The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-02-04

" tiltN were TO- :, now HiN tHt'} Nbuiu
he-up AT day Ii ht tn breathe the fresh
air of morning, spring on the hack of IA
spirited steed aud HE away to the wood
lands green, drive, hunt, fish, swim,
smoke cigars, ana have glorious time.
Ies girls you'd have II GLORIOUS time,
no doubt. You all are kickers too, no
letter than the boys. You are disgust.
Ell with yourselves, want To be some
thiag else. You seem to think thu;
You are mistreated, that you should he
allowed 10 gallop like the boys. THAT you
are capable of taking care of yourselves.
brave "a any one, etc, etc. Well. sup
pose YOU are; no one would take issue,
if You should make the assertion. But
what will il amount to, if you should
kick out Of harness and assert your
seeming rights? Simply this, you will
find ont that you have made mistake
that instead OF having So much fun it
will not be so funny. You will he some-
what surprised tn find that things are
not what they seem, that The life of a
boy is not 80 jolly after all.
Imagine yourself at college, your
first year among strangers, many miles
from home. sour looking old pedagogues
frowning down upon you, smart alecks
throwing their sarcastic and vulgar
remarks around you; then to be & lor
l ,.f L..
head first 10 feet above ground, face
blacked, head rubbed, pulled, stretched,
beaten ami finally some great big bully
to PIT "A mahogany polish over your
delicate nose n d John sullivan,
and Il Thousand other unpleasant little
circumstances happening to you all the
time. Funny isn't it? q -lorious.
Or SUPPOSE you are so unfortunate as
no, to have pa-pa to back you up, aud
from necessity you must hustle for
yourself. Now you want position; your
would be boss thinks different. You
try again same pleasant little incl
dent happens. You are turned off from
one to another, and at last perhaps you
get at something which supports you
from hand to mouth during winter, and
then turned off to live upon greens
during summer. jolly isn't it?
Or perhaps you are taken out to set
the town and from some cause or other
you find yourself travelling at the rate
of foity knots per hour down the big
road with brick bats flying through the
air to keep you company. Now that il
delicious You should try it once, girls,
Just once. Try the hazlng, the bounc-
ing. ;the running the green off, and etc
etc, etc, especially the soforth. And
can assure you upon the honor of All
old maid that it is simply lovely.
Now, don't mean to say that these
are the only annoysnces, notifications,
and insults that one must be subject to in
order To he a Il hoy.
,npme these simply AS jolly incidents
that happen during boyhood days. Nor
~ | assert that the life OF "A boy is made
up with hariships and notifications.
On the contrary tits pleasant to think
of rich fine handsome young chap
with friends money, and reputation, but,
my dear friends, rich and handsome
young men are scarce now a days. II you
would he boys, could be rich aud have ev-
cry thing our own way, 'twould do for a
while; but you see the law of nature is
against you, you can't, SO there is no
Use wishing it. Be Ionteuted, don't be
boys its bad habit to fall in-try to
see what advantages you have over
them. You have nice homes, kind
parents, plenty of books to read. moth
ing to do but to enjoy yourselves. You
can fall in love, and then fall out. You
have no one to dun you every Monday
morning. ION that small acct" no
cigar bills, no liquor bills, the livery
man has no account against you for
that buggy drive last sunday. you 90
to the dances when ever you wish, get
up next morning | | O'Clock, no store 10
open and sweep out, sleep Is long as you
wish, nothing much to do but TO enjoy
yourselves. You can make your life
monotonous oi pleasant, just as you
choose. Can Il boy have any better
chance, to make life pleasant? Does it
ever strike yGu that standing behind
the counter from day light to dark some
times gets monotouous To have your
creditor running after you once or twice
u week, is it very pleasant? The credi-
tor thinks not. and when you have the
bill to pay it's little hotter.
AS have herein before stated, don't
be boys; let your papa see that your
biIlsare paid, let him furnish you books
nice clothes, spending money, etc
Stay at home and make home pleasant,
that's what you are for; a toy can't do so.
It's your place IN society. Suppose there
were no girls, all boys,-what monkey
and parrot time there would be. Would
there be society? Would they respect
each other? IT'S the ladies and nothing
else that makes society; consequently
they have it in their power to make it
what they wish. Can boys do that ?
society were left to them, we'd have a
fine lot of it lying around loose. You
are respected more than boys, every at
tentiOn il shown you that one possibly
could wish, in fact il is you that rule the
world. Take the Bible and ladies' away
and what have we left
You can be a boy if You wish, Tom
boy. Can boy he girl. Never; did
you ever hear of Tom girl? So there
you are ahesi again. But jne thing
certain: the nearer you become boy