The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1869-02-04

and In Nuola rubbing together the grea-
sy noses, shaking hands, how often is the
weak hand reached by the friendly,
hearty grasp of stranger hand. Among
christian nrtions black is sign of mourn
ing though not christian symbol, whose
feelings should never give way to the
blackness of darkness. In Turkey the
symbol of mourning is yellow, in Persia
blue, In Circassia white. The Ring is
the Symbol of marriage, and put upon
that fugure which is supposed to connect
directly with the heart, perhaps also put
there because not likely to be roughly
used and where the ring would be least
in danger. We learn not only from the
place of the ring, but the ring in its SIM
pie pleshape,-round-implyiug the bond,
the perfect bound, the love which is end
less, and in it's material, pure gold
Religious Symbols, the Stately building
in Jerusalem, so perfectly Symbolized to
the Jews that it was not to be used for
mercenary purposes, some of our own coins
contain the faint outlines of the figure of
the cross, with the motto sin God we
trust" Symbols of value, as the sign for
dollar in our currency taking its origin
from the Initials of the United States, u.
S. over the u; and the finally cut
down to two perpendicular and PARALLEL
lines, libra the latin for pound, the two
cross marks signify equality equal pounds,
fairness, akin to this are the scruples, but
not much in use, our tea and coffee We
often find are weighed without scruple.
Here the lecturer produced Confederate
bound declared it symbol of departed
glory, upon which we might write Icha-
bod, Ichabod, "thy glory has departed" !"
another bond having on it the Symbol of
Stonewall Jackson, implied perhaps that
the best place to hide would be behind q
stone wall.-Medals were intended to in
dicate particular facts in History, as
millions for defence"-Symbols of au-
thority, as "a we'll oiled Hickory" those
who had had no experience with this sort
would do well to get it before they go to
New Jersey. o. K. all correct, said of
Jackson. d. HI dead head,-free free
of charge, supposed to have originated as
follows, drover about passing over a
Bridge with drove Of IA live cattle and
one dead one asked the keeper what the
toll was, a certain price was named for
live cattle, upon which drover responded,
them the Dead head goes Free" Hence
D. H.-dead head free. Again that
peculiar mark, Y placed in the middle of
a persons name with the words his mark
placed one above the other below, is a
Symbol that School Houses are not plenty,
the Interrogation mark signifies ques-
tions, take the first and last letters and
you have which finally became chang
ed the character we now see again the
Exclamation point! originated from [ O
the expression for wonder, in which is
the upper part and o the lower We want
to dervie this thought that the mean
ing of all symbols should be explained or
they will be useless-to get true con
ception the use of Symbols must be dis
pensed with.
Prof. Sanders, objects and aims OF
Teachers Institutes. Teachers who at
tend the Institute take notes Of the pro
ceedings, or take part in the exercises,
come not for pastime, or amusement, as
some will have it. Teachers should
/ qualify themselves for position, and they
will find place waiting for them, Educa
tors occupy an important position. they
assist in giving character to those coming
after, from the young must the futu {
Lawyer, Doctor Statesman arise, and th'
teacher has hand in shaping their course
Teaching is big Business, Teacher
should treat their pupils with respect
there may be among them some of nat
ure's future noblemen, great men VIII
will yet shake Kingdoms, love your bust
ness or else it will be but drudgery.
school Teachers as we'll as ministe
should be apt to teach, aud love it to-
Singing is important if teachers can no
sing, they should learn. A tune sung b.
Chrsties ministries tonight, set to som
doggerel rhyme, will in 8 weeks reach t.
Iowa. 1t is forming our national charac
ter, said certain one. Let me make tn
Songs and tunes of a people and | car
not who makes their laws. The Pro-
here related how he came to write book
When he was boy going to schoal, n
Arthemetic, Geography or Grammer wa
was taught, it was nothing but spellin
book, after going over this again and ;
gain the teacher brought bible to schvc
aud arranging the school into elias
around the room, he proceeded to Civ
words to spell to the one at the head {
the class, be gave out, egpit the word Wa
missed and passed to the next, and SO Z
round the class, no one being able to spe
the word, when the one at the head ca
led out, well Master how do you spe
egypt to which the master answered,
G-Y-P-T, egpit, the lecturer said th'
from that time though but 8 years oil
|, he resolved to make a spelling book wit
words hard enough that there should
no need to go to the Bible for diificu
: words, and he kept the resolution, an
, that's how he came to write books. "
must resolve what we will be, and d
, while We are young or We will do nothin
apd ho nohodu at oil