The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-10-17
Look out for that boy.

There is nothing equal to boys-except
girls.
Boys are made up of about one-tenth
of seriousness and the rest mischief
which will not hurt them, if carefully
looked after.
What looks prettier than the brown OF
black mischievous eyes of boy about II
years old?
And what queer time of life that is in
a boy. He has legs long enough for a
man and hands large enough to grasp al
most anything. He has kind of oldish
look, yet blush like that of girlhood is
on his cheeks. He hardly knows where
to look or how to place his arms in the
presence of others. Oh, how green he
is.
Nevertheless, a green boy should be
appreciated above all other boy, for, in
due season, the greenness will pass of
and the experience of manhood will take
its place.
But the boy of IA is just the kind OF
boy to be looked after by father, mother.
sisters and his big brothers. AT certain
time it is necessary to break in young
colts, if you ever want to make anything
out of them, and so with boys-the best
kind of colts.
Where and how to begin is the ques-
ton. Which is the best place-feet, head
Or heart? 1t all depends.
Some boys can only be trained by
mother; while others need the strong
arm of father to teach them how and
where they are defective. Good sisters
often have wonderful influence over
boys, and sometimes it takes the pecu-
liar tactics of some other boys sister to
handle young man.
The average boy is full of nonsense.
He builds castles in the air on Monday,
pulls them down on Tuesday and builds
others. And he generally stays half
wise and half foolish until he gats mar
ried or arrives at the age of 80.
Did you ever examine boys pockets
they are filled with every kind of thing
miniature Yankee notion establish
ments. Aud his pockets are like his
head. The latter has all kinds of ideas
slowed away in it, from how to catch
crab to how to make million dollars,
or how to be the greatest man in Ameri-
ca.
The average boy, however, has great
deal of good in him; somewhat smother
ed up, but it is there. If you examine
him carefully, you will find the good-in
spots. He generally loves his mother,
and is a little afraid of his father-both
good traits. He almost always wants
to be a man, and sometimes has queer
ways Of showing how he proposes to get
there. He goes through many hardships
to learn something while at school, and
would do better than he does, only he
finds it such hard work.
But the time to look after the welfare
of your boy is when you have told him
to take off his Kniekerbockers and put on
long paints when you can barely see
something that looks like mustache
struggling to show itself on his upper
lip. It has always seemed to me that a
DOy JuSb IdiSluS q udhC-UCIlCNC mASbdCuC
is in danger of brain fever. Idon't know
why but it does appear that at about
that time(if ever in their lives they get a
touch of the ssbig-head.n Look out for
them at that trying hour of their exist
ence, and do your level best to pass them
successfully over this crisis.
ssTrain up child In the way it should
go'' is the advice Of a man who was once
wise and afterwards foolish. He must
have made the above remark either be-
fore he lost his wits or after he recover
ed them.
Parents, look after your boys until the
time comes when they will select some
body else to talk to them as to what they
should or should not do.
The possibilities Of boy, with good
mother and father behind him, are inn
mense. Witness.