Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-12-18
From the Messenger.
A Talk 10 the Children.
By UNCLE NED.

OnlOn 5ceus 10 not grow IurnipS, acOrnS
do not grow pines, wren's eggs do not hatch
eagles; pigs must grow to hogs, cubs to
bears, whelps to lions; puppies will become
dogs and kittens become cats.
And children are little mon and Il tile
women, soon to be full grown men and
women. They will not turn into flowers, or
trees or animals. They must be men or
women, whether good or bad
If onions must grow onions, it Is worth
the while to make them better onions; if
acorns will be oaks we can have them grow
where they will be the best kild of oaks; if
pigs will be hogs they can learn to be clean
and tidy hogs cubs and whelps can be tanned
puppies can be made obedient and useful
dogs, and kittens can become good cats.
Fairy stories are pretty, but l am glad
tndt there Is 10 fairy power to turn little
hOys and girls into dJwers and birds and
fishes would not even like to have the
children have the wish they sing, II wish
were an angel" rather they would be
men ana women. but | want them 70 be As
good as angels. And the good children be-
come the good men and good women.
The vegetable will be just what it starts
to be; the best oak grows amid the storms
aud It must be placed there when very small,
wi d animals can be best tanned only when
young; it puppies AMI kittens smart and bite
they VIII d. the same 10 dp5lo'l ani cat
hood; and what the child is, the man or
WON ~ is v-ry likely to be.
Children sometimes fad themselves furnish
ed with new suits of clothes, but new suits
OF habi.s d. not come a. once. and through
the Kindness ani toni OF friends. TIE same
en- puts on the new suit ia .t put of the
,,orn out garments. But habits 10 not wear
out; tn ey fit Us better and better the logger
We keep them They grow to US, and after
u wnIl, they stick closer than the spots on
leonard. dread Jer IS :23)
The child that lies down to sleep with any
badness in his heart or habits will find tie
same badness there the next day. lie can
Mt sIeep off badness. and wrong thin,s Will
MT cure themselves. A tree NAV get bruised
o. be ch oTped into and the scar will be grown
over IN time; but a IS there and sometime
that hruis@ or cut will show itself, 1t Will
b, al p ace in a board or sick OF timber
In trimming a tree a limb is cut of and the
pl zee grows over and 10 hidden from sight,
but there is rotten wood inside. A thing
corered up IS not cured and male right.
Every how has a ri,bt to become one of
the best kind of men. and every girl has
rigbt to he one of the best Of women. Not
All can B come equally rich or ride in the
incest carriages or 1--we in the graudest houses
anv more than an en- be lust 50 tai or have
one color of hair and eyes. But every one
can be as qood as The best. some may have
worse disposltious that others to contend
with. and some NAV have poorer examples
set before them. But every child has a right
t. be good, very good, one OF tn best. And
goodness is the best gold in the world. There
is not ragged child in the street or child OF
drunkard so poor that he has not a rich 7. hit
to he yooi The r.ch cannot get the light of
the Fathers countenance and the dew of His
grace sooner or any cheaper than the poor.
II ;sno+ m,.b IN raise nremiu.n vegetables:
.;,Io. ,.-,,,s ,,a1i ,,a+ no ,,nst
c. ~ -. H.. -, :, dsf,n.o q
,e,,ro.ts. Wild animals are tanned with no
MOOT d,g;.,I,v and domestic animals are
o..;I,, mo ,o,,ed and made nsef,I Rut the
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- 49,, h,,s. ,,anhood or ,yonanbood csins RI.
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h..d-, :, +bis world fR..d
D., "a %, And tboncb this world NAV
80 -,.,o, ,,..;so src,, q child God will nraise
-t,.a,,.,l, "a ,,-oro-
,,,od rIar Tor children 70 watch the
n.ti,s "a oharacters IF other neonle And
oa b. c,rod onite rorfact
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