The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-06-15

10 har lhe vital eurrenLof beautiful bnlss
| which OOZed from the bran leg OF ihHi stuffed
eiiigy Of aa lglARl, sRd llts ftientni HuffrriHFH
Of the poor child were based upon tho nnO-
cent faith which i held, ihm nll things wers
! really whnI they aeemed
| Crown people 6hould have more faith in
and more appreciation of,lhe statements aud
| feelings Of children When ! read, aomo
months since, In q ielegrhphio despatch 10
one ofour morning Journals, from Baltimore,
| III remember Lighty Of mother WHO, in
puuiHhing D liule boy Tor telling y lie-which,
n1er all. Il subsequently UnnHpifed thai lac
did mol toll-hh him viii a slight switch a.
yer his temple and killed hiln instantly -n
mere accident, Of course, but yeI dreadful
casualty, which drove reason nom tho throne
I uf tiu uHhHpPy mother --whrn fettl ilt,si
i thought Of what had occurred IN my own
annclum only a week OF Two beiOroi and the
losson which ! received wns good one, aud
will romnm with ne,
/ Ny lulc hoy, a dark eyed, ingenious, and
flank hearted child ~ ever bronlhed-lhough,
perhaps, ~ say Il who ought not to sny IT.
still do sny ii-hnd boou playing about my
tRble,on leaving which for u moment,l found
on my return, that my long porcupine-quill'
handled pen was gone, asked tie lllr
fellow what ha had done with H. lie nn-
swofud at once that ho had not seen II. AZ
the iaco of his declaration, with having tax.
uu aud mslaid or lost u. iio lsokcd ne car
nostly in the Gice, and said
mo, didai take IL, ihIhor."
lhen took him Ia ny lap, enlarged upon
tile heinousnCHs Of iOlling nu uuiruth, ,tuld him
1 that ! did not care so much about the pen,
aud, Ia shorl, by tho manner in which rca-
sopcd with him, almost offered him reward
for confession, the reward, hc Il understood
Ia dear one 10 him,) Of standing firm IN lis
fathers love and rogurd The tears had well.
eel up into his oyos, aud lao seemed about to
tell mo tho whole truth" whnn my oyo
caught the ond Of the pop pfoiruding from n
portfolio, where | mysclfhad placed u, Ia re-
turning n Ahcci uI manuscript 10 one Of the
compartments. Al THE B,ay soom a mere
trflu To you--And perhaps IL is-yct shnll
remember il for n long lime.
but desire NOW To narralo to you cir
cumstance which lanpeuCd n tie lnmlly of
-+HfftOnd aud correspondent Of mine IN the
city Of Boston, some ten ycnfA ago, iho histo.
~ ofwmch will commend iieclf To the heart
Of every father aud mother who has any sym
pn,hy with, or affection for, their childreu.-
That It ~ entirely true, you may ho well ns-
mrod. ! wus convinced Of this when ! o.
ponod the lctlor from L. II. b, which
announced H., and Ia The detail Of Tho event
which Was subsequently furnished ne.
\ tow weeks before lac wrote, hc had bu-
ried hir eldest Sou, fine, mnuly lutte fellow,
of some eight years of ago, who had never,
he said, Known a days illuess unlil thnt
Which fnally rumovod him hence to Ic here
40 more. Ills death occurred under circum.
stances which were peculiarly painful To- his
parents. younger brother, n delicate. sick
/ ~ child from us birth, the next in age to him,
had been down for nearly fortnight with mn
epidemic fever. In consequence sf the ma
Iurc oithc disease, every precautiou bad beou
adopted that prudence suggested 10 guard
Z the other members of the inmy against it,
But Of lhis one, lho fathers eldest, lac said he
had little TO fear so rugged was hc, aud no
/ generally healthy. Sull, however, lac kept
Fyigiaut eye upon hm,nud especially forbade
his going Into The pools aud docks near his
school, which II was his custom sanlutimrs
To visit; for lac wns bm boy, aud "buys tpM
be boys aud we ought moro frequently to-
/ think that 1t is ihcir nature TO be. or all I'M
natural things, roproach almost to- chidish
! lrankucss and lnuocencG, save me from
| "Joyman" But To tho story.
| One evening, this unhappy father came.
homo, wGariod with n long days bnri labor,
and ycXcd at some liltle disappoinImonis,
which had sOurod his naturally kind tlispos-
ton,nnd rendered him peculiarly susceptible
/ Ia the smallest annoyance. While lac wAs
/ sitting hy the fire, Iu this unhappy mood of
mind, his VIE cnlcred The GpOfJmeUT, aud
said
"llenry has just como in, and ho is u per
I feet flight! Tie rs covered from head Ia foot
with dock mud, and is ns wet as n drowned
ratw
"Whoro is lac ?" asked the father slcrnly.
"lle is shiycring over the kitchen fire. lle'
-ESIs -aiFaid-tn eniIlG- M here, when tho girl
told him YOU had come home"
Irttf---ttft-l ifittt -cuutu ITurr tfTiE1
instant" was the brief reply To this iniorma-
ton.
Presently the poor boy entered, half per
ishcd with ullfighI aud cold. Ills lhihor
glanced at his sad plight, reproachod him
bitterly with his disobedioncu, spoke of the
punishment which awaited him IN tho morn
iug, ns The penalty for his utfeIice; and IN IL
harsh voice, concluded with
"Now, sir, go To your bed !"
"Bui, father" said the liulo follow, ~ want
to tell you -"
"Not n word, sir; 20 10 bed p
Il oniy wnntcd to say, tuthrr that ---n
With peremptory stamp, an Imperative
wave of his baud toward the door, aud n
lrown upon his broY, did that father, without
other speech, again close the door of expla-
nation or oNpostulntnn. -
When his boy had gone suppercss and
sad to his bed, the father sat restless and un-
easy while supper was being prepared; aud,
nt tea table, ate but little. His wife saw the
real cnuse, or the additional cause of his a.
motion, mud iutcrposed the remark
IL think, my denr, you ought nt least TO
have heard what Henry had 10 sny My
heart ached for him when he turned away,
with his eyes full of tears. Henry is good
boy, after nll, II lac does sometimes do wrong
lie is tender hearted, uliectionnte boy. lie
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