Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-18
gaOtes' department.
For tho VERMONT FARMER.
THOSE AWKWARD BOYS. 4"


| want to compliment one OF those "Awk. /
ward Boys" for writing his views upon the
subject, only it was not long enough but if
you are not so awkward as you would try
to make us think, let us hear from you
again and let me ask the author of "Those
Awkward Boys" where such home as she
pictures is to be found, where such partial
ity is shown between the sexes the girl
is allowed all privileges, the boy none If
such is the case in our Green Mountain
State hope the next generation will be all
girls for their sakes. l would rebel if |
were in their places, aud stand for my
rights. If | were not good enough to eat
with my sisters company, | would pay her
off in her own coin by bringing in good
company of my own, and just requesting her
as briefly as possible to vacate the place, as
the room was much more agreeable than her
company. think that might bring her
down peg or two, so if her brother was
kind enough to pick berries for her compa-
ny he could partake with them, without
making his dear sister blush at his awkward
ness. guess that sister must be an old
maid to act so they are over-nice. Ifmy
father aud mother were not good enough to
eat with my select company, l should clear
right out, leave the whole lot, and 90 off
west or to some place where no one would
know my family,and so would not be asham-
ed of them. One thing about it, she could
not get away from herself, and | think there
would be the greater difficulty; after she got
west she might come down to eating on
chest (as | have seen others do) without
berries at all.
As far as my knowledge extends in fam-
lies as regards musical talent if there is any
partiality shown with children it is in favor
of the awkward boys" If they have an
ear for music it is almost always cultivated if
there is an instrument in the house. 1t
never happened to be my lot in schools to
find scholars that it was with difficulty that
could get word from should have been
glad to have had them so quiet, only an
swering when question was asked them
think there would have been less noise in
the school room. 1t was always the re.
verse ; the scholars were always ready to
whisper, leave their seats, 60 out of doors,
and also ready to tell of their childish troub-
les and get sympathy from their teacher,
and they have right to expect it. AS for
climbing up the "back stairs to the garrett"
what if the awkward boys" folks don't
have any He has to sleep down cellar,
then, l suppose, or out in the barn with
the horses, or may be in the pig pen with
straw under his head. Poor boy, how
pity him if he had only happened to be
born girl, it would have been so nice he
then could have slept on feathers, and gone
to the circus, too, and lots of other things.
And, too, if there is mother in this Chris
tian land that will not hear her little boys
"evening prayer" she is worse than the
heathon, (ior they are devoted to their gods,)
and she ought to be sent among them or a
detachment Of missionaries ought to be sent
to her to see if they had power to civlize,
if they could not Christianize, her little.
| could certainly hope such a mother is not
to be found in our beloved state. Mother,
if this is true, God help and pity you. But
let us not dwell on the dark side of life but
think of homes that are pleasant, the in.
mates happy, making glad the hearts that
are near them, letting in the sunshine in room
Of the shadow. To bear and forbear our
motto should be, and help each other on this
journey of life. five could only sec it, We
are dependent creatures on each other in
stead Of independent, as some would try to
believe, ADVANCE.
Fairtar, Sept. 8.