Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-09-23
Advice to Old Men by a Boy.

caeset pick sps newspaper without
Advice to Boys," ssares me in the face.
Old mee write Il, ! s'pose. Nobody else
l. capable Of giving advice to boys-of
eous.s sot! They know al about Us, they
do-@us they've been there. Advice is
. geod thing to have, no doubt, and no
family should be without it; but Teller
doat want to BE- eramued with it all the
time, 70 the exclusion Of al other diet.
Now; old sen need advice occasioually
but looking through newspapers, don't
see as they get it. So I thought would just
write . little advice 10 old men myself, il
am not presuming too much (as Aunt
Sarah says) aud l presume I am.
In the 6rst place, you old chaps had
ought 10 get over telling how much smart.
q boys were when you were young than
they are SOW. You believe it yourselves,
gentlemen, Of course, cause you have told
Il 30 many times but We boys can't SEQ it.
We have notion that boys are boys, pret-
~ much, (exeept when they are girls) the
world over, aud one generation Of them
don't lay over another generation to any
alarming extent
Only let you tell it, and you could out.
run, outjump, out.wrestle, aud out any.
thing else the rising generation of to-day,
when "you was boy" Grandfather,
who has got the gout and half dozen
kinds of rheumatism. is always saying that
I heard him singing the other day, II
would I we're boy again." would be
we're. IF couldn't beat him running,
and Aop him on bis back side hold, I dou't
care cent.
would not 90 20 far ~ 10 say, " Parents,
obey your children" but would suggest
to fathers that they give Us boys hearing
occasionally, on matters in which We are
the ones most interested. Don't make US
70 sud slide down bill when We want to
skate, aud don't make parsons Of US when
we much prefer to run sawmill. This is
6gurative, but guess you know what I
mean.
After giving US boys sage advice about
our conduct and how to behave, you ,old
men ought to be careful how you get to
relating your boyish scrapes to each other,
and laughing over them before We are out Of
earshot. Tho other day grandfather read
~ hog lsoture about the rights Of pro.
pcrty, temperance, and Sabbath breaking
That night, an old crony of his'n come to
visit him, aud they had glass of punch
together. They thought was asleep on
tho sofa, and the way they run on about the
fan they had when ther we're boys to.
gsthsr! They told al about robbing Cap.
tain Lyman's mellon patch, il turned out
it was Sunday night too! When went
to bed they were taking the third glass
of punch, aud I don't know how many
they took after that. know that grand
fathers rheumatism was q good deal worse
next day, aud he complained spout his
liver. Old men ought to be careful about
taking too much punch.
have noticed old men hate to give up
that they cant stand - much a. they used
to, or as younger men can. They get mad
ifa Teller like mo hints that they can't.
But what's the use fooling yourself! We
have got to play out some day, and when
. man feels he is losing his grip, Why not
come down gracefully, aud acknowledge tho
corn
Now in the above remarks don't mean
any dissspect. I like old men 10 their
place, but I don't went 90 much Of their
advice. Give the boys chance! oat
us