Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-20

mothers preserves. But his strong point
was cats and dumb brutes. Why, once he
smeared two cats over with turpentine,
and tied them together and hung them over
Q clothes line, and then set them on fire.
1t always comes back one day, my dear
children; and when this boy grew up and
got married, millions on millions of cats
used to come and holler all night and have
kittens in his cellar, and in the entry, in
the kitchen, and all over the house, so that
this man was stricken with anguish and re-
morse.
Another thing, boys, 1 want to caution
you against and that is ever going to the
theatre or the circus. know boys who ale
ways go to see the show and creep in under
the tent. But they generally come to bad
ends, and tiger or hyena, or some wild
animal or other is absolutely certain to
rush out and grab them by the trowsers
sooner or later. Then, as for the theatre,
there was boy knew who got very
serious talking to one Sunday from his
teacher about the wickedness of the
theatre, but this boy was depraved, and
he went down to the theatre the very next
night, and what did he see? What do
you think that sinful boy saw? Why, he
actually saw the identical teacher with his
arm around girl in the Eparquet circle
That's so, and if this boy had stayed at
home he would never have been as much
very careful to keep away from all such
places and 60 to Sunday School regularly.
Why, recolect just as distinctly as if it
had beer. tomorrow, boy who ran away
one Sunday morning; instead of going to
school he went boating on the river; and
be hadn't been gone long before fearful
storm came up-which wouldn't have come
II he had gone to Sunday School, and the
boat was upset and this miserable boy was
nearly drowned. But now listen to the re-
suit. All my dear children, wickedness is
4lways punished, and this boy got to hate
water so much that he never drank drop
afterwards that he couldn't help, and he
used to drink rum, and he died and filled
drunkard's grave. So be sure you always
20 to school and be kind and patient and
not like another boy knew who, when his
teacher asked him whom. America was
named after. he said: Mr.. Merrick-ah
-machinist,'' and when his
teacher struck him he got very mad, and
said the teacher was an - old bloar."
"This was wrong, and so it is to chew and
smoke tobacco. / had a second cousin who
went out and got chaw of tobacco when
he was boy, and he came home and chaw-
ID it, and he sat down by the stove and
got sicker and sicker, and whittier and
whittier, and when his fond mother asked
him what was the matter 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 insides were con-
structed of floating debris and refuse mat
ter.
1T never works to be bad boy, but if
all you children mind what am saying to
you, you'll never be bad boys, and don't
believe the girls will ever anyhow. But
mind you mustn't be too good. Cassibian-
ca was too good and he died miserably.-
George Washington was good and he died,
and all the good boys that ever lived died.
So you'd better be just little good, and
when you grow up maybe you'll get to be
President. The girls of course, won't, but
/ suppose some of them maybe can go to
Congress by that time, and then you can
all blacken one another's character as much
as you've mind to do."-ISunday Trans
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