The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-07-12
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events cast their shadows before. Ift hi
De true, as asserted, in reference t
events, surely the same may be mao
applicable TO persons. This again bein.
true, I'm confident of being a yerv
happy woman some time in the futue.
yet How, did you ask? Why in the futures
success of some of my real boys of the
present Not that they are so very diff.
ferent from boys in general, only that
they are very gentlemanly boys, 1.-TWO of
them in particular Joe and Fred. They
are both well trained, intelligent, Or we
should have said cultivated BOYS: for
they have good homes and home infu-
ences, which some Of our boy have not;
for we have them from variols GRADES
in society, even down among t..o rag
pickers. But even here among ttsse
miserable dirty, wretchcd little creatures
we find much to interest US, and much
to learn. One thing is when they ever
sleep, for at earliest dawn they are out
upon the deserted streets waiting for
the opening Of the business ho1ses that
they may be first upon The scene 10 hunt
over the piles of dust swept from store
doors, that not scrap of paper or dirty
rag may be lost, and in their eager
scramble for chance piece carried
away on the wings of the wind, they
oft tumble in a heap together, like a mess
of half grown kittens, boys, rag boys
and all, nor are these poor little crea-
lures wholly ignorant, in their uucared-
for street lives, many of them not yet
arrived at their teens, have acquired a
knowledge of human nature statesman
might be proud to possess. Their daily
contact with the worst sides 81 man,
kind, (for even gentlemen have shady
as we'll as sunny side has developed
perceptions in their young heads until
1t amounts to a sort Of intuition or in.
stinct, independent, or nearly 80 oi any
Kind of reason. Perhaps that Is why
we like some Of them, for in this they
resemble women. BE that a. 1t ua,
IN these same uncared for boys, or some
Of them at least, we see future states
men, and possible Presidents. IL would
be well if parents Of ample mean, could
be made to see, and feel that something
more than fine clothes and gay boys are
necessary to develop men '.paole OF en-
tering life's warfare, and ~ .tinE their
way manfully along sid -hese same
street boys
1t is said there is honor among thieves,
and certain it is there is degree of
principle shown by them toward each
other that speaks well for the sparks OF
manhood within, only waiting an oppor-
tunity to be famed into a flame that
must make life to them success.
But in our hopes for our street boys,
we have entirely lost sight Of the two of
whom we intended to write. Joe, the
elder, with his great laughing brown
eyes, his quiet gentlemanly manners, ID
already on the road to success, having
successfully mounted the first round on
the commercial ladder, that Of chore,
and errand boy, and in all these long
months never disrespectfull word, to
employer or associates, and now we find
him ready for business college.
Master Fred is on the road 10 future
success. lie is only boy twelve years
old, and scarcely larger than many boys
at eight, yet we find him filing the
place of a man, as he is fatherless, aud
il would be a real pleasure to us II We
could invite certain boys We know Of IN
p. =. to walk through his flower and
vegetable garden. In addition TO this
we find him doing all the marketing
and errands for the family, never loosing
a day in school, and the best croquet
player on the street.
So much for boys of pluck aud per-
,everence. 1t is not the fine clothes
alone that makes the man, for here we
have them of all grades, and of our two
rayorites one is a catholic and the other
l protestant, and we're some of our old
.cauaintances to hear them recite their
scripture lessons, we fear they might
laye cause to feel more humbled than.
~ a walk through the store or garden