The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-16

ON the main ldHu. lHls pIopCles H"S
never left theChoate family, and is
now owned by Rufus. a nephew OF the
great advocate. Eighty Choats have
been born on the island, VI THESE
eighty Choates alone, there have APP
peared two military captains, seven
deacOns, two wives OF ministers,
| seven magistrates, two members Of the
governors council. six representa-
tives to the general court, two state
/ senator's. one United States senator,
one member of congress, one judge OF
the court of common pleas, and one
secretary of state. The aggregate
service in the Massachusetts legls-
lature, of ChOates bornon Hog Island.
is seventy years. Charles Choate OF
Boston. the president of the old o
ony Railway, and brother OF the am
bassador to England, tells me thatthe
original John Choate was a bad
egg" and the old court records at
| Salem confirm the suspicion. In 1861,
he was arrested for stealing Mr.. Hub
bard apples: in 1867 he war arrested
and tried Tor lying. Yes he says,
II think they are worth it, because we
havn't any other kind of material out
of which to make men, and ] reply,
That's so, | never thought OF that
BEFORE If we do not save the boys,
| what will we do for men after a while!
II boys are not worth saving, God
pity our girls, and future generations.
| But, the boys are worth saving; and
it is is your duty and mine to help
save them, although there may be
many obstacles in our way.
There is an age when the boy be-
comes the most independent of beings;
> then is when we need to understand
him and direct him: that is the time
We lose him from the Sunday School.
At that age you must not call him
your ''baby boy" or ''mamma's
boy" he hates everything pertaining
to babyhOod, and tries to cut all such
things: Sunday School is one of those
things. On Saturday night he can run
a foot ace with any boy in town, and
is ready for anything on Monday
morning: but on sunday he feels SO
badly: his toe are SO sore and his
feet so bruised, that he can't pos
sibly wear his shoes to go to Sunday
School. This disposition may be
illustrated by the boy who came home
from Sunday Sen ,Ol, and upon being
asked to repea. ne golden text, re-
piled. ct is awful to he we'll on the
sabbath day. stead OF the famlllar
text, 1T is Ia II to do we'll on the
Sabbath day.
Frequently, t. boy has a horror of
being toe gOGu. .sually the result OF
false teaching y. the part of the par
ents, pastors, tea .lers, or false friends.
Many boys have the idea that it is
manly to be a little tough; they are
like the little girl, who when asked if
she was q good girl, replied, Not
velly good or not velly bad, just a
comfortable little girl" In other
words, like some Of their elders who
ought to know better, the boy thinks
if he keeps out of jail, he is good
enough; and, of course, anybody who
keeps out of Jail, is o. good to &c to
hell. So the boy not only has q
dread of being too good, but sees no
necessity for it.
Then, workers among boys give up
too easily:l they are not ~persevering
enough in the right way, at the right
time. The boy who wanted really to
be good, had the right idea when he
prayed, Lord, make me good, and if
you don't succeed at first, try, try
again"
Now, who is responsible for the
majority of bad boys and wicked men
today? | answer: G ~reless. parents
and voters are responsible for nine
tenths Of them, either directly or in
directly. You ask a hardened sinner