Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-03-14

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You have something on your table OF
about your person, which your child
.nanifests desire TO obtain You tell
him it is not fit for him, or. attempt to
conceal it. How long will it be ere he
will begin to conceal from you something
which it is not very convenient for him
to yield2 And when he has reached
this stage of lying, how long will il b
before he will take another degree in the
same craft and attempt to deceive you in
words 2 1t is but step from the lie in
counteaance to the lie in action and but
another step from the lie in action to the
lie in word or in deed -.... -
We will give another example. The
child is ill. We wish him to take nau-
seous medicine. He is assured that It 10
agreeable to his taste. We sip a little,
aud assume a cheerful appearance and
tcountenanee. But he soon learns that
1 he has been deceived and how long will.
it be ere he loses all confidence in our
veracity; and not only so. is encouraged
10 repeat, in his way and sphere, our own
unhappy example ! . -
: AS a chtld grows older, and becomes
more and more acquainted with society.
especially that part ot society which ought
to be known 10 him most tavorably, does
he 6nd a morr strict adherence 10 truth
in those around him2 Rather does not
every thing. in this respect. wax worse
aud wolse? Does he moi fnd falsehood
current every where, aud on almost all
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Tie parent makes promises to him or
to some otner member of the family, and
does not perform them. Brothers and
: sisters promise, and, II not eonrenient, do
not perform. He soon learns the lesson
and initiates.
Parents, brothers and sisters smile and
) look kindly to visitors. and urgezthsm to
: stay longer or call again soon with
thousand of the like assurances Of friend
ship; and yet how common is it, as soon
as they are out Of hearing, not only 10
cIitclse their characters and manners,
> but to show by our looks aud actions. If
: we do not say it in words. that We are
lad they are gone Of lying. by say
lug mot at home" when We are so, aud
, 'equiri"g children or domeslIcs 10 say the
same, it is scarcely necessary that we
2 should speak so obvlously evil are ito
L tons, gu, noes.
Z A guest is invited; and is seated at our
II abe. The food is served with thou
y sand apologies at almost every dish or
v course, for Its bling no better; but urged
!, to eat beyond his ability Notwithstanding.
{ He praises the food neither he likes it
or not. How soon does child see thro'
S all this "gameW How soon does he
; hnd, when the CUES. is gone, that the
3 food was the rety best in its kind and
y that the guest, though urged so apxiously
u 10 eat more, is regarded as rery glat-
t ton How often do chIldreu hear ledys
u iur"iture, or dress, or work, praised to her
face, and as soon as she is absent, hear
II her a bused and perhaps laughed at for
J. her negligence, her siovsnIipess, or her
y creduIity ! How often do they hear the
II pleasing yes-even though they know it
Il IS as hollow as it can possibIy be-to
r, such questions as Is not my dress pref
ID ty? Is not my bonnet becomingl 10
lr not the color beautiful Is not this Z
fine child ?'
or One sort of lying remains to be men
Or toned, which, i'll some of its forms and
N degrees, is almost or quite universal.
IS even among The better sort Of the commu.
I'd nily. According to Mrs. Opie, it is
lr practical lying But whether it deserves
a, this name or not we know its tendency on
H. The young is most unhappy. He has but
ST halt lived in the world, who cannot See
IS, that if 1t be not lying, it leads to it. Mira.
I'd Opie thus describes it,
n 1T has been said that the great art of
Or dress is to CONCEAL DEFECTS and HEIGH-
he TEN BEAUTIES; therefore, as conceal
Or ment is deception, this great art of dress
III is founded on falsehood; but certainly, in
ii. some instances. on faIsehood, compare.
ut tireIy, of an innocent kind.
- If the false hair be so worn. that no
n. one Can fancy it natural; if the bloom on
rn the cheek is such, that it cannot be mis-.
IT. taken for nature; or. if the person who
e. "conceaIs defects and heightens beauties"
Ii open y avows the practice, then is the de-
Id ceplion AnnIhiIated. But, if the :heek be
y, so arfulIy tinted, that its hue is mistaken
he for natural color; if the false hair be 50
nr skilfuily worn, that it passes for natural
ut hair; if the crooked person, or meagre
n form. be so cunningl y assisted by dress,
n that the uneven shoulder disappea! s. and
to beconing fullness succeeds to unbecom.
ing thnness; while the man or woman
of thus assisted by art. expects their charm,
VS. will be imputed to natDre alone : ther
i'm these aids of dress partake of the nature
ire of other lying. and become equally vi
- cious in the eyes OF the religious and TIL
be moral.
TX, while men hide badness by gluio,
ger a piece Of false hair on their head ; mean