Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1850-06-06

Gle, saw our cherished. our bslevsd hiae
broken into twenty pieces II
Il was our man ThpEas, who did
il, climbing Up the hay now.
We both Of Us hated with perfect
hatrCJ, Ger Eve years afterwards, the cru
a neirhbor who laughed at Us for cur
deem s;x month"; sorrow at that great
loss--a loss ii comparison with which
the loss of fortune al the period Of man
Looi, sinks into iasigniIicaRee. 0ther
kites, indeed, we constructed, but that
was the Kite you read o." at this pres
cnt.
Think, therefore, Q. ye parents al
tnays think of the acuteness OF child S
sense Of childish grief.
I once saw an elder brother, the son
of a metropolitan ncighbor, Q romPng'
registering blade, in the merriest 6 devil,
ment." cut off the foot of little doll
with which his infantine sister was anu
sing herself. A mutation Of Aylog hesA
and blood, Of bone and sinew, ia a be-
loved playmate. could scarcely have an
ccsed the poor child more painfully. 1t
Was TO her the vital current of beauti-
full babe which oozed from the leg OF
that stuffed efiigy of an infant and the
mental sufferings Of the child were oased
anon the innocent faith which it held,
1hat all things were really what they
seemed.
Grown people should have more faith
in. and more appreciation OF the state
ments and feelings Of childrsq. When l
read some months since, in one OF our
morning Journals, "a telegraph'c d's'
match from BALTIMORE if l remember
RIGHTLY, Of mother who, in Furnishing a
little bow for telling lie, which after all.
it subsequently, transpired 'nat ne ulu
not ,tell--hit him with slight switch owe
1is temple and killed hire insta--.iy-a
mere accident Of cou.sso, cat the dread
full casualty, which drove reason from
the throne Of the unhappy mother-when
read this, thought Of what had oc-
CURED in my own sanctum, only week
ar two before and the lesson which
received was good one, and viii remain
with me.
NY little boy, a dark-eyed. ingenious,
and frank hearted child as ever brcathed.
though, perhaps, " say it, who ought
not to say it, still / 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
men was gone. 1 asked the little fellow
what he had done with it. He answer
cd that be had not seen it. After re-
newed search for it, i charged him. in
the face Of his declaration, with having
taken and mslaid or lost it. He looked
me earnestly in the face, and said
"No, 1 didn't take it, father"
I then took him in my lap. enlarged
unon the Nervousness Of telling an UNI
truth. told him that / did not care so
much about the pen, and in short. oy the
manner ia which l reasoned with nm
almost offered him reward for COMES
sion--the reward, be it understood, u
dear one to him. J Of standing firm IN his
fathers love and regard. The tears had
welled up into his eyes. and ne seemed
about to atell me the whole truth
when nav eye caught the end Of the pen,
protruding frena a portfolio, where l my
self had placed it. in returning sheet
of manuscript to ore OF the departments.
All this NAV seem mere trife to you
and perhaps it is-yet l shall remember
it for long time.
But | desire now to narrate TO you
circumstance which happened 10 tne lam
ily of a friend and correspondent OF mine
in the city of Boston. some ten years
ago, the history Of which will commend
itself to the heart Of every father ana
mother. who has any sympathy with, or
Affection for.st.,cir children. That it is
entirely true. you may be well assured.
I was convinced OF this when opened
the letter from L. III. B , winch
annonnceyl Il. aud the detail Of the event
which was subsequently furnished me.
few weeks before he wrotS, ne mao
hurled lis eldest son, fine, manly little
fellow, Of some 8 years o. age, who fS ''
never, he said, known days Illness un-
til tina. which finally removed him hence
a. he h.,e no more. His death OCCUR
red under circs instances which were PEI
culiarly painful to n:;S parents. Ayoung>
er brother, delicate, sicily chiid from
its birth, the next in age to him, mao oeen
down for nearly fortnight y lth an ep'.
demic fever. In consequence OF .ne
nature of She disease, every precau'lon,
had. been adopted that prudence coA'o
suggest to- guard the other members OF
the family against it; But Of this one,
sha father's eldest, he said he had little
so,fear, 50 rugged vas he and SO general.
" healthy. Still. however. he kept
vigiIant eye upon IN. and especially = 3 saai.
forbade hisgoing into IL Pools an = oo o.,s
near, his school, which ~ was n'' sus
tom Sometimes to visit II. y nc was 90 :
boy, and" boys ,0iU be BOYS. ana We l.
ought more frequently to !. Nnk ina. y