The Bossier banner., 1879-08-28
The Good Boy at the Picnic.

The good boy comes home from the
picnic clean discouraged and badly
mashed. Indeed, he is oftener brought
home dead. The bad boy has "whoop-
ing old time" from the very outset, and
returns home chuck full of figs and can
dy and enthusiasm to go again. When
the good boys dad has made up his
mind to take the family to q picnic on
some shady island or distant shore, the
boy doesn't jump up and declare that he
won't wear white pants, or that he is
bound to 60 barefooted, or that he must
have half dollar in cash and revolv-
er. On the contrary, the good boys
chin is at rest; he is in his mothers
hands, and he trusts her with all ar
rangements regarding his sacred person
and property. Before leaving home
the good boy is thus solemnly addressed
by his devoted mother, and the cad
dress'' is accepted, adopted and filed by
his respected father, who was a boy once
himself:
Now, then, young man, we are go.
ing to a Sunday y-school picnic, and
want to say few words to you. Ifyou
lose your hat on the ears I'll box your
ears till they ring! If you don't stay
right with me and your father I'll lick
you before all the folksi If you sit on
the grass and stain these pants you
know what you'll get! If you dare go
in boat, 60 into the water, shoot a
pistol, climb tree, wrestle boy or
tease your father for money to buy can
dy or lemonade I'll take your hide off
and hang it on the fence the very minute
we get home!"
That's the music the good boy has to
face when he starts for a picnic, and if
he doesn't start out with smiling face
and buoyant step he may get his ears
cuffed before he reaches the depot. Ii
any one has to stand up in the cars it
is the good boy. If there are any Gin.
ders flying they settle on the good boys
white pants and hat and lodge in his
eyes. If any one falls flat on the plat
form or into the mud at the getting of
place it is the good boy, while the bad
boy, who has come all the way on the
roof of the car, having dead-loads OF
| fun, meets with not the slightest acci-
dent as he ascends. On the contrary,
he is almost certain to find basket OF
luncheon which no one claims, and he
runs his chance of picking up gold
headed canes, bottles ginger-ale,
pocket-books and watches on his way
over to the grove.
The good boys father, on reaching
the grove, buys himself glass of lem
onade to get the dust out of his throat,
and follows it up with dish of ice.
cream to cool his system. The good
boy himself isn't supposed to have any
dust in his throat or any system to cool
off. If he is very thirsty he can drink
water-provided his mother doesn't
catch him at it. The bad boy skins UP
a tree, hangs by his heels, finds birds
nest, eats slippery-elm and June-ber.
ries, and the good boy must sit on 8
cracker-box and watch the family um
brella The good boys mother braces
up with a draught of currant wine, an6
his father takes some ginger ale to pre-
vent sunstroke and then retires to 8
shady spot to smoke cigar. If tbt
good boy feels like squandering the old
fashioned penny he has had in hi
"bank " for seven long years one lool
from his mother freezes him to tina
craeker-box so fast that pony couldn'
draw him off.-DetroH Free Press.