The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-11-07
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moro What a sasi amount of sis-
dom ihai goldea word, educate em.
bucos, Yes let ~ rsad more Bat
" is not not what We read Chat
makes uJ WISE bot What wo rcmcm-
ber. Do not neglect auy longer
while feeding your bodice, to feed
your minds also. Subscribe for good
family papers, and plenty oi them
There Is nothing a farmer has to buy
where he gets more his moneys
worth, thaD in buying books and pa
pcrs. They clotho us in a garment
which will never fade. but the long,
er We wear it, the brighter and more
durable it gets. Nobody can steal it
or cheat US out of it. Now, while we
are beginning to correct past errors,
let US 10 sure to take hold al the right
end in the start. Let US follow the
child from the cradle TO the grave.
Brother grangers. let me draw
your attention to the period when
the child begins to lisp his first words,
almost. The little boy, with true in~
herent. will ask his play-fellow "How
will you trade knives Right then
and til re he begins to try to lie and
deceive in order to get a good bar
gain. Now, who is to blame when,
in after years, that child assumes in
Il worthless character ?
The answer to this | leave to your
selves. The practice of such teach
ngs, often! times coupled with the APP
plause Of parents at what would be
called a good bargain, creates o de
sire for property. for which they are
willing, 10 time, to sacrifice all that
to morality. Their lives they
,an save, providing they have their
pockets we'll filed.
Now 1T US take view Of the
chances the child has by the time it |
s to go to school, providing the par
ents see fit to give it some education
fer at present there is no law
which compels us to send our child
'en to school, how long, nor makes it
\ rule to the teacher, saying, Here,
every class must 90 through every
branch of common school education,
f they are old enough" No, that is
III left to the parents or scholars
option. To teach morality and good
abroad, as we'll at school, is
,ever thought Of. We will never
gain what we are aiming at unless
we urge our state government to pass
| compulsory education law, as New
York and Illinois have passed the
asst year ; end many other states will
oon follow. By that means our ed
lcation will be Uniform. The poor,
IS we'll as the rich will have a chance
h impuove their talent, and not let it
lie dormant or go to waste, for the
want of nourishment. as is tho case
low. With the aid of our great
privileges, free speech, free press
md a liberal government to pro-
note our school interests, what is
here 10 prevent this country from
,oing forward in career unmaich-
ID by any other nation ? BY that
ystem, intelligence will become
,eneral, truthlulness aud honesty
will be established, and all people
will understand each other better,
nd gain confidence in each other.
Then, lei us have good school houses
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