Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-11-26

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But after all. Charley cannot be wholly
shirked, for he is an institution solemn and
awful fact; and on the answer TO the ques-
ton, what is to be done with him? depends
future.
Many hard. morose, and bitter man has
! come from Charley turned off and neglec-
ted; many parental heart-aehe has come
from a Charley left to run the streets, that
mamma and sisters might play on the piano
and write letters in peace. 1t is easy TO get
rid of him; there are fifty ways OF doing that.
4 He is a spirit that can be promptly laid, but
if not laid aright viii come back. by and BY,
q strong man armed, when you cannot send
him off at pleasure.
Mamma aud sisters had better pay little
tax TO Charley now, than terrible one by
and by. There Is something significant in
the old English phras sc, with which our Scrip
tures render US familiar, MAN chld--a MAN
child. There you have the word that should
make You think more than twice before yos
answer the question ;--'' What shall we do
with Charley!o
For to-day he is af your feet; to-day you
can make him laugh; you make him cry,
you can persuade, coax, and torn him to
your pleasure; you can make his eyes fill,
and his bosom swell with recitais of good
and noble deeds; in short, you can mould
him, if you will take the trouble.
But look ahead some years, when the lit
tie voice shall ring in deep bass tones;
when that little foot shall have a mans
weight and tramp; when u rough beard shall
cover that little, round chin, and the willful
strength Of manhood fill out that little form.
Then you would give worlds for the Key TO
his heart, to be abfe to turn and guide him TO
your will; but, if you will hose that key now
| he is little, you may search for il carefully,
with tears. some other day, and neDer fnd il.
Old housekeepers have proverb, that one
hour lost in the morning is never found all
day. 1t has Significance in this case.
| One thing is to be noticed about Charley,
that, rude, and busy. and noisy as he is, ard
! irksoGe as carpet rules and parler ways are
| TO him. he is still social little creature, and
wants TO be where rest of the household
are.- A room ever SO well adaPted for play
cannot charm him at the hour when the
| family is in re- union; be hears the voices in
! the parIor, and his play room seems desolate.
1 1t may be warmed BY furnace and lighted
with gas, bat it is human W armth and light
he shivers for; he yearns for the talk Of tbe
! family. which he so imperfectly7 comPre.
| hends, and he longs to take his Playthings
down and play by you, and is necessarily
I promising that of the fifty improper things
/ which he is liable to do in the parlor, he
will not Commit one if you will let him
stay there. s4f e .n1a
This instinct Of the little one is Natures
warning plea-God's admonition. o, how
kmany a. mother >who has neglected il. -
cause tsw9s irksome 10 have the 9hadaaAsr,
has louged at twenty FIVE to keePheFs ssonby
| her side, and ls would mott Shut oft asa
little Arab; constantly told that he is noisy,
that he is awkward and nedd.asome, and
/ plague in gen6raf,sihe boy has found at last
his own companysn the streets, in the high
ways and hedges, where he runs TIL the day
/ comes when the parents'want their son. aud
! the sisters their brother, and then they are
scared at the face he brings back to them,
as he comes all foul and smuuy from the
companionslip to which they have doomed
| him. Depend upon it, if it is too much
trouble 10 keep your boy in your society,
there will be places found for him--warne d
and lighted with no friendly fres-where he
who finds some mischief still for idle hands
to do, will care for him, if you do not. I on
may put out tree anG it will grow while you
sleep, bat son you eannot-yon must take
trouble for him, either little now great
deal byand by.
Let him stay with you at least some por-
ton Of every day; bear his noise and his ig
norant ways; put aside your book or work TO-
tell him story or show him icture; de-
! eli II, ~ C.r +or ha
nothing by being allowed TO spoil she COM
fort OF the whole circle. A pencil, sheet
of paper, and a few pattern will sometimes
keep him quiet by you for an hour, while
you are talking, or in a corner he may build
a block house, annoying nobody. If he
does now and then disturb you, and it costs
you more thought and care to regulate him
there, balance which is the greatest evil-to
be disturbed by him now, or when he is a
man.
OF all you can give your Charley, if you
are good man or woman, your presence
is the best and safest thing. God never
meant him to 90 without you any more than
chickens were meant to grow without being
brooded.
Then let him have some place in your
house where it shall be no sin to hammer
and pound, and make all the litter his heart
, desires and his various schemes require -
Even if you can i'll afford the room, weigh
. well between that safe asylum and one
. which, if denied, he may make for himself
, in the street.
: Ofall devices for Charley which we have
! few shelves which he may dignity with the
t name of cabinet is one Of the best He
picks up shells and pebbles, and stones, al
odds and ends, nothing comes amiss; and i
you give him pair Of scissors and a itth
? gum, there is no end of the labels he vii
paste on, and the hours he may innocently
i spend sorting and arranging.
r A bottle of liquid gum is an invaluable
r resource for various purposes, nor must yol
i mind though he varnish his nose and finger
4 aud clothes, (Which he will do Of course)
e he does nothing worse. A cheap paint box
: and some engravings to color, is another
e and you will give him some real paint IN
putty to paint and putty his boats and cars
Il he is made man.
All these things make trouble-to be sur
n they debut Charley is to make trouble
d that is the nature of the institution; you ar
: only to chose between safe ard wholesom
n trouble, or that which comes at last like
n whrlwInd. God bless the little fellow, an
: send us grace to know what to do with him
0 DON'T FRET.
=" 1t is unamiable. fretting man or VIC
;" man is one of the most unlovable objects i
III the world. A wasp is comfortable house
> mate in comparisons; it only stings whe
disturbed. But an habitual iretter buzzes
= she don't sting, with or without provocatior
% ''It is better To dwell in the corner of hous
/ top than with a brawling woman in a wild