Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-01-04
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Rules for Home Edicnt- GA.
The following rules we commend TO all
patrons and friends, for their excellence,
brevity and practical utility. They are
worthy of being printed in letters of gold.
and being placed in conspicuous posi-
ton in every household. It is lamentable
TO contemplate the mischief, misery and
rnin, which are the legitimate fruits Of
those Deficiencies which are pointed out in
the rules to which we have referred. Let
every parent and guardian read, ponder
and inwardly digest the following:
- |. From your children's carlist infancy
inculcate the necessity Of instant ODE
dience. ..
2. Unite frmness with gentIeness. Let
your children always understand that you
mean what you say.
3. Never promise them anything unless
you are quite sure You can give them what
you promise.
4. If you tell little child to do some
thing, show him how to do it, and see
that it is done.
5. Always punish your children for
wilfully disobeying your commands, but
never punish them in anger.
6. Never let them perceive that they
can vex you, or make you lose your self.
command.
7. If yon give way to petulance and
temper, wait till you are calm, and then
gently reason with them on the impropri-
ETY. Of their conduct.
8. Remember that little present pu-
nishment when the occasion arises, is
much more efectual than the threatening
OF greater punishment should the fault
be renewed.
9. Never give, your children anything
because they cry for it.
10 On no account allow them to do at
one time what you would have forbid
ken under like circumstances, at ano-
Their
II. Teach them that the only sure and
easy way to appear good, is to be good;
IL. Accustom them to make their little
recitals with perfect truth.
10. Never allow tale bearing.
IA. Teach them selfd not seIf-in-
diligence, is the appointed and sure me-
thod of securing happiness:
Is. Guard them against the indulgence
of an angry and resentful spirit.
If these rules were reduced TO practlc
daily practically parents and guar
dams, how much misery would be pre-.
be saved, and how largely would the hap
pincss of thousand domestic circles be
augmented. 1t is lamentable TO see how
extensive is parental neglect, and to wit
ness the bad and dreadful consequences in
the ruin of thousands.
The Cock.
The cock is the proudest and most ma
iestic bird which was ever tcathercd.-
tI,o fan his and
the peacock flirt his gaudy fan, and all
the songless flock which make the tropic
groves SO brilliant. The bird of paradise
may be esteemed marvel, and a paragon
of the most ecstatic beauty, with all its
train of soft and melting heavenly colOrs,
the blending of that holy Hand which
whether shown on the aerial bow or in the
sunset skies, or on the cheeks OF fruits, or
in the bloom of flowers, is far beyond all
initiative pencil +; one of those forms of
love divine which never yet have ceased
to grace our natural Eden. Even as a
dove Just parted from the leash, the car
rier of some hopeful message, it seems
TO have been flung down already fashion
ed from the very groves which hang over
the flashing waves that roll hard by the
golden city But for these birds Of ger
geous plumage, it may be said that they
live too near the sun. They are where
the tendency of all dust is to take on al
so the more disgusting forms of life :
where the lizard turks among the choicest
perfume, and where the basilisk lies along
the branch. They are symbols of a per-
lection of beauty which is not earth. Now,
the cock is representative of the erect
inherent dignity of nature. His race is
found everywhere. He loses not cast
among the tvopic birds. He,wNlks along
the equatorial belt; he has his coop il
Terra Del Fuego as well as in the icy
North. He flies wild through the prlmi
tive forests, over the great moors ant
prairies of the Western continent. lie
peoples all the islands Of the sea, from
New Holland TO Pitcairn's Island, occu
pied by the descendants of the mutineer
Of the "Bounty;" he is in Europe ant
Asia and Africa; and perhaps in the sub
urbs Of Jerusalem at this very day may
be found the lineage of the cock which
crowed the third time before "Peter wen
out and wept bitterly" -Knicker6ocker.
AN INs1NuATIoN. "A friend gave IL.
the other day a fine specimen Of delicat