The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-13

married life.
PestalozZi bought ii piece Of land
near his birthplace, built IA house be-
yond his means, which he named
Neuhof, aud began his agricultural
experiments with money furnished
him by bankers. But he was not
satisfied with this life. He accused
himself of devoting himself too much
To his own happiness and too little TO
that of his country. Financial en-
barrassmcnt soon came, and In a few
years it soon became evident that his
agricultural undertakings were fail
ing. Seeing their fortune escaping
from their grasp, Pestalozzi and his
wife made the heroic resolve TO dovote
all that could be rescued to the inn
provement of the education Of the
people. They opened their house 70
receive the children of the poor, aud
to feed, clothe and educate them. His
efforts were brilliantly successful SO
far as improvement of the children
counted for success. But In spite OF
the assistance given by those who APP
preciated his plans and success,
poverty compelled him ID send the
children away in 1850. This IL IA date
easy to remember, and one about
which important eras In the life OF
Pe-talozZi cluster. For eleven years
DElOT LO IIOO, he Ddu llFtu Ut ANGnhDiy
most of the time in financial distress.
For five years OF the eleven he had
been carrying on his educational ex-
periments. In 1850 an arrangement
was made with his creditors whereby
they were to have the use Of the land,
but he was allowed to live in the
house.
Then followed eighteen years Of
weary waiting. What trial of his
purpose and his faith He wrote for a
newspaper "A set of aphorisms which
he entitled 1.-THE Evening Hour Of a
Hermit" Few took the pains to read
what he had written. More OF this
later. He wrote Leonard and Cert
rude, and it made him famous.
Through this fame he made the ac-
quaintance of such men as Gorthe,
Herder, Wieland and Fichte. But
his poverty remained. In company
with Washington he was declared a
citizen of the French republic. Yet
he was unable to get food TO satisfy his
hunger, and he avoided the society OF
his fellowmen because of his lack of
clothing. He tried further authorship
with less success. Then ten years
were devoted to farm labor. Gray
hairs came To his brow, and the feeble
ness of age, FASTENED by hardships,
crept over his limbs. Yet his plans
were not realized
But at last "a ray of hope appeared.
The morning seemed dawning upon
his dark life. a new government of
Switzerland had been established
under five directors. They took kind
Iy to PestaloZZi's plans, and agreed to
furnish the money for him to estab-
lish aa institute in Argovia. But just
at this time the fortunes of war left q
large number of orphans and other
children in n helpless condition in
Stanz; and hither the directors hur-
ried PestaloZZi, with nothing but
money, to become a father to all
these children. AS soon as a single
room i'm the building given him could
be made habitable, he received forty
children into it. His only assistant
ber of children was increased and ap-
preached eighty. Writing of this life
he says: ~ was alone with. them
from morning till night. II was from
me that they received all that could
do them good, soul and body. All
needful help, consultation and i'm
struction they received direct from
me. Their hands were in mine. NV
eyes were fixed on theirs. We wept
and smiled together. They forgot the
world and StanZ; they only knew
Il
them. We shared one food and drink.
L had about me neither family,
friends, nor servants; nothing but
them. | was with them in sickness
and in health and when they slept. I
was the last TO GO 10 bed and the ii ret
to get up. In the bedroom | prayed
with them, and at their own request
taught them till they fell asleep.
Their clothes and their bodies were
intolerably filthy, but looked after
both myself, and was thus constantly
exposed To the risk of contagion."
Such were his labors after eighteen
years of involuntary retirement. The
results Of his work here as seen I'm
lie changed characters OF the chill
iren, amply justified his plan. But
such work was too much for flesh and
blood. His health was failing and he
vas beginning to raise blood when.
1t the end of five months the fortunes
IF war deprived him of the building
n which the orphanage was con-
iucted. With tears and sohs he bade
areweli to the children aud the hopes
. tenderly cherished. and went away
q recruit his health. Imagine" he
writes 10 ~ friend, with what Sensa-
ions left Stauz Thus might feel \
mariner who see. land
fter weary and restless nights, aud
raws the breath of coming life. but
: again thrown into the immenSitv
( space. This was my condition.
'hink OF the fullness OF my heart. the
reatness of my plaus, my success
nj my ruin, the trembling Of nv
tsordered nerve, aud my mute
gony.n
shortly after this his friends Sc
ured FOR him a position as teacher OF
ne lowest class I'm u school at Bury
OFF. After eight months, the pur--
OFF school commission wrote him ap
tiicial letter from which ! shall
uote, "lhe surprising progress 81
our little scholars ct various ransri-
les shows plaiulv that every cue i
ood for something, il the teacher
uuws how a. get eat his abilities an3
evelop taem according - the laws