Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-01-13

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Eve, since Rebekah. the prime actol
in maternal decention. plaved off bc,
successful plot mon her blind and aoed
husband. tho patriarch Isaac the world
has not been destitute of mothers wbo
intrioue with their sons AGAINST the
husband and the father Sometimes
the plot Is TO secure n greater portion
of the paternal estate Tor favorito son
but more freouently in matters of 4 y,all.
cr amounts The son wants more
money 10 spend than the father is will.
ing to furnish. and the mother plots to
obtain IT, She NAV honestly think the
father is too close.fstcd with the boy.
and does not give him the amount
which true parental regard would die.
tate; and so. impelled by her maternal
love, she seeks to make up the def
ciencv by some schemcwhicb will ont.
wit tho fnther, and get the money out
of him by deception.
Such course is detrimental IN the
greatest degree. 1t tends directly to
injnre the object of her maternal love
by breaking down all nice distinctions
Of honor and honesty lfa boy may
deceive his father for selfish cnds--that
father whom he is bound to respect,
love, reverence, and obey above all
other men--and does this with appro-
baton and assistance Of his own moth
or, how can that boy be expected to
have any fine sense of honor and hon
esty towards other menY The inevi.
table result of all such practice of de
ception will be to destroy in the mind
of that boy all high respect for the
truth, and lead him to seek to obtain
his ends by any means, however un-
justifiable, which seem to promise sue
cess. And thus he grows up to man
hood, with a character noticeable for
being tricky, dishonest, and dishonora-
bic.
But ii is not necessary TO wait until
be arrives at manhood to see the fruit.
Having learned, by maternal assistance,
to deceive his father he contrives like
plots against his mother. After a
time, she Is greatly surprised to find
that same boy playing off the grossest
deceptions upon herself At first she
is sastonished above measure, and grieved
beyond expression. She cannot CON
ccive it.possible that the son for whom
she has done so much should turn
against her with so much ingratitude.
She does not stop to think that he is
only practicing on her the very lessons
she has taught him that she herself
has been one of the chief means of de
stroying within him ali nice sense Of
honor, and all true parental respect
And vet such are the exact facts in
the case nor il IL ANYTHING uncommon
TO hear bows Justify the deceptions they
practice upon their mothers by saving.
aOh pshaw she cheats the old man,
and cheat her. ltsall on the squarel"
Ioo great care canno, DC Observed
honesty in all home transactions
Everything done and said should be
the very sou' Oh trulh. More boys
ana g,r's too---sr, 'nora''y ruined IN
'neir homes "nu ny nome 'nnuehce
ana oNaniple, .nah my whore .'se, or
~ any o'ner way =. 70 uo,'v " 'ne
iaiso iessons 'noiu 'a"gh, 'ncm "
lnc iooso iuons ,her, cngeiiuerca III
lnoii .i minus y Wv uee'p''9ns p 'ieiv iiel,,
I'ao''oeu .''''., anu " IN, wy ~n''s r1 NE 'n
.nsre 'pons" anu anu ''ao.e' ., mnue, .a
,''''"e',oo ''n y, 'nol' lo my sio" "P WIN
- ~ n,sn .,,o se"se i, nvng,, VIII i,t no su s,
aauoashos .;,a;.al a,o;a'', ~ ;nd IN H. w i ,ha
pin'.' 'p'e 1a''t'ss ~ ~ Y''u 'ns'n " Va.
~ assa,'i,s ai ~ os tem,ta,;an % a nS ,h;s
',,s, .no s'I ho ~ " oasa r'son % hor,n I ne, e
Z nn, ~ ~ so,i ~ IS hono,. ~ all u ;,a ,,,a,. s
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.as 80 ss ;,s 49, " "' ''' v ="
YETI, :" "' 10 "','' :,
II the ia'her deals py trickery' ana
seeks gam py ifaud, ana wins ny IN
trlgue, now can the son reasonably DO
expected 70 40 any oetierf II the
peyonu expression, 70 see Visltors, iWheh
speaNing 70 , ,n,lr iaocs, uu, pe,a.es ,
lne,n ses"ealo"s'y ~ 'e ~ sool, ~ 'ney nav
ucPar,eu IRON, INC uoors,cp, anu mus
Practices .he Thousand ana one enacted
nes OIL soc'a' ana uomestic me now can
II DC eNpcc'eu ,ha' nor uaughters VIII
oe gulieiess anu 'ru'niulf
In view Of these facts, we feel that