The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1885-08-08
MARK TWAlN'S WIFE.
fh" iintebrisi Talks Seriously ofFamily
Government.
From the Christian union. !

lfrom the Christian Cnion.
f"s whippinss are not given in our
mousse for revenge; they are not given
Tor spite, nor even in anger; they are
given partly punishment, hut main
~ ny way of impressive reminder, aud
protector against repetition of the
otlense The interval between tho pro-
mise OF II whipping AMI its iniliction il
usually an hour or two. BY that time
| ooth parties are calm, and tho one ia
judicial, the other receptive. Tho
enid never goes from the scene OF
punishment until ii has been loved
back into a happy hcartedncss and a
Joyful spirit. The spanking is never a
cruel one, but is always an honest one.
1T hurts. II it hurts the child, imagine
now it must hurt the mother. Her
spirit is serene. tranquil. She has not
the support which is afforded by anger.
Every blow she strikes the child
bruises her own heart. The mother of
my children adores them there il mo
milder term for 1t and they worship
her, they even worship anything which
the touch of her hand has made sacred.
ihey know her for the best and trucst
TREND they have ever had, or ever
shall have; they know her for one who
never did them any wrong, and who
cannot do them a wrong; who never
told them n lie, nor the shadow of ono.
who never deceived them BY even nm
ambiguous gesture, who never rave
them an unreasonable command. nor
ever contented herself with awning
short Of perfect obedience who has
always treated them as politely and
as she would the oldest
and best in the land, and has ALWAYS
required OF them gentle speech and
courteous conduct toward all, OF what
ever degree, with whoa they CHANGED
to come in contact and they know her
FOR one whose promise, whether of
reward or punishment, is gold, and
always worth its face to the utmost
trthing. In word, they know her.
and know her, for the best and dear
est mother that iivcs-and by a long,
long way the wisest. You perceivc
that have never got down to where
the mother in the tale really asks hcr
question. For the reason that | cannot
rcal'H" the situation. The spectacle of
that trehchcrousiy reared boy, and that
wordy, nnmby-pamby Gather, and tim,
weak, namby.pamby mother. IA
enough to make one ashemcd of his
species. And, If could cry, I would
cry Tor the fate of that poor little bov
a fate which has cruelty placed him
in tho hands and at tho mercy of n mir
OF grown up children, to have his dis.
position ruined, TO como up unpov.
crncd, and be n nuisance to himsclf
and everybody about him, in tho pro.
cess, instead of being tho snIace Of care.
the fisscminntor of happiness. ina
glory "f honor and joy of tho house. tho
Wclromc9t face in all tho world To them
mat gave him hcing--ns he ought 10
p'' was sent to be, and would be bni
Tor inc nara fortune that flung him intn
ne c'u'chcs OF these palicring ipctna.
'i"s. In all my !iEn ! have never mnLn
! single reference n my wife in nrini
before, rs IL" rs ! c.,n rcmcmbcr cv.
'ppt once in the dcdica>ion of , h,ni,
md so, after tho fifteen vc,rs rr
perhaps | may unsc,s nv lima
his one time without improI+ic,v nr
! will send this ponu.
cripi TO tho press without her kt,,u.
edge, and without asking her to edit /.
E'his will save il from getting jammcd
ntO the stove.
MARK TWAIN.