Show EDUCATION there are two kinds of education a general and a special one from the first breath to the last we are receiving a general gener alt aning training the general surroundings and the many objects of nature wield a protect influence over the development of the mind the babbling brook the green meadow dotted with mani many colored flowers the our stretched wings of the soaring eagle as he be moves majestically mystically high in the blue domhof dome heaven the snow cladi of our tew towering erang mountains all these help to developed dev elope the youthful mind The youth that climbs our rugged mountains and has reached the summit feels like a conqueror As he be sees seer the expanse below him his bis soul is ennobled and his mind is i impressed mpr essed with a spirit of sublimity that he be never could experience in in any other position the writer has pro ife en ence for tho the reason above eskate d in selecting a location for a school building I 1 if f an eminence ran can be found let that I 1 be the phaoe why 10 lo do boys boy borsand sand and girls tee tea have such an inordinate desire to climb trees because they love to be up so BO they can see further off in to the beyond we will suppose a schoolhouse imily upon a hill bill so eo far so good As the material objects by which children are arc surrounded are stereotyped upon their impressible minds it would be well to have those objects of very host best quality and workmanship parents can you not knot recall the old schoolhouse its furniture the pictures the old stove etc of your youthful days and so it will be with the rising generation let us cultivate tho the tastes ot of our children making the schoolhouses a beautiful and pleasant place to meet in let the house bo be furnished farni shed with convenient and comfortable for table seats and desks upon the walls let there be hung a few of f the he choicest pictures are loopholes loop holes boles of escape to tho the soul leading to other scenes and other spheres the floors covered with hattings mat tings the windows curtained and of af course the school ground will be fixed up to match with the inside of the house bouse but the narrow minded will say all this will cost too much too heavy taxes true it will take some of your money but what is money jor for but to secure those things which will make us and our children comfortable and add to our happiness happi nees and above all to cultivate the taste and educate th the plind nature educates but tl the e influx ence of man upon man either for rood good or evil is a far more powerful factor we are constantly educating du cating each other as we mingle in society it has been truly said society educates it is a trait of human nature to imitate and we will always imitate that model which according to our taste we admire the most ost the model especially ef f children is not always the best and truest he that means to be a good limoner limner will bes be sure to draw after most excellent espies copies and every stroke of his pencil by ba the better pattern that lies before him so he that desires thai the table of his life may be fair will be careful to propose the best examples and will never be content till lie he equals or excels them some minds are very impressible impress ibl ae while others impress some men inert are e impressive or their individuality indi viI ual is i so strong that they stamp to some extent their own characters on all with whom they associate or come in contact parents Pare rAts should know and if they dont should find out the characters manners anners and disposition of their childrens associates as they will more or less model their oival own behavior alter after their comrades in this in ariner we wa are constantly becoming educated we float down the flood of time and nd the th stream of humanity doing this and that ac jording chec society io in which abich we move let us not bo be too hasty in in 11 our censure of new ideas or customs cui that may be introduced from time to time by reformers W JOHSSON JOH |