Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-01

Household Educatton.-I believe it happens
oftener than anybody knows, that the first
coniugal discontentments follow on the birth
of the first child. The young mother trusts
too much to her husbands interest in her new
treasure being equal to her own--a thlng
which the constitution of mans nature anu
the arrangements of his business render inn
possible. lie will love his infant dearly, and
sacrifice much for it, if he remains, as he
ought. his wifes first object. But If she neg
lecfs his comfort to indulge in fOndling his in
FAINT. she is doing wrong to both. If her hus-
band no longer finds, on his return from his
business. a clean and quiet fresde, and wife
eager 10 welcome him, but litter of baby
things and a wife too busy up stairs to come
down, or too much engaged with her infant 10
talk with him and make him comforldO,e'
there is a mischief done which never can NC
repaired And if this infant be not Inc iIS''
there is another person TO be no less cdieiuii
considered--the next youngest: was ed!iy
struck bv hearing the mother OF large family
sav that her net was always the youngest Oul
ono # was so hard TO cease to be the baby
T;ttle children are as Jealous OF affection as
the most enrapturing lover; and they are too
voung to have learned to control their pas
sions and to be reasonable. A more miserable
being can hardly exist than a little creature
who, having been accustomed to the tender
ness always Iavished on the baby-having
spent almost its whole life in its mothers
arms, and been the first to be greeted on It's
fathers entrance. finds itself bid to sit on Its
little stool, or turned over to the maid, or to
rough brothers and sisters TO be taken care OIL
while everybody gathers round the baby TO
admire and love it. Angry and jealous 1eei-
ipgs NAV grow into dreadful passions IN the
little breast, If great care be not taken 10
smooth over the rough passage from baby
hood TO childhood If the mother would have
this child love and not hate the baby, if she
would have peace and not tempest reign IN the
little heart, she will be very watchful She
will have her eve on the little creature. and
call it to help her take care of the baby. She
will keep it at her knee, and show it, with
MANY tender kiss between, how to make ba-
bv smile, how to warm baby's feet; will let
it taste whether baby's food be nice, and then
peep into the cradle to see whether baby be
asleep. And when the baby is asleep, the
mother will open her arms to the little helper,
and fondIe it as of old, and let it be all in all
TO her, as it used 10 be- This is great piece
of education to them both, and a lesson OF
Justice to all who stand by.
Harriet Mdrtinedu.
The Lords Prayer Blessed be Him, who
gave it as a perpetual fountain of life to the
world; and blessed be the mother who teach
es her children to lisp it with their first &C
cents How many millions have sat beside
its "stiIl water in their childhood, and, from
. the inspiration of its pure wave, been enabled
10 overcome the temptation which have bese
their path in after years. How much sin
how much crime, how much moral desolatior
has it saved to the world and how much pie
ty, how much purity, how much verdure has
it begotten As the kind mother gathered he
little ones about her knees, on that evening
o to hear them say their prayers, before retiring
to rest, our eyes filled with tears from ou1
childish recoliections of one, who has beer
with the angels of God for nearly twenty
years, and whose holy precepts will be forev
er engraven upon the tablet of our heart We
hope the reader will not think us egotistical
for we speak the experience of Millions, a:
well as our own-the prayer which she ther
taught us has beamed in our horizon, a clouC
by day and a piler of fire by night; and we
should have been saved many bitter sigh il
we had followed it more faithfully. Blessed
be the mother, we repeat, who teaches it tC
her Child.-J. S ChadbOurne.