Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-10-09
the affections Of a young person, nor
ever will, till SHE leaves off fetting.


4. It defeats the enid Of fansily gor-
ernnaent. Good family government is
the blending authority, with affection,
so as TO secure respect and love. In
deed, this is the grand secret Of mama
ging young persons. Now your fret
ters may inspire fear, but they always
make two faults vince they correct
one. Seeding a child, fretting at
child, snesring at a child, tahnting d
child, treating a child as though it had
no feelings, inspires dread and dislike,
and fosters those very dispositions from
which many Of the worst faults Of
childhood proceed. Mr.. G. and Mrs.
+. are of this class. Their children
are made to mind; but how9 Mrs. F.
frets and scolds her children. She is
severe enough upon their faults. She
seems to watch them in order to find
fault. She sneers anthem, taunts them,
treats them as though they had no feel
lngs. She seldom gives command
without threat, and a long running,
fault finding commentary. When she
corrects her children, it is not done
calmly, and in serious, dignifed man.
ner. She raises her voice, puts on a
cross look, threatens, strikes them,
pinches their ears, SLIPS their heads
The children cry, pout, sulk; and poor
Mrs. +: has to do her work over pref
ty often. Then she'll fret at her hus-
band because he does not fall in withher
ways, or chime in with her as a cho-
RUS.
5. Ftetting and scolding make hy-
pocrits As a fretter never receives
confidence and affection; so no ono
likes to tell them any thing disagreea-.
bic, and thus procure for themselves a
fretting: How children always conceal
as much as they can from such persons.
They cannot make up their minds to
be frank and open hearted. So hus-
bands conceal from their wives and
wives from theirhusbands. For man
may brave a lion, but who likes to
come in contact with ilettles and mus
quitoes.
6. It destroys ones peace Of mind.
The more one frets, the more one
may, A .fretter will always have e.
rough to fret at. Especially if he or
she has the bump Of order and neat
ness largely developed. Something
will always be out of place. There
will always be some dirt some where
Others will not eat right, look right, sit
right, talk right, act right, j. e., will not
do these things so as to please them
And fretters are generally so selfish as
| to have no regard to any ones comfort
but their own.
7. It's a marie Of sulgor, selfish
disposition. persons have SO
much gall in their dispositions, are SO
selfish, that they seem to have no re-
gard to the feelings of others. All
things must be done to please them
They make their husbands, wives,
children, domestics, the conductors By
which their spleen and i'll nature are
discharged. Wo to the children who
are exposed to such influences. 1t
makes them callous and unfeeling,
and when they grow up they pursue
the same course with their own chill.
dren, or those entrusted to their MAN.
agement, and thus the race Of fretters
is perpetuated. All persons who are
in the habit of fretting, sneering, or
launting their husbands, wives, chill
dren, or domestics, show either bad
disposition, or else ill-breeding, For
it is generally your ignorant, low-bred
people that are guilty OF such things.
S. D.