Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-11-03


Reader, did you ever pause and col
't template that particular and peculii
;. phase of human nature developed b
~ ~ the existent school boy when release
y y from study and discipline-wke
:. "school is out" and he is on his wa
= home?
:. Ordinary humanity, when release
" from the tolls Of the day, is prone
:, seek rest and relaxation. The bo
;, scorns all such effeminate ideas. He
:. composed Of but three parts-legs
y arms and yell, and the yell is til
- biggest part Of him. His legs and arm
have been kept in irksome compulsor,
!, quietude all day, and must now be exer
- cised. His voice has been seething ant
: swelling in him for hours, and now mus
!, have vent.
As soon as he is clear of the school
: house steps he stops and deliberatel,
yells yell that is ear splitting, bu
which has no more object, meaning OF
d rection than the midnight vociferatiol
of mule. and yet it appears at full
run with his arms flying about like the
scintillations of pin-wheel. He is nc
respecter of persons and is utterly indif.
ferent as to whether he runs down q
smaller boy, spins an aged citizen three
times around or mashes a girls hat over
her eyes in his headlong career.
Narvn1,o 1oIioc 1,ro %Io o:1oo oe IL. -
houses as he rushes by in drove like a
whirlwind ana screams like steam
whistle.
mercy on us i If that boy was only
mine I'd" but just then her own boy
flies past, falls over dry goods box,
bounces up, kicks at another boy, and
is chased across the street and around
the corner before she can get. the "You
Robert p with which she intends to
annihilate him, out of her astonished
throat.
There is but one thing that has the
slightest soothing effect on the boy when
he is on his way home from school. He
can see bis old man further than Prof.
Hall can see haystack with a telescope,
and the moment that parent dawns upon
his vision he becomes as proper as a
model letter writer, and the neatly modu-
lated voice with which he wheedles the
author of his being out of five cents on
the spot, is lesson for future ambitious
savings banks and passenger railway
presidents.
The amount of racing, jumping, pull
ing, and hauling and bowling that
school-boy can concentrate iLto transit
OF two squares is positively astonishing,
and the preternatural coolness and
quietude with which he takes his red
face and painting breath into the kitchen
and asks if supper amt most ready is
human conundrum that calls for I'M
qualified admiration. - EustOn Free
Words of Wisdom.
Duty cannot be plain in two diverging
paths.
It is safer to affront some people than
to oblige them ; for the better a man
deserves the worse they will speak of
him.
No company is far preferable to bad,
because we are much more apt to catch
the vices of others, as diseases are far
more contagious than health.
Never pronounce a man to be will
full niggard until you have seen the con-
tents of his purse. The distribution
should be in accordance with the re-
ceipts.
There is nothing more to be esteemed
than manly firmness and decision of
character. I like person who knows
his own mind and sticks to it; who sees
at once what is to be done in given cir
cumstances and does it.
Never fear a superior mind ; for to
know much makes one very indulgent,
and to feel deeply inspires great kind
ness.
The expression of grief is alike from
oneend of the world to the ether and
from the savage to the king there is
something alike in all men when they are
truly happy.
Civility is to a man what beauty is
to q woman. It creates an instantaneous
impression in his behalf, while the op-
posite quality excites as quick preju-
dice against him. It is real ornament,
the most beautiful dress that woman
can wear, and worth more as q means of
winning favor than the finest clothes and
Jewels ever worn.