Lesson for Parents
The dangers of childhood which can neither be foreseen nor
guarded against are numerous, but just why anybody should give a child a pistol
as a plaything, even when the weapon is believed to be empty, is past finding
out. The Burlington lady who thought she had extracted all the cartridges from
a pistol before she handed it to a 2-year-old child, will regret the act to her
dying hour. One cartridge was overlooked and that proved fatal.
A few days ago,
in one of the counties of this state, a baby was left in its carriage in the
yard. The wind started the carriage down an incline, it rolled into a creek and
the baby was drowned. Always the thought that additional precaution was
neglected will cause a pang.
Children allowed to run in the streets where
automobiles pass are in constant danger. Sometimes a life is crushed out or a
serious injury inflicted, and in the bitterness of their sorrow parents will
remember that they are not blameless. The trouble and sorrow that often result
from thoughtlessness, that might be avoided by a little more care, are
incalculable.
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