The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1862-01-17
Young Anerica,

-rne1e II Young America,
In years long ago, when boys and girls
We're not considered men and women be-
fore they had. attained their majority
there was becoming respect paid to age
asuayity OF manners, and Il grace of de-
pertinent, which, in this fast age, if not
entirely, is, to great extent, ignored by
Young America, Judging from facts fall
ling under our. observation almost daily.
The use of the terms, .Mr." and "Mrs." )"
was so common, as only to be noticed
when omitted by the young. when in con-
versation with them But, in our age,
the youth are ian,iliarized with Surnames,
and Pete, john, Dick, Mary, Sue, etc.,
etc., have taken the place of s.Mr." and
Mrs
The turning point in boyhood, was
when they We're permitted to don coat
pull on a pair OF boots, aud in girlhood
when paddles were laid aside, and the long
dress (not the fashionable street-sweep-
ers) were put on
? Chewing tobacco and smoking cigars,
was novelty to the embryo man, and
the venerable sire, would have been thrown
into eonniptions and have made a
free application Of the oil of hickory to
his boys back, if, i'll his aspiring great
ness, a, quid Of tobacco had been found in
his lips. Vulgar and obscene language,
in days of yore, was at too low discount
to De thought of, and the boy using it
was considered prodigy of wickedness,
and fell under the displeasure of his as
sociates, while the old folks would have
thought the development of such a prin-
ciple in their boys, sure index to their
future disgrace /; therefore, ii is not strange
that when such marks of depravity were
developed in any one, that he was stunned
as the small pox OF the itch is Stunned in
oarfday. = '5i'.7'
Girls were taught by their respective
danes the.use of the homemade piano
the spinning wheel-and to accommodate
themselves To- the domestic routine of
household work. None were considered
htto assume the responsibility of home
OF their own, until they had acquired a
knowledge of baking bread. cooking a
msai and making q bed. Nor, in the at
tenllon paid to this important part of ed
ucatio,i, was lcttersand science overlooked; /;
they were regarded as tie superior sdorn-
ments, which, taken in connexon with
other duties, made up the perfect charac-
tel. of, the lady. But in the advance of
human progress, a change, we fear has ta-
ken place IN the old economy of things,
and boys and girls are now moulded into
men and women, before they know what
belongs ITO the true character of either,
which, In many instances, fast Pas and
fast Mas are making them assume. The
ambition Of the boy, strengthened often
times, by the overweaning fondness Of the
parents, is to wear high heeled boots, to
ensconce the body in a broadcloth- coat,
to support Standing collar, with, to him,
the eprare accomplishment of using profane
and vulgar language, with the addition OF
an acquired taste for the use of tobacco,
and the par excellent custom of taking an
occasional dram of Jersey lightning whis
key, which will kill at hundred yards
distance. Ofcourse with these per REQ
uisites ofa gentleman, it is necessary, III
order to put the finishing touch upon his
manhood, that he should learn to play
cards, poke at billiards, and strike dowr
tep pins, aud how his young heart leaps
within him, for very joy when older head,
than his permit him to try his skill a
those games. Now then. in his own mind
the great work is accomplished; and Ions
before he knows what the elements of tru.
gentility are. his soul is stained with tn,
polutions Of wicked habits. The bo,
man, thus equipped, pulled up with hi
own self importance, hooling at the re
straints Of a, higher order Of life, ignorin!
the teachings Of a more xperiencedp phjloso
ply, made believe, that the epioyments an,
amusements of tie home circle are undig
nied and bemeaning, he gives free Ii
cense TO his waywardness, and in hi
rounds of vice, bowling at the shrine o
Bacchus, gets aboard the lightning ex
press train, and is bound in this fast ace
TO speedy disgrace, if not to an ignomin
ious death.
Girls, bctorc. they begin to count thei
years By teens, with no kind of knowedg
of human nature, are thinking seriousl
of beaux, aud as necessary consequence
have their heads fall of sentimental nor
sense, aud give more attention to the pc
eul.ar twist they must give to their hal
the dress they wear, and the "perfe,
love" Of bonnet they have, than tt
csl,;ya.ios Of their heads and heart