American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-12-14
How to Put Children to Bed.

When the proper hour for retiring ar
rives, ay ten O'Clock in the evening, send
ryour hired girl to hunt the younger mem
bers of your family up. In the course of
half an hour, If they do hot return. yc.l
may take a little stroll yourself, and see
what is OBTAINING them. After lettering
about for some time. you can return to
the house and ascertain what luck those
who have preceded you nave Met with.
Should they still e absent, you will pro
badly feel like taking an ,ther ramble, in
which event a couple of police officers
may be induced to go along and enliven
the occasion by ringing bell and asking
numerous questions of tine crowds Upon
the street corners. In the meantime,
your vile can pass the time away by
msking briei calls upon the neighrors
If there is n .ircus III town or recent V
emptied sugar hogsheads outside the col
ne- groceries, you will be apt TO fleet al
hCme by eleven o'clock, when you should
embrace each other and be happy. The
children should then be undreSse,i and
their clothes placed in separate pills.. es-
pecially If the man of the house has them
all to dress next morning; but Shout, the
mother be viii ing to take upon herself
this Responsibility; the garments may be
tumbled anywhere. For my part, L am
always an iOus to know where they are
put when takeI, of.
The youngsters should now be placed
in the tub, and if disposed to sing too
loud when brought in contact with cold
water. the left hand t1iay be placed gently
eve. the mouth, while the right proceeds
with the ablutiOn, and such other out
ward applications as the occasion may re-
quire. If they persist in being noisy, Il
stick of candy or nickel apiece tor their
savings bank may be offered a. an induce
ment to compr. mise.
1t was simon who said, wig, Wag,'
but Solomon madefi much more fooli b
remark when he said, ''Spare the rod and
spoil the child.' Solomon didn't know
| this, bur do, by experience. 1 whipped
one o my boys once, and he has been
spelling ever since to get even.
In removing the chill .ren from the hath
be sure and wipe them dry, after which
put on their night-clOthes amt put them
N bed. Promise each one of the boys 8
pair of new boots and a painted sled il
they will go right to sleep and keep still,
and the girls dollar apiece and any
amount OF new dresses. Should this not
bring about the desire. result, it may be
limited that the first one asleep may be
permitted to remain at hrme. and not go
TO school the next day. This will so fill
their minds with patcrnal admiration that
stiffness will soon begin to reign, when
you can get your paper and sit down to
read.
In case any of them cry during the
night for drink, the h adj of the family,
of course. will not hear them; the wife.
at such times, awakening much easier
than the husband. Besides, she under
stands better how 10 adG.inister to their
wants. Good children always sleep
sound, and do not awaken until their
father has left the house in the morning.
This gives the mother an opportunity TO
get up and build the fire, and assist the
girl in getting breakfast. after which she
can dre-s them at her leisure.
a first-class business MAN will always
be careful, in getting out OF bed, not TO
awaken the little dears.
THERE'S nothing like bringing up chill
dren in the way they should go. Early
TO bed and early to RISE" is a big thing.
am now a hale old man of sixty, and
feel confident l owe my well-preserved
frame and constitution to my regular
habits. In my youth. | always went to
bed by one or two o'clock in the morn
ing, and never later than daylight, I'M
less attending social gathering.-Frsm'
Com. RolLingpin's almanac for 1878.