Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-05
SENSIBLE ADVICE.



lam not Of o very unforgiving nat
IRE, but there il ono thing that abso
u.ely detest and abhor. and that lie the
average small boy Of about fifteen. ]
assure You that / speak from expert
snce, bitter experience, as it was
through his machinauons that I was
rendered miserable for some time, and
it is only after mature celebration that
make this statement
Very bashful, arrived at the age OF
thirty. q bachelor. and only one morn
'ng. after having spcnt some time in en-
ieavoring to fasten my clothes together
with button that was not, l arrived at
the conclusion that matrilnony was the
best State in the Union, or rather Of the
Union, not excepting Jersey, so decid-
ed to marry provided 'she" was will
ing.
aShe" was the fair owner Of pair of
deep black eyes that / had met the
night before, and those eyes had been
mixed up in my thoughts all that night
and seemed to draw me to them as a
magnet. so the following evening /
made my first call.
How the next few weeks passed can
not remember, but shortly after l be-
gan to lay awake nights and endeavor
10 compose my thoughts and comics
sion. was informed that q small
brother, who was away to school. would
soon be home Presently school stopped
an d the brother began.
have naturally natural repugnance
to small boys. since increased, but con-
quered my feelings then. and in few
days hal made complete conquest Of
that boy What a bother he was! no
80 oner entered the gate than. / was
greeted at once by him, and if the
proverbial brother sticks closer to you
at times than my girls brother did to
me during my visits should think that
brothers are very suggestive Of porous
plasters A small boy OF these adhesive
propensities would make an excellcnt
advertising agent Any way, he was at
me all the time. unable to take hint
Is broad as the side Of house, and ex-
scuting the most distant errands in an
Incredibly short space Of time. At last
ny evil genius prompted me to present
,im witt photographers outfit, which
did. Misery untold!
In order to show his unbounded graf
itude to me was made the recipient of
photographs, if such they could be
called, and if she endured the great pam
depicted on the face of the pictures sent
to mo she has great endurance and
pluck. Still encouraged him and told
aim to persevere and that some day he
would become second Michael Angelo,
etc., while in secret begged Mike par
Ion for the ms nuations cast upon his
character.
But all things come to an end--except
small boys One day, after m after
aoon spent in the garden with the owner
If those black eyes, was leaving pater
with his consent when my evil genius
met me outside tho door and told me
that he had learned the instantaneous
method of photography and had taken
two pictures that day that he knew
would please me. kindly told him to
mail them to me and left small deposit
to prepay the postage
The next day at the Office had &C.
complished very little work when the
postman presented most villainous
looking envelope, all torn and unused.
exposing to view parts of the photo
graphs enclosed. Tearing off the cover
| saw the two pictures taken by the in
Simultaneous process. ! rave d, l swore,
eternally condemned the inventor of
photography; blamed any amp every
body. but my wrath was h;eny directed
against the young photographer. WhyP
In the first picture | WAS in the most
| fOr
the fl ct:on of the gravel walk against
tho knees of my best trousers and hold
ing some ones hand in nine. In the
other was no longer kneelng. but
there Ware two figures very much mixed
up. Yet still ye~y plain and distinguish
able and
AT that moment the door opened and
the cause of all my profanity entered,
bland and smiling. with note for me-
How my heart as wei as my words
went out in condemnat on of the act of
taking photographs, especially by the
instantaneous proce s. How, in few
minutes the small boy, with an injured,
grieved expression of countenance, left
my pres ence minus the usual twenty
five cents was wont to bestow on him
All, how!
do not know whether my young
brother-in-law has forgotten me or not,
and what is more to the point don't
care. but that evening in a private
audience with him, dollar bill and
:wo Photographic negatives changed
hands, and few hours later the money
reposed in the pocket of small boy
and the two negatives lay crushed TO
atoms under the persuasive influence of
the first large stone that presented itself
was married few months ago. but
would advise any su,tor wishing to
present his best girls younger brother
with something nice not to give him a
photograph camera A shot-gu is no
more expensive, and it sometimes hap
pens that the small boy thereby takes
himself'-off!-Flausl S. Mines, in N.
T. Graphic