American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-08-12
CorrectInr FanIt.


wei, Sarah. declare! you are the
worst girl | know Of in the whole countryl
why, motberl what have dens?'
See fberel how you have spilled water
IN my pantryI get out Of my sight; l csa-
not bear to look upon yoa-yca careless
girlI' s
We'll. motherl conilu't help IT,
MRS. A., the mother. is very worthy wo-
man, but very ignorant OF the art OF family
government. S1rab, her daughter, Is
needless gill Of ten years. She is very
much disposed to remove things cut of
their proper places, and seldom s'ops TO
put them in again. On the occasion re.
ferred TO she had been seen to put water
into tea kettle, and had very carelessly
spilled portion Of it on the pantry floor
Alter the above conversation, which, on
the part of the mother, sounded most like
successive claps Of thunder on the ears OF
her daughter. Sarah escaped in pouting
manner, into an adjoining room, and her
mother wiped up the slops in the pantry.
Well. thought I, my dear Mrs A.. if
that is the way you treat your daughter.
you will probably find il necessary TO wipe
alter her great many times more. il you
both live. Such family government, as
here set forth, seems TO me TO be liable TO
several serious objsctions.
The reproof was too boisterous. Chill
dren can never be frightened into knowl-
edge Of error. or into conviction of crime
1t is their judgement, and their taste for
neatness and order, which need training.
and no: ther ears.
1t was too unreasonable The child was
indeed. careless: but she hal done nothing
to merit the title OF "the worst girl in the
: country" Children arc sensible OF injus-
t tice, and very soon End it difficult 10 re-
! spect those who unjustly tIeat them.
: 1t was too passionate. The mothei
: seemed TO be boiling over with dispIeasur,
j and disgust. and, under this excitement
= she dispised her darling child; the very
!, one in a short time afterwards, when ib,
: storm had blown by. she was ready to EN-
brae in her arms as almost the very imag,
Of perfection.
II was inefficient Sarah retired, under
q the idea that her mother was excited for
4 very little thing. which she could not help
i Thus she blamed her mother, and aequIt
ted herself
L Mrs B. is another in the same neigh
Q borhood. MIS-. A. wonders why Mrs. B
It has so very good children. Says Mrs. A
e / talk great deal more to my childre
t than Mrs. B. does. l frequently scol
o them most severely. and sometimes viii
s them, until think they will never disobe
!. me again. And yet. how noisy. careless
d disobedient. my children arel Mrs. B
It says but little to her children, and yet he
family move like elock-work. Ordei
neatness and harmony abound, and / ne'
d er heard of her whipping them at all."-
Il IT'S even sol And | should like to te
d Mrs. A. the grand cause Of her failure
n She has not yet learned to govern hersel
=. and it is hot therefore surprising that h'
IS family is poorly governed.
l. MIRA. b. has daughter. Catharinei :
It bout the same age with the daughter {
Is Mrs. A Not long since Catherine, con
n mitted in hurry. the same act of careless
a ness as above related, and Mrs. BIS trea
y ment Of it reveels the secret Of family -go'
ne eminent.
tn 'Cathariue, my daughter, can you II
he me how this water came on the floor?
IN i suppose mother. must have spill'
It. it few moments ago, when l filled Il
I'd tea kettle
l. why did you not wipe it up, my daug
ter?'
L intended to return. and do sol but I
y getting engaged on something else, l 70
,h got it,
v We'll, my daughter. when you {
1t wrong you should try to repair it to Il
p hest OF your sbiIity. and as soon as pos:
a. BILE. Get the mop and wipe it up. ar
es try not to do so again
Is Catherine Immediately does as she
lg bid: rema.king, 4 will try and be mo
< careful another time
K Mrs. A. may be found in almost any cor
s. muni,y. Mrs. B., though perhaps mo
in rare parsonage, yet graces many families
I'd our laud.-[British Mothers Journal.