Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-01-20
S REGULATION WITH TIE OLD MAN.

HIS REGU ULATlON WITH TIE OLD MAN.
We suppose that the first severe trial a
boy has to undergo, is to submit his will
to the old man, whom he is taught to con-
slider his father
TO be restrained in doors at night, to be
forbidden to go in swimming five times a
day, or to be hindered from pinching the
rest Of the children for fun, is an interfer-
ence with natural inalienab.e rights. every
way injurious to the feelings. And then,
when upon some overwhelming temptation
the boy asserts his independence Of pater-
nal control and receives tanning with
switch from a ounce bush, either upon
his back or his bare feet, it becomes real
lya very serious thing. We never could
see that the smart of an operation like this
was at al! assuaged by the atlectionate as
surance that it was bestowed out of pure
love-
SITTING WITH THE GIRLS.
The next great trial of that boy is TO he
obliged by a cruel master TO sit With the
girls at school. This usually comes befole
the developement of thes, undelinable sym
pathies, which in after life would tend to
make the punishment more endurable. To
be pointed out as gal-boy,' to be smiled
at grimly by the master, who is so far de-
lighted with his own inetfable pleasantly
as to give the little boys the license to
laugh aloud, and to be placed by the side
Of girl who has no handkerchief. and no
knowledge of the use of that article, is, we
submit a trial of no mean magnitude
Yet we have been there, and have been
made to'''s1t up clos with Rachel, laughing
and blushing till we came to hate her name
We wonder where the overgrown, frowzy
creature is now, and what the condition of
her head is?
TIE FIRST LONG TAILED COAT.
We do not believe that any boy ever put
on his long-tailed coat without sense Of
shane. He first twists his back half off
looking at it in the glass, and when he
steps oat of doors it seems to him like all
creation was in a broad grin. The sun
langhs in the sky; the cows turn to look at
HIM; there are faces at every window; his
very shadow mocks him. When he walks
by the cottage where Jane lives. he dares
not look up for bis life. The very boards
creak with consciousness of the strange
spectacle, and the old pair of pantaloons
that stop light in the garret window, nod
with derision. If he is obliged to pass
group of men and boys, his trials assumes
its most terrific stage. His legs get all
mixed up with embarrassment, and the flap
of the dangling appendage is felt upon
them, moved by the wind of his own agi-
tation; he could not feel worse if it were a
dish cloth worn as badge of Disgrace
1t is happy time for him when he gets to
the church and sits down with his coat
tails under him; but he is still apprehens-
i've with thinking of the Sunday school and
wonders if any of the children will ask
him 10 Swing his long tailed blue
GOING HOME WITH THE GIRLS.
The entrance into society may he said
TO take place after boyhood has passed "a
way, yet multitude take the initiative be-
fore their boards are presentable. 1t is a
great trial either at tender or a tough
age for an ovegrown boy to go to door,
knowing there are dozen girls inside and
TO knock or ling with an absolute certainty
that in two minutes all their eyes will be
upon him. is severe test of courage
To 60 before these girls and make a salts
factory tour of the room without stepping
on their toes, and then sit down and dis
pose of ones hands without putting them
into ones pockets, is an achievement that
few boys can boast. II boy can get so