Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1856-05-03
miscellaneous.
I Got a Going and Couldn't stop.

Got a Going and Couldn't stop.
A little boy named Frank, was stand
ing in the yard, when his father called
him:
Frank 2"
"Sir !" said Frank, and started full
speed and ran into the street.
His father called him back, and asked
him if he did not hear him call.
Yes, SIR" said Frank.
Well, them" said his father, ''what
made you run into the street ?"
co." said Frank, 81 got going and
couldn't stop"
This is the way that great many boys
get into difficulty they get going and
can't stop. The boy that tells lies, be-
gan first to stretch the truth a little-to
tell large story, or relate an anecdote
with very little variation, till he got a
going and couldn't stop till he came out
full grown liar.
The boy that was brought before the
police and sent to the House Of Correc-
ton for stealing, began by taking little
things from his mother--by stealing
sweatmeats and other nice things that
were put away. Next he began to take
things from his companions at school.
He got going and could not stop until
he got in Jail.
These two boys that you see fighting
out on the green, began by bantering
each other in fun. Atlength they began
to get angry and dispute. and call each
other names, till they got going and
couldn't stop. They will separate with
black eyes and bloody noses
There is young man sitting late with
his companions at the gaming table. He
has flushed cheeks, an anxious look, a
despairing countenance He has lost
his last dollar. He began by playing
marbles in the street, but he got going
and couldn't stop.
See that young man, with dark Ian
tern stealing from his masters drawer.
He is q merchants clerk. He came
from the country, promising boy But
the rest Of the clerks went to the theatre
and he thought he must 90 too. He be-
gan thinking he would only go once, just
to say that he had been to the theatre.
But he got a going and couldn't stop.
lie has used up his wages, and wants
more money. He cannot resist the
temptation, when he knows there is
money in the drawer. He has got 60
ing-he will stop in the State Prison.
Hark do you hear that horrid oath 4?
1t comes from the foul mouth of a little
boy in the street. He began by saying
by-words, but he has got a going and
can't stop.
Fifty young men were some years ago
in the habit of meeting together in
room at public house to enjoy them
selves in social hilarity, where the wine
cup passed freely around One of them,
as he was going there one evening began
to think there might be danger in the
way He stopped and considered mo-
ment, and then said to himself Fright
about face!" He turned on his heel and
went back to his room, and was never
seen at the public house again. He has
become rich, and the first block of build
ings which he erected was built directly
in front Of the place where he stood when
he made that exclamation. Six of the
young men followed his example. There
naming forty-three got going and couldn't
stop till they landed in the ditch and
most Of them in the drunkard's grave.
Beware, then, boys how you get
going. BE sure before you start that
you are in the right way, for when you
are sliding down hill it is hard to stop.