, 1876-08-12


cd to his arbitrary and lr' le drnmds
These deposits OF mou,? IN her hands
We rrpratrI from time to time The
results of this course, to tht child We Z
that it always exhibited IN AVERSION
and rcpugunnce to his nller, and " 5 snlso
II natural born thirl,
Anothr hoy whom | well knrN, IN
hrrilrd the shurnct ~ u thief from par.
cnts who were practical thieves. At the
age If IA wears this boy slrkeneh aud
died Some time before hr died. being
aware of his approaching end, he said {:
lam glad to lie, ito not want to 1--we;
for / like 10 have the good opinion %,
people, but l cannot ior l cannot hrlp
stealing
There is the case of the boy Pom,roy,
new under Sentence Tor the murdrr IN
cold blood of II numher Of his playmales.
When questioned Ms to his motives. he
represented thnt he had an irres stable
desire to do 1t, hut coull not tell Why.
His mother says that during the period
of his CESSATION. she Was IN the habit ot
visiting her husbands slaughter house
and witnessing the siaugiitcring Of the
animals, AMI was overcome hy asIrt of
facinatiun at the sigh. That explains
the whole matter as TO the tendency OF
her hoy to murder.
There is also the Case Of the man
Piper, the girl murderer, who murdered
number ot girls, us he says, under the
irresistible impulse to do il to crafty
his passion 10 kill, and could give no
reason beyond TINS. He was hut the un.
fortunate victim Oi II terrible heritage
resulting from ignorance and pcrvcrslon.
Munstr0sti,s have been known to be
the result of sudden impressions made
upon the mother by s0lue monslrosily.
1t is doubtless true that the real cause
OF ~. 100 OF all the crimes that uIe com
united mgnt lie traced to had impress.
rions upon the mind OF the child in ru
brye. Every tact that s, nds thrill OF
horror through the soul, or exci,es II
wrong mental, moral or passionnl emo
tion, should bn stu,Ihusly avoided by
mothers when performing the divlnest oi
all human nlssiOus--tne creating vt IL
human soul.
But when we see the uniavorable pre-
natll conditions aud influences brought
to bear, MS u rule, on the children in enI-
bryo, how can we wonder AT the prevail
ence OF mental. moral, physical, passion
al and emotional peryeroity and degada.
ton with which the world was tetming
Every mother should always. and
especially during the period OF CESSATION,
be treated by her husband with all tue
gentleness, tenderness, and affection, TINT
he showed to her before marriage. But
alas | How rarely is this the cusc She
SHOULD have beautiful surroundings, and
be all the time happy and joyous and
look forward with gla,lness and hope 10
the advent OF her unborn babe. But
alas, how rarely is tHis the easel How
many mothers toll through this period
with but little sympathy or kind treat.
mcnt frequently griesed even to tears
tor .he lack OF 1t, or excited to rcpulslon
and aversion from petuIaut and nconsld
crate expressions from thnse who ought
70 treat them with the imost tender CON
sidrratioh Fathers, think of this. y
The laws of generation, and the rela.
tiuns of the sexes should be so well un.
derstood, and the responsibilities and
duties OF parentage 80 clearly defined,
that child with evil tendencies might
lie made an impossbility. This truth
should be brought home to the heat and
mind ot every parent, that If their chill,
dr,n turn out to I've more of i'll than good.
or wholly bad, it IS because they tailed
in some respects to do their duty to
them; or else that they we're conceived
under circumstances which should have
forbidden the conception.
So long rs we go on panishing crime
merely, without trying to stop its pro,
duction, the same crimes will continue
to be committed, and society will remain
where it now stands. But let the axe
be hid 10 the root of the evil LET crime