Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-09-10

! tic circle-patterns and guides to the
rising generation. Children naturally
respect most, those whom they regard as
most capable of giving them instruction /;
and in order that mothers influence
may be all that the Creator designed it
should be; her son must feel, even at the
end OF lis college course, that his mother
is his equal in knowledge. We have now
in mind lady who left school at fifteen,
and plunged into all the gayeties OF fash
ionabe Life; at twenty she married, and
by that time she had forgotten the little
she had acquired at school.
In few years her son, an active, enter
prising boy, might have been seen every
morning, with his satchel OF books upon
Lis shoulder, vending his way 10 the Will
age school. When he became puzzled, rs
such youths always do by the mysteries Of
Geography and Arithmetic, he was asked
one day by schoolmate, why he did not
get his mother to assist him at home about
his lessons. 81 do ask her." he repeated,
while bitter and contemptuous express
ion came over his countenance, "but she
! always says size don't know; my mother
don't know anything, believe she is a
fool" That remark and that expression
OF coutenance, made lasting impress
ion on nv mind, and Caused me to pity,
the woman who had made such an i'm
preston on her own child, and well might
she be pitied, for in few short months,
she was widowed, and the control OF this
boy devolved on her alone; as she had
failed to inspire him with any respect for
her knowledge, il is not strange that he
refused to be guided by her judgment.
She soon felt that she had no influence
over him, and she saw him rapidly plung-
ing into all those habits which she most
dreaded, and before he had attained the
age Of manhood, his misconduct had
brought his doating mother to premature
grave. Let us contrast this with 2 more
pleasing picture. 1t is that ola mother
now advanced in years, whose name and
place of residence could be given were il
not for the fear that she might object to
such publicity. This lady was thorough
" educated. An extensive course of study
had streT gthened and developed all the
powers Of her mind. She had acquired
sucha taste for literary pursuits, that al
ter her marriage, certain portion of each
dav. was redeemed from domestic cares,
and carefully devoted to the acquisition
OF knowledge, and the cultivation Of her
own mind. In a few years 4 little student
was seen seated by her side. His first less
ons in science were conveyed to his mind
i'm the tender tones Of maternal affection.
He loved knowledge because il was i'm
parted BY his mother, and he loved and
respected that mother the more because
she was capable Of gratifying his love Of
knowledge The farther, she led him In
the paths Of science the more profound
was his reverence Tor her. She prepared
him for college without the aid OF any
other instructor, and when lie entered the
University she was still the companion Of
his stud es. She could a;d him to con-
strue the obscure passage in the classics.
or solve the intricate problem in mathe
mates. The pleasures lie derived from
the acquisition Of every new truth was
heightened by the thought that his moth
err would share that pleasure with him.
The charm Of her society secured him
from all temptation to seek the compan-
ionship of the idle and the vicious. Her
influence over him was without limit, and
she knows well how TO turn it to adyon-
tage. That mother too is now widowed
and that son is now occupying a promi-
nent position in society He is honored
and his opinions are quoted with respect
by hundreds Of his fellow-citizens, but
still his mother ia the object Of the same
venera,ion with which she inspired him
in the days Of his childhood. He seems
to regard her with reverence inteiiCr
only to that which lie feels for the Su-
preme Being. When all mothers shall
be like this mother thoroughly qualified
for the work assigned them, then will the
benefits Of female education be fully re-
alized-then will the human race be ele-
waited in the scale Of intellectual and
moral being, to degree OF which We can
at present form little conception.
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