The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-12-10
[ II L DISPATC H.
FRIDAY MORNING e..,.,..-.. pEcExBEa 10, 1858.


'.' Nf'ihS"eia hefohiiesn has capital article
on This subject. Here IL some extracts:
h's Reeaictions ,eita The eoid Maa.n--we sun.
pose that the srst severe trial boy has 20 under
go 10 to submit bis viii 20 the old map when he
"a taught to consider his father To be restrain ad
in.doors at night to be forbidden 10 10 10 swim.
mag nTe times day, or 10 he hindered fson,
piucs!ag the rest of the children inst f,r Inn -
ar interference with natural nualisnable riyhta
every way injurious TO the feeiings And then
when upon some Overwhelming temptation. tbs
boy asserts his inderendence Of PARENTAL control
aud receives a tanning" with switch from n
lunee bush, either upon the back or his bare feet.
II becomes really very serions thing. We never
could see that tue smart of an operation Ike m Ia
vas at ali a'snaged by the sfsciicnaee assurance
that u was bestowed cut Of pure love
Sitting tcnt ps GsrIs.-Ths next trial of that
ooy 10 10 be obliged by q cruel master to sit with
she girls at school. This usually comes before the
development OK those un5esiable affinities which.
10 a'ter life, would tend to make the punishment I
aofe ehaGrshie- To be pointed out as "gai boy ~
70 be smiled at srimiy by the master. who is so sr
aehghted with his own iueffabie pleasantly as tn
give the little boys iicease 10 laugh aloud and 10
be .,aced by the side Of girl who had no hand.
setehiet, and no knowledge OF the use of that ar
tlcle, is, we submit, trial Of no mean magnitude
Yet We have been there, aud have been Obliged to
"sis mp close with big Rachel laughing and
blushihg iii We came to haae her hame We
"2ndsi where the overgrowu, trowsy creature is
now, aud Thst the condition of her head isf
TF First Long Taitcd Coat.-We do not believe
that any bov ever put his first long tailed coat
without a sense Of .hane. He first twists his
back hsi! of looking at it in the glass; and then
when he steps out Of doors IL seems to him as ~
all creation was in a broad grin. The sun laugh,
in the sky: the COWS turn TO look at him: the, a
~ie faces 81 every window; his very shaicw
raoeks him. When he walks by the cottage whore
JSoc lives, he dares not lock up tor his life The
very boards cresk with consciousness of the
strange spectacle, and the old pair Of pantalooot
mat stop light in the gsrcet window, nod with
aerisiou. IL he IS obliged to pass group of men
aud boys, the trial assumes its most terrific stages
MS it ss get all Rlixed mp with embarrassment and
tha nap Of the dangling ePpendage is felt upon
tns!n. moved by the wind Of bis own agitation ::
no could not feel worse wsre it a dshcIoth worn
as badge cf disgrace. It is happy time for
him when he gets 10 church aud sits down with
his coat tail under him; but he is still apprehen-
sivs with thinking Of the Sunday school, a1d
Wonders if any Of the children will ask him to
"sw.ng hi, iong.:aii blue"
o''ag HoH" ~!0, the Girls The entrance into
society nay be said 10 take place after boyhood
has pHssed away, yet multitude take the iuti-
s,ive before their boards presentabIe. Iii
great trial, either TO a tender or tough age For
an oFergro~n boy 10 go 10 Il door, knowing that
there ale dozen girls inside, aud TO knock or
ring with absolute certainty that in two minutes
ali their eyes will be upon him, is severe test Of
courage To go before these girls and make sat-
lsiactofy tour OF the room without stepping on
their toes, and then to sit down and disnosa of
oce's hands, without putting them into one's peck.
ets, IS an achievement which few boys can boast
III boy can get go far as to measure of ten wards
Cf tape with one Of these girls aud cut it shor, at
each eng ne may stand a chance to pass pleasant
evening; but let him not hitter himself that all
the trials Of the evening are over There comes at
last the breaking rp. TIE dear girls don their
hoods, sad Puton their shawIa, and look 60 saucy
aud mlschieyous, and pnimpressbe, as if they
uld not Wish any one to go home with Them Then
comes the pinch, and the boy that has the most
pluck makes up TO tie prettiest girl. his heart in
his throat, aDd bis tongue cliuging to the roof Of
his mouth, and crooking his elbows. stammers out
the words, shall see you ho2ie?' She touches
her fingers TO his arm, and they walk home about
q foot apart, feeling ss awkward as acouple of
Go&iings. As coon as she is safe inside her own
doors, he struts home and thiuks he has really
been and gone and done it. Sleep comes to him
ct last, with dreams Of Caroline and calico, and
he awakes in the morning aud inis the doors Of
lie opea TO him, and the pigs sqUealilg for break
fast
tnclu3iHq Rtiertions-We have passed over
churulng and learning the catechism, because we
ioaTfGl Of making this article to long al,
though We might have talked Of butter that would
not be persuaded "a come, and Perpiey tiles of lite
rsTy turn Of mind, and head that measured
seven and quarter wlll asked shat the chief end
ol GRn was. Boghood is a green passage in mans
present trials are as riiculo1sas those which nov
expcr ieuce in more sense than one. 1t is q pleas
ant thing, 10 think over and laugh about now, al
though !t was serious enough then. Many of our
present trials are ridiculous as those which
now touch the risibles in the recollection, and
when get to the other world and look upon THE,
and upon the infancy of the soul through which
passed here, we have no doubt that we shall
grin over the trials which We experienced when
lost cur fortunes, wheu cur mills were swept away
burned, and when didn't get elected to the
legislature. Men are but boys of larger growth.
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