The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-06-24
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IF T was ahusband;; which, thank the
the good Lord am not, these hard times;
ora father, which am not either or
mother; which of. course,-I do not expect
tSsbe, I. woqldrset doRn& some. enew w.lines.
of.~trave1 for. tho rising generation. A
eertaih ambient patriarch has written
estrasn NJ pra u child in the way he shouid go,
andzwhen he, gGts. old lie will, not depart
srom it,: unless the train runs of the
track
Children nowadays, are divided into
two classes; mostly-male and female
The cause of this is lost-hence it is call
ed aThe Lost cause" AS for. myself, l
prefer female children to male onos l
fike little chibdrenysI like little girls l
like large girls just'as well.7 Intact, the
larger they are, the more my generous
heart expands; towards. them. 7'"-A sH.
When was a boy, q was always boy
until I grew to be man / went to
boys and girls. school and sometimes,
ybei, I was roguish Il WIS H1ada to 60 and
sit With. the girls. I felt bad about it
thsnsI have: got better ofitInow. Lean
at downzwith 'em 'or s'Bit up with .em,
lust as natural like;: and it does not seem
sensseb like punishment as it used to.
Chfidisra ases necessary evils. II it
wasn't for them there would be no grown
folks, This is a. singular fact, but trno.
ThIsfhas, ,beono the case for years. $50,
Adam4and Eve must have 2folt funny,
never to- have had any childhood They
never knew what tt gas to.be spanked,
or play base ball, or steal molasses or su-
gar out of hogshead with a long stick,
or hook watermelons, or play marbles, or
swap jack-nivese They didn't havo to
learn their A. B. Cs;or the multiplication
table, nor have to go:aud pick up chips.
No. They, was made, grown up folks,
and found themselves married the first
thing, withodt1eEen Charter Oak cook
ing,stove ora patent washing machine TO
20 to Housekeeping with. Poor Adam
and Eve they didn'teven have anybody
round to "maEe up faces, at!
Children have existed at wholesale and
fetaiLs in, all ages, and; most all countries
Although many of them arc orphans, yet
few were ever really born orphans, and
most alLchildren We're, born young, after
Notwithstanding manhood and woman
hood Bys4he fight of time. Such is the
aominR 6f the Spheres as IS. .,.,..s..,a -,
There is an Old saying that aboys will
be tboysS1 OF that s.girlscwil! be girls
This may seem strange, but>it is never,
theless true. 1T is quite natural it should
be so. It has been SO from time imme-
moriais. Perhaps tits better thusly.Er p
Children ears often great blessings to
their narents. | was. saved vast quanti-
ties of bread from moulding, and meat
from-spoiiing-I-was considered-a prodi-
syin that line. That is one of the reasons
ThTI ana 80 fat;dow! / u 4 ~
Mrs. Jonesariio, who lives next door,
hiss a., lot pf; children beginning, in. size,
with the lowest step of the stairs that
lead tony room, and going up with every
stenfer. I. Or e:steps IIhese little angels
get to pulling each others hair and steal.
S1,r;aeaclp others candy sometimes and
$beh they begin to ayUll,. when up comes
Ms J.onesario,x 81, and takes them all, one
after:lthebrother,o across her knee,s and
spanks then1with ashingle. faAhl then's
dc yotis time TO sleep, or study algebra, or
read poetry, or enjoy the tooth-ache. I'm.
agine S young uns, aliswith different voices
ana the st6utest'of lungs, putting their
best to see which can yell the ioudest and
keep it up the longest. Otis inspiring j;
IT'S nourishng. 1t has caused me, some
times, to think hoy. much, happier they
and I would be, and how much spanking,
and washing land ironing, and worrying
they would saHeseif they were treated like
kttle kittenelare sometimes when there's
%oo manu- 0i 'am
-. r1 When. D, ,babylis born, sentimental wo-
mon. say; .tstllere'sqan angeh in the house )"
baA it seemed to me more like the devil
was IN thshousei; but this may be because
I am,j Jealous and haven't child to clay
my jaws to-"
--TEen children are always in the way.
For instanccswhen I.swas courting Ara
minta, and was telling her Of my palace
by the Bayou .Manchac, and how that L
loved her, and how, if she did not favor
nv suit (it.was anew ,suit) my eyes would
.AhedH.-when in, burst ,"Bub'' and hol-
aared ,Anever mind the wood shed.' And
then, gagain; when went to kiss her IN
fths garden Maud, he rushed up at t., the
critical n moment and says, ~ seen yerE
But on the other hand, they're handy,
sometimes. They enable Bella, or Win
mic, orlJennie to- get ont fora. walk to the
Postofice, or on the promenade, when
they couldn't otherwise go. And some
times and oft you can creep into the
mothers heartily making love to her
children. But then this is not much of
an advantage to me, as don't scare Tor
mothers now.'e I don'th any lanker-
inr for r1nota1ers!in-law, either. My advice;
to young men is, don't marry into taml-t
", where there is,a mother inslaw. If you
can help it; but if yoh can't, get as good
O one rs the reconstruction laws will al
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Children amt raised now as they. -nsedi