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The Young Idea

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Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
January
Year
1879
Copyright
Public Domain
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Not long since the following utteranoe of Bob IilgciBBÜ went the rounds of the papers : Co!. Iugersol' sayn tae keep' a poukctbook in au Dl 'ii 1 uwer, and Kis c'.il 'ren g i an i ' oio tl:oitif!.v8 1 1 ! on y wlv voi1 !luv want it. "']' when hè; vantt i; thoy may sleep all dav :1 biy clioiise, and bU ip all ui -h' if tluy ñesire. Í dou't trj 1 1 eoere th m. I never puñiah; liever scold. Th y buy ilicir own clotlies, and are mastor of thema 'veH." A gentleman living on Marshall street, who has a boy that is fnll as kitteny as his fatlier, read the artiole and pondered deoply. He luiew that Col. Ipgérsoll was a succesa at raisiiift oliildren in the way they should go, and he thought ho woiild try it. The boy had canised him considrralile annoyance, and he made np his mind that he luid not treated the boy right, sd he called the boy in from the strcot, where he was putting soft soap on a lamp-post in order to see the laiup-lighter climb it, and said to him : " My son, I have deoitled to adopt a different course with ou. Horetofore I have iK-eu careíul about giving yon monoy, and have Tvunted to kiiow where every' cent went to, und my supervisión ías no doubt been annoying to you: sTnw, I am going to lpavo my poeketjook in the bureau drawer, with plenty f money in it, audyou aro at Sberty (i dm all you want without asking me. t wast you to buy anythiug you desire, tiy yoiir own ciothes, and to ieel as :hou'gh the money was yonra, and tfcat rou hadnot got to account for it. .Tust make yourself at home now, and try ind have a good time." The boy looked at the old gentleman, [Hit his hand on his head as though he liad " gbt' em sure," and went out to poe the lamp-lightM elimb that soft soap. The next day the stern parent weot out into the country, shooting, and returned on the midnigni, train three days later. He opened the door with a latchkey, and a strange yellow dog grabbed him by the elbow ' of his pautsand shook iiiu), he puid "' like the agur." The dog barked and chewed uu til the son carne down in his night-shirt and called liim off. He told his father he had bought that dog of a fireman for $11, and it was probably the best dog bargain that luid been made this season. He said the fireman told him he could find a man that wanted that kind of a dog. The parent took off his pants, what the dog had not removed, and in the, hall he stumbled over a birch-bark oanoe the boy brmglit of an Indinn for $9, and an anny musket with an iron ramrod feil down from the corner. The boy had paid $6 for that. He had also bought himself an ovércoat with a sealskin collar and euffs, and a complete outfit of calicó shirts and silk stoekings. In his room the parents found the marble top of a soda-fountain, a wheelbarrow, and shelf filled with all kinds of canned meat, preserves, and crackers, and a barrel of apples. A wall tent and six pairs of blankets were rolled up ready for camping out, and a buckakin aun L aiiu. n ptiii vt ty+vj i" --p on tlie bed reaily for pnffing ou. Six fish-poles and a" basketful of tish-lines were ready for business, and un oystercan full óf ' grub-worms for bait Tfere squirming on the waslistand. The oíd gentleman looted tííé lay-ont ovor, looked at his pocketbook íti the lmreiui drawer. as empty as a contribution box, and said : " Young man, the times have been too flush. We "nill noiv return to a specie basis. When yon want money, come to me and I wiÜ give you a uickcl. and yon will tell me -vhat you intend to buywith it, or I'll warm you. You Lear me." And now that man stands around from the effeets of the enoounter witli the yellow dop;, and asks every nuin where a letter will reach 6ob Ingersoll. He says he will kill Ingersoll, if it is the lust noble act he ever aecomplishes.

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Old News
Michigan Argus