Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-03-25
one Old Man.

sure writ a piece for last weeks Cat
which reflected very seriously upon
..tbe bows of Colby. and we, as one
of the bows. who were thar OF thar
abouts'' upon the occasion referred to,
would wish to remark. and our Ian
guage is plain, that that ugly ''old
man is administrator, and the same
we would rise to explain.
In the first place, we suppose the
.soId man to be some old, soured,
cranky galoot, who has spent the
good humor and jolity of his nature
in riotous living, and who now, in the
oscar and yellow leaf" of mans es-
tate. when the milk of human
kindness in his heart is so condensed
and diluted. that to call upon it only
leaves bad taste in his mind: When
his original stock of fellow charity has
dried up and slipped through a hole
in his heart eaten there by the rust of
long disuse. until the only way to
reach his sensibilities is to poke his
gizzard: When, in fact, his boy
hood days are so far back in the dim
and misty beyond, that he has forgot
ten that he ever was boy: he thinks
it more blessed to give than to re-
ceive-advice unlosas his bosom of
its uglyness, upon the devoted and
innocent heads OF our fine young men
of Colby. Now we deny that there
was anything in the actions of ''Our
boys at the time and place referred
to. which could in any way, justify
this old heather in his obscure re-
marks There was only a little harm
less fun INDUCED in, and if the ''Old
man is too old too grabbed, or too
mean, to take a joke good naturally, it
would he better for him to keep. in
the future. where his tender sensibili-
ties are in no danger of being shocked
Our boys DO not claim to be a
shining shore or an absolutely
philanthropie self denying golden
rule set, but they are rs good and
gentle as any bodys boys, no matter
whose. Their saintliness. to be sure,
is like that which belongs to. a bull
in corn field. and which impresses
those who are determined to 90 across,
that they had better be content with
going around, OF looking through the
bars. They are young and full of
vim and nerve of youth, and have an
exuberance of feeling sometimes,
quite beyond the power of this dried
up, old souIed sinner to understand
Keep still ''old man. The world
has moved while you slept, and the
winds which for so long time have
whistled through your hair, have
taught YOU nothing of the new gen
Grafton of young America, who are
marching faster to-day, than your old
shrunken limbs can travel. You are
behind the procession and the music
has past you long ago.
Wake up, 'old man. and realize
that we live in stirring times. and
those things which were not allowa-
bic in the sleepy old days, when you
were Young. and cot druak. are only |
smiled 1T now. and looked upon as
simply the spirit of the times mani
Testing itself Go back to bed .old |
man and pull over your old sorrow
ing head, the heavy mantle Of your
memory of long ago, dreaming on
fondly Of those prim old puritanical
days Of our grandfathers. when the
world was not so rapid, or times SO
as now You are lost in the
shuttle ,,old man and it only remains
for YOU to keep Your face turned
backwards toward the past, to those
honest but slow coach days, and stop
trying to fill the vacancy in our IA
tionai system left by George Washing
ton inability to tell a lie.
The right kind Of fellow is modest and
mellow. and generous, brave and be-
nign
His nature apparent. and clear and trans
parent. like yours gentle reader and
mine
He mas no verbOsity. nor tongue tortuosi-
~, and he never is boastful and loud
lie Is gently and quiet. and plain III his
diet. and never gets mad in crowd
He don tplay the fiddle, part his hair in
the middle. nor dress like an Angli-
can dUde
When lie goes to Z party with Meigs or
McCarty. he never is noisy and rude I
Hes wise and he's witty. perservering Il
and gritty, and has a magnificent
head.
Hes nj ligia and sweetness, he's thor
0ugh completeness. he's 4 daisy in
fact. hu.-La' dead
OS;E OF THE BOYS.
Gard OF Thanks .