Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-06-17
BLooMsBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY,, PENN,A3 SATURDAY j

active and intelligent boys bad ever seer
was fond Of him, and. especially of his
physical beauty and p owess. But unfor
tunately was cursed with an irritable
aud violent temper and was in the habit Of
punlshlng my children ander the influence
Of passion and vengeance, instead of from
ihe dictates Of reason, duty and enligh.
tened affeciion,
"One day Charley offended me By
some boyish and triaipg misdemc amor and
| treated him almost exactly as you treat
ed your son few moInents ego. struck
him violently, and ho fell upon a pile of
stones at his side, and injured his left hip
so badly that the result was-he was Grip.
pied for lifo," said Mr. Haufotd in tones
OF deepest sorrow and rsmorSe, aud cover
ing his face with his hands.
A period of oppressive silence followed,
which was at last broken by Mr.. Hand,
ford saying.
"Wbcu | found that my boy did not
rise from the stones on which he had fal,
len ] seized him by the arm aud suddenly
pulled him to his feet, and was about to
strike him again when something that |
saw in his iace--his look arrested nv
arm, and | asked him if he was hurt.
81 ain afraid that am pa" be mildly
'nswcrcd, clingirg to my arm for sup
port,
"Where = asked in great alarm, for
Notwithstanding my brutality,I fairly idol
iztd the boy.
"Here," he replied, laying his hand
upon his bip.
"In silence took him in my arms and
carried him to his bed, from whence be
never arose the same bright, active, g'ori.
rous boy that had SO cruelty ctr ,ck
down on that pile of stones. But after
many mouths be came forth, pale, sad
dened little fellow, hobJiing on crutch,' "
Here Mr. Hanford broke down and
wept like child, and the tear also rolled
down Doring's ch eks. When ho resumed
Mr., Hanford said:
"This is humilia!ng narrative neigh
Dor Doring, and | would no, have related
it to you had not supposed that you need
ed the lesson which it contains Il is im:-
possible for me to give you any adequate
notion ofthe suff,.iug that have under.
gone or account of my brutal ra,hnoss to
my boy. But fortunately it has been over
ruled to my own good, and to that Of my
family also The remedy though terrible,
was complete, and no other child of mine
has ever been puni hod by me except
when was in the full possession and cx-
ercse Of MY best faculties, and when my
sense Of duty has been chas!enad and sof
tcued by reason and affection.
81 devoted myself to poor Charley
| from the time lie left his tea, and we
came 10 understand one arothcr as think
but few fathers and aons ever do. The
|
pco: boy never blamed ue for blighting
so much happiness for him, and have
sometime, tried to think that bis life has
been happier on the whole than it would
have been i. | had not been. taught my
dl,y through his sacrifice. Still. neigh
Dor Doring, | should be sorry to have
you and your son William pass through q
similar ordeal
81 tru that we shall not" emphati
caly and gravely responded Doring. I"
thank you Tor your story, friend Hanford
and shall try and prcil by it,"
And he did profit by it,, and we hope
that evcry parent who is capable of s'rlk
ing bis child in anger or pentulance, tha
reads this sketch from life will profit By it