National Republican., 1873-12-15
BLISS FAMILY DISCIPLINE.
BRUTiL HoRsEWfIPPTSG or a
DAUGRTER nv HER EITHER.

ATTENDING DANCING SCHOOL THE CRIME
FOR WHICH SUE WAS PuSIsHED-INDIa-
NATION OF TUE NEiGHnORs-A SMALL
DOSE OF LAW TO he ADMINISTERED.
The rcsidents Of the northern section Of the city,
In tho neiehbOrhood of Hamlne church, have
hecn treated to quite startling sensation, as
briefly noticed In some OF the Sunday papers, in
the way Of an example of family piine that II
Is impossible the public should not have an In
tcrest In. Mr.. Chas. II. Bliss, residing nt No.
1913 Ninth street northwest, has q family com.
posed Of n second wife and two grown daughters,
OF amlablo and interesting qualities. Now, the
hero Bliss has somehow possessed himself OF cor.
tam stern ideas respecting tho exercise Of author
ity In family government, and in other matters
win which his duties as o good citizen and cS'
omplnry church member connect him. Many
hundreds Of unhappy people throughout the city
who were compelled TO cumo under his influence
while city engineer, during the administration o
Mayor Bowen, feclingly rCmspbcr his
SEVERE VIRTUES
AZ exhibited IN his manner Vi exercising Official
control. lie was never liable To be so mid and
uroane Rs to have his enrnes;ncss doubted. In
fact, he Is universally admitted to be ftultless IN
this particular. As TO family matters, some two
or three mouths ago his near nclghhors were
aroused to sense Of HE governing qualities and
ideas by the sound Of blows and prolonged,
piercing shrlcks OF agony aud horror proceeding
from his residence afterwards nsccrtaincl to have
been caused by a nagcllation Of his younger
daughter. some eighteen or ninctccn years oil.
She had returned n short time previous from n 20.
male boarding 'school In Ohio, where probably
sSSe of Ss Ssps Ssyona synr nin 'eSn eSr
Pdier gumiiidt some rcpui alton In the neighbour.
hood, the affair, by tho Rncctiona'e forbcaranec Of
tho NicttR, and the general desire to shield her
nom elH q aud huunliiating notoricty, was sub.
The young ladies' continued to do the house.
work, the s,epnather was serene, or at least, su-
prcmc, and duty attended, AMI, except an occa-
sional ripple In the way Of peculiar supervision
and gout tlemon know that these things ought TO
he sternly regulated by the rules OF the FORE
fathers, nothing Of pshlio interest in administer.
evening. Then, " appears, the eldest daughter,
naturally longing for a little unsupervised
SOCIAL ENJOYMENT,
upon Invitation accompanied young lady living
three doors OIL To dancing academy where she
question, tho plan OF the daughter was to leave
early, get holne within the rules and not bc
discovered Hut sho had not lnopcriy estimated
her noble parents virtues aud talents for govern
mcnt. He to bs cigcumyenicd by fsmalc artinec
before nine o'clock In the evening! No, indeed I
and away he went for u rccOnnalssuncc.
No doubt at times certain Oppressed and un.
happy look had told him that drprnvcd human
feelings and Impulses, and young wOInnnly long
inys for sympathy, and impatIcnec cf unwhoic.
some restraint were with dlficuity rcprcssed by
his daughter, and might In some moment Of free.
dom break out Into real wholcso,no enjoyment
and parental disobedience. He must be on the
alert. He felt plymouth rock within him MS he
rang Mt. !. y. NJ. Bowers door bell. aud Ia that
style which, Rs before remarked, always prevents
his cnrncgness from being doubted, demanded to
know II his daughter was there, Finding her
gone his duty was plain. Every principle OF his
governmental philosophy pointed straight to IT.
SHE Musr NE wALLorED.
His vigils soon resulted In discovering the return
OF the Two young ladies, with proper escort, and
US soon MS the gentleman had taken leave nt the
where she had been. Tho sin being timidly con-
tessel, and the inquiry whether she had not been
Forbidden to 20 to dancing school respectfully nn-
swered In the Affirmative, he turned away, lcav-
Ing the young ladies at the door, which they then
entered. In few minutes he returrrd With o
under his coat, and, being admitted by Miss
Bowen, ho entered the parlOr, advanced near his
daughter, and then, In tho presence OF Mrs
Bowen, who is an elderly lady, and Miss Bowen,
DREW MS HoRsE-wHIr
from under his coat and cruelty laid II on his
daughter, using for the hrst blows, II Is said, the
large end OF the whip, and then, amer she had
sprung screaming to the other side Of the room,
the LASH which lett It's welts on her person.
He was bcggca to stop and 90 out Of the house
by the two surprised and Terrified witnesses,
be aroused by the eommotlon to interfere and
PUNISH him on tho spot us he deserved. TN Mr.
lbvcus arrival later, he called In his neig ghbOrs
whn, ~ may be imagined, were greatly inecnscd.
fhuy di not, however, as was iirst proposed,
take HRS ont and thrash him, but proceeded In
that he could not be arrested until Monday mora
z.