The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-06-21
A Chapter ON Boys.
BY A GIRL.

Boy is sort of amphibious animal,
and delights exceedingly to be dabbling
and splashing in water THAT is in warm
weather., insomuch that when sent on
an errand he will 60 the longest road
for the sake of encountering mud pud-
die, in which he is soon Ito use one of
his own particular phrases) wading and
splashing "for all that's out"
His mind is as capricious as the sky
on an April day; he will assert his in
tention to stay at home and shuck hazel
nuts up in the garnet, when first you
know he's off fishing. One of a boys
peculiarities is his natural antipathy for
babies. He will catch toads and polly
wogs, coons and woodchucks, amputate
frogs legs. and behead snakes with his
jack knife, but you just tell him to "sit
down and hold the baby" and he is off!
A boy chances to take up a news
paper. He spies an article headed,
Advice to girls" He reads it over
and marches up stairs where his sister
is writing, sits on the stand with his
cap on one side of his head, and begins
with a voice about as loud and agree
able as the first notes of street organ,
and the air of one who knows-to read
and make comments on the said article,
winding up with: SHOW, if you girls
would pay attention to advice like that,
it might do you some good. But you
must have dozen ruffies on your dress
es and wear But, girls, will not re-
peat the whole lecture, for doubt not
each of you have heard the gist of it.
His sister tries to defend herself, but
she might as well try to converse with
hurricane. He browns her voice with
his own and nudges her elbow when she
resumes her writing. This failing to
have the desired effect, he takes up her
pet kitten and begins to play the scat
organ" as he terms it. This is too
much. She feels, yes knows, he needs
his ears boxed. She makes the attempt.
He giggles and lodges, she hits the door
and bruises her fingers. He knows she
can't hit him, and commits the same
offense again, just to see her try. But,
girls, l advise you not to try. For don't
you see that's just what he wants you
to do And besides, you can't hit a
boy any more than you can shoot the
moon with a pop-gun. If you aim for
his face, up comes his hand, and your
hand comes in contact with a huge brass
ring, which had formerly belonged to a
harness and which he had managed to
keep on his finger.
A young man of about twelve or four
teen years sees "Advice to boys" He
don't read that, though! Oh, no! He
would read it iii were an advertisement
of recipe to make whiskers grow
on a smooth face: Guess he would!
He'd remember it too, and send dol
lar and half TO some masculine hum
bug and get swindled. Why, girls, 1
have seen young man who wanted a
moustache so very bad, that he put
cream on his upper lip and let the cat
lick it off. Now isn't that a joke
The more you accommodate boy the
more he don't accommodate you. Just
as sure as you mend his mittens he will
hide your curler the next time you want
to go to party, or if you help him get
his boots off when they are soaked with
water Che having disappeared from his
school and fallen through the ice into the
millpond), he will certainly shoot off a
fire cracker right behind you in an un-
expected moment and scare you half to
death.
People say it is " love of fun" that
makes a boy act so. Perhaps it is.
But, girls, Flor one, see no '.fun in it.
Do you:-Te Young Folks Rural.