That boy is now a young man, but he is an ignorant, idle, and shiftless fellow, and, we fear, will never be of much use either to himself or to the world.
Commend us to the boy or girl who never says “I can’t,” except when enticed to do wrong. “I can” does all things; “I can’t,” nothing.
To Correspondents.
Several articles intended for this number are crowded out. We shall probably have to issue a double number next week, to accommodate our friends.
We observe that some of our correspondents occasionally apply the pronoun thou, and the pronominal adjectives thy and thine, to plural nouns. This is wrong. You and yours may be used either in the singular or plural number; but thou, thy and thine are always singular. You cannot say to a father and mother, as a poem which we lately saw in a newspaper, (not the “Wreath,”) said,—
“Thy darling is in heaven.”
News Items.
☞ The Winter Term of the Highburg Academy commences on Monday next, and will continue eleven weeks. Robert Upton, A. M., Preceptor; Mr. Marcus Page, Assistant Teacher; and Miss Martha D. Tillotson, Teacher of Drawing and Music.