Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1851-07-10
From the Carpet Bag.
My Little Boy.

Perhaps he is in no wise different from
everytodys little bOy-l dare say he is no
taller or heavier than ten thousand o, her
buys who have existed, and been the idol of
doting Impas. and tnamirsas, aud maiden
aunts. lie IS not an original boy in a single
J,articular-l don't CLAIM him as >ucI-he
eais very much the same way. and very much
the same food, as other young gentlemen uf
hls ngr, sleeps the same, cries the saile and
makes the same outrageous looking laces al
castor oil. dou'i care il he ismr different.
But every parent has a right, in fact he Is
hound, to th,nk his boy better than every
bUdy's boy by a law OF nntnre that knows
no coutra travenlng-will admit Of none. II
everybody sees in the p'crure draw of my
hoy sketch Of his own, lei him remember
II Is my boy sill, aud not hatter himself that
he has prodigy that knows no equal.
My hoy has the glory Of uI"re Than a year
o. months 10 brag OF, three of which he has
Devoted TO taking the Steps IN the iniIialory
OF locOn,otIo,i, and excels IN littie m,anRuvr.s
in engineering oi his own adoption, steering
wsriiy among ci,a,rs aud tahles; and though
frequently broaclIing 10 and toundering under
a press ut ea2eTness ia circumBa a ygaling the
kluchen, he invariably comes up all right,
and forgets minor adversities 10 the grand
triumph.
My boy is living proof Of the great truth
OF eravItaiton, as, when uniucky circIm-
stnnce kicks him out of bed or throws Inn
our of his char, he invariable strikes the
floor and my 10Y has lind knocks enough
on his head to realize a faith with
regard to his proiunduy equal 70 that Of Cap
tam Cutie IN the removed Bunsby, tor tll,.
sarre reason.
My boy Understands the moral of whip
thus young he will WELD The rod in terror
over the back Of shrinking sislerhood, nor,
even spare maternity Ia his experimental
philosophy.
My boy knows very well how to manage
il when the slop pail is within reach, and
nothing leases him more than plen-
tiful ablutiOn 10 soap suds or greazy dish
water.
My boy delights in experimenting in hy-
drrulics-now essaying 10 aI,n,n,ster hy-
dropatliy by ,be d,pper full 10 healthy 6uOI,
now sousing stockings into the water UuckeI,
aud nov pul ting the hair brush inIo the sinh
Ny boy fills his fari,er's boots with incon-
gruilies that do not belong there, and looks
on gravely as the load is shaken out, wor,-
dering appeareutly, why his father cont lei
il stay.
Ny boy watches his chance to pull a dish
or q cup or snucef--i0 matter which
from The table he seems To have All antipa.
thy against cookery, aud vivid visions oi
snrherrd pairs remind his father daily OF The
havoc he has made in The once respectable
service e'-Here a white and there a htue
some cracked Doislcss, haudiess- -slure hin
Nv boy despses all conventional rules
and uul,ee,is The reason that would limit will
repurlicanism speaks ihrOush every ad-
Ind ependence 10 every lovk-ifeetIom h
every nation. ur-. ....r a w sro-
Ny hoy is very decidedly partial to an asll
hOie; u ~ a spN l,y h,ui VI all others, 10 he
crav~ti he giOries in an ash hole !; ;therewartI
his i,rci,nation ever points. David Of old, ia
his urmosr woes couldn't have gone deeper
INFO the ashes. A stove pan is a good sub
stitute for the ash hole; there is a luxury in
strewing the gritty dirt about clean carpet
thar is not 10 be overlooked. and never is
there 10 fun in hearing il crush beneath the
feet Of the mother, aud fun, too, in filing his
mouth with the fragments. have Thought,
from my boys pre-tisposition to pick up
gravel. thai he required Il 10 AID digestion.
My buy reJoices in dirty face. No No.
ha~ ( chief, in the pride Of war paint, could
teel more nagcifceut than my boy under
an application ot nolasses--or suytI,ing--
he IL no, particular; aud no Mola awk wouid
d. harder 10 prevent IT'S lseing wiped away.
NV boy takes u sugar very readiiy ; he
was VERY qa,ck in ,akmg TO this; i, seemed
;us, ,sct,vs aWith him. ] have heard Of peo.
ple's having sweet tooth, but l verify
believe ,l,e whole Of wy boy's-he has foul
--are all sweet. ia r'1 81 @Hiila
nv boy 10 all exac,ing IL his demsnds-
deysdnds sure enough, ~ imI'erioas a. thosl
of prince, aod fis 5r0w qfoss and BIZ
istls voice rings again, il his wauts ~ ne'
complied with -p9incipaliy e0u6aed, how.
axn< . n, tlyp sna6asr II viafuSlA. sS snc3ss.c u