Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1874-08-21
occurring in the school room were explained

occurring in the school room were explained
very clearly by Prof. Luce.
The last half hour was spent in presenting
the subject of Local Geography, by DR..
French. Until few years the effort has been
to educate children more about the remotest
points of the world than about their own To-
cality. 1t is well enough to know the names
of rivers and chief towns on the southern
coast Of Africa, but this knowledge ought not
to be secured at the expense of knowledge Of
your own neighborhood. Few persons stop
to think that the ply steal features of the town
and county in which they live, is at all Geog-
raphy. But latterly some States have taken
this matter in hand, and now compel by law
the study of local geography in the common
schools. One year is given in the Primary
school to this study, before book is put into
the hand of a scholar. The child is asked to
make on his slate a map of his desk, then a
map of the teachers desk with the arrange
ment Of the various articles thereon, the out
lines of the school room, the streets, rivers,
buildings, &C., of his district, and town; and
by becoming interested and fixing his mind
on those objects that are familiar TO him, he
reaches out to those that are not familiar.
This was amply illustrated by the Doctor on
the blackboard.
AFTERNOON.
DR.. French resumed the subject of local
map drawing, giving the signs used to indicate
buildings, roads, &c. He followed this with
many suggestions in regard to teaching map
drawing in the schools and closed by saying
that the drawing Of the nap should accompa-
ny and complete the pupils study OF any
state or country.
The next exercise was the regular drawing
lesson of tho dav Tho hiprt wa a thA 1raI
ing Of the elipse and OVAL and the applica
tons Of these curves in the representation of
fruits, leaves, pottery, &c.
The closing exercise Of the day was les
son on teaching numbers to primary classes.
The order of teaching combinations should
be, LIST, counting and combining objects %,
combining concrete numbers; 81, combining
abstract numbers. In teaching processes the
order should be, LIST, by use of numerous ex-
amples, leading the pupil to recognize the
terms used; "a, teaching the names and def
nitions of these terms; and Sd, teaching the
symbols belonging to the process. This forms
the instruction. After the instruction the
method OF the process must be taught. This
should be done in the following order:-lst,
give examples leading to principles "a, de-
duce these principles Sd, give practice in the
use Of these principles; 4lh, deduce The rule
and give examples applying IT,
DIR. II. Y. Pierce OF Buffalo.
a short time since circular was issued in
Berlin, Prussia, representing that the author
had discovered the formula for making Dr.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy and DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. The whole story
was an invention of disordered brain. but
the fictitious receipts were copied, to the in-
jury Of DR.. Percc's business. One Frank
VI. Reed in New York, another swndler,
sends his dupes this Information: For Dr.
Sages Cstarrh Remedy, take eight grains
Carbolic Acid, seven grains of Camphor, and
two and half grains of common salt, the
whole to be colored With little Prussian
blue This makes powerful caustc mix
ture as unlike DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
which IS perfectly unirritating, mild, sooth-
ing and pleasant as light is from darkness.
y villainous knaye located in Chicago gives
the chief ingredient of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy as being Blue Ntriol, which is only
eQualled in absurdity by another issued by
parties in Philadelphia who say that the in
gradients composing DR.. Sage's Catarrh Rem
edy are "burnt Alum, white Vitriol, Sugar of
Lead, and Prussiate of Iron," and that the
Golden Medical Discovery is "simply Syrup
and tincture of Ginger These humbugs all
and singly, have been refuted by DR.. Pierce,
who as a fair dealing and scientific gentleman
stands first in the confidence of those who
know him and his medicines.
The Toledo Blade, in an editorial article,
has truly said, abiding to his business, that,
great success is never achieved without mer-
it. An article that holds the field year after
year, and the sales Of which increase regular
ly and rai.idly, must have absolute merit
The article continues "Dr. r. V. Pierce,
of Buffalo n. y, occupies our entire eighth
page to-day with his various articles. We
admit it because we know the Doctor and
know Of his articles. We know him to be a
regularly educated physician, whose diploma
hangs on the wall of his office, and we know
that he has associated with him several of the
most eminent practitioners in the country.
We know that parties consult him, by mail
and in person, from all the States in the
Union every day, and that they are fairly and
honestly dealt with. We know that his med
icines are sold in enormous quantities in every
State in the Union, and very largely in many
foreign countries.
"This grand result has been accomplished
by two ageneies-good, reliable artcles-ar-
ticles which, once introduced, work, easily,
their own way-and splendid business man
agtment. They have succeeded because they
ought to have succeeded"
Sin is often the result of physical li-hoalth
and feeble stomachs. Daring onethird OF
our time the process of digestion continues.
TO be dysptptic is to be miserable; dyspepsia
is the foundation OF teveTs ard all the diSeaS-
IS of the blood liver, skin and kidneys. Dys-
pepsia yields to the virtues of the vegetable
ingredients in that great purifier of the blood
and restorer OF health, DR.. Walkers Vinegar
Bitters. aug2l-+ &w4w
Don't forget to call for Adamson's B0'
tanic Cough Balsam when troubled with a
cough or cold. For sale by all druggists,
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