Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-08-04

AAAo A1NAh LAT WITH THE OLD MAN.
We suppose that the first severe triala
boy has to undergo, is to submit his uid
70 the old man, whom be IS tau1ht tc tan-
slider his faiher. To be reslraiae1 ainrs
at night, @ be forbidden . 80 81 swim
ming I've times 3 dey, OK to be inndered
from pinching the rest OF the children
Just for fun, Is an Interference. with na.u-
raj, lnalienable rights, every way inluri-
Gus to the feelings. And then when, up
on some overwhelming temptation, the
boy asserts his independence Of parental
control. and receives a tanning with the
switch, from a ounce bush, either upon
his back OF his bare feet, j, becomes re-
ally a very serious thing. We could ne
yer see that the smart of an operation
like this was at all assuaged hy the adee-
tionate assurance that 1t was bestowed out
of pure love.
SITTING WITH THE GIRLS.
The next great trial Of that boy IS tobe
obliged by cruel master to. SIT with the
girls at school. This usually.Cornes before
| the develOpement Of those undeniabie
Sympathies and affiuities which, IN after
life, would tend to make the punishment
more. endurabIe. To be poiuted out as
"gal-boy," to be smiled at gfimIy by the
master, who is so far delighted with his
own inehable pleasantly 10 give the
| little boys the license to lauGh aloud, and
to be placed by the side OF a gin who has
no handkerchief, and no knowledge Of
the use Of that article, IS, we submit,
/ trial Of no mean magnitude. Yet we.
have been there, and have been made TO
sit up close with big Rachel, laughing.
and blushing till we came 20 hate her
name. We wonder where the overgrown,
frowzy creature Is now, and what the
condition Of her head is?
THE FIRST LONG-TAILED COAT.
! We do not believe that anv boy ever
put on his long tailed coat withodt a sense
of shame. He first twists hsback half
off looking at the glass, aud illen when
he steps out Of doors, it seems TO him asif
creation was in a broad grim. The san
laughs in the sky; the cows turn and look
at him; there are faces in every window;
his very shadow mOCks HIM. When he
walks by the cottage where Jane ETes, he
dare not look up for his very life. The
very boards Creak with consciousnes$ Of
the strange spectacle, and the old pair of
pantalOOn5 that sop a light iD the garret
window not with derision. lf he IS ObLig-
Z ed to pass group Of men and boys, the
trial assumes It's most terrific stage. His
j legs get all mixed up with embarrass-
ment, and the flap Of the dangling ap-
pendage is felt upon them, moved by the
wind Of his own agitation, he could not
feel worse were II a dish-cloth, worn as a .
badge Of disgrace. Ii IS happy time
for HIM when he gets to the church, and
sits down with his coat tail under HIM -
but he Is still apprehensiye when think ing
Of the Sunday school and wondersif anv
one of the children Will ask him TO swing
his long tailed blue
GOING HOME WITH TIE GIRLS.
The entrance into society may be said
to take place after boyhood has passed
away, yet a multitude take the initiative
before their boards are .presen.ab,e. 1t
is a great trial either at a tender or a
tough age. For an Oyergrown boy to GO
at door, knowing there are a dozen
| girls inside, and to knock or ring with
absolute certainty that ia two minutes all
their eyes will be upon him, is a severe
test Of courage. To 90 before these girls
and make a satisfactory tour Of the room
without stepping. on their toes, and then
to sit down and dispose Of ones hands
without putting them into ones pockets,
is an achievement which few bows can
boast. IF boy can get so far as to nlea-
sure of ten yards Of tape with one Of
these girls, and cut it short at each end,
he may stand ,a.chance to pass a pleasant
evening, bat let him not fatler himself
that all the trials Of the evening are over.
There comes, at last, the breaking up
The dear girls don their hood, and put
on their shawls, and look so saucy, and
misChievous, and unimpressibIe, as if they
did not wish any one to 90 with them
Then comes the pinch, and the boy that
has the most pluck makes up to the pret-
tiest girl, his heart ia his throat, and his
tongue Clinging 10 the roof OF his mouth,
and CrOoking his elbow stammers out the
words, Shall l see you home?' She
touches her fingers 10 his arm, and they
walk out about foot apart, feeling as
awkard as a couple Of goslings. As soon
as she is safe inside her own doors, he
struts home, and thinks he has really been
and gone and done 1t. Sleep comes to
him at last, with dreams Of crinoline and
calico, and he awakes In the morning and
finds the doors of life open TO him, aud the
pigs squeahng for breakfast.
CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS.
We have passed over churning and
learning the cathechism, because We are
fearful Of making this article too long.
Boyhood is a great passage in man's ex-
istance in more senses than one. 1t Is a
pleasant thing TO think over and laugh
about now, though it was serious enough
t then. Many Of our present trials are as
, ridiculous as those which now touch the
risibles in the recollection; and when we
get to the other world and look upon this,
we have no doubt that we shall grin over
the trials which we experienced when we
lost our fortunes, and when we didn't get
? elected to the Legislature. Men are but
boys Of larger growth.