Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-05-01
DOA't Believe lS.

: When the boys csme home from school
rushing in pell NEIL. like 20 many nnbrok-
en- colts. coming dangerously near to up
setting the ten. kettle, and turning over the
table, and one ssrstches up the baby and
tosses her absys his bead in Il MANNER that
makes you spring forward with nervous
dread in spite of her "leet.u hugh; an
other steps on the eats tail; and two or
three ask if supper amt ready; and your
tlsor that was as clean as hands could
make it. when they come in is covered all
over with tracks of muddy boots. and
you are so tired and nervous that you can
scarcely get supper on ths table. and some
one says dolefully, ~ our children are less
trouble now than they srsr viii be again"
don't you believe it.
! Model boys. who walk into the house
with their hats in their hands. and step
across the room in quiet. orderly man
ner. as if they were going into Sabbath
school. are the exception. and kicking.
screaming rolling. turning. rollickin"
ones. so full OF health. and life. and spirit
that they can't keep .ht side up, is the
rule.
Now. why should your children he more
trouble to you after they have passed the
period of Group. and mumps and measels
and wild. unthinking boisterousness, than
they are now? Are you not daily incul-
eating good and moral principles. in the
effort to train them mp in the way they
should 60. and can you Not see redeemng
traits in every one of them. which other
eyes may not yet Lave discovered. but
which will come out clear and distinct in
the coming years, when the higher nature
shall be developed. and the lessons of
truth and honesty which you are constant
" laborinY to impress upon their minds.
have taken yoot and grown with their
growth9
l know that you cannot always be a
saint under so many trying. nerve ex-
ha'stlng circumstances, especially if your
hasty temper is a 'ainst you. but you can
labor to keep reason in the ascendancy.
and settle their childish disputes with jus
lice. instead of making the one give up
who possesses the most yielding tlisposi-
ton. and therefore can be conquered the
most easily. Your children will be much :
like yourself. with the Improvement which !,
another generation and better advantages
will give them. If their parents were
kind and respectful to their parents before
them. rejecting credit and happiness upon
those who bore with them in their Younger
lays. in short. If you ale good. honest
and moral. useful member of the COM #
mnnity in which you IT side. doing unto
others as yon would have them de unto i
YOU, there is no reason why your children Il
should not be a source OF JOY and comfort 5
70 you in the years to come. But if YOU T.
Ire selfish and ilI-tempered. flying into Il b
passion and heating the helpless ones.
more to CRAFTY your own unreasonins an
ger. than to he of any especial service in
correcting their evil propensities. if you
ire dishonest and uncIlariable in yotr g
lealings with Others. you cannot expec, "
'our children to become men and women Il
Who will reflect honor upon you, and un- "
Ter such circumstances it may be that y
your children are less trouble than they =;
viii be again. ."-L.adore Rogers, i. West =
m Farm Journal. Il