ed by an opponent as a turncoat, showed, by the very humility of his an swer, the height of his wisdom. He who does not consider himself too wise to change his opinions, may surely claim to be that wondrous man, who, having committed an error, retrieves it on the principle of homeopathy-similia, similibus, curantur. He first ran a tilt against the stiff briers of Yankee principles, and when their sharp prickings, and his torn and bleeding reputation, had convinced him of the fact that "his eyes were out," with all his might and main," he ran the other way, defying the thorns of Southern bushes of every kind. Suffice it for us that his sight is restored.

Not alone, however, to the student of prophecy is the perusal of the Rhymes of the Nursery interesting. In them may be found sources of gratification suited to all tastes. The lover of sentiment may derive abundant amusement from the romantic history of the

"Little man, who had a little mind

For to ask a little maid

For to wed-wed-wed."

The admirer of the drama will observe, in the "Marriage and Death of Poor Cock Robin," a manifestation of emotions and passions which sway the heart of man, while the love of the marvelous finds its gratification in the wonderful tale of "Mother Hubbard and her Dog." The story of the "Fox and Geese," shows the danger of disregarding parental admonition, and the lines commencing,

"Taffy was a Welchman,

Taffy was a thief,"

teach, that retributive justice pursues the wrong doer.

A taste for repartee may receive gratification from the lines

"The man in the wilderness asked me,

'How many strawberries grew in the sea?'

I answered him, as I thought good,

'As many red herrings as grow in the wood.'"

Let the sentimentalist, then, occasionally lay aside his Byron, the mora ist his Milton, the humorist his Hood, and the student of human nature his Shakspeare, and learn of "Mother Goose" the lessons of truth and philosophy, wit and beauty, which she has to impart.

GREAT MEN.-Great men stand like solitary towers in the city of God; and secret passages running deep beneath external nature, give their thoughts intercourse with higher intelligences, which strengthens and consoles them, and of which the laborers on the surface do not dream.-Longfellow.

[For the Journal of Education.]

THINGS I REMEMBER.

I REMEMBER! I remember!

The school-house old and poor; Without a tree to shade the roof, Or shrub beside the door; Wherein I learned my A B C, In life's "delicious spring," That golden time of which you've heard Romantic poets sing.

I remember! I remember!

That hot and dusty street, The weary way I used to go, With bare and aching feet.

And when the chilling wintry winds Froze lake and river o'er,

I trod the way, with feet that ached, Still harder than before.

I remember! I remember !

Old "Murray's Grammar," there

I tried to study it awhile,

Then gave up in despair.

The teacher said my skull was thick,
And thought it was a shame;

I only answered "So it grew,"
But thought, "Am I to blame."

I remember! I remember!

When vales were bright with flowers, The wild birds called me from the trees, Through the long summer hours. And wondrous tales the fragrant wind, Breathed in my listening ear, Sweet tales of beauty and of joy, That I alone might hear.

I remember! I remember!
The forests green and old,

Beneath whose spreading branches grew,
Bright flowers of blue and gold,

I AM a happy school boy, for daily I am blest;

I like to go to school, my boys, and try to do my best;
It is a pleasing task for me, to learn to read and spell;
A world of pleasure it affords, to say my lessons well.

How smiling then my teacher looks, to hear me thus recite,
He fondly takes me by the hand, and says, My boy, that's right;
My heart it swells with conscious pride, that I have done so well:
Who would not be a school boy, and labor to excel!

How pleasantly my school days pass, while thus I am employed;
My youthful spirits buoyed with hope-my heart is overjoyed;
But well I know these pleasant hours with me will soon be passed,
For riper years, with worldly cares, are hastening on quite fast.

My labor now is not in vain, for often I am told,

That education is by far more valuable than gold:

Then I'll improve these precious hours, and give the strictest heed,
That when I'm grown to be a man, I'll be a man indeed.

So I'm resolved to be a man-I will not be a fool;

Then on with caps and mittens, boys, and haste away to school: To school! to school! be lively boys, we have no time to loose; And every day we'll wiser grow-what better can we choose. MENASHA, Feb. 14th, 1858.

S. S. C.

EVERY body that admires bad spelling has noticed the celebrated inscription of "cix live liven ratelsnaix," of Old Dick, who exhibits the "sarpents" on a steamer on Lake George. The editor of the Glenn's Falls (N. Y.) Republican, has recently obtained and published a revised copy of the old man's advertisements:

"It is with unfeigned pleasure that we are enabled to lay before our readers this week, (per telegraph) a verbatim copy of Old Dick's Notices taken while on a voyage through Lake George:

"LAKE JORGE, Guli 28, 1851.

"Lades an Jentilman, havin gin up snaix i now ofur for ure paturnice a fu refreshments sich as segarze, lemuns, kandes and so on I keaps smal bier tu in botils I am alers at my húfice an when you pass I hope you wont forgit. OLD DICK.'

"A correct copy of Old Dick's Rattlesnake notice, taken with his consent, in 1821, and presented to him as an addition to the above:

"In this Box air tew W-r-a-t-t-l-e S-n-a-i-x ho wos koched on Black Mountaing, won is forten years olde and tother is ait years olde. Notis syx sents a sight.-OLD DICK.'

"The after part of the Minnehaha is embellished with the following choice literary gem:

"Notiss.-Lades and gentlemun, havin gin up shoin snaix I've gon to sellin the likes of segrs, lemouns, horengis, kandes and so on. I sell bere by the glas or the hul bottel. My offis is forid on the labbord side plese cal round and zammin em.--OLD DICK.'"

"COME here and tell me what the four seasons are ?" Pepper, mustard, salt, and vinegar-them's what mother always seasons with."

Editorial Miscellany.

THE attention of Town Superintendents and District Officers is called to the State Superintendent's Department in this Number. It is worthy of a careful perusal.

In answer to numerous inquiries we here state, that the postage on the Journa must be paid by those to whom it is sent, the amount received from the State being insufficient to cover the expense of publication and mailing.

As many persons suppose that the State pays us our full subscription price of one dollar per year, we again state that we receive only fifty cents per copy from the State, while the actual cost of the Journal, exclusive of the services of the resident and other editors, is fifty-four cents per copy for one year. Up to the last issue the State Superintendent subscribed for thirty-four hundred copies; owing to the increase of the number of districts consequent upon the organization of new towns, the subscription was increase on the first of April to four thousand two hundred copies, and we will supply every District Clerk and Town Superintendent in the State with a copy of the April, and all subsequent Numbers, if they will send us their address, being particular to give the county and town in which they live. As many of the Superintendents will have been changed by the April election, we hope that those receiving this Number, whose terms of office have expired, will hand it over to their successors, who will much oblige us by sending their address, and (in case it has not been already done by their predecessors) the address of the District Clerks in their several towns.

Since our last issue most of our schools have finished the winter term, and from what we have seen and heard, we are led to believe that they are generally in advance of the position maintained a year since, that they are steadily, and in some instances rapidly improving in order, discipline, and methods of instruction. The following notice of the closing exercises at the State University, we clip from the State Journal of April 8th:

UNIVERSITY EXAMINATION.-The examination of the classes of the State University, for the present term, was concluded yesterday afternoon by Prof. STERLING's class in Analytical Geometry, and Prof. REED's classes in Mental Philosophy and English Composition.

Prof. STERLING has few superiors as a teacher of Mathematics, and his class gave evidence of the beneficial results of his through and rigid discipline, by the readiness with which they replied to questions, and with which they demonstrated the propositions submitted to them. The classes of Prof. REED passed their examination in an equally creditable manner. The students were given topics and required to discuss them extemporaneously. They exhibited not only a thorough knowledge of the subjects given them, as far as they are treated of by the text-books, but an excellent command of language, and a good training for extemporaneous speaking. Among the students in this class we hear Messrs. SAMUEL FALLOWS, A. C. BOTKIN, and L. S. CLARK, especially commended for their proficiency.

We were present at the examination of the classes above referred to, and fully