The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1901-09-19
s,ys Mr. Lsnon, 10 Illins the s,ory. shea
TO vslked the sovnnor,
Manner. Aas. cAanrsd,

The nsn iiou the vest. vho Is sisii
ips biz married sister 10 W1hinstou,
we're = psslsd IooK. ",s the sbt
Say. br broke out. bow long b. u
beea back this wsy sisee kids we're per
mittcd TO stop beioe polite 10 their el
dsui rllieil you sby | Inquire. My
sister b. three youas ones smone them
. siI-yssr.old boy. He vs playing ool
10 front Of the house this morning, and
shs called him
Archibald. the sang ont from the iron,
vindos
Tue lij looked up at ber.
Whsit ssid be,
Gone 10. / wsnt you. ssid she
sonder. ssid TO myself, Why that
young one doesb't ssv Mean when his
mother addresses hin, He NUT be .
bad manpesed boy, and it's qaeer tbs, Bis
deesn't correct him.
Toe boy entered the house.
Do yoa want 10 SO on so errsnd Tor
mamma !. she gives you q cenif
Yes. he replied.
You dop't feel too warm with that lsc
ket on you. do you, Arohibaidf she ssk
cd the kid solict,usly.
No, said he.
/ was waiting for Sis TO givetbe cub .
belt on the jaw for not saying 'mi'sm' to
her. like polite little msp. when she
epoke 30 him, aud | was smsz,d that she
ddnp even notice the kids lack OF man
ners.
Before tbs shaver started on the errind
bis father shove dup
Archie, his father called to him,
Whst2 said the kid, Just ss be bad
said TO his mother.
You rem, u bcr the kind Of cigars you
got me the last timer said the boys dad
Ytp, ssid the hid.
Well, stop by there aud tell the man TO
send me another box OF them. And don't
loiter by the way.
No. ssid tie kid.
His father h,du't noticed the boys lack
OF msnners any more than bis mother
bad.
Say, look s.here. Sis, said to my sister
when ! got her alone that day, I'm not
trying to bait IN with any advice or any
thing like thst, bat why don't you tear
picket tff tn le.ce sud drub some man
p,rs into that boy OF yourt9
She lock ! at me iu a startled kiad Of
way. snd WI qnis heap OF reproach 10
her eyes stta,t
Why, ssil she, VIA in the world do
yon mealf A AtL.oaio Is co. s dered tue
best msunered boy in the neishborbood.
Is be2 said |. pressing on. Well, do
you call it polite for q si1-yesr-old kid to
cay Ybst aud Yes aud NO without pre-
fixing sny 'Ma'am' to his remsrks2
Tben my sister looked relieved and |
smiled. Why. John, she ssii TO me. l
thought from the way You spoke that
Archibald had been really impolte, Ger
tsinly We do not reqnire him to say 'M.am
or sir to Us or TO nybody else. Iodeed
wo should punish him II be said any
such things. 1t is not the thing for
children to say suoh things to their pa
rents, or TO anybody any more. That
sort Of thiog is row leit for servants.
OBJ. SAID l. bat l couldn't help sizing
my sister up out Of the tail OF my eye
md putting this question to her;
Sic, Just supposlng you or l had drop
ped the 'Ma'am' or Sin when We were
young ones and we're addressed by our
Did mother and dad. what dye thind nd
! ave hspp ned to us2
That cornered her. but she got ont oi
/ by saying that we lived 10 40 old-lssbion
ID section OF The eonntry where the folks
we're Usy behind the times. and oil that,
Maybe Sis was right. concluded the
nau irom the west, bnt. at that. I'm
,ound to say that it sort Of Jars on me TO
bear the Kids back this way talking to
heir parents and other grown-up folks 10
hose familiar terms. say cir and ms'sm
o old folks right down to the present
isy myself, and I'm past forty. with
pretty az,bie bali spot on top OF my
read, and it doesn't hurt me any to say
bose things, Comes natural In fact. be
,suse l was raised to respect my elders,
ash hionsble or no fssbionsble. II i wasn't
Grabbed old bach, and II had 9 gang
u young uns sround, they'd get oid.fssb
oned real quick, and say cir and mssn
% the grown ups, or tbere'd be some
hing doing 10 the slipper and hair-brosh
inc. and the western man looked IS II be
meant II.
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Gen. Grants Old Dssk.