True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-02-25
PAULDING, MISS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY rs, 1916

why Ue, VINO are not their natural born
subjects, should be expected to bring our
spices, myrrh and incense; our tribute and
homage of admiration, do not see.
Like 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 churChing of women.
'Elappy is the man that hath his culver
full otthem;" 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 suck us. have generally obser-
we'd that these arrows are doubleheaded:
they have two forks, to be sure to hit with
one or the other. As for instance, where
you come into house which is full of
children, ifyou happen to take no notice of
them, (you are thinking of something else
perhaps, and turn deaf ear 10 their limo
cent caresses) you are set down as untracta-
bic moroSe; hater of children. On the
other hand if you fad them unusually en-
g0glng-lt you are taken with their pretty
manners and set about in earnest to romp
and play with them, some pretext 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
oneor otherof these forks, the arrow is sure
to hit you.
could forgive their je lousy, and dis
pcnSe with toying with their brntS, if it
gives them any pain; but think it unrea-
sonable to be called upon to love them,
where | see no occason--to love whole
family. perhaps eight nine ten, or twelve.
lndlScrlmlnateIy--to love all the pretty
dearS because children are so engaging.
But children havea real character, and
an essential being themselves; they are
amlable or unamiabIe per Sc; must love
or hate them as have cause for either in
their qualities. A chlldS nature is too Sc
rious thing to admit of its being regarded
as mere appendage to another being, and
to be loved or hated accordingly; they stand
with me upon their own stock, as much as
men and women do. Oh! but you will
say, sure it is an attractive age, there is
something in the tender years of infancy
that of itself charms us That is the very
reason why am more nice about them.
know that sweet child is the sweetest
thing IN nature, not even excepting the
delicate creatures which bear them-but
the pretter the kind of thing is, the more
desirable it is that it should be pretty of its
kind One daisy differs not much from
another in glory; but violet should look
and smell the dantieSt. | was always
rather squeamish in my women and chill
dren.
But this is not the worst one must be
into their familiarity at 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
if you did not come in OH the
wife'S side, fyou 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, aud before
a twelvemonth shall roll over you, YOU
shall find your old friend gradually grow
cool and altered towards you, and at last
seek opportunities OF breaking with you.
have scarce married man of my &C.
luaintance upon whose firm faith | can
-elv, whose friendship did not commence
1fter tie period ofhiS marriage. With
some limitations they can endure that; but
hat the good man should have cared to
enter into a solemn league of friendship in
which they were not consulted, though il
before they knew him, before
hey that are now man and wife ever met,
his is intolcrable To them. Every long
every old authentic intimacy,
must be brought into their office TO be new
stamped with lheircurrency, as a sovereign
Prince calls in the good old money that
vas coined in some reign before he was
,oru or thought OF, to be new marked aud
niuted with the stamp Of his authority,
.etorc he will let it pass current in the
World.
You may guess what luck generally be-
ais such a rusty piece as am in these Rei0
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