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

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believe it is universally admitted that laws
should precede punishment; aud that none
should be punished who uro incapable of
understanding tho luw. In accordance
with these principles, should never punish
a child who is Incapable of understanding
between right and wrong; nor until he shall
have beeu forcwurned of the wrong and
taught to avoid it,
These principles seem very reasonable
to me-" said Eliza, "but they can never be
applied to children. If you do not correct
child until it is old enough to learn from
prccept the difference between right and
wrong there will be no living in the house
with it fer the first five or six years of its
life and no controlling it afterwards"
Gilbelt received these views of his wife
with some alarm, and entered upon long
argument to convince her that they we're
erroneous. She maintained her own very
well, but Gilbert had certainly the ad dvantagc
of her in the argument. All he could say,
however, did not ia the leust shake her
confidence in her opinion
WAS t.. length appealed to, and | gavo
Judgment 10 favor of Gilbert
"WclI," said she, 81 never was better
satisfied of anything in my life as am that
you nrc both wrong. I'll agree to this-if
ever correct a child before it is old eDoup b
10 receive instruction from prccept and you
do not approve of my conduct, | will then
promise you never to do tho like again"
"Wcll, - said Gilbert, 'tlat is very fair.
One more rule will settle The fundume entails,
and wo may safely trust all others to future
adjustment Let US never address our
children in the nonsensical gibbcrisl that
is SO universally prevalent among mothers
1t is very silly, iu the first place, and it
greatly retards chiId's Improvement, in
the second. Were it not for this, have
no doubt children would speak their mother
tongue as correctly at four years old as they
do at sixteen"
Eliza smiled and observed TINT this was
such small matter Il ut it had also better
be left to future adjustment. 10 this Gil.
bert rather Reluctantly assonted.
About Two months after this conversa.
ton Gilbert was blessed with fino son,
whom he named John James Gilbert, after
tho two grandfathers and himself-a profu.
sion of names he had cause afterwards 10 ro
pent. Just fourteen months and six dnys
thereafter he was blessed with a fino
daughter, whom Eliza named Ann Franc els
Eliza, after the two grandmothers and her.
self. Fifteen mouths thereafter, he received
third blessing like unto the first, which
he called George Henry, after his two
brothers. Thirteen months and nineteen
days after tho birth Of George, fourth
blessing descended upon Gilbert in the form
of fuc son. This took the namo Of
William Augustus, after two brothers of
bis wife. Eliza now made long rest of
nineteen months, four days and five hours
q spcak from tho family record when by
way of amcud, she presented her husband
q par of blessings. AS soon as his good
fortune was made, known to him, Gilbert
expressed regret TINT no had not reserved
his own numc until now, 10 order that the
twins hear his own name and mine. See
ing this could not be, bc bestowed my name
upon the first born, and gave me the
privilege of naming the second AS l
considered "a Qooa name rather to be