Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1876-06-01
A Family tbnttal.


1so = great blank book rn. KEEP and
Irbelei Home Journal Every oigbt
somebody msde an entry in it. Father
'et jovo the ',le Of the calves, or riother
tho cutting Of the babys eye,too,l or,
Jenny srote full nccoust Of the leigh
ing Pnt'y lsst night or Bob the p oceed,
inss Of the Phi Beta Club or Tom
'oraeled Tried my new gun. Billy
Shot into Tho fence and J,hnsoi's old
slt."
/ % toward the middle Of hs book
there was IN entry Of Jenny's arriuge,
and ono Of the younger girls had added a
description Of the bridesmaids dresses,
snd long af,erwari there was written,
This day father died, ia Bob lemb,
ling ba1d There vas blank Of many
months after that.
Bot nothing could have served better
TO bind that family Of bosds.roug boys
and girls together Than tho seepng Of
this book. They como back TO the old
homestead nov, men and women With
grrnIcd hsir, 10 see their mother who is
rlll living, and turn over its pages rev,
sfentJ With many hearty laugh, or ,bc
tears coming into their eyes. 1t is their
childhood come bsck agam in visible
shape.
There 'rs many other practical ways
IN which home ties can be strengtbend
snd made mors enduring for children,
and surely this il as necessary and i'm
portant matter 10 the ma, agement Of
household as the furnishing Of tho library
or chambers 10 good taste, or tbe accu,
mutation Of bric-a.bfac. Cle most direct
way Is the keeping Of anniversaries not
Christmas, Easter, nor the fourth Of July
slonc, but those which belong to that
bone alone. The cbl1rsn's BIRTHDAYS.
their mothers wedding day, the day when
they all came into their new home. There
arc hundred cheerful, happy little
events which some che rful and happy
little ceremony will n1se liz, lUnp
pleasure. TIE Germans keep alive their
strong domestic attachments by Just such
means as these it seems natural and
right 20 their children that all In. house
should be turned 'o2sy.turvJ with joy at
Vster CT Muttor'' Cot Irtstag; while to
the American boy or grl is matter
Of iBd ference Shen hi, father and mother
we're born. We know a house in which
It is tho habit to gits 10 each servant a
trlHIng gift on tho anniversary Of their
coming into the iamily and as might be
expected these ann versary return Tor
many years. Much Of the soncuing.
humanIzing effect M be produced by
remembering and bu aoubg the innocent
Ehims ond pecuiaitco = children. --
Among hard.worktng people it il the
custom too often to bring Of whole
family in pIantoons lad 10 marshal them
through childhood ty the same general,
in0eSiJle rules. Thcy must eat the sane
dishes, wear the sane clothes, york, play,
according TO the prescribed no,ioas Of
father or mother. When right or wrong
is concerned, let tic rule be iucxorsble
but when taste, character, or stomach only
is involved, humo the boy. Ba to Toms
red cravat a little blind make Will the
pudding that he likes, while the others
choose pie, The will be suror Of your
affection than T you scntimentalizcd
about a mothers love for an hour
furthermore. do not grow old yourself too
soon. Buy che boards, dominOcs, baga-
tclle learn to alay games with The boy,
and girls; encourage them to ask their
friends to dinner and tea, aud take care
that your dress and the table be pretty
and attractive. that the children may be
ashamed Of neither.
why should | stay at home in the
evening" saila lad the other day
Mother sits nd darns stockings or reads
jay Devotic1 = father dozes, aud Maggy
writes to her lover. TIL 60 where | can
have fun" Meanwhile father and moth.
or we're broban-hearted because Joe vas
going to rum" which was undoubtedly
the fact. .-S.T,jnsfS M7nNly.