University of South Carolina Libraries
iW^^'i-''' ' ? ? v**'- ? '. ' . ^ ........ ....... ? . ? , ? . - ' . . - ..' .', www? '',,'''-lmmn',,mn^ .^ TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE *^^?^ Ws?^ Mi?MT TUC DAV runii PAMCIT Mnr TUCK, DC cor- ,A . \ ? NIGH! THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOV THEN BE FALSE TO ANY MAN ?'^^T^J^lT^C0' _ " WALHALLA, SOUTH ^??L^ VOLUME* XXXIL--N?T^T^ ?r A PERFECT STRENGTHENERS SURE REVIVER, IRON BITTI3RS aro highly recommended for all diseases re quiring A certain ami efficient tonic } o:?pocl!illy Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Inter mittent Fevers, Want of Appetite. Loss of Strength, Lurk rf hmrgy, etc. Ullriches thc blood, strengthens tho muscles, and ?jivesnew lifo lo the nerves. They net Uko a charm on tho digestive organs, removing all dyspeptic syiupttflns, euch as Tustimt thc Food, lick-hint/, Hud in (he Stomach, Heartburn, cte. The Olily iron. Preparation that will not blacken the tooth pr givo hcndnolte. ?Sold by all druggists. Wiito for ibo A li C Look, 82 pp. of useful and amusing rending-teni free. BROWN CmSMECATj CO., Baltimore, Bid. EAGLE AND PHENIX "Y-> h {T?,TPTP. OT BALL SEWING THREAP. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. PREPARED BF A PROCESS USED IM KO OTHER MILL. IT XIA.S I^C> E3<^TT.A.XJ. 16 Balls to Pound, I lb. Packages. 20 Balls to Pound, 2 lb. Paper Boxes. Packed in Cases of 20, 30, 50,100 or 500 Pounds each. Uniform Price. Invariable Miscounts. tt^JSJolca. toy Tolotoers.^a ASK FOR "EAGLE & PHENIX." USE NO OTHEB A FAMILY PICTURE. The following story, so admirably true to nature, is from tho pen of Judge Long street, of Georgia. It is not embraced in tho "Georgia Scenes," but was puol'shed touro years ego, in an AuguMu paper, whence it was transferred to our columns Our recollection of it having been recently revived, wo have hunted it up, and do not believe wo could perform a moro acceptable ecrvico to tho publie than by publishing so exquisitely humorous und truthful u sketch : 1 describo n Georgia family, lt is o fair specimen of Georgia families generally, thc bends of which ure parents of good sense, ?ood morals nod well improved minds. To bo sure, there ore in Georgia ns tunny no tions about parental government ns there oro in any other country uud the practice is ns various as thc opinions. Rome parents exercise no povcriimont nt nil; others con Quo themselves exclusively to thu govern ment of tho tongue; mid others rulu by the rod Dione] but by far thc larger eins? blend j tl.eue Bevel al mudes of government und prefer tho ono or other, according to thc times ond circumstances. To this clans belonged Mr. and Mrs. Butler, tho hoads of tho family which 1 am about to describe, j Gilbert was tho Christian un m o of thc husband and Eliza of tho wife. I was intimately acquainted with them both be fore their union; ?nd was ever afterwards admitted to their household with thc free dom of ono of its members-indeed I was a connection of ono of them. They lind been married ?bout eight months when o dull November evening found mo nt their fireside. In thc course of the evening tho conversation turned upon raising children. "By tho woy, Eliza," suid Gilbert, "I 'hove been thinking for soitio limo past of interchanging views with you upon this subject; and there never can bo a better 'time than now, while Abrahan) is with us, whoso opinion wo both respect and who Avili ?ct os umpire between us." "Well," suid KHzn, "let mc henr yours." "If wo Rhould ever bo blessed with ohil 'dren, (Eliza blushed a little,) let it bo u fundamental law between us, that neither of us ever iotcrfcro with tho disoiplino of tho other, cither by look, word, or action in tho presence of tho children." "To (hot rulo 1 most heartily subscribe." "When a child is corrected by ono of us, lot not thc other extend to it tho least con dolence or sympathy." .. "In that, also, you havo my hearty con ?ouranee." . "Let us never correct a child in a pas sion." "Tho propriety of that rulo I fully admit; but I fear that I shall not always ho ublo to conform to tts requisition. I will, however, 'endeavor to do so." ''Well, if you will do your best, I shall bo satisfied." ! "Let us, ?s for os it is practicable, intro du'co muong our children tho universally adopted principles of good govern meut among men." , "That is a very indefinite rulo, husband. I know very little of tho principles of good government among mon; and much lees of ihoFO principles which arc universally nd milted." "Wc!', I will bc a litllo moro speci?o. I believe it is universally admitted that IUWB should precede punishment; and that none should bo punished who uro incapable of understanding ibo luw. In accordance with these principles, t should never punish a child who is incapable of understanding between right ?nd wrong; nor until ho shall havo been forewarned of tho wrong and taught to avoid it." ' These principles scorn very reasonable to me," said Eliza, '-but they oan never bo opplicd to children. If you do not correct a child until it is old enough to learn from precept tho difference between right and wrong there viii bc no living in tlie house with it for thc tiret live or six years of its life ?nd no controlling it afterwards." G il bei t received these views of his wile with some ulurm, und entered upon a long argument to convinoo her that they were erroneous She maintained her own very well, but Gilbert hud certainly tho ad vantage of her in tho tirgumcrt. All he could say, however, did not in tho least, shake her confidence in her opinion. I was ?-I length appealed to, and 1 guvo judgment in favor of dilbert "Well," said she, "I never was better satisfied of mi) thing in my life us I um that you arc both wrong. I'll agreo to this-if ever I correct a child before it is old enough to receive instruction from precept and you do not approve of my conduct, 1 will then promise you never to do tho like nguiu." "Well," said Gilbert, "that is very fair. Ono moro rule will settle I ho fundamentals, ond wo may safely trust all others to futuro adjustment Let us never uddrcss our children in tho nonsensical gibberish that is so universally provuilent among mothers, ll is very silly, in tho first place, and it greutly retards a child's improvement, in thc second. Wcro it not for this, I havo no doubt children would speak their mother tongue ns correctly at four yours old us they do nt sixteen " Eliza smiled and observed (hat. this wns such II small matter tl ut it had also bettor bo left to future, adjustment. To this Gil bert rather reluctantly assented. About two months ofter this conversa tion Gilbert was blessed with a fino sou, whom ho named John Jumes Gilbert, ofter tho two grandfathers ?nd himself-a profu sion of names ho hud cause afterwards to ro pent. Just fourteen months ?nd six days thereafter 1)0 WHS blessed with a fino daughter, whom Klizn named Ann Franois Eliza, utter thc two grandmothers mid her? self. Fl ft OOH mouths thereafter, ho received u third blessing like unto the first, which ho called Georgo Henry, ufter his two brothers. Thirteen months nud nineteen duys after tho birth of Georgo, n fourth blessing descended upon Gilbert in tho form of a lino sou. This took tho otinio of William Augustus, after two brothers of his wife. Elizu now mndo a long rest of nineteen luoiitbs, lour days end five hours (1 spouk from tho family record,) when by woy of amend, she presented her husband a pair of blessings. As soon ns Iiis good fortuno was rondo, known to him, Gilbort expressed regret thot ho had not reserved his own truno until now, io order that tho twins hear his own na ne. nod mino. .See ing this could not be, ho bestowed my nomo upon tho first born, and gnvo mo thc privilege of naming tho second. As I I considered "a good name rather to bo chosen than groat riches," I called the innominate ofter Isaac, tho patriaron, ond a beloved unolo of mino. lu thia very tri umphant and laudublo manner did Mrs. Butler oloso the list of her sons. Sho now turned her attention to dauglu lore, and in the short space of ?ivo yours produced tinco that a queen might have been proud of, Their mimes, in tho order of their births; woro Louisa, Robecon and Sarah, lt WHS one of M rs. Butler's maxims, ..If you havo anything to do, do it at once," and sho seemed to bo governed by this maxim in making up her family; for Sarah completed thc number of children. Juhn wus about a your old wheo 1 Was again at dilbert's for tho evening. Ho was ?teated at tho supper table, with tho child in his imus, addressingsomo romarks to mo, When I culled his attention tho child who was in the uot o( putting his Bogers iu tho bluzo of tho caudle. Gilbert jorked bim away suddenly, which so inoensed Master John James Gilbert that ho screamed in sufferably. Gilburt tossod htm, patted him; |,ut he could uot district his attontion from tho candle. Ho removed him out of sight of the luminary, but that only mado mat ters worse. Ho now ootninonocd |his ?rst lesson iu tho "principles of good govern ment." tlc brought tho child towurd tho candle and tho nearer it approached, tho moro pacified it became. Tho child ex . tended its arms to ontoh tho blaze and Gil bert bore it slowly towards thc (limo until tho hand carno nearly in contact with it, when he snutohed it away, crying "bunny Guuics!" which is, by interpretation, "you'll burn your Dogers!" Elizi and I exohauged smiles, but neither of us said anything. Tho child construed this into wanton teasing and became, if possiblo, moro ob streperous than cvor. Gilbert now resorted to another expedient. He put his own fingers into the blaze, withdrew them cud dciily, blew them, shook them, aud gave every sign of acute agony. Thia not i nly quieted but delighted tho child, who sig nifi d to him to doit again. He instantly perceived (what wus practically demon struted thc minute afterwards,) thut thc ohild was putting u most dangerous inter pretioo upon his lust illustration. He de termined therefore not to repeat it. Thc child, not satisfied with tho sport, doter* mined to repeat it himself, which the futhcr opposing, he began to roajh and cry as before. ThciO wus but otic experiment left; und that wus to let thc child feel thc flames a little This he resolved to try, bul how to conduct it properly was not so easily settled. It would nut do to allow tlx i u flint to put his hand into thc blaze; be cause it would burn loo little or tco much He resolved therefore to direct, tho ham to a point. so nour tho Hame that the increas ing lieut would iuduco tho child to with draw his hand himself. Accordingly ht brought thc extended ann slowly toward: thc flame, thc child becoming more tint moro impatient with every moment's post ponement of its grutilioution, until tin hand came within ubout nu inch of thc wick when ho held thc child stationary. Hu Johu would not let thc hand romain sta tionary, nor at thc cho?cu point, lie kop snatching at thc candle, lill finding all hi efforts fruitless, ho threw himself violentl back, gavo tho father a tremendous (hum on thc uoso with tho bock of thc hood an kicked and screamed most outrageously. "You little rascal," said Gilbert, 'I've good mind to give you n good spunking." '.Give hi tn to me," said ?Mrs. Huller. "You'd butter not take him," said Gil bert, in an undertone "whilo ho is in sue a passion." "No d inger," sho said, "hand him I mc." As she received him, "hush sir," soi she, very sharply; und thc child hushc instantly und was asleep in a few minute "Strange," said Mr. Butler, "how muc sooner tho mother acquires control over child than thc father." "Not at all," said Mrs. Butler. ?'Yo would have controlled him as easily as did, if you had given him tho same lesso before hand that I did. Ile got in such a uproar tho other day and finding nolhin eise would quiet him I spunked it out i him. 1 have had no more trouble in quio ing him since." "I begin to think, Butler," said I "tin Eliza was right ia tho only points of tl difference between you, touching tho man ogement of children. I observe that yo addressed thc child just now in tho gibbo ish you so much condemned before you wc a futhcr; ond thuugh it seems lidiouloi enough, especially in you, it would lil)1 appeared moro so if you hud saul to u chi so young, .John, my son, do not put yo fingers in tho flumo of tho cnndlo, it w burn them.' And your experiment h taught you tho absoluto impossibility of g venting children of very tender years I proscribed rules." "I nm half inclined to your opinion said Butler. "Eliza's discipline hus pt formed several good ofiioes. It has reliev us of John's insuflcrublo noise; it h taught him to control his temper ut ila (ii appearance and it learned hill) tho 1)100 III I of a word (hush) which will often supp thc place of corrodion and always forowu him of d sires unlawful." Long beforo tho scoond son arrived reasonable ogc, Gilbert ubdieotcd, uurcsor cdly, iii favor of his wife; contenting hin self with tho fubordinato station of li ministerial ofiioor, in which ho oxecut her orders in oases requiring moro physit strongth than she possessed. Passing over tho intermediate period, now intioduoo the reader to this fa m i after most of tho children had readied t "ago of reason." In contemplating t soono which I em about to sketch, ho w bo p'ensed to turn his thought?, ocoastonol to Gilbort's principles of froud government. ?Sarah was about two yearn nod a halt old when dilbert invited mo to breakfast with him ono December morning, noar tito (Jiu-?atinas holidays, it wus tho morning appointed for his second killing of hogs, vf hieb, as thc Sonthcau reader knows, is a soit of carnival iu Georgia. I wont and found all tho children at home and Gilbert's mother added to tho family oirolo. John and Anna had reached the ogo when they wero permitted to toko seats at tho first table, though upou this oeeasioo Johu being engaged about tho pork, did not avail him aolf of Ii?H privilege Tho rest of tho children wero taught to wait for the second table. Breakfast was announced and ofter the adults aud Anna had dscputohed their menl, tho children wero summoned. As they wero bidden, and thcro wero some preparatory arrangements to be made, they all gathered around thc Gre, clamorous with tho events of tho morning. "By Jookcy," said William, ??didn't that old black burrah weigh n hoop?" "Look hore, young gentleman," said his mother, ?'whore did you pick up suoh lon guapo Q9 that? Now, let mo ever hear you by jocking or fyling anything olso, again, and I'll by jockey you with a witness, I'll warrant you." "But tho blaok borrah," said Georgo, "did not weigh os much for his size as tho bob tail speckle, though." "Ho did." ?'Ile didn't." ?'llush your disputing this instant-stop it. You shall not contradict oaoh other in that manner. And let us hear no moro of your hog-pen wonders; nobody wants to hear them." At this instant William snatched a pig tail out of Isaac's hand. ?.Mt?,"said Isaac, ?'muko Bill gi' me muh tail." tKYou, William, give him his-thing. Aud if I was near you, I'd box your oars for that snatching. Mr. Butler you will really have to tuko that fellow in hand, lie's getting so that I ooo do nothing with him '? "Ma," said Bill, "he took my Mutha "Httshr ?'I didn't." "You did." uDon't I tell you to hush jour disput ?I ?" o' .'Well, mo, Uncle pave it to mc." "lie didn't; Uuclo Monday gave it to mc." "Ile didn't." "Ho did." Il ero the mother divided a pair cf slnj.8 equally between tho two disputants, which silenced them for a few moments. At this juncture Miss Rebecca cried out with a burnt finger, which she received in cooking another pig tail. The burn wos eo slight that she forgot it as her mother jerked her from thc lite. '.You little vixen," said tho mother, "what possesses you to be fumbling about the lire? Mr. Butler, I beseech you to for bid thc negroes giving these children any more of these poison pig tails. They arc a soUroo of cndloss torment. And now, young gentlemen, ono and 'all of you, thc next ono that brings ono of those things in tho house again, i'll box his cars os long at I can find him. Now, remember it-come olong to your breakfast." lu a littlo limo, after somo controversy about places, which was arrested by thi mothcr's oyo, they were ull scated, John who had dropped in in tho meantime, tak ing his father's scat. ?'I?-s-pl" 6tiid William. "Sas9idgos that's what 1 lovo." ??IIoo!" said Isaac, "spareribs; that* what I. love." "Well, ocaso your gob and cat whot ls se before you without comment. Nobody cares what you lovo or what you don't love' .'Souse!" said Abraham; *'l don't lov< souse-I wouldn't cat souse-taint fittcu fo a dog to cot." ' Get up, sir, right from tho tablo mu march out of tho houso until you lean manners. I'll be bound, if I say you ebal eat souse, you'll cat it. Did you hoar mc sir?" Abraham raked himself lazily out of hi scat ond moved slowly off, casting a longini look ot thc many good things on th tablo which ho thought fitton for n prince t cat. ?'Ma," said ho, os ho retired, "I wist you'd moko Hill quit laughing ut mo." "William, I've os grout a mind as I eve hod to do anything in my lifo, to send yo from tho tablo and not let you cat on mouthful. I despise that abominable dis position you havo of rejoicing nt you brother's misfortunes. Remember, eil what Solomon says: 'Ho that is glad e calamities shall not go unpunished.' " "Mu," said Abraham, "mayn't I oomo t my breakfast?" '?Yes, if you think you can bchavo your aolf with deccnoy." Abraham returned und they all brok out at ouoc: "M.?, moyn't I have somo sassidges? "Ma, I want some spareribs." ??Mu, I oint got no coffoo," "Ma, if you ploaBo ma'am, lot mo hov somo ham gravy und somo fried liomin aud some cgr^ and "And some of everything on tho tablo, supposcl But down your plates-overy ou of you. Ocorgo, what'll you have?" "Somo sassidges and somo fried potato. "John, holp your brother Georgo." "Whut do you want, William?" "I want somo spurorib aud somo fric hominy." "Ohanoy, help William." '?What do you want, Abraham?" *'[ rcokon," said John, smiling, "ho' liko a littlo BOUM." "Now, John, bohavo yoursolf. Ho ht mi (Terell thc punishment uf his fault Slid lot it thoro rest/' ''I'll have," said Abraham, "soino ham gravy and sumo egg and somo hominy." "Help him, Chancy." "Whot'll you hovo, Isaac?" "I'll have somo hain gravy and some hominy and some sassidgc and some eparc rib ood some '.Well, you'ro not going lo have evory thing on tho table, I assure you. What do you want?" "I waut somo ham gravy and somo hominy." "John, help 1-" "No. I don't want uo gravy; I want some sparerib." ??John, give him-*" "No. I don't want sparerib; I want somo sassidgo." "Well, if you don't inako up your mind pretty quick you'll wont your breakfast, I tell you. I'm not going to bo tantalized all day long by jour wants. Say what you want and have dono with it," "I want some ham gravy and somo eas sidgo and somo hominy." "Help him, John." John helped him to about a tablo-spoon ful from oaoh dish. "Now, ma, just look nt bud John! Ho haint gi mo only theso threo little bit o' bits." "John, if you cau'tkoep from tantalizing tho children, tell mo so, and I will not trouble you to help them any moro. I con fess that I om at a loss to disoover what pleasure ono of your ago can take .0 teas? ing your younger brothers." "llobccoa, what do you want?" "I waut my pig tail, ma'am.'1 "Bless my soul und body, huv'ot you for got that pig tail yet? Its burnt up loug ogo, I hope. Look, Bob, and seo and it it isn't, givo it to her. I wish in my heart there never was a pig tail upon tho fuco of tho earth." Hob produced thc half charred pig tail and laid it on Rebecca's plato. .'There," continued her mother, "I hopo now your heart's at cuso. A beautiful dish it is, truly, for any uuortail to take a fancy to." "Ma, I don't want this pig tail." "Take it away. I knew you didn't wont it, you little perverso brat-I knew you didn't want it, and ? don't know what got into mo to let you havo it. But, really, I nm so tormented out of my lifo that half the time I hardly know whether I'm stand ing on my head or heels." "Mis'cs," said Chaney,"Auut Dorcas say plcaso make Mies Louisa como out of tho kitchen-say if you don't mako her como out o' tho fire she'll git burnt up presently say every time BIIO toll her to como out of thc fire she mukc mouth ut her." "Why, sure enough, where is Louisa? Go and tell her to como iuto her breakfast this instnnt.v "I did tell her, mt/um and sho soy she won't come till she gets dono baking hoi coke/' Mrs. Butler left tho room nod soon ro-op penrod with Louisa sobbing and orying: "Aunt Dorcas jerked mo just us hard nf ever she could jcrkc, xforo 1 did anything 'tall to her.'' "HoM your tongue! Sho served you right enough-you'd no business thcro You're a pretty thing to bo making mouth; at a person old enough to bo your grand mother. If I'd thought when I gavo yoi that little lump of dough that tho whole plantation was to bo turned upside dowt about it I'd have let you do without it." Miss Louisa, after a little sobbing ont pouting, drew from her ?pron n small, dirty ashy, block, wrinkled, burnt biscuit, warm from tho kitchen shovel, which would hav( been just precisely tito accompaniment t( Miss 'Rebecca's dish, and upon this, in prc ferenco to everything on tho table, slit commenced her repast. "Well, Lou/' said tho mother, with i laugh, "you certainly have u strange taste!' Every body knows that thc mothot'i laugh is always responded to with compouut interest by all her children. So was it it this instance, and good humor provailci round tho table. "I'm sorry/* said Abraham, "for Louis?/ b i s, bis, k~i t, bitblt." "Well, really, said Mrs. B , "you aro handsome speller. Is that tho way to spcl biscuit?" "[ can spell it, inalvv bawled out Isaac. "Well, spell it/' "BM s. bis-(-Well, tholes right/)-li "Ah, well, that'll do; you needn't go on farther; you've missed it further than you brother." "Spell it, William." William spelled it correctly. "Ma,v said George, "what is bipouit do rived from?" "I really do not know,'v said Mrs. B; "and jot 1 havo somewhero read on ex planatiou of it. John, what is it derive? from?" John-From tho Fiotioli; bis twico an vu it baked. William-V/hy, ma, you don't bak biscuits twico ovorl Abraham-Yes, ma docs sometime! don't you, ma, when company comes? Mother-No; I sometimes warm ovo cold ones, when I havei/t limo to mok fresh ones; but never bake them twice. Butler-They were first inndo to oarr to seo; and they wore then baked twico ovo SS I believe sea biscuits Still are. Isaac-Mu what's breakfast, 'rived fr?re Mother.-Spell it and you will see? Isaao-B r o-a k, brock, fust, fus breakfast, Mother-Woll, Iko, you aro a gran spoiler. Breakfast, is tho word; not break fust. Abraham -I know what it conics fron Mother -What? Abruhaiu-'You know whoa.you call us ohil'oo to breakfast wo all break off sod tun' UH J asl us wo can split. ? . , Mother Wolli tbot is a brilliant dori-*" vatioo, surely. Do you suppose thoro was no breakfast beforo you children wero boto? Abraham-But, mo, everybody has children. Mrs. Butler explained tho term. Isaac-Mo, I know what sassidge comes' from. Mother-Whot? Isaoc-'Causo its got sass in it. Mothor-Well, thoro, thoro, there-PTO1 got enough of your derivations, unless thoy' wero bettor. You'll leora all thcBO thing?, aa you grow cider. Just hero, Miss Sarah, who had been' breakfasting at a aida tablo, was seized with' a curiosity to seo whut was on tho breakfast, tablo. Accordingly, abo undertook to draw hoisclf up to a convenient clovation by tho tablo cloth. Uer mother arrested ber juBt' in time to savo a cup, and pushed her o?ido with a gent?o admonition. This did not abate Miss .Sarah's curiosity in tho least, and she recommenced ber experiment. Her mother removed ber a little moro em?' phstioally this time Thoso little iutorrup-- ' lions only fired Miss Sarah's zeal, and she, was returning to tho ohurgo with redoubled energy, when she ran her check against tho palm of her mothers hand with a rubi/a*' dent force. Away she went to her grandmother, cry ing, .'(Jramuaa, tua whipp'd your preoious dui lin' angel baby." ..Did she, my darling? Then grandma's precious darlin' angel must bo a goodchild und mother won't whip it auy more*'' ..Well, 1 will bea good chile.'* "Well, thon, mother won't whip it any more."' And this conference was kept up without a variation of a letter on oithorsido, until tho grandmother deemed it expedient to remove Miss Sarah to on adjoining root?, lost tho mother should insist upon tho im? mediato fulfillment of her promises. Mo, just loook at Abc,'* cried out Wil-liam. "Ho saw me going to tako a biscuit, and he snatched np tho very one J. was lookin3 at." "Abc," said tho mothor, "I wish I could make you quit nick naming each Other; and I wish more that I had novcr set you thc example. Put down that biscuit, sir, and tako another." Abraham returned tho biscuit, ond Wil li un look it up, with a sly, but triumphant giggle nt Abraham. ..Mu,'3 said Abraham, "Bill suid Gild durn " "Law, what n story! Mo, 1 declaro ? never said no such thing.'3 .'Yes you did, and Chaney heard yOtt.u William's conni ena nee immediately show ed that Ins memory had been refreshed; and he drawled out, "never nr.ne now," with af tone and countenance that plainly imparted guilt to some extent. His mother suspeot cd he was hinging upon technics, and she put tho question-"Well, what did y?tf snj?*> "I suid, I bc tcto'ly 'o^'uni.'3 "And that's just as bad. Mr. Butler, you positively will huvo to take this boy ia hand. Ho evinces a strong propensity tot profane swearing, which if not oorreoted immediately will bccouio ungovernable." *. Whenever you oan't manngo him," Bald' Butler, us beforo, "just turu him over to mo, and I rcokon I oan euro him." "When did ho say it?'v inquired thef mother, returning to Abraham. "You know that time that you sent all us children up to tho new ground to pick* pens." "Why that's been three months ego ab lenst, and you've just thought now of telling; it. Oh you malicious toad you, where do you learn to boar malico solong? I abhor that trait of nhuraoter in a child." "Ma," said Bill, "Abo ha'nt said his prayers for three nights." Abe and Bill now exactly swapt places and countenances. ' Yes,'' said tho mother, "and 1 6upposo I should never huvo hoard of that, if Atra hnm had not told of your profanity." "I know better," dragged out Abraham, in reply to William. "Abraham," said the mother, solemnly, "did you kneel down when you said your prayers lust night?39 "Yes, ma'am," and Abraham brightened a little." "Yes, ma,3' continued Bill, "ho kneels down, and 'foro I say, ?now I lay mo down to sleep/ ho jumps up ovory night and hops in bed, and soys ho's dono said his prayers when ho hadn't timo to say half a prayer." During this narrativo, roy namoaako kopt cowering under tho standfast frown of bis mother, until bc transformed himself into a perfoot personification of idiooy. "How many pruycrs did you say last night, Abraham?" paused tho mothor ia an awfully pretentious tono. "I said ono and-'3 (hero Abraham . paused.) "Ono and what?" "Ono and a piece of t'othor ono." "Why, mo, ho eouldoH hav said it to savo his Ufo, for ho hnuVt timo-v "Hush, sir; 1 don't ask for your assis tance." "1 did," muttorcd Abraham, "I enid t'other picco ofter I got in bed.v "Abraham," said Iiis mother, "I declare I do not know what to say to you, I am BO mortified, PO shocked, at this conduct, that I am completely nt a loss how to express my self about it. Supposo you bad died last night after trifling with your prayers as you did; who can say what would havo bocomo of you? Is it possiblo that you cannot spond o fow minutes in prayer to yo?r Heavenly Va thor, who foods yon, who" olothoB you, and who gives you ovory thing f.CONOLUDED ON THE FOURTH PAOE.j