The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-09-27

provence 90 necessary. There must be
no violence. no display Of Isapsr. no an
cry looks. no hssly soEds. Before be
can expect 10 govern . child. . parent
must hrsi learn 10 govern himself. His
own passions being under control. has
heart ehassened. aud the traces Of sexa.
lion sssPI from his eounIsRsnee. he may
meet The Tebsilious child. assured OF lrl.
umph. That child might resist threats
! and be hardened by force; but il will mol
long resist patient kindness. tender re-
monsIranee. sGrelionaie counsel. Miss
Sedgewiek. in keE besn,iful story entitled
Home. has given an illustration Of the
happy eifeeis which may aaw from firm.
yet just and kind treatment Of disObedi-
eni child. which is worthy Of being borne
10 mud BY every parent IL is as fol-
lows:
" fhe family we're assembled in a
back Par!or. Mrs. Barclay was engaged
IN some domestic employment, to fseil-
tate which Martha had just brought in a
tub VI sealding water. Charles, the eld-
est boy. with patience most unboyish.
was holding sksin Of yarn for graGnam-
ma To wind; Alice. The eldest girl. was
arranging the dinner table in an adjoining
room; Mary, the second. was amusing The
baby al the winjow; Willie vas saying
his letters To aunt Belsey. All were bu.
sy; but the busiest was little Hsddy. q
sweet child Of four years, Who was sit
TIM in tie middle Of The room on low
chair. and whn. nnobserved By the rest,
and herself unconscious OF wrong, vas
doiag deadly mischief. She bad taken
4 new, unfinished and very precious kite
belonging to her brother Wallace. cut a
hole in The cen,re. thrust into il the head
of her pet Maltese kitten. and was hold.
ing it by is fore paws and making il
dance on her lap; The li.Ile animal look
ing AZ demure and as formal IS one Of
Qleen EIIzaheIh's maids Of honor in her
ruff. AZ this critical junciure, Wallace
entered in search Of his kite. One word
OF preialory palliation f0r Wallace. The
kite was the finest he had ever possess
ed: il had been given him by friend,
and that friend was waiting al the door 70
string and ay il for him. Al once the
ruin Of the kite. and the indignily 10
which /, was subjected. flashed on him.
and perhaps lille Tladdy's very satisfied
air exaspersled him. In breath, he Sci
zed The kitten and dashed il into the tub
Of scaldins water. His father had come
in To dinner, and paused at the open door
Of the next room. Haddy shrieked. the
children all screamed. Charles dropped
grandmsmma's yarn, and, at the risk oi
his own hand, rescued the kitten; but,
seeing its agony. with mos, Characters
tic consideration. he gently dropped it a.
gain, aud thus put the spesdies, lernina.
ton 10 its suilerings.
1.-The children were all sobhing. Wal
lace sInod pale and trembling. Ills eye
turned 10 his father, then TO his mother,
then was riveied on the floor. The chill.
,lren saw the irown Of their fathers lace,
more dreaded BY them Than ever was
d ,egiag, or dark closet with al its hob
COLLINS.
IL guess YOU did not mean to do H.
did you, Wallace!" said little Hsddy
whose tender heart was so touched by
the utter misery depicted on her broth
er's face, that her PITY for him overcamr
her sense Of her own and busy's wrongs,
Wallace sighed deeply. bu. spoke nc
word Of apology or Justification. The
children looked at Wallace. a, their ia
Their. and their mother. and still the por'
ienliaus silence was unbroken. The din
ner bell rang. d" ca to your own room
Wallace" said his father. L" You have
forfeited your righ, to place among US
Creatures who are the slaves Of their pas
sions. ate. like beasts Of prey, 6, only
for solitude"
/" How long must Wallace stay ~
s,airs!" asked Haddy, aiTecIionalcly hold
ing back her brother, who was Fastening
away.
" Till he feels assured" replied Mr.
Barclay, fixing his eve sternly on Wal
lace, " that he can control his hssiy TEN
per; a, least so far as not to be guilty u
whence towards such dear little girl a.
YOU are, and murdcrous cruelty 10 an in
nocen. snimsl;--till. sir. you can civ,
me some rroof lhs, you dread the sin ant
danger Of your passions so much tina
you can govern them. The boy is hope
less he added, in low voice. to hi
wife. ss Wallace left the room.
My dear husband! hopeless a, lei
years old. and with such a good affec
,ionatc hear, as his! We mus, have pa
! ,ience."
A happy combination for children i
there in an incorporating father an,
an all.hoping mother. The family sa
down to table. The parents were silent
unhappy. The children caught the in
lection, and scarcely a word was said a
hove a whisper. There was faVorit
dish upon the table, followed by mic
| nuddinp. They vera eaten, moi endowed