The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-02-16
HAPPY HOMES.

Harry HoMEsl how the lips love 10
Finger over tic sornd and what world
Eof niedning Il conveys 10 these who have
known, and lost 80 priceless q possession.
/ III ii; however. true Tint the word ION,
iis losing to our Highly American ears
inhch u its sacred significance. They
seem so us 10 Be not III the s6ine, as 10
the oIlcn tirac, when children rested nn.
der tie Same roof which had sheltered
their Iaiiiers, Ehca s'dvenings at home
were anticipated with pleasure after the
labor OF tile dry, when pancakes were
made on Shroyc Tuesday, hot cross buns
I on Good Friday, and every birthday was
EsigAallcd BY an extra plnm-eake, We
even remember With regret The orthodox
lttfee doses of salts mud sguHa,n which
every well brought mp child received
twice III, the year, whether they were
ajling or not, aud the Sptihgs mixture
Of sulphur and molasses, to keep OF bad
Ehuniors /. Children were not then per.
ssnlittei TO eat meat, gravy, pastry, butter,
| hot breddl candy. ni0lasses, cake, and
drink tea aud coffee, al-lihitam, and we're
not always sick, and obliged to be dosed.
Mothers, TOO, i1 those days, set up Us
Judges pf what il was. proper for their
children 10 haze, and to DO, and, did mol
always yield to their whins, Or let them
! llaye what They wanted becsuse they cried
for il. somehow We think this system,
smadc better and more healthy children;
II at any rate made qaiyter, more agree
able aud happier homes. 81 .s.. 81.
H With The llSurics, the Indulgence, the
anxiety To get rich, Of modern times, has
conc d thousand disturbing influences 10
peace and quiet OF nearly every family in
The land, Children are no Logger locke cd
upon as BLESSINGS, but rather as necessary
evils, ard a fhsuSefnl OF childrcn' is The
most common method u expressing misery
and discomfort. Tue remedy for this eva
lies III the hduds Of parents, principally In
those Of the mother. Men neglect their
sdnty by running here and there, to tiiis
meeting or tltat club, or permitting biasi-
ness TO trekpass OH those hours which
tsltoiild be devoted 10 addiap their ci,lst-
10 the general ffnitty fs0d o. fnterest Atitd
enjoyment: Bat this Is d selfish habit
.vfit.it they acquire as ayoang men, and
which Il Is Gle business Of Their wives 10
win them from, BY making home the most
attractive to them, mud sefdeavoring to
inspire a pleasure IN the duties which new
Responsibilities bring Nervousness, que
tr,llonspess, headache, frGtting about tri,
fles, should not be permitted to destroy
the pcaeeof the, FIRMLY circle. Because
Fbuttefsis lower ard sugar is higher, or
some other person has started in the
same besiRess in the same tewri, is no
reason why the whole family should snfFer
discomfort. by cannot the fable Of tile
Skeleton IN every housu" be ciiaRged to
the reality Of asspirit Of love and dearly
cherished happiness, which would rCmain
;dfthsnged ~ circumstances OH mo
Tiers, bethe angels of your own heTnes, do
mot let selfish repiaings cloud ssenshinc;
make them .sbright, aud cheerful, 40 that
feycu d straHsef stepping within its magic
circle, shall feel its warmth ard power.
You caihiot tell the Influence II will have
on those nearest 10 you; you inNy never
know the thoaghts il aTakenedi the I'M
pulses II has quicteued' fer good, the
aspirations Which the patient working ont
550f your ownslife will make realities. All
this ard much more could be accomplished
by one happy home. Wife, mother, shall
Eit not be yeurs2 A-Af,s. II c. Cr6ig. !
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