The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-01-04
Advice to Old Men.
BY A BOY.

cannot pick up newspaper lkithou
"Advico to Boys" stares mo in the. face.
Old men write it, rs'pose. Nobodyhlse j
capable of giving advice to boys; otIcours'
not! They know all about us, Hey do
cause they've been there. Advice isI gaot
thing to have, no doubt, and no ons SHOULD
be without it; but a feller don't want to b
crammed with it all the time, to tho sexclt
sion of all other diet.
Now, old men need advice seccafwnally
but in looking through the papers dom
see as they get it. So l thought thatR would
just write little advice to old men, myself
if I am not presuming too much 9 Aunt
Chloe says) and presume that / and : !.
In the first place, you old chsps 4 4
get over telling how much smarter bds were
when you were young than they are shog.-s
You believe it yourselves, Of eouts eanse
you've told it so often, but we boyssos4t see
it. We have notion that boys atb boys
pretty much the world over, (excep4 some
that are girls and one generation d them
don't lay over another generation to a1Alarm.
ing extent.
Only let you tell it, and you could autfun
out7jump, out wrestle and out-anythhg. else
the rising generation of to-day whGa you
was boy. Grandfather, who has It'd gont
and halfa dozen. different kinds of Theunia-
tism, is always saying that. heard Inn
singing ~ would I were q Boy again. 4
would he were, too; if I couldn't beat him
running, and flop him on his back, sids hold.
/ don't want cent. 4
I would not go SO far as to say parents
obey your children, but I would suggest to
fathers that they give us hearing OCCASION
ally on matters in which we arc the ones
most interested. Don't make us 90 and
slide down hill when we want to skatp, and
try to make preachers of US when we'swould
much prefer to run a saw mill. Thisds fig
uratiye but l guess you know what Imean
by it. II
After giving us boys sage alsice about
our conduct and how to behave, you ola: cod
gers ought to be Careful how you get 10 fe.
lating your boyish scrapes to each OTHER and
laughing over them before We are outlOfsear
shot The other day grandfather read mesa
long lecture about the right Of property tenn
perance and Sabbath breaking.
That very night, an old crony Of his came
to visit him, and they had glass of punch
together. They Thought I was asleep on
the sofa, and the way they run on aboat the
fun they had when they were boys togethelg
They told all about robbing Lyon'shaaloi
patch, and it turned outit was on Sgnday
night, tool! Wien went to bed the Tcsf
4aEince.heir,:.. elass ofna:..s. -.
know grandfather's rheumatism was asgreat
tleelsorse tho next day, aud; a;ka sfintil
a great deal about his liver. Old men ought
to be very careful about taking too much
punch.
/ have noticed old men hate to give up
that they can't stand so much as they used
to, or as younger men can. They get mad
if feller like me hints that they can't
We've all got to play out some day, and
when he feels he's losing his grip, why not
come down gracefully and acknowledge the
corn?
Now, in the above remarks, I don't mean
any disrespect. 1 like old men in their
place, but don't want so much OF their ad-
vice. Give the boys chance.