The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-11

light, to Hume the soul with pure thoughts
and feelings and whether the home be
dressed in blue and purple matters not, it
must be filed to the brim with love, smiles
and gladness. We would shun as the
"wise man did both riches aud poverty,
aud choose rather, plenty and comfort.
The board must be spread with everything
good and enjoyable while around this
board '''olive plants" should be growing on
every side.
We would have birds, flowers, pets, or
anything else suggestive of sociabilily !:
(real homemade birds that sing in the trees
about the house are preferable TO those in
cages.) Flowers are as Indispensable in
perfecting home as in perfecting plant
They must be profusely scattered in the
prominent places and in the little hiding
places in the garden and around the house !;
but unless the house is large enough to give
them separate apartment, do not bring
them inside TO take the children's places in
all of the sunniest windows and pleasantest
corners. If We cannot afford to have a
large conservatory, have a small one. A
little strip OF room opening from the cit
ting room, built with a large window,
shelves and brackets on both sides apprO-
priated entirely to plants would be very
beautiful besides, this leaves some room
for the family.
If we apply Dickens definition of pet,
everything around us with animal life
should be pets that is, "treated with con-
slant gentle attentions" and the farmer
may have plenty of them If he chooses to
treat everything around him with "genile
attention 7, including all of the household
hames, the varieties from the pasture, aud
the fowls around "the sunny barn door"
If there are not enough of these pets found
about the native hills of New England, let
us have imported stock imported fowls
from the leland of Java or from Pekin OF
go not as far away and get the beautiful
deer Gather them from anywhere and
everywhere to make the number good
The way to make good naturalists
is to adopt some of these pets into
the family with the children
Children should not be restricted in
choosing their pets from the animal king
dom; let it be serpents, or toads, canarys,
or hens; any of these creatures become
very interesting when you can mark all of
their habits and peculiarities. There have
been many instances where creatures have
forgotten their ierocity and their venom,
and become teachable, in the hands of gem
tie masters. The world would never have
had an Agassiz if his mother had always
hidden his meddling with anything that she
nervausly Stunned.
OF those we have dealt with, we liked
the little squirrel and the henhawk the best.
The squirrel was very gentle with no mis-
chievous ways, but it could not learn to
avoid dangers. The hawk would fly away
nights where it pleased, and in the morning
when we went to the door and called it by
name, would answer at first from the dis
lance, then nearer, until it would come
with a wild scream and take from our hand
with its claw, whatever food was held up
for it; we would cringe with fear thinking
it might mistake our eyes or hands for its
portion; but it always took its food grace
fully, and alighted on the ground by our
side and ate it with many little screams of
gratitude. We must be pardoned for one
word more for our favorite lit never did
anything worse than to look towards a
flock of chickens. For this error it died.
We do not extol the animal pets ts the
exclusion of the children; they are the
mothers pets, and no silken cord, or car
ress, should be misplaced on anything of
the brute creation, that rightly belongs to a
mothers own little ones the little chatty
voices, and the pattering feet on the stairs;
up and down the gravel walk, in and out,
out and in, with aprons filled with moses
and daises for tiny cups and to scatter upon
the floor. o, those sweet endearing sounds
that fill the house with music and laughter
Sometimes those sounds are heard only as
little echos, and are gone again. May
many be spared from having only the sad
echo of little voices left in their homes.
A broad lake near dwelling place al
wavs pds a charm in one direction, though
we believe such deep waters incite gloomy
thoughts. A little busy early rising brook
Is much the happiest and its inspirations
are always OF reviving nature 1t will
not allow you TO feel or imagine you feel
dolefui and sad when within hearing of its
CHEEKY sounds. So let us have brook
within sight Of some of our windows, that
while passing by them about our labors.
we can look out and catch its gladstone
tune-its spirit of going on, right on cheer
fully over whatever path lies before it.
The brook as it goes on down the steep
rocks, over its shallow pebly bed, and
little more carefully over the green messy
rocks, becomes marvellous teacher 10
children. They learn lessons of enterprise
and perseverance; they learn to bo unset
fish, to forget and forgive; they learn to
enquire after, and love the great artist of
nature who dispensed so many wonders
and cunning varieties in and ar-"nd the
little brook
Home must have its industries, or il
would not be beautiful long; and its diver
sions, or it would not long be happy. Plain,
well applied industry can make the inner
lining of home soft and warm with COM
fort, beauty and luxury. 1t can make the
external bright with blossom and fruit, and
complete, by having all undertakings an
with the Injuries of an imaginary eden,
and remark, there must be fortune ex.
pended here, but the answer is-patient in
dustry has accomplished it all, which is in
itself fortune.
In choosing the amusements we shall
have to call in the aid of sympathy, that
there may be no one.sided views about it.
The parents might choose a gathering of
old friends around the open parlor CRATE
with the long story telling chat, enjoyable
surely, yet others might prefer something
else. There are ways enough and there is
room enough in every home for each one
to be gratifed in gathering in their own
pleasures. We cannot believe there are
many things under the head of amuse-
ments that are hurtful in the home circle.
Sympathy is an essential element of home
life; it harmonizes many discordant notes,
and makes many rough places smooth. 1t
inclines the mother to answer the inquiries
of the child relative to her work and the
machinery she is using. The mother in
stead of saying, go, don't bother me with
questions !" will show the child all that it
wishes to know, and will allow it to try and
do the same work. The father in reply to
his son will give such information as will
interest him, aud furnish him with the
means to experiment.
The ants home would be a beautiful
model if il were not so overtaXed with la
bor The ants always seem to be in in a
driving hurry with no hours for rest or rec
reation; but the sympathy that goes round
their circle with touch OF electricity, is
admirable to see. If the burden of one is
too heavy another helps to carry 1t; or if
the burden falls, there seems to be no rep
rimand for il, but another takes hold cheer
fully and makes it as easy as possible for
its mate or perhaps the offspring.