, 1869-05-01
ABOUT BOYS,
Amusing Lecture by Rev. VIM. Alvin
Bartlett,


TIE Rev. William Alvin Bartlett leetu,ea ia II
evening, At Plymouth Church, corner Of WAhn,n
aFenne and kldrsdse court, On the Ean,cct Of
rosA The attendance vas both 1s.re nn,,
fashionable o. --'"
Inc lecturer said he woull as soon TT to handle
q crooked streak Of lightning, with unKsoved
oAues, u 70 dc0ne boy By vuztA There are
oeS CO.., 600 Of noyz tn TIE world. noys ar tnots
IN winch n1r tied all the schemes that arc concoc
60 N human headA Nil the acs,y1Gcs thai employ
zee hands Of r1an, and all the lore thet cmanases
ispm human hc1rta Boys arc men In embryo.
boJs Should not be unlcrralued any more ttau
% Moman IN this u,a,itastan age bo5s ar
,neM nse!aL hnas 1rc - useful - tuli,
- tneu- Boys ase not necessarily mischief oulv,
for tsoys comprise tne-foaFh n9 the muscle md
norss q st tss e Ts; thsy Esne5 tea II ch
set type everywhere The hoy must t.e rtotouslE
ACTIVE and enlr accidentally :st III! At erst Girls
cEcuieai, ihc ,,oy tie nnchaaical iorce Gl-is are
obstructive. Int s'y = slower process than bny4.
TIE ho! sofa,t ,,nss p 9s
Natural handlc; snatches away Ills graadfather's
Wig, and calls tita father "old gen." and his
nesneE .od ;! ,ad::" iIe T. asun$ IN ga!s: con,
his yornC. Ea4 na:1ft- Instances Of precoeious
so.t wc1c sslducrl- CGitteEton had nstonAhe.l
rruvet. his rcn'rs at II, AMI N English .oy con-
:littie43 n1:rfeE aid WAS hanged at u. These arr
Eo. av.1are hoya but cid E,r.. so1n. In years.
Tac average boy ard giEi Of destructive and as
s!nIfa.ius yowes respectively have made the
world pr.Tfcss TIC boy cares not wha. his pa.
rents Hcrc: James Cooke sa!1cd around the world
4ttlmnsh hss Issenta Werc sesvans; Claude
lanes lawrence was aplrratieed 10 a pastry cook,
and Eer}a1n!n West became great PALMER, al
though he stole hairs out Of the cats tau 70 make
neerency. Rnd nothing can destroy the power I'M
tie atthrunement Ct reason.
Evcrs that tettls to rypTfEs the boy nature,
cr cest1ny his individuality bJ the conlections Of
cscmiEacy, Is unNtke- How, hen, should re edu-
cate and Hat1 this b1ndle Of Inconsistencies Do
ncs crown him IN the Uys:cs1cs Ct pathological
l,are mathematical clements and he will take hold
cf them The boy Is noE p;nnse.l into = n1orass,
a1.sli ,sses n!1n long tine 70 get back 70 the
tlai refer to Engibh derivation, and he need not
he Impressed with ths piety Of 'Eneas or with the
sos Nao 60 Wnse Ysniee poode now
Ncuid think title Of himself il he did not know
more thau Hcmer. Education Ia now, false, and
fashionable schools places Of Gce feastinS, t3anc
s tsaf s III ia 4 coas seaools sasSa s5td
not be sa3s.sc machines te s:un bars, They want
t1cc from The fo17nula1tes Of tht schools. boy
does nc. want an 4ce-cream and susnr-plum
edresi,en IT, 1st m 'sn5n ssl1 M and amga
Hreat antth:nc hut boys trE.t. They arc now
paEpcrcl. c1rcsScd, end dressed into graves.
1QEJ Fk5L 10 EC TE&EIc4 31QIu d. ILLS. i ne EU1u
to manhood Is Shorter aud 6utEE to the a4ntin In
.ac gutter tuan to F1t.a arcnse rets- Let boys
show sp.-tt. The runaway apprentice l. to-day
President Of Northwestern Hltoad-
Doys are ehastlsed loo severely. Not long ago
t,ped, called clergyman, IN the state Of New
Yert, whipped his son until the koul left the body
IN disgust, ~ much as to saE. That IL all you ETC
father Of ] am Eu.pE 10 end another parruL
Cruelty to children r far more Common than Is
imagined Some boys are he7oeA k1ad 1EeIson,
who EuEe1ed death IN this city because he would
not lie, Is ono Of the fen grand souls that preferred
truth 10 lie Hon many men are
there fhAt T0uir! do ~ II every
nan who toll a Lie died bef"rc the next census
there woula &c g1c:it dectease in the population
OF the world. 1t IL splendid to sec the fulclness
and tcn!9uity OF bothooA penetrate manhood
The boy nag IN sense be the father Ct the mza,
,.1t who is father Of the hoy. En5hoo: Is life in
ITSELF. Who were the fathers Of Shakespeare, Sher-
tinE and Milton: The Eesref ahePhersi coqld
manipulation Of Nisc and sympathetic natures
God makes the boy. man the bod boy. We must
begin cur work for the millennium nearer the cr2-
die. The reverend lecturer eu,oglzed bo5s In IN
eloquent t:ratn, SID concluded amid applansc-