Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-03-26
Feg For the Herald.
Thoughts for Parents -Conclu-
sion.

AhS A"SV VhdU oO lhdllD NlIO dl
convicted Of "high crimes and mis-
| demeanors,' come from the clas
of boys who 'run away fror
home, leads us to inquire how thi
prolific source Of crime may be oh
yiated-"dried up. Here open
up a field for discussion, too broat
for any thing less than an "octayC
volume of not less than 600 pages
with appropriate Illustrations; y bu
we must confne ourselves to q few
suggestions. Parents, as an almos
universal thing, are primarily tt
blame; bear this in mind. 0-f
In a previous paper, l threw il
some random thoughts bearing OF
this point, which l shall not repeat
further than to recall attention to
the idea of furnishing the child witt
an honorable, noble objectto pursue
in life.
Make home a happy, pleasant
place, and have a library containing
as many choice books as possible
and have a liberal supply of good
magazines, newspapers, etc, EN-.
bracing at least your county paper,
one or more political papers, re-
ligious paper Zone or more), juven-
lie magazines, (as "Our Young
Folks, . "Little Corporal "Chil-
dren's Hour,") two or more agri-
cultural papers, the "Atlantic" OF
Harper" { or both); but none OF
the "nimby pamby-namby" trash
papers or magazines. Few parents
are aware of the magnetic power OF
good periodicals to hold children
at home; and perhaps sill fewer of
the educating power of such things.
l am an old teacher, and facts have
led me to observe that the teacher
can tell from his pupils, what fami-
lies in the district take periodicals,
and what ones do not, simply by
not only noting the great difference
in general intelligence, but the diff
ference in aptitude to learn, to
search for knowledge and to com
prehend instruction. / unhesitat-
ingly assert that q county paper
alone is worth more to the children
of a family in a year, than to at
tend school a quarter during the
same period. Indeed, furnish a
family with a good supply Of books
and papers, and its members will be-
come intelligent-educate wheth-
er they attend school or not. "Do
you see the point? ?"
Parents must not forget that we
live in progressive age, and our
boys will necessarily desire to move
faster than their parents, and to do
business on a more liberal scale.- -
They have all the facts and argu-
nents on their side; and if parents
want to retain them at home, they
must keep pace with the times, and
make their business lUe one
But more especially do the boys
want an interest in business, and
he sooner it is given to them the
more likely will they be to stay at
lome. This applies with peculiar
orce to farming. Give a boy
.olt for his own, a calf, a COW, &c,
md let him have the proceeds, and
en- to one he'll stay at home and
,ecome a farmer; and so on. Do
lot make slaves or even servants
# your children. Do you want
our child for a servant or for a
ompanion for q slave, or for your
quail? You want him for com
anion, and for your consolation
nd support in your declining years.
What then ? Because the law gives
le parent the right to the avails of
he child's labor, too many parents
eize upon this right as a pretext to
lake a slave or a dog of the child
nd in this case the child is almost
ecessarily driven by the parent to !
IN away; indeed, he is hardly hu- t
IAN if he does not do so; nor is it |
cry singular if the child of such a |
aren't should soon bring upin pris-
n. Should the intercourse of pa
9nts and children be graduated by c
le legal scale? |
AS before remarked, this is a pro 6
rassive age, and in no point more :
} than in facilities for schooling. '
ur children, if not sent to school, I
ld otherwise provided with educa- a
onal advantages, soon see that :
leir young companions are getting g
IT ahead of them and above them. g
hey must become dissatisfied, and t
Ill leave homo in mere reckless i
ess. They are almost justiiable 2
doing so-compelled to it by t