Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-26
Training Up a Boy.

Have you boy from to s years
oil? Ii so, it is matter of the
greatest Importance that you ira n
him up right. Teach him from the
start that be can't run across the
Il por, whoop, chase around the back
yard, or use up few nails and boards
o make carts or boats. If you LEI
hin chase around he'll wear out
shoes and dpthes, aud nails ana
boards cost money.
TrRin him TO cOntrol his appetite
Give him the smallest piece Of pie !;
ne bone end Of the steak The small
potato, and keep he bntter-knfc
tut Of his reach. By teaching h,m
0 curb his appetite you Can keep
him in good humor. Boys are al
Ways good humored when hunger
gnaWs at their st0machs 1T ~
happens TO break dish, thrash him
t,r IL; that WI mend che dlsa ana
Darn MIN lesson At the same tune.
1t you hap en- 70 no'Ice that your
,oy'- shoes are wearing out, take
down the rod and give him peel
lng. These shoes were purchase
,niy ten months ago, and though
You have worn out Two pairs of bools
turing that time, the boy has no
business TO be hard on shoes. BY
giving nun sound thraShing you
will prevent the shoes from wearing
nut.
When you want your boy to do an
~rrand, you should state il and add
Now 90 as quick ms you can, and u
vou are gone N ,ra than five minutes
III cut tha hide IF your back"
H vii ecogf izs the necessity Of
haste. and be wi | hurry up. You
soult nol do th8 errand yourself III
rs than fifteen minu es, but he 10
not to know that. If you want HIM
10 plle wood, tho way TO address him
j. TIM |
Now, see here, II nry, want
very svick OF that wool piled up
before noon. If [ come home and
ind you haven't done it, I'll hex you
till you cant stand up!"
1t is m IRE than a boy OF his siz
can do 10 whole day but you are
not to blame tEat be is not Ii years
/ instead OF 8.
1t you hear that any one in the
neighb 0rhood has broken window,
stolen fruit, or unhinged a gate, be
sure thai il was your boy. 1t he
denies 1t take pwn the rod, and tel
him that you Will thrash him 70
Ieat b if he doesn't "own up but
that you viii spare hum If be does.
He wul own up to a lie to get rid OF
the thrashlng and then you can Talk
ID him about the fa,e OF liars and
bad boys, and end up by saying:
sc, to your bed now, and in the
morning IL attend TO your cas- ~
If YOU take him TO church and be
ID ks around kicxs the seat or smiles
at some hoy acquaintance, thrash
MN The m 1ment you got homs. II
ought to have b en- listening TO tn
Sermon. If be sees all the other
boys going TO the circus, aud wants
fifteen cents to lake him in, tt | him
what awful wicked things circuses
IRE; how they dem ri % boys /;
how he ought to be thra- he'd FIR
even seeing th3 prpc3ssl. g bJ
and hen when he's sound asleep do
YOU sn ak off, pay halt u dollar o go
in, and come hom3 astonIshet at III
nenagerie aud Il assd with The 'Voo-
ierfIll ,rCmuAStir f4AIS
Keep your boy steadily a. 4choal +;
nave w TX for him every b liday
hrash hun if he wants to 60 fishing
or nutupg; restrain his desire for
skates, kites and marbl -; rout him
out at wight, | / or hot, cuff hi
ears for asking questions; m 'ke b.
clothes out IF your cas- 1T ( arm ntS
aud YOU viii have the satisfaction
when ola and gray-headed. OF know
ing that you Won have trained mp
a-etui member OF society had be
not died just as be WAS getting "
broken 10.