Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-11

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We are greatly pleased to perceive indi.
cations in various quarters, that the fash
ionsble do.nothing customs which have
been so fatally prevalent for . few years
past, are beginning to be regarded in their
true light. The Carlisle Democrat says
that it is great mistake to suppose that
true happiness is to be found in having
nothing to DO. To be good and to be
happy, the hands, the head, and the heart,
must oil be employed. Nor is it enough
that they be engag 4 in aevising and exc
cutting schemes Tor mere aeIi-aggrandize-
ment Or promotion ~e mus take wider
range and look abroad upon the things
Of Others" 7s
Engagement" savs Farley, sis every
Aing; tho more significant. however, our
engagements are, the better; such as the
planning Of laws, institutions, manufac.
tures, charters, Improvements. public
works; and the endeavoring, BY our inter.
est, address, solicitations, and activity, to
carry them into effect, or, upon similar
scale, the procuring of maintenance and
fortune for our families by course Of in
dustry and application to our csllings,
which forms and gives motion to the com.
mon occupations Of life training up .
child !; rosecuting scheme for his estab.
lishment; making ourselves masters of .
language or science improving or man.
aging an estate; and lastly, any engage
menr which is innocent is better than
none; IS the writing Of . book, the build
ing ofs house, the laying out Of . garden,
the digging Of . fish. .pond-eveu the rails.
ing Of . cucumber or tulip"
While the mind is entirely and excIu-
sively occupied with the business before
us, we are happy; It matters little what
we may be engaged 10. 1t is when the
thoughts have nopleasing channel in which
to flow, that disquietude and unrest take
possession of our minds. The great secret
Of human happiness lies in being constant
ly employed in prosecuting some useful
enterprise. Idleness or inactivity begets
ennui that state or condition Of the mind,
above all others, least to be desired. The
wealthy merchant who fetlres from the
active duties Of his calling excepting to
enjoy the fruit of his toll and anxiety in
the seclusions Of country residence,
without turning his attention to any USE
full pursuit, must be disappointed. There
is nothing in . state Of inaction to give
rise to these much desired emotions OF
heart called happiness.
One of the first impulses of the child's
nature is, for something to do; and if pa.
rents do not furnish them useful, or at
least innocent employment, they will seek
some other suitable to their own TASTE
One Of the most fatal errors into which
parents are likely to !s!l. is :ha: If leaving
their offspring to choose their own amuse-
ment. Thousands are to day in our pris.
ons and alms-houses, who, had they been
properly employed in youth, would have
made useful and respectable citizens.
There is nothing so detrimental to the
morals of our youth. female as well -
male, as the want of proper employ ment
While the latter resort for amusement to
the race-course, the card.table, and the
billiard room, the former sigh for the
dance, the social party, and the novel-all
sources of the worst OF evils. Where there
exists any social arrangement, forbidding
the young to engage in any useful physical
or mental labor there is invariably found
q deficiency in the scale Of morals.
Such social regulations exist n almost
al wealthy and ars,ocratc communities;
hence We may observe many practices,
which If subjected to scripture test,
would be found utterly subvers,ve of the
ethics of Christ and his Apostles. To
teach the young the sentiment that it is
not respectable to work, is 10 teach
them miserable falsehood, and start them
in the highway to ruin. We always feel
like plying young ladies and gentlemen
who feel ashamed to be found usefully
employed. We instinctively predict for
them some bad end. Parents should never
permit wealth or position to prevent them
from teaching their offspring some useful
art or trade. Their time cannot be EN-.
ployed 70 greater advantage. It will tend
to tortify them against he fata; inroads
Of ice and dissipation, and should they
ever be reduced to the necessity of resort
ing, for their support to manual labor,
they can do 80 with ease. But, even in
the absence Of all pecuniary necessity, al
should work either with heads or hands.
"Hillo, Mister Postmaster is there
iver let.her here for Dennis O'Frathsr-
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30 believe there is,' said the postmaa>