The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-08-27
Ghe RemOrrA-Stt
The DID Fashioned Ro,-

N. D. States.
Not long ago an article anns...,
in ono OF the religious weekIia"e
the effect the the boys of !.
are not so good or obedient ~ .ryy
boys who bl0ssOmed thirty lug
ago. The fact of the matter ; s,s
modern boy is no more like ths '1s
fashioned boy than "a horse fddleT1u
like a bay window, except n ~
general Anatomical aIraneemant
body aud limb. The modern
is ii curled aud scented darling VIZ
wears store clothes made in ,L'
latest style, a luxury which the ohS
fashioned boy never Once drpamad
of. Our memory takes us Laa,
to the time when il he needeJ
jacket his economical and ~ineenion"
mother plunged her scissors ing
the seat OF bis fathers east ~
breaches aud carved one ont froa,
the fullness thereof, and he was ~
happy and cOntented as if he wsrs
clad in royal raimeuts. If in nl.v
ing marbles and in squirting re:,
lessly on u hard school bench Lo
wore holes in the basement and tL.s
knees OF his trousers the garment
was not replaced by "a new one. nm,
on The contrary, the apertures we,s
neatly plugged by his mother win
fragments of cloth selected from,
bundle kept always On harl s,r
such emergencies. 1t WAS 3, nj
means uncommon to see fha ia
fashioned boy make his apnearapce
with an orange cOlOrel patch on
Il knee, Il red n on the other
aud a large sky blne decoratIon
across the beam OF his pants. The
brightness and beauty of which
could not be concealed except when
sat upon.
Dear old fashioned boy, we were
one of yOu, but you have disan.
peaied. You 1 IA thing of the
past aud will live no more, except
in memory and in song. We can
see you now in your summer eos.
tume-ln your blue cottOnade pants
buttOned TO a short shirt Of The
same material. aud in your litils
wool hat, the crown of which
bad grown to Il point and resembled
miniature church spire. We can
see, and hear when you walk,
be ''dipp!tS flop" of the diIty and
OOsened rags which cling about
sore toes, rendered n~aillesS by
requent stumping against roofs.
The COB of sweet gum sticking iu
he bottom ut your trousers in the
anne old spot, ami the large rips
'oIl 0n your chin looks us familiar
3 II did years and Years ago. Vel.
Dw clay minslrS with your unkenpt
DokS, showing that You have been
winning in the horse ond and
your head into the mud, but
'llhal yOu are better, looking
IrOnger, healthier aud more manly
the modern boy whose mother
him fine clothes and white
men, and who knows nOt the 10y
gong barrlOOted aud wearing
one bruise on his heel. His
nooth aud pale cheeks, and deli.
tie stocking covered legs, may
'mpare oddly aud more favorable
your brown, plump and bare
aud frecklpd, tanned aud
arty face, aud his manners mav
: easier and more refined than
,nrs, but we will bet on YOU on
= general outcome every time.
Oh are the old Fashioned boy that
ldr good men, aud developed intO
e WebsIers, Clays and CallOunS
this country but, alasl You
mizzetl. Your respectful de.
panor, awkward pohteucss, flial
%vOtiou, modeSty and blunt truth
lneSs have gone. Jhe bicycle
ling, whistling, noisy, impudent
d precOcious modern bog with
ldern ideas and habits has crowd.
you out of existence and taking
= place you ono so molly adOrn.
The rows come home at milking
ne; but you, with your raw hide
mp and ''bed.ticking' suspend
), are not there. You are no.
ere. You are Only a sweet mem.
+, dear old fashioned boy.