The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-07-14
FANCY STOCK.

IN aged father called his son into his
roam on the dsy he vas iweniy-one years
Of age; and with : serious counisnsnee
addressed him thus:
Nv son, Won are now fires. and must
hesr4ftFE provide wholly Cor yourself
In this packet is three thousand dollars:
yet yOn gill have 10 labor a though you
were not worth cent Take il wllh my
blessing"
The son retired, examined the packet.
fonnd-.fffeea hundred dollars IA conf
mental money. and the remainder in OUT
Jared dHebiils. accompanied with this
nOse;-
Ny Son-I came 10 Boston twenty
years since with shilling in my pocei.
and the enclosed valueless papers. given
me BY nv father in my hat BY honesty,
sObrleIy. and NV tough hands, I kept .
clear conscience. and obtained he proper
" now possess. Do likewise.
Your af1eeiionale Father.
He did, and nov occupies the noblest
palace that a The city Of palaces" can pro-
duce. A shilling was his fathers capital
IA shilling Was his.
Rsas0n.-The three thousand dollars
given BY his father was the only fancy
stock" he ever possessed.
Detroit Spectator.
And a sensible father he he was. The
best estate that can be given 20 son, az
Ter he has received The educstiou requi-
site TO fii him for advancement, is SIM
civ nothing; or as somebody roughly,
but truly says, " teach your boy the use
Of his arms and legs. and then chuck him
into the stream OF life TO swim for him.
SELF" In nine cases out often. property
given To youth proves milestone ronnd
the neck, and sinks them beneath the
wave. Every ones memory can furnish
Instances enough Of the misery and de-
gredaiiOn which are so frequently the
Consequence Of young mans coming
early into the possession OF abundant
means. and il is often very doubtful,
though we'll meant kindness in the parent
VINO nIies through long years. that he
my leave his children comfortable"
L. Is right thai he should leave his widow 1
aud his daughters " comfortable" but as
FIR his sons, they can undergo large
quantity of discomfort not only without |
much disadvantage, but with positive
b. eft. The most paierisl portion Of !
sdura'ion il neither acquired in schools
nor IN colleges. The midnight student
Obtains It not nor - the clerk in the
c,mnung-house always sure If securing
it, 4 true rs Imeie Of the world and
OF "urseiVes is the result only of ndlyi-
dual rnnlscI with the world. A con-
.acr encountered, not under the guard.
ine auspices If others. but experienced,
a. II were, upon ones /" owu hook"
II Is ihe only specific for dislpating the
CT lie fascIes rHRendered in the youth !
tot mud for destroying false ideas Of !.
persnm importance and for modera'ing !
III, laxunsnce Of personal pride. Self
reliance. prudence, and jus, apprecla-
tor If tne blessings with which. let cy-
pes say what ;uey will, this life IS re-
pit,e, are only to be had IN this way: and
he who can acmsye BY his own efforts /
nn more than a bare sufficiency, is, in !
es.ry respect, a wiser. anu, therefore, a
ha per man Than the individual who has
mll:Iops Al command, The product of an
o,her's labnur. We are not apt 10 COM
pre- nend the value of that which Is easi- /
|, oblalned--to estimate il properly We
must earn it. The school Of Toll and
snaggie is rough me undoubtedly. but
l. re bes. u universities. and If due pre- :
v,ous education has been sholsome--of ,
the ground work Of character has been ,
properly lsld-Its completion IN the rug |,
gel seaiemy Of which We speak. will be |
b n advantageous and substantial.