, 1859-11-04
Good Children.

The " Professor ut the breakfast Table, in
his talk to the readers Of the Atlantic for Aug
ust, offers some pungent suggestions concern
ing good children and their memoirs:
In early years, while the child q feels its life
in every limb, 1t lives IN the body aud TOR the
.,odr 10 4 very great extent. 1t ought to be so.
There have been many very interesting children
Who hare shown wonderful indifference to
things Of earth. and IN extraordinary develop
ncpt of the spiritual nature There is 2 ref-
f.ct literature Of their biographies. all alike IN
their essentials the same Discrimination to the
usual asnusements Of childhood !" the remarks
lie sensibiiity; the same doc'!ity; the same
con.cientiousncss; in short, au almost uniform
CHARACTER. marked by beautiful traits. which we
IooI At With painful admiration. 1t will be found
;ha. most Of these children nTc the subjects Of
,nme constitutional untitness for living, The
most frequent Of which need not mehtion.
they are (ike the beautiful, blushing. hall grown
fruit sbat fails bcfore its time, because lis core
!. rnaweJ out They have their meauing-thty
ID not ljve in vain j. but they are wlndtall.
I'M convinced that many hcatthy children arc
| Injured morally by being forced to read too
much about these little meek sufferers aud fhelt
| spiritual exercises
| Here is bov that loves to run, swim, kick
| foothall. turn aomcrsats. make faces, whitt!c
,;sb. tear his clothes, coast, skate. ire crackers
| blow squash t'tooters," cut his name On fences
Rad about RobfdSou Crusoe ana ohbad snt
sailor. eat the widest, ,angled slices Of pie AM
untold cakes and candies, crack nuts with III
back teeth, and bite out the better part Q! Al
rther bows apple with his front onts, turn "
I coppers. "stick" knives. call names, thros
stones, knock of Aats, aet 1nouse-traps, ehal
aoor-steps, "cut behind" anything on wheel
| ar runners, whistle through bis teeth. holler
| lire on slight evidence, run after soldiers, pat
| ronizc m engine company, OF, in bis own word
..hloy for tub No. H. or whatever il may be
.sn't that a rrettv nice sort Of a boy, though b
| las mt got anything the matter with him thu
.nre. the taste Of this world out? Now, whe
Tnu nut into such hot-bloodel, hale1istet
raund-cheeked lule roguc's hand 4 ssd, d,!oos'n
| volume, or pamphlet, with the portrait of tn1'
white faced child, whose life is really as much
training for death at the last month Vt 60,
lemued criminals existence, Whist does he find
Common between his own oyeraowing and cxa1
Inv sense of vitality, and the experience Of II
doomed offspring Off nvalid parents! 1t Is n
until he has worked his way through the petl<
If honest, hearty animal existence, which ere'
rohust child should make the most of-not un
ir has learned the Use Of his faculties, which
liz first luty-that boy Of courage and amin
yicor is in 4 proper state 10 read these iearf
rseords Of premature decay. bare NO dou
that disgust is implanted in the minds Of MAJ
l,oalthy children BY carly surfeits Of patdo!o:
= eSI picty do verify believe that lie who 10
. children in His arms and blessed them, loEed
= Lcalthicst aud most playful Of them Just Is v
"a thosa who we're richest in the tuhetculo
virtues