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A Valuable Chanter For Young Men

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Parent Issue
Day
14
Month
April
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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In nino cases out of ten no man 's 1 i ♦" - will be u success if he does not bear buí dens in his childhood. If the fondnoss or thn vauity of father or mother have kept kim froni hard vork ; if another alwuys hclpod him out of the end of his row ; if, iustead of taking hs turn at pitching off, h.e inowtd awuy ftll tbu time ;' in short, if what was light always feil to him, and what was heavy about the same work to some ono else, if he has been permittcd to shirk till shirking has become a habit - unless a miníele is wrought, his life will be a failure, and the blame will not bo half so niueh his as that of weak, foolish parenis. On the other hand, if a boy has been brought up to do his part, nevor allowed ia shirk any legitímate responsibility, or to dodge work, whetlier or not it made his hearl aehe, or soiled his hands - until bearing heavy burduns beoajne a matter i)f prido, the heavy end of thè wood his froni choice - parents, as they bid him good-by, may dismiss thoir fears. His life will not be a business failure. The cli-imiils of suucess are his, and at some time and in some way the world will rocognize his capacity. Takc another poiut. Money is the object of the world"s pursuit. It is a legitímate object. It givrs bread an4 olothing iml honics and comfort, ÏUü world lus not Juciged wholly unwisely wlien it h;is made the position a man OOCUpÍBB to biiife eomparatively more or less on his ability :o oarn money, and somewhat on the amount qï his possessions. If he is miseribly pOOT it argüías either some defect in lis expunditures, or a lack of ötness to oope with men in the battle for gold. When a counti"ybi'cd boy leaves home t is generally to enter upoj soma busiless, the end of which is to acquire prop;rty ; and he will suceeed just in proportion as he luis been made to earu and save in his ehildhopd. If all the mauey he has had has come of planting a little patoh in tïie spring, and selling its produce after weary inonths of wat:hing and toil in the fall, or from □Jling woodchucke at six cents a hoad, or ron trapping muskrats and selling their skins, for a shilling ; setting snares in the 'all for game, and walking miles to aee hem in the moraing befove the old folks wero up ; husking coin foi a neighbor. noonlight eveiiiugs at two cents a bushei ; werking out an oecasional day that hard work at home has made possibli - hu is jood to uiake his pile in the world. Ou the contrary, if the boy nevm1 earnid a dollar; ifparents and frieixda had always kept hiin in. spending ïuoney - jennies fco buy candles and fish-hooks, ind sfitisfy ïiis imaginativo wants - and 10 bas grown to mimhood in the expecaiu.-y that the world will generally treat ïini with simihir coiisiderntion, he will tlwaya he, "■ niako-ahift ; and the fauli is not so mueh his ;is i.ni! iS uki: about lini, who never made the boy depend "" ïimself - did not make him wait six months to get ïuoncy to replace a lost aok-kiiifc. l-;-c-ry ooehas to rough it t one time jr unuther. If the rQUghuig comes in joyhpod, it does good ; if later, wlu n labits are formed, it is equally tough, bvit ïot beiiijf educational, is generally usees9. Aiul tlie ouetitian hether a young aan will syccecd in making money or jot depends not upon where hö EÓea pi wkat he does, bul bpoo Uis willingness to do " his p;irt," and upon his having carnjd ,mogey, and so gauid t knowlodge of ita worth. Not a littlc of his valuablocxperience and knowledge the aoutry boy irits on the old farm, Uttder the tutelado of párente 8hrewd enough to see the end froifi 'uf beginninfe, id t,i make the labor and grief of cbildren eontributu lo the suecess of subequent life.

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Old News
Michigan Argus