Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-11-25

auu OhN]' "iu hoisl ~ nt y, Anu I'm
some as rarpet rules snd parlor way
I are to him. h. is still = social litt!
= creature. and wants TO be where th,
e rest Of the household are. A room
e ever SO well adapted for play. can no
u charm him at the hour when the fam
$ ily is in reunion; he hears the voice,
j. in the parlor. and his play room seem,
: desolate. II may be warmed by fur.
: mace AMI lighted with gas. but il j,
: human warmth anil light he shivers
3 for; he yearns for the talk Of the fam
I ily. which he 30 impcrfeetly compre.
: henas, and he longs to take his play.
things down AMI play by you. and is
D necessarily promising that of the fifty
improper things which he Is liable to
10 in the parlor. he will moi commit
one if You let him stay there This
instinct of the little one is Natures
r warning plea-God's almonition. o.
. how many mothc. who has neglected
} it because it was irksome to have the
child about; has longed at twenty five
to keep her son BY her side. and he
would not Shut out as little Arab;
constantly told that h. is noisy. that
he is awkward and medllesomc, and
plague in general. the boy has found
at last his own company in the streets.
in the highways AMI hedges, where he
runs till the day comes when the ps.
rents want their son. and the sisters
their brother, and then they are scared
at the face he brings back to them as
he comes all foul AMI smutty from the
conipanionship to which they have
doomed him.
Depend upon it, If it is too much
trouble to keep your boy in your soci-
ETY., there will be places founl for him
warmed and lighted with no friend
ly fres--wlicre he who finds some
mischief still for idle hanls to do, will
care for him il yor do not. Yon NAV
put out tree, and it will grow while
you sleep. but son you can not--you
must take trouble for him. either lit
tie now or great deal by-aniby-
Let him stay with You at least some
portion of every day: bear his noise
AMI his ignorant ways. Put asi,e (,
your boos or work TO tell him story.
or show him picture: devise Still
parior plays for him. for h, gain,
nothing by being allowed to spoil the
comfort Of the whole circle. a pen
ell, sheet of paper AMI a few patterns
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 AMI then disturb you. anil it costs
you more thought anil care to regulate |
him there. balance which is the great
est evil-to be disturbed by him now,
or when he is a man OF all You can !
give your Charley. if you are a good |
man or woman, your presence is the
best and safest thing. God never
meant him to do without you. any
more than chi'kens were meant to !
grow without being broodei 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, AMI 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
OF all devices for Charley which we
have few shelves which he may dig
nify.with the name of cabinet. is one
of tine best He picks up shells and
pebbles and stones, all odds and ends
nothing comes amiss: and if you
give him a pair of scissors and little
gum, there is no end of the labels he
will paste on, and the hours he NAV
innocently spend, sorting ami arrang-
ing. y bottle of liquid gum is an in.
valuable resource OF various purposes.
nor must you mind though he vsrnish
his nose and fingers and clothes (Which
he will do of course) ii he does moth
ing worse. y cheap paint box, and
some cngravings tocolor is another;
and il you will give him some real
paint and putty to paint and putty his |,
boats and cars. he is a made man.
all these things make troublc-to
be sure they debut Charley is to
-aake trouble, that is the nature OF the
institution; you arc only to choose
between safe anil wholesome trouble.
and the tronble that comes at last like
a whirlwind. God bless the little fell
low, and send us oil grace to know
what to do with him Independent.
HEarly Yesterday morning. the
husband of Mrs. Julia Kelly, residing
at No. IA. Plnm street. found his
wife dead. The evening before he had
found her dead drunk on the floor,