Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-06-26

From the Boston Transcript.
The Management OF Boys.
How greatly do parents and preceptors err in
installing for mischief OF wanfon ialeness. all the
| iitlle manqngres of young persons, which are
frequently inqpires 70 confirm or retute
doubts IN their minds When the aunt OF James
Watt repspved the boy for his idlensss, and desed
him to take book, employ himself tosome pur-
Epose ussfuly, and not be king off The lid OF The
kettle aud putting it on again, aud holding now
litfesxas she aware that lie was investigating a.
problem which was to- lead TO tlle greatest of hu-
man inventions. Ssstt tttSt IL t-t IL !,
hassheen said that we are indehtedslor the iir-
porlant inyentiopin tie steam engine terine ihatd
gear, by.whichits valves or cocks are worked by
ITSELF loan idle boy. of the name of Humphrey
Potter who being semploYedsto Stop and open a
alyes'saF that he could save himself The trouble
on part oi the machine which came lie. place
~ the proper times, IN cuuseque OF Tic genefnl
movement. Hsthis anecdoie be true, what does
i proy,es That Humphrey Potter might be very
idte, he was, at the same time, very ings-
nous. was ccnttiyance, not the result of
mere accld eni, but OF some observation and suc-4
cessfui expet lnelit. - y
The aihsr of Eli Whitney, on his return from
Journey winch necessarily coinpel led lin Ia ali,
sent himself from home for sevetaf days
as was his usual custom, into the occupations of
his sons during his absence. lie received a good
account 81 all them except Eli, wt the house.
Keeper Reluctantly confessed, had been
making hadle. ga lnSl says The. father az t,r
tiiat Eli Will have some day 10 take his portion
IN hddes!" To hase any thing 10 do about n fiddle
oetoksned the father Thought, asiendency 10 en-.
gase Ill mere trlftS.s How little aware was the
father, that this simple soccnp patton. faratftnm
peins altogether a mere Gddle-faddie was The
daYning 10th of an inventive genius ID be
lahkeu among The most effective and useful ilre-
specific arts aud manufactures.
II is related of Chantry, the celebrated scrlntar.
lhat when u boy ne was observed by a gen man
al Sheffield, very attentiyeLy ensagelin cut,insI
stuck with psnknife. 8 Heiasked thead what he
was dong u am cutting old Fox's head.'' Fox
was The school masterof thelylage. On this, the
gentleman asked 10 see what he mad done, pro-
honncetisit excellent, and Presented the youth
WIN slxpence,o How many would have ut once
cnaiacietizea the occupation or tae buy Us mis-
ehevous2 or idle one, losing sight, for the time, OF
That lesson which every parent should know how
10 put INTO usess - Neyers despise small Begin
Things. pa 1850 - .ssss ,r=s sst,sfl
OF Edward Malbone, the painter, i Is said. the
lntetvals his school hours were filled by indie
iatigable industry IN making experiments, and en-
deayurins to make dscoveties.' Que of his great
est delights was found in bLouing bubbles, for the
pleasure oil admring tie finec6l0rs they dlspayel
Fhus,l il appears, that even the soap bubbles
amuseneInt, ile as some think il to ue una l1ay,
not little 10 do towards iealig the Young rustic
mind to discriminate nicely between delicate shutes
| OF color. fs..fs if.is
The first panels'on which VIM. Etty, ain English
painter, drew, We're the boaTds of his iathers shop
Jaoori and his first crayon farthngs ,oite ehaLk-
| d substance considered w-a-days almost qomin.
/ GUS OF mischief doing IN the hands of a bow
especially on the opening day of the month Of
q prl.1i Now, what sdoeS the mother of ..lttie3
Willie" do, on discovering the nicely swep. floor
diStgured with Chalk hnesi of course shescoltls
and calls him amischIevous little fellow? No;
tins isnot the course the sensible mother pursues
In an auleo letter addressed to reIa-
tive, Ety, speaks OF this circumstance IN his youth
iul hie, says, "My pleasure amounted to ecstasy,
Wien my mother promised me next morning il |
were agoodsbUy should us some colors mixed
with gum water.-I was so pleased coulu scarce.
| ly Steep. = elssf 4 St7A
The iarnily Tradition says of Ed. Bird, that he
would, al three orionr years OF age, stand ON O
stool chalk Outlines on the furniture, and say,
with childish glee, tW ell done littl= Neddy i3ird
Even at the dawns he would be up to draw figures
on The walls, which he called French and English
soldiers. Nodoubt The question often engaged lie
attentionofr hlspareHts, as to how little Nslly
should be broken oil the habit OF skelcnins so
much on almost everything about The house.
| The iather hudins, however, that his Ioge of
dEawlng was incurable, at length, t6fselg ceas-
ed 10 countsract his artistic tendency, and Begin
ming to grow anxious to turn 1t 10 some aecount
fnaliy apprenhcei him TO INA ker ol lea bstrays
from whose employ, as everybody knows, lie hd-
vanced 10 ttieranks of acknowle edged genus.
When young West first began to display skill
in drawing, and learned from The roaming Indians
The method Of Preparing c,,lots, lie was loss to-
conceive how to lay these colors skilfuIy on. A
ntighbOr informed him that this was done with
brushes formed of canei's hair; there were no.
camels in America. and he had recourse to the
cat, from whose, tail he supplied his wants. The
cat was iayorite, and the altered Condition of
her iur was imputed 10 disease till the boys con-
isSson explained the cause, much 10 tie ainllse-
ment oil hls father, who rebukcd him not Tashh
but as becometh wise parent, inoIe III 1fee
Than IN anger. To rebuke such an act wisely
fnst kal-NN FNsffh GF
lsuihciently clear 10 discern that mischief doing
had nothing 10 do III the affair." 1t was OF no small
Importance that the correction employed should
DC adapted TO the circumstance of the case. : o
also the mother of Vest, when she went to seek
iot her son by the anxious inquiries of thu. school,
master IN resardto his absence for several DAYS
irom school, did not, on finding linn with his box
ana paints, laoorng secretly i'll the garden, vent
forth her anger IN pass onate way, as though the
child were engaged in "a mere foolish piece OF
business a 1872
Thus we see the necessity Of great discrnina-
ion ON the part oil the parents in the correction of
child. Chlidrendo not always necessarily en-
gage IN doing things, in sort of perlunc;ionaty
manner, merely performing them for the sole pur-,
pose of getting through careless whether they ire
done well or not. Childten need not always me-
cessariy actmaneuvresi in rogush manner, Inele-
~ busying their Train for the purpose working
out some means 10 practice a trick. Chalk does
not appear TO be used invariably iorsuch purposes
as raising laughter, and performing rnischievous
acts Eyenat The sight of charcoal, SO difficult 10
tolerate, IL is MT allowed for the parent 10 use dis
cretion, though N schisvousne s. may seem 10 make
use OF tits exceedingly smutty substance ss one
peculiarly suited to answer its purposes.
3, 1t is said that Copley, at some seven or eight
years old, ontbeing observed to absent himself
from the family for several hours at atme, was at
length traced TO lonely room, on wi ose bare walls
he had .drawn,7in charcoal, group CT martial fig
ures engagsnin some nameless Adventures Tie
artistic tendency in such case, needs treatment
far different from that whch would atitiIute il 10
the love OF mere sportive trick practicing. The
manoeu yges of the boy should be thoroughly stu
rod correction. Rashness ON the mart fparent.or
Auach S.neVer exCnSnhIA shniliil La. t..rz,,,