The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-12-11
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u We I'LL lHulStIhCO lUCtt mig 0OAsO-
where about that portion Of my anatomy
which does duty as brains, that lesig
mated babies insufferable nuisances; we'll,
l retract. Babics-sleeping babies-are
adorable; it's boys and very young men
the epithet applies to.
The genus boy is generally very grirny
as to kiuckles, and frayed as to wrist
bands; their hair is invariably in q state
Of riotons rebellion against the laws of
coifMre, their fnger-nails arrayed in the
deepest mourning, and a faint aroma of
warm, moist earth clings fond1y to every
garment.
Their pockets are miniature museums
from which almost any desired article
can be produced, and they've a happy
faculty of slowing the most bulky and
,lnmanageable things about their cloth
ing, without their presence being even
suspected by tho nninitiated observer.
A boy who is too tired to cut kindlings
for next mornings fire, can play base
ball or hop-scotch for three consecutive
hours without any perceptible appear
ance Of fatigno.
Their amusement consists principally
Of shooting blow-guns, flying kites, adorn-
ing the candle appendages of domestic
animals with kitchen utensils, fighting
lying and playing truant. They cal
carry more mud around on their boots
than would start an average farm, and
discourage their big sisters suitors
quicker than phalanx Of prospective
mothers-in-law and maiden aunts.
There's delightful iasoaeiance about
them, however-a devil-may- -care-ishness
that's irresistible. Why, the very patches
on the knees and other portions Of tleil
trousers have rakish, Bohemian lool
that expresses with mute eloquence th.
jolly good time their wearer has beer
having popping-and pocketing-othel
fellows taws.
When youth is undergoing the tran
sition from grub, boy, to the chrysalis o
young manhood, transportation is to'
good for him. The first change is th'
adjustment Of patches; he's your dear
dirty little bon camarade one day, ant
then, behold him patchless.
! Then they wash, aud firmly believe
the last remnant Of boyhood fades ava.
with the dirt. After this, patronizing I
barber and investing i'll polnatum ant
bears grease is next in order. Publi
shaving is of course ont of the question
hut the average boy is not above risin!
ut midnights holy hour and stealtllil.
experimenting with razor.
A fellow feeling makes me draw tn
curtain of obliviousness over the mucl
hackncyed first cigar. Any one who ha
had their diaphragm tied into inextrica
ble knots can sympathize with an nm
fortunate boy at this mogt trying perio
of his existence.
| When the transition is completed, boy
almost invariably become clerks, whic
has been the acme of their ambition fror
the time they forswore that wonderful
combination of sweet insipidity yclep
pap. .
Improving in appearance, they hav
lost much that rendered them endurabl
before. ALL their. delightful benhoH
has vanished; they become conceitc!
supercilious aud +gotistieal, delight i
staring girls out of countenance at stree
corners and talking about them in clul
rooms, until some little clipper of the Fl
, | male persuasiontak them in tow an
rms them into the safe harbor of matr
/ mOny.
The most unmanageable boy can, b
strict discipline and time, be transforme
into the .1Dildest of husbands, and l
induced to rock the cradlo, build fire
and wipe dishes with scarcely a murmt
for the glory that has departed.
notwithstanding his many objection
able points, when a boy puts two grim
Paws in his pockets and treats Que to
: stare Of nnblushing effrontery, pot
woman, with one hand full of draggle
skirts and the other occupied by fa
psrasol and such female appurtenance
can't help but acknowledge her own il
feriority. ,.,,.,-