Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-23
lFrom the Bost6s Transcript
aWhere There are no Children"


We find sometimes among the "wants,
in the newspapers, persons who seem de-
sirous Of a place where children form no |
mari Of the household, exclusive kind Of
folks. Who regard youth as an annoyance |
and surighsliness as an evil not TO be toll |
Grated IN "wsll regulated families
among other cultivated people.
II their wish could be gratifed in this
respect, however, they would coon feel a
want" such az is known TO mOnasties
and 10 dwellers 10 cayerns. What mel
auchoiy spectacle community would pre-
sent, every member grown to maturity,
their faces all bearded or soured with
"eonserystism; veritable Herods, every
one; whole commonwealth all gons 10
seed, and only awaiting the gsrnerer
Death to gather ttsm in aud close up
the world forever. As well might they
ask 10 be placed beyond the range Of the
fora and the fauna Of the natural world
as beyond the sight and hearing Of chill
dren-tbe blossoms and The beauty Of
the human world.
A household without children is like a
neglected garden with only last years..
stalks therein, looking grim and forbid
ding The stately oak, which Hits is
branches, storm-tried and old, above the
hills, never becomes 50 genteel or exclu1
sive as to refuse a shelter beneath it's
outstretched arms TO the tender sapliDg
and the little for-g stmt-nots that peer
out in the sunny spots here and there
prophetic Of coming strength and perpes-
ual beauty. Man Is affectional BY ma
ture, and, if not stuntkd in his moral
growth will see something's 20 foster and
admire at almost every turn. 1.-The loves
not children, he mnst needs love some
thing else--evsn himself; and that too,
when the loyable qualities in him are but
iDperfectly developed
Such persons should take mp lodgings
with the imam 10 the moon, or seek for
happiness 10 the frigid zones, where the
sunshine is bat a long twilight, and
where flowers and the yernal beauty Of
spring ars scarcely kowD.
Nature produces nothing full growth at
the outset--except mushrooms and
other fungi--and we must all set out with
infancy at the start and trust to time for
full development Minerva, it is true,
forms an exception tothis principle, but
then she stands solitary and alone
10 this respect--if we except our first
parents, who appear also TO have had an
uneommonly good physical outfit to be-
gin the world with, and, from what we
read, must have been much more happy
in their carly days than in their latter
life.
The precise date Of their expulsion from
e afsft a IS AruLf hnf
that the praltle Of children was heard
there is objectionable, and il was all
the more n paradise. To DO sure
Adams lirst born did not turn out very
well, and there have been Gains in sew
ernl families since his day, but then bal
children are exceptional; the rule isquit'
the contrary; and they certainly ought no
TO be- obnoxious 10 tho most iastidious o
boarders | have never seen the person
yet who could not look with some relisl
upon the hearty pastime Of children, anC
their cheerful presence ought 10 give a
keener relish for our meals also. af
In olded time children never droppes
into unwelcome arms, nor were the
looked upon as intrudera by royalty il
self aa
What delight the birth Of Isaac
brought to his parents aud they straigh,
way exppsased their JOY in the improve,
srthograpAV Of their names Aud eif
of children has not only produced orlhog
rapic changes, but has also changed th
entire nature Of many another man o
woman. What JOY, too, the birth OF RIA
chefs son brought to Israel, albeit h,
had been times blessed in that wa
by teadereyed Leah, not to mention Dal
and Naphthall, Cad aud Asher
But ahl what changes time produces
Two thousand years ago no man though
of advertising his dislike Of childhoo,
and innocence. Even at The beginnip
of the Christian era il was said, "Suffe
little children and forbid them not, I
come unto me; for of apch ia the king
dom of heaven