Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-29
The BOY AND HIS MOTHER.

A young fellow at Council Blu&
writes as follows: "What do you think
of young lady, while in the company
OF dude masher, remarking of an Old
schoolmate of hers, that hc is a good
boy but tied to his old muthers apron
strings, and Is of NJ good ON earth.
Will not the boy come out ahead if he
supports and cares for the mether?'
Come out ahead? Well, of course he
will A girl who would make such a
remark is not worthy to blacken the
shoes Of boy who is kind to his old
mother Such girl has got no more
heart in her than turnip, aud is only
ito, she isn't fit for anything. She
ought to be taken across the knee of
her own mother until she thinks it is
about the middle Of August, 1t is such
girls as this one that We hear Of playing
the piano while the mother is meDding
her stockings or washing her white
clothes. It is such girl that tells her
mother to mind her own business when
the old lady advises her not to stay out
more than two or three hours after mid
night with a dude. 1t is such girls
that go to the devi! flying, at the least
possible excuse, and the first oppOrtuni
ty. The mcanest men in the world are
those who have allowed themselves to
dglft away from their mothers AID for
yet all about them. The best and
bravest men in the world are those who
have never been So proud as when doing
something pleasant for the kind old
mother. The most heartless thing in
the world is for a person to make such a
remark as that quoted above about a
young man who is proud of his mother
aud loves her so that IL tear in her eye is
ike drop of melted lead on his heart.
The young man who heard Of such a
remark being made about his relations
with his mother, no doubt felt that
he had rather not have heard of the re-
mark, but it is lucky that he did, if he
thought he had any affection for that
girl, She would not have said it in his
airing, which shows that she is hyp-
ocrite aud two sided person. II he
married that girl he would have little
hell Of his own. Such girl would
make man wish he had never seen any
woman except his own mother. NO
matter how close the relation between
a mother aud son, q day is liable to COME
when she SON will tind Il girl that he will
marry, and though he may not think
less of his mother, he will not have quiz,
as much time to devote to her, but II he
Is such sou as the one above mentioned,
there will never be day but he will
think of something that can be done for
his mother. His gUod wife, if she Is
good, will join hIm liz anything that can
make the mother Who bore him happy.
And day will come when the mother
will lay down her knitting, and take off
her spectacles, aud her burden Of life
will be laid down, and her last prayer
will be for the sou who has been jOked
by fool girl for being tied to her apron
strings, and she will close her eyes III
death with the feeling that of all Gods
best gifts to mother, dutiful, loving
son is the greatest. Those sons who
have followed the c?unse!s of a loving
mother, aud who have perchanee fol-
lowed the remains of that n.ther to the
grave and heard the cold clay rattle on
her last resting place, and who have gone
away from the scene with hearts bowed
and Lroken, will never, in their choice
of a partner for life, take one who has
ever spoken unkindly of a son who is
kind to his mother. No boy need
ever be ashamed to be called his moth
er's boys and no person with a soul to
save will ever make trifing remarks on
so sacred matter as the love of son
FOR a good mother. The Council
Bluffs young man is advised to keep
tied to the apron strings of that mother
of his until he fnds7a giEl different from
the one he has quoted Let the dude
have her. All dude is. fit for is to
carry poodle for such female IDIOT
Peck's Sun.