Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-03-22
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Home Education,

We thke the IolioNlng paragraph from
Life Illustrated:
BOYS OUT AT NIGHr,--The practice o.
allow ng boys TO spend their event ss on
he stu et> j. on, If lie ne st ruil u. da
gerous, d mi,cllievons lhings possibe
Nutlirg so speedily d surely makes lhcir
course Downward They acquire under
cover OF the nigh, an uphea lhy state Of
mind, vulgar and pl otme LAM uage, o scene
practices, criminal sentiments. anrl lawless
and r.o'ous beaiin ltdced, il is in the
stree Is, after nghtfalI that the boys eener-
ally acquire the tdueation of tn bad. and
The capac ~ tor becomn oady. dis-oute.
cinnnl men. Parents do you bell ". il
Viii you k ep your children at home at
night. and see that their lrone is made
pleasant and prof ab e to than?
it is seldom hal more ! Ii is compressed
into small space. The thousands Of bnys
heIon ging 10 worthy, respectable families.
Who are permitted. night af,r night. 10
sell CT their own company and own places OF
resort, are on c"rtain road to ruin. Con-
fidinl parents. who believe lhrir sons are
at'-tha they will not assnciate with The
vicious will one of these day, have their
hrarts crushed, as thou au.ls lav,- before BY
earning that sons whom they regarded as
proof against any evil. have, form very carlv
years, been on the road to ruin
THIS Is bul too true. One cannot pass
through the streets of any of our cilies.
after dark. but lat he will rncounter crowd
OF hols, from ten year, Of az. upwards. the
majority of them with cigars or quid, Of to-
baceu in their mouths ;--V on d that noih-
ing Of a worse nature was eject from their
mouths than The juice OF tobacco. But
al>a if you remain ia or near their pre-.
sencr, yon viii be shocked al tn profussion
Of ribalday, coarse obscene jerrs and NAV
be. no person IN whose breast beats one
tn ob at humanity .'aa but be shocked on
being aware that the youth of our couutr,
are growing up IN such scluol of depravity
Aud where are we 10 lay The blame o
This? Let him that is without gilt cas-
th4 stone" and again, Just as lhe twig i,
bent Ih trees inclined" Such is the nat.
ural d sire Of the Young mind for scenes O
excitement and pleasure, that not finding
III m where they should beat home-th-,
resort to tie street. There can he a course o
conduct pursued thar viii keep famlv o
ctllren within duors ami thar OF a stri I
| legislative course either. We have ex
ampl,s in our minds eve even now. ufflmi
/ lies in which the boys are very ldom gu
Of doIs after dark W, \ thnse boy, hav,
not the "ear OF the rod before their eyes"
EDUCATE the children educate then
| ,rnI erly. Ii they are disuos d to fro c. t,
sport (aimos' all children are.) give tn n
4 the opportunity. There is no family 81
pnor thu they cant afford TO have n gytnas
um-why. a ,ingl- twen,y-foot ladd r vii
work wonders. And if you are plranis
for TO parents thi, is addressed, vi Ii them
! join in rl.eir rec ations-learn them rev
modes Of erjoym, Mt. They will appreci
ate It.
The grand difficulty is parents d. not un
der-tand hr di-postious of their chiltlrel
Sufficiently. LEI each one r fer 10 til,
time when they felt Ike young Napoleon d
julius Cesar, or their debut into the w1rlC
or long coats ard vests. with bosom shirts
/ Did lhry feel they could not uuder>tau,
WHEN father or mo her spoke kindly t,
lihem-when they encouraged them b.
word ard precept2 Wemust fee That tn,
chill ren know more of actual life than ",
are aware of.
Let there be time for everything, an,
everything in its time. Educate the boy
aud The g;rls physically. a d educate thea
morally, AID commence III work early. w
cannnt 100 soon bagin to learn a c. lid 10 lov,
it, home. As soon as the child is oil
enough to see that there is such thing. o
such a feeling as pleasure, just so soon d.
they commence TO seek il, aul if they d
not find that pleasure ut home, they wi
seek IL elsewhere. Can We blame them
Their ralurrs. their su-ceptibiliIies are ia,
same as ours. albeit they are not as full
drvrloprd. Nature demands recreation
Nature insists upon pleasure, and if sh'
ca mot find it VIII re she first looks for it
she will seek until she fluids it."
No father or mother of n, W England, o
indeed Of our Whole civilized world. is :,
DIAL to ih,. Interests Of their childleu tha
\ they will not strive to render them happy
! II !, misguided sense Of our duties tha
/ leads as to in si>t upol too rigid di-ciplin'
I inr their code OF orders. Our srn>eS il
after years. IN The years when we luuk back
uron ou~ youth as The happie>t lime Of our
I H., es. associate home with iliase irco lecrions
"lIoms is hone, however homely." Is !ruc
/ tp-d ~. as true in chilhood rs IN agr. auc
/ tn. more earnestly the parent strives Il
make t a desirable place, the mare evilen
does the 4,tct b. come to the cid'd, and tlt'
NOR. will it long 10 pnrsue its its eijoy
meats there.
4 HAVE Yor ENFMirs Go 81 aighi OF
nuI A.. m nj Il.ann II tlu.v a.t IN N..nl