The Frankfort roundabout., 1892-01-16
FRANKFORT, KY. JANUAhY l6, 1899. N,
Comm iInicated.
Editor Roundabout:

EditOr Roundabout:
In your last issue zone oft he boys"
approves what had to say in my last
letter about ''the boys" | will try
and not offend any of them, if it is
possible not to do so. will not tell
any of their names, unless it becomes
necessary that should do SO, then
not with the intention of injuring
them, but with the sole object of
doing them good. Honeyed words
and warning sometimes fail to call
the boys to halt. 1t takes blows to
attract their attention L mean by
blows that their names must be call
ed out in school When school
boy / have been called out in the
middle of the floor when did any
thing very bad and made to stand on
one fool for several minutes at a
time. Every time the foot. that was
held up went to the floor it would
get cut from the tip end of four
foot beech or hickory switch. which
was very humiliating on account of
having been done before the whole
school. 1.-THE boys" laughed at me,
the girls looking at and feeling sorry
for me. l learned in after life why
this was done and am convinced it
was for my good. The remedy was
severe but the good that followed it.
was certain.
Boys, o do not claim to be perfect.
Perfection in any human being out
side of Christ was never known on
earth. We can attain unto perfection.
Try to do right, then if you fail try
again Never let imperfection become
habit with us. AS said in my last,
habits formed, whether good or bad,
generally stay with US, hence the
nece ssity of forming good habits. I
have always heard sit was hard to
learn an old dog new tricks" The
tricks had to be learned while the
dog was young The same idea, or
rather the same fact, extends to
horses. The owner Of a colt who
fails to harness him up and train it,
that Is make 1t exercise in all the
gaits, fails to make first-class horse.
The same with children. Now, par
ents, this is intended for you. When
you fail to train, i'm plain English to
make your child walk in the paths of
rectitude and virtue-in other words
who fail to observe obedience from
them in all things-ruin your child.
The boys who are keeping late hours
and carousing know they are doing
wrong. Let me urge you to cut
loose from all evil associates--not cut
loose next week, next month or
next year, but right now. This thing
of putting off to some future time
never amounts to anything. Promises
made and broken, and continuously
made and broken, there is not much
hope for them who do it, but still /
hope. The boys who will read this
will know how continually have
talked with them, have never given
them up. When a young man loses
his honor, fails to keep his word,
things are getting mighty thread
bare. Honor is everything to man
or boy.
A young man promised me vOlun-
tarily sometime since he would never
drink another drop of liquor. This
young man was seen Friday night a
week ago in a drunken row with
eight or ten others, after midnight.
All of them had to be put out of the |
house they were in by the chief of
police, the chief having been called
in for the purpose.
The young man spoken of has a |
splendid position and one redeeming |
feature in him is saw him at church !
Sunday for the first time for several
weeks. hope and pray that he will
do as he promised me he would. He
is bright young man and deserves !
a better life than he is living. can
say this not only of him but of most
of the boys.
/ saw two accounts last week |
against two young men, one of them
a married young man, from very
questionable source, one for S12 the
other $47 in the hands of officers
with instructions if not paid to bring !
suit on them.
promised brevity and must close
for this time.
Yours truly,