Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-08-25
%Children'S Pic Mics.
SALEM, August 90, 1874

hiANhNh 800
who hat is a part Of the present age can
help but feel an interest in theml The com
ing age is embodied in the Children of the
present. Ohio, in 1900, is in the children Of
Ohio in l549. What is then TO constitute
this State, with its mighty influence, for good
or evil, on the destiny of man, is in our hands,
to be moulded by our wisdom.
MtO Lisbon, Aug. 81 came here last
evening, and found that preparations had been
made 10 hold a Pic Mic for the Children Of
this town and vicinity, in a beautiful grove.
Found the children anxiously looking for
ward to a pleasant HOLIDAY. During the
night and this morning it rained, and ii was
concluded that it would not be well to 60 in
10 the grove. Great was the disappointment,
which found vent in sour looks and fretful
expressions. al wish it would stop rain
ing" "Why did it rain to-day! "Why
did it not rain yesterday, if it must rain at
all? "The rain is too vexatious," were
expressions that might have been heard from
many lips. What was to be done! was the
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question among parents. Every thing was
ready for a pleasant Pic Mic, bu. the weather.
Shall it be given up, and the disappointment
of the children be completed Finally, we
all gathered in the Methodist Westinghouse,
where | now am. | offered a resolution
"That it is wrong 10 fret about the wealth
en-" "Children," said |, " do you feel plea
SAINT this morning 7" They confessed they
did not. "Why 7" because the wealth
er is so unpleasant" was the answer. "That
is very strange" | said, "ihat you should be
unpleasant because the weather is. When
The day looks cloudy, it is the very time for
you to look bright; if the weather is unplea-
SAINT, that is the very reason why you should
look pleasant" So, after a long talk about
it, we passed the resolution, and several 9TH
ers about living together without quarreling.
Then we had our Pic Mic in the same
house; and a happy time we had. Parents
and children entered heartily and lovingly in
10 the scene, and found that we could have
Joy and brightness in our hearts, though it
looked dismal and dark without
Marlboro, .aug. l3.-In a a grove, half a
mile from the village. We began a Conven-
ton here on the llth held it yesterday, and
are winding up to-day with a Children's Pic
Mic. Some 400 children are present, with
as many parents and adults-gathered from 10
miles around. We met at 10 in the forenoon,
Gx4-had atalk ill H. Then formed a pro-
%cession, Oliver Johnson and myself at the
head of the children, and Of them in spirit,
and walked about under the glorious branch
es of the trees to the music of a flute and vio-
lin, to a table $50 feet long, spread with food.
There we all ale and drank cold water TO sat-
isfaction. Then the children wandered and
romped in the woods an hour, while the old
er people ale up the fragments.
Then at 2 p. NJ, we assembled and had
more talk. | offered several resolutions
One was, "That it is wrong TO scold f" an
other, /" it is wrong to get angry;" another,
sit is wrong for children 10 strike one anoth-
en-" These were discussed and passed with
great animation and earnestness, by parents
and children. Our conclusion is that it is
wrong for children to get angry and cross,
and scold at one another and for parents 10
do the like to their children; that it makes
families and nations miserable TO have chill
dren and parents treat one another SO; that
our earthly parents never wish TO see theil
children angry and quarreling, or striking and
killing one another; and that our Heavenly
Father never delights to see his children
fighting, hanging, shooting or s~labbing one
another; nor learning how to do ii. "WouId
others throw cannon balls and bomb-shells
into his house, and kill him and his wife and
children!" mo-" said the Children
" What weuld he cal! US if we did " "hlur
d%erers,'' said all. "What is he when he en-
slaves and kills others Z" ga thief and
murderer" $50, then, the people of the u
nited States have chosen a thief snd murder
er to be their President, have they?" YES
was the unanimous shout. "What is a sol
der !" ] asked. "a man-butcher," sale
some-'' A murderer" said others. VIVA.
is the trade of a soldier " "To murde
men, women and children" was the answer
" What are those doing who advocate slavery
and war "They advocate theft robbery
and murder" was The answer.
The meeting was helped on by remarks
from Oliver Johnson, Marius Robinson, VIM.
Steadman, Barclay Gilbert, Truman CASE
and many others, who told their experience
in regard to anger, scOlding, fretting, slri'
king, &c. 1t has been a time of mingling
hearts not to be forgotten by parents or chill
dren.
Salem, Aug. ls.-At 10 this morning the
children and parents of Salem and vicinity
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