'their horses and oxen receive early training and education fot 

 the 'labors they are to perform. IIow many are there who give 

 their families none. Of affection there is no want ; of real, 

 heartfelt love there is no lack. But of sympathy, of interest 

 in those little things which make the daily life of each member 

 of the family, there is a lack of expression which prevents the 

 members from fully entering into the enjoyments, or appreciat- 

 ing those little perplexities of each other which, to say the 

 least, if it does not cool, renders less cordial the home rela- 

 tions. Parents, perplexed with care and labor, are apt to for- 

 get that amusements, wholesome and rational, are essential 

 to the child, as well as food and clothing ; that if amusements 

 are refused them in childhood and youth, dangerous follies will 

 tnost frequently be sought and explored in early manhood, 

 when paternal restrictions are removed. Let parents fully ap- 

 preciate all the necessary wants of their children ; enter into 

 all their little joys and griefs, participate in and give direction 

 to their innocent amusements, and they will find the child 

 drawn to them with bonds of the strongest sympathy ; and 

 that these amusements not only give pleasure foi: the hour, but 

 elasticity and strength to both mind and body for the labors of 

 life. 



Let the husband, by little attentions, anticipate the wants of 

 the wife, and he will find a light in the house more cheerful 

 than the blaze of fire upon the hearth in a winter evening. 

 Let his garden be well stocked with the various fruits for his 

 own table, and his yard with flowers, he will find that it re- 

 quires but little to interest his boys and girls in their cultivation 

 and improvement, and that health and pleasure will more than 

 pay the cost. Let him look carefully to the education of his 

 children, not trusting to others' oversight alone those matters 

 which most concern their future welfare. 



Let him interest himself, personally, in all that pertains to 

 the household, not expecting that the house and its inmates 

 will provide for its social happiness without his supervising 

 care. Then will he appreciate the blessings of a dutiful family. 



