Indiana State Sentinel

Give Your Children A Newspaper.—A child beginning to read becomes delighted with a newspaper, because he reads of names and things which are familiar, and he will make progress accordingly. A newspaper in one year is worth a quarter's schooling to a child, and every father must consider that substantial information is connected with advancement. The mother of a family being one of its heads, and having more immediate charge of children, should herself be instructed. A mind amused by reading or study, is of course more considerate and more easily governed. How many thoughtless young men have spent their earnings in a tavern or grog shop who ought to have been reading! How many parents, who have not spent twenty dollars in books for their families, have given thousands to reclaim a son or a daughter who had ignorantly and thoughtlessly fallen into temptation!