The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-01-12

paIly boy hood was seht from rome among
strangers 10 earn his livelihood. The scene
Df his abode was described a. rough sBd
sterile. No soft, beautiful mt adows wetn
spread out aiound him no bright waters,
z listening in the sunbeams MS they iilpkA
over their pebby beds, met his eye; no neat
and tasteful home, surrounded by cultivated
and shaded grounds, was his; 10 Towers
bluoIned there; no kind looks AID gentle
woilS greeted him in The bleak and cheer
less abode where he dwell. Barren cath,
diversified with stones and rocks and hire
and there, those embl.ms Of our lalsn con.
dition, "thorns and thistles," surroundt That
comfortless abode; Jack met there only
cross words and sour looks, scanty, miseia-
BILE fare and wretched lodging in an attic
open to the winds and storms. In wtaIy
toll through the day, in his wretched lode-
ing to which he was driven as soon as his
tolls were over by night, passed Jacks
weeks and months. Our speaker went on
to describe the effect OF this discipline upon
him. lie grew sour and morose as the be-
ings with whom he mingled, his young heart
grew hard as the barren rocks among hich
he was growing TO manhood. The unkiba-
ness vented upon him, he in turn vented up
on the beasts who, in intellectual develop
men', were still below him. Wo othr deg
or cat that came in his path he heaped up
on them his own abuse. Thus years fed
away. Jack seemed q ruined boy, bot bay.
pier circumstances dawh he'd upon him. lie
was placed amid new scenes, where the sun
light Of Heaven shone upon him; where
green fields and running streams were a
round him; where beautiful flowers sprung
up in his pathway; where, best Of all, tho
flowers Of Kindness and sympathy grew, and
the sun Of love shohe aowi into his heart
and melted the ice there, and then flowers
budded aud bios somed and brought forth
frnit even in what had seemed a barren sto.
ny soil. The old man who stood before us,
venerable from his white locks and his dig
nified men; lovable from the Kindness
which beamed from his bright eye, might
have gone on to describe what a change was
wrought in poor Jack how tender and be-
nevolent and refined and warih- he artCd he
grew; what blessing, in the development
of clear intellect and fair sensibilities, he
became, but he only modestly added, "Jatk
under these altered circumstances, grew ny
a different man from what lie at one time
promised to be; he is still living happy old
man who esteems it privil, &c 10 labor for
the good Of his fellow beings" The old
man did not tell us, but some Of US, who
knew him, shrewdly suspected and were Of
terwari confirmed in our suspicion, that Jack
stood before us. t
The story of Jack impeiiectly as il has
been given, may serve as a lesson to pa
rents, 10 guardians, to teae hers, TO all lovers
Of their species. There are thousands of
STACKS" even in this highly favored land,
whose sensibilities are buried or frozen up
within them, or crushed out Of them and he.
If they are ever brought under more GENT
influences, unlike the case above descrifd'
it is too late, and they sink TO their caves
brutes or evil spirits. Children, all n'nre"
have sensiblilies and imaginstIhs; 'hey
have reason and conscience to Z aeve"ptI
and cultivated. These fac.',es are most
impossible in the days Of neir youth ana
the impressions then m??n ,"ir n,"s. enaur-
ing. Parents, will yeee fo,ce, - 'nS nnen'
absorbed in bushes r;,,b :" - sn !" s,vs any
lessons of beauty sr,eJ Wv you. en.N"Ieni
when tried and wa @ ~ srss..ntm with
lrewn' ana eIf'anf murmuiirrs and y ,,"ip
splr'S VIII" especially into " he., kaS
ms, nn"ie loan or,,h-; :. ""rse ,nan T:
has falls'ye remember how drsolate Is his
phan,.t strong claim this desolation gives p
, lot, Yon your kindness and breathe into his
hithe music Of affection and sympathy
arents and guardians of the young, most
solemn responsibility is resting upon you.
The destiny of immortal beings Is in your
hands. Youhave no right 10 become SO alb
sorbed in business that you cannot care Ter
this destiny. Take your children ut, amid
"the green pastures and beside the still va
ters," through the forests and among tho
hills and rocks aud running streams, and
show them the beauty beaming there; lat
the m listen to natures music, abdteschttem
to look s'through nature npto natures Geo."
At the quiet, pensive hour Of twilight, point
them to the last glorious rays of the setting
sun, to 'thc queen of night" and the first
star which comes twinkling forth from the
blue vault above, until their young hearts
well With unntterable emotion and you shall
have rich reward. Rich dIaughts OF liv'
ing water shall We receive as ye seek TO I'M
part il to others and We shall be blessed In
the children who shall grow up to be bless
ings to you, to all. Thus shall be lalda
| foundation for the noblest education. Thus
shall thought be developed and the purest
feelings of which the human heart is sus-
ceptibe be brought into exercise, and LOFTY,
refined and virtuous character Termed.
| An alius6n 10 the impressions ct child
hood brought Jack to the mind of your hum
BILE scribe, Mr.. Editor, and she became ="
absorbed in him that she forgot her special
subiect-school education. rrhaps you
will admi. few thoughts upon that, next
week. ..I.... NJ. w.
The AGcctions.-"Wcre / in a 'esert,"
saws SrEnYr, "I would find something in 70
to call forth my affections. If could hot do
better, | would fasten them upon some sweet
myrtle, or seok some melancholy cypress,
and repose beneath its shades, would carve