Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-02-27

manu- vi parental experience and affection
to bring them up in the nurture and ad
monltion Of the Lord Blu: however i
might have been with the children in this
respect, had sin never entered the world
we know how it is now. They are prone
to evil, as the sparks fly upward If lei
alone, aud sufe ed to follow their own in.
cllnations, they are certain at very ear
ly reriod, to form habits injurious alike
TO their bodies and their minds-hostile
equally to their present and eternal we'll
being. To enumerate all the habits.
good or bad, which the children Of anv
family may form and IN fact will form, in
the several stages of their minority, would
require more room than | have any right
TO ask for, and would take up much more
time, than my pressing engagements will
allow. Every parent Can learn what they
are by reflection, observation and exneri-
ence. shall mention but very few of
them.
Early Rising.
The natural propensity of children is
to indulge themselves in bed to a late
hour. The homely complaint, that "they
never want to go to bed, nor to get up,'
has more Of truth and nature in it, than
one would be apt at first to suppose.
Some, | know, while very young, are
troublesome IN the opposite extreme
Their little voices are heard at too early
an hour in the cold winter mornings, for
their mothers comfort. But if you find
them somewhat too wide awake in infan-
cy and early childhood, you may be sure
that they will love their morning pillows
but too well, as soon as they become old
enough TO do any thing. or in other words
to make themselves useful in the family.
O, then, the bed is so soft and warm, it is
so hard to open their eyes, and so difficult
to stir hand or foot.
Now this is a propensity which must
not be INDUCED. If it is, it will soon
grow into yawning and slothful habit
Y ou will find it more and more difficult
to get them up to prayers and breakfast
Every consideration that has any bearing
on the question, is in favor of early rising,
both in Writer and summer. 1t is great
lily conducive to health. The morning
air is more bracing and balmy, than dur
ing any other part of the twenty -four
hours Every boy or girl, who can be
spared from household affairs, should be
abroad with the lark and the robin inhal-
ing it, What will your sons or dau ghters
be good for. if you allow them to be dos
ing and dreaming and breathing carbon
in close room, and dreading to get up,
when they ought to be out brushing off the
dew drops from the flowers, and listening
to the minstreIsy of the orchard and the
grove, or with burning cheeks and frosted
breath, dallying with the hoary locks of
winter! 1t is easier for child to rise at
foe O'Clock in summer, than at seren at
seUen in winter than Mines If you allow
your children to become sluggards when
they are young, they will probably carry
the habit with them through life, of cry.
ing, "A little more sleep. little more
slumber little more folding of the hand
to sleep" Begin early then. Fix your
hour and adhere to it. Let your chile
! know that you have studied the laws O
: the Modes and Persians, and he will Sc,
0 that there is no use in trying TO plead of
In this way he will become accustomed II
early rising while he is yet child. A
the habit gains strength, it will becom
more and more pleasant to him. He viii
$ be likely to retain it when he is no longe
S under your eye, or your roof. He vii
r, live longer, and be more happy, and
more good, than il he had been indulge
when he thought 1t hardship to be rou:
: ed so early from his sumbers. If you
u boy does not get sleep enough by the tim
q you set for his rising, send him to bed a
d hour earlier, and the mattY will soon /
n adjusted
a Cold Water.
> This is the true aqua r;tae-the yer
:, elixir Of life. There is nothing like it
~ promote health and length of days;
ID keep off the blues to lubricate the ev
I'd and TO energize the brain, in the who
;" Matersa Medtca. The habitual use
it. both external and internal, from Il
- tenderest age, would, was going to sa
prevent half the ellis which man is he
TO-" There is nothing like cold water,
cure sprains and bruises. | have tried
n. for thirty years upon myself and in n
family. with infaflible success. A sm;
!. quantity Of 1t, freely applied for few mi
:; utes, when your child has fallen doy
- stairs, or cracked his finger, instead of /
" waInuts, is worth more than all the car
1e' phorated Jamaica in the apothecary shoI
9 1l And then, those copious morning alb
u d tons, sparkling from the pure founta
-eu both in winter and summer, how invig,
"a as a,ing, how delightful! You smile, 81
81 pose, but how delightful! Try it. ]
Pc accustom your children to it, at all seasc
I'al of the year, and in a cold room, and SET
ren they do not become fond of it. Contir
I'm the practice of washing them freely in c
OF uater every dau In the year as soon