Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1859-12-15


Stand up here. young man, AMI let LII laii
| .o YOU. Iou have trusted alone IL the con-
tents of "fa,her's purse or to his fair fame
| for your influence or succts in business.
| Think YOU that "father" has attained to en-
ipence in his profession but by unwearied in
dustrv or that lie has amassed a fortune
| honestly without energy and activity? You
| should know that the faculty requisite for
the n, curing of fame and fortune is essen-
tial to. uas. inseparable from, the retaining
of either of t ese 2 Suppose "father" has the
"rocks,' in abundance; if you never earned
ANYTHING for him, you have no more tusl-
ness with those rocks" than q gosling has
with n tortoise and if he allows you to
meddle with them till you have learned their
value by your own industry, he perpetrates
untold mischief. Aud if the old gentleman
is lavish Of his cash towards you, while he
allows you to idle away your time, you had
| better leave him; yes run away, sooner than
be made an mbecle or a scOuudrel through
so corrupting an influence Sooner or later
YOU must learn to rely on your own resources,
or Won will not be anybody. If you have
ever helped yourself at all, if you have be-
come idle, if you have eaten fathers bread
and butter and smoked fathers cigars, cut n
swell in f.tners buggy, and tried to put on
fathers influence and reputation, you might
far better have been poor canal boy, the
son OF n chimney sweep, or a boot black -
and indeed we would not swap with you the
situation Of Il poor. half-starv.d mothcress
calf! Miserable objects you are, that depend
entirely upon your parents, playing gentle
man (aIias dandy loaterD. What in the name
l r tnI. IA lt -
Wake up there Go to work with either
your hands or your brains, or both, and do
something. Don't merely have it to boast
that YOU have qroun in fathers hause-that
you have vegrtated as other greenhorns! hut
let folks know that you count one.
Come, off with your coat, clinch the saw,
the plow handles, the scythe, the axe. the
pickaxe. the spade-anything that will ena-
ble you to stir your blood! ely round and
tear your jacket," rather than be the rccip-
lent of the old gentlcmans bounty Sooner
than play the dandy at ddd'S expense, hire
yourself out to some potato patch, let your
self to stop hog holes, or watch the bars
and when you think yourself entitled to q
resting spell, do it on your own hook. If
YOU have no other means Of having fun Of
your own. buy with your earnings all empty
! y >
or get into it and roll down hill. Don't, for
PHYS sake; don't make the old gentleman do
everything, and you live at your ease.
| Look about you, you wcll-dres>ed, smo 9TH
faced, do-nothing drunes! Who are they
that have worth and influence in society :?
Are they those that have depended alone on
the old gen,len,an's purse? or are they those
that have climbed their way to their posi-
| a.. Al.
the old gcntleman's funds, or personal in
fucnce. may secure you the forms of respect.
but let him lose his property, or die, and
, bunch Of flesh aud bones that needs to be
| taken care of
Agvn we say, wake up-gct up in the
morning-turn roun1 at least twice before
break kfast-hclp the old man--give him nuw
and then generous lift in busslIess learn
how, take the lead, aud not depend forever
on being led Z; and you have no idea how the
discipline will benefit you. Do this and our
word for it, yon will seem to breathe a new
! atmosphere, possess u new frame. tread on
new earth, wake to n new drStiuy---ard you
may then begin to aspire to manhood. Take
off, then that ring from your lilly finger,
break your cane, shave your upper lip, wipe
means, never again eat the bread Of idlcness,
nor depend on .fMher !
| M TINE TO llEsIrATE.--A clergyman Of
| one Of our Eastern States. who, during his
| lifetime was AS much distinguished for Lis
eccentricity as for his talents, ard for the sin.
cerity and fcrv"r of his picty dned one
| Thanksgiving day with the SENIOR deacon of
! l. a. 4 Il E,sl,
| ioncd man, was in the habit Of asking blcs-
sings of a ncst wcArisomc length. On this
occasion he was perfectly pr"lx, and finally
was forced to pause to gain new supply of
breath and words. The instant he stopped
the pnst"r sat down and commenced rattllng
his knife and fork. The worthy deacon.
very much disconnected by the conduct of
his reverend guest, opened one eye, ard look
ing down on him, exclaimed. Doctor! doc
ter. I'm not through yet, | only hesitated
'IIesitated" replied the doctor; 't's 10 time
to hcsitHtc wher. a turkeys coolingv
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4 FATALIsT. "A Western paper publishes
the following:
Il knew an old man who believed that
what was to he would be- He lived in re-
gion infested by very savage Indians. lie
always took his gun with him, but this time
found that some Of his family had taken it
out. As he would not go without it some of
his ircn $ tautalizel him by Sayiu. there was
no danger of the Indians; that he would not
die till his time came any how. Yes says the
old fellow, but suppose ] was to meet an In
dian and lis time Was come, it would nj dc
not to have any gun
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8sis" Great excitement prevails at Stafford
and Northampton, in England i'll conse-
qucnce Of tie introduction Of sewing ma
chimes in the manufacture Of boots and shoes.
At meeting in Stafford. attended BY two
thousand makers and binders it WAS stated
that five Thousand pers ms had been thrown
ont Of employment in Northampton and
one thousand in Stafford BY the introduction
of machine-scwn tops, and union was
formed for resisting the innovation.
lfH-rhe new silver lead discovered near
the head of Washoo Lake, is thought will
prove nearly as rich IA the Ophr lead; the
miners there held meeting Oh the 29th Mt,
fn regulating and making claina. Five
teams loaded with silver ore passed through
Cars"n City for San Francisco. t. he shipped
10 England hlessls. Wash s; Co. have about
100 tons to be shipped.
-.Np.ps a
kky Human life s a boistcrous passage
over the turbulent sea of mortality, sur
rounded by the unending shores Of screue
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