The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-04-30
50 90 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
Yes, if wished to see them ruined.

, their hair combed every week or month
not unless you wish to rouse motherly ipdip-
; nation. These little ones are kindly cared
for; If a finger is mutiiated, what n pang it
J sends to the mothers heart how very soon
is medical practitioner called. And the
baby--that most important parsonage in ey-
cry famiy-that little tyrant, that is already
shaking its fists; his wants must be attend
} ed to, with the regularity of clock work. l.
venture, the mother can tell how many teeth
! it has and whenevery individual tooth came.
} But, what more does she know Of that won
derful being? Does she think that its lit
stle intellect will go on increasing in strength
!; and power, throughout the never-endinc
ages Of eternity? e-sa .~zz
The time comes for it to enter the school.
room. 1t knows very little of the powers of
its own soul, and it cannot measure its own
capacity. l. it strange that he should think
4 the lessons long and tedious, and the teach
er very exacting? Can it be that the mother
does not enter into his troubles? Does she
not speak one encouraging word? No !!
Like Mar ha Of old, she is careful, aud
trouble ab ,ut many things. The bodies of
] her children are her care; their souls she
has never seen. ' r"f&
! would not venture to dictate to the Al
mighty, Or give any hints for the better suc--
cess OF his plans; but have very often
Thought that there are very many parents
that ought never 10 have children committed
to their keeping. Their only use in this
world seems to be, ito draw nutrition, pro-
pagate and rot.'' They most certainiu are
unworthy Of the jewels committed to their
trust. They cannot estimate the precious
gifts that God has given to them.
Why 10 that 70 L
II Q schOol-room? Why do they Mt visit
it often. If their treas ures are there. their
hearts should be there also. Must teachers
go out into the highways and hedges and
compel them to come. How often do YOU
look into your money. bags, and count the
broad pieces Of gold, and how carefully do
you examine every bank note, least YOU re-
ceive counterfeit. Wonld YOU were as
careful of the mental and moral culture Of
your children. .-.......
Why do you not sometimes speak an en-
couraging word to your teacher? Is itany
wonder if his energies should fail, when he.
sees so little interest manifested by the pa-
rents !? Can you not hold up his hands, By
letting him know tina. you feel interested in
his charge? Do not insult him by ask ing him
if he does not feel like squirrel in cage.
turning round and round every day-or like
the poor horse in the ferry boot, that cress-
es and recrosses, but is never whit nearer
the end of his journey-bus gives good
hearty counsel. -1.-t .,-,.1..'Dst
Many parents find it difficult to govern
one family, and that one their own-whas
do they think of a teacher that has all the
families in the neighborhood to manage
The children come to you with habits a.
ready formed: their evil propensities have
been increasing in strength for fifteen, six-
teen and seventeen years, and yet the pa
rents wonder that they give the teachers 20
much trouble. They forget that the tree
has grown crooked. Go to your nurseries
and see the ll-shaped tree, and tell me if
you can straighten them. They have the
rain, and the gentle dew, and the sunshine,
but still the deformlty remains, Oh, that
you could (euen uih cart ropes) restore,
these trees to their original position. ater
! DO You know, parent, that the character
Of your child may be formed before he en-
tiers the school-room? Your children are
being educated all the time. The very DIR
they breath has an influence upon them,-
the very sun that shines,-the mothers
smile,-the fathers frown-all these are
shaping your child'S destiny. Can you tell
me what kind of servants you have in your
| family?
What spirit do they breathe ? Is their
example fH good or evil? Your children
are with them more or less every dav, and it
is almost impossible to keep them under
your own immediate care. They are trans
ltorv and momentary, now here and now
there, like so many spirits. You might as
vel! try to keep a butterfly in certain part
of Of your garden rs your child in partic-
uIar apartments of your house. You can
not say to them, " hitherto shalt thou come.
and no further" They are into erery thing
and they hear every thing-how important
is it what they hear.
| would ask another question:: What
books do your children read? AIethiuks |
have seen books on your centre tables that
that ought not to have been there: at least.
they ought not to be read by school child
ren. .t& .a.E4
Remember parents, that there are MANY
books that you eau read without injury, for
you can discriminate, receive the good and
throw away the evil, but ou must not ex-
pect the same Of your children. You cram
your children's minds with light trash, rfrss
| that they ought to try and forget. Yet,
| their. minds are stuffed as full as feather
bed, and Just about as light. True, their
minds are filed, but with ,ciat q they
flled-why feathers, nothing but. feathers.
| They do not think of the consequences un-
til it is too late. Why is it that so many
young ladies dislike History, Grammar,
Mental Arithmetic, and those studies that
require thought and reflection? In nine On
ees out of ten, the reason is because they
have become dissipated, by too muchlight
reading. sS
| If the teacher could inspire them with a
love of knowledge, by laying her hand upou
their beads, how many pupils would hare
become inspired. But teachers cannot Gro
ate love for books, or give an understand
ing mind. You may take under your care
two children of the same age and seeming.
ly of the same capacity. You may give each
of them the same amount of instruction,
and yet me will improve twice as fast as
the other. If one has more intellect than
| the other, you dare not say so, even in Your
secret chamber, least a bird Of the air should
carry the news-then woe betide the unhap-
tpy preceptor if it comes to the parents ear.
Some children's Intellectual powers are
slow in developement; and precocity in ye-
ry young children is far from desirable, par
ticu'arly where the mind is developed at tho
expense of the body. Some n1e,, of giant
iheSiiSSpS "hCAS SNiiSa SiC1s uuuCGS WucLl 1T
school; but their intellect need long time
to grow. And parents and preceptors
need never to give up in despondency, for
in due time We shall reap, if We faint not. ,
+ The trial of our faith worketh patience.
and patience experience, and experience
/ hope, etc. II we do but eradicate one bad
habit, in the mind Of a child; if We can in.
still the most faint longings for q high
er life,-we shall not labor in vain. The
blessed Saviour iovetf little children, and
said suffer them to come unto me, and for
bid them not. May he say the same to us
both parents and teachers for We are only
children or a larger growth" e. 4,.,,,
h, We are all at school; the world is ons
vast school room. Let US listen to the Great
Teacher and try to learn our lessons we'll,
90 that at last we may enter the great Uni.
versity above. There all knowledge will be
easy :; there we shall learn the great myste~
ries of Redemption,--that mystery that even
| the angels desire to look into. Oh, "we
shall be satisfied. when we shall awake in