Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-11-09
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[Erom the Independent, No1. 8.

there seems to be no place in the heaven above
or earth beneath, exactly safe and suitable, sex-
kcept thebed. Whileh eis asleep there our souls /
have rest-we know where he is and what heisi
about, and sleeps gracious state; but thenlhe |
wakes up bright and early, and begins footing, |
pounding, hammering, singing, meddling, and
Iasking questions; in short overtuTning tlIei
peace of society generally for about thirteen
/ hours outiof twenty-tour. 54-sa " 4
Everybody wants to know what to- do with
lhim-e body is quite sure thatihe can't stay
4 where theysare. The cook can't have him in !
the kitchen, where he infests the pantry to get
flour to make paste forsh his kites, or melt lardin
the new saucepan. If hegoes into the yood-i
She'd he is sure to pull tho woodzpile down up5I
on his head. If he be sent up into the garrett,
yon think for while that you. have settled the
problem, till you find what a bonndless field for
activity is at once opened amid all the packages,
boxes, bags, barrels, and cast of rubbish there.
Old letters, newspapers, trunks of miscellaneous
contents, are all rummaged, and the very reign
of chaos and old night is instituted He Sees,
endless capacities all, and he is always ham
fmerng something, or knocking something apart.
or saving, or plonlng, or drawing boxes and
barrels in all directions to build cities or railroad
tracks till everybody Us head aches quitedownto
| the lower floor, and everybody declares that
Charley must be kept out of the garrett
/ Then You send Charley to school, and hope
you are fairly rid of him for a few hours atleast
But he comes home noisier and more breezy
than ever, having learned from some twenty
other Charleys every seperate resource forkeep-
ing up q commotions that a super abundant vitals
| ityyof each can originate. He can dance like
Jim Smith-he has learned to smack his lips
! like Joe Brown-and Will Briggs has shown
him how to new like cat, and he enters the
premises with new war-whoop learned from
Tom Evans. He feels large and yalorous; heH
has learned that he is boy, and has general
impression that he is growing immensely strong
and knowing, and despisessmore than ever the
conventionalitiest of parlor life; in fact, he is
moro than ever ansinterruption in the way of
decent folks who want to be quiet
1t is true, that if entertaining persons will de-
vote themselves exclusively tohim; reading and
telling stories, he may be kept quiet; but then
this is discouraging work, for he swalowsla
story5as Rover does piece of meat, and looksat
you for another and another, without the slight
est consideration, SO that this resource is of
short duration, and then the old question comes
| But after all, Charley cannot beWholly 5shirk-
| ed, for he is an Institutions solemn and awful
fact; and on the answer to the question, What
IS to be done with him? depends future.
| Many hard, morose, bitter man has come
from a Charley turned offand neglected; many
q parental heart ache has como from Charley
left to run the streets, that mamma and sisters
might play on the piano and write letters in
peace. 1t is easy to gettrid fhim; there are ff.
| ty ways OF doing that. He is q spirit TINT can
De promptly laid, but notl laid Alright Will come
back, by and BY, a strong. man armed, when
you cannot send him off at pleasure.
Mamma and sisters had better pay little tax
to Charley now, than terrible one by and by.
There is something signifcantin the old Eng
fish phrase, with which our Scriptures render
us familiar, q NAN childa NAN child. There
you have the word that should make you think
more than twice before you answer the ques-
ton: "W Shall we do with CharleY?"
For to-day he is ut your feet; to. day you can
make him laugh, you can make him5cr you
can persuade, coax, and turn him to yonr pleas
ure; you can make his eyes filland his bosom
swell with recitals ofgood and noble deeds; in
short you can mould him if youfwill take the
trouble.
Bullock ahead some years, when that little
voice shall ring in deep bass tones; when that
small foot shall have mans weight and tramp;
when a rough.beard shall cover that little round
chin, and the wilful strength ofmanhood fill
out that little form. Then you would give
worlds forithe key to his heart, to be able to
turn and guide him, to your will; but if you will
lose that keysnow he is little, you may search
foriit carefully, with tears, some other day, and
neUer find it.
Old housekeepersL have q proYerb, that one
hour lost in the morning is never found all day
It has significance in this case. y
/ One thing is to benoticed about Charley that