The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-03-07
Don't Depend IN Father

Don't Depend On Father.
Stand up here, Young n.n. aud let us
talk To you. You have trusted a.un. ,u
lhe contents OF fathers purse, or To- his
tar hine Tor Your influence Ur surr, S. Ia
business. 1hrk YOU that father has \:
tanned to eIuIneuce III his profession buI
hv UNIV etried udu>trN or ,ha, he has
"massed iurIune honestly without ener
" anh ACTIVITY ? You sG"uId know that
the faculty requisite. Tor 'he a,Quirruu ut
fame aud fortune IS retaining ct eirher OF
these I Suppose father has the rocks
IN abundance /: Il on never earned AN,
! thing Tor him, YOU have no more business
with those rocks than gosLuy has with
tortoise and ii lie allows vou to me,idIe
with lh-m stl YOU have l-arucd thrlr VA
ue 10y Your own Industry, he prrpe'rai-s
lmlOid mischief. Aud f the ole! gentle
man Is lavish of lis cash toward, YOU
While lie allows YOU TO idle away YOUR
time. you had better leave him >es
runaway sooner Than be made All i'm
beclly or scoundrel through SO currup
tug AN " tluenre. Sooner or later YOU
must learn TO rely on your own resources,
or NOn viii not he any body. II YOU have
ever helped Yourself at all, It YOU have
become IDLE, # YOU have eaten fathers
bread and rutter and sm"kei fathers q
g"rs, cut swell IN tathrrs buggy. nhd
'Ted 10 put on father influence and re-
pnIaIlon, YOU might far Le,.er have teru
- POOR cana hOv. the son Of "A chimney
I b. 1.
wound not swap "tth Won The ii ia. on ui
poor, haif.starved mutheress csti ! Mis-
rrabie "tJ~c's ,ou are, that depend en
t're!y upon your parents, PLAYING gentle.
'nan { 'has dandy loafer What IN the
name at common sense are you thinking
Of Walk up there Go 10 work viii
either your hands or Your brains. or bott,
and do something Don't merely have
II to b"ast that YOU have grown in fa;h
er's house--that YOU have vegetated a.
other greenhurns but le, folks know thai
! you count one.
Come, Oft with Your coat, cIinch the
saw, the pIow hands,, the scythe, the
axe, the pick axe, the spade-anyi thing
! that will enable YOU 10 stir your blood
Fly round and tear your jack et,' ratht :
than he the recipient Of the old gentle
mars bounty. Sooner than play the
dandy at dads expense hire yourself out
10 some potato patch, let yourself To stop,
| hog holes, or watch the bars and when
! YOU think yourself entitled To u resting
spell, do i, on your own hook. II YOU
have no other means OF having fun Of
your own, hut with your earnings buy AN
empty barrel, aud pot Your head into it
and hoIIrr, or get into II aud roll down
hill. Don't make the old gentleman do
everything, ami you live 1t your ease.
L"ok about you, yon we'll dressed,
smoott.fsc'd do nothing drones WHO
are they that have worth "nd irtluencr
/ in society Are they those that have
depended aloue on ;hc old gentleuau's
purse or are they those that have
climbed their way to their position by
| their indus'y and energy Trde. tie old
/ gen,Icmnus ihuds, or personal influence,
may secure y"u the forms Of respect buI
let him lose his property. ar die, aud
what are yon a misernblr fedgIing-
a baHch of flesh and homes that needs to
be taken care uf
Again We say wake up-gel up in the
m"rniug-turn round, n. least twi"e be
fore breakfas,-heIp the old sn-givo
him now and then II generous liitJn bus
iness-learn how 20 take the lead, aud
you have no idea how the discipline ~ii!
benefit you. DO this, and our word FOR
1t YOU will seem to 6rratn new aImns
! phere. po.ess y new des iny-and you
NAV then begin to aspire tn manhood.-
Take, of, then, that ring from Your lily
finger. break your cane. shave voar NJ
per lip, wipe Your nose, hold up your
head. and 10y all means, never again eSr
/ the bread Of idIeness, DON'T DEFEND on
FATHER