The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-05-15

English were paramount, ,and it soon be-
came evident that the colonists did no.
ike birds in their little nests agree"
for the British settlers immediate
~ began to worry the newcomers in
all kinds OF ways, in modern language,
''to sit "pon them
The Southern colonists did not suf-
fer half the hardships endured by
their Northern BRETHREN as both soil
and climate were favorable, and they
accumulated wealth with case and
rapidity. Cotton, indigo and proba-
bly, rice were planted on an cxpcrimen-
tai farm in 1863, and in 1871 thirty
nine thousand barrels Of rice were cx.
ported, SO, though Judith Manigault' $
account Of her toll, misery and priva-
t!one is very pathetic, her troubles
terminated far sooncr than did the
similar trials Of her Northern sisters.
The settlers under the Lords Propric-
tors were not Induced by religious
scruplcs to leave their ,untry, there
fore religion and conscience do not
play as important role in their his
tory as i'll that of the Northern colon
les. 1t is interesting to read of the
rigid adherence Of the old Puritans to
their conceptions Of dutys require
mcnts, and TO observe how they pcrse-
cutcd themselves almost as severely
as they did those whose views diff red
from theirs. Their infants of four
and six days were baptized in cold wa :
ter, when the weather was freezing,
and were carried to Church at very
early age, and placed in little cages or
frames, during the service. At the
age of 5 or 6 they were frightened
about sin, death and Satan, and Cot
ton Mathcr's little daughter of 4 was
Informed of the sinful state of her ma
turc and charged TO pray, in secret
places, every day. Phoebe Bartlett.
ut years, passed through wonderful
ordeal of conversation, and "the pious
and ingenious Jane Turcll, before she
was 9, could repeat many Bible sto.
ries, and before she was 4 could saw
the greater part of the Cathechism.
many of the Psalms, read distinctly
and make pertinent remarks on what
she read" Children were always
obedient to their parents, whom they
truly honored. "Picture it, think of
it," oh, ye modern motaoTs, accustom-
ed to sit at tho feet OF your offspring
aud receive from them meekly social
and mental enlightenment. There were
very few amusements provided for tho
little colonists, but if their games
were few their home life must have
been cheerful, considering the size of
the colonial families. Cotton Mather
tells OF one woman who had twenty
two children, another twenty three,
and third seven and twenty. Sir
William Phipps was one of q family of
twenty six, certain Printer Green
had thirty, the Rev. John Sherman
twenty six. etc., 80 that it would
seem that the country really did not
need emigrants to aid in i,s popula-
ton. The children's books did not
resemble tho Juvenile literature of our
day. Here is the advertisement of
one small book, in easy verse, very
suitable for children, entitled The
Prodigal Daughter, or tho Disobedient
Lady Reclaimed Another was "A
Token for Children, being an exact
account of the conversion and holy and
exemplary lives of several young chill.
dren.'
The old educational methods were
exactly the reverse Of those in vogue
in our times All boys were drilled
in the Latin grammar and the study of
mathematics was of secondary cousid-
Grafton. Teachers were allowed great
latitude in the matter of punishment
and some Of them used methods akin
to the medieval tortures. Pupils
were subjected to every species Of
fioggIng, from the "humblc pie," Of
tho Danes schools, to the unmerciful
application of oak, birch or walnut
rods. l advise the perusal of Alice
Morse Esrlc's book, which will ac-
quaint tho reader with many extraor.
dinary modes Of discipline, and then
let him compare those colonial meth
DDS with the wooing, coaxiug plans
pursued by the kindergarten system of
the present day. Yet those were the
methods that produced the men who
battled for and won the independence
of our country!
OF the "Pharmaoopeia' Of those
times wo will merely remark that
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