Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-09-19
DON,r DEPEND ON FATHER.

How many young men OF the present oays
instead of launching out in the world and earn
ing a livelihood and building up a reputation
through their exertions, as theI fathers
have done before them, spend their time IN
idleness, if not in dissipation, and depend upon
their fathers even for their daily bread neces-
I sary to proiong their worthless existenceF 10
all such drones we would the FOL
lowing;
"Stand up here, young man, and let US talk
to you. You have trusted alone 70 the contents
of fathers PURSE on bis fair fame for your
influence or success in business. Think you
that father has obtained to eminence Ia bis
profession but by unwsaried industry !? or that
be has amasssd a fortune honestly without en-
ergy and activity? You shouid know that the
faculty requisite for the acquiring Of fame or
fortune is essential to, nay, inseparable from,
the retaining Of either Of these. Suppose
father has the rocks in abundance; il you
never earned anything for him, YOU have DO
more business with these 'rocks' than a Cos
ling has with a tortoise! and If be allows you
to NEEDLE wi b them, be perpetTatss untold
mischief. And il the old gentleman is lavish
Of bis cash toward you, while he allows you
to while away your time, you'd better leave
hin; yes, run away, sooner than be an imbe-
Gle, or something worse, through 80 corrupt
ing an influence. Sooner or later you must
learn to rely upon your own resources, or you
" ~ AOE ~ uAN II " A1NC 49,
if you have eaten fathers bread and butter,
and smoked Tather's' cigars; cut q swell in
fathers buggy, and tried to put on fatheT's'
influence and TeputatiOn-ysu might far better
have been a canal boy, the son OF a chimney
sweep or boot-blsck; and, indeed, we would
not swap With you the situation Of a poor,
haIf-stATved, morheTiess calf! Miserable OBJ
jects you are, that depend entirely upol pa
rents, playing gentlemen (dsndy loafers)
What, in the name Of common sense, are you
thinking Of? Wake up, therel Go to work
with either your hands OF your brains, OF both,
and be something Don't merely have it to
boast OF, that yo6 have vegetated as other
greeDhorns, but let folks know that yod count
onel Come, off with your coat, eiinch the
saw, the p~loW-handles, the scythe, the ak, the
pickax, the spade-snything that will enable
YOU to stir your, blood Who are they that
have worth and influence in society? Are they
those that have depended alone on the old gen.
tleman's purse p? OF are they those that have
climbed their way to their position By their
own industry ana energy? True, the old gen
tleman's funds or personal influence may Sc
cure you the forms Of respect, but let him lose
bis 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 morn-
ing-iurn refund at least twice before break
fast-help the old man-giVe him now and
then a generous lift in busineEs-learn how TO
take the lead, and lot depend forever on being
leo, and you have no idea how the discipline
will benefit you. Do this, and, our word for
it, you viii seem to breathe a new atmosphere,
possess a new frame, tread a new earth, wake
to new destiHy-and then you may begin to
aspire to manhood. Take of, then, that ring
from your lily finger, break your cane, shave
your upper lip, wipe your nose, bold up your
head, sad by all means never again eat the
bread Of i~dleness, nor depend on father"
Wise sayings.
Cover a fool With gold and be will pass cur
rent.
The darker the setting the brighter the dia-
mOnd.
Cover wisdom with rags and no one viii
indOrss her.
When you cannot see both ends, the middle
is uncertain.
A bad mistake often turns out better than a
good intention.
God often lets US stumble, to put US on our
guard against a fall.
Fortune may fire a pot, but your own indus
try must IA it boil.
The right man in the right plaee-a husband
at home In the evening.
The love thsthas nothing but beauty to sus-
tain II, soon withers away.
Thunder threatens, but never strikes; the
bolt comes from a silent source.
There is no exception to the rule of three.
As your income is to your expenditure, SO will
the amount Of your debts be to yoar cash in
pocket.
Wealth is a rank soil, in which, unless care
fully managed, the weeds viii quickly spring
up, overtop the plants and choke the grain.