Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-03-17
Learn a Trade.

town, or village, without being astonishcd
at the large number of young men and
boys, who are suffered to grow up without
trade; and if the enquiry is made Of
their parents, whether they do not believe
it is best for all boys to learn trade, the
answer is in the affirm ,tive. Men who
live at random-whO suffer themselves to
exist, without having any fixed aim, or
object in view-generally make misera-
BILE q" botch" of life Hence the impor-
tance of setting out in early life, with a
determination of being somethiny Every
one at the age of l6 Or II, should select
some vocation with determination of pur-
suing it, and yet we sometimes observe
families of half dozen, growing up TO the
age of maturity, trusting altogether to
chance, for employment. While some are
fortunate, many others, from idleness,
want of 6xedness and determination, be.
come poor wrecks, and are kicked about
through the world as mere tools, of little
value to anybody. The proportion of sue
cessful men in the world, are as ten to one,
in favor of those who set out in early life
to learn trade, profession, or calling, with
a determination to follow it as source of
living-or at least, until mature judgment
and age may safely dictate change, over
those who spend their minority il changing
about from one business to another. Even
the boy who decides to be a farmer, should
make up his mind earl y in life to that effect,
and at once set about acquiring habits of
industry, economy, perseverance, and a
knowledge of agricultural science, that he
may pursue it with pleasure and profit.
Few persons, who thus start cut in early
life, make future of their existence, but
will thrive, become intelligent, and attain
comfortable circumstances, before the
frosts of age begin to settle upon tn Ii
heads. Are these remarks, in their GER
eral sense, found to be true? Let the
reader, who has attained the agc Of twen
ty five or thirty years, answer. That an
swer will be an emphatic les!' Then
why are so mauy heads Of families failing
to fix in the minds of their children, thst
'fxedncss Of purpose, so. necessary to sucB
cess? fits this grand total errsrof -
lcct to train boys, for some particular oc-
cupation, which has mighty influence
in peopling this world with vagabonds,
and "botches in mind, in character, and
in mechanical and professional skill. 1t
is truly lamentable, that such vas, num-
Der of young persons are growing up like
a herd of cattle, to be driven tlIroug h the
world, pretty much in the same manner.
Why have we sach Il multitude Of poor
mechanics? Msnifestly in great mca-
sure, because they have never served that
time, and paid that attention to their
business, which they might, and ought to
have done They have neglected to en-
tighten their minds, and purify their
morals, in a manner calculated to ia liatc
and improve the labor of their hands.
Why have we such host of inefficient
school teachers? Because, they have
never qualified themselves f,r the voca-
ton. Why are SO many thousands max
ing bare ana hard living by rcdling
along and trading off of their communi.
ties by various small operations? Why
SO many wandering about without know
ing to what to turn their hands! Why
so many who must resort to the keeping
Of oyster shops, beer shops, groggeries,
&C., in order to make living? Because
they have never qualified themselves for
more useful employments! Some thoughts
like these, might claim the attention of
the mass of parents, with profit.-Iotts-
torn Ledger.
SPIRIT RAppERs-Thesc gentry have
connected course of lectures, to be given
soon. in elucidation and defence of Spirit
rappings. In the mean time, one Brother
Scott, the leader of the Rappng migration
from Madison county, New York, to Vir-
piuia, has come on to annihilate all disbe-
levers in digital poking from the neither
world. Br. Scott sets himself up in the
pulpit as living, palpable evidence of the
existence Of Spirit rappers. He says, for
Instance 81, Er. Scott, am a spirit
manifestation now you see me, but knock
me on the head, and then you don't see
me. You may still see my she'll d; but
the real Br. Scott, the spirit that looks,
talks, and moves the shell, will have gone
to the eternal world. Hence Br. Scott is
continual spirit-manifsstation in fact,
rapper, when he thumT' the pulpit"
Such is the rigmarole b which sundry
women and few men are made to drop
their under,jaws and cape in perfect won
der. So far as We can see, Br. SCOTS