The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-04-21
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For The Cecil Wing.
TEACH YOUR SONS TO WORK.

Mr.. Error After long and tIrcarv
Winter Sprng-time is again upon us with its
usual loneliness, giving life to the vegetable
and health and happiness to the animal crea.
ton, and now for the duties and labors of
Spring. Every man, Women and child should
be up and at work Yes, put the child at it.
If he is not learned to work when young, ten
to Qne If ever he works, and nothing can be
accomplished without labor. If you make a
merchant. farmer, mechanic or a professional
man Of your son learn him first to work; If
not he will make nothing and what you NAV
beat into his brain will be of no use to him
IN most cases, because he will be too lazy TO
bring it into practical use. Teach him, then
habits OF industry from the time he is capa-
bic Of labor, then educate him, by this time
he has age and size and a constitution is be-
ing formed which study will not eject m-
favoraLly, he may, when he first enters the
school be thind in letters and cannot take
rank with his age, &c, but he is Industrious
an in short time he will out strip them all
and i'll or,3 years will be better scholar
and stoliter boy than if he had been at
school all the time. Boys put to school and
kept at 1t from childhood up never make
stout men, and when their education is COM
pleted they are sick Of books and oft en- sick
OF everything else and settle down to make
no further improvement of mind, body or any
thing else; whereas the boy brought up to
industry Is properly prepared when he leaves
school to cnter upon the duties Of life with
energy and ability Of body and mind and has
every advantage to succeed i'll whatever bust
ness or enterprise he may engage in. Now see
the advantages resulting from training the
young to labor are only partially referred to {;
many more might be added to the list. we
will name few Of them: the child kept at
work will be more easily governed, has not
time to learn mischief. will he found at night
ready for his led in place of running the
streets and disturbing others will be likely to
Shun bad company and consequently have
less taste for bad practices. Again, in place Of
being bill of expense all he way through,
he may earn his living, properly managed,
at an carly age; and last, but not least, he
will stand far better chance to be a temper
ate, moral and religious man. My doctrine
therefore is learn all to work, then educate
and if you have no fortune to leave your
chi ldrcn they are qualified to take care of
themselves and that too much better then If
you had fortune to leave them without hab-
Its OF industry and good constitution. No
rule can be laid down to suit all cases, but of
course no child should be opprcss d; the iudg-
ment of the parent should dictate how much
labor child can bear in every case he how.
ever will lind the more the child docs the
the more io viii be able to do and the more
work he docs lie will he the less inclined to
play. really believe if this plan was fully
carried out we would have a less number of
lawyers and loafers about the stores and tav-
erns and less number Of boys to gather to-
gcthcr at nights in our towns and villages
using obscene language and committing
crlmr; our conyicts and criminal prosecutions
would soon cease in great degree, conse-
qucntly the bur len Of taxes lightcncd and all
time would not fully disclose all the atlvan-
tagcs that would Foll6$l. LITTLE Elk.