Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-05-01
Boy Training.

We may try to do our best for n
boy, yet fail Of our purpose because
we do not understand how he can
have such keen hunger for good
time as he understands the term.
and still he be good fellow. So
his home may he as good in its own
way as any You will And, the best
there is in the market on the table,
all the standard books in the libra.
~, and a chamber fit for q prince.
But docs the boy want to hunt or
fish, or 60 to the theatre or the
opera, be must steal away to do it,
and then tell a lie, perhaps to cover
his tracks; or want to 90 to ball,
he must feel that he is about the
same in his fathers eyes as aoine to
a burglary. We can make no great.
er blunder than to handle such bows
and young men in this way. We
ought to say: "This son of mine is
not after my own heart at all; but
he may be after the heart of an in.
trinsic goodness in some way do
not understand. He wants life and
motion, stirring adventure. and all
the sunshine there Is on hand. I
will give him his fling at the.good
AZ near rs may be without the evil.
He shall hunt and fish and play
billiards, if he will, in good com.
pany. / will get a table into the
house, learn to play myself, and
beat him if / can. l like the old
books, he likes tho new; he shall
have the brightest and best there
are written. lie loves the drama:
he shall see the noblest and best
plays, ifhe will, in the best company;
and that may save him from what
is mean and low il I throw no such
safeguard about his iife.r said
Just now there arc young men who
will take to evil courses, wallow in
the filth, and drink the dregs of the
cup of sin no matter what you NAV
do to save them; but this is nv con.
that the vast majority of
the bright, keen boys who go wrong
might be trained to a fair manhood
il we would take note of the ingram |
Inference between them aud their
steady, sober brothers, whose life is
lnty, and their religion work. l |
IAN not remember one instance
within the circle,of my own life, where
fathers have shown this beautiful
which turns back TO its own
7outh for the sake of doing all that
AN be done for such bows, in which
he result was a dead failure; while
do remember some sad instances
II which boys Of this make who
AVE been kept down sternly, and
lenied every innocent amusement
which was not approved by the sect,
breaking away into the widest riot,
pending all the time and money
hey could compass, and running
themselves body and soul, foy this
fe at any rate, when they could
ford to defy the old man, and take
heir own way. Such youths are
Ike the travellers we read about in
he deserts, who, in their eagerness
4 drink come to q mudhoie from
ihich men who have plenty of clear
pring water could turn away in
isgust, but in that deadly thirst
hey plunge up to the neck with the
sses and camels, and wallow in the
it with ineffable delight. We must
Il these bright, keen natures have
heir way, then, 80 long as we know
is q good way, on wide human
mes. They will work well some
ay il they can play we'll now be-
ween whites; satisfy their thirst at
be spring, aud they will loathe the
ludhOle. Let them hunt, fish,
ance, see brave sights, play strong
ames, hold honorable intercourse
18th young folks of their own clean
reeding, spend half the money in
them to swim they may
ONE day spend in sinking; and at.
we may have q man
tho will be a joy to our failing years,
here we might have had 3 broken
Ireck cast on q lee shore. !
They were in the holi. tOuar IF