The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-09-11

I
! am coming now 10 specimen of the
sorrows and tears of yoptr,' ofwhich Gsof
Trey frayon speaks. We dreamed Of lha
kite in The night; and, far up in the HEAVIER
! Of our sleeping visions, we saw ii Fishing II
the sun and cleaning opaquelY in The twil:gh
air. 10 the morning, we repaired belmes I,
/ the barn, approach the barrel with eagerness
Jas if it were possible for the kite 10 have ia
ken the wings ofthe evening and flown; and
on looking down into the receptacle sa W ou
chcrlsbed, our beloved kite broken into lwen
ry pieces! re 2
1t vas our man Thomas who did it,, climb
}ing up on the haySmow. b
/ We both of US hated with perfect ha-
tred,' for five years afterwards, the crue
neighbor who laGghrd at US foi our de ep' 81,
months sorrow at thai grea: loss-a loss il
]comparlson with which The loss of fortune
the period OF manhood sinks into is enifi-
canee. Other kites, indeed, we constructed
but thGt was the kite you read Of at 'thi,
Ipresenl'
Think, therefore, o We parents, a!wav.
think of The aculencss of chjld's sense o
childish grief. ga. -
once saw an elder brother, The son Of f,
me poIitianneignbo a ropming, registering
blade, in The merest 'deviIment,' cut off the
feat OF little doll with wnich his ihfantnc
sister was amusing herself A thGtiIation o
living flesh ard bloud, Of bone and sinew, ia
a beloved playmate, could scarcely have aG
llected the poor child mDre painfully. II wa.
to her the vital current Of a beautiful babe
which sozed from, ihe bran,leg Of that stu(fec
elfigy Of an infant; and lhe menraI suffering.
of The child we're based upon ihe innccen
faith which il held, that all things were real
/ ly what they seemed a TE -,
Clown people should have moro faith in
and more appreciation of, lie statements ant
feelings Of children. When j read, some
months since, in teIegraphic despatch 70 one
/ OF our morning journals, from Baltimore, if
remember 'ghy, of Il mother who, in pun
ishing little boy for telling lio-which
alter all, il subsequently transpred that he
did not tell-hil him with slight switch over
the temple and killed bin inslnntly-a mere
lacciden', Of course, but vel dreadful casu-
ality, which drove reason from the throne ol
the unhappy mother, when read this, lho'r
iol what had occurred in my own sanctum
only week or Two before; and The lesson
which ! received was a good ono, and will
senain with me.
My little boy, a dard eyed, ingenious, and
Ilrankhearted child MS ever breahed- though
jpethaps, 81 say il who ought MOTTO say i''---
Istill, do say 1.-THE had been playing about my
table, on leaving which for a moment, found
on my return, that my long porcupine.Quil
handled pen was gone. asked the IuIc
| fellow what he had done with it, lie answer
ed at once That he had mol seen it, AGer q
renewed search for it, | charged him, in the
face of his declaration, wilIrhaving taken and
aud misIaid Or los! il. He looked me ear
inestIy in The fuce and said
/ No didu't take il, fAth9r.'
!. }ihen took him in my lap, enlarged upon
the hleniousness of telling an unlruh, told
him that did not care so much about the
/ pen, and in short, by The manner in which
rcasoned with him, almost offered him a re
ward for confession --the reward, be il un-
Idetstood, "a dear one to him,) of Standing
firm in his fathers love and regard The
tears had weled up into his eyes, and he
seemed about 10 tell me the whole truth !;
when my eye caught the end ofthe pen pro
lrudig from portfolio, where | myself bad
tplaced It, in returning sheet Of mnnuscIipt
/ 10 nne of the compartments. E. this may
seem mere trlle TO you and perhaps 1t is
-ye. shall remember it Il long time.
! But desire now TO narrate to you cir.
cumslOnce which happened in lbe family o
la lrien6 and correspondent of .rAlRc in the
/ city Of Boston, some ten years ago. the his
tory Of which will command itself TO the hear
Of every father and mother who has any
sy mpathy with, or affection Tor their chill lren
That it is entirely true, Jon may be well as
snred. was convinced ii this when open
ed the letter from l.. II b, which
announced il, and IN the detail OF The event
which was subsequently furnished me-
! A few weeks before he wrote, he bad bur
lied his eldest son, fine, manly little fellow
Of some eight years of age, who had never
he said, known n days Illness until that
which finally removed him hence TO be here
mo more. His death occurred under crcum,
Stances which were peculiarly p1nlnl 10 his
parents A younger brother, delicate
sickly child from its birth, the next in age to
him, had been down for nearly fortnight
with an epidemic fever. In consequence oI
The nature OF the disease every precaulion
bad been adopted chat prudence suggested
10 gard the oher members Of the family a
lganstit. fi5A o H s,s'''
/ But Of this one, thefaihcr's eldest, he had
Elittle to Gear, so rugged was Ic, and so gen.
orally healthy. Sill, however he kept q
Ivigilent eye upon him, and especially forbade
his going into The ponls and docks near hi:
school, which it was his custom sometimes
to visit for he was but boy, and 'boys viii
be boys and we ought more frequently tc
think that tits their nature to be, Ofal
T rIunuaturalthngs, TepFoach almost 10 child.
! sh Gankness and ipnocedce, save me IRON {
J boy = Bul TO The story, .....,...
. Ono evening this unhappy father came
home wearied with long days hard labol
! and Vexed ut some liule disappointment
! which had soured bis naturally kind DISPOSE
pItion, and rendered hlm peculiarly susceptible
3 Ito The smallest annoyance. While he wa
: sitting by l6e fro in this unhappy mood 0
mind, bis wife entered the apartment an'
said: a,Trss t't rl u
9 Henry has just come 10, andhe is a per
b fec fright; he is covered from head 10 foo
3 with dock mud, and is wet as drowned rat
0 Where is her asked The father sternly.
0 lie is shivcrmg over the kitchen 6re. II
!. was afraid to come up here, when The giI
\ told him you had come home,'
i Tell Jane 10 tell him to come up her
e this moment was the refreply TO this in
il tonaalior. el ssnfeaA
. Presently ihe poor boy entered. hall pe