The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-04-27
Professions, Trades, 60.

professions, Trades, 6c.
THERE never was n time when money
has been more abundant than at present. 1t
Is constantly seeking investment, and in our
| State all kinds of stock h ave gone d with
in a year exceedingly. We do not know of
Bank in the State, bu; the stock is above
par, and many Of them have advanced from
10 to 25 per cent. above par. The stock Of
the new Banks in Charleston for which char
ters We're granted mt the last session of the
Legislature, have been taken with such con-
hdencc by moncd men, that in both cases
the Exchange Bank and the Peoples Bank }
portion of the amount subscribed, had to
be refunded, as it exec eded the limit grant
cd in the ch urtcr. About two weeks after.
some of this stock Exchange Bank) was
sold in Charleston, ut an advance of 81. to
81 rs on shares Of fifty Dollars. This but
goes to show, that money is abundant, and
is seeking investment No doubt but the
Large quantities of gold which from time to
time have been received from California has
in II great measure added to the influx of
money. Probably our people are more pros
Porous now, thin they have ever bern, and
BY Judlcious. well directed exerton, will con
tinue to prosper. But, Of all vocations, me.
chanics are more prosperous than any other.
The people Of every place, exhibit an impro-
wing spirit Carpenters, bricklayers, paint
ers and artisans generally, are every where
in demand. In fact, it is almost impossible
to procure workmen, and the demand is so
great, that their services command the high
est wages. In the learned professions OF
Law and Medicine, the case is differeht.-
We cannot produce business for the LAW
yer or Doctor, for. when We need the coun-
| Gil OF the former, or the medicine of the lat.
ter, it is when misfortune comes upon u.s.
an inability to meet payments, or bodily suf.
fering.
To recapitulate tho advantages ono has
who is master Of n trade, over one who il
not, is useless.
To know the fact that ; hen one is master
of u trade he need never want, is sufficient
Some how or other, our people have be.
come so Democratic, that Democracy il
changed into kind of Goldfish aris tocrncy.
The poor man with six or eight children.
clustered together in mean dirty hovel,
with scarcely enough corn bread to supply
their daily wants; incapacitated himself
from having no settled occupation of render.
ing them as comfortable rs they would be,
were he master Of trade instead as Il
would seem Of his being anxious that his
sons being placed mt some business by which
ne would be relieved Of their support, and
! at the aame time giving them trade W. .,eh
vii! ever render them less dependent than
their father. instead Of doing this, we say,
what does he say--why, sitting by the T. rc6
light Of nm evening, he pas johnny's white
head, and tells him he Is to be tie lawyer,
Jimmy Is 10 be the doctor, and Billy the p.::-.
son-this little fellow TO be clerk In store
and this other SO and 40, but no such word
as having Jimmy bound to the Carpenters
trade. Johnny to lhe Bieklayers, Billy to the
Printers &c. Oh, no, cant be hound to
trade; il may do IL thoy could be masters
CT slseir trades at once, no objections 10
tradesmen. but this being bound for five
years, oh no cint think Of it. this Is free
country, and everybody ought to b. free.
Why, in Eng,nd clerk to n Habcrdash.
er is bound for number Of years 40 that
when his term expires, instead Of having n
smattering knowledge Of this business, and
that, and no practical knowledge Of any, he
is dry goods salesman--he understands
the dry goods business, and can distinguish
jackonet from drilling.
But let Us follow this imaginary CASE
The father sends his three boys TO an old
field school to learn Latin and Greek, and
instead of learning the dead languages they
learn the living: their training having been
such, the old field school but gives them
greater scope, and our lawyer. Doctor and
parson are the noisiest bragadocios at the
school. But this 10 not all, they attend
school 90 irregularly, being obliged, great
portion Of their time TO assist their parents
at home, that when the time arrives for
Johnny 70 be sent to College, er placed In
Lawyers Office, Johnny is better fis to rob
hens roosts and shoot squirrels The case
10 the same with the rest, and Il h the cause
why we have so many young men, capable
Of making nothing. with an edueation 90 Inn
perfect that they would be a. wen without
any. unable 10 procrrs employment sna
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