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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1878)
November, 1878. THE WEST SHORE. 75 EDUCATION. Education doea nut commence with tlio alpha bet; it begins with a mother'a look; with a fath er's nod of approbation, or sign of reproof; with a sister's gentle pressure of the hand, or a broth er uuutu oui, ui ioi oeaiauco; will) pleasant walks in shady lanes; and then come the bloom and buoyancy and dazzling hopes of youth; the throbbings of the heart, when first it wakes to love, and dreams of happiness too great for earth; when woman with her grace "and gentle ness, aud fullness of feeling, ami depth of ahV tiou, and blushes of purity, anil the tones and looks which only a mother's love can inspire aud thoso are only a small partef our education. Our education will only he linishud wiih our lives; day by day wo learn by sad experience some new phase of humanity; learn that the AGRICULTURE. The great men of all time have ever sung the praises of agriculture. Lord John Russell wrote: "In a moral point of view, the life of the agriculturist is the most pure and holy of any class of men; pure, because it is the most healthful, and vice ean hardly find time to con taminate it; and holy, hecauso it brings the Deity perpetually Iwforo his view, giving him thereby the most exalted notions of supreme -tower, and the most fascinating and endearing view of moral benignity." Nwift, in his oft quoted sentence, puts it thus, "that whoever could muke two ear of ami nr Sam I.U.I... ..r grass to mow upon a slut of ground where only one grow oeiore, wouiu deserve Heller ol man. kind, and do more essential service to his coun try, than tint whole ram. nf o.kliti.oMii i.i.t 1.. gethvr." jtrd Chatham states that "trade in. MOONLIOHT ON THE SUSgUKHANNA. A peculiarity of 1'onnsylvaniau geography is that the rivers have not the same direction m the mountains, but generally run at angle to them. Instead of ulidintf quietly between or aloug them, they seem to decide which it their shortest route to the sea, aud then push boldly forward for it, let what obstacle come that may. Of this eccentricity, as It may almost be called, the Susquehanna is chief representative. Num. berlcsa seem the mountain ridges aud lulls through which it has cleft in its court to the ChesaHiake. In some places it passes through as many as live of the so catted "gaps" or "narrows" in the distance of 'Hi mile. Almost its entire course is through the mountains, and it has all the characteristics of a genuln moun tain stream, lieiug usually broad, shallow aud "iSfrjetaayFtTftlh&flft jiff i1 (.afAjrvPlfsgMM KamLbMAI fggSaffipiaJlK n Jfam ntfMT wTMtMiti... .- 7S23BBHS RHfcC-X ?2?B5ffeto jLg,- 9LataeElE: ELbsVI HH KjVkSHHlauSMMVav jeMBBte " aav bbbt '..bbi WBHafWjtjWnVTTfsffa -'""'BBBBB'TlrWB friend in whom wo placed implicit conndeiice is unworthy of it- learn that all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Our education teaches us that man was made to mourn; that diaep-ioint ment is the lot of man and woman. It teaches us how to tight the battle of life, biitalea! it does not always teach us how to fight it success fully. The knowledge that is gained from books we would not undervalue; but it is worthless unless we combine it with actual experience of lifo. Pythagoras said if ho did not, when night came, feel that he hail learned something through the day, he felt that he hail lout a day. Reader, every day of your existence should lie to you to much gain; aud as we grow old and decrease in physical strength, ws should increase our mental resources. We have acquaintances to-day who have learned nothing by experience; whose education is no more advanced than it was twenty yean ago, and we can but think that they have lived a fruitiest lifs. Education be gin with our birth and ndt with our death. MOOM.UillT ON THE HUHQUEHANNA creaset the wetlth and glory of a country; but it real utrtiigth and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land." Our own poet YVhitlier, with his familiar verve, thus beautifully expresses the position of the husbandman: tllve fuule their sold. erwl eiiaree Uiil eief, Ul fortune's lei lihlee rise MM Who tow a lUlit, m trains iovtr, or -Mauls s tree, la wmre than all fur Ik h" Mmwm meet Is Meet. Ami 0e4 eiel men shell MSI hu 1h Win. 'II- In leave, sl Ii henna. An loVI beeulr to lee earth A m.I. earn or Ule. Ui all Uiel I, The nine is harvest lull lie tlen; The flower etwll hloesn, the Oulu shall frtre, It rot "ti earth, at left Iri heave ' Ir Mr. Eduon will only invent a proc for ' making c.nfect.onry out of sugar, aud llveccut I cigars nut ol tobacco, be will be entitled tn niche ' 1. taction A. Temple of Fain awl rapid, with here and Ihtr long ttraluhe of ualm, deep water, It bed ia very rooky aud 111 many place ta studded with beautiful lilli 1.I1 ie. In the hiwsr portion of th river's court its ueiiarsl width la clout 101U narrow low ucaasiunally to lialf mil or vm Uts. "KaoWLinui ia power." Not always; the boy that gather up his Halting Uckl and empty basket a the aau la staking lu the wt know that hi inotlwr Uuiu washing and waiting fur him at the garden sate, ami the knowledge that the kindling wood rental um.ui, is am h source of weakness Ui him, that to march along end wblsll "What u llotto Without Moth 'I' i utter luipoaelbtUty. "Makisu! Martah' pi 11 in in," said a man to hit wife, l. , a looking out of la in -dnw watching him trying to open the door with a toothpick, I'h trd uu any key, and it all flattened out,"