The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-02-05

whats mine is yours, what's yours is min

BY ELIZABETH oAKEs SMITH.

"NhatS mine Is yours what 5 yours Is Inlnc'.'
[SHAKEsPEARE.
What time our brothers must have had of it /!
GIow they have been managed from babydom up
ward First it was rot. trot, trot, to keep the lit.
monster from screaming to split his thr ,at-then
it was Jumps of sugar. sticks of candy, and junk 8
UC cake to induce him to shut his mouth, keep in
the hVusc not to tear his pima for, and not kick
Mercy how the little rascals kick Multiplied
Jerushans who wax fat and kick juvenile dom
keys. { the child is father of the min,') who dis.
turb tables, chairs from the p:opretes, bat
ter doors like battering engines, aud spare not
even the tender shins of helpless Abigails -
How these Abigails manage these incpients
lords of creation heaven only knuAs. Take the
mere attempt at ajlution.
BidI; or mama places her hand upon the top
of youngsters ,ad. who gives one great n.yah
land Flap goes handful Of water over eyes,
checks. ip-.; slap, rubscrcau, kick. splu,ter,
splash. blubber, hiss, spit, stamp, shake the wo
man holds on. the Juvenile emerges occasionally
with cry to raise bedlam--comss to the surface
like porpois, putting and towing--shaues the
bulls of Blshan with his roars. Splash goes the
water, blub lub ber, as the lips take it-snet ze,
Junk, uLk, shake, as the nose Gee, as the eyes
90 under, QUO. as the whole fice passes slowly
under the palm. All this TO put little "godli-
hess" in the shape Of cleanliness" int) the
masculine
Then comes the period of teaching 4" the young
idea how to speak" Imagine little sister of six
seated upon stool, with doll in lap juvenile has
just been through the above ordeal of the bath
his hair is resold;ely combed up to the top of the
head in long stiff line like the the bristles upon
a certain creatures back He has of his
jacket or apron in his mouth, at which he does the
duty of Young sucker. Both hands are in his
pockets just emei ging to slide along the table
in pursuit of flies.
Now, Jimmy, begin" cries the little teacher
How doth the little busy bee"
How (eyeng the Hy) doth the little" down
goes the hand and two or three flies buz buz for
freedom).
Jimmy, do learn your lesson."
Jimmy -"Blsy bee, what's bee p
Its bug, Jimmy
What kind of a bug--like a spider ?"
"No, Jimmy. spiders don't make honey"
Do bees make honeyH | mean to have some
some bread bead and honey !"
"Say your lesson irst and then we Il have brea /
and honey"
81 won't II have it now"
Jimmy youl never De man unless you
learn"
" Get out. will be man. You wont though"
Next comes the school going, and then the ju-
venie must be cosxed aud wheedled. for he has a
mortal aversion to the tree of knowledge His
pockets stuffed with balls, tops twine pebbles,
and even toads in the season. all of which are do
ing imaginary wonders while the lesson is CAB.
bled over without the least idea of the sense con
tanned in it. One eye inspects II beetle crawling
over the brsch--the other watches the clock In
all he has no more idea of the utility of learning
than the monkey has of the need of trowsers.--
Well, he goes the women suffering martyrd ON
to get him forward so that the family will not be
aisgraced. Mama groans in spirit when by her
self; worries her life out to manage him in such
way that the neighbors won't be outraged, and
the father try the coil Of BIRCH" the fathers rem
edy for all errors, mental and moral,) he remem.
bers how he was brought up he was cherub
in any sense. and what was good for him will b,
good for Jimmy
Mama manages to shut her eyes to the fact tha
Jimmy is a Ounce and a trial" She manages t,
keep the secret to herself Then he goes to col
lege; but we must not dilate upon the agonies O
management to carry the boy well through Their
the college sprees. The extra bills the threat
ened disgrace all averted, hushcd up.and paid b.
maternal management Finally the youth mar
ries, and now the mother. for the first time sine
he was born has breathing space. She has KEEP
him out of mischief only partially the wife mus
do the rest. Now for the managing wife.
Mrs. Ellis, ,Miss.Edgeworth, Hannah Moore, a
gave directions. The first slys. "leave a big Goa
in the CRATE for your husband to poke" aud tn
others equally wise. Frederika Bremen love
married men they are supposed to be meek, Th
married man is easily known by his air He
thought to be well disciplined he has sown hi
wild oats; he has given bonds to the state he
on the road to resre;tabili'yi in other worls h