Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-05-12

| fast ~ peace, because has mouth must be
kept full, or there was a sad noise for an
aching head and then, since breakfast, he
has been doing nothing else bu, toiile round
into all conceivable mischief lie has over
set my work basket, aud tangled my skelus.
unwound my spools, lost my needles, drop
i ped my scissors down the register, thrown
my ihimble out Of the window, tipped over
1 nearly all the chairs, and torn every book
he could lay hold OF, snd-there, ! don't
mean to be cross with my baby. but | do
believe he's the uneasiest child that ever did
live. and know never was made to be a
mother, and have the care of children. !
haven't any tact or patience equal to 1t. |
don't know how these pattern mothers do
1t, but cdR'tp
That was the colloquy Of our overhear-
ing, that took place the other day IN the
presence of great iat-iaced, restless-look-
ing little fellow, who had provoked the same,
by his locomotive and upset-ive tendencies.
Poor mother, thought we, you haven't
learned the genuine secret of managing
children yet. Your lutte boy must be ac-
tire eUc,y moment Ii he didn't perpetual
" 40 SomcthiRg to exercise those lIttle mus
cles. aud develop that healthy frame, he
would die. Don't scold at hun aud ny to
keep him still, but avoid Inconvenience
which arises from bis misplaced activity, by
keeping hun active m the rigM place The
great recipe that never fails of taxing care
Of children pleasantly, comprises kindness
10 the voice patience IN the heart, aud in-
renuiiy ia the Intellect to conlrlve meth.
DDS OF perpetual activity. Ii you put your
chhd into a room fall of ordinary matters,
aud do not give him an abundant supply o
matters which are his, YOU need no more
marvel that be should be mischievousy b1.
~ IA touching what be ought not, than that
he should eat what he ought not when he Is
starving, aud YOU put han where he can get
hold OF improper ylands
Children have vast Imagination It's as
tonlshlng how easily a diapida,ed broom
suck becomes horse, aud any little bunch
Of rags a doll and how much comfort can
be taken by the little folk irom a full supply
of paWhnas, of very humble mechanical
or ortlsic pretenslons But something chill
dren must have. lf they cannot fill their
hands honestly il there is not a plenltude
OF traps which are directly theirs, they
viii, as a matter OF course, turay among tile
mlscellanes Of their adult relatives and
friends; and scissors, and thmbles, and
spoois, and books, will suffer accordingly.
Mothers must not be too much distressed
at having the nursery floor Uttered up
Better keep cart-load of playthlhgs IN
general circulation over the carpet, than tc
be under the necessity of getting bad ten.
pered, and showing II to the short boys anc
glris, with long memories. We knew a boy
who was made permanently crusty, by his
mothers insane horror of anything loose q.
bout the room. Nature would have MS way,
and as the little fellow could moi satisfy ma
!ure IN the ordinary methods, he took to
contnvaEces which were sti&nallzed as uil-
accountably and intolerably mlschievous,
and was scolded accordingly, until the sweet
mix OF his disposition gradually curdled
under the Influence of a chronic thunder
storm of Eliminated exhortailons To keep
things to rights. Things were kept so fe
roclously 80 rights, that the thing Of mos
import, the littie immortal mind. was shap'
ed ireslstibly to wrong.
Plenty of patience and plenty of play
things, IS after all, the best motto for the
nursery VI ORgregGfionatst.