Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-03-02

lis uleeiS TeS!uT.
This is my first attempt at Titin a tail ant
| its far frum being perfect, bit if | have in
doosed folks to see 9 cases out of 10 thu car
letter make life as BARN as the desart of Sar,
or as joyous as flour gardin, my objict viii
have bin accomplished Adew.
/ DoD't WeDeIsd ois Father.
! Stand up here, young man, aud let US
talk to you. You have trusted alone to the
contents Of "a fathers purse" or to his fan
fame for your influence or success in bust
ness Think you that father has attained
to eininenee 10 Ills profession but by un.
Wearied industry ? Of, that be has ainassed a
fortune hohest]5, without energy and activ-
Iity? You should know that tie faculty req
uisite for the acquiring of fame and fortune
is essential to-, nay, inseparable from, the
retaining of either of these +? Suppose faith
err has the rocks in attendance If you new
er earned Anything for him, you have no
more business with those rocks than Cos
ling hfs with tortoise and if lie allows
fyou to meddle with them TIL you have learn
ed their value by your own industry. he
perpetrates untold mischief. And if the
old gentleman is lavish of bis cash towards
you, while be. allows you to idle away your
thine. you Had batter iears him; yes, run
away, sooner than be made an imbecile or
scoundrel through SO corrupting an influ-
ence, Sooner or later you NJ ust learn to rely
on your own resources. or you will not be
anybody. fyou have ever helped yourself
at all. ifyou have become idle, ii YOU have
a. ia or'c L
fathers cigars, cut swell in fathers bug
gy, and tried to put on fathers influence
and reputation, you might far better bave
been poor canal boy, the son of chimney
sweep, or d boot black-and indeed we
would not swap with you the situation of
poor, halt-starved motherless calf Miser-
able objects you are, that depend entirely
upon yonr parents, playing gentleman Cali
as dandy loafef.) What ID the name of
common sense are you thinking of Wake
up there! Go to work with either your
hands or your brains. or both, and do some
thing Don't merely have it to boast that
you have grown in fathers house that you
have yegetated as other green horns but
let folks know that you count one.
Come, off with your coat, clinch the saw,
the pillow handles, the scythe, the axe, the
pickaxe, the spade-any thing that will en-
able you to stir your blood Fly round
and tear your jacket, rather than be the re-
clplent of the old gentleman's bounty
Sooner than play the dandy at dads expense
hire yourself out to some potato patch, let
yourselfto stop bog holes. or watch the bars
and when you think yourself entitled to a
resting spell, do it on your own hook. If
you have no other means Of having fun of
tyour own, buy with your earnings an emp
y barrel, and put your head into it, and
roll Gown bill Don'S make tic cla gentle
man CO e'ery thing. and you 1--we at your
ease.
Look about you, you we'll dressed smooth
faced do-nothing drones! Who are they
that have worth and influence in society p
Are they those that have depended alone on
the old gentleman's purse or are they those
that have climbed their way to their position
by their industry and energy? True, the
old gentlsman's funds or personal influence,
may secure you the forms Of respect, but
let him lose his property, or die, and what
are you? A miserable fedgling-a bunch
OF flesh and bones that needs to be taken
care Of
Again we say wake up-get up in the
morning-turn round, at least twice before
breakfast-help the Ole mau-give him now
and then generous lit in business--learn
how to take the lead, and not depend forev-
er on being led and you have no idea how
the discipline will benefit you. Do this, and
our word for it, you will seem to breathe
new atmosphere, possess g new destiny
and you may then begin to aspire to man
hood. Take off, then, that ring from your
little finger, break your cane, shave your up
per lip, wipe your nose, hold up your head,
and by all means, never again eat the bread
OF ldleness. nor depend on fatherl
GIRLS, DoN'r Do Ir.-There is prac.
tiee, quite prevalent among young ladies of
the present day, which we are old fashioned
enough TO consider very improper We al
Jude to their giving dagderfeotypes ofthem
selves to young men who are merely acduain-
tances. We consider it indicate in the
highest degree. We are astonshed that any
young girl should hold herself as cheap as
this. With an accepted lover it is of course
all right. Even il this case the likeness
should be returned If the engagement should
by any misunderstanding cease. If this lit
tie PARAGRAPH should meet the eye Of any
young girl about to give her daguerrotype
to gentleman acquaintance, let her know
that the remarks made by young men when
together, concerning what is perhaps on her
part but piece of ignorance OF imprudence,
would, if she heard item, cause her Cheeks
to crimson with shame and anger.
TRUE PoL1rENEss. He who bas heart
glowing with kindness and good will towards
his fellow men, and who is guided in the
exercise of these feelings by good common
sense. is the truly polite man. Politeness