Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-01-14

WHY toe, who are not their natural born
subjects, should be expected to bring our
spices, nIyrrh and incense our tribute
and homage of admiration, ] do not see.
"Llke as the arrows in the hand of the
giant, so are the young children" so says
the excellent office in our Prayer Book
appointed for the cburchng of women.
" Happy is The man that hath his qGver
full of ihem;" so say |; but then don't
let him discharge his culver upon US that
are weaponless; let them be arrows, but
not to gall and stick us. have general
ly observed that these arrows are double
headed; they have Two forks, TO be sure
stance, where you come into a house
which is full of children, il you happen TO
take no notice of them, (you are thinking
of something else perhaps, and turn deaf
ear 10 their innocent caresses) you are set
down as untractable, morose n hater OF
children. On the other hand, if you find
them unusually engaging--if you are Ia.
ken with their pretty manners and sci
about in earnest to romp and play with
them, some preIext or other is sure to be
found for sending them out of the room;
| they are too noisy or boisterous, or Mr.
- does not like children, With one
or other of these forks, the arrow is sure
10 hit you.
could forgive their jealousy and dis.
pense with Toying with their brais, II It
gives them any pain but think il unrea
sohable 10 be called upon 10 love them,
where see no occasiou--to love whole
family, perhaps eight, nine, ten, or twelve,
indiscrmiuately-to love all the pretty
dears, because children are so engaging,
But children have a real character, and
an essential being themselves they are
amiabe or unamiable per Sc; ! must love
or hate them as have cause for either in
their qualities. A child's nature is too
serious thing 10 admit Of its being re.
garded as mere aPpendage to another
being, and to be loved or hated according
ly; they stand with mo upon their own
stock, as much as men and women do.
Oh! but you will say, sure it is an atlrac-
tive age, there is something in the tender
years Cf infancy that Of itself charms
us. That is the very reason why am
more nice about them | know that n
sweet child is the sweetest thing in ma
ture, not even excepting the delicate crea-
lures which bear them-but the pretter
the kind of thing is, the more desirable il
is that il should be pretty of lis kind -
One daisy differs not much from another
in glory; but violet should look and
smell the daintiesl was always rather
squeamish in my women and children.
But this is not the worst; one must be
admitted into their familiarity al least be.
fore they can complain of inaltention. 1t
implies visits and some kind OF intercourse.
But if the husband be man with whom
you have lived on friendly footing before
marriage, if you did not come in on the
wife's side, il YOU did not sneak into the
house in her train, but were an old friend
in fast habits of intimacy before their court
ship was SO much as thought on look
about you, your tenure is precarious, and
before twelyemonth shall roll over you,
you shall find your old friend gradually
grow cool and altered towards you, aud at
last seek opportunities of breaking with
you. | have scarce married man of my
acquaintance upon whose firm faith | can
rely, whose friendship did not commence
after the period Of his marriage. With
some limitations they can endure that
but that the good man should have dared
to enter into solemn league Of friend
ship in which they we're not consulted,
though il happened before they knew him,
before they that are now man and vile
ever met, this is ntoerable TO them. Eve
ry long friendship, every old authentic IN.
,imacy, must be brought into their office
10 be new stamped with their currency,
as sovereign prince calls in the good old
money that was coined 10 some reign be.
fore he was born or thought OF, to be new
marked and minied with the stamp of his
authority, before he will lei itpass current
in the world.
You may guess what luck generally be-
falls such rusty piece as ! am in these
neD mintings.
/ A" Dog Stsry" is going the rounds Of
the papers to this effect: A man bought a
large dog recommended as possessing all
the good qualities Of the canine species,
but especially as being a frsl-rate wolf
dog. The purchaser was much troubled
with these amin Is, and setting out one
morning, after light snow had fallen, he
soon struck trail, when the dog bounded
ofr IN line style Following fyr mile or
two through the woods, he came 10 Cut.
fee cutting down tree, when the following
colloquy ensued;
s'AaIlo, buck, did you see wolf and a
dog pass by hereY"
/ " well massa, | did dat"
"How long agol"