Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-03-11

think more than twice before you answer
the question. what shall we do with
Charlie q For to day. he is at your
feet to-day you can make him laugh.
you can make him cry, you can persuade
coax, and turn him 10 your pleasure ;,
you can make his eyes fill, and his bosom
swell with recitals of good and noble
deeds. in short. you can mould him if
you will take the trouble
! But look ahead some years, when chat
little voice shall ring in deep bass tones ;
when that small foot shall have mans
weight and trsmp; when rough beard
shall cover that little roaud chin, and al
the wilful strength of manhood fill out
that little form. Then you wouldsgive
worlds for the key to his heart, to be abe
to turn and guide him to your will J.; but
Of you lose that key now be is little, you
may. search for it carefully; with tears,
and ncper find it.
Que thing is to be noticed about Char
lie, that rude, and busy, and noisy as he
is, and irksome as carpet rules and par
lor ways arc to him. he is still social
little creature, and wants to be where the
rest of the household ere room ever
so well adapted for play, cannot charm
him, at the hour when the family is in
re union, and he hears tbe voices in the
parlor, then the use'y seems desolate.
He yearns fol- the talk Of the family,
which he so imperfectly compr, hends aud
be longs to take his playthIngs down.
and p ay by you; aud is incess pro,
missing that of the fifty improper things
which he is liable to do 10 the parlor. lie
will not commit one if you will let hiu
stay there.
'fhis instinct of the little one is Ma
ture's waning plea. On, how many a
mother has neglected it because it was
irksome to have the child about, has
loDgel at twenty five to kcer her sou by
her side. Shut out as little Arab
ems an,ly told that he is noisy, that e
I is awkward and meddlesome, and q
plague in gencral-the boy has found at
last his own company III the streets, in
| tue highways aud hedges. where be runs
till the day comes when the parents want
their son, and the sisters their biothtr E,
aud they arc shocked at the face he brings
back to them as he returns from the com.
panionship to which they have doomed
him. Depend upon it if is too much
trouble to keep your.boy in your society
there will he places found for him
where he who finds some mieca ef slill
for idle hands to do" will care for him il
you do not. You may put out shrnt
and it will grow while you sleep, but y
sou you carnot---you must take trout
for him i; either little now, or a gre
deal by and by
or all you can give your Charlie, il
you are good man or woman, yonr pres.
eve is the best and safest thing. Co..
/. |
never meant him to do without you, any
more than chickens were me mt to grew
without being brooied.
Then let him have some p arc ia your
house, where it shall be 10 sin to ham
| mer and pound, aud make all the litter
his heart desires, aud his various schemes
require Even if you can i'll afford the
room. weigh we'll between that safe asy-
lum and one which. If denied, he may
make for himself in the street
;. OF all devices for Charlie which VIC
have, few shelves which he may dignify
with the name Of cabinet. is the best
He picks up shells and pebbles and stouei
all odds and ends nothing CONES ams 8
and if you give him pair of scissors
and little gum. there is no end Of the
; labels be wilt paste on, and the hours he
may innocently spend sorting and arrsng
; ing
A bottle Of liquid gum is 40 invalu
: able resource for various purposes, MOI
must you miud though he varnish hi
nose and fingers aud clothes, (Which h,
will do. Of course,) if he does nothing
. worse. A cheap paint-box. and some en-
cravings to color, is another and it yo,
give him some real paint and putty, Il
paint and putty his boats and carts. b
0 ia made man.
: All these things make trouble--to b
Q sure they do; but Charlie is to max
trouble. that is the nature of the inssitu
8 ton; you are only to choose between saf
: and wholesome trouble. and the troubl
s that comes at last like a whirlwiDd
e God bless the little fellowl and send u
{ all grace to know whst to do With him.
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aF oufy said he'd rather die in
a tailrnad Rniah m than q ateamhoD