The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-30
Qhe1ttteIligenfer.
The Rows with Whom ] was
i"V RrOught Up.


n. r4e, Bryan, In ct. Nicholas Magazine 10
The bow. Of the generation to which
,,IanveI-tha. Ia to say, who were borl
IN Tho l.t years Of the last century OIL
II. earliest Of this-wers brought up un
',,a ,ystsm Of discipline which put ia
re.,er distance between parents ant
Mi, children than now exists. The
,,,sn,, seemed to think this necessary
II o,5sr 10 secure obedience. They vert
Ss;ieyeu In The old maxim that fani
li,ri,y breeds contempt. Ny own par
n,,en,, lived in the house with my grand
i,.her and grandmother on the mother
.lle. NJ grandfather was a discplin-
,,i,pof,hc stric.e,t sort, and ! hardly car
;al words to express the awe in which
ao,d o! him-an awe so great as almos
% p,evea. anything like affection on m,
D,;., .I,houyh he was in the main kind
asd, certainly, never thought Of beiuG
.ye,n LcyOnd what was necessary tc
u,ntain proper degree Of order in thu
nuily. The other boys in that part o
n. country, my school-iellows, wert
,lucltel on the same system. Yet there
TtIe at that time some indications that
III, very severe discipline was beginning
to relax. With my father and mother
VI, on much easier terms than with
nv grandfather. II a favor was to be
l,tci Of my grandfather, it was asked
slih fear and trembling; the request was
Oo,,poned 10 the last moment, and then
made with hesitation and bushes aud q
confused ntterance.
Gao Of the means OF keeping the boys
Of thl. generation in order was little
bundle Of birchCn rods, bound together
BY small cord, and generally suspended
On 4 nail against the wall in the kitchen.
This was esteemed ~ much part Of the
necessary furniture as tue crane that hung
10 tho kitchen fireplace, or the shovel
nd tOngs. It sometimes happened that
the boy suffered a fate similar to that OF
Tie eagle in the fable, wounded by IN ar.
,OE dsdgei with 4 feather from his own
Eirg; in other words, the boy WAS made
70 gather the twigs intended for his own
tl,lgllion. It has never been quite
sl.i to me why the birch was chosen
iboTe al other trees Of the wood 10 yield
ip,Vigs Tor this purpose. The beech Of
Oit0tests produces sprays as slender, w
1,IbIe aud ~ tough; and farmers, where
tttr tie beech is common, cut It's long
al plant branches for driving oxen.
HHthe use Of birchen rods for the cor
'stiign OF children is Of very great anti
ialy. In his discourse on Forest
Ices written three hundred years ago,
EreIynspeaka Of birchen twigI US an i'm.
psasDt Of the schoolmaster; and Lou.
Iou, 10 bis "ArbOretum," goes yetfurther
aick. lie says: "rhc birch has been
ssd AZ the instrumer! Of correction In
.:doOIs from the earliest ages" The
Ea1i,h poets Of the last century make
frequent mention Of this use OF birchen
HsE but in LoudOn's time, whose book
unpublished thirty years since, he re-
marks that the uGe Of these rods, both in
shools and private families, was fast
Piaing aWay-a change on which the
srtboIh Of England and the United
s'iiei may we'll be congratulations
sae Oirchen rod was, IN my time, even
uO'e freely used in the school than in the
h0uphOld.
TIE chlstisencnt which was thought
y '6slesOme in the case Of boys was at
iSiiIine administered, for petty crimes,
'oToEnup persons. About a mile from
's'Fe | lived stood a public whipping.
PVT, aud | remember seeing young fol.
aU, Of AbOGt IS years Of age, upon whose
sitt, by direction Of u Justice Of the
gsaSe, toFIy lashes had Just been laid, as
'as punishment for theft he had com.
l'''ei His eyes were red like those OF
'fs who had been crying, and | we'll re.
member the feeling Of curiosity, mingled
9Th pity and lear, with which / gazed
snhin. That think, WAS tho last ex.
'apIe Of corporal punishment inflicted
'I!AE in that 1cigheOrhoOd. The whip.
i'HE'po't stood in ia place for several
!eSr" siterwArd, the memorial Of a nra0.
sSe which had passed away.
The ave in which the boy, nj ,b,,
a7e held their parents extended 10 ali
Stttly psrsOn', toward whom our bo.
sl'lo',w" more than merely respectful,
Eve alI observed hushetl and snb.
I .. deneaucF in their presence. To.
'lia The ministers Of tho gospel this be-
SaIot vas particularly marked. AZ
'aa' time every township in MasSachu.
"gn' tho state in which | lived, had It's
a'ShIsF, who was settled their for life,
',aNaen be once came among his people
81 Understood to have entered into
S y. ,Ss With them scarcely less last
:, /, .a4a The marriage to. The COMMUNE.
%ate'fa be lived regarded him with
,;,ss'aHo1' aud tho visits which from
~ Nv % time he made TO the district
s.Goa 'teued to the boys important &C.
=, I'' which special preparation
vs.a IIs, When he came 10 visit tho
=. ssS' Which | attended, We all had on
S9aSiy clothes, and were ready for
AL Al ' " aiew answers to the questions
atnlnister catechism, lie heard
t,. ,S't our lessons, examined US in
,s;S .S and then began a little address,
@sJ,. remember vas the same on every
IN , ~ lie told US how much greater
u,,I Us advantages Of education which
stH!sa Than those which had fallen
gs'E wv o. our parents, and exhortcd US
wi - The best possible use Of them.
al y, " Vus 'aSeS and that Of our par.
Il H., ,1U were ready to make any sacti-
ut hi III, Il, wen 90 lar as TO take the bread
Ss,.S asIt own mouths to give US. /
~ e q being d!'gustcd with Ibis illus.
Ma " VI parental kindness, which / was
M y" 10 listen to twice At Ieastin every
i ~ 49, soSd man had, perhaps, les, re,.
fSs Ssa he supposed to magniiy The ' sd.
sssCa ' 81 q education enjoyed in n1' the I
sSs sS schools Es. at that time. Readi nv
!s. I Writing and arithmetic with 4
IN \, sIII'% n and a little rsorr Tuu
anoa uS rrS' w. was taught, and these BY
II lss af ,b6 ass' qualified, for the mos.
y Those uH SH who now give luStruc.
Ia =, 'G .n took lessons from I Grad
I'd NJ So, INC colleges, who were then
y nso HIS Numerous In proportion St 10
l'I nation. than they now T are, !"
SEri6r GS. .1 respect shown to tb0
sGsssss !Ss,s dAy'had This good es h tle
a,, ,S.It there wa e sNs urss' ~
srNss.ss Ivy: y Presence prevented thC o y.
" anything ahordSrISy or or S m.