Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-12-04
THE GAZETTE.
SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4, 1855
MAKE HOME HAPPY.

Childhood is the season of greatest impres-
sibii,y. The perceptions are quick, the fee
in..- sensitive, and the Impressions more
deep I'D lasting than at any other period 0i
lite 1t oigeu happens that, in after Existence
the events of Yesterday are forgotten. while
the scenes of childhood remain vivid ard
fresh Even 10 old age and second child
hood the rememhrances OF early life crowd
in upon the decaying old man and form the
happiness or the misery, to great extent, OF
his dying hours. The remembrance OF hap
piaess is happiness: and the joys OF early
wears thus become fresh 0ell-spring Of joy
all through lite. They even make man
eonstituuopally cheerful, instead Of gloomy,
always disposed to speak Pleasantly and di'-
fuse around him happy and contented state
OF wind instead of the reverse. when hap
py ourselves, We are most benevolentiy diS
posed TO consider bow we can contribute 70
the welfare of others; as If JOY, like water,
ever wanted to flow out and d,fiuse itself un-
ri it raised all around it to its own level
On the other hand, sorrow and uuhappihess
conceal themselves, and segregate their pcs
SCISSOR from sympathy with the world aronna.
TIE whole world, then, is thus made happier
for lifetime, from every ray of sapplness
tina, once darts across child's pathway and
lights up It's heart.
Make home happy, hen and suppose not
that when the immediate occasion OF Joy Is
gone. that the good effects OF your exernons
have all exhausted themselves. On the con-
trary. il the fJrt has been wisely made. the
results vii! last longer than your lie Will
continue.
We have thousand joyful memories that
come cro0diug up now as We write, sweeter
and more buoyan', perhaps, than any OF the
last half dczen years. But the authors OF
those pleasures, where are they! silently
sleeping under the tombstone or the tori.-
TIE mother, who charmed US with oursery
song, and the old man, who oenevoieniiy
made himself the joy of the whole family cir
Gle, upd lie; the children tread upon MS oorns
uucom Observation-Disclosures gray hairs may nave
descer ded into the grave N peace, but tho
bauuiuess they conferred will be the last
thug ia u TO die.
But if the stock broker on the Exchange
will come bone to scold the whole house aud
annihiate the quiet ,ioys Of his children 10 re-
veuee tor q losing day for him IN the stock
marx eff every debt uDd mercantile SID OF
the father in Market street Is to be visited on
she children OF home, no wonder II they
grow IN cross and sour, or seek Wiz
emusements, out Of doors IN com pehsanon
for the peaceful Joys never bestowed on them
at bone. David returned to bless his house.
How many u man returns to curse MS, SIM
pl, bv bis selishness and i'll temper. This
sort of sel6shpess il, indeed, more hereditary
than any other.
NJ father will ever regret the struggle OF
though or deed or self denia! /; has cost him
10 coater q little happiness on the you 4
folks a, home OF an evening. IL will give
hun another lease OF childhood ; and tnsm
an example of lasting utility. But how to
make home bappy-that la the question.
By orsrards and coaAlng, cakes and candies,
snd costly. luxurIes? A little OF this sort OF
sugar-plum happiness may not be am'ss 10
lis turn bot much Of it Is not happiness,
but a most pre- gnant source OF misery. For
luxury breeds discomfort, ard makes every
thing less costly and luxurious. inainld and
jcvless. II is, moreover, the Incidence Of va
rents that makes them seek happiness for
their children .aus. as the reaiiest ara most
easy way of getting rid OF the troublesome
question:. "Whst shsl! do to please the chill
dren?" This Iaz;ness like ell other, Is $40
ana Will DTlng ltS Own
Expers ive amusenents have great re-
commentator in that TACT. Apart from the
saving Of 70 much money, the cheapest en-,
ioyments are generally Of more intellectual
character That it is to say. they excite The
intellect Of the young, or draw out sotne mer
oil quality in them which is the source OF IN.
te.est. Real home happiness is very little
connected with expense. II it we're. family
would be happy just in proportion to the dol
lars in their purees. But the poor have, Oh
an average, quite as much, If not more hay
piness than the rich; because having to LOOK
for it, pot from external inxaries, but from
the cultivation of wholesome dispositions,
their sources Of happiness oeVer dry up
With order, system, ueainsse and mutual al
lection, the members OF family have all the
sources Of endless amusement aid daily ITO
provemerts within themse yes. That happi-
ness which is dependent on outward sumu-
lan;s often reacts, makes exucnse oeccssitV,
and creates a craving never satisfied. - Phta-
deiphia Ledger.
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