Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-08-28
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ages q BOY.

The BOY Tr0tncr.--ssOW ne Nu""'
ages u BOY.
What word of badness is suggested
by tho word " boys" There are no
good boys. Some boys are worse than
other boys, but they are all bad. There
arc mule-wrcstIers, horse breakers, lion.
tanners, snake charmcrs, plenty Of them
But the man or woman who can train
boy, and conquer him with kindness
the on " way it can be douc-is
first class curiosity. Some have even
beloved that boy cannot be tanned or
trained, but this is mistake. There
is an old policeman called Bijah,"
in Detroit. who is an infallible boy
trainer. The old man must have
good heart A late tough case that
came into his hands shows that there
is heap Of "hun,an nature" in him.
lie is u jnnjtor at the station, and y
part Of his business is to pacify and
cntert ain nervous children that are
brought in lost, or straycd, or stolen,
or otherwise abused by this pretty
tough world on children. They come
to him bowling with terror or pain.
and he has regular system If pacifi-
cation: Candy and peanuts generally
do it, but there are many cases that
these simple means will not reach. Then
he tries throwing them up and catch
ing them, if they are very small, or
riding them on his foot, if they have
arrived to a good jolting age. Whist
ling and singing whill reach aud modi-
fy some dispositions and so on. "Bijah"
has never been known to fail. But
the other day he got hold Of a little
chap that taxed all his resources and
was very near proving that some boys
wouldn't manage. This is the way he
did it, as described by the Detroit Free
lrcs:~
He was brought in bowling and
kicking, and he turned from the sight
Of stick of peppermint candy with IA
whoop anda yell. BJah then tried
whistling, but the young reprobatc spit
on him and wboopcd tho louder. Offers
Of pop and soda waite, we're responded
to by well aimed kicks, and he WASH
to be taken in by tho display Of big
jack knife or a bunch Of keys. When
all these things failed, and the boy con-
tinued to dance up and down and howl
and spit, Bijah kindly put the hose on
the penstock and offered him the pipe.
He threw it down and was so mad that
he got white around the mouth. Then
he was offered the City Directory, an
insurance picture of Washington cross
ing the Delaware, and a one.whecled
cart which had been brought in from
the alley, but he lay fiat on the floor
and his shrieks set everybodys hair on
end. For more than one hour Bijah
racked his brain to find means to make
that imp shut up, and by-and.by he
hit upon the thing. Pouring pail Of
water into the gutter he made fish
pond, and then he lent a pin into Q
hook, got stick and piece Of string
and seated the boy on the curb stone
The young man began to hold in lit
tie as he saw preparations going for
ward, and when he took the pole aud sal
down he wac as quiet as lamb Fol
two long hours he "bobbcd" away II
that pond for trout, hcavins sigh nov
and then, but feeling bite and jerking
up the pole regularly every ten sec
onds, and at last he fell asleep, loppet
over and was carried in and placed OF
two chairs, to lie there until called for
As BUah remarked when the job Wal
ended: lie who overcomes boy i:
greater than he who kills ten Thousand
men. "-Missouri Republican.