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about the cruelty of whipping children, and if one of his 

 ever got a little of the oil of birch in school, he was always 

 ready to find fault with the teacher, and take the child s 

 part. The youngsters very soon came to believe that 

 their father had rather have them lie and make disturb 

 ance, than to speak the truth and behave well. His mode 

 of bringing up boys has turned out upon society that 

 promising lad, Kier Frink, a vagabond and loafer, at the 

 age of eighteen ! Solomon s rod, with steel at the end of 

 it, was never half so cruel as the misplaced indulgence of 

 his father. What sorrows are before the poor old man 

 with such thorns in his pillow ! I am glad to see that you 

 keep up your chats with the boys and girls. Keep them 

 straight a few years longer, and we shall have a genera 

 tion of farmers worth looking at. 



Yours to command, 



TIMOTHY BUNKER, ESQ. 

 Hookertown, June 13th, 1859. 



NO. 31. TIM BUNKER ON RAISING GIRLS. 



MR. EDITOR : Ever since I sent you that account of 

 the &quot; gal hoss race &quot; got up by Col. Lawson last fall, I 

 have been thinking about the way girls are brought up in 

 this country. Indeed, I have had considerable many ideas 

 on that subject, ever since our Sally was born, and the 

 matter has been brewing, as Mrs. Bunker says of her beer, 

 for well-nigh twenty years. Last winter when I was down 

 South, I got some more ideas, and I am now so full upon 

 this topic, that I shall boil over, unless I dip out a little 

 into your paper. 



