The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-05
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Inc Dr0Ok as III goes on GOWN the steep
rocks, over its shallow pebly bed, and
little more carefully over the green messy
rocks, becomes a marvellous teacher 10
children. They learn lessons of enterprise
and perseverance; they learn to be 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 around 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 flu
ished. Sometimes we see places teeming
with the Injuries OF an imaginary eden,
and remark, there must be a 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 gathering Of
old friends around the open psrlor 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 gratitied in gathering in their own
pleasures. We cannot believe there are
many things under the head of amuse-
ments that are hurtiul in the home circle.
Sympathy is an essential element of home
life; it harmonizes many discordant notes,
and makes many rough places smooth. 1t
ts;,
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, aud will allow it to try and
do the same work. The father in reply to
his son will give such information rs will
interest him, AID furnish him with the
means to experiment
The ants home would be beautiful
model if it were not so overtaXed with la
Dor. 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 it, but another takes hold cheer
fully and makes it as easy as possible for
its mate or perhaps the offspring.
The trouble with many people Is, they
require of others what they cannot do
themselves; and some parents require of
children what they themselves in no way
fulfil. The rule for the child is,-"Never,
let your angry passions rise! Yet the first
time the child topples over slender vase
through some missteps, 1t will likely as not
received a sudden rap on the head for break
-, .t..t Al l..
dear friend! !" While the mother in wash
ing the mate to it, lets it fall and wonders
that it could have slipped from her hands.
The son breaks II tool one day, and the
father the next. One is done by sheer
carelessness the other ty accident Many
deep sigh would be saved ard many a sad
memory unknown, if parents would stop
but one instant before the uplifted hand
falls, and repeat the golden rule. 1t ap-
pears marvellous to US who are so slow to
think and feel for others, that the ants,
such atoms of the animal kingdom, should
be so largely endowed with this excellent
grace, sympathy.
Our home must have its library, with
some time appropriated to using it, contain
ing religious literature, history, works of
humor and imagination. OF imagination
certainly We would not select among the
milk AM water works of fiction, but among
those possessing some character; like Mrs.
Stoves '.Uncle Toms cabin" or Dickens
works. these have the imperishable quality
OF Shakespeare united with the force of i'm
provement; these have the power to move
the world to adulation, and also to reform.
liberal education is of no avail il the IL
brary is closed and forgotten. People
sometimes tell of what they used to know
when they were young and students; but
say they, eve don't have much to do with
books now, we have something else to at
tend to-" This is too true, especially in
the ladies department, there is never
ending amount of things to do, if women
were mind to keep on doing them, and il
there should happen to be any lack for en-
ployment with them. Fashion always
stands ready to supply the need. But the
books and the newspapers must not grow
dusty and mouldy on the shelf, they must
be read.
This home should have its Sabbsths and
its family altar where soft memorys may
linger when all else has faded out of life
Perhaps memory may go back to the large
print, heavy bible and the venerable hant
that turned its pages, and pointed out the
straight and narrow way. Or, as N ou
own case, it may be to a shelf of smaller
bibles from which every member of the
household learned to read the scriptures
though this pile of smaller books used of
ten to get us into the disgrace Of having {
short lived memory when questioned abou
something we had just read and could no
recall, the thought of that single shelf rise
sometimes before US like a mighty wav,
almost near enough to sweep away all tina
we hold dear to-day
We will have activity and industry, leis
IRE and repose, music and mirth, love ant
contentment, and all of improvements tina
the genii art and invention can render
and we believe that in many of the Dairy
mans homes Of New England may be toun'
our ideal.