Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-08-02

BOYS and Girls.

Gay and had n glorious time. 1t was
pn a lawn in beautiful grove close by
. big spring. and a long table was
spread andswe Toasted ON bright eyes
and fried chickens and jelly cake, and
haDpy faces and ice cream, and sweet
saiitss and merry. laughter and lemon
:t.e all mixed up together, and we stay
81 ill most midnight and heard the
Caii;opean CfiTfEo through their sfxer-
~Sises 81 music anil reading and ecnpo-
s titsoil, aubtNen.&Irovc homa- by Noon
light, and l think Mrs. Arp is a little
younger and prettier than ever and re-
ncwing her youth ~in consequence. l
never saw the 'lhaa.' Our people are
Getting hilarious and are frolicking
mere this spring than usual. This
makes three neiGh6orhood -picnics in a
i;!i!e while, and they are liking up for
another, and my wife is getting ready.
/. We have got ~her out of the chimney
Garner, and it looks like we will never
! ges her back again. Mr.. Gibbons says
ne tome did you ever see such a crop
OF girls as we have got a growing in the
country Well, says /. reckon the
hoys are at home, at work. No sir,
says he. there amt hardly any boys
anywhere I've counted EN- up. in this
neighb0rhood and there are about two
airlsPo one boy and what is worse the
girls are the smartest and have got the
best education.
Well there is a reason for everything
aud q cause for every effect. but don't
know why there are more girls than
boys. and wish somebody. Mould tell
me. Some folks say it is, a sign of
b peace. The girls are the smartest I
know. for they have the most education.
+l>,, 1,
ward and The girls kept in the back
and so the girls are sent to school and
e to college and the BOYS have to help
: pay for it. That is the reason why the
girls are the smartest. and my fear is
that they are little too smart and
won't marry these young fellows who
cant quote a little poetry and don't
know whether Byron wrote Shakespeare
2 or Shakespeare wrote Byron. But L
reckon they will sooner, or later. Mrs.
Arp says that girls marry too soon any
how, and she don't want any of hers to
marry under twenty unless the offer is
very splendid one in all respects. l
reckon that is the reason she went off at
sweet sixteen; but think. MIR. Gibbons
is mistaken. The census shows about as
many boy children in Georgia as girl
children. We've got six boys and four
girls, and that is about right. There is
tnore anxiety about the, girls They
are sorter helpless and dependent. and
we have to watch these young fellows
mighty close for fear of trouble, for the
old saying still holds good:
! Saasntefis sdaashfar u taes diys Of her
IL is mighty sad to see girl come
hack to her fathers house to live. after.
she has beehl married n year or two,
Poor thingl She never knew what a
good home she had until she left it, and
bye and bye she comes creeping back
pale and sad. and the man she trusted
goes another way That lis the wreck
OF y life. No. more happiness for her.
No wonder that parents feel anxious
Tab6trs their daughters. and the daucf-
tiers ought to think and ponder Il long
time before they marry. A. father 5
house and mothers love are mighty
hard to beat: But then a happy mar
riage is the highest state of happiness,
and every girl ought to look forward to
It,, There are lots of clever young men
in Che land-young men of good prln-
cipIes. and who have been raised by
with them, money or no money. Money
is a good thing. but principle is better,
and if Young teller has both. and
don't drink or gamble and is indus
t:ious and healthy, why he is all right,
and if | was girl l would put him on
probation and say. think you are y
very good man, but you know / am an
angel, and il -. Well if he seemed
to doubt my being an angel would
just tell him to 90 hence. If 4 young
man don't look upon his girl as an
angei before he marrieS he never will
afterward and if l was a girl / would
ne an angel as long as l could
As general thing the girls show
too much anxiety to marry. They
are too sweet on the boys. They
ought 10 stand off and look. reserved
aud precious and put on Jerusalem
airs. and say young man you don t
know who you are fooling with. I'm a
treasure. / am l weigh rs, pounds.
and am worth $1,000 a4pound. Well
they are. A good. nice healthy girfWhe
can make her own dress and get up a
good supper for company, and is not
ashamed to wait on the table while
they are eating. is just worth about
81. 900 pound. But that is moth
81 ing compared with wnaG tney wiz
he worth. Why Mrs. Arp has cut out
and made at least two thousand gar
ments of one sort and another. sue
has sewed 500, 900 stitches, and patched
and darned and washed faces and feet
and combed hair innumerable- She
has tied up five hundred sore toes and
cut fingers and burns and bruises, and
kissed away.a THOUSAND tears She has
watched 'em by night and by day, and
keeps on watching. and right no,rwhile
l am writing on my piazza she is look
ing away up the big road and says
I'm afraid something Will happen to
them boys, they are too little to 60 of
by themselves" There are two little
nephews- hsre Just. out of school, and
they and CPL kye all got. a hotse or Q
coltapeee snd goneoff ona .'scursion,'
snd call 'em the infantry cavalry and