Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-07-03
The Typical Bad Boy.

III Dtllall OF lnat mucn-aDUNtu 'Dat
boy am constrained TO take up th,
pen in defense. In the first place h,
isn't half so black aS he is painted.
am wcllawarc Of the fact that, as rule
he isnot Il favorite of su ccptible ladies
of questionable age, who abhor OF
pretend to anything in the shape Of
manly brooches. To such, the bad boy
is atcrror, and he kLows it;i he didn't
he'd cease TO make himself so ever.
laStingly odious in their estimation.
Let the bad boy know to surety
that you dislike him, and you open mp
a channel Of tribulations that is pro.
ductive of much disaster, especially il
you own an orchard, gate that can
be lifted from the hinges, ora dog with
a tail long enough to faStcn can TO.
There is much truth in the old
adagc, you can catch more flies with
molasscS than you can with vinegar.
The prOvcrbial bad boy is Just like
one of those sclf-Same flies. Give him
n dose of molaSscs and You win him
for life; but one drop of vinegar, and
he is your relentless foe. As Il true
and devoted friend, the "bad boy is \
success. In his cvcr-working brain are
schemes which will cause your hair to
rise in horror; and in that same brain
are gcndcrcd acts of Kindness which
are capable of thrilling your heart to
the very core.
Some one says that the "bad boy
has too much rope. If he has you are
to blame. You give him the wrong
sort of rope. II is full of hard, cross
grained, sour, yindictivc knots. If
you had given him rope of different
material there would be no danger Of
his dropping suddenly from the end Of
it.
! am acquainted with one of the
sweetest diSpoSitioncd boys in all the
world, He is bright, quick, and Il per-
feet little gentleman when you treat
him a' a human being should be. He
will 20 Il mile ont of his way to assist
Il cripple over the fence: ne will 90 rs
far to faStcn Il can to Browns dog's
tail. Brown has cartlOads of apples;
he'd rather Src them rot upon the
ground than give one TO the "bad boy
He wouldn't give a boy an apple for
anything. Oh, no; not he He hates
boys: they're a nuisance, he says. The
result is, his dogcha-rs his nose often
to rid himself Of the diSagrccablc, rat.
tling can fastened to his tail.
There is poor old lady who lives all
alone in little cottage just across the
road from the bad boys" home
That boy never gocs TO school without
dropping in to see if the old lady has
plenty Of wood in the box. Call him a
bad boy in her presence, and she'll
quickly tell You that the world would
be- better with lots more of just such
bad boys in it,
! am no admircr of that pcrSOniica-
lion Of good \ -goody boy Whenever did
Il bad thiug in all his life. He isn't Il
boy; he's only little machine, wound
up to 30 for, say ten, twenty wears.
Then, when he is for tie first time
really tempted. the rogs refuse to move
and the wheels no longer rcyolyc with
their wanted SmoOlhucsS:a bolt drops
out and he falls When the goudv-
goudy boy falls il j. u long, long fall,
and it take, years to Recover his lost
prestige. dctrst and hate that evil
minded boy who has never the sign of
Il rcdccming quality about him. He
helps ill the prisons early in life; yet
there may he cNtcnuating CircumStan-
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