The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-04-02
B0YS AND GIRLS.

Weagree with Life illustrated, when it says,
boys must have trades and professions. That
is right. Every boy should understand that he
is TO learn well 10 do some kind of business that
he is 10 earn his living, and make himself use
fu in the world. That he has rich father, is
no reason why he should live in ideness Train
the boy TO useful occupation.
Yes, if you would h ave him happy and hon.
orcd, if you would make him OF the least con-
sequence in The world, If you would save him
from vice, misery, and ruin, train him to in
duStry. No one should live in the world with
out sharing its common burdens and common
joys-the responsibilities of reciprocal service
and sympathy.
Boys are bred to business. Why are not
girls! Are their minds IN less danger of run
raEF toJt aTiu lero fr1lIs tJsat-ha eri Auhich
No; as the world is, girls not be per-
fectly pure without occupation. The unem-
ployed mind is not happy. Every girl should
be taught some branch of industry, should be-
come skilllu 10 some kind Of work, either
mental or physical, by which she can support
herselfhonorably. No healthy grown girl should
be satisfied TO remain tax on her father. Are
her parents means small By the teaching
and practice of some art, she can earn her mon
ey, and add much TO the comfort and the
CDdrfIlS OIL nome. one w III De "
If she has been trained TO feel SO. She owes
it to her own soul, as means of lis elevation
and growth. Have the parents ample means!
Still, she could not merely exist, of no more
ccount than china toy or bit of gliding.
She can share The mothers duties, becoming her
rig ght hand, and the light of the fathers eyes.
Al the same time, she should be thoroughly
versed in certain branches of either Art or
Science, that,in case of reverses, common
nova days, she can gain an honest, indePen-
dent livelihood.
All girls should be thoroughly taught all the
necessary details OF housekeeping they
shame their mothers, and they viii bring misery
on their own families The needle, broom,
aud duster are not the sole implements of indus
tiv adapted TO women. The pen she has taken.
By the pencil she has surpassed Ter brother.
The marble, beneath her fingers. gives birth to
beauty so exquisite as to draw tears from the
eyes of stern men.
Let her go on. She can, with perfect pro-
pretv, as she becomes conscious of inclination
and capacity, become physician, merchant lectu-
rer-anything good for which God has endow
ed her. But some steady occupation she should
| have.
! Train girls 10 definite and useful employ
Inent, if YOU would render them good and hap
| py. Famiarize them, early, with the idea
| tha, they are to become skillful in some art or
professionalism they are to be adopts in some
useful work. Thus, they will be helps meet TOR
their brothers, and the blessing of humanity.
OLD ScRATcH's OPINION OF PoLITicAL
PKrAcHERs.-"The devi!,' SAYS Luther, held
an anniversary, at which his emmlsaries were
convened TO report the result Of their several
missions"
81 let loose The wild beasts of the DESERT"
said one, son a caravan Of Christians, and their
bones are now bleaching on the sand"
sPshaw !" said the devil, ''their souls were all
saved"
II drove the east wind" said another, IA
gainst a ship freghted with Christians, and
they were all drowned"
aWh bat Of that their souls were all saved"
'For three years." said the third, 81 cultiva-
ted an acquaintance with an independent MN
lister OF the gospel; at last became very inti-
mate with him, and then [ persuaded him to
| preach politics and throw away his Bible"
"Then,o continued Luther, '.the devil shout
ed as the devil only can shout, and all the
, night s:aTs sang Tor joy"
Bad luck is man with his hands in his
breeches pockets, and pipe in his mouth, look
t ing on to see how it will come. Good luck ID
: man 10 meet difficulties, his sleeves rolled up,
and working to make il come out right.