Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-12-01
vol. 5S.-NO. 40.


There is great difference with persons ia
regard TO being easily frightened Let what
viii occur. some remain perfectly calm and
self possessed You might as well under
take TO frighten rock Of granite, ss to cause
a tremor in one Of their muscles. But eth.
ers are so nervous that tie rustlng ~ leaf
win startle them, they can never Tide BY kesss
or steam power without having their heart la
their mouth. and If BY water, they are resdy
to jump overheard al every escape Of steam
from the safety valve, for fear tho boilers
have burst Some persons have such dread
Of thunder and Tightening that they will turn
pale at the appearance % dark cloud and
immediately take to their beds al SUPPOSED
place Of refuge. Ressoniag with such i en-
tirely out Of the question. They know nothing
but their fears They doubtless act very in
consistently 10 many respects. but Whist OF
that They can no more help their fears
than they can create world Others may
laugh or scod at them, and it is oil tn. same.
Their fears completely master them.
Persons who are not Of nervous temper
sment know not how to sympsthise with those
that are. and for this reason they oiton treat
them uukindly without intending SO to do -
When frightened nervous persons suffer quite
enough from their own fears, without scycti.
ty on the part Of others. Aud If thcy ara
urged beyond reason. or are compelled bv
force to that which their fears 80 much drcsd
the consequences may be serious Many 4
person has been ruined for life by fright,
many have thus become maniacs, and il fact
many have been frightened to death.
These things are true of grown pcrsors.
how much more then may be tue of children,
whose inexperience units them Cor many co.
currences and events which older nersors
know how to meet lfa child is exceeding.
ly frightened it should be soothed and NOT
urged By force to the very thing that go much
alarms it. Here is case which should he q
warning parents and these who have charge
Of children. AT an English bathing place.
lately. one OF the men under the direction OF
the mother ola child, immersed it three times
in the sea in disregard of its intense fears and
cries aud the child died on tie spot. Of fright
The mother. doubtless meant to do tho
child good. and not injury. But she little
realized that she might do the child much
greater injury hy fright than all the bathing
in the world would do good,
Many children are completely ruined by
tue foolish stories of ghosts aud hohcoblins
told them by nurses and mothers, to keep
them quiet. The I'D man with tho bag
"the black man, or the ghost with red eyes,
and great pair Of horns is continually no
fore them. The consequence is, that they
dare not step out after dark, nor cat they 30
left alone in their chamber for one moment :
Children should not thus be treated Such
flights it not Immediately futal. do them q
great Injury through life. They should early
DO instructed not TO be afraid cf anything
while they trs engaged IL duty. Aud they
should lie dealt with kindly BLcn their fears
are excited. and in short tine they will
learn By experience that they had no occasion
to fear. One victory over their fears na;ur-
ally leads to another; aud in due tims they
will meet almost anything without salm.---
But to drive them against their fears isstoo
serious matter Don't iiigbtcn children,