The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1854-01-11
A Want hard to be Supplied.

From Tennessee exchange of late
date we cut the FLOWING:
APPRENTICE WANTED.-A YOUTH.
IA l5 to II years of age, that can spell cor
rectly, and does not chew tobacco, smoke
pipe or segars, drink liquor or sware, will
lind pleasant situation in this Office by ap-
plying soon.
Verify, if the census rolls Of Young A
nerica contain the name Of such a youth
he should obtain pheasant situation"
with the freedom Of every office in the
land. Our contemporary has set his stan
dard high, and we fear that the above
advertisement will have to run long ca
reer as standing matter before his wants
are fully met. Let US see what his wants
are, however and what are the conditions
he demands.
n youth Is TO II years Of age.-The
advertiser ..,ust live "remote from cities"
indeed, and at considerable distance
from any post office, cross roads, or mus
foreground, or he would have learned long
sence, that youths 10 to II years Of
age" are the rarest Of all rare animals.
many young men" and "yoLng gentle
men," may be found about that age, no
doubt, bat VIC can scarcely recall an in
stance of "youth," having finished his
third lustrum, or Of anything in boots and
breeches that old, answering to nd recog-
nizing the appellation, youth" Tie
fact is, we scarcely have youths" at all
nov a-days-as Mr.. Weller, complains,
"we don't have no boys now," and Shak-
speare, if now revived and called upon to
revise his Seven Ages" would make es-
sential alterations. He would of course
retain infancy-for the world has not
reached the point of progress which can
dispense with this yeslibular stage.
lie would scarcely admit the school
boy" for schools" have l~ng since been
superseded by academies and Colleges"
except in few backwoods settlements,
and boys have been translated into young
gentlemen. The lover and the soldier
are still parts which each man plays,
more or less prominently, and then wo
reach the sold fogy," sort of retiring list
for men whom the irresistible impulses of
Young America push aside just as they
begin to be competent to do full journey
work in State or Church. We fear our
Tennessee advertiser has made q fatal
blunder in calling for "a youth fifteen to
seventeen years Of age; but we pass on.
That can speK correctly What do
you mean, friend, and who is 10 decide
what spelling correct isl Is the proyres-
sive spirit Of this age-tAis second half of
the 10th century-to be fettercd and tied
down by the musty rules and regulations
Of johnson and Walker, 1--WE mean the
dictionary men, not our map-mak:ng
friends,) or even by tho later dicta of Web
ster.
Does not chou tobocco, smoke p;ps or
segars!-Shades Of Nicot and Raleigh
What does the man meant Does he iu-
tend, Dioginese like, to light his fl .mbeau
and prowl over the country, looking for
youth fifteen to seventeen years Of age,
that can spell correctly, and does not chew
or smoke.
Wen he does find such a rdra avis.
we trust he will give us \ timely hint, for
we would like to give such youth pull
with hearty good will.
In these piping times, however, it will
be fouud hard work to smoke out one
who does not smoke. The advertisement
however, does not bar snuffing; perhaps
on pinch, tie advertiser stakes" himself,
or not wishing to fnd sll impracticable
conditions united, he waves this as "dust
in the balance"
Drink Liquor or !Spore.--Alas unfor-
tunate advertiser, difficulties are multi
piled around your search. You may 90
round this world crying out your expected
qualifications, and asking, "Can such be
foundi do you know wherei" and ac-
commodating echo, will ofsen give the
apt reply, "No where"