The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-08
MANS KINGDOM.
Granther C1eanshaVed's Elk
pertinent in Bringing
Up a Modern Boy.
REV. THEoPHIbUS CHAMBERS SON.
Nothing Is Like II Used TO Be and
Everything Now Is Wrong.

"Boys amt trained as they used to be
in my day." snapped old Granther Clean
shaved. as he dropped into The Annex
the other morning to get his morning
dram, and spied his hopeful young gra nd
son at a table, slipping an absinthe frappe.
and looking over a pink tinted sporting
paper for a good thing" on the after
Moons races.
"Aah, ratsi old antedeluvian. Whatever
goin' t. haye?" calculated Young Hope
full, as he took a sip of his absinthe and
SIN oothed out the crease in his trousers.
"See here young man." said the
granther, as he sank into a chair and re-
marked with a nod to Mr.. BarKeep, 'the
same as usual, Tommy" you don't want
to put on any airs with me. I've been
through the mill myself and I'm proud to
say that. when l was a ~youngster, kids
like you were put to driving the horses to
water or weedin' potatoes. and never
knew what a ten to one shot was, ughl"
The last expression came from the old
man as he downed our fingers of raw
apple jack. AN the youngster who
would have dreamed of fllies and geld
ings n one, two, three or place, would
have been Soundly cowhided and sent to
bed without his supper" sneered the old
man as he wiped his chin and started out
Of the place leaving his check for his
grandson to pay.
He boarded q blu car and went over to
Broad street. where his son had an office.
"William." he began in high du dgeon
as soon as he saw his son, Il dropped
into Sneers on my way over here and
as big as ten gallon keg. drinkin' some
burned green stuff wot looked like pisen.
and readin a paper wot reminded me of
the women in scarlet as por-
trayed in Holy Writ. He wuz
altogether too fresh to me and he's
a disgrace to his name, that's just what
he is. He had no more reverence for me
han if l wuz a." Here the old man
was at an utter loss for a smile, and after
hemming a while said, THAN an ole boss
wot's been turned out in the pasture to
die,o
"Oh. that's all right, father" remarked
the son. as he eagerly scanned the tape
which his ticker was Ticking of, Henry.
you know, is-Lake Shore forty-nine-one
of the leading young men of Jersey, and
has-Jersey Central ninety a. N eighth
"a position to keep up over
there. Besides. Father Times hast.
Paul seventy-six - a quarter-changed
| vice and-scratch Billy Button second
race obi dam the second race-let the
boys be boys.'
That's what's the m after exactly"
snarled the old man as he peered over
his sons shoulder at the tape. 81 blame
you and Eleanor for-how did that little
venture of mine in the Luck of CORY
Clutch turn u ycsterdaY-lettiu' him
grow up a graceless scamp with no
reverence for his elders handicapped
two points, did you say? dash iti-of no
earthly use to himself or any one else.
Yes, buy me q hundred shares of Did
Gopher, will you? l feel in my bones
she's going to rise in a week."
Old Granther Clearshaved carried oD in
great shape. He was a typical Sussex
county farmer, who had made a few dol
lars by putting a layer of big apples on
top and filing the rest of the barrel with
culls. His son William had obtained a
position as office boyin a brokerage concern
on Broad street and a wound up by
marrying a cool million and tho brokers'
only daughter and succeeding to the bust
failure at the termination of a prolonged
Briefskirts, the queen Of old Niblo's bal
let.
1.-THE truth is, William" continued the
old man after he had sworn several
streaks at his i'll luck in his CORY Giutcn
investments. "Tbe truth is, William,
you don't know how to raise boys. Jes'
let me take Henery back to Delivers Mills
with me and I'll show you in a week"
Henry was consulted and said be didn't
give a darn. He thought it would be
great fun to go and rusticate for a while.
Besides there was a Hebrew gentleman
who sold diamonds and jewsllry on in