Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1851-05-22

depths, have things to his mind Or does
he who bears to the grave some friend dear
to him as life. have his own wayi Do they
who encounter the unnumbered sorrows,
sicknesses, aud disappointments of life,
have things as they would choose TO have
them 2
think, uncle, you present a very
gloomy picture of that period of lie to
which have always looked forward with
eager delight
have no wish 10 do so, my dear boy
IL docs not follow that you must necessarily
be unhappy # you do not have your own
way when YOU become man. DO you
honestly think that boys are happier who are
than those who are restrained by kind aud
Judicious parental authority.
know they are not half SO happy
There - Dick Mason who always has ,is
own way but never knew such an unea-
sy, disconnected fellow. He never seems
to enjoy himself, except when he can get
up the excitement of doing some mischief
1t is great misfortune for boys to have
their own way, for they do not know what
Is for their own best good, and If they haye
kind parents to guide aud control them, it
IS blessing for which they cannot be sui-
hcicnty grateful. 1t is also true, that when
the boy becomes man it is still unsafe,
and incompatible with his highest interests
for him to have his own way, and the same
kind Providence which in childhood placed
hun under parental care and control, con-
tinues 10y other and various means to guide,
control, and govern his actions Now, the
way for boy To be happy, is cheerfuly aud
promptly to yield his own will to the will of
his parents, cherishing thorough couvic-
ton that they know best what is for his
good. If in childhood you learn cheerful
ly to submit to parental authority, 1t will
prepare you, when you become a man, to
yield your will to the will of that wise and
holy Providence which guides and controls
all the affairs of men, and cheerluily to bear
those trials and dlsappointments in which
all have some share but which fall with a
crushing weight, upon the discontented aud
repning'
think, uncle shall try in future, to
bear more cheeriully the disappointment
when thwarted in some fayorite scheme
hope you will. Those who set out
with the determination to have their own
way, aud chaie aud fret at every thing that
opposes their wishes, always hnd enough in
life to make them thoroughly wretched.--
Such a course is as foolish and absurd as it
is wicked for men, as well as boys, often
find that their own way is not the best way.
An individual once left his home in the
morning with the intention of taking pass
age on board certain steamboat, but when
he reached the wharf he found he was too
late 4; the boat had left Now, he did not
have his own way, or this event had not oc-
Cured perhaps be murmursd about it--as
YOU this morning about not going on TO the
pond-but the boat he would have taken,
was burned to to the waters edge, aud the
detention which annoyed him SO much, pro-
badly saved his life
When Charles aud his uncle had nearly
reached home, one of CHARLES schoolmates
came running to meet them with the intel
Iigence that Dick Mason had fallen through
the ice into the pond, and had, with the
greatest difficulty, been rescued from drown
ing.
What do you think now, Charles said
his uncle, of the advantage of having your
own way
This lesson was not lost upon CHARLES
1t did him more good than several days Of
skating would have done. The next time
that iiial obedience aud self-will had a con-
test IN his mind, am happy to say that the
triumph of the former over The latter was
-IricHd of Youth.