The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1854-08-24
Read This, Boys.

HiS 10 Iho eueCI VI ehoe-naklDS, Salu
a young mechanic to US yesterday, shaking a
He'd purse in our face. twas not said
beastingly, but with an honest PRIDE We
wish to refer our readers to few particu-
lars in the history of this young man. He
is the fourth son of an Industrious mechan-
ic, who has known the height of influence
and the depths of poverty. His eldest son
is reared for the ministry, and is, we believe,
talented and useful member of society,"
A second was mechanic; hard-working
fellow. The third has acquired an excel
lent education, after much labor and hard
work, through his own means. The youngest
son, him to whom we introduce the reader,
was brought up in the conviction that labor
was derogatory to respectability; that wealth
was the highest good that could be enjoyed
by mortals. He was early sent to school,
then to the academy, preparatory to course
o. professional studies. Meanwhile, his old
father was toiling and striving to attain the
distinction which are attendant upon wealth,
merely for the sake of his children; but still
willing to forego all the pleasures and emo
luments of the world. if his sons could be
useful and lauded in the community.
The young man entered upon his studies,
convinced that he was the son of rich man
comparatively, and consequently he was en-
titled to "full swing" in all the frolics and
sprees that came off. So when his six
months were completed he came home to
his disappointed parents wild, reckless, in
dolent boy, instead Of the sedate, fixed and
ambitious young man. He loitered about
home for some time, but his fathers consti-
tuition was broken, his sales low and his re-
turns nothing. Starvation was before the
family. Fruitless and equally many were
the applications which the young man made
at the trading establishments in the city for
occupation. There were more clerks than
merchants, and more traders than buyers
Worn out with fatigue and the stings of con-
science for his former mis.spent time, with
his spirit humbled and his mind nerved to
undergo any privation rather than return
without employment to his fathers house,
the shop of every mechanic from the black
smiths to the jewelers. was beseiged but it
was time of general depression in business
and every man looked out for his own inter-
est So without blame, conscious that he
had done his best to obtain an occupation the
young man went home. The Widespread
table, the carpeted floor, and the refinement
which was visible in the household, but
seemed to aggravate the misery of its ten
ants. o.. .-.... ID -.,i...., .-..... ....-.,.f.5
n One day the young man was in the shop
of shoemaker, who, had amassed by his in
dustry respectable fortune, while he had
built up a reputation which can never die
from the memory of the community in which
he lived. "Why don't yos go to work!"
asked the old man. / can't get anything to
do, was the response. "Come and learn my
trade," said the old man. 1t was bargain.
The pampered son Of fortune became the ap-
prentice of honest father -. His good
habits endeared him sensibly to the gener-
GUS shoemaker, and the progress which he
made in his avocation, surprised every one
who had been formerly acquainted with his
idle habits. ~.i2a2 savisl.H 1a 49,
The old man died. During his illness he
carried on the business of the shop, and
received for his services some old tools which
had been the property of his employer. He
commenced business for himself, but soon
went to a fourishing village and entered a
large establishment as journeyman. His
love for study and refinement increased
The best society was thrown open before
him, the confidence of the employer was
unbounded in his integrity, his shopmates
were pleased with his native talents and ad
dress--he became the sun of their little cir.
Gle; and when he left his employer in the
hope of obtaining q better situation, his loss
was severely lamented. Il s.a.es,...,e
We were conversing, yesterday, with this
young gentleman, upon the false pride which
had ruined so many boys. eff had obtain
ed aclcrkship when | sought, | should have
been an outcast in society and beggar,-
This is the effect of shoe-making, of indus
try and enterprises good reputation, ,
clear conscience and happy life" I. I
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