The Red Cloud chief., 1878-04-18
The YIvSt Fair 81 Pasta.

Have ycu e the hoy with Nj. hrss
pair 81 psnts'
Then you have .ecn a king An Hm.
the pinnacle IL earthly felicity and be-
altitude, aud who has, IL would seem.
nothing moro - ask for. y
lie hA, bcrn looking forward IN mis-
era In hts existence Tor . long time.
Mamma has promised him. " he will
only be- a good boy. and not stick pins
In the sofas. and twist the cats tail, he
shall be- put into pants; Just like pspa's.
How much anxious though, the little
fellow has had upon the subject How
he has Weakened nm hour earlier morn.
ings, and figured up the number Of pock.
cts the wonderful garments would con.
tain. and arranged In his mind how he
would make Tommy Jones stand round,
for Tommy's mn will not put him IN
pants for a whole year'
When the eventful time arrives In
which tho pants ara finished. the casth
Is hardly large enough Ia contain our
embryo young mar. a.
How his cycs shine, aud how his
checks glow! and he struts like q Pea.
cock with all sail set, aud thrusts his
arms tO the elbows into the capacious
pockets. which will. In q short time. be
filled with u miscellaneous collection oi
Irvine, fish hooks. old buttons, nails.
Jack knives, whistles. angle worms.
spruce gum. bullets. hard shclled bugs,
fragments Of stolen cookies, aud other
articles usually found In n boys peck.
cts.
All the aunts in tho house must ad.
mirc him In his new forgery. All oi
them must kiss him, and shake him. and
tell him he looks like n man.
He will tuck the legs If his new pants
into his stockings by the time hs has
had them on an hour. 10 make believe
the stockings are boots and the streets
are muddy. He will sit cross.leggcd.
like papa. and tip over backward IN the
vain attempt tn put his heels on tho tn
bic, like Uncle Jack does when no Il
reading and smoking.
IL you want Ia make him your mortal
enemy for life. insinuate that hs II
too small for panis. aud call him the
baby!
How his blood will boil, and how all
the revengeful elements In his boyish
heart will come To the front, and he will
tell Tommy Jones that you are n nasty
old thing! and no wishes you'd fall in a
we'll ~ Tower did!
Among his young companions the
hoy with his first pair Of pants Is n gen.
cral .in-chiet. lilo issues orders which
are obeyed, The mud pie making
business goes agrccably Ia his com.
mands. lie bosses the playing horse
and tag proceedings, and puts down
tho other boys numerically, with the
cry:
Don't mind them! They're only
girls In p~etticoatA and gownsr
To oil tho callers At his house. he
says. ut n G
''See my new pants!" and then hs
shows the pockets aud stretches out his
dumpy little legs. and feels proud and
happy In q manner that will never come
to him again.
tie wants To climb trees, and ride
horses. and stand on his head. like the
other boys, and II the new pants con.
tinue intact for . week. undcr the strain
inflicted upon thcm, then tho cloth VIM
genuine. and the tailor WA loyal to his
profession.
Never laugh Ht or ridicule the boy
with his first pair OF pants.
II there In any such thing In this
world ~ unalloyed enjoyment, do no,
NEEDLE with II. Let no scornful smile
come over your face whom you SEQ the
e~xultation of the boy In his first pair
Of pants! Tho man who would vii.
lingly mar such . state Of felicity would
steal the cents or tho eyes Of q dead
mother-in.law. --Kdte Thors in N. Y
Weekly.