The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-10-03

uullNlllI art lbuAlbSA AAAet 49,
may reach home. Destroy the family
and society becomes an individual
wreck and sinks down as a general
rule, into gross sensuality. Home Is
an unselfsh place, and all institutions
should revolve around it. All men
and women should exalt home in its
true position, which is as it should be
but not as it is. Society puts home
different to what God puts it. Many
undervalue home life, some scarcely
notice its very existence. Some have
no regard for its sacredness.
Some make no home for themselves,
others don't want sharers of home
with them. They don't want home
the little ones make, they don't appre-
ciate the blessings which are brought
by the little ones, who make home a
beautiful and natural blessing. God
have mercy on the man and woman
who have no sounds of joy greeting
them when they go in and out. There
is another class who don't have true
homes, but live in hotels, restaurants,
&C., the consequence being that child
hood and manhood suffer from an I'M
natural exposure. There are men who
think that their interests are in their
business and are outside of home I;
that they must throw all their thoughts
and energies into business, and home,
or what should be home, becomes a
mere resort. They think wives must
take care of home. A grand mistake.
You put the means above the end.
Living above life, and putting success
above character, womanhood and child
hood. There is no earthly thing great
err for you to be interested in than
home; aud unles a man identifies him
self with it he does not know what
home is. There are others who think
of saving from their family what is
needed for it. A home should not be
extravaganza but comfortable, and
above all no sensible man or woman
will let the expenditure be larger than
the income. Yet many do this while
some hoard and pinch the home, the
common necessaries of life are with
held, there is a sordid indrawing, con-
tracing of their family's future into
narrowness, exerting blighting intiu-
encG.
'Love to God and man produces
happiness indoors and out, but the I'M
happy sources of noXious influences
are the habits, vices, inIidelity, drunk
enness and brutal passions, which de-
stroy peace and happiness Of home
life. This neglecting Of home for
self-indulgence is largely to be found
in our country, and all homes suffer in
the depreciation of individual homes,
bringing loss of industry besides. In
telHgent, enterprising farmers Of La
noble county, make much Of your
homes, elevate them to the highest po-
sition possible; not above the service
of God or the good of men, but above
the qualification Of society pleasures.
Make them the theatres of hearty home
life; for all things great and good and
blessed spring up from the home; and
honorable and industrious men and
women, set about this at once, and
make them the joy Of this whole coun-
try. Life is too short to pass the best
part trying to live. We need the
home now, to-day, we may never reach
the future, so l say have a home,
though it be poor, have it. Have also
your roof-tree, your own domestic al
tar. Every member of the family
should have some occupation. Bring
up your children industriously, teach
them to work for their daily bread,
and avoid by all these means the error
and instrument OF wrong, idleness.
Parents make mistake when the;' ar
range for their sons and daughters to
have nothing to do, for it lessons the
domestic happiness of families, and
sends them out into the world to make
shipwrecks Of character. Be true to
one and another in every respect.
Never let there be a suspicion of a
want of fidelity and mutual confidence ;
have no discord or division and we
must concede many things to have
happiness in our homes. Let the
flame be bright within your homes.
Let the golden light shine through
your own houses. Exercise self-con-
troll. Many things must be overlook
ed. Make home pleasant. 1t is a
delightful medium for the molding pro-
cess of character in your child to
whom virtue and integrity are choice
blessings. Make your home the seat
of courteous speaking and attention,
and not give your horses your best
training government, and good cheer.
Blend with this the principle of au-
thority. 1t is higher principle.
There is much prejudice on this sub
ject of authority, and many in this
country are making mistake in the
practice or rather non-practice of it.
Children must be taught to yield. There
must be no conflict of will between
you and your child. You must not
coax your child and then bride him af
forwards. 1t does not lead him tc
give up his will; it hardens him and
makes him self-willed. You give par
ticular attention to your colt, training
him in the way he should go, and yoJ
should so train your child. You have
ten thousand times better stuff in YOU
boy, who will rise up and do you hon.
or if you give him half the training
and time you do your colt. Husband
and wife must be in perfect concord
Now, in and along with the working