The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1891-12-19
SOME HOME PICTURES.
Ways by Which Children Ara Taught ia
Become Cowards aud Liars.

Tommy. yen have disobeyed me,
| and | am going to punish you. so walk
| right into his dark closctm .....E ..
The voice was cold and stern. and
the manner was equally unyielding.
| Tommy. CRYING aud struggling with
| all his might. was pushed aud dragged
| into the closet which was certainly
dark enough for all practical purposes.
| and the key was turned in the lock.
Mamma. it's so dark! Tm afraid
Please let me out!" pleaded the abject
| Tommy But he WAS not vet subdued.
| The mother. stealing noiScessly mp to
the door. groined in Il most horrible
manner. and ratified n piece of chain.
oh, mamma" shricked the frighten.
ed child. please let Iiie out! I'll never
| be bad any morew .
| Then the door was opened aud the
little prisoner came out, white-faced
and wild-eyed. .......f.
| This was Tommy's first lesson. 81.
| Here. Tommy. dear; take this nice
medicine the doctor left for you. Come
now. open your mouth, pet. and take
| your good medicine" .sH
! Il thought YOU said it was goodv'
shriekcd Tommy. when he had gulped
down the nauseous mixture.
| so it is. dear-good for sick boys. :"
was the calm reply. as the mother put
away the spoon and bottle. H..
| That was Tommy's second lesson.
Tommy had been standing ut the
| gate for more than an nour watching
for his mother. The day was cold aud
| the wind blew upon him mercilessly.
| but still he waited, his eager little face
| pressed against the bars OF the gate.
Al last he saw her coming, away down
! the street, and then how he went rush
| ing out TO meet her. his cheeks glowing
and his eyes shining. ......
Give il To me. mamma! Oh. give
it TO me-" he cried, holding up both
hands. a., .... ..... a.
Give YOU what. Tommy" asked tho
mother. pushing past him. .,....
why, any candy. mammal The
candy you promised to get me-" . .
Il forgot it. Tommy. You'll have to
do without this evening"
But. mamma YOU promised it. J"
| cried Tommy. in the midst of copious
tears. rs though that was reason
| enough. a.. ...
But didn't you hear me say for
got itpn asked the mother, as though
that, also. were reason enough. And
then Tommy WAS sent to bed supper
less because he cried. .... ..
There were several lessons for Tom
my in this-I really can not tell how
| many. .H ... ..l.
Mary" snid Tommy's father one
day i'm grrred voice, how does it
come that Tommy is growing 10 be
such coward? wanted to send him
upstairs after my slippers hast night,
and nothing could induce him to go
because it was dark The idea of a
boy hein" afraid of the dark! He's go
ing to be a perfect milksop and / was
so anxious for him to be fearless.
manly boy"
And then the mother said she
couldn't account for it any way in the
world. She was sure there had never
been any cowardice in her family.
She had never dreamed of such thing
a being afraid in the dark when she
was II child, and il WAS "A mystery To
her how Tommy got such notions into
his head.
Mary" said Tommy's father again.
/. few days later. twice lately | have
caught Tommy in deliberate lie aud
| have suspected him of living half Il
lying is one thing | positively can't
stand. | have tried so hard TO teach
the boy to be perfectly frank aud
honest and to tell the truth at whatever
risk"
Aud Tommy's mother said that she
really couldn't understand it. that
rommy's training sad been of the
most careful kind; but she thought
Tommy must have learned To tell false
hoods from that last servant-girl. As
for herself she had never told lie in
her life.
Whereupon Tommy was called up
and WAS Iectured and talked to and
talked at until his brain was in Il whirl.
He did not say anything in his own
defense. He might have said a great
deal. but he WAS no orator. and be-
sides he did not understand the whole
situation himself. Even if he did un-
derstand it all il would not have been
very polite. would it. for Tommy to
sav that his first lessons In cowardice.
AMI meanness. and seliishness. and
falsehooL, aud deceit were taught him
by his mother?
The above is merely little series of
pictures. SAYS "A writer in the ST. Louis
Globe Dem0crwt. They were not taken
with kodak. but the camera was II
very good one aud has taken vast
number OF such pictures. Have you
ever seen anything like them?
ROPES OF HUMAN HAIR.