Nebraska advertiser., 1860-10-26
A Bad lablt IiilI iqg q Mother.

ho Mrs Gqiinsp used tQsay lhal she could
pot, see why hsr children did nol mind
her better She was sure she did not
drive them and make them Obstinate IN
stiIit way, as They h8d everything done for
Them sadocould be9don6, aud yet they
never yielded cheeHI obedience; and she
Looked worried and anxious all the limc
However She would have stoutly resented
N II any one else had ventdred the sopin.
1onthal they. were notrthe best children
in the wprid, or had suggested a change
10 her mapper of governing them. E. r.
II was eight o'cloCkin the evening and
laH the little CoFnIans were ia the sitting
.r6on,l when the customary scene Waseeai- !
.Inenceds whiohuwas repeated with slight
VARIATIONS y' every evening 79g9 ur.bas5
\ Come. Horace" " began the mother ad-
dressing her eldest boy, a child Of ten
years, "conie, it is bed time now-you had
better put away your books. .DlGRal ao.s
t"Oh! | can't 60 TO bed naw-I'm right
in the middle-o story, besides I amt
going as long as Carrie sits up"
-O- Come. Carrie, you 60 TOO, you won't
feel like getting up ia tss morning. F" -. .
Carrie fs0k ,nlsa0lice 0f her nloIher's
.remaFk, bur iFent a cFgche ting. and the
nelher busiel hersef ailh The baby, who
pfesel5tIy feil asleep IN her arms.
lh''There, George, you are sound asleep
onithe sofa; you must wake 6phoW and go
buP Slairs.n 1aons ,tssl 1Doy I'D -lia
No answer from George, 7svyn ra9
Presently Mrs. Colman rose and laid
the baby softly in the cradle. He had
been very fretfdl all day She began to
shake Georgia gently by the shoulder,
saying over and over, again,
Come, wake up. Georgia"
be still" yociferated the little fellow
at last. .-.'..7z 54' o0
"Sh! sh! don't wake up the baby" said
the mother, but George clamored, and
presently the baby Joined in.1s loL
Dear me, what noise, 2 said Horace
pettishly.
The mother logged the cradle gently,
and by the time its refractory occupant
was quiet the boy upon the sofa was sound
asleep again, where he lay till past nine
O'clock. At lastlhe waking up, scene was
recommended, and the mother began to
coax her daughter to rock the cradle.
Ungraciously at ld$t she rose and began
Etejog the eeradle;l mntteEing Something
abqat the Plpgqegof rbabiesslos 1i3d, bas
After, some len minutes Of coaxing with
.'com9 now, do, George, come, please do. =
lreiteraled for the fortieth time, Master
Geergie' was half led and half carried TO
lied. 81 The two elder children wentwhen
their mother did. og.r 5r5, - ,as. ..a,
Every morning a similar scene was
carried on before breakfast to GEL the
eh4ldf6R up and before school to getthem
ready and started, and31he ''coHie now y
and please do35 we're eRbQai as efeCtua
assip the RreylQusrcited instance, usually
resulting ID. the children's doing as they
pleas d or Being hired off to do as their
pmothef pleased. III aiiait aaI rs 1j.-f2
Id9,0eoasionally' the tune was varied TO . |
wpoldnIt," now t'Blease. don't,". When
Master Horace proposed to go skating On
the river, or riding a dangerous horse
6r Georgiestook the vases from The man.
Pde- piece to- fill his little qRheelbarF0w
r Poor Mrs. Colmanasighed and fretted
and worried, but never tried the simple
remedy once. recommended TO her, little
| Arm authority. Her will was weak-the
PchiEdren's Strong, and they came off victo-
TiousI There are many Mrs Colmans,
spelling many families of childreR,-SSofh-
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