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Show Il-jn Clilldrrn Are tiMiiIr.l Hit eay inough tofjiolla child No great a't is demanded. Only lliiee or four things are requisite to rorapliie the work. Make all the nuista wait on him and fly at his iiiddirg; let lilm learn uevt r to go mr a drink, but always hive it brought to him; at kn years of age have Bridget tie his shoo-slrings; Vt him strike auntie becaueshe will not get him a sugar pljm. lie v. ill soon lea i n that tnu houe is lib realm, and he Is to rule it. JIc will come up into cnr.hO"d enc of those precious sf !nts that demand obeb anrc and service, aud with tbe theory tliat the world is his oyster, which, with knife, ho will ro-cced ro-cced to open. 11 that docs not spoil hlra, buy him a horse; It is exhilarating ex-hilarating and enlarging for a man to own such an animal. A good horseback ride shakes up the llerand helps the man to be virtuous; vir-tuous; for it is iUmot impossible t be good with tco much bile, and enlarged en-larged st let n,or a stomach ofTduly. We congratulate any man who can afford to own a horse; but if a boy own one, he will probably ride on it to destruction; he will stop at the tavern for drinks; lie will bet at tl e race". There will lw room enough in tbe same saddle. for idleness and dissipation to ride, ococf them before, be-fore, and one cf them behind. The bit ill not be strong eccugli to rclu iu at the right tdicc. There are men who all their lives have been going dawn hill, aud the reason Is that In lyhood they sprang atr!de a horce, and got going so fast that they have never been ablo to stop. LadvW JfvmeJuurnaL |