Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-19

10 0onAAAOn Snoun AoI young Pooplo y"
the means of the family. The delusion
is pleasing one. It is a pity, 80 the
parents think, to disenchant them. II
is no harm, they perhaps calculate, that
society should share the impression OF
the young people. When the process
had gone on for certain time, the il.
fusion has to be kept up. It would make
Arethusa's young man learned that she
would have little or nothing, and if the
Tompkins's circle, where her brothers
visits are encouraged, ascertained that
the family was not nearly so well off as
was supposed. But at length the dis
closure must be made. A sense OF
wrong is in the breast of Miss Arethusa,
which her brother shares. SIT was
cruel to let us think" etc., etc., and il
will be odd indeed if each be not tempted
to get as much as possible out of the ap
parent wreck.
Young people should be early treated
as reasonable beings by their parents.
If there be struggles, let them know Of
them; if there be advantages, let them
be understood and rated at their true
worth. A habit of mind is thus formed
and fostered, as the effect of which the
young people-unless otherwise cor.
rupted-will be apt to say, s'Father and
mother trusted us always; let us trust
one another and keep together"
Something may be done also in the
way of proper business arrangements.
Evil comes from assuming that things
talked over and settled in conversation
are permanently settled. There may
come in unexpected, unsettling forces
"Frank is a kind-hearted, good fellow,
and will never do anything to make
trouble in the family Very likely !;
but you can not answer for Franks flu.
ture wife, and her mother, and her sis.
tiers, and all the connection into
which Frank enters, and under whose
influence he comes in q degree. "There
was an understanding that Anna should
get" etc., etc. All! my dear madam,
it is the commonest thing in life for I'M
derstandings to become misunderstood.
ings.
And, finally, where troubles do arise,
it is worth while for families to keep to-
gether, even at a sacrifice. There is
some grasping on one side, perhaps.
Let there be magnanimity on the other.
There is little suspiciousness on the
part of one. Let there be special frank
ness on the part of the rest. There is
something disagreeable in the way Sis
ter Martha and her husband carry
themselves to you and your wife. My
dear sir, just because she is Sister
Martha, wink very hard and do not see
it. Perhaps, like the other Martha, she
is "cumbered with much serving"
Perhaps some one has been whispering
in her ear, and she has not yet found
out the whisperer. Be specially good
to poor Sister Martha. Go out of your
way to show her attention. Remember
her mother nursed you. Your father
would have forgiven her great deal.
You are her brother. Keep in your ma
ture, even though your shoulders begin
to bend and your hair to get gray, as
much as you can of the boy you were
when Martha was nearly beside herself
because you came home from school.
Help Martha-who has real troubles
perhaps in her own life, to be young
and unsuspecting, and gentle and trust
full as when she was girl. Life is short.
Quarrels among kindred, once begun,
are long, and, unlike lovers feuds, they
are not the renewal of love. Men and
women that "played around one parent
knee,'' now that you are children no
longer, keep together, and hand down
the spirit of affectionate cohesion to the
generation to follow you.-Reu. John
Hall, IN N. 2. Ledger.