The Republican journal., 1886-10-21
A Bow on Bows.

The teacher in one of the Pawtucket schools
one day last week had lesson in language,
giving fer the subject the word Boy the
scholars to write out what they could about
the subject, and this without assistance and
without any time for preparation. Following
are two specimens of the compositions"
written by two small boys, one 8 and one 10
years of age. The spelling was excellent, but
two or three words in each being spelled
wrong, and those the shorter and more COM
mon words:
"a boy is a bipcd animal. one to three feet
hlgh. some boys are wise, intelligent dull,
bad, good, kind, gentle, cross, unkind, stupid,
etc. some boys are very kind to their broth
crs and sisters. My brother is very kind to
me. Some boys grow up to be great men.
some mayors of cities, and some own great
| mills and stores. BOYS who study when they
are small become the greatest men. Some
boys who do not study when they are young.
grow men, are poor. and have to 90 out with
4 pirkaNc and shovel, shovelling out the gut
ter and streets. On holidays some boys sell
lemonade and ice cream, and such things as
what have mentioned, and earn lots of mon
"N. Last Fourth of July ] had lemonade
and Ice cream stand, and earned some money.
some boys learn how to swim, and some save
4 lives. some boys steal things and get arrested,
and their parents have to bail them out. Some
/ school with shoes and stockings off and their
/ mar uncomhed, and are not neat. The teacher
! does not like this, she makes them look neat
| some boys stay home and take care of the gar
/ den amt the baby, and some bows run away and
! get into mischief Some get hurt. One day
/ IN the weeks vacation | Went off with Svlyes-
! ter Bennett to play in some sand. 1t was in
4 winter. We came home in his yard. and there
/ WAS some ice on the ground, and he took an
axe and began chopping it. Went to pick il
I up and he struck me in the eve with the back
/ OF the axe. This was an accident. lie cried
and did. once | was coming home from
4 jumped lost my balance and fell flat in a mut
! puddle. Boys are not so good, kind. gentle
and stupid is girs are
a boy i, a small biped, not very large. but
| they are large enough to be into mischief. In
summer most of the boys steal all the fruit the,
can, and chew tobacco and smoke it, and light
and swear, and curse. and tell lies. and are la
". and >aucy. and sulky and mean. and wild
and @iddy. and proud. In school they whisper
and play and Ito not like to study when teacher
Is not looking, and most of them come Will
dirty hands and faces. and they dirty up the
yard and building. and run away The boy,
| play bait, polo. shiny. racing, flying kites
horse, switch, Mountaineering. he-and-go
seek. tag chasing. trapping, jumping, running
| swimming. At home some boys sauce then
mother. and don't want to do any crrands fol
their mother. have seen some bows ask theil
mother for cent, and ii they will not give
thcm one they will begin to cry, and if they gel
one they Will begin to laugh and sing and Jump
IN the winter they will be crying for seds. A
boy asked me for match to smoke pipe, an,
told him that his match was on the state farm
Boys are always into mischief"