Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-09-09
To Parents.

T Ut IOllOWIUg CulHUOH-eeUSe duiilo'
milton We commend to the notice Of some
OF our town Fathers and Mothers -
/ have been an observer, as am sym
pathisng lover of boys. | like to see
them happy, cheerful, gIeesome. Indeed
| can hardly understand how high-loned
useful man can be the ripened fruit of a
boy who had not enjoyed full share OF
the glad privileges due 10 youth. Bur
while | watch with very jealous eye all
rights and Gus IONS which enlrench upon
the proper rights Of boys, | am equally
apPrehenSlye lest parents who are not
GorelhoughtfuI, and who have not habilua-
ted themselves to close observations upon
This snI ject, permit their sons indulgences
which are almost certain to result III then
/ Decentralization, if not total ruin; and a.
mong tie habits which | have observed
tending most surely to ruin, | know OF
none more prominent than that of parents
permitting their sons TO be In the street Gf-
. nighJaN.
Itls ruinous TO their morals in all in
stances. They acquire, under the cover
of night an uuhealIhful state of mind
bad, vulgar, immoral, and profane language
obscene practices, criminal sentiments, a
lawiess and riolouS bearing. Indeed, il Is
in the street after nightfall that the boys
principally acquire The education of The
bad, and capacity for becoming rowdy,
Gissulule, criminal men. Parents should
in this particular, have rigid and intipXi-
BILE rule, that Will not permit son under
any circumstances whatever, to 90 in The
streets after nIghGall with a view Of enga-
giug in ourO!-door sports, or meet other
boys for social chance occupation. A
right rule Of this kind, invariably adhered
to, will soon deaden The desire for such
dangerous practices.
BOYS should be taught to have pleas
ures around the family centre table, IN
reading, in conversation, and in quiet
Iamusemeuts. Boys are seen in the streets
after nighIlaIl, behaving in manner en-
lireIy destructive Of all good morals.
Fathers and mothers, keep your children
home al night, and see lhatyou take pains
To make your homes pleasant, attractive,
and profitable to them, and above all with
view of their security from future de-
struction, let them not become, while for
ming their characters for life, SO accuslom-
ed TO disregard The moral sense of shame
as openly violate The Sabbath-day in the
street pastmes during its day or evening
hours.
Singular and Horrible State of Affairs.
A correspondent Of The Cincinnati
Commercial, wiring from Franklin coua-
ty, Ohio, relates the following:
A relative Of his, named David Ward,
who made his home with Thomas " ard,
was taken with the cholera and died, hav.
ing two negroes TO take care of him dur
ing his illness, there being none of the
neighbors who would 60 10 the house.
After his death, two men from Franklin
went to Wards, dressed the corpse, and
put it in coffin. One of the negroes
who had waited on David Ward lived on
Thomas Wards farm, and had wife and
three children. He was taken i'll with
the cholera, but was in fair way OF re-
covering, when his wife and one child dl-
ed. At this he got out Of bed and ran
off. He was found few days after, ly-
ing in Clear Creek, with one of his arms
broken. An undertaken had The bodies Of
his wife and child decenty buried. The
other negro man who had waited on Da-
vid Ward, and the two remaining chill
dren, were at that time at Thos. Wards.
The man was taken with The cholera,
when Ward sent him out into the woods
to die. One of the negro children being
also taken with the cholera, Ward led ii
out into The woods and laid it beside the
sick man, where it died in a few hours.
Ward dug hole al some distance, threw
a long rope to the sick negro, and ordered
him to tie it around the corpse of the
child, which being done, he dragged the
body TO the hole, pulling at the end Of the
rope, and then made The sick negro drag
himself to the edge Of the hole and push
in the dirt until lie covered the child.
Some Of the citizens Of Franklin went
and brought the man and the remaining
child TO own, where they have been ca
red for, and are getting well.
He that would soothc sorrow must not
argue on the vanity Of the most deceiIlul
hopes.
We shall know who is to be the next
President oE the limited States Immediate