The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-02-14

as any one else. You may think it
labor just now, but in a few years you
will see differently. Have confidence
in your If to perform what you have
undertaken and go steadily on with it.
Be gentle and patient but don't fail to
have good sense and and f1rmness
enough about you to govern your chill
dren. Be kind but firm. Let reason
lead you in all your orders and com.
mands concerning your children and
then let your word be law. Begin as
soon as your child is old enough to I'm
derstand to teach it that you are going
TO have obedience. Don't whip a child
as much for upsetting a chair as you
would for telling an untruth. Teach
them that there is more honor in wear
ing patched clothes than there is in
wearing new ones that are not paid
for.
Let the children play. II they are
noisy, but good natured withal, do not
chide but console yourself with the
thought that a loud laugh is much
better than a low cry. Only let the
play be pleasant and without quarrel
ling. Take an interest in what they
play. Join in the game yourself some
times; it will do you good. Be young;
sy m~pathlz9 with them in their little
troubles. They seem little troubles to
Us; but they are real troubles, to them,
do not forget this. Tolerate no sneak
ing-lest you raise q truant. Teach
the girl to cook. She may not have it
to do in after life but if she does not
know how herself she will not know to
have it done. Let her learn to mako
her Own clothes and those of her
brother. Don't prevent her becoming
accomplished. Have her learn music
and art Of you can afford i) but make
her know the essentials. Teach the
boy to be manly, honorable, honest
and upright in his dealings with his
playfellows for
TO whom can riches give repute or
trust,
Content, or pleasure, but to the good
and jQst2'
Do not forget to praise the childrenn
when they deserve it, nor to correct
them when they should be corrected.
Some lines by SAKE, are especially ap
propriate as a closing for this article,
He says
"Ah mel those joyous days are gonel
l little dreamt, Till they flown,
How heeting were the hoursI
For lest we break the pleasing spell,
Time bears for youth q mu led bell,
And hides his face in f0wersI
"Ahl we'll 1 mind me of the days,
Still brightin memory's 1sttsring rays,
When all was fsir and new;
When kn8ves we're only foundin books,
And love was always truel
''While yet Of sin / scarcely dreamed,
And everything was what 1T seemed,
And all too bright for choice;
When fays we're wont to guard my
sleep,
And Crusoe still could make me weep,
And Santa Claus rejoice!'
Very often I receive letters from the
children, which would prove of much
interest to the other little folks if in
serted in the Little Folks Column. Yet
as they are intended for the Chat, I
fear that the writer's would be offended
we're 1 to place them elsewhere.
One Of the girls asks how to raise
pansies and what kind of soil gives best
results. Here's an opportunity for
some pansy grower to help a member
of the circle-who will give the infor
mation7 Perhaps Pansy can.
1t is unnecessary for ne to say that all
have written good letters this week
and that we hope to hear often from
each one of you.-Aunt Jennie.
Dear AUNT Jennie:-To day (Tues
day January 81 has been such a long
gloomy day that I am glad night has
come. 1 do hope to morrow will be
brighter aud warmer.
How nice it would have been, Aunt
Jennie, if all the cousins could have
come to see me while the snow was
thick on the ground and we could have
snowballed each other. It would be a
splendid way to get to know n an
other. Wouldn't we make a grand
crowdG 1 do not suppose that you,
Aunt Jennie, would care for that kind
of sport.
1 epj Eyed Mrs. Fillyaw's letter for I,
too, am a lover Of wild f)wers and
have gathered many punches of Solo
mons Seal, which 1 greatly admire.
The earliest f)wer to bloom in the
woods around my home is the tiny