The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1858-11-27
From the Independent.
w hat is To be done with Our Charley.

1es-that is the question: The fact is
there seems TO be place in heaven above
! or earth beneath, exactly safe and suitable
except the bed While he is asleep there
our souls have rost--we know where he is
and what he is about, and sleep is a gracious
state; but then he wakes up bright and car.
ly, and begins footing, pounding, hammer.
ing, singing, meddling, and asking ques-
tons; in short, overtnrning the peace OF So
ciety, generally, for about thirteen hours out
of every twenty -four.
Everybody wants to know what 10 do with
hm-everyboGy is quite sure that he can't
stay where they are. The cock can't have
him in the kitchen, where he niestS the
pantry to get -four to make paste for his
kites, or melt lar,! in the new saucepan. II
he goes into the wood shed. he is sure to
pu! the wood pile down rpun his head. Ii
he he sent into the garrct, YOU think for IA
While that you have settled The problem, ii !
you find that bouui,s> fic Il for activity is
at once opened, amid the packayrs, boxes,
bags, barrels, and a<loIf rubbish there
Old letters, newspapers, trunks Of uliscc.a-
peous contents, ave all runagcd. and the We
r. reign of chaos and old nigh, i, instituted
He Sees endless capaciti.> in all, and lac Is
always hammcring something or Knocking
drawing boxes and barrels in all directions
to build cities o: las railroad tracks, til eve
rybody's head aches, quit. down to ne low
er floor, and everybody declares Charley
must be kept ont OF the casrct.
Then yOu send Charley 10 school. and
hope You are lair'y ill of him, for a few
hours at Last Bat he comes home more
noisy AMI breezy than eyer. having learned
Of some twenty other Charl v every seIa
rate resource for keeping up commotion
that the superabundant vitality OF each can
originate. He can dance like } IN Smith he
has learned 10 smack his lips like Joe
Brown; Will Briggs has shown hii:: how TO
incw like = cat, ard he enters the premises
with a new var whoop learned from Tom
Evans He feel, large and ra,crouS; lie has
learned that lie is boy, and has a general
impression that he is growing immensely
strong and knowing and ieSpiscS more than
ever the Conycutionalitics of paiiOr life; IN
fact, hc is more than ever an interruption in
the way Of decen, folks who want to lie
quiet.
|, is true, that If entertaining persons viii
devote themselves exclusively to him, read
ing and telling stories, lie may be kept qpi
ct; but then this is d.scoura-Iug woIk, for
he swallows a story a. Rover does piece OF
meat, and looks at You for another and aHo-
ther, without the slightest consideration,
so that this resource Is Of short duration,
and then the cd question comes back:
What is 20 BE- Zone with hm:
But, after al, Charley cannot be wholly
shirke ed for he Is an Institution solemn
and aaful fact; and on the answer to the
question, " What is to b. done with hii4:"
depends future.
Many hard, Inorose, bitter man has
c ine from Charley turned oil and neg
lectcd many parental heart-ac.e has
come from Charley loft 10 run the streets,
that mamma and sisters IL. -ht pay On TIE
piano, and write l-tt.rs in peace. II Is easy
10 get rid of hin, there are fifty Ways Of do
in. that. He i spirit that can b. prompt
ly laid, but if lie, laii Alright viii come
back, hyand-hy, strong man armed, when
you cannot send him oil at pleasure.
Mamma and si>t-fs had better pay iittle
tax TO Charley Low, than Il terrible one by
and-by. There l. something significant in
the old English phrase, with which cur
scriptures render Us familiar, a Man child
a NAN chilli. There you have the word that
should make you think more than twice be
fore YOU answer tAe question, 4" y hat sa-i!
We do with Char,cy:"
For TO day he is at YOUR feet; to day you
can make him laugh, you cali make him
cry, you can persuade. coax, and turn him
10 your pleasure; You can maze his eyes fill
aud his bosom swell with recital, of good
and noble deeds; in short, you can mould
linn if you will take the trouble.
But look ahead some years, when that 1t
tie voice shall r!nE in deep bass tones; when
that small foot .hall have man's weight
and tramp; when 4 rou. IN beard shai! co-er
that little, round chin. and tic wil.ul
strength of manhood iii ont that little form
Then you would give worlds for the key TO
his heart. to he able to turn and guide him
to your will; but if You will loose that key
now he is little, you may search for it care
fully. with tears, some other day, and '.crrr
find 1t.
O,d housckccpcrs have provcrh, that one
hour los, in the morning is never found ali
day. Ii Las 4 Significance ii this case.
BEAM AND BoDY-The daughter Of
Boston merchant, who applied herself night
and day TO study, to obtain medal at the
late school exhibitions, and succeeded, has
been ever since bordering: or insarity, in
c nScquence of overtaSk NJ the brain, and
there Is little proSFe,; OF her recovery. II
her brain could have been maintained in a
establishment. and wo: ked upon in
volition. probably such disaster
would never have occurred. Bat as these
things are constituted, it Will not dc to for
get the connection which exists between
mind and body, faculties and muscles, brain
and nerves. The system which is deprived
Of needed physical recreation, must break
down. 1t is the height of folly to suppose
that we can ignore the demands OF nature in
any respect, without paying the penalty. II
is curious TO see the connection between
mental aud physical faculties. The idea
that r!an can OILY &c, the dyspepsia from
high seasoned proveHcer put upon the sto-
mach, Is absurd. He is just as likely to Sc
cure that luxury by stuiiing his head with T.
Greek and Latin, algebra and geometry, in .
undue proportions, and at IMPROPER hours. /
The shaky, rafting, dlsordcrtd, jaun- +
diced, bilious and biooicSS systcins that 20 .
litting like ghosts upon every tiotous shiare, /
ire standing commentaries upon false ideas
IF the day in this respect. 1t is a peculiari- /
y of this age, tha, tso thirds Of its living /
,kelctons arc epi ONES of theoretical know ,
edge upon almost every subject under the I
sun. This is not Invariably the case but it I
S the general rule. The exceptions prove
hat a person can be SC I.thng more than
luncc, without being less than a man or wo-
nan, and that with proper management, IL Is
possible to secure the most valuable mental
acquisitions without sacriiicin, in their pur-
;ait physical capacities, and becoming an
especial candidate for a mad house, or con-
hoSpi;al.-Iroy Tunes.
Nor Down IN THE BrILS.--The baltimore
Dispatch recounis a scene which occurred at
he Holiday Street Theatre, few evenings
;,., ,rhirh was not N the hills.
\ fine looking young woman, in more
han the usual amplitude Of crinoine, enter
d with her beau, and was making her way
Trough the already well filled seats in the
ront row of the first circle, where places
lad been reserved for them. TO DO SO with
Ill the bold freedom of feminine young