Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-12-31
BILL NYE ASA BOY.
He Recalls tho Days of Childhood nm
Tuf.ina

BILL ~ ~ n y N bO Il.
lie Recalls tho Days of Childhood and
Turnips.
II were boy ng,in, endowed with the
same wild passion for plucking watermel-
Uns In The dark OF The moon, would no
doubt full II victim to that overnastering
passion MS did before; but looking at II
ny do now, would be wiser. Buys can
not however, have The mature judgment
of manhood without the experience and
the rheumatism that go with II. So it Is
better thai IN our childhood we may be
able In eat rnw turnip with safety and
know something later on IN life.
hotce great change in myself while
comparing my present condition with that
Of Joyous boyhuod. Then hni no sense
hut lad good digestion. Now havn't
even the digestion.
The hnirying years have cavortcd over
my sunny head till they have worn It
smooth, but they have left good deal yet
for me TO learn. nm still engaged IN
learning during the day and putting arni-
ca on my experience at night,
Childhood is said to be the most glad
some period Of our lives, and in some re-
spccts this statement may be regarded as
reliable, but II is not all joy. have had
just as much fun in later years as l did in
boyhood, though the people with whom l
A. Al -, al i1,aI
their experience has been different.
hope they do not mean anything personal
by that.
do sometimes wish that could be n
boy again, but smother that wish on ac-
count Of my parents. What they need
most is rest and change OF scene. They
still enjoy children. but they would like
a chance to select the children with whom
they associate.
My parents were bles, with five bright
eyed and beautiful little boys, three oil
whom grew up and by that means became
adults. am in that condition myself.
was the eldest of the family with the ex-
way. My early life was rather tempestuous
in places, occasionally flecked with sun
shine, but more frequently with retribu-
lion. was not n very good roadster when
young, and 80 retribulion was most always
iust in the act of overtaking me. While
outraged justice was getting in its work
on me. the other boys escaped through q
small aperture in the fence.
This is another reason why do moi
yenrn to be boy again.
When we ran away from school to catch
chubs, aud when we built fire to cook
them and the fire got into the tall dry
grass and burned four miles OF fence and
sixteen tons of hay for gentleman for
whom / had n high regard, and l went
back TO pu, ont the fire, the other boys es-
capped aud have SO remained ever since.
A lust retrihution has never had any
difficulty in overtaking me and walking up
and down over my wishbone.
When party of us had been engaged
in gathering E,ster eggs in the barn OF
gentleman who was away from home at
the time, and he returned just as we had
filled our pockets with the choices, vintage
of his sun kissed hens, the other boys es-
capped while was occupying the attention
OF the dog, and 1 had 10 slide out of the
second story of the barn. II is still fresh
in my mind as I write. wore my fathers
vest q, the time and 1t was larger than was
necessary. My father was larger than | at
that time, for was only nine years oi age
and had not yet arrived at my full stat
ure, In sliding down the batten discov-
cred that the upper end OF it was loose and
that wy flowing vest had rlipped over 1t, so
that when got down about four feet
hung with the board but,oned inside my
bosom and the scrambled eggs oozing out
of my knickerbockers.
The batien had sprung back against the
barn in such way as 10 prevent me un-
buttoning my vest, and while hung there
on the side Of the barn, like coon skin
the "S,uoS'
me of prematurely gathering his eggs.
/ had heard truth very highly spoken o
by people who had dabbled in it more o
less, and so resolved TO try il In this in
stance. So l admitted that such was tn
case, and il was the hest thing could hav
done, for the man said as had been 81
frank with him he would take me down n
soon az he 60, his other work done, an'
he wns as good as his word. After he ha
milked nine cows and fed nine calves III
came round with ladder and took IN
down. lie also spanked me and set the
dog on me, but did not mine that, for
was accustomed to ii. To harg on til
side of barn, however, like an au'um
leaf, trying to kick large holes in the at
mosphere, IL disngreeble.
This incident cast gloom over M
whole life. II also reconci'ed me tu III
awful decree that can never he bo
again.-BM Nye in Boston Globe.