The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-01-04
THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN.

EXPERIENCE or SPRINGFIELD PARENT
VINO TRIED BOB IScERsoLL S METHOD.
Colonel lugersoll says he keeps a pocket.
book i'll an open drawer aud his children 90
aud help themselves to money whenever
they want it. They eat when they want
to; they may sleep all day ifthey choose and
sit up all night if they desire don't try
TO caerce them. | never punish; never
seold. They buy their own clothes and are
masters of themselves.
gentleman living on Marshall street.
who has a boy that is full as kitteuy as his
father, read the article and pondered deep
ly. He knew that Colonel Ingersoll was a
success at raising children In the way they
should go and he thought he would try il.
The boy had caused him considerable an.
noyance and lie made up his mind shat he
had not treated the boy right, so he called
the boy in from the street. where he was put.
ling soap fat on lamp post in order to see
the lamp lighter climb it, and said to him:
My son, / have decided to adopt a diff
ferent course with you. Heretofore have
been careful about giving you money, aud
have wanted to know where every cent went
To, and my supervision has no doubt been
annoying toyou. Now, | am going to leave
my pocket-book in the bureau drawer,
with plenty of money in it, and you are at
liberty to use all you want withou, asking
me. | want you to buy any thing you de-
sire, bug your own clothes and 10 feel as
though the money was yours and that you
had not got to account for it, Just make
Yourself at home Now and try and have a
good time
The boy looked a, the old gentleman. put
his hand on his head, As though he had
"rot 'em sure" aud went out to see the
lamp lighter climb that soft soap. The
next day the stern parent went out into
the country shooting and returned on the
midnight train three days later. lie opened
the door with a latch key, and strange
yellow dog grabbed him by the elbow of
his pants aud shook him, he said, like
the agur.'
The dog barked and chewed until the
sou came down in his night shirt aud called
Kim off He told his father he had bought
that dog nf fireman for S1l, and it was
probably the best dog bargain that had
been made this season He said the fire.
man told him he could find 4 man that
wanted that kind of dog.
The parent took of his pants, what the
dog had not removed and in the hall he
bought of an Indian for 50. and an army
musket with an iron ramrod fell down from
the corner. The boy had paid Sc for that.
He had also bought himself an overcoat
with a seslskn collar and cuffs, and a com.
plete outfit of calico skirts and silk stock
ngs.
In his room the parent found the marble
top of a soda fountain, a wheclbarrow and
shelf filled with all kinds of canned meat,
preserves and crackers and barrel of APP
piles. 4 wall tent and six pairs of blankets
were rolled up ready for camping out, and
a buckskn shirt and pair of corduroy
pants lay on the bed ready for pulling on
Six fish poles and baskerful of fish lines
"cic ieaay ip' ousihesS, aui du sttI can
full of grub worms for bait were sauirmiug
on the wash stand. The old gentleman
looked the lay out over. looked at his peck
et-book in the bureau drawer, rs empty rs
a contribution box, and said:
Young man, the times have been too
flush. We will now return to n specie
basis. When you want money, come to
me and will give you nickel, and you
will tell me what you intend TO buy with
it, or I'll warm you. You hear me-