The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-07-28
SOME THINGS A BOY OUGHT TO
KNOW.

| ne boy VINO reads the title of this
article may be surprised, for it implies
that he ought to learn some things that
he does not know, and there is a time
in a boys life called "the hair oil peri
cd, when he thinks that what he does
not know is not worth knowing. Very
wise men are sometimes quite ignorant
aboutsyerv common things. S&fs
Such man once wanted the shoes
on his horse sharpened, because the
roads were quite slippery. He was in a
great hurry and when he saw the black
smith preparing to take the shoes off.
ne said; Can't you sharpen them on
his feet?"
.Oh. yes," said Vulcan, "if you'll
hold them in the fire." 80,
That man ought to have learned
while a boy how horses are shod and
how horse shoes are sharpened, and
then he would not have been laughed
at as he was when he became man.
have heard OF man who began to
make maple sugar in the month of
March, and who liked the business so
well that he told friend he should keep
at it all summer. He did not know
that the sap would run but short time.
Had he lived on farm when boy he
would have learned better.
The boy who does not spend time
enough on farm to get some insight
into work loses great deal more than
ne thinks he does. A city boy once
tried to unharness horse. He got
along very well till he came to the
collar, and that he could not get of.
How it was ever put on was a mystery
to him, till man said, "Turn it over.
boy, and you are all right
The Emperor Nicholas, of Russia.
had good teachers. He had General
to superintend his education. But he
did not care for the languages, and he
hated political economy. But he was
fond of building Notifications, just as
many a boy is fond OF building little
dams across brooks, and he. also de-
lighted in music. He knew he was to
be an Emperor, but he took more
pleasure in composing military marches,
and in hearing them played, than he
did in learning what would be of use to
him on the throne of Russia. Fatal
errors and misfortunes- in after life
were the consequence. TIT
A boy ought to learn how to read.
But, says the first boy that reads
this, 81 guess know how to read
Yes. you can speak the words if they
are not too long and too hard, and that
10 one way of reading. Had nv life to |
live over, this is what I would do: II
would keep list of all the books
read. When had finished one | would |
write down the month, the day of the |
month and the year. with the name of |
the book, and then as / grew up to
should be able to look back |
and see what had interested me most. /
would study the development of nv I
own mind. would see how my taste /
changed as | grew older. The mind /
should be fed somewhat as the BODY is.
We want something beside plain bread I
and butter. But we do not want to t
i've entirely upon ice-cream and cake,
and delicacies of that kind. Dime /
novels and flash stories are very light
food. l think it would now interest me
more than anything else, if could look
back forty years and see just what
books have built up my mind, Just as I
you can see the different courses of
brick that enter into line house.
how pleasant, even now. is the mem-
cry OF some books that used to love. /
There was Robinson Crusoe.'' and
: The Children in the Wood, = and the
Swiss Family Robinson. read that
asst book more than once under an
DID apple tree that dropped great,
golden apples all around me.
A boy ought to learn how to take
are OF his own body. A careful
armer keeps his tools under cover
when they are not in use. A bow
hardly ever learns to keep his feet dry.
lnd to wear an overcoat when he goes
nut IN the cold, till he has made him. +
'eH sick once or twice. How wonder
ul an instrument is the eye! and vet
We abuse it cruelty. Never try to
cad in the twilight, or with strong
lght streaming in your face Go to
'ed early while you are q boy, and if
-ou work hard, no matter for that, YOU
will be likely to have strong body
md sound, healthy brain if you are q