The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-11-06
Chr family Cirtle.
fwo Ways of Core citing Il Fault.

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:. Wen, Sarah, declare! You are the worst
girl that know Of in the whole country -
Why. mother what have done -
6 See there! how you have spilled water
IN my pantry Get out Of my sight; / cannot
bear to look upon you--you careless girl!''
.'Wcll mother, | couldn't help it's
Mrs. ~, the mother, is very worthy wo-
man, but very ignorant Of the art of family
government; Sarah, her daughter. is a heed
less gil Of about ten Years old. She is very
much accustomed to remove things ont OF
proper places, and seldom stops to but Them
IN again. On the occasion referred to above
She had been sent to put water into the tea.
heitle, and had very carelcssly spilled Il con-
siderable portion on the pantry floor. After
the above conversations, which on the part of
inc mother, sounded almost like successive
ciaps ofthundcr on the ears of her daughter.
Sarah escaped, in pointing manner, into an
adjoining room. and her mother wipcd M
the slop in the pantry.
Well, thought , my dear Mrs. A.. if that
IS the way you treat your laughter, you will
probably tind it necessary to wipe after her a
great many times more, if you b 9th live
such family government as here set forth
seems to me to be liable to several serious
objections.
The reproof was too boiStcrous. Children
can never be frightened into Il knowledge Of
error, or into conviction Of crime. 1t is tLeir
Judgment, and their taste for ncatness and
order, which need training, and not their fears
1t was too unreasonable. The child was,
indeed, careless; but she had done nothing to
merit the title Of the worst girl in the country
Children are sensible Of injuries, and very
soon find it difficult to respect those who
lniustly treat them.
1t WAS too passionate. The mother seemed
to be boiling over with diSplensurc and dis
gust; and, under this excitement. she des-
pissed her darling child the very same that
in Il short time attcrward, when the storm had
blown by, she was ready to embrace in her
arms as almost the very image of perfection. .
1t was Inefficient. Sarah retired, under the
idea that her mother was excited for a very
little thing, which she could not help. Thus
she blamed her mother and acquitted herself
MIS-. b. IS another mother in the same
ncighhorhoOd. Mrs. A. wonders why Mrs.
b. has such very good children Says Mrs.
A 81 talk great deal more to my children
than Mrs. b. does. | ttcqcntly scold them
most severely, and | sometimes whip them,
until L think they will never disubcv me
again And yet, how noisy, careless and
dsobcdicnt my children are Mrs. b. saws
but little to her children, and yet her family
moves like clock work. Order, ncatneSs and
harmony abound, and have never heard of
her whipping them at all
Ills even 50! And [ should like to tell
Mrs. a. the great cause Of her failure. She
has not yet learned to govern herself, and
il is not, Therefore, surprising that her family
is poorly governed.
Mrs. b. has a daughter, CatIarine. about
the same age with the daughter OF Mrs. A.
Not long since Catharinc committed. in a
hurry, the same act Of carrlcsSmcss as above
related. and Mrs. BIS treatment of it reveals
her secret of family government
"Catharinc, my daughter, can you tell me
how tins water came on the toor?''
8" suppose, mother, must have spilled
II few moments ago, when filled the tea
kcttc.'
"Nhy did ycnnot wipe itup, my daughter?''
G. intended to return and do so; but get
ting engaged on something else, forgot it.
" Well, my daughter, when yuu do wrong,
You should try to repair it to the best Of your
ability, and us soon as possible. Get the
mop and wipe it up, and try not to do so
again."
Carathinc does as she is bid rcnarkinG:
&C will try to be more careful anotlc. time ,,
Mrs. a. may be found in almost every
community. Mrs. b., though, perhaps a
more rare parsonage, yet grac's many 1am-
hes in our lahd.-B,Hish l,thers' JUtrnQi.