Des Arc citizen., 1859-11-30
Give Yonr Son q Trade.

l Next 10 education, which IS the great est buckler of liberty and shield of free. men, nothing is more essential 10 the in' dependence and prosperity of our country than that every man should have the mastery of some useful trade. Better have any than none; though, as a general rule the choice of trade should not be left tc chance nor to the caprice of moment.
 The men of trades-the real creators of whatever IS most essential to the neces- sities and welfare of mankind-cannot be dispensed with; they, above all others whatever repute they may be held in by their more tastidious fellows, must work al the oar of human progress, or all IS lost Be they taiors, shoemakers, carpenters, masons, blackstniths, or any other vocation, they are equally necessary to the wants and enloyments, as we'll as to the indepen dence of all communities. But few brown handed workmen think of this, or appre- ciate.the position and power they compass
 Give your son trade, no matter wha' fortune of money or this worlds goods he may have, or seem likely to inherit. Give him trade, and if possible an education at any rate trade. With this he car always defy temporal want, and he can more easily acquire the education, as a dernaer resort, than the trade. More easily, simply because, while you may never impress him with the necessity ot the education, you can insure him with the conviction that trade Is essential to feed clothe, and render him independent. and for his own present and after peace, it were better that he should be ignorant in his in- dependence that never so much educated and miserably dependent
 But in our free country, there can be, ordinarily, no difficulty Tn securing both education and a trade to every youth thereby fitting him to enter the ranks oi manhood defiant of those obstacles which numidale so many tradeless, pro(ession- less, young men. Such are the peculiari- ties of fortune, that no mere outward pos session can be counted on as absolutely se- cure or protective to man. Hoarded thou sands and millions may be swept away in a day, and their once possessor be left with no means of livelihood or independence. Let such an one have some useful trade, and he can snap his finger at an ordinary misfortune.
 We have read of wise monarch who decreed that his sons must learn useful trades, or be cut off from their prospective inheritance. They murmured, yet obeyed the decree. The eldest prince, ,'as the quickest trade to learn, took to basket mak- ing. In progress of time he became king aud reigned in his fathers stead. In time, also, revolution came upon him and over- threw him, and he fled companonless, save his family, and wandered long dis guised and unknown. During this period, by a recurrence to the simple trade learn ed in his youth, he made himself and his family independent; and this is only an illustration of how necessity or misfortune may be overcome, and how an honest, use- ful trade may always serve man.
 ' The sons of the rich as we'll as of the poor should be strengthened by this pos- session. If never used beyond the learn ing, no harm is done, while possibly 1t may be of incalculable good. It is wea- pon, which once secured like education or knowledge, cannot easily be wrested from ones grasp. Only get the bent of boys mind, and give him a trade in accordance herewith, and whatever may be his after fortunes, he shall tell you from experience or observation that one of the wisest gen. eral provisions of life, is the securing to every young man some useful trade.- [Mimor.