The Osceola times., 1883-08-11
THE BAD BOY.
lie Tells How Youths are wheedlcd Into
Turning Grindston~s.
Peck's sun.

PeckS sun.
"IIello," said the grocery man TO the
bad boy, as he came in looking sick at
heart and all broke up. How is your
muscle this morning."
"All right CROUCH" !" said the boy, with
4 look of inquiry, as though wondering
what was coming next, "Why?"
80, nothing, only was going to grind
the hatchet and some knives and things,
this morning, and thought maybe you
would like to go out in the shed and
turn the grindstone for me, to develop
your muscles. Turning a grindstone is
the healthiest thing boy can do"
"That is all right enough" said the
bad boy as he took up a sweet cracker,
"but please take good look at me. Do
J look like grindstone boy? Do re-
scmble a good little boy that can't say
no. and goes off and turns a grindstone
half a day for some old duiler, who pays
him by giving him handful of green
tuildhtn' vi ttiiiii- iiiiii VIC viii NC u man
some day, and the boy goes off one way,
with lame back, while the good man
goes the other way, with a sharp scythe
and chuckle at the softness of the boy?
You are mistaken in me. | have passed
the grindstone period, and YOU win have
to pick up another sardine who has new
or done circular, work. Not any grind
stone for Hennery, il you please"
"Nou are getting smart" said the gro
Gerry man, rs he charged n pound of
sweet crackers to the boys father. "You
don't have to turn the grindstone if you
don't want TO-"
"That's what thought" said the boy,
as he takes n handful Of blueberries.
you grindstone sharps, who are always
laying for fool boy to give taily 10, and
get to break his back, don't play it fine
enough. You bear ON too hard on the
grindstone. have seen the time when
| a man could get me to turn a grindstone
| for him till the cows come home, by
making me believe it was fun, and by
/ telling me lac never saw a boy that
/ seemed TO throw so much soul into turn
| ing grindstone as | did. hut | have
found that such men are hypocrites
/ They inveigle boy into their nest. like
the spider does the fly, and at first they
don't bear on hard, but just LET the blade
of the axe or the scythe touch the grind
stone, and they make boy believe he
/ is a bigger man than old Grant. They
| bet that he can turn grindstone as
| long as anybody, and not get tired, and
when the boy has got his reputation at
stake. then they begin to bear on hard,
and the boy gets tired, but he holds out,
and when the tools are ground he says
he is as fresh as daisy, when he is tired
enough to die. Such men do more 10
teach bows the hollowness of the world,
and its tricky features, than anything,
and they teach the boys to know who
are friends and who are foes. No, sir
the best way is to hire grown person
to turn your grindstone, | remember |
tuned 4 grindstone four hours for ia.-
mer once. and when ! got through he
said could 90 to the spring and drink
all the water ! wanted for nothing. he
was the tightest man | ever saw. Why,
tight That man was tight enough 10
hold Kerosene
in reply to some inquiries. it may be
stated that the new liquid explosive
"pancIastic" as it is called by its inyen
tor, NJ. +. Turpin, consists Of mixtur,
of carbon disulphic and hyponitrie acid
The liquids are kept separate befor'
being used. UnconGned the mixtur'
burns with soft light like that of tn,
moon. When a little prosphrus is add
ed to the disulphide, the radiance i
very brilliant. Confined in shells, torpe
does, etc, and exploded with fulminat
of murcury or eunpowder, its effects ar
terrible, far exceeding these of dynamite
or nitro-glycerine. 1t will not he wei
for inexperienced persons to tainper witt
these liquids.