Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-07-07

| iouou,uato aitci Aeuac, the phtrlaron, anu
beloved uncle of mne. In this very tri-
! umphant and loudable manner did Mrs.
Butler close the list Of her sons.
She now turned her attention to daugh-
tors, and in the short space of five years
produced thlee that queen might have
been proud of. Their names, in the order
of their births, were Louisa, Rebccoa and
Sarah. 1t was one of Mrs. Buffers maxms.
"lf you have anything to do, do it at
once," apd she seemed to be governed by
this maxim in making up her family; for
Sarah completed the number of children.
John was about a year old when | Was
again at Gilbcrt's for the evening. lie was
stcatcd at the supper table, with tho child
in his arms, addressing some remarks to mo,
Whom culcd his attention tho child who
was in the uct Of putting his fingers IN the
bluze of the caudlc. Gilbert jerked him
away suddenly, which 80 inoenscd Master
John james Gilbert that he screamed in
suffernhly. Gilbert tossed hin, putted him;
F, ut he could not distract his attention from
the candle. Ho removed him out Of sight
OF the luminary, but that only mado mt
ters worse. Ho now commenced Ills first
lesson in tho "prinoiplcs of good govern
moot" He brought the child toward the
candle and the nearer it approached tho
more pacified it became. The child OK
tended it's arms to oatoh tho bIazo and Gill
| bert bore it slowly towards the fame until
| the hand came nearly in contact with it,
when he snptched it away, crying "bunny
! fnnics!" which is, by Interpretation,
"you'll burn your fogcrs!" Eliza and |
exchanged smiles, but neither of US said
anything.
The child construed this into wanton
teasing and became, if possible, more OBJ
strepcrous than ever. Gilbert now rcsortcd
to another expedcpt He put his own
fingers into the blaze, withdrew them sud
denly, blew them, shook lhcm, and gave
every sign of acute agony. This not cnly
quoted but delighted tho child, who sig
nifi to him to do it again. lie instantly
perceived (wbat was practically demon
strated the minute afterwards,) that the
child was putting u most dangerous inter
pretoD upon his last illustration. lie de-
termncd therefore not to repeat it.. The
child, not satisfied with the sport, doter-
mined to repeat it himself, which the
father opposing, he began to reach aud cry
as before. Thcle was but one experiment
left; and that was to let the child feel the
flames little. This he resolved to try, but
how to conduct it properly was not so easily
settled, 1t would not do to allow the
infant to put his hand iuto the blaze be-
cause it would burn too little or too much.
He resolved therefore to direct the hand
to point so near the flame that the increas-
ing heat would Induce tho child to with
draw his hand himself. Accordingly lie
brought the extended arm slowly towards
the fame, the child becoming moro and
more impatient with every moments post
poncmcnt of its qualification, until the
hnnd came within about an inch Of the wick
when hc held the child stationary. But
John would not let the hand remain sta
tionary, nor ut the chosen point. lie kept
snatchiDg at the candle, till finding ull his
efforts Iruitlcss, he threw himself violently
back, gave the father tremendous thump
on the nose with tho back of the head and
kicked and screamed most outrageously.
"You little rascal" said Gilbert, "Ive q
| good mind to give sou good spanking"
GIVE him to me-" said Mrs. Butler.
"You'a better not take him. said Gil
| bert, in an undertone "while ho is in such
passion"
"No danger" sho said, "hanl him to
nc"
AS she received him, "hush sir" said
she, very sharply; and the Child hushcd
instantly and was asleep in few minutes
STRANGE" suid Mr.. Butter, show much
sooner tho mother acquires control over
child than the father"
"Not at ALL" said Mrs Butler. "You
would have controlled him as easily as
did, if you had given him the same lesson
before hand that did. lie got in such an
uproar tho other day aud finding nothing
else would quiet him spanked it out of
him. | have had DO more trouble in quiet
ing him since"
'l begin to think, Butler," said [ "that
lliza was right iu the only points of tho
difference between you, touching tho man
ogemcnt of children. observe that you
addressed the child just now in tho gibber-
| ish you so much condemned before you were
a father; and though it seems ridiculous
enough, especially in you, it would have
appeared more so if you had said to child
so young, John, my son, do not put your
fingers in the flame Of tho candle, it will
/ burn them And your experiment has
taught you the absolute impossibility of 90.
verning children of very tender years By
prescribed rules"
81 am half inclined to your opinion"
said Butler "EIiza's discip has per-
formed several good Offices. 1t has relieved
us OF johns insullcrubo noise; it has
taught him to control his temper at its first
appearance and it learned him tho meaning
OF word (hush) which will often supply
the place of correction and always forowarn
him Of d sircs unlawful"
| Long before tho second son arrived at