Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-10-08
For Young Wien.
Words Of AdmOnitiOn.


counselIed and warned entreated and persuaded
Hundreds of them have been benefited by what
they have read and heard, and are now in the
paths of usefulness and virtue. But still, there
are thousands who yet remain unnfuenced by
the examples and precepts of their own friends
who are fastening with rapid strides down the
vortex Of infamy and ruin. Young men, listen
to US, and receive a word Of advice. 1t may dc
you some good.
Look well to your character. If this has a
spot on it, you are half ruined. Without hon
esty of purpose, sincere devotion to truth, and
an utter adherence of vice, in whatever shape
it may come, we know not how you can we'll
succeed in life and secure the appreciation of
others BY associating with the unprncipIed,
and making friends and conhdents of the depra-
we'd, you do yourself an injury which is almost
irreparabe. There are, in every community a
multitude of young men who, having taken les
sons in the school of vice, are prepared to lead
others in the same ruInous course At first they
will modestIy approach you, and by degrees in.
snuate themselves into your favor Then the
cloven foot is shown, but not until you are well
prepared for its appearance In large Cities in
New York and Boston, scores of young men
from the country are ruined by those who ap-
proach them in the guise of friends, when in
fact, they are their most bitter enemies. Vice
loves company, and the more victims the wicked
and abandoned can secure, the less abandoned
will their course appear, and the less censure
will they receive from an outraged community,
Beware, then of the wies of deprayed young
men Let no word of theirs seduce your var
the. Spurn the inducements they hold forth to
entrap You. Resolve that your character shall
remain as pure as when you left the paternaI
roof, with the prayers of kind parents resting on
your heads.
Be honest The volumes of the past are
filled with the destruction of those vino perisI,
ignobly, whose career in crime commenced by
purlolning few coppers from their employers.
1t is trlAe, they thought, and so small sum
will never be missed They lost their honesty
and took fearful step when the first copper was
taken from their masters drawer. Let their
fearful course and their awful end be continual
ly before you lest moment Of temptation you
yield and are ruined. Keep aoof from those
places where articles are sold, not only unneces-
sary, but absolutely huruul to your system
You have no business IN such places. If you
90 in the way of temptation there is little hope
for YOU At first you may not realize the bad
consequences, till you are led on by degrees to
,,o J,cbo
away from idle company and acquire no false
tastes, you will have less inducement to be dis
honest and rob your employer.
Improve the leisure time. Do you have the
evenings to yourselves? Where do you spend
them! There are thousands of books that will
wei pay you by perusal Spend some portion
Of your time in study This will be of grea
advantage to you in after life But on no con.
sideration associate with vlcous youths during
your leisure, or evenings. Keep away from tho
theatre and tavern, the grog shop and the broth
ell. Tell us how you spend your evenings, anc
we can almost TELL to moral certainty what
your future course will be.
Observe the Sabbath. There can be no bet
ter recommendation for young man, than the
fact that he regularly attends some church Lei
your seat never be unnecessarily vacant Never
lounge about the streets on the Sabbath
Use no prolane or indecent language A
fou-mouthed young man is hateful Object
Few upright men are willing that thet children
should associate with them. A vulgar youth il
looked upon as kind of human skunk, tina
every one fears to approach, lest he should bt
contaminated We never knew young mai
who was indicate and impure in his converse
ton, who was not detested and summed by the
virluous and moral.
Be industrious and attentive to your business
Spend but little time in excursions of pleasure
Many a youth has squandered his money as fas
as he has earned it, by hiring horses end frolick
/ ing away the summer hours, when he shoult
have been a: his place of business. Never thinI
OF keeping horse till you are able BY launch
ing out at the onset of life many a man hd
finally been forced to do without many thing
necessarily to his existence. 1t Is foolish tt
throw away money before you have fairly earn
ed it, The money that passes through you
hands, remember, is not your own. TO kee
your credit good, pay your debts as fast as yo'
can. There are many merchants who are afra
to trust young men in business because they ar
so extravagant; they are apprehensve that the
will fail 1t is almost a certain sign Of dc
crease in business when person is away roT
his shop a great part of his time, and is glVin
more attention to horses than to business.
For young men to become useful members {
society, to be respected and exert good Unfit
ence, they must not only attend to their bus
ness, be honest, Industrious and steady-bt
they must strive for moral excellence-for tn
virtues Of the heart If you are all that mor
men would have you to be, and no more, you
characters are deficient in one important degree
Besides duties to your fellow men, there al
those which you owe to your Maker. His cal
sustains youths love surrounds you-his iavo
make you happy Remember him, then, an
thank him for his kindness and mercy to yo
This life is but the vesibule of existence YC