Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-05-14

dlC We Urn iiiS :
But, to tell the truth, I'm not losing
any sleep over that proposition. have
the idea that the kids of this genera
ton will stack up as high as any you
ever knew. Among them there are sew
eral presidents of the United States.
and innumerable congressman and
postmasters, and perhaps one or two
ShakeSpeares.
I've noticed that the old boys al
ways view with alarm where the kids
are concerned. 1t was that way when
/ was young. The boys of our neigh
borhood formed a gang, and we used
TO assemble every evening for diver
sion. There were no automobiles or
movies then. Our pleasures were of
the cheap but filling kind. In the
winter, when there was snow, we took
our handSleds ana had great sport.
our parents found it impossible 10 get
us to do any useful work when the
sleighing was good, and said parents
used to get pretty respondent over
1t.
Il have heard my father say a hun
dred times that the boys of that peri
Oh We're not worth the powder that
would blow them off the landscape.
All they think Of is fun he used to
say, so discouraged he could hardly
stand it, When l was young, he'd
20 on, children understood that
amusement was merely incidental, not
an end and aim in itself. When |
was ten years old ! used 10 saw all
the wood used by the family, and
carry buckets Of water from a spring
two miles away, ana milk fourteen
cows, and curry eight horses, and
polish the stove, and hang out the
weeks washing, and when l had a
few minutes to spare I sat down and
read a good book, so that when l was
twelve years old 1 knew the I'M
abridged dictionary by heart. But the
boys Of the present day won't do any
thing useful or profitable unless you
stand over them with club.
Father used to talk that way all
the time. until / got sick of hearing
hin. My grandfather was alive then,
and he felt worse about it than dad
did. He used to say he'd be jiggered
if he could see anything ahead Of such
boys as he knew. but the jail or the
Doorhouse. All we cared for was a
good time.
ut was the same way at school.
If a boy was half an hour late in the
morning, because he got interested in
game of marbles on his way TO
school, the teacher would say he new
er did see such a frivolous bunch as
the boys of that generation were, and
then he'd take down a small saplng
from the wall and larrup the student
until his troubled soul was soothed.
''All the old graybeards were agreed
that the boys Of the neighborhoOd
were headed for the everlasting bow
vows, and we were always being lee
tured and roasted and held up as hor-
rible examples. Yet, the most Of us
did pretty well / am the only one
/ can recall who didn't make a shin
ing success Of life. I am grand worthy
CUSTODIAN Of my aunt COWS. / might
have risen to a greater height but /
was crossed in love when ] was young.
A man doesn't recover from an expert
cnce Ike that He losts lis ambition
TO be president, and is satisfied 10
peddle milk.
But Freddie Bnker became d sue
cessful book agent. and has his own
motorcycle; Jim Gaugine studied law
and finally was appointed notary pub
lie by the governor, Charlie 0rmiston
also studied law and got joh ou Tie
police force; Oliver Mes8aE IS the
best southpaw pitcher III the cross
country league, yet the old fossils used
to say ne would come to q bad end;
then there was"
spare me the CHASTITY Details"
urged tie professor
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