Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1889-08-01
TO Mothers.

VIII Icll you; lhcy must DcSin IN tho
infancy of their children to make
them know and respect parental au.
thority-the injudiciously loving mo.
theirs. Their highest conception OF
mother-lovc is not what is for the ul.
innate good Of the child, but tc
crafty its present whims and fancics
to let it have its own wiliul way. In
their loving eyes the precious angc
can do no wrong, because it is pcrfcc
lion. and 50 The child takes aivan.
tage of this weakness in mother, and
has its way about anything with
which the mother has to do. The,
scream and sulli if thwartrd, know.
ing If il is kept up they will get what
they want, whether it is good io,
them or not; they talk prr,ly or in
solcntly to their mothctS, and, OF
course, to others; they stick their
fingers in the butter, put their feet
on the table, or pull off the table
cloth, if the notion takes them to do
so-and Il thousand other things
that the touch Of The properly hu-
man and imperfect in them inspires
them to do where there is no re-
straint. read n short Will" amn nf
lady and gentleman appearing ut a
dinner, which was given in their
honor, when it was nearly over.
1t seems they were visiting the city,
and Il lady friend invited other
friends to meet them at dinner at
six o'clock. The lady and her hus
band made their appearance between
nine and ten O'Clock, and her excuse
was that their little girl Of five years
had insisted that her mother sit with
her till she went to sleep. Finding
her parents about to slip away when
she was nearly asleep, she became
wide awake again and wouldn't lie
down till her mother undrrsscd and
got in bed with her. OF course their
way had no alternative but to do SO :;
the mother never dreamed Of oppos-
ing the chcrub, so off came the moth
cr'S dinner toilet and down she Law
till the child was indeed asleep; then
she h,trriedly arose, dressed and pre-
scntcd herself with this-to hcr-all
sufficient excuse TO the hostess and
guests she had kept waiting for over
three hours Extremely silly, was
it not? Yes, and worse, when we
think Of the thousands OF mothers
who, instead of pruning away the
bad qualities and unsiyh1ly OK
crcsccnccs of disposition with Il firm
and wisely loving hand, in order that
their children may come forth with
lovely charactdAs and sweet disposi
lions, rs weakly yielded to them as
did this mother The mothers Of
this day and generation seem to have
failed utterly To comprehend this as
their mission: To guide, direct, re-
strain and control; to instill in the
youthful minds and hearts the know
ledge of the necessity and respect for
parental authority. Many fond
foolish mother, thinking Of her own
ioylcss childhood and hard lot, can
think of no wiser, better way than 10
make her own chiId's lot more pleas
ant. With this end in view she care
fully sets herself to work to smooth
the way for her children. She will
labor early and late to dress them as
well and give all the advantages Of
other peoples children. She iorgcts
will not see that she will not always
he near to smooth the rough places
in the road Of life, and instead Of
carefully hiding out Of sight the
strife, the difficulties and danger be-
viz iNNb vi N'Ni III y lIuNt CUTS,
she should be the one to open their
! eyes; to point ont tho dangers aud
teach them how to avoid the snarcs
and pitfalls that cntrap the unwary.
II you have 4 fine tree, rose bush or
choice plant of any kind, do you
not carefully guard it, selecting the
best place, the most fertile spot to
aid in its growth? You loosen the
earth around its roots that the light
and air Of heaven shall reach them;
you carefully cut away an unncccS-
sary limb, break off dccaying
branch, cut into the heart TO DESTROY
a worm that is feeding there; you
carefully examine it day by day and
pick off the insects or worms that
harm it or impair the fruit. Can
you do less, O ruler Of the world,
with the occupant Of the cradle?
Surely, the immortal soul, the
sleeping mind, that innocent hand