Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-01-02
INGERsOLL,s sxsrEm.
A FOND Father Tests the COILS Theory
Of Training Up a Child.

/ t-AAOah4 evening journal.
Colonel Ingerson says he keeps pocket
book in an open drawer, and his children
go and help themselves to money when
ever they want it. s'They eat what they
want to; they may sleep all day if they
choose, and sit up all night if they desire.
I don't try to coerce them. I never pun
ish: never scold. They buy their own
| clothes, and are masters of themselves p
A gentleman living on State street,
who has a boy that is full as kitteny as
his father, read the article and pondered
deeply. He knew that Col. Ingerson was
a success at raising children in the way
they should go, and he thought he would
try it. The boy had caused him consid-
| cradle annoyance, and he made up his
mind that he had not treated the boy
right, so he called the boy from the street,
where he was putting soft soapon lamp
post, in order to see the lamp-lighter
climb it, and said to him:.
FtMy son, I have decided to adopt diff
ferent course with you, Heretofore
have been careful about giving you
money, and have wanted to know where
every cent went to, and my supervision
has no doubt been annoying to you. Now
| am going to leave my pocket-book open
in the, bureau drawer, with plenty of
money in it, and you are at liberty to use
all you want without asking me. want
you to buy anything you desire, buy your
own clothes, and to feel as though the
money was yours, and that you had not
got to account for it. Just make your
self at home now, andtry and have good
time" 79" 7tta4 2. @'#2 '"&.azs
The boy looked at the old gentleman
put his hand on his head, as though he
had 'sgot 'em sure, ;" and 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
He opened the door with Iatch-key, and a
strange yellow dog grabbed him by the
elbow of his pants, and shook him, he
said, ''like the agur.''
The dog barked and chewed until the
son came down in his night-shirt and
lcalled him off. He told the father he had
bought that dog of fireman for eleven
dollars, and it was probably the best dog
bargain that had been made this season.
He said the fireman told him he could
find man that wanted that kind of a
dog. -.tasssAatf .ses..sua
The parent took off his pants, that the
dog had not removed, and in the hall he
stumbled over a birch-bark canoe the boy
bought of an Indian for nine dollars, land
an army musket with an iron romrod fell
down from the corner. The boy had paid
five dollars for that. He had also bought
himself an overcoat with seal-skin col
lar and cuffs, and a complete outfit of cal
leo shirts and silk stockings.
In his room the parent found the mar
bic top of a soda fountain, a wheel-bar-
row and shelf filed with all kinds of
barrel of apples. A wall-tent and six
pairs of blankets were rolled up readyt
for camping out. and buckskin shir
and pair of corduroy pants lay on the
bed ready for pulling on. Six fishpoles
and basketful of fsh-lines were ready
for business, and an, oyster can full OF
grub-worms, for bait, were squirming on
) the washstand. The old gentleman looked
the layout over, looked at his pocket
book in the bureau drawer, as empty as
a contribution-box, and said:
young man, the times have been too
flush. We will now return to specie
} basis. When you want money come to me
and will give you a nickle, and you
will tell me what you intend to buy with
it, or I'll warm you. You hear me!''
And now that man stands around from
) the effects of the encounter with the yell
, low dog, and asks every man where let
I ter will reach Bob IngersolI. He says he
will kill Ingersoll, if it is the last noble
act he ever accomplishes.