The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1880-06-24
WHEN | WAS A BOY.


|w her rass# WHEN WAS A BOY,
|d forth oveE .,..,,.. Primitive No,,on of p,os.
facing ther -RryeIs in aPie.shop-Pirst Eftorr f.
OLA WIN az Earn q Living.
Rserloyed q kavery small boy among other very
Foognized nsl boys, was boy of possessions
0oiu W NJ hmy father s store were raisins and
somewhai3 3aar, whereof | always helped myself.
[aaaoiy hs The back yard We're empty dry goods
L so lol grant aes, crates empty Sugar casks and
ioI no ons 3ylasses hogsheads, over which | exer-
[|ol a.lon HE'D considerable authority among
= y. nag oes1 7gs Out of those packing boxes and
onase' ms Estes We constructed houses, and when
Z uouolies Instructed we sat in them and tried to
ne - M Sp.us nsgine ourselves happy, much after
II ~ ni.ase ~ fashion OF Older people. We had
,..a gu uae Dot found that happiness lies more in
"a' I'ie q be doing than the being done. In a
E..,Mlsl - = sprehouSe near by We're lumber, shin
aa;,aa s lath, nails, tools and all manner of
- J'a1u aiding material. These belonging to
(ged to p] shar deenad then, NV aGi VI NY
IT. Dupnin .ao .nd tno,,,'+,, nm eSl'lilateiy
IN season I IA'' ~nu 80 ' ',ieSe ar'l-
s.-Youh s, e aIay ny ~ R Iit"u oi dependent
ance born of the ignorance of the rela-
Ter. Fe value of worldly goods
One day my father discovered a
Broadws strange edi6ce of rude and uncouth pro-
ne monn| Htions going up sn the premises. 1t
Fiy amuse sS mixture of new boards, lath,
ple had hnges, brick, nails, boys, hammers
tne ar1sa md noise. Smoke arising from prm-
two.and& Live chimney developed within this
|tlred, VIZ fncture announced that culinary op-
mop cations had already begun. A string
aisle o fsmal boys were in rapid transit be-
OF VIZ Heen this editice and the store-house.
3 aWnle nnging more boards, shingles, brick.
1 pas'el ah, nails and noise. There was a great
mop, =, aglng OF many hammers and a con-
20 view @ion of tongues. Every bov had a
feo up anmer and built to please himself.
~ to ~ was not the supervising architect.
.o :.. ia..1 ts: horde OF boys having discov-
! 10 ..as. lg ned me at work alone with all
u ~. nVp ., aS vast store of building material
|(o''"l Nesamaby at my command and dis
@as their constructive capacity had
have he'd seh simulated and forthwith the edi-
Il Count se arose Had we not been interrupt
on ma y we should have built over the entire
|suceeed& AcK !ard and as much further as the
Isks ea material would have warranted. We
eack N we're interrupted by the arrival oft he au-
/ lar moro my being and his hired man with
les Th& aVacAet OF water. Our kitchen fire and
Inc thn3 poSpectlVe dinner of roast CLAIMS were
inches IouI. Save myself, the architects
mai md sa was left to settle matters alone.
in heig y naey We used up about twenty-five
ut twen ssaas ,a,' worth OF material" heard my
parent say, in tone Indicative of some
snSement. Then he reproved ME for
|oner Hid n ns unlawful appropriation of his goods.
has y, ~ 'old me that all these boards, bricks,
Fought na.. nm sningies and nails l had taken and
|eninv more or less spoiled. had cost money
Lid AM nu tndt he had maid rorpov flo fbo,,
ke col as .od me, moreover, that almost ey-
could ys,,nHg cost money, that even the
aosnes wore and the food ate cost
aaey' he spoke of money as most
nase @sIsoe and important article in this
|s, 400 ,ulu ana gave me then and there the
HI is ds sl!i JPleSSion that any wrong committed
to DC n', n involved loss of money was a |
wv @a'h greater wrong than one which did |
" snyth7 y FIRST LESSON ABOUT MONEY.
|nds Id a.l W TINS time had no idea that |
ft his Y @'nss generally cost money. | had |
% I'M mas y ~ asasae impression that boards, lath.
|proper ~ ses' nails, bricks, houses, trous-
|ould oe mn mats stoves, stockings and jack
|rrnis sa aaes came along of themselves in |
sn ars md sa us sort OF way, like the grass and
he is h. uaves a the clouds and the winds. /
ling ,rs.s.a - aiat lecture from my father placed
|iL Heh, hg i,g LII different and gloomier
ss.l. % ipegan to see how full was the
|iekinso hg ~. u human beings, planning, toll
adio'r s snivlng contriving and scheming
Ssan money Then he told me that also
rooses m;ra- NE interest in this Woodworking
IN ths fos ftsserse. People did not have clothes,
|esent ,I;n., @ homes, hammers, nails, lath.
|onnsa enss S boards, sugar and raisins be-
EEtT TsaT tsney couldn't help having them.
BET tahs 1fIes S:s mad to work for them. Hitherto
|cas,t or raa supposed the sugar-bin, raisin-
EsiSe Five srs, ue as free as air, and filed up
nsse Sa,enow Sae like vhe ran-water barrel.
|his p nona,l nc 'oid me that did not earn any
shsl,.' and that | was fed, clothed,
= hor sssrt;ae ,.saea and kept alive through the
sora s,aons of others. Things darkened
bad ~ ano more. | began to feel like
Pit1sa 5aud nes, ~ everybody, living sin and
EresE tn hm laeumbrance. Previously I had
fhsy a nanpp p'e!y easy in mind, having been
gon f.l6a, umes told that my Heavenly
j., Ssaer took care of me. [ cannot saw
m ivsl, mad ever entertained anv yery ,
b kn Heayas'se Sehse OF gratitude toward nv
|teles semea Father for doing this 1t
|De1Ma M ssna su Sc easy for Him to do it, and it ,
|"s nsIl n more than He did for all the other
8 's IN The village. But nv own I