Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1856-01-05
DON'T DEPEND ON :. FATHER, >,

Stand up here, young man, and let us
talk to you-you have trusted alone to the
contents of g fathers purse" on his fair
fame for your influence in business Think
your father has attained to eminence IN his
profession except by unwearied industry!
O! that he has amassed fortune honestly
without energy and activity? You should
know that the faculty requisite fot the ac-
quiring Of fame or fortune is essential to,
nay inseparablc from, the retaining Of eth
cr Of these.
Suppose" father" had the rocks in abun.
dance; it you have never earned anything
for him you have 10 more business with.
those rocks. than a goslng with tortoise
and if he allows you to neds!le with them
until you acquire some by your own indus
try, he perpetuates mischief. And if the
old man is lavish with lis cash towards
you, while lie allows you to willie away
your time, you'd better leave-yes, run
away-sooner tl.an he an ilnbccile, or
something worse, through so corrupting
an influence. Sooner or later you must
learn to rely upon your own resources OF
you will not be anybody. If you have
become idle, if you have eaten your faith
er's bread and butter, smoked your fathers
cigars, cut a swell in your fathers buggy,
and tried to put on fathers influence and
reputation you might far better have bees
a poor canal boy, the son Of chimney
sweep or a boot black indeed we wo'd
not swop with you the condition Of half
starved lnotherless calf.
Miserable objects you are that depend
entirely upon Your parents, playing gentle.
man (landy loaters.) What in the name
OF common sense are you thinking about
Go TO work witt, either Your hands or your
brains, or both and lie something! Don't
merely have it to boas: of that you have
grown in fathers house--,hat you have
vegitated like other grcenhorns but let
folks know you count one! Come, of
with your coat. c'inch the saw, the plough
handles, the scythe, the axe, the pick axe,
the sTade-anytl;ng that will enable you
to stir up your blood. Fly around and tear
your jacket, rather than the passive recip-
lent of the old mans bounty! Sooner
than play the dandy, hire yourself out to
some potatoe patch, let yourself stop ]og:
lIoles, or watch the cars, and when you
think yourself entitled to resting spell, do
it on your own hook. If you have no 9th.
er means of having fun of your own, buy
witlrsyour own earning an empty barrel
and stick your head into it and holler or
get into it and roll down l,ill-don't for
PHYS sake, make the old gentleman furn.
ish everything, and lie at your ease.
Look about you, you well dressed, do!
nothing drones. WHO are they that have
worth and influence in society? Are they
those who have depended entirely 81. the
old gentleman's purse? Or are they those
that have climbed their way to their posi-
ton by their own energy? n miserable
fedgling-a bunch of flesh and bones that
needs to be taken care Of!
Again we say, wake up; get up in the
morning; turn round at least twice before
breakfast; help the old man; give l,im
now and Their a generous lift in business;
learn how to take the lead, and not depend
forever on being led, and you have no idea
how the discipline will benefit you. Do
tits and our word for it, you will seem to
breath new atmosphere, possess a new
frame, tread new earth, and wake a new
destiny; and then you may aspire to n,au-
hood. Take off. then, that ring from your
little finger, break your cane, shave your
upper lip, wipe your nose, hold up your
head, and, by all means, never again oat the
bread Of id|eness. nor depend on tuther: