The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-02-08

'e.n I s,ifsss Jof bin ,lAsd especially
Of 3" pAJ.iesl beauty a.d progress, Bs,
unfortunately ! nas cursed ,silh so iTri-
fltao'e ana violent temper, and was 10 the
nshs Of Rsn'.A'ae ny shiIdrss ,padAsr
ta~"AAasAsss o. pAaalss -AaA~xaassAaea.
4 Instead Of fen the diSsss 30 ls.soo.
duty Asd ssligLtsped siIso,iap.u
l. 'Ons day Char!ss offended ms by ,ous
boyiAhy sad rEiaiug nisaem.auor. .od (
trssssd him almost e1setly % you n treated
/ your son 1 few minutes ngo I'st,Sk I
him Violently. odd he fell Upon s-pile o.
stones It his side. aud injured bis Isls
side 40 badly tia, tbs resnl, ,w,., b. W.
X. 'r,'ppls for life said Mr.. H.nford, 10
\ tones OF deepest sorrow aud rem orss, and
covering his faee With" his hsnds.sd y eI
f.. 'Wheo / fbuud' that my boy did oes
r'ss from the stoass on which 10 had fsl. :
len, seized him BY the arm snd rudsiy
J. pulled him to his feet, and was .bou, 10
strikc him ssain, when something th,. r.
saw ia his fscr, HRS look, arreNed m, arm.
snd aaksd d him if he 10. hur,. -
liam afraid that am. ,ps. he mildly
answered, ,clisgipg to my arm for support.
'Wtcre!' I asked 10 great sls,m, for
ootw'thstsnding thy Brutality / Tfsirly
idolised tho boy. ,, 2, .i'e='. , ~ ~
H. Here. Ae ssp'isd, laying his hand uD- =
on his hip.
y IN silence took him IN ny arm. ,, .,sa
carried hhnoto his'bed, from Which -
never arose the same bright, sc,ive, cIo. 6
r'ous boy tbst had 50 cruelty struck
,dowa. On ths. pile Of s,oncs. But after
many months, he cams forth, a pale.
saddened little fellow hobbllng on !
crutchr r ,7 a., Il -.
s., Here Mr.. Hsnford broke down spd
weps like a-child, and tho tear. also roll.
ID down Doring's cheeks. When 10 r.
sumed, Mr. Hsuford said:
Tins 10 humilistinc narrative, NEIGH.
Dor DoIinc, and l would no. hsv, related
i. to you had not supposed ths, you
needed the lesson which it contsips II
is impossible for mo to give you On adj
aua,e notion Of tho suffering tha, 1 havs "a
undergone on account Of my brutal rash.
ness TO my boy. But fortunately il hiss +
been overruled to my own good, spd to
thas Of my family also. Tbs remedy,
though terrible, was complete, aud 10
other child Of mine has ever been puu. q
ishsd BY mo except when l was 10 tall
possession and slsrcise Of my best facui- d.
ties, and when my sense Of duty has been
snd softeped BY reason snd sf.
fsctionI devoted myself to poor Chsr-
ley freu, the time he lsfs hin bed, and :
10 came TO understspdn one another ~ I
think but few fathers and sons ever DO.
Tho poor boy never blsmrd me for
blch,ing SO much" happiness for him,
and hsve sometimes tried to thick shss
bis life hss been msde happier on the
whole chan il would hsvs been hsd not
bsen taught my duty through hts sseri.
6ce Still, neighbor Dor'pg / shouldbs
sorry to have you snd your son Willnn
psss through similar ordeal ~a' '*.-ssz
i trust that we.~ball not cmpha,icsl.
~ aud grsve'y responded na.,as Il
thank you for your story. friend Hanford,,
and | shall try AID prof. by it,
And he did profit by it. aud We hope
that every parent whois capable Of strk-
ing his child in anger or petulsnco that .
reads this sketch from life will prof. by
it. .t.. ..-.. st -