The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-11-26

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You must appeal 20 their gpns1a
and good senys. IL you app,ai
merely TO your own Authority, yOa
are apt 10 get pert aDswer.
"Remomber who you are talking
to;siF / said an ndighant pareRtto
fractions boy; ii AN your father,
sirl2 soF i3,i,s4tNg
"Well, who's to blame for that?"
said young impsrtinenOe; rTam't
mel' s,s
One iiti!a boy, 20 whoaI have
alrcady referred. was making him
self very disagreeabIo on one ocea-
sion when his mother bad bia
wfth her on vist t6sone friehdss
She took bin TO the bed. loom, and
told him that if he did not behave
himself she would slut him up in
the closet. q pfigla io &9cia laHei
"Iou cant. There+Rint . clos
et here" said the child triumphant
~ ao
III put yonrinto that wardrobe,
then"
No yon won't"
Il will" m3 Y
sac took MIN instantly; put him
IN, and turned the lock.
fhereupon Young America be-
gan 70 Kick up a tremendous uqise /,
Inside, battering the doors Of Che
wardrobe as If he would have
knocked them otR their hinges.
His mother, fearful that he wogld
DO rdischiefeither to himselfor 10
the furniture, and remembering
that the house WAS not hers, took
him out and said in great dis.
tress. H a 4ual G.L
20, George, dop'tkuow what
20 DO with YOU go.s
"Don'tyou?" lie said. looking
up into her face
"No, jOdeed, | doD't.'
Then, said he, III that is so,
I'll behave" Which he according
IIy did, marching into the room
with her, and coYd acting himself
for The rest Of the evening Ikea
little gentleman. She had capltu-
lalcd--giycD up the struggle for
authority. lie was low bohav.
ing on his own responsibility.
This case suggests another
which illustrates the point, but
has grotesQue feature Of lis own.
A gentleman IN Northampton with
whom l spent very delightful
week ard who belongs to ono OF
iihe old Puritan iAp ilios, told NO
! lLat for several years he tried
whipping bis boy, but found is iu-
etfectual. On Que occasion tho
! boy was caught 10 an oft.repeated
itsat. His father took him to his
roon; npbraided him Tor his per.
sisIrpt disobedience; reminded him
(Which war probably Unnecessary
! that he had several times been OBJ.
, ligcd, 10 tie way Of parental duty
10 apply The rod Of correction; that
! it seemed 30 have as yst been 10
| rain, that he was very Rluch dis
theaFtened, ard WAS at loss TO
know what 10 10 with him.
! A bright thought occurred 10
she boy. Father" said he, sup
pose you pray .-
! The father was good man, aud
could not refuse to 10 this. But
baving d strong saspicion in his
Pihibd that the boy had suggested
this Christian sxereise in order TO
escape Punishment. be prayed for
the youag reprobate Grst, aud
whipped him after ward, He told
me. hoTever, that hs had never
been nble to make anything Of the
boy ill ho gave up logging and
appealed TO The boys sense OF what
was right nnd proper.
: The preoocity Of American chi!'
dren aud the democratic ideas that
pcrvade so:iely, and filter down
even into the minds Of the young.
est, account, probably, for three
facts--frst, that American parents,
guardians, and teachers do not ex-
pect the same reverence and un-
questioning obedience that is look.
led for and iueulca.ed here; second,
that the children there will not be
governed by mere authority and
force; and third, thst happily, as
a counterpoise, thdy become at an
=. exceedingly carly age anenOble to
reason. i-gha L.il... -H co
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