Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-08-05
The Influences of Home.

There are few words in the English language
which sound sweeter than that of Home 1t brings
up before the minds eye the joyous days of child
hood, awakens the happy associations of our youth
and innocence, and warns the soul in the fire of
happy memories. Indeed, it is word which is
blessed and sacred in every bosom. There is not a
memory which is not stored with pleasant recollec
tons of the home of their early years. and there is
no heart which ever forgets the influences which
there moulded and forms its affections and its i'm
pulses. From the wild forests of the West, from
the icy regions of the North, from the sunny plains
of the South,-from every quarter of the globe
the thoughts of millions and millions of human be-
ings go back with fearful pleasure of the quiet
happiness and the contented enj oyment of their
childhcods home Those homes may now be de-
serted, the fires which burned upon their hearths
may be dim,-the eyes which loved to watch our
coming may have long since ceased to smile well
come,-the voices which gaddened may have
long since been senced in death but for all that,
and the absence of years. and the thousand cares
of fe and the hustle and strife of business,-there
are times when we 60 back upon the chain OF mem
DRY and once more live over again the life of our
childhood. All over fe's weary desert are travel
lers who never forgot the early impressions made
upon their hearts in the bosom of home, and whose
thoughts go back the waste of years to the old
homestead. and to the kind lessons of mother and
the friendly counsels of father.
I" From good home it is not far to Heaven,"-is
the thought of a noblehea Swedish woman :;
and the sentiment is full of great and beautiful
! truth. good home,-a home, in which the father
and the mother performed their duty to their chill
dren,-is the best school upon earth The youth
full mind is open to instruction, and can easily
be moulded to the will of the superior intelligence
The youthful heart is susceptible to Impressions and
lessons of truth and goodness impaired in the early
years of childhood, fail to produce lasting
benefit. The fresde is an institution far more i'm
portant than the College or the Seminary The les
there learned, are life lessons They are never
forgotten. The influences of home and early edu-
cation direct the whole destiny. They are the bles-
sings the curse of mankind. The children of to-
day are the and women of tomorrow 1t
should never be forgotten, that
/ 'sThe child is father of the man -
and that upon the influences which direct the child
hood depend the character and destiny of after life
The habits then formed are the habits which give
form and color to the whole texture of existence
Lessons of truth and virtue, then learned are never
forgotten. They may seem to be erased from the
tablets OF memory, and may appear to exert no in
fuence upon the character and the life,-but it is
never SO. They are as deep and lasting as the mind
and the soul They defy the rust of years. and out
live all other lessons of maturer age
How important, then, that the influences of home
should be salutary influences. How important that
the Impressions made upon the youthful mind
should De good impressions. How important that
the character then formed should be based upon the
principles of truth and virtue With such a char
acter the path of prosperity, honor and renown lies
open to all. good character, the basis of which
mas been lald IN childhood is the first great reuu
site to success in life A young man who is enter
ing upon Life with fair reputation, feels that he
possesses treasure which is beyond all price,
Character has been we'll compared to capital TIL,
more person possesses of it, the greater are hi
facilities for adding to it or it is like an accumu
$ atng fund, constantly increasing in value, ant
daily acquiring to itself fresh accessions of stabli
ty and worth.-Augusta Home Gazette
n BREACH OF PROMISE SU1Ts-An exchange tells ;
t story OF smooth-cheeked youngster who latel,
went INTO country village, disguised in feminine fix
tngs-fase curls, hustle, and all that He was acut
r chap and bent on speculation. Being pretty, b,
soon won the true love of fellow" and after pro
cess OF love of feer,' and after due process
kissing and courting in all its various branches, III
question was popped the hesitatng answer given, tn
thrilling ecsltac embrace enjoyed, and everything ru
IN proper trim for the nupals' But the lover cool
- ed after time and then quit-whereupon suit wa
instituted tor breach of promise the case proved dam
ages SlOOO-the lawyers were feed, the sympathy O
The press spoken, and then, the girl" putting he
+ repaired feeling in good red wallet visited othe
parts 80, look out, gentlemen.
y Col: Ethan Allen had high opinion of bimsel
and his SIX brothers, and once observed that Their
t never were seven such born of any woman. s.Yo
I are mistaken said Scotch officer. Mary Mazda
: len Was delivered of seven eroetly IKE yo.f