The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-04-23

A merchant lately had occasion

A merchant lately had occasion for a
young lad as a clerk He advertised, and
several presented thcmselycs-among
them a we'll dressed, handsome youth
who favorab)y impressed him, and whom
he thought OF taking on trial. But when
Inc asked the lad to write, the awkward
/ chrography convinced him that, howev.
cr else the boy mi=h suit, his peman-
ship would not answer. He then called
| up another, whose appearance likewise
betokcnrd C, mparatlvely wealthy parent
aye, aud gave him a calculation to makc
! But the fractions were to much for this
aspiran,. At last he picked out a neat,
economicly dressed lad. who said he had
been educated at the High School, aud
who was evidently the child of parents in
/ but moderate circumstances This boy
promptly passed the ordeal! The merch-
ant has now had the youth in his employ.
mcnt for II considerable period, aud says,
in commenting on the occurrence, "he
will probably, in ten years, be on the
high road 10 fortune, while those two
other lads, with their originally superior
advantages, will be getting poorer and
poorer continually
Now whose is the fault ? To some
extent, doubtless, it is that Of the lad.;
hut their parents are not entirely blame
less either Man is naturally vagrant
animal. Not one out of five loves worF,
in the frs, place, for works sake merely
1t ls necessary to take the child almost as
soon as he ceases to be an infant, and
begin to educate him for the part he has
to play In life. Parents cannot inculcate
on their offspring too earl that, if they
would be prosperous aud happy, they
must learn to depend On their own exer.
tons for making or even retaining a for
tune. The boy who grows mp, pcttcd
and induiged; who links that .is father
is 50 rich that he need not work like 9th
er lads wAo is not disciplined to study,
to labor, to self, denial generally such
boy, 40 matter wha. his advantages of
capital, or eonnexion. will run the great
est risk Of inal bankruptcy, if he does
nUt,as too many do. turn out utterly worth
less, even before he is old enough to be
gin business There Ia an ancient prov
erb that, to make gentleman You must
begin in tho cradle. The adage would be
truer aud more useful, if it Was that to
make business man, you must hegiu
with the boy
OF the three candidates for the clerk
ship, whom tie merchant examined, two
had started life W tn every advantaga-
They had been seut to choice schools,
they had been furnished literally with
books, they had been able to give their
individual attention to study. But not
feeling the necessity Of exertion. aud not
having it Impressed n them by their pa.
rents, they rriied away their privileges
The other lad, from childhood, had bad
to struggle. 1t was only by great self.
denial, probably, that his father had been
able to eIothe him decently enough TO 20
to school. From the first, he had real
lied the worth o. education, the value of
time, and the necessity of relying on
himself. He had hardened the muscles
of his character, if we may use such a
metaphor, by the necessary training
which his circumstances imposed upon
him. 1t depends altogether upon the
manner in which children are educated,
whether they become useful, prosperous,
and happy membcrs of society, or wheth- !
or they - down, foundercd in character
and fortune, on the boisterous sea of life.
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