The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-29
The Restless Bow.

The Restless Boy. .v.
Mr.. EDITOR 1t is an established
fact, all over the world, that 6 boys will
be boys" and I am sure we would not have
them anything else. All our great men were
boys, and have no doubt that the most scien-
ti6c and those possessed with the most valu-
able mechanical genius were, when very young,
restless boys. ....t. : sal, n, ,'T..s -
We do not admire effeminate boys or mascu-
line girls. Character begins to develop very
early, even in the cradle. A baby girl will love
her doll and be content to sit quietly and play
with it, caressing it ina nnotherly way, while
the baby boy would want to break its head |.
The girl would cry and grieve over the misfort-
une The boy would think it great fun He
would be happier with a hammer and some
| thing he could knock to pieces; must have
something that will make a notes.-the louder
the better! A little girl will want her needle,
her patchwork, her dolly and toy dishes, and
she ls happy as Queen. But the boy is hap
pier if he can have grandpa's cane for horse :
and, almost as soon as he can walk, appropri-
ates it to his own pleasure. Then, weary of
that, and eager to advance to some
thing greater, he converts the smaller
fills them with imaginary people, and, if mamma
and auntie can stand the strain upon their
nerves, these boys have oceans of fun. and
| they joyously strengthen their lungs, and the
house fairly rings with the sounds of merri-
ment Boys must be boys-restless boys. If
we want them to be great, strong, active men,
mentally and physically, we must not contin-
ually say, "Don't do this and "You must not
do that" 1t would be better to tell them what
they may do. ",H" ,'... III. .n
We are so constituted that we all need con-
tinual change. Life would be very nonotonous
if every day and season were alike.
Even spring would be but gloomy weather j =.
Ii we had nothing else but spring. l..
Nature is constantly changing. The sum- weary
with his daily rounds, quietly sinks to rest, and
the beautiful pale moon comes forth from her
hiding place and peacefully smiles upon us, the
stars come and go, @twinkle, twinkle" and are
lost to view.
The tide comes in and the tide goes out ">l~
The trees robe and disrobe; the plants hide
away one season to come out again another
with greater beauty; fruit comes in its season,
and before we are tired of one variety another
comes, each in its turn. ,}..-s."fI@E
We would not care to hear the same music
over and over again, but watch for something
new. A few of the good old songs will never
lose their identity only because of the associa
tons they bring up. "Honae, Sweet Home"
for the weary wanderer, the "Spangled Ban
ner" for the American people, and the,
~Marseillaise for the French.
We do not care to hear a sermon repeated, be
it ever 80 good. t'A. f"'@ .. IL =
A gentleman was once visiting distant city,
and visited one of the principal churches in the
morning. The text, preached from was
@SiE1on's wifes mother lay sick with fever"
The sermon was good and interesting. In the
afternoon he visited q mission church, heard
the same subject handled: in the evening he
crossed the river and attended another church,
and listened to the same subject ~ a.
f2E Recroesing the river after the close of the
services, he was talking to a gentleman on the
ferry-boat, when the tolling of distant bells
was heard. .....t, g.
aWhat's that?" said Number Two. b. II
ooh, it's the bell tolling for Simons wife's
mother. heard three times to-day that she
was very sick, and I suppose she is dead by
this time"
We can laugh heartily at joke when we first
hear it, but let it be repeated few times, and
you cannot provoke smile.
We are all restless by nature, locking, as
Micawber did, for something to turn up"
Grown people are restless. On firing of
house work we take book to read; too tired
for solid reading we open the doors of the
library, and select lighter book, aud possibly
throw that aside, don cur hat and wraps and
take little stroll, and return home again, vita
perhaps the same restless spirit Then at an
IA,
sound book that we might sit quietly for hours
oblivious to everything about us. la 81. II
y There are seldom two days spent exactly
alike. We may lay out our plans when we
arise in the early morning, and compare notes
in the evening, and be amazed at the great diff
ference.
If older people are restless, why should not
young people be, especially boys They are
looking and learning. They must learn cline |
upon line, precept upon precept"-frst by the |
rule of addition, then by the great law of null !
hpication. ,,,t...,,I
II Let the boys exercise their tongues, their
limbs and their brains. Like David Crockett, |
let them "be sure, they're right, and then go |
ahead. )" 81 Ell l@li at1@ u 20 NJ FL
Let us have more patience with the bcys,
and more sympathy, too; they need it. They
their sorrows, for children have both. The |
little girl is grieved over her "dead dolly;"'1
and the boy looks with sorrow at his elegant
kite that he has spent SO much labor upon
now a prisoner among the branches
of a neighboring tree We don't want our boys
to sit quietly in the house and read all the time.
neither do we. want them in the street, too far
away from mothers call; !, but;we want to give
them all the freedom that is right-that cannot
be hurtful. We want them to help tighten
mothers cares and be- fathers ri ,ht-hand
man.
The stern realities of life come to us all soon
enough-se let the boys make hay while the
sun Shines" Iheari mother say land she a
wealthy one): q never g1vemy boy penny soF|l
spend; want to teach him that money dent
grow on trees" A bad principle Give the
boy penny; teach him the value of it. Don't
please, deny them everything; remember their
holidays If you cannot do more,
bake them little cake on Their
birthday-make life as bright as possible to the