New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-23
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Fult1n. when be csslyed us first rxperi'a.t',
felt no more exultant than Dbl We when hat great
event was achi ycf We kept = up until " t"iNt
the cleaning AID thu mrk." WHEN we drew Il
down and deposited it IN the baru-hes'tatng l11g
ufcyc 10 place IT, cut Of several loc isies thtt
seemed sae and eligible, bat ila.y deciding %
stand it cndwisc IL barrel. ia a. un.requenI cor
! rcr ofthe barn.
| an coming now % n specimen OF tho s0rr1gs
and tears Of ,ouih.' OF which Gsoirey Crayon
speaks We dreamed oftha. kite ia the uish and
far up IN o., heaven of ourscepias vision. We slw
Il fashirg IT. the snn q ssaailg oqlque.J "a the
twilight air. ia the morning. we repaired bstHres
10 tie barn, approached the barrel with eagernsss.
g. r. it were possible for III kite & have taken .he
wings Of the evening aud 10 VI away ana. on lo1k
ifg down into The receptacle saS ou' CHERISHED,
cur beiortd Kite broken at3 twenty pieces
u wss our man Thomas who did il c. mbing Up
/ on he hsy m1w.
( We both OF us hafel with a pedsc, hated
for fvc years ofe-wari. tle cruel nei,h5j- Who
/ iorgitd 8; us Tor cur deep SIX months s1r'uw AZ
4 thar great ,osl-a ilss d. compa ispl xi,a which
the loss of 0r.uic ., tie period 81 ranio)i s'nk'
4 into iIsi-ni.coIce. CNcr kites indeed, we clls-
I trao,ed bu. H-. was 10 kiic "yol Te1d o. az
/ "tiis Vrcsclt.'
Think, therefore . ye parents arrays think Of
| the ncuteness OF a childs sense 0f childish grief.
! once saw an elder b-other the son Of a metro
pOlitan neighbor, a romping, rlystering blade IN
TIE merest devilmeDt,' cut off the foot OF lit.e
! coll with which his nfantine sister was amusing
| herself 4 mutilation of living flesh and blood, of
l bone and sincw, in a beloved playmate. could
! scarcely have effected the poor child more pain
fully. IL was t. her the vital current OF beautiful
babe which COED from the bran leg Of that stuffed
| eilgy of infant; and the mental sufieriugs Of
the child were based upon the innocent faith which
it held, that all things were really what they
seemed.
Grown people should have more faith in, and
more appreciation Of, the statements and feelings
Of children. When read, some moSths since. in
4 tecgrarhic dispatch to one OF our morning j)uc-
mails, fem Baltimore, il | remember rightly, OF a
mother who, in punishng little boy for &c ling
lic-which after al, / subsequently transpredthat
he did not teli-hii him with slight switch over
bis temple and killed him iustautly-a mere acct
dent, OF course, but yet dreadful casualty, which
drove reason from the throne Ol the unhappy moth
er-when read this thought of what had occur
red in my own sanctum only aweek or two before
and the lesson which received was good one,
and will mai with me.
My little boy, dark eyed ingenious, and frank
hearted child as ever breaihod-thoush, perhaps
Il say it who ought not t. say it"-stil do say it
had been playing about my table, on leaving
which for a moment found on my return, that my
long porcupine quill handled pen was gone.
asked the little fellow what he had done with IT,
He answered at once that he had not seen IT, AZ
ter a renewed search for it. charged him, in the
face Of his declaration. with having taken aud mis-
laid or LIST it. He looked me earnestly in the lace,
and Slid
"No, didn't take it, father"
then took him in my lap, enlarged upon the
Nervousness Ct telling an untruth, told him that
did not care much about the pen, and, in short,
by the manner in which reasoned with him, al.
most offered him a reward for confession--the re-
ward be it Understood Ia dear one to hun. OF stand
ing fm in his fathers love and regard The tears
bad weed up into his eyes. and he seemed about
10 tell me the whole truth" when my eve caught |
he of he zen "A
where / myself had placed IT, 10 returning sheet |
Of manuscript to one OF The compartments. All this
msy seem a mere trihe TO you-and perhaps it is |
yet shall remember it for a long time.
But desire now to naTate TO you acrcumstance |
which happened in the family of friend and cores
pendent of mine in the city Of Boston, some ten |
years eco, the history Of which will commend itself
TO the heart OF every father and mother who has
any sympathy with, or affection for, their children.
That 1t is entirely true, you may be well assured.
| was convinced Of this when opened the lotter
from i. II B which announced it, and in the
detail o! the event which was subsequently furnish
ed me.
a few weeks before be wrote he had buried his
eldest son iinc manly little fellow, of some eghs
years of age, who had never, he said, known
days illness until that which finally reno ed him |
hence 10 be here no more. His death Cured |
under circumstances which were peculiarly painful
10 his parents younger brother, delicate sckly
child from its birth the next in age 10 him had been
down for nearly fortnight with en- epidemic fever.
In consequence ofthe nature OF the disease every
precauti0n had been adopted that prudence sug- |
gested to Guard the ether members Of the family |
against il. But Of this one, the fathers eldest, no |
said be had little q fear 50 rugged he, and Sd
generally healthy Still however, he KEEP, vigil |
liant eye upon him. end especially forbade his going
into the pools and docks near his school, which t |
wss his custom SOM times % visit; or he was bU!
& boy, and "boys TW be boys" and we ought |
more frequently 10 think that il is their nature b
be. OF all nm ltrral things, reproach almost to
childish irankness and innocence, save me tom |
"Joy-m0RW Bu. 70 the story.
One evening this unhappy father came hons |
wearied with long day hard labor aud vexed OF |
some little disappointment which had soured bis
naturally kind disposition, ard rendered him pecu-
ery susceptible to- the smallest annoyance. While |
he MAS sitting by the fire in this unhappy mood of
mind, his wife entered the apartment, and saidi
"Hcnry haE just como in, aHd te is a perfect |
fright; lie is covered from head to foot with dock
rnud, and is as wet as sd7owned rat"
Nv here i, he % asked the father, fternly
"He is Ghs ering over the kitchen Ere. lie was
afraid to COMO up here, when the girl tod him you
had come home
Tell Jane to tell him 70 come here this instant"
was the brief reply TO this information
Presently the poor boy entered. half persisted |
with annght and cold. His father glanced ct his |
sad plight reproached him bitterly with his disobe |
dicnce spoke ofthe punishment which awaited him |
III tit AlS+tiu &C htl - 10 ~-sN@7Df ---f
IN harsh voice concluded With
Now, sir, 60 70 your bed !"
"Bat, father, SAID tho lit;le fellow, Il wsn, TO
tel yor-
mot a word, sir 20 to bed"
81 Only wanted to say, father that -
With pereIip.C.y stamp an imperative wave
II bis hand toward the dor, and irown upon his
brew. did that father, without other speech, again
olose the door Of explanation or exPost1letion
When his boy had gone supPerless end sad 20
his bed, the fIlhsr rst restless and uneasy while
supper wRs being prepared and sttes-table, ate |
bet little. His vile saw the real ca1se or the al
dtcnal os2re .! his elso.ion, aid interpreted tie |