The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-11-16
~. From The Boston Transcript
"Where There are no Chill.
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We find sometimes among the wants,
in the newspapers, pCrsoDs Who SET m desir-
ous of place where chlldIen lOim no part
OF the house ehold-cxcmsiye kind OF folks,
who regard youth as an annoyance and
spligbtliness as an evil not to be tolerated
in 'wGll regulated families" among other
cultivated leopse. -. ....- .-.,.
If their wish could be gratifed in this re-
spect, however,, they would soon feel a
wan" such as is known to monastics and
spectacle comnpnity would present, every
n.enber grown to maturity, their faces all
bearded or secured with conservatism:
veritable Herods, every one; Whole com
mOnWcalth gone to seed, and only awaiting
the garnerer Death to gather them in and
close up The world forever. As well might
they ask to be placed beyond the range Of
the fora and the fauna of the natural world
as beyond the sight and hearing of Children
the blossoms, and beauty Of the human
world. 3 ,...l.
A household without children is like a
neglected garden. with only last years stalks
therein, looking grim and forbidding. The
stately oak, which lifts its branches storm
tried and old above the hills, never becomes
so genteel or exclusive as to refuse a shelter
beneath its outstretched arms to the tender
sapling and the little forget-me-nots that
peer out in the sunny spots here and there
prophetic of coming strength and perpet-
ual beauty. Man is affectional by nature,
and, if not stunted in his moral growth, will
see something to foster and admire at almost
every turn. If he loves not children he
must needslove something else-even him
self; and that, too, when the loveable quail
ties in him are but imperfectly developed =
Such persons should take up lodgings with
The man in the MOON" or seek for happi-
ness in the figid zones, where the sunshine
is but long twilight, andwhere flowers and
the vernal beauty Of Spring are scarcely y
known. j. aa -'.
Nature produces nothing full-grown at
the outset-except mushrooms and other
fungl-and we must all set out with infancy
at the start. and trust to time for full devol-
opment Minerva, 1t is true, forms an ex-
eeption to this principle, but then she stands
solitary and alone in this respcct-if we ex-
cept our first parents, who appear also to
have had an uncommonly good physical out
fit to begin the world with, and from what
we read, must have been much more happy
in their early days than in their latter lie.
The precise date of their expulsion from
Eden is still matter of some doubt, bat
that the prattle of children was heard there
is upquestionable, and it was all the more
paradise. To be sure, Adams first born
did not turn out very well, and there have
been Gains in several families since his day.
but then lad children are exceptional: the
Iule is quite the contrary, and they certainly
ought not to be obnoxious to the most taSti-
dious OF boarders q l have never seen the
person yet who could not look, with some
relish upon the hearty pastime of children,
and their cheerful presence ought to give us
keener relish for our meals also.
In olden time, children never dropped in
to unwelcome arms, nor were they looked
upon as intruders by royalty itself What
delight the birth of Isaac brought to his
parents; and they strai ghtway expressed
their Joy in the improved photography Of
their names. And the gift of children has
not only produced photographic changes,
but has also changed the entire nature Of
many another man or woman. What joy,
too, the birth of Ractel's son brought to
Israel, albeit he had Been seven times bless
ed in that way by t;nder-eycd Leah not
to mention Dan and Napthall, Cad and
Asher. .o .N a .r
But ah! what changes time produces!-
Two thousand years ago no man thought Of
advertising his dislike OF childhood aud in
nocence. Even at the beginning of the
Christian era it was said, Suffer little chill
dren, and tolbid them not, to come unto me;
for Of such is the kingdom Of Heaven
a t'-"a"esa ". NJ d. B.