The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-11-24
WOODSFIElD MONROE COUNTY, OHIO NOVEMBER a. 1853

ley, that, rude, and busy, and noisey as he
is and irksome as carpet rules and parlor
ways are to him, he is still social little |
creature, and wants to be where the rest
Of the household are A room ever so
we'll adapted for play, cannot charm him
at the hour when the family is in reunion;
he hears the voices in the parlor, and his
play room seems desolate. 1t may be
warmed by o furnace and lighted with gas.
but it is human warmth and light he shi-
vers for, he yearns for the talk of the fam
lily, which he so imperfectly comprehends,
and he longs to take his playthings down
and play by you, and is necessarily prom
ising 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.
This instinct of the little one is Natures
warning plea-God's admonition. Oh!
how many mother 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 a little Arab; constantly told
that he is noisy, that he is awkward and
meddlesome. and q plague in general, the
boy has found at last his own company in
the streets, in the highways and hedges,
where he runs till the day comes when the
parents want their son, and the sisters
their brother, and then they are sacred at
the face he brings back to them, as he
comes all foal and smutty from the COM
panionship to which they have doomed
him. Depend upon it, if it is too much
trouble to keep your boy in your society,
there will be places found for him-war
med and lighted with no friendly fires
where he who finds some mischief still for
idle hands to do, will care for him; if You
do not. You may put out tree and it
will grow while you sleep, but son you
cannot-you must take trouble for him,
either little now or great deal by-and
by.
Let him stray with you at least some
portion of every day; bear his noise and
his ignorant ways. Put aside your boob
or work to tell him a story, or show hin
picture; devise still paror plays for him
for be gains nothing by being allowed te
spoil the comfort of the whole circle
A pencil, a sheet of paper, and few
patterns will sometimes keep him quie
by you for an hour, while you are talking
or in corner he may build bIeck-house
annoying nobody. If he does now ant
then disturb you, and it costs you NOR
thought, and pains to regulate him there bal
lance which is the greatest eyil-to b
disturbed by him now, or when he is
man.. 81.
Of all you can give your Charley,
, you are good man or woman, your pre-
sence is the best and safest thing. Go
never meant him to do without you an
o more than chickens we're meant to gro,
E without being brooded. - -rs zees
Then let him have some place in you
G house where it shall be no sin to hamme
and pound, and make oil the litter hi
n heart desires and his various schemes r.
o quire. Even if you can i'll afford the rocn
8 weigh well between that safe asylum an
;, that which, if denied, he may make for hi
o self in the street. ....
OF all devices for Charley which v
q have, few shelves which he may digni
"a with the name of cabinet is one of ii
best. picks up shells and pebbles an
70 stones, all odds and ends. nothing com
n amiss; and if YOU give him pair of sci
20 sors and little gum, there is no end
p the labels he will paste on, and the hou
be may iunocently spend sorting and a
,s ranging. rz<s 81; c..-t
,. A bottle of liquid gum is an invaluab
,s resource for boys nor must you mil
: though he varnish his nose fingers al
~ ~ cloths, (Which he will do of course) if
Il does nothing worse. A cheap paint-bo
tv and some engravings to color, is anothe
at and if you will give him some real pei
ht and putty to paint and putty his boa
! n and cars, he is made man. MIR
Of -, All these things make trouble--to
sure they debut Charley is to ma
q trouble, that is the nature of the insti,
,le tion; you are only to choose between 81
r.. and wholesome trouble, and the trout
Ib that comes at last like whiriwind. .--G
,r bless the little fellow, and send us all grs
~ to know what to do with him.