The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-09-30
tBy Request.1
Parental Injuries.

yesterday. Please allow him to leave school
to-dayl"
Such interferences are the perpetual an
noyance of all whose misfortune it is to be
afflicted with the care of school. But the
annoyance of the instructor, the Interrupt
ton of the order Of rotations, the inevitable
injury dine to the class and to the whole
school by the frequent absence of one and |
another, in unsettliug the minds of all, seri-
GUS as they are,are of minor Importance com
pared with the injury which you inllict on /
your child by such indulgence.
Why was he absent yesterday from school!
A cousin had come on visit, perhaps, OF |
some member Of the family was going on a /
journey; some changes were being made In |
the family, in which he persuaded his pa !
rents that his services would be very lmpor- [
tant; or he was sent on an errand after
breakfast, which, by n little activity, he
might have accomplished in time for school,
but by being studiously dilatory, and timing
well every delay, he managed to return too
! late for school; he was seized with violent
repugnance to going in late. His class
would have finished their recitation before
he could have joined them, and altogether
he gained his point, and stayed away from
school, To-day he is unprepared, not know
ing what the lesson is, it never having goccur-
red TO him at home that it would Immediate
ly succeed the lesson of yesterday, and he
has taken good care not to inform himself
since returning to school. Such capital he
makes out Of a triilc by which to stave otfthe
lessons oftwo days. The third day he will,
of course, be found quite unprcpared in his
lessons, because it depended on the lesson OF
yesterday and the day before; it was con-
tinuation of preceding lessons lost, and it
is quite unreasonable to expect him to be
prepared on it. Thus he adrotly escaped
from study + three days by your careless in
diligence.
To-day, again, he goes to school very qui-
etly, but with distinct understanding be-
tween him and his mother that tomorrow he
is to be needed at home. Whatever lessons
: he should prepare for the recitation OF to-
morrow are carefully neglected on the fore
seen fact that he is not to be present when
d they are recited.
The loss OF time and interruption Of your
. sons studies are but single moiety OF the
mischief resulting from his frequent absen'
{ ces. While he has by his tactics, managed
II to elude rccitations and gain time to him
self, he has not been idle in school. 1t Is
: not in the nature of such child to be idle
4 but he has been busily occupied in manG
:, uvering with the commander-in-chief,a ant
y adroitly wagng guerilla with his sea-
n mates and companions. This puts him ant
r his instructor in false position, and ere
ntes mutual distrust as antagonist parties
instead Of the mutual confidence and interest
0 which ought to subsist between them, as haV'
! ing common interest in the occupations oI
the school.
t Why is your child absent to day! He
! has had slight pain by fall, it may be, OF
n had a pain, or thought he might have, and
a indugenty obtained consent to remain at
n home, as if this would relieve pain, heal q
= bruisc, or set limb! And yet it has the
2 influence to do all this to your child; fol
0 though too i'll to attend school, he spends
t the day in sport, or wandering about from
: place to place.
: Why again the request for him to leave
O school before he 10 dismissed! A ride or
= walk has been planned by the mother ol
+, some member Of tho family, which he is tt
g Join, or an early dinner for the family, ant
c he must leave school to partake ofthc pleas
ure with them.
Now what is the ready inference Of thu
/. child from all this! Obviously that th'
n school and his stubics are but secondary oh
g jects of interest, which may be set asid
m on any trihing occasion. Taught to rcgar
a his books as as Of no interest, or Importance
ID he soon regards them with disgust, as
2 continual interference. Such course q
m treatment will defeat the best efforts of an
r teacher to give your child taste for study
, and cffectual preventy all just proficiency -
= This hackwardness and aversion to stud.
a will cause you notification aud grief throug
al L. - -,
T. ing Of him is suited only to bring about thi
II result.
But even this is not the worst result o
sach indiscretion. A child soon becomes
f great tactcan in practicing upon the in
a diligence Of his parents. The instincts o
his nature set him diligently to countcrac
the discipline Of the school. The problem
in his life is every day to learn the least pos
sible, and to escape from a lesson is an a
, chicvcmcnt attended with the most unds
- guised satisfaction, but it has been accomp
:, li,hed bydextcrous evasions by Deceptive arte
:, exaggerated reservations, chiefly en-
', ploycd in special pleading and art(ully prac
, ticing upon the credulity and Indulgence o
- his parents. You unconsciously smile u
indulgent ear. You make false show o
~ IICSlStulCC, just SulhIlthL W SlNN ilh u SoI
It scious triumph in carrying his point as he i
If sure to do in the end. Whatever dcfciencie
Y, your child may discover under such rcgim
'I at home, you may be certain Of his profcien
J. cy in all the low arts OF cunning, evasion
IT and deception. You are educating. him t
& become sly, deceptive, evasive, indoleni
&c sGli-indulgcnt, selr-willed, averse to all tha
n is good, and prone to every cvil.-Pres6yter
81 ian
N HARD TO SUIT.-The Locofocos in thi
city grumbled and scolded because emo
n, party" reception was not given to Genera
Scott. The Statesman complained becaus
no LocoGocos were put on the Reception
he Committee. The Wings in the city Of Cincin
at natl have proposed to receive Scott withou
at any party demonstration, and the Locofoco
y there object to that; and the Enquirer I'D
c. sises its readers to have no connection wit
r. his reception. They cannot be pleased any
i'd how.-O. S. Jour.
~ NORTON PETERS, of Missouri, recent
On made handsome speculation by drIvin
We sheep over land to Cal fornia. He starte
n. with $500 sheep, and at Salt Lake he shea
ed ed them and sold the wool for $4,000. O
reaching California with 1900 ofthem
good CONDITION, he was offered eighteen do
R. lars head for the lot, which he refused, b.
nc ing sure Of a higher price.