The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-04-05

w oasuht Your efltlufrh maia ne nnaef
very g0nd gsErEnmrn.. Martha. said MFs.
Fleetwood. lllle ssrraslieally.
= n Illry'Fe ma unslrr belier government
than sours. III send ihrn Al 10 the Ilauss
"f i'FfnFr.' resaFied Miss Manha.
The rnlat on Mrs. FIertw..ad's cheeks
grew warmer q this T-mafk. hat she
thanRhi il best not 10 Ieply in a manner
likely IN provoke further insulting re-
toTt. and merely said ss - 80
If ever yan eome 20 luave children Of
your avn, sister. YOU will be able In un-
dersiand. heIter Than ynu nov On. a mo-
lhrr's trials. doubts and difficulties. Al
present. yau think yeu know great deal
about managing children. but yOu knaw
nothing s.s. 49,. .
KNOW replied Martha. .lha, I will
manage my own children great deal bet
ter ihan you manage ynurs.'
'If such Should proye 10 he the case.
M one will he mors rrjoired Al the result
than |. But l.la0k. rather. In see y.ur
children. if yau should ever hrcome n
mother, worse governed Than most peO-
ple's.' -... f.
You dor
Yes. I dn.'
And why. prsyr ...@.s
aBecausr. nv avn nbserv alton cell. me,
tliai ihnse persons who are most inclined
IN see defect. in family government and
tn find fault with other peoples manage
ment Of their children, are APT to hare The
most unruly srape graces in their houses
to be found anywhere
That's al nonsense. The fact that a
person observes and reflects onghl 10 make
that person better qualified 10 act
Right observation and reflection no
doubt will. But right observation and re.
lection in regard to children will make
sny one modest and fearful on The subject
0f their right government rather than bold
and hoaslful. Thnss who, like you. think
themselves 50 well qualified TO manage
children, usually make The worst mana
gers
. It's all very well fni you 10 talk in that
way said Martha. tossing her head
But. if I ever have children Of my own.
I'll show Won whether have the worst
young scape-gracss 10 be found any.
where +.+.
A low. fieiful cry. or rather whins. had
been heard from a child near the door ol
The room for some time II was one al
those annoying. irritating cries, that pro.
cecil more from a freifnl state Of mind
than from any adequate exernal exciting
cause. Martha paused a moment and
then added
DO YOU think | would suffer child
TO cry ahont the house half Of It's time as
Ellen doesi No indeed. I'D soon settle
that
How would you do i, i!
| I'D make her stop crying
.Snppose you c"uldn'iP
, .Couldn'i! That's not the way for a
mother to talk
Excuse me, Martha said Mrs. Fleet
wood, rising. Il would rather not hear
such remarks from you. and now repea,
wha, | have befnre said. more Than once,
that | wish son To leave me free TO ,io
what ! think right in my own family. as
| undoubtedly shall leave you free If ever
YOU should have one
And Mrs. Fleetwood left the room. and
taking the liille girl VIII" was CRYING at
the door by the hand. lei her up stairs.
.wha, is the matter, Ellen!' she asked
a. calmly and as soolhingly as the irrlta-
ting nature of Ellen's peculiar cry or
whine would permit her.
'Earnes, won, play with me- replied
the child. still crying.
Come up into my room. and see u
there ism, something pretty there TO play
with
Mol don't want to- was the crying
answer.
Yes; come And Mrs. Fleetwood
led along the resisting child.
.No-no--no-l don't want to 60. l
wan, Earnest to play with me-
.Humph! I'd stop that pretty quick y
remarked Miss Spencer I" herself, as The
pe,ulent cry Of the child grew louder. Id
never allow a child Of mine to 60 Oh like
that
Mrs. Fleetwood felt disturbed. But
experience had laugh. her that whenever
she spoke from an irritated state, hel
words rather increased than sllaved the
evil she sought To correct. So she drew
the child along with her, using some force
in order to do il. until she reached hel
chamber. Her strongest impulse, on be
ing alone with Ellen, who still continued
crying, was to silence her Instantly by Tho
most summary process TO which parenta
authority usually has resort in such cases
bu, her mothers heart suggested the bet
ter plan Of diverting Ellen's mind if pos
sible, aud thus getting il into a happie
state. In order to do this she tried varl
Gus means. The child still cued on. ont
in a,rnanner so disturbing 10 the mother
| ,b., eba E,und IL alrnoct i'm nos aihle III keeI