The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-10-05

been disturbed. They got on their nests again.
ne ne watched them for a while, and thre W a stone to
ustefo them. They to the water as before
out IN ten minutes they returned again and in
this manner he disturbed them and thew returned.
' .out ulhes' which convinced him that they
aHAouS 70 return to their young and protect them.
Occupations The following excellent remarks
from the WaverIy Magazine, are 40 strongly char.
acterzed with good sense and p,ac,icaI every
day applications, we have at once set them down
as sound doctrine
There is a most radical error peryading society
at the present IN regard to plain honest hardy in
ousIiy. greater or more foolish mistake never
assoc.alsI itseit with the popular prrudces than
tat II Is the nature of his avocaton that gives char
acter and dignity to the man. For our nart wa
should be sadly puzzled to discover the distinction
ortween any Two Of the varied occupations which
employ ths INDUSTRY OF man, that would raise the
operative IN the Cne case above the one in the other
One Occupation is -reciseIy as creditabIe in Itself
and as cofnmsndable TO It's industrious pursuer as
another, provided it be honorable and in uerf-ct
harmony with the laws of God and man. Ii is the
man that ennobles the occupation, nOI the occupa-
uon that dgnIfes the man. 1t is well that we ara
not all fitted by habit, education and TASTE for the
same avocation However, these natural divisions
arc ny no means distinctions. Ii is the diversity Of
'dsle, together with good and wholesome laws and
regulations, that harmonic. this vast workshop of
intricate lndnst y, the world. Without this diver.
sity, all would BE- Tijt and confusion and physical
pOMe' dluhe would reap the benefits of labor. As
II ls' Tue weak and strong have each their several
| and appropriate allJtments
Inc man who follows in the wake of the pIow-
share, IN his striped frock, and with bronzed and
| toughened hands plants his seed-the man with
smutiy lace and leather apron, Who, with strong
and vigorous sinews, swings his clanoino aiedgs
| from early morn to twilight eve--or the man VINO
bends over his ringing lapstnne the hyelonp dav.
Is not one whit below the smooth faced keen-eyed
| merchant, who follows the feminine empIovment
1 OF measuring and rtbbOn-the sooIa-
rister who expounds or rather mysttfiesthe law or
he whose stately tread resounds in the halls of ls
lation. Still, there exists in the community low
and banefui prejudice in regard to this matter of
| lahor. why, fathers nUwa DAYS mnst keen a asharD
eye on their sons last they stray from the earned
professions, and take up the degrading occupalIon
| OF mechanic, and thus entail calamity UPON the
| family which can never be wiped out The dangh-
ters, too, must have maternal spy upon their every
glance and tootstep, lest she be tipping the light
o her ee upon some poor mcdaniel Horrible
| Why, the good lady would soon think of link
ing her daughter with Patsgonian heathen as a
mechanic.
Are not the use of the t'owel the anvil the
| spade, and the hammer, Just laudable employ
ments, wherewith to build up our comforts in life,
as the Yardstick, the pestle and mortar or library
Equally as honorable and respectable since thew
| are all employed for the same purpose. Labor is
| labor, whether performed in The feld and work.
| shop, or behind the counter, and in the study
| Honesty and honorable labor are the same,
whether performed by the king or the peasant, by
the priest or layman; it is just as honorable in the
one as the other, and worthy of the respect and
admiration the world"