The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-08-28
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the interval between the letting outand
the taking Is Of school the small boy
has been endeayo curing tok kill time with
the varied samusements incid dental; to the
lite Of the youth. a 81
The school house had not fairly closed
their doors before; the boys were batting
and balling ct, the park and over the
back streets. One; could not leave the
srnadd ening crowd on the busy thorou gh-
fares and step into the residence por-
ton Of the city Without running afoul
sof q game ofs that nAtional nuisance
bass bal. y
But the sun grew hot as the summer
5solstice came on, and the balls and bats
were laid away, and the boys took I up
kites. Every househ Id was robbed Of
ats papers, laid care fully away to read
on Sunday, to be used M; in tie manu-
sfactnreI OF Kites. But the small boy sof
the period needs something more Sexcit-
ing than standing like astatue Keeling up
and watching the wriggle Of q lite TAIL
onsequentl y the Kite season ives Of
short duration.
@s3 Then the firemaniac fever struck them,
and everywhere knots Of boys could be
seen with nina ure hose carts running
EatE full tilt down the sidewalk The
merchants were robbed Of their sprink-
ling hoHe and MOBILES to supply the de-
smand This also had its run, and. the
8hose-cart went the way Of winter fuel.
so Then came the walking match mania
/ Go where you would you would find q
brace or 90 of atless boys, painting as
they strobe around the blocks, whip
ping their bare calves with Keen peach
tree; aWitohes, and mopping brows with
Ssp9nges stolen from the bath tubs. In
additional to these walking matches they
had hurdle races BY stretching cords at
intervals IN the aleyways and jumping
over them. S
These razess having been thoroughly
exhausted, the season Ii now on us when
the small boy IS ripe for Satan, who is
said 70 be always ready to find some-
thing farsidle hands TO do. Il is the
time when, the legitimate amusements
being Pegged ont, the small boy must
ta1s his ing enuity to kill time. But day
draws its weary length along with them.
We mentioned yesterday how he trailed
stuffed snakes across the sidewalk. at
night and Sfrig htened PEI estrians out Of
their wits But the stuffed snake rack
set has about sui sided, and they are con-
sjuring mp cther bed yilmert. We hear
IRON hem ia every direction. a gem
tleman on cademy square missed his
favorite house cat the other. day, and on
going into the back yard he discoyered
his boys with the hiking hose
They had fastened the cat ID The hencoop
and with the nozzle through tie cracEs
were giving pussy q shower bath that
was not at all pleasant III Ss5s
A College street father found his boys
~ q stable. They Ind part toned off a
small room, supplied 1T with counters
and shelves, and had d regular grocery
store, doing q thriving business. The
father disco ered that all the preserves,
canned goods, sugar. pick lies, and 80 on
had been taken from his pantry, and
were being bartared to the neighbor-
hood boys. branded peach was
worth two glass agates, and O. top cord
would command match box full Of
peach preserves.
And so " goes. We could all q col-
{ u,nn with the depreda tons upon the
family pantry and peck tbook by these
boys who are waiting for school to re-
sumo. Az that time is nearly two
months of, the prospect is that the
town VIII not only be painted deep red,
gbnt turned upside down. HIT