Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1878-01-10


ter.) Tell him M the man did In Main,
when his boy left home: John. honesty
Is the best policy; have tried both.
Iaughter.) Just be honest with him. I'm
agine now, you are about to whip chilt
five years OF age. What IL the child to do
Suppose . man as much larger than yot
are larger than child ave years old. shoulC
come 1t you with . liberty pole In his hand
and in a voice Of thunder shout, "WhS
broke that platey' There il not . solitary
one Of you who wouldn't swear you nevel
saw L., or that Il WAS cracked when yoC
found Il! daughter and applaose.) Why
not be honest with these children? JUS
Imagine man Who deals In stocks putting
false rumors aAoati Q.auxhter.) ThinL
oi . lawyer beating his own hesh and blood
for evadin4 the truth when he makes hall
Of his own living that wayf daughter.
Think Of = minister punishing his child fol
not telling all he thinks! just think Of II
daughter and sppiause.)
When your child commits a wrong take
IL In your arms; let !: feel your heart beat
against its heart; let the child know that
you really and truly and sincerely love it
yet some Christians, good Christians.
when . child commits = fault, drive |,
from the door and say. Never do you
darken this house again" Think of that
And then these same people will get down
on their knees and ask God to take care
OF the child they have driven frrm home.
| never ask God to take care of my chill
dren unless | An doing my level best In
the same direction, Lsushter But
will tell you what I say To my children /:
Go where you will; commit what crime
you may; fall TO what depth Of degr adation
you NAV: you can never commit any crime
that will shut my door. my arms, or my
heart to you; as long as | live you shall
have no more sincere friend" (GreAt ap-
plsuR.) Do you know I have seen some
people who acted IS though they thought
when the Saviour said "suffer little chill
dren TO come unto me, for OF such Is the
Kingdom OF heaven" that He had raw
hide under His mantle and made that re-.
mark TO get the children within striking
distance. don. believe in the govern.
ment Of the lash. II any Of you ever eI.
pect TO whip your children again after you
hear me. want you TO have photograph
taken of yourself when you are In the act.
with your face red with vulgar anger. and
swimming 10 tears ard the little chin
dimpled with fear. like a piece of water
struck BY a sudden cold wind. Have the
picture taken. II that little child should
die, cannot nnd Q sweetsr way To spend
an sutumn afternoon than TO go out to the
cemetery when the naples are clad In
bright color. and the little scarlet runseTs
are coming. ike poems OF regret, from the
sad heart Of the esrth-than to 60 out 10
the cemetery and sit down upon the grave
and look Al this photograph, and think of
the flesh now dust that you beat tell
you IL Is wrong; IL Is no way TO raise chill
dren, Make your home happy. lie hon
est with them. Divide fairly with them In
everything. Give them little liberty and
you cannot drive them out Of the house.
They will want to stay there. Make home
pleasant. Let them play any game they
want to. Don't be SO foolish a. 10 say
''fou may roll balls on the ground. but
you must not roll them on green cloth.
You may knock them with
nallet, but you must not push them with "A
cue. Lsughter.) You may play with
little pieces OF paper which have 'au-
,s"rs 70 TO ~fh:i mfn:irei ST sSs ,ss'' 'wasie sbBg Sa
, themselves up and degrade themselves and
Initiate humanity below themselves, but
you must not 60 TO = theatre and see the
characters OF immortal genius put upon
the stage" why? Well. I can't think
Of any reason In the world except min
strel'' Is q word OF two syllAbles and the
atre" has three. (Laughter.) Let chill
dren have some daylight At home II you
want to keep them there, and don't COM
mence At the cradle aud yell Don't"
''Dont!" "Stopv' That is nearly all
that Is said to young one from the cradle
until be Is 81 years old, and when he comes
OF age other people begin saying don't"
And the church says "doa't.' Aud the
party that he belongs TO says don't"
Laughter.) despise that way Of going
this world. lie, US have . little
liberty . little bit.
EXCUSES FOR THE RACE.
Now L have some excuses TO offer for the
race to which belong. have two. My
first excuse Ii that IL Is not very good
world to raise folks in aDyway. Caught
er.) IL Is not very we'll adapted TO raising
magnificent people. There's only quarter
OF il land TO start with. II u three times
better ntted for raising fish than folks. and
10 that one-Quarter OF land there Is not
tenth part nt 10 raise people On. You
can't raise people without good climate.
You have got to have the right kind Of eli
mate. and you have got to have certain el-
ements 10 the soil, or you cant raise good
people. Do ysu know that? There Is
only little ziz-zsg strip around the world
within which have been produced all men
Of genius The Southern hemisphere has
never produced man Of genius. never,
and never will until civilization. fighting
tie heat that way and the cold this, widens
this portion Of the earth capable OF pro-
ducing great men and great women. Ii Is
the same with men that 1t Is with vegeta-
tion; you go into . garden and find there
flowers growing. And As you go up the
mountain. the birch and the hemlOck and
the spruce are to be found. And rs you
60 towards the top, you find little stunted
trees getting . miserable subsistence out
OF the crevices Of the rocks. and you 90 on
up and up and up, until finally you lind At
the top little moss, like freckles. lou
might Is wnu try to raise flowers where
those freckles grow. as to raise great men
and women whore yon haven't got the soil
The next excuse is, that | think we
came up from the lower animals. Else
how can you account tor all this snake and
hyena aud jackal In man? Now when |
fret heard that doctrine ! didn't like it.
felt sorry for people who had nothing but
ances tors TO BE proud OF. 1t touched my
heart TO think they would have to 20 back
TO the Duke Orang -outang or the duchess
Chimpanzee. l WAS sorry. and hated to
believe IL. / don't know that IL Is the
truth now. am not satisfied upon that
question: l stand about eight to seven.
(Laughter.) l thought it over. | read
about it. read about these rudimentary
bones and muscles. l didn't like that.
read that everybody had rudmentaIy mus
cles coming from the ear right down here
indicating that the most intellectual
people in the world have got them. l say.
'What are theyT' "Rudimentry muscles y
What kind Of musclesg' Muscles that
your ancestors used to have inlly devel-
Oped." What fOrT' ITO Dap their ears
with. Uaughtsr.) Well. whether we
ever hal them or not. l know OF lots ol
men who ought to have them yet. Caught
cry And finally said. swell. guess
We came up from the lower animals"
thought II all over. the best could, and
said. Il guess We did" And after q
while began to like it, and like It now
better than did before.
while growing 1t her husband laal
summer New York woman WAS strucl
by lightning and instantly killed. II you
wish your wife to see this paragraph. cu
Il out and paste Il on the looking glass.