The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-07-01

ne was OLD enough TO occupy q high
chair at the ancestral board. According
" the young gentleman celebrated the
event by upsetting his mothers tea,
breaking his own especial crockery, while
searching for the natural laws of gravity,
and ending by elevating both feet to the
same altitude as his fathers plate, very
much to the disgust of Mamma Bodle,
who ventured mild reproof. But it
was nipped in the bud by her husband.
Take no notice of it, Mary" he said,
in a stage whisper. II will buy him
tin plate and cup that he can't injure.
only keep his mind occupied and inter-
ested, and he will forget these little
naughty things"
The bright tin cup and plate were pur-
chased, and appreciated by Bobby as if
new silver, and at once turned into
drums and cymbals, and the air so filled
with the dire music that the voices of
the Bodies were drowned in the din.
ss7till his father would not have him in
terrupted, very much to the disgust Of
nurse Bridget, who declared to the cook
that her heart was "broke intirely by the
bye"
"ShL--e. afther breakin' his lovely cha
ny-set he'was never contint, but thrums
the life out o the whole house wild the
ornary tin things, and thin me ould back
is broke, SO it is, wild pickin' up the
things afther him.
Mr.. Bodies sister Grace came with her
little Charley to make them visit, and
Master Bobby was in ecstacies. He
seemed to think that his cousin had
been created for his especial amusement,
and lorded it accordingly until the poor
little visitor bore the marks of battle in
the shape of scratches from Bobby's
nails, and bites from his teeth, until his
mamma was forced to demonstrate.
Brother" said she, why don't YOU
govern that child? Why, he is terrible"
Thereupon Mr.. Bodle aired his pecu-
liar ideas on the subject. Other people
might do as they liked, but he would not
have his child dwarfed and ruined by
laws and penalties.
"Fddlesticks !" was the reply. "Don't
be fool, James. Depend upon it, if you
do not control that child the world will.
You must remember that he will have to
deal with generation of people, if he
lives to manhood, and they are not go
ing to coax and wheedle him through
y expect when he grows old enough
to ilason that he will learn what is re-
quired Of HIM"
Perhaps, but mark my words: it will
be information gained by many hard
rap, and many bitter lesson that should
have been taught him with love and
frmness at his parents knee. You call
my. Charley pattern child, because my
lghtest word, or even look, is obeyed.
assure you in temperament and DISPOSE
ton he is like your child, hut began
the discipline in the cradle, and the re-
suit is that instead of an unruly little
animal he is what you acknowledge him
to be, dear, obedient little fellow, as
happy as your own-indeed. more 60
and just as bright"
All you ga sister, about Charley is
true; yet as men my system will prove
you to be wrong"
Children learn to understand yery
much earlier than we think, and Master
Bobby Bodle took advantage of his faith
ers theory and behaved like a little Turk
at dinner that day. He screamed for
the milk cup, yelled for the castor, threw
his bread and butter at Bridget, pulled
Charley's hair, and wound up his pro
ceedings by hitting his father squarely
IN the eye, by throwing his teaspoon
closing that member completely and Gre
ating the most dire dismay and confu-
sion. 5
Mr.. Bodle had an appointment to fill
that evening was to lecture before an
aristocratic association, and had gotten
himself up extensively FOR the occasion.
But when the truth dawned upon him
that if he fulfilled the engagement it
must be with black and swollen eye,
and visage like that of prize fighter,
he arose in indignation, put away the
wife Of his bosom, and with wrath in his
uninjured eye, and an itching palm
snatched mp the astonished Bobby, (whc
was rejoicing at the performance as q
mastery stroke of ingenuity, and look
ing upon the expressive pantomime of
his father as gotten up expressly for his
amusement,) and sliding him across his
knee spanked him soundly
From that hour Bobby acknowledged
q master, and word from his father
brought order out of chaos, and ODE
dlence to the rules and laws his mother
had sense enough to at once lay down.
Mr.. Bodle has nothing more to say
upon the subject of bringing up children
and his pet theories. His wife is per
mitted to govern their now numerous
family according to the wise advice of
Solomon, who has said, "spare the rod
and spoil the child, though she argues
that the great king did not mean q lieral
whip in all cases, but that firm and judi
cious control is the rod !; and that if a
child left to itself bringeth its parents to
shame, SO will a well disciplined child
prove q blessing to itself and a crown of
glory to those who are appointed by the
Lord to train the everything soul for His
service.
Jenkins said that some persons were
of opinion that man could not be q law
yer and adhere strictly to the truth but,
for his part, he believed man could.
Jones remarked that he hoped Jenk-
ms would begin practice right away.
Experience has demonstrated thae
vaccination In infancy is quite sufficient.
The question that it should be repeated
every seventh year is popular error
which originated in a few isolated cases
Of all-pox occurring after vaccination.