The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1907-03-02
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mil. He is out for fun, and if they
can serve his purpose, he uses them
otherwise, like the Levite, he passes
by on the other side.
1t is an open question whether he is
beast of burden or bird OF prey
but it is settled fact that he is not
always "a thing of beauty, nor is he a
JOY forever" as many fond parents can
testify. but we are prepared to as.
sert without fear of contradiction,
that Solomon in all his glory and pos.
sessions, never had better time
When he arises in the morning and
puts on his boots, he says. go to now,
| will have a good time this day. and
he generally does. No cankering care
stalks. like Giant Despair" between
him and the Palace Beautiful. For
him the sun always shines. either in
the sky or in his heart. Unlike his
brothers Of larger growth, he does
not borrow trouble. and worry over
petty cares. for he has learned from
a marvellous intuition, to take no
thought for the morrow. believing. as
he does with all of his heart and
mind. that the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself; to
him, sufficient unto the day is the
evil or good thereof.
His observation and philosophy are
akin to those of the old negro. who
said that he had noticed all of his life
that whenever he got through March.
he got through the remainder of the
year.
He does not lie awake at night
worrying over the financial system of
the country, nor does he congregate in
large numbers on street corners, max
ing exhibition of his dense ignorance
on the subject by arguing pro and
con: he is, however, in reality, a pro.
nounced monometalist-for he prefers
the nickel to either gold or silver, and
uses it almost exclusively as a
medium of exchange, and if he could,
would use it at the ratio of 16 to /
times as often as he does.
AS rule. the small boy is not un.
usually neat, at any rate he is not
fastidiously so, and if it be true that
cleanliness is next to Goodness" then
he is not always next, for, like a
true Kentuckian, he is fond of his
soil and clings to it with patriotic
pride. Like Tom Moore's sun flower,
he turns to his God when he sets, the
same face he turned when he arose."
without the addition of drop of
water, and in the absence of maternal
he turns into bed at night
with the same feet he turned out when
he arose, with the addition Of several
coats of dirt.
If we consider him in the light of
the science of phrenology, the small
boy is wonder; he has on his head,
bumps for which that science can not
account, and what is more remarkable
still, some of these bumps are change
able; for instance, when under
supervision, his bump Of
reverence and respect is round and
fully developed, at other times it is
scarcely discernible to the naked eye,
and then again there is the bump of
combatativeness, barely visible or
perceptible to the touch, while in the
company of parent or teacher, and
yet on the playground, it is as large
as his fist
The small boy is passionately fond
of music, not classical, but natures
a June-bug solo charms him
as nothing else can do. give him al
plain twine string attached to June
bugs leg, and the Old Masters never
drank deeper, diviner draughts from
the fountain of Melody, than he forces
from that reluctant and gaudy wing
ed bug. The birds in the trees and