The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-10-10

boy? Why one day he dared a, fel
low to knock a chip off his shoul
4 .ders, and the fellow knocked it an6
did much more, knocking besides
so that tile boy was taken dcathly
sick, and couldn't bud dge ont of his
bed for six, weeks, SO that the boy
actually wished that he had never
seen that particular chip, or any
. chip, in the whole course of his life
But he went around and bought 8
-brass-barrelled pistol, and got some
] boys to make secret society, and
drawed up a constitution, and they
all swore to have revenge. But
nothing mnch ever came, of it, fol
the fellow who knocked off the chip
was big boy, and, of course, SO
fast as the society boys grew big he
grew bigger, so they thought per
haps they had better let bim, alone
at once. !, 81 ---.----G -1E
But this boy had a wicked heart,
and when he was sent for milk he
would always manage to drink about
half of it, and he always was very
much in favor Of his mothers pre-
serves, But his strong point was
cats and dumb brutes. Why, once
he smeared two cats over with tur-
pentine, and tied them together and
hung them over the clothes line and
d then set them on fire. It always
comes back one day. my dear chill
tdren, and whensthis boy grew up an6
got married, millions and millions
Of cats used to come and holler al
night, and have kittens in his cellar
and entry, in the kitchen, and al
over the house, so that this man
was stricken with anguish and re.
morse. ~ ~.5 81. I.r.-
! Another thing, boys, I want to
caution you against and that is ever
/ going to the theater Or circus. /
know boys who always go to tho
show and creep in under the tent
But they generally come to bad ends
and tiger OF a hyena, orsome wild
animal is certain to grab them.g Then
as for the theater, there was. a boy
knew who got 3 a5serious talking to
i grab them. Then as for the theater
there was a boy I knew who got a
serious talking to from his teacher
about the wiekedness Of the theatel
but this boy was depraved, and he
went to the theater the very next
night, and what do you think that
sinful boy SAW Why, he actually
saw that identical teacher with
his arm around a girl in the par
quette circle That's so, and if this
boy had'stayed at home he. would
never have been so shocked and
mortified as he was.iSo be very
careful to keep way from all such
places and go to Sunday School
regularly. Why, I recollect
just as distinctly as if it bad been
tomorrow, a boy ran away one
Sunday morning; instead of going
to- school he went boating on the
river, and he hadn't been gone long
before a fearful storm came up
which wouldn't have come. fthe had
gone to Sunday Schoo1,e and the
boat was upset and was nearly
drowned. But now listen to the re-
suit. Ah! !0my dear children, wick
edness is always punished, and this
boy got to hate the water so much
} that he never drank drop after
wards that he couldn't help, and he
used to drink rum, and he died and
filled drunkard,s grave. So be
snre you always go to school and be
kind and patient, and not like an
other boy / knew who, when his
teacher asked him whom America
was named after he said: "Mr.
Merrick- -ah-the-ah
and when his teacher struck him he
got very mad, and said the teacher
was an. ''old bIoar."' .---.s'...
This was wrong, and so it is to
chew and smoke tobacco. I had a
second cousin who went out and got
a chaw of. tobacco when. he was a
boy, and he came home and chawed
it, and he sat down by the stove and
got sicker and sieker, and whittier
and whittier, and when his fvnd
mother asked him what was the mat
ter with him, he said he guessed he
must have taken slight cold,. and
then he went out and threw up. with
! this. wicked lie upon his lips; he
threw up until you'd thought his in
sides were constructed Of floating
debris and refuse matter. --.--.
"It never works to be bad boy.
but if all you children mind what l
am saying to you, you'll never be
bad BOYS, and I don't believe the
girls will ever anyhow. But mind
| you mustn't be too good. Cassibian-
ca was too good and he. died miser-
ably George Washington was good
and he died, : So you'd better be
Just a little good, and when you
| grow up maybe you'll get to be
President. .S..e The girls, Of course,
wont but I suppose some Of them
maybe can go to- Congress BY that
time, and then you can all black one
another's 5 character as much as
| you,vca q mind to, do F., ',3nagouI -
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