Year: 1860

rents at home to try 10 learn, and they
become perfect drones at school. They
have 10 taste for books, nor for school,
and are glad to escape from lis prison
walls like the little bird from its cage
Thus they early acquire distasts for ev-
erything like improvement or education.
which-lasts them through life. l had as
soon undertake to teach a monkey his
letters, as to attempt to explain the SIM
plest proposition to one of these block.
heads. They are surely incorrigible. and
their parents are to blame for sending
them to school too early. 1t is the duty
of every parent to teach his child the
rudiments of an education at home, be.
fore sending him to school, if possible.


We propose as good remedy for these
school-room drones the following: Never
send child to school until it is large
enough to want to learn, and then so soon
as you discover that your boy, or girl. is
getting tired of the dull monotony Of
school life, put them to work OF some
sort; if you have nothing for your boy
to do, rather than let him become an
idler, make him throw rocks over the
fence and then so and throw them bac K
nything rather than be idle.


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| A Warming to Skaters. .
Skating has its little unpleasantness,
sometimes. We attempted to practice
the art once and found our chair very
hard for several days afterwards. But
the amusement also has its dangers, as
is shown by the following veracious mar
ra,ive taken from an exchange. We
particularly commend it to the attention
of the Skating Clubs;


Just twenty years ago party went
over to Chokia Greek on a skating match.
Bill Berry was the leader,-a tall six
footer, full Of pluck, and the best skater
in all creation. Well. we got to the
creek and fastened our skates on, and
after taken a horn from Joe Turner's
flask, started off in good style--BilI Ber-
ry in the lead. 1t was dognored cold
day. and SO We had to skate fast to keep
the blood up. There were little breath
holes in the ice, and every now and then
We come near goi g into 'em. Skates
got loose and | stepped to fasten EN-
Just as l finished bucklin' the straps
heard noise. looked up and saw
something shooting along the ice like
lightning. 1t was Bill Berry'r, head
He had been going like creased electric
Iily, and before he knew it he went into
one Of them holes. The force was Sc
great as to cut his head off against the
sharp corner.


''Its all day with Bill Berry," said


"And all night; too.'' said Joe Tur.
ner. -


Just as he got thesa words out of his
mouth looked at Bll's head. which had
been going on the ice. and all at once
it dropped into another hole. We run to
it and heard Bill say ...I


For Gods sake, boys. pull me out''


1 looked into the hole, and there. as
true as I'm alive, was Bill Berry's body
which had skooted along under the ice,
and met the head at the hole. 1t was
so cold that the head had froze fas, to
the body, and we pulled Billy out as
but after skating awhile he was as bris
as the rest Of US. and laughed over the
joke. We went home about dark. all
satisfied with the days sport. About
nine O'Clock in the evening some body
raped at the, door. and said l was wan
ted over TO Billy Berry's. l put on my
coat and went over. There lay Bills
body in one place. and his head in anolh-
er. His wife said alter he come home
from skating he sat down to warm him~
self, and while attempting to blow his
nose he threw his head into the fire eplace.


The corner was called that night, and
the verdict Of the jury was that ''Bill
Berry came to his death by skating too
FAST ,7t'z


HALF INJUN. HALF I'M


Where the Engineers of the Atlantic
and Great Western R R. company has
been engineering the grade for the road
near the head waters of the AL CHAN
River, N. Y, there is quite remnant OF
the Seneca tribe of Indians Their land
grant is half a mile wide on each side OF
the river and forty piles in length and
'.inaliennble forever" so that neither
| they nor the State or Federal Govern