The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-10
LECTURE.

LECTURE.
Rev. VIM. Alvin Bartlett OF Chicago lee
tured in the Congregational ParlorJ Tuesday
evening Of last week, to a very appreciative
audience. His snhject-"BoI s"-was very
successfully and pleas!ngly manipulated.
Mr.. B. al first sight, has the appearance of
a very sedate man, but closer observation
will reveal those lines of mirth around The
mouth That indicate the wit-genuine wit
that il waiting IN the brain above. for an
opportunity To manifest itself.
He starts d of, by saying that he would as
lief undertake TO handle very crooked
piece Of lightning with kid gloves as to
undertake to define hey. Of tn 80,u0oOO0
boys in this world, 4 DOC. 900 belong to the
United States; Ind these boys are the knots
that tie together al the ideas OF the human
mlud-the eggs from which are hatehed the
future life of the human raee-lhe locomo-
tives of the world They are the ind,spcn
sable incentives TO labor and usefulness.
TIE bud Is as usefu as the tutl blown rose
for without buds VIC should have no roses.
y setulness is the key that un ocks the door
of God-while use Iessness is the damnavion
that locks Itself out of heaven. 1t is to
provide for The boys that the arts and sclen-
ces nave been made. Boys are destructive:
why. boy will Cut off his sisters dolPs
head quicker han she can kiss It. The boy
Will knl lnsiantlY-the girl will kill with
lOve-the latter Is a very slow poison; for
very lew are loved to death In a nurry. The
In. a 1. a =
respected old lady Is name to be revered
and loved; but old boy is the name OF the
devil. Late investlga mons go to show that
RotioI is the origin of all lfs- all existence
IN material nature, aud tue boy is flied
with. and Is TIE very embodiment of n1otIcn
N ture Is necessarily desi ructrve, in cfaer
TIA she may acknowledgements; and boys
are necessarily a part of nature, and are
continually carrying Gu this law of nature-
motion. always motion. The average ooy
VIII go ahs All in spite on lis parentage-for
tue road is open for all, and the boy has
Travelled Fl ON the novel 10 he throne.
The speaker spoke in no very faVorablc
terms oi our present system OF educating
the young. Dlsparaged the pracLlce of
examining SO much of the dead ihIngs IF he
past INTO the heads Of the chlldien, ms cad
Of the living, practical things OF the present
and the future. Education has 10 do with
The soul II is learning 10 use tie mud
we'll. Skin Is necessary, bit you must have
flesh IN order 10 have skin; aud you must
nave SOU IN order TO have frsh--thus The
soul is the ali imports ant thing, and educa-
tlOn should have he soul IN view al all
times Boys are abused. Boys in high life
are killed by beng pampered. The gammin
of the alley and The gut. err has bel tar
chance Of success tnAn one of these pampered
sciOns OF wealth and incidence. Boys are
sometimes abused by tner parents IN an
the r direction. The clerg, man who
whipped his son till he died because he made
a mistake IN his prayer, was convicted of
granddaughter in the second degree; but it
should have been child mu de III tire first
degree. The boy was abused who had been
sca,hcd aud disigured by his molhe Is bru-
tai lreatm Mt, LII his feelings were smch tlat
he could stand beside her grave al her burIsI,
and WHEEL she was consigned to the earth,
say, "diyt TO dirtl'' Boys are sometimes
brave, in fact lie .ress ness is characteristic
If them as class; ard hnud Iverson, tae
Chicago boy who would rather die than tell
lie, was noble examDls OF this. If all
the men died before they Led. The next CEN
sus would be much less than The last one.
Alter boyhood and manhood comes again
The bpyhoOd Of Old age, when it Is well
with him who can die repeating his child
foods little prayer "row lay me down to
Sleep There are SO many OF our boys. die
that scarcely family but tiUs one, wh has
flown over like the carrier pigeon, with
thread TO its neck, by means Of which The
cord drawn er. and then the rope aud
then the cable which bridges over the chasm
between US and them; where the immortal
lamp throws lis beams TO light us over the
river.
At the head OF another column in this page you
will find new adYerfis ement to which your par-