Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-03-19
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lu the absence OF the usual NtrletN '
of happenings your reporter begs
leave to dsviSte somewhat from the
, usual routine OF news reporter, and
, to say a word shout boys.
The s,. rage boy IL naturally given
10 pranks of VI. lou. kinds, some cute
and being acted out III So shrewd a
manner, and in themselves s6 anus
ing snd hkewIss so innocent as to
call forth the mirth ss vel As the ad
miration of older people.
But because of this wild disposi-
ton and the mIschievous propen
sites Of the boys, it becomes the duty
of every parent to throw proper saf
guards around them, so as to keep
them within proper limits, else their
prAnks may be carried 50 far as to
become an annoyance to communities
and finally endanSer their own wei
fare rs well as bring down sorrow up
on the heads of the parents.
Why is it that there are still COM
munities where people cannot even
assemble together IN the house of
God and there attend to Divine
worship, without being moro or less
disturbed and annoyedi Aud why
Is 1t that in some communities prI-
vate property along the public high
ways Is ever in danger of bsing want
only DESTROYED by tho boys in their
wild pranks Are the boys to blame
for it We used TO think they were,
but we have learned to sar emphat
ically ''no, they are not to be blamed
the fault Is with the parents. Not
individually 50 with every parent
of a wayward boy, but We now speak
of parents collectively.
In too many cases the safeguards
are being neglected to be thrown
around the boys, and IN the next
place those better instructed in the
domestic circle are frequently being
brought under the influence of those
not SO instructed, and IN this way all
alike may or Will net out that which
is very wrong and NAV bring trouble
| upon their own heads
/ Now take for instance an individual
Let that individual be either good or
bad; speak derisively of that individ-
ual, make 1t n habit To do 50, In YOUR
family and outside and it VIII not
be long until YOU viii have about
YOU number Of boys who without
YOU telling them to do so, viii be
ready to commit almost any lawless
ness against that individual They
are commiting great wrong, but they
don't consider 1t IN that light; they
are doing it as piece of fun, II be
longs to their prauks, and YOU ara
the responsible party before your
Maker. and should be 50 regarded
in law and IN morals.
Or. suppose n church Now sup.
pose that church To- differ in some re
spects from the religious views Of the
dominant churches Of that particular
community. Now let the parents OF
that community make 1t a practice to
, speak with contempt IN regard to
that church and its adherents, as Ii
often the case. We need even not &C
to the wild jungles of Africa t. find
men So far gone as even to counsel
the tearing of the house Of God of
. foundation and sworn officers Of the
law going long way IN that dIrec-
ton. Under such circumstances
, we would ak in all csndor, who is to
blame if the boys manifest a spirit
of disrepect when there Are the
bows to bs blamed2 No most emphat
icallv no, the blsms rests somewhere
else
A X. Troutman bought a new
steam sawmill which he will soor
be running near Oriental
A child of Levi A Dressler of near
Mckee. Half Pals, and grandchild
of Rev. ). CT Dressler died or
the 9th of March.
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