Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1871-10-05
The Flisht OF Youth.

WOULD dnyDOuy DC young again II ne
had to take with it the penalty of goiog
back and doing over again all the foolish
things he was guilty of IN his youth? I
wouldn't
"Give me back my youth again /" did
you ssy? Friend, it's mistake. Ten to
enc you wou dn't have it again if you
could. If Old Time were to come boldly
TO you to-day, saying, "Take back, o wise,
middle-aged N. ode, these twenty past
Years of your life, with all the pains ard
disarpointments which have made you
clear-sig h'ed and sound h, AIDED, with all
The silly aclons you perpeirated in those
days, and all tht occasions on which you
m,de lOng.eared donkey of yourself;
worry through, second tilee, all the tight
boots and tribulations; all the tooth.ches
and he Irtaches of your youth; do, be and
g. fer it all again; be, in short, once morr,
just the soft young Noodle you were
twenty years ag ten Of manhood's
hearty hopes to one doiorous wall Tor our
lost youth, that you answer, Pass on,
Father Tine! And ou may as we'll tip
t ose twenty golden sandgrains back in,o
the lower half Of your hour-glass. do
lot want them"
are a W man, TO fi,d yourself getting to
bca little bit midd Gagged. First, you will
notice that you begin to be lett out of very
y',ung folks pictic4, and to get fewer
NOTES in pink env, lopes than you used.
Then you bpgin to b. family hauutel by
| vague, snt akiog doubts as to wheth.r
white muslin and blue ribbons are becom.
ing TO you. Finally, and worst of I'll,
once in while you will see an infant Of
the male fex, whom you remember as a
rosy little fellew in checked aprons when
you were twelve years old, suddenly lifed
over your hca1 in the shape of T. long,
gawky biped, with the tender d wn sf
first mon nstacne sprout'ng frcm his upper
lip That gives you an inteus 1y eXsepc-
rating sensation. Mr. is it pleasant 10
have saucy young slips of girl, talking of
you, behind your back, as old Sarah
Thompson.
Then, too, you may as we'll make up
your mind to the hard fact Of middle age
when you chance to open some gilt-edged
book of poetry, and discover, carefully
pressed away between the leaves, a little
lock of faded hair, and you can't remem-
Der, in your life, whose it is. I have had
half dozen such myself They were
precious as gold once, no doubt, but l
make confidential confession to you that
IT l were que toned on the rack, couldn't
IL.
What makes me know that they were pre-
cious as gold in their time is the ia (you
will observe this is another coufdt ntial
COnfe< sion) that they are nearly all locks
OF lOngish-short barr before colls ge stud
ents began to affect the present priz"-
fighting style of shaving their pAtes o
poor little rings of faded hair-I prieve to
soy it, but have forgotten you ALL
Again, when you 60 toa party and
dauce more than half the night, far into
the small hours, and then partake of that
grinds' one mess called party supper,
maybe you notice you feel grumpy and
Out Of sorts next day. Well, that's sign,
too: Especially, if you have found Your.
self pausng to listen now and then to the
cha t" ring talk Of persons younger than
yourself, and sarcastically wondering
whether you ever made such wholesale
idiot of yourself, or whether very young
misses always deluge society with such
quantities 1T simperns nonsense and atfe c.
tation. Il believe they do.) 1t is sure
sign II You find yourself constantly feeling
c III to give your younger sisters advic
which they don't want, and to treat til, m
now and then to a bit of prcachment, for
which you get no reward except thankless
insinuat!ons about saving ones breath to
cool ones broth. Or may be you say
occasionally to your sister Ella, who is
six cen and pretty. "When you have
lived as long as have, you will find that
the majorit' OF very young people, have
precious little common v."-LtvD.n-
colts Magasine
"A rccertly-''cceased Conf lerate car
ried bullet in his brain six ytars