Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-01-29
bad HABITS Always RxpENsuvE.
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Br A SCHOLAR IN raE FREMONT MON SCHOOL.
"Youth is the seed time of life and aecor-
ding to what you SOW you shall reap AS
general thing the future prosperity or advcr-
sity Of youth depends more on the habits
that they form while between the ages Of
fourteen and twenty, than upon any other
circumstance. Experience has proved that
it is between these two periods that the fac.
uties Of the mind expand and develop
themselves; and the habits of youth are
commonly settled for life. There is GER
tain class of young persons in every com.
munity that apparently do not duly consid-
or Gf they do at ally this matter of future
welfare; some form habits that only enfee-
bic and degrade the mind, while others ac-
custom themselves to habits that are revolt
ing to humanity and to their own consciences
which not only tend TO debaso and pollute
the mind but alsoito destroy tho bloom of
true modcsty; bad habits, which assail their
health, and brand them with fiendish coun-
terance, which often follow them to an un-
timely grave. But what is their reason for
forming such habitsl Simply because it is
the fashion with their associates. The first
degree of some towards gentility is about
ten degrees towards bcastliness; they re.
solve that if they cannot smoke long
nine: or chew quid of Tobacco; if they
cannot take swig of whisky, or swear now
and then, they are no where. What a most
deplorable fact to think that mortal en-
dowed with so many noble qualities, and ca
pablc ofthc highest intellectual attainmsnts
would deliver himself up to habits that the
brute creation would look with contemp,
upon; they arc the more monstrous because
of their being the failing of Gods mobiles,
work.
But what if it is fact, does il havo any
thing to do with getting along in futuroi--
Yes, and no little part either. Some young
sters are SO headlong and needless that they
plunge into the current without knowing it.
speed, although they have often seen i
measured; time and tide watt them along
and before they can realize their situation
the Maelstrom'has swallowed them up
They cannot see behind the veil that hide
darkness, misfortune, and misery; one ba,
habit may lead to vice, and vice will remov
the veil. Without good habits which ar
the groundwork of every good deed, an
of every virtuous action, youth will be but
feted about on the sea of life; calm for tn
I, pure in habits, but boistrous and rough 70
the vicious, for they blow their own breeze
: they are the direct cause of every breaker
and they sway the surge that hcaves then
on the reef, and strengthen it that it ma
hasten their destruction. To mako goo
ship, tho ship-carpcnter takes the TOUCHES
S and best fibred timber and puts il togcthe
in the most workman-likc manner possible
, but Of what account is it if he puts With
! it an old worn-out, good-for nothing, rusty
J. second handed boilerl Is it not liable to @
h down or up almost any time without war;
s ing? Or if it be vessel, If it is rigge
Il with rotten sails and braces can it brave tt
humping and humping of the boistrol
d Ocean? No. Every little breeze will al
parantly despise it. The sails will bio
't away, the braces will break its masts wi
:, yield to the storm, and it will be waited G
G. its course of destruction perfectly helple
to be buffoted about on the deep, and fins
of ly will 60 to pieces on some reef.
" So it is with the youth; they may ha
g = good sound heads and bodies, but if tn,
do not appreciate tho necessity of riggir
and bracing them with good substantial ha
'e its when they rush into the voyage of il
: they are about as apt TO g down as The
II would be "if there was mill stone han
ed about their neck and they cast into IL
sea-" II young persons knew the superic
T ity of good inward habits over good ou
- : ward habits, (clolhcs,) if they only knc
10 how much cheaper and moro durable; he
y much farther they would carry them in S
y, ciety; how much more they would digni
N and exalt them; how much higher tn
: would raise them in their own ostimatio
and the estimation of others, NEW
lg would we find them yielding to the grow,
u ing, degrading, base-born habits that tai
70 70 so many. Tho poorest can possess go,
n ot habits, and tho RICHEST can pride ihomselv
d if they have them. Therefore,
~ Get a suit, IN warrant them never to tear,
Recoect that the larger the suit the longer they'll we
!" They are never soiled by heat cold nor wet.
u And the longer they the better they get
r. POETRY AND PETTIcoATs. The Was