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Year: 1861

The qualifications necessary to make good
teacher are very numerous, and generally very
well understood by every body. Neverthe-
less, for fear some might be ignorant of the
great characteristics of this class of the genus
homo, we will give few Of the leading feat
ures that are generally expected to adorn the
character of tina: very important parsonage.


In the first place, he must be very good
natured fellow to take charge Of from twenty
to one hundred children, of all Gges aud con-
ditionS Of life, and to carefully note out to each
one, his OF her appropriate share Of admonition
advice, and other attention which he, (the
child Of course, shall, after carefully consider
ing some things, deem his due He must always
be mild in his demeanor and language to the
children always remember that they are hu-
man beings and carefully avoid all things
that would wound their tender feelings and
at the same time, endeavor to forget that he
has any sensibilities that could possibly be
wounded, or that he has any sympsthics in
common with the rest OF mankind If the
scholars throw paper balls at him or his mates
or transgresS the rules of the school, he must
mildly reprove but never punish them If, how.
ever, he finds it positively necessary to punish
them, he must be careful whom be selects to
make an example Of, always bearing in mind,
that parents are willing that he should chas-
tise any child than theirs.


He must never complain, if children are not
sent regularly to school, but DO able to advance
a child as fast, when he stays at home half the
time, as when at school every day aud If
any Odds" a little faster He must not
whip, for that would be using brute force he
must not scold, for children never like scold
ing teacher; he must maintain good order in
the school room nevertheless, and be careful to
win the affections of every one placed under
his charge When out among the patrons of
the school, or young people, he must not be
reserved or distant, for that proves he is stuck
up," and feels himself above those around him;
he must not be free and sociable with all whom
be may meet, for that proves looseness of
character entirely unworthy of the high posi-
ton he fills. He must Z" do all the sums"
work all the puzzles, answer all the questions,
and do anything and every thing every body
else either can or cannot do; and, finally. he
must be willing to work for nothing {" board
around" and then wait for his pay.-JefersOS
Stas.
Year: 1861

Ra5- \ certain little fellow had been doing
something very naughty The awful wicked
ness Of his conduct had been piously pointed
out to him by an ancient maiden aunty,
and in a very penitential frame of mind, the
young offender sought his room to make his
peace with higher power than that of aunty


His mother passing the door, heard the lit
tie voice entreating. She listened and heard


a. am sorry hurt the poor little pig. I'm
sorry l cut off his tail. | wish nobody had
told me that pigs tails were so good to roast.
If you'll please to 'scuse me, Mr. g Cd, III new
er do so again. Amenl"
Year: 1861

GUARD AGAINST VULGAR LANGUAGE-There
is as much connection between the words and
the thoughts as there is between the thoughts
and the actions. The latter are not only the
expression of the former, but they have a
power to react upon the soul, and leave the
stain of their corruption there. A young man
who allows himself TO use one vulgar and
profane word has not only shown that there is
foul spot on his mind, but by the utterauce
of that word he extends to that spot and in
flames it, till, by indulgence, it will pollute
and ruin the whole soul. Be careful of your
words as well as your thoughts. If you can
control the tongue that no improper words are
pronounced by it, YOU will soon be able, also,
TO control the mind, and save that from cor
ruption. You extingush the fire by smother.
ing it, or by preventing bad thoughts from
bursting out in language. Never utter a
word anywhere which you would be ashamed
10 speak in the presence of the most refined
female or the most religious man. Try this
practice a little while, and you will soon have
command OF yourself
Year: 1861

County Superintendents are hereby instruct
ed to grant no certificates, after the first Mon
day in June, 1861, without an examination in
the Theory as we'll as the Practice of Teach
ing and to mark the proficiency in both, in
the certificate, according to the same scale
(fron 10 81 with the other branches The
standing Of the candidate in the Theory, is to
be written into the certificate when that docu-
ment is issued, and is to be based on the pc
rusal of STANDARD works, OF q knowledge deriv.
ed from Normal Lectures, on the science But
standing in the PrGctics is not to be marked
in the certificate, till after careful visitation of
the candidates school by the County Superin-
tendeut.


The present form Provisional certificate does
not provide for the proposed division of the
subject of Teaching; but ill a new edition shall
be issued the certificate now in use can be made
TO suit, by writing the words Theory Of" after
the word teaching where it now occurs in the
cody and the margin of the certificate and by
adding an additional line for the Practice"
1t will then stand thus:
Year: 1861

ONE DROP AT a TNE.-Have you ever
watched an icice as it formed You noticed
how it froze one drop at time until it was q
foot long or more. If the water was clean
the icice, remained clear, and sparkled bright
ly in the sun; bnt if the water was but slight
ly muddy. the icice looked foul and its beau
ty was spoiled. Just so our characters are
forming-one little thought, or feeling at q
time adds its influence If each thought be
pure and right, the soul will be lovely, and will
sparkle with happiness; but if impure and
wrong, there will be final deformity and wretch
ednesS.
Year: 1861

SPEAKING of the First Vermont Regiment
the Rutland Courier of last week says:


While they were in camp at Rutland the
first ten men in one of the companies took q
fancy to see how much ground they could
cover. They accordingly formed continuous
line upon the earth, and measured sirty-sersn
feet and sir inches.
Year: 1861

This division of the subject and special sx-
animation on the principles of Teaching"
will cause candidates for the honors and re-
sponsibties of the profession, to study the
science more than is done at present--a result
most desirable and to be promoted by every
available means
Year: 1861

qualification required, beside competency.
should be that of devotion TO the Consti-
tuition and the Union, and an unqualified
support to- the Government The party
that does not, stand upon this platform
will go to the dogs, as it we'll deserves.
Year: 1861

battalion than at the present. Lieut.. Col
Scott, now in command is deprecated by
many as incompetent to fill the position tc
which in the absence Of the Colonel he i.
entitled; he is also censured for taking ou,
force into the Blue Mills fight holding il
as useless sacrifice Of life, yet there are
plenty who extol him very highly and con
slider his action in the affair as praiseworthy
in the extreme, and withal an unavoidable
necessity. At all events it is unmistakably
and painfully true that the regiment is not
in as good stage Of discipline as it was
two months ago, and still on the ret.
rograde. Now il I, who you may think
should not say it, should be entitled
to say it, should say il, and say it
boldly that there ought to be different ar
rangements and more Of it, less feathers
and more fuss, more sound soldiers for off.
GERS and less carpet warriors, solid grub
and discipline, plenty Of warm clothing
and blankets, big fight shortly and that s
what's the matter with,


Yours highprivately,


DICK.


P.S.-Please say to those who send let
ters to this regiment to direct to the Sd
Iowa Infantry. As there is . Sd Iowa
Cav airy confusion sometimes occurs.
Year: 1861

Your correspondent "R." has very un.
tremendously dragged me out "nolens
volens' in relation to various items Of cost
Of fire apparatus. There are several as
poets in this matter of extinguishing Of
fires that are perplexing. tits very true
that water is the best thing yet invented
to put out fires, but there is the trouble to
get it and then to apply it advantageouslv
in this place. Our town is in bad fix in
this matter. The business portion is most.
ly on one long street with plenty Of water
at one end Of tiff a fire occurs it could
not be any more convenient to water pro-
badly than half way Of its length, say q.
900 feet from the river, which amount of
hose and couplings would cost in round
numbers say $4,000. The again 600 feet
is as far as an engine can advantagsously
force water, the engine which sucked its
water cannot we'll do that unless very large
and we'll manned. 8 3sngines are as few As
can bring water that distance and use it
we'll, these would cost in all say $4,000
which is probably under the mark. Again
each engine needs house, and in the cold
seasons the house must be kept warm or
the frozen machinery is useless, because
the moment water touches it, it congeals
and the machine is ''stuck." In addition
to these plenty of men and lots Of expert.
ence are necessary. Even with all these
aids, sometimes they are a damage because
every body waits for the fire engine when
little water by hand would extinguish the
fire. The great benefit Of fire engines is
that they confine the FIRE if possible to ono
place and prevent its spreading.


1t is very true that both engines and
hose can be procured At very much less
figures than have mentioned, but it is
usually money thrown away to buy second
hand or inferior articles, which are not
equal to the occasion, entail constant bill
for repairs aud always fail when most need.
ed. . -. - rs


There was meeting some ls months
since when these things were freely talked
over. think the conclusion generally
was that the best thing to be done was tho
organization Of well provided Hook d
Ladder Company and Bucket company
Having thus concluded the meeting ad.
journed and nothing was done.
Year: 1861

Mr.. EDITOR; VIII you allow me through
your columns to make suggestion, which
three week in this Camp has impressed upon
my mind the opinion that there is q feel
ing, or perhaps a II t of feeling among our
soldiers, which l consider lamentable.-
Mary of them have left the busy scenes of
labor with but few moment of reflection,
and come here in state of excitement and
impatfepce, expecting to shoulder arms and
proceed at onee to bring the Southern rebels
into subsection. Such state of mind was
most unfavOrable for & monotOnOuS stay Of
three or four weeks in seis Camp. Af'er
the novelty Of the intrOductio..'a bad passed.
and a few disappointments ab, 'qE Seing
mustered, uniformed, &C., it nigh. be ex-
Pected that many of the soldiers would 'ese
In measure the patriotic spirit that melted
them to enlist, and instead of keeping ever
in mind their noble purpose, would allow il
it to give place to discomfort and fault-6nd-
ing. % q + Z tf sa


This discOntent does exist to the extent
that several companies have, or are about
disbaiding, and ours was once in danger of
trouble, simply for want Of something better
to occupy their attention.


This is the suggestion which / would
make That an effort be made to call the
minds IF the soldiers to the purpose for
which. hey have enlisted. Is there not an
officer in the camp whose heart is warm
in the cause, that can call the men togeth-
er at some time of the day, or perhaps at the
close of the evenings drilI and give them
the news of the day, and few words of ad-
vice and encouragement? It is true that
many daily papers are distributed in camp,
the average number would be, perhaps, a
half dozen Of copies to each com pany; but
tbs very ones who most need information
and stirring up, are those who cannot or
| do not avail themselves Of the papers. II
there is not an officer in the camp who has
disposition and time to attend to it il
there nota-PatriOt in the vicinity who hast


We are daily visited by thousands Of
strangers, and frequently by men who are
distinguished aspublie speakers, but they
only gaze at US with CHASTITY air Of euriOsi-
ty until tired, then retire without leaving
word of kindnessOr advice, ea -


It lie hardly expected. by the writer that
this appeal viii reach the hearts of those
to whoa, it is directed. But it is confidently
believed that man who could enforce upon
the soldier the Importance of the struggle
which is now nearly ct hand, and picture 70
him the probable result, in case of a failure
to sustain the Government, could do more
good by few words each dayj than all the
guards and guardhOuses on the ground.


'a ' - .....14 Yours, &c, gisa-s
Year: 1861

Below we give table showing the
year in which some Of the most promi-
nent military chicftains on both sides
graduated at West Point, and the posi-
tions in which they stood in their vari.
US classes:
Year: 1861

One Of our New York exchanges states
that nearly ten thousand Of our best troops
win be going home BY the time Congress
meets. This is much to be regretted but
cannot be helped. The three months reg.
iments are very generally business men,
who cannot leave their business for the
campaign without peeuniary ruin to them


selves. The three Connecticut regiments
will generally return at the end Of the time
for which they enlisted, and this is true Of
several other regiments, but there is not
one Of them ali that will not most willingly
remain temporarily beyond the three
months teFmif sny danger menaee1 the
Year: 1861

A portion of the skeleton Of monster
animal was recently discovered in the bed
of the klamath river by party of miners
The bones were found about thirty feet be


lew the surface of the present stream, where
they have probably lain imbedded for cenlu


res. An idea of the immense proportions
of this ancient inhabtant of the Central


Pacific may be bad from the size of the
vertcbre and teeth-one of the rertical
vertebr9s measuring about tel inches in
diameter, having Il spinuous process about
three in diameter, and nearly three feet
long. The tooth discovered is that of a.herb-
iverous animal, measuring four inches in its
largest diameter. Though somewhat de


cayed and porous in its body, the animal is
still perfect. Altogether these skeleton re.
mains are among the wonderments of the
age, taking the present generation far back
in the list of centuries, to a period when
primal nature produced animated prodiges;
not the dimnutive Liilputans that we now
behold. The same ratio of retrogradation
in size, some day in the future, would bring
human corporation, as well as that of all the
animal kingdom, to the "li,tle end of no
thing" A naturalist informs us that the
above mentioned animal must have been
while living at least eighteen or twenty feet
in height. Scots Valley Mirror.
Year: 1861

CREAM NECTAR.-Take SIX pounds of re-
fined sugar, four ounces of tartaric acid, and
four quarts of water; when warm, add the
whites Of four eggs beaten to froth. Re
careful not to let it come to boil. When
cool, strain it, and add a tea spoonful OF
essence of lemon to flavor.


Directions for use: Take two table spoon
fus OF the above syrup to 81 ass filled two
thirds full of water, and add very small
quantity of carbonate of soda, and stir it
until it etlervesces Drink Immediately.


Make the syrup in a porcelain kettle


CREAM SPONGE CAKE.-Beat two eggs in
a teacup fill the cup full with thick sweet
cream, one cup of white sugar, one of -four,
one teaspoontul of cream tartar half a one
of soda; season with lemon, bake in long
tin.


FRosrING FOR CAKE.-Beat to froth the
white of one egg add ten heaping tea spoons
ful of pulveriz-d white sugar. This will do
for one loaf baked in II two quart basin.


DRIED APPLE PIE.-Cover your apples
with water and let them soak over night;
stew them in the same water, stirring them
often until don; beat them up fine and add
sugar to suit the taste, little butter and es
sence of lemon. 1t will then he ready for
your pie dishes.


SODA BIscuIr Two quarts of -four; but,
ter, size of two eggs two tea"ups Of sweet
milk; two teaspoons of soda, dissolved in the
milk, and four teaspoons of cream # tartar
rubbed well in the flour, with the butter
Use little salt if YOU take lard instead Of
butter.


CRuLLERs Eight eggs; one pound of su
gar; six ounces Of butter; two gils of thick
cream; cinnamon, and sufficient flour to
make it stiff enough to roll out-boi in
lard, like doughnuls.


BUNNs-Four eggs; one pound of sugar;
half a pound of butter; half cup of sour
cream; one tablespoon of soda; one and a
half pounds Of -four.


CHICKEN PIE.-Boil two chickens tender,
have as much gravy AS will cover the chick
ems; make soda dough, roll as thick as
your hand, and large enough to line small
tin pan, dip the ch ckens and part of the
gravy into the pan, after they have been
seasoned we'll with butter, salt and pepper,
roll crust somewhat and place over the
top and pinch down around the edges, cut
an opening on the top two inches in length
bake one hour or until the crust is nicely
done, bring the remainder of the gravy to
the table in a gravy dish.
Year: 1861

The Census of 1860 having been compile
ted it now remains to make the new appor-
tonments Of Congressional Districts accord
ing to that census. On previous occasions
this has been accomplished by special act
of Congress as soon as the census had been
taken. but by an act of Congress passed
May 23d, 1850. it is provided 'lhat from and
after the Sd day of March, 1853, the House
of Representatives shall be composed Of 233
MEMBERS" to be appointed according to
tie following arrangement:


AS soon as the returns of the census have
been made to the Office of the Department
of the Interior, it shall be the duty of the
Secretary of that Department to ascertain
the aggregate representative population of
the United State=, which is effected by the
following means, viz: by adding to the
whole number Of free persons in the United
States, ''includng those bound to service
for number Of years. and excluding Indians
rot taxed, three ff lis Of all other persons"
which aggregate population the Secretary
shall divide by the number 233, and the pro-
duct of said division, rejecting any fraction
of a unit, shall be the ratio of apporlion-





States. The Secretary of the interior shall
then proceed in the same manner to ascer-
tain the representative population of each
State, and to divide the whole number of
such population of each State by the ratio
already determined by him as above shown;
and the result of this last division shall be
the number Of Representatives appointed 10
such Sta,e.


The loss in the number of members caus-
ed by the fractions remaining in the several
States shall be compensated for by assigning
to so many States having the largest frac-
tions an additional member each for the frac-
ton, as may be necessary to make the
whole number of representatives 233.


When it shall occur that new State or
States shall be admitted into the Union the
Representative or Representatives assigned
to such State or States shall be in additional
to the number Of Representatives limited as
above, which excess over the regulated mum.
Der shall only continue until the time of Ia,
king The next census, when new apportion-
ment will be made.


When the Secretary Of the Interior shall
have apportioned the Representatives as
above he shall as soon as practicable make
out and transmit. under the seal of his office
to the House of Representatives certificate
Of the number of members apprrioned to
each State; and shall likewi,e make out
and transmit, without delay, to the Execu
1--WE Of each State certificate under his sea-
of office of the number of members ap
portloned to each State.
Year: 1861

The Boston Atlas, leading Republican
paper of the New England States, is bitterly
severe on the foreign borne especially the
Irish. The Atlas is the exponent of the
feelings and sentiments of the Republicans
of the Northern States, and their legislative
action shows how they hate and despise
adopted citizens. Talk of the intolerance
and prescription of the defunct American
party! That party was mild indeed in COM
parison with the Republican party. The
Republicans would not only deprive the
foreign born of the right of suffrage, but
would place the negro above them had they
the power. This is the insulting and ungen-
erous language of the Atlas:


"You may take five thousand negroes as
they come, and thousand Irishmen in the
same way. and you will find the negroes sur
pass the Irishmen of Boston in intelligence,
morality, industry, and good citizenship
They are more thrifty, more orderly more
intelligent, AMI every way superior"
Year: 1861

Where the Engineer of the Atlantic and
Great Western Il R. company has been on.
gineerng the grade for the road near the
head waters Of the Aleghany River, N. Y,
there is quite a remnant of the Seneca tribe
tribe Of Indians. Their land grant is half
mile wide on each side of the river and
forty miles in length and "inalenable forev.
er," so that neither they nor the State or
Federal Government can sell even to the
Railroad company for their track to cross it.
They cross on leased ground only. Thus
this tribe have been unlike the ''roling stone
that gathers no MOSS" but have become rich.
The old chief has a very pretty daughter,
we'll up in her teens, and strange to say,
about II year after the engineering commenc.
ed this forest fawn had occasion to exercise
maternal care. One day The Engineer raj.
lied the old chief on the faded appearance of
the little half orphan. Ugh" grunted the
old chief "haf Injun, half Injuneer." May
be that speech didn't bring down the house
of railroad boys, and may be that Engineer
has never since heared that ominous ugh"
Year: 1861

A SURE REMEDY For FELoN.-This
very painful eruption, with all the creme
dies recommended, is seldom arrested until
It has run certain course, after causing
great suffering for two or three days and
nights. The following remedy is vouched
for by the Buffalo Advocate, as a certain
thing from its own knowledge: "1'ake a
pint of common soft soap and stir in air
Stacked lime till it is of the consistency of
glaciers putty. Make leather thimbe,
fill it with this composition, and insert the
finger therein, and cure is certain" This
is domestic application that every house
keeper can apply promptly.
Year: 1861

"SAFr" AMBITIoN.-The editor of San
Francisco paper says that it is always his
ambition to see the lower edge OF white
petticoat What woman would give any
thing for man whose ambition is not high
er than that? Amador DiSpdtch.
Year: 1861

FIGHrING IN AHIzoNA.-A company OF
twenty five Rangers, under the command of
Captain Travis, recently had severe fight
with Indians on the Rio Mimbres, and sue
ceeded in killing twenty. one, wounded a
large number, and taking fourteen as prison
ers. But one Ranger was wounded The
Indians subsequently sued for peace, and
promised to give up all the stolen stock in
their possession in exchange for the Indians
captured by the Rangers