66 Pistole

Columbia Doubloon

Specie Dollar of Sweden and Norway
Specie Dollar of Denmark.

Thaler of Prussia and Northern States of

Germany.

Florin of Southern States of Germany

Florin of Austrian Empire and of the city

of Augsburg

Lira of the Lombardo Venetian Kingdom

of Sardinia

Ducat of Naples

Ounce of Sicily

Pound of the British Provinces of Nova
Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfound-
land, and Canada

2 27

4.00

32 70

17 30

17 06

16 02

15 35

16

18,6

80

"Education does not commence with the alphabet. It begins
with a mother's look with a father's nod of approbation, or
sign of reproof-with a sister's gentle pressure of the hand,
or a brother's noble act of forbearance; - with handfuls of
flowers in green daisy meadows with bird's nests admired,
but not touched-with creeping ants, and almost imperceptible
emmets with humming bees and glass bee-hives ;-with pleas
ant walks in shady lanes with thoughts directed in sweet and
kindly tones and words to nature, to acts of benevolence, to
deeds of virtue, and to the source of all good, to God himself."

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GOOD MANNERS.

We know a young man, slow, sullen, heavy-browed, and ungracious, who, whenever you speak to him, answers as if it were an effort to be even decently civil, and who moreover seems to be content and even proud of his incivility. And we lean to the charitable side so far as to think this is nothing more than a bad habit of his, which has insensibly fastened upon him; and that he goes along through the world-a world of mutual dependence-little aware of the fact, that so small a thing as his manner is constantly producing impressions, and fast forming a reputation, such as ten years hence he may regret as the great blunder of his life.

Would it not be well for every young man to remember the truthful anecdote of the rich Quaker banker, who, when asked the secret of his great success in life, answered, "Civility, friend, civility." How much does it cost a man, either old or young, to be truly civil in all the intercourse of society? Rather, how much does it cost a young man to form this habit, which, if formed, will sit upon him easily, gracefully, and profitably, so long as he lives? Far more depends upon the little, often despised civilities of the world than any other single adventitious circumstance by which men rise or fall. We may look around us at any time, and see men high in place and power, who have not attained that elevation by force of individual character or great knowledge, but simply from the fact that the trifling graces of life have not been altogether despised. It is not a dancing master's grace that is now referred to, but that little benevolence of manner that recognizes in little things the rights of others, and fully acknowledges such rights.

The thousand ways in which this little courtesy does good need hardly be mentioned. It may be said, however, that a courteous manner has a reflective influence on the benevolent feelings. It is a source of gratification to the man who practises it. If it sit naturally on a man, it is a passport to any place and any circle. It has smoothed many a rough path for men first starting in business, and been one of the things that has often crowned effort with success. The man of experience looking on an ungracious manner in a young person just starting into the world, with nothing he can depend on but himself, is not angered, but rather pained by what he sees, knowing as he does, that the want of that little something to please, as we go along, will cause many a scratch and many a rough jog in the road, which, otherwise, might be smooth as a summer New Haven Journal.

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NORFOLK COUNTY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION.

The semi-annual meeting of this Association will be held in Roxbury, at the City Hall, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 26th and 27th inst.

The Association will meet on Tuesday, at 10 o'clock, A. M. Lectures will be delivered by James Ritchie, Esq., of Duxbury, and by S. S. Green, Esq., of Boston, and in the evening by Rev. Barnas Sears, Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education.

On Wednesday, A. M., the Association will meet for Discussion; and in the afternoon a Lecture will be delivered by S. W. Bates, Esq., of Boston. In the evening, Professor Russell will lecture upon Elocution.

Discussions will be held upon subjects suggested by the Lectures, and upon the best methods of instruction in the various branches of Common School Education."

Rev. Dr. Putnam, of Roxbury, Wm. B. Fowle, Esq., of Boston, and other distinguished friends of education, will be present and address the meeting.

Teachers, both male and female, School Committees, and others interested in the cause, are earnestly requested to attend and aid in discussion. CHA'S J. CAPEN, Rec. Secretary.

Dedham, Dec. 12, 1848.

N. B. The Association, at their last meeting, unanimously adopted the following resolution:

Resolved, That, in consideration of the importance of holding frequent meetings for the general improvement of teachers, and for the advancement of Common School Education, it is the opinion of this Association, that the Committees of the several School Districts in this County should be invited to offer, gratuitously, to their teachers, sufficient time to enable them to attend the meetings of the Association, when and wherever they may be appointed.

Eratum. No. 20 of this Journal should have been accredited to P. H. Sweetser, as editor, instead of Thomas Sherwin.

REMOVAL.

The MASSACHUSETTS TEACHER will hereafter be issued and published at 16 Devonshire Street, adjoining Exchange Coffee House. All letters and communications should be addressed to Damrell & Moore, Boston, and post-paid.

TERMS-One Dollar per annum in advance, or One Dollar and Fifty Cents at the end of the year. Twenty-five per cent. allowed to agents who procure five subscribers, and all payments by them to be made in advance.