St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-15
VOLUME 44---NUMBER 228l.
If could mend broken cart to-day,
Tomorrow make kite to reach the sky,
There is no woman in Gods world could saw
She was more bhssfully content than l.

If could mend a broken cart to-day,
Tomorrow make kite to reach the sky,
There is no woman in Gods world could saw
She was more blissfully content than l.
Mother, sister, those of you who
have your little boys, your brothers
with you, don't, pray you, check the
harmless impulses of their nature.
Readily assist-and become interested
in-all their innocent amusements and
pleasures. An English writer once
said ; "When | was boy, | wanted
tatfy but had no money. Now | have
money, but want no taffy.n
Mother, when your boy is man
and 0 how soon that will be hell
not ask yOu to make sails for his tiny
boat. He'll not beg you to help him
look for or recover his ball. Your
closets, boxes and bureau drawers will
not he rummaged through and through
for very stont kind of string A new
style of top you'll not be urged to buy ;
neither will you be urged to look for
seme gay stripe of calico or muslin for
the tail of Il kite. No demand on your
purse for Il slate or lead pencil. Paper
cOckade hats you'll not be coaxed to
make. Four in number it may he. One
for himself, the others for his three
playmates. No, no; you'll sit as | now
sit, alone, undlsturbed; and mayhap
will tearfully say rs now say, 80, that
my boy were boy again ~ And | be-
think me of companions three that
played with my boy.
the beautiful Summers,
The Summers Of long ago.
How dear were they to his heart, and
how dear they grew to mine They
likewise have flown from the parent
nest, and have built one for themselves
here and elsewhere. Aye, even beyond
the Rocky Mountains the sound of one
of their voices is heard. Positions of
trust and usefulness they too are fill
ing.
Mothers, he careful to readily assist
and become interested in all your boy 5
innocent amusemeDts and pleasures.
You will thereby not only minister to
his present and future happiness, but
in the coming years you will rejoice
that YOU improved your opportunity.
For if God spares your lives, the time
is not far distant when he will he be
yOnd not alone childish things" but,
alas! equally beyond your counsel,
sympathy, companiOnship. Then, yOar
home, like mine to-day, will be pain
fully quiet. And when that time comes
as come it will-you'll wish you
could hear your boy rushing in the
house or up the stairs, asking for some
thing to be "fixed OF made Gladly
would you be "bOthered' with him
and as gladly make his little sails, il
not altogether immaculate his pattern
to go by Let not your golden OppOr-
tunity pass away unappreciated. Give
it its due estimate and value. All fail
not in this, enjoy your boy while you
may. And when he leaves the home
harbor and spreads his impelling sails,
may he not only have the memory of a
cherished and happy childhood, but
through your watchful bare and judi,
cious training, with Gods blessing
health TO man the oars of his life-boat
a good education for ballast, and pu'
rity of heart as Il pilot or compass tC
guide him as he voyages out OH the
sea of life. Mother, be wise in time :
Christian at Work.