, 1905-05-29
PRAISE WE'LL EARNED
HOW HIS ELDERS ENCOURAGED
BOSTON CHILD.
Uneie's Comment, Though Not Couch
ed in the Language of the Modern
Athens" Did Not Differ Materially
in the Sentiments Expressed.

Dawson County News: A sweet
girl graduate from a Boston school
thus describes the manner in which
a goat butted a boy out Of the front
yard in the neighborhood: He hur-
led the previous end of his anatomy
against the boys afterward with an
eagerness and velocity which, backed
by the goats avoirdupois, impaired a
momentum that was not relaxed until
The instigation of the vehement exas-
peration was landed on terra firma
beyond the pale of the goats jurisdic-
ton"
The butted boy was her brother, and
also a Boston child. In %recounting
the experience to his mother. he said,
betweeD sobs: But l remained re-
cumbent only ~momentarily and regain
ed the perpendicular almost instan-
%taneously and with extreme agility
after which I exalted one Of my neither
eXtremities and directed a forceful
propulsion of the pedalic appertain.
nent diametrically against the rear
elevation of the quadruped's physical
| posterior, which resulted in such a sur
prise to the object of my immediate
antipathy he committed what is called
in the %parlance of the pastoral regions
a 'bleat,' after which ejaculation he
manifested to my visual comprehen-
sion an earnest desire to remove his
corporal presence from the vicinity OF
his discontinue, which mental DISPOSE.
ton he promptly executed in fact,
leaving me the sole occupant of the
circumscribed territory, over which
each of us had asserted u individual,
authority" His mother was naturally
quite proud Of his valor and expressed
her satisfaction pointedly. Your ex-
ample, Beaconsfield," said she. rs
such as to commend itself to all your
classmates and infantile companions.
While we always should observe dis
erection in the conduct of retaliatory
or punitive adventures, thereby guard
ing against superior muscular or
numerical opposition. it is comforting
to the maternal mind to reflect that
you thus early display a tendency to
pursue the tactics suggested by your
fortunate inheritance of predominative
proclivities." The youngsters father
was equally gratiied over the out
come and did not fail to bestow a lib
eral measure of fatherly advice upon
his victorious offspring. my son."
said he. remember that life is a
serious. matter, human exnstence not
only involves an unfathomable psyche
logical phenomenon combined with an
un~searchable physiological entity.
There are occurring diurnallv unto
ward circumstances with which man
must cope with all the power of his
mental and muscular ego, and on
such occasions one must employ
either discreet silence and inactivity
or a discriminative vigor, whichever
seems to most abound in satisfactory
possibilities and pleasing %eventuali-
ties. In this instance" continued the
proud paternal authority "your de-
cision appears to have BEEN as spon-
t%aneous as your conduct was vigorous,
and the complete humiliation of the
mischievous ruminant which assailed
you conforms to my ideality of manly
promptitude and thoroughness." The
boys Uncle Appleby. who was a pros
porous pork broker from Kansas City,
happened to be visiting in Boston at
the time, and When the circumstance
was stated to him he took the little
fellow on his knee and said to him:
"Beaky, you done the right thing.
Never let nobody nor nothing run over
you and stay run over"