The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-03-14
THE USE OF THE ROD.
Some Mothers whip their Children, others
do Not.

Some Mothers whip their Children, otheri
do Not.
atlanta Consultation.
To spank or not to spank2
That is question that would be an
swered in the negative by two.thirds Of
the mothers in America.
Our grand brass eagle spreads hel
protecting wings over women and chill
dren in this country so that the former
can wear trousers and swallow-tail coats
| unarrested, and the latter can make
game of bald-headed gentlemen ofmature
age without being eaten up by bears OF
chastised by the afore mentioned gentle
men. Ifwild beasts were let loose in
America for the purpose of swallowing
irreverant small boys, the country would
be depopulated of future presidents and
millionaires.
Children are no longer seen and not
heard, but are heard necessarily when
visible or invisible. They call their
grandmothers slang names and pull
their grandfathers' noes without being
got by the "gobble uns." They bite
their gentle preceptors and run away
from their mothers without fear of pun
ishment.
Happy, Iearnless, little to-day Ameri.
can children, who csn go in swimming
without having to lie about it afterwards
aud can romp at parties in their best
gowns without being spanked for spelling
them!
They can eat as much as they want
too, without being accused Of greediness
and stufing, and when they ask for more
will not receive the sarcastic expressions
of astonishment which came from Mrs.
Corney and Mr.. Bumble in regard to
Oliver Twists appetite.
The schools where birthstone and trea-
Gle formed the chief articles of diet have
died out since Dickens wrote against
them. Flogging has died out, too, and
persuasion is substituted.
Ifthe princes in the tower had been
American boys they would have beaten
their Uncle Richard black and blue,
carried him before the court and bad
him sentenced to the penitentiary for
life.
Yes, the day of sitting down on chill
dren is over, and though the bump of
reverence on the craniums of American
children might improve them slightly
by a greater development, still the present
day is a bright and better one for the
little folks than the days ofold.
THE STORY OF TWO TEACHERS.
A gentleman whose childhood vas
twenty-five years before the war, tells of
two school teachers, and his stories are
fine arguments against physical punish
ment. BE says:
"When was about nine or ten years
old I was poor, sickly little freckled'
face boy, stubborn, sensitive and curious
to sad degree. My mother used to
whip me frequently to no purpose, 80
she concluded to send me to a very
severe school. teacher that my spirit
might be conquered. I was sent away
from home to board in the house with
and 20 to school to as hard and terrible
master as Dickens ever depicted. Well,
I was conquered in a way-at least I was
cowed and terrified so that I wondered
my very hearts blood didn't turn white
and freeze. The man never struck me a
lick, but hated him with all my soul.
My life was one of abject terror, and the
good that was in me was as silent as
tomb. / seemed to have nc emotions, to
be mere machine working through the
fear of the terrible beatings I had seen
administered to other boys. Seeing was
nothing to me. We all lied. If we
talked and accused oft We lied, if we
disobeyed we'd swear ourselves black be.
fore we'd own it. was taken
home from this horrible school after
many months of what I now know was a
hell on earth. A new teacher from the
north had come to our town. 1 was sent
to him. The first day, I vas whispering
and be looked at me and said, "John are
you talking ?" "No SIR" pertly re.
piled, lying as was my wont.
he smiled pleasantly.
"'That's all right he said, I hope
| you'll excuse me. I thought you we're
talking and am sorry to find I suspected
you uDjustly.'
| Mean, why, I felt as mean as any
poor, guilty wretch could feel. said to
myself: This is the first and it shall be
the last lie you ever tell that man. And
twas. He never touched :-e and
studied we'll, and grew to love my teach
or, a thing I had hitherto thought i'm
possible. he never used whip. He
treated his scholars like gentlemen, and
they were proud of it, and proved they
deserved his regard. There's nothing
like treating boys and girls like gentle
men and ladies from the time they are
born"
SHE DOESN'T USE THE ROD.
''Do whip my child? OF course
DON'T" said beautiful young mother
II think it's brutal to the child ane
brutalizipg to ones own nature. / make
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