The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-11-28
ADVICE OF A PARENT.

ADVICE OF a BAhEN l..
The following article, copied from the Bos
ton Daily .4dSertiSer, would have done honor
to the pen of Franklin. Every line and letter
of it ought to be carefully perused by every
Young man, and treasured in his heart.
The foHowrng are instructions giren By the
Father 10 has Son, on has going to seroe as
an apprentice IN a merchandise house.
81 shall confne myself at present, to
few remarks only, respecting the relative
situation between yourself and master:
1. You are to give your constant attend
ance at the counting room or store kbusl-
ness or no business) during office hours, 4
except you are sent out by Mr.. S. or go by /
his permission.
,. When out on business finish it with /
despatch, and return Immediately.
3. Keep your store in the most regular
and neatest order, especially your desks,
books and files of papers.
4. Whatever business you may have on
hand, execute it, not in hurry, but in the
hest STYLE, instantly, without delay. "Pro-
crastination is the thief of time"
5. Whenever you deliver an article
see that it be charged the very first thing
YOU do. 1t will require your utmost atten-
ton and consideration to enable you to cX-
ecute your duties faithfully and correctly,
especially till practice makes business ia
miliar.
6. The last and most important, you
are inyiolably to keep your masters Sc
crets, relate none of his business, not even
to your most intimate friend. a breach of
this Injunction would be treason on your
part, and the reason viii be obvious to you.
Nh. S. will cheerfully grant you every in
diligence. Should you want to be absent
an hour, or even more, he will not object;
but you must be careful never to ask these
favors, when your presence is necessary in
the store. Think it not derogatory to per-
form any work amongst the goods in the
store; the exercise will be useful to
strengthen yoyf muscles and preserve !
your health. Be careful to improve your
hand writing, by copying in the best style;
and when you write letter, you should
do it, as if it was to be inspected by all
your acquaintance, and you should neuer
i0r;te fast.
l suspect this pen, ink, and paper is
thrown away, for | believe your good sense
would point you to the path of duty and
rectitnde in all cases.
Your most afectonate FATHER.
GAMBLING. AtVerdun, in France, among
other means resorted to, to plumber the
English, a gaming table was set up for
their sole accommodation and, as usual,
! led to scenes of great depravity and hor-
/ ror. For instance" An unfortunate young
man, in order to while away the tedious
hours after party, was enticed into this
/ sink Of iniquity, when he was tempted to
/ throw on the table a half crown ; he won,
and repeated the experiment several even
| ings, till at length he lost. The manager
1 Immediately offered him a Froulou' of fifty
pounds, which, in the heat of play, he
thoughtlessly accepted and lost. He then
drew n bill on his agent, which Captain
Jahleel Brenton endorsed; this he also
lost he drew two others, which met the
same fate; and the next morning he was
I found dead in his bed, with his limbs much
distorted, and his fingers buried in his
sides. On his table was found an empty
laudanum hottie, and scraps of paper,
wherein he had been practising the sigma
ture of Captain Brenton. On inquiry it
was found that he forged that officers
name TO the two last bills. Thus did a
once respectable young man meet a most
dreadful and disgraceful end, from being
exposed, at too early period in life, to the
temptation of gambling. Another circum-
stance also occurred, the atrocity Of which
was somewhat tinged with TIE ludicrous.
A clerk, named Chambers, losing his
monthly pay, which-was his all, at the gam
ing table, begged to borrow of the mana
gers, but they knew his history too well (
to lend without security, and therefore de-
manded something in pawn. Il have moth |
ing to give" replied the youth, "but my
ears" Well said one Of the witty de- T.
mons, let us have thern.' The youfh i'm I
mediately took out of his pocket a knife, |
and actually cut off the feshy part ST one
Of his ears, and threw it on the table, to
the establishment Of the admiring game
sters. He received his two dollars, and
gambled on.
BUGs OUTwITTED 4 traveller in the
Piny Woods Country stopped for the night /
at house that promised, in huge charac-
tiers, bntur Tain mint for mann lind H0ss, |
Hear" Having appeased his appetite on
buttermilk and hoe-cake, he stretched him |
self on his pallet to seek repose but was
surrounded by such an army of bugs, that