The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-10
Scraps Along The StrandA.


Pennsgrove has had one superior teacher
Miss Schuylcr. She was there long enough
to show what she could do. Her
works follow her" One OF the main points
in securing principal is scholarship. Too
many teachers are obliged TO turn their
scholars back A student gets reviews
enough by going ahead. Algebra brushes
up your arithmetic, geometry is often
key to it, trigonometry combines the three
while spherical trigonOmetry makes light
the burden of navigation. Then calculus
makes you strong in all the foregoing
studies, Latin and German grammars help
in the construction Of the English grammar
while Harrison on the language polishes
you up. Farms are worth more where they
are adjacent to a graded school, seminary
or college. See what scholars there are
around Princeton, Pennington, Moores-
town, Chester. &C., and even Shiloh.
Other things being equal the educated far
mers go up head, for they are thoughtful
and observant One | am thinking of near
Swedesboro He took an old farm the
crows had mortgage on, and all his pre-
decessors were sheriffed and chased by the
constable, until suicide would have been
relief But my hero has made the farm
rich, and by judicious tilling of the soil
has become one of the leading spirits of
Gloucester county, and the same is true of
any other branch of industry. Skilled
labor commands price The intelligent
workman that is thorough master of his
craft does not strike for higher wages,
they bid him up and drag him around by
adverse circumstances. Too many boys
think there is no dignity in labor, nothing
elevating amid the dust of toll, and there
are few triumphs in brushes, hammers,
hoes and the din of hard knocks. When |
was at school in Bridgeport doctor hung
himself, society would be relieved if others
were to profit by his example. Rich mems
sons often think they are made out of
something better than the dust of the
earth. The three black graces, law, medi-
cine and ministry are thought to be the very
acme of responsibility by many parents.
and their boy, to be hero in life's battles,
must follow one of these callings. and
good mechanic is spoiled TO make apreach-
er or lawyer, to be a starving in the pro-
fession. Many struggle in vain to be dis
tinguished in that for which nature has not
endowed them 1t would be well if we
taught our children industrious habits.
Labor, beautiful labor has turned the vast
wilderness that Columbus saw in 1892,
with its wild lands wild beasts and wilder
men, into the grandest, freest nation that
ever adorned the globe since creation
dawn. 1t has girdled it with railroads.
and tied it to the old world by the electric
cable, tunneled its mountains and bridged
its rivers. dug the diamonds from the hills,
gold from the valleys, and pearl from the
seas to adorn her heroes and embaln them
in history. to teach our sons to toll on
when weary and hope on when faint.
Incidence never sent a man TO the court.
Talent and study, hand in hand come in
for achievements. what do you mix
your paints with" asked visitor of Opie,
the painter with brains, sir, !" was the
artists reply. Natural taste and hard
study made Edmund Kean a star of the
first magnitude in dramatic playing. 1t
did not need lash of small cords to drive
Benjamin West to his painting, nor force
to make Sir Christopher Wren great
architect, and st. Paul's Cathedral, the
pride of all the Londoners, yet stands for
the admiration of the world. Paul was
not ashamed to say he was a tent maker.
A great mother once told her son to de-
spise nothing, and that son grew to be Sir
Walter Scott There is dignity in labor
and though every business has its disagree
abilities there is room on the top round of
the ladder of fame if you have chosen your
right business. Albert Barnes came near
being forced into the study of law by his
parents. The bar lost something, but the
pulpit was adorned with a great preacher,
the world made wiserand better Biblical
scholars of the highest grade sat at his feet
and learned, while a million of men and
women on Sunday morning, it is said, study
his notes on the Bible He has told friends
he would like to live a thousand years.
Rubinstein, the greatest pianist in the an
nails of music, was asked the secret of his
success. He answered, 1T is study" 1t
takes will, worth, work, pluck and va
riety of talent to run this world of ours.
There is niche for every boy and girl to
fill up. The hair spring i'll a watch is of as
much use as the handspring, while the lit
tie letters on the face come in for share
of praise. for we cannot tell the time with
out them. A brier swamp turned into a
beautiful meadow is blessing to all time.
The grubber has made his mark.
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