Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-01-05
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Tho Boy's Trials.

ON TINS SUBJECT. llerc ufe sOme cAUucb.
Hs Regulations With The "Old Nan. sup
pose that tho first severe trial y boy has To under
10 il to submit his will to the old man. whom he
is taught TO consider his father. To be restrained
in doors tonight, to 10 forbidden to go in SWIM
milng hvc times day, or to be hindcred ffom
pin ching tho of the children just for fun, 10
an interference with. natural. inalienable rights,
everyway injurious to the feelings. And then
when, upon some overwhelming temptation, the
DO asserts his independence of parental control,
and receives tanning" with, from ounce
bu oh either upon his back or his bare feet, 10 b.
comes reallya very serious thing. We never
could see that the smart ofa operation like this
wal at all assuaged by the adectionate assurance
thr,t it was bestowed out Of pure. love.
Sitting W,Lt the Girls The next great trial Of
the boy is to he obliged by cruel master 70 sit
wi tn tho girls ut school. This usually comes beforc
the development Of those undcniablo sympnthies
an,i afinites which. In after life. would tend to
mp.io me- tho punishment moro cndurablc. TO b.
poSntod out as a gal boy" to bo smiled at grim.
" by the MASTER who is 50 lar delighted with bis
ow inoffabe pleasantly Ms to givo tho little boys
tho license To laugh aloud and To bc placed by tho
sid of girl who has no handkerchief. and no
knowledge of tho uso Of that article s, wo submit
n trial OF no mean magnitude. Yet we hayc been
the 70, and have been to 'sit up close with big
Rae hel, laughing md blushing ill we came TO
hate her name. We wonder whore tho over
grown, frowxy CREATURE Is now. and what the
con diton of hor hend isy
lhe First Long Tailed Coat.--Wc do not believe
tbat any boy ever put on his long TITLED coat with
out n sense Of shnmc lilo first twists his back
half of looking at it in the glass, and thcn whom
he steps out of doors II seems 10 him as If all Gro
alto n wa. broad grin. Tho sun laughs in the
sky; tho COWS turn to look Mt him; there faces
at cvory window; his very shadow mocks him.
WI Ell ho walks by tho cottage where jane lives,
he dares not look up for his life. The very boards
crcnk with consciousness of tho strange spectacle,
and tho old pnir Of pantnloons that stop n light in
gar rot window nod with dorision. If hc is oblig-
cd to pass group Of men and boys, tho trial Ms
it's most terrific stage. His legs get all mix
ling appendagc Is fclt upon them. moved by tho
wind Of his own agitation; he could not feel worse
were II dish cloth worn rs bndgo Of Disgrace
II lisa happy time for him whom he gets to church
and sits down with his coat tail under him; but
he is stip apprehcnsivo with thinking Of tho sam
day school, and wonders II any oftho children
will nsk him to Swing his long tail blue"
C'oiay home rih he Giris-Iho entrance into
s)ci ETY. may DO said to take place after boyhood
has passed awnv. yet u multitude take the inita-
tive before their boards are prcsentablc II ia a
grea trial either nj tender or n rough ago For
al 0yergrown boy 10 90 Mt n door knowing that
tn or aro dozen girls inside aud to koock or ring
with absolute certainty tina, in two minutes all
tn cir eyes will be upon him, isn severe test OF
cour ago. To 60 before these gi,ls and make
salts factory tour ofthc room without stepping on
their toes and then to sit down. md dispose Of
on ca hands without putting them into ones peck.
et,, is nm achievement which lew boys can boast.
If n boy can get 10 far To measure of ton yards
Of tn he with one of these girls, and cut II short Mt
each end. hc mny stand chance to pnss pleas
ant evening. but let him not Ia,cr himself that
al he trials Of the evening are over. There comes
at ls.st the breaking up. The dear girls don their
he,o,ls and put on their slawla and lock saucy
and mischievous, and unimpcaehnbo, IA IL they
dill not wish any one o 20 home with them. Then
comes the pinch, and the boy TINT has tho most
pluck makes up to the protiest girl his heart In
hin ,ront, his tongue cingng To the roof Of his
mout h, and crooking his elbow. stanimers out the
word .. "Shall see you homer" She touches hor
fingers to his arm, aud they walk home about
foot part, feeling ny awkward ns couple of gos-
lings As soon she is safe inside hcr own doors
no st 'uts home and thinks he has really been and
goue and done it, Sleep comes 10 him at last. with
Dire an ~ of Caroline aud Calico md he awnkes In
the ,orning and finds tho doors OF life open to
hirn. and tho pigs squcaling for breakfast
60 including Redectiops.--We hnve passed over
ch ur, ling. md learning tho caechlsm, because We
are fearful of making this article too long, al.
tb ou Sh we might have talked Of butter that would
n OF I've pursuaded to come, and Perplexltes oil
literary turn Of mind and a hend that measured
even and n quarter when asked what the chief
nd Of man WAS Boyhoed is green passage in
n ,an's experiences in more senses than one. 1t IL
a pleasant thing to think over and laugh about
NOW, though it was serious enough then. Many
OF our present trials are ridiculous as those
vi ch now touch the risibles in the recollection,
nm when We get to the other world and look upon
thi 8, and upon the infancy of the soul through
VIII ich VIC have passed here, we have no doubt
tha wo shall grin over the trials which we expe-
rer ed whom we lost our fortunes, when our mills
wore swept away or burned, aud when we didn't
get elected to tho legislature. Mon are but boys
Of larger growth.
From the Jefferson City Enquirer, Dec. "a.
News IRON THE BoRDER-SlS,OO0 Horh Of
Pro perty Destroyed.-We learn from gentleman
dire ct from Vernon county who visits our city for
the purpose of procuring aid from the Governor.
that Montgomery and his band Of murderers and
thiev es have renewed their depredatfons upon the
citizens living on the Little Usage river. Mont
gomtry, our informant says, entered the neigh
Lorh<aod m Monday last on the QAh Alter mid