r1-b
r-,jie,, an tt. .i,c-. If -bs Nile and 5r.v, g, VIZ
,i.l ricrrrs of the risk from downing and the
cr5codile>. pi-tu-eI them the sing. daughter
roipin- down ia tb,cool ef the r1orf.n, q. ,tfe
wifb b,rrlsiiers -r couulrv- tho discovery and
.fsrti.. of the chill. b.. .'i1-ar.5r in wonder
Nl things. how tbe GOOD Go! cs1lei him Cd. sci
fr,. 50 many slaves. wbtr4 humility and -e,er-
erce he always shovel. how many larl tri4ls
no went tbr7n.b. how at las after all his I,-
bors be v.ist'at al. we'd q, eri..v the beautiful
r,rosr,.f a..ross the Jordan hut died and was
bu-iei In an unknown cr-tye. with emo rrerrv
white stone 80 nor green grass around 90 arrest
the eye. and. when thc attention was fully en-
-a-el. she suddenly said. Don't you think
Moses deserves more respect and honor than
form of swearing. ycsterlsvt- From this The
transition was easy. and well improved. 10 refer
90 some OF those ingenious. meaningless. rrofiue
expressions. into which even children ofcorrect
lep8rtrenr fall. as well Us 20 set before them the
teachings Of the Saviour in rertri 20 MI forms If
trivial swearing. This was dome with So much
uafur4lrr.s and At the some time seriousness.
that we wc-c clntircel her ltt.r listeners bad
not been without several similar experiences. She
chem remarked that on the morrow thev might
ask her any Questions about Moses they Thought
of. and telI her any facts they knew about bows
and girls who one. had used inproper words.
but did So no longer.
"Tbat Will do + this morning: now [ want
TO hear the verses and the al-aabet. and then
we viii have rvrauil of figures made on the
flo.tl,o,rl -- littr. tsrd shot r.. .l.{srlq
What is "a nvrln.i -, con ri show vou
Henry. bv and bv:eud. when Won have learned
.U.y, 3.-b tbe li.tie hu.,, bet you NAV make
one Henry +. in deem study fra few mo-
mont. and ri.r T.. .sau nersri,rin- fra ren-
.1 and sIste
A ,,,.er sion ,,sspvgbil. had ,,rlsI 81 lttle Ii
,isi,,, ~ oi.,t ,,,,I- -, q ,,si,i,, t,frs ll,c
boarI The tisrbcr rem,rLeI 70 nae fbar the
.bilI~o- b,5 -o,jir.- 49,. f-.r, vbi,b ,be,
-,-,.s ,iS was o-e "1'
iect At first this was declined, but upon Miss
F'srepeaiine the request, " clock '' was selected
The little boy At the head was asked TO say
something about the clock at ticks" was
she ,,-e,,,,+ ,..,g. e. l. bss d, r,.r,,,l FOO