The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-08-26
MISCELLANEOUS.
Something for the Young-Don't De-
IIl7 9dl pend on Father. = @'tl

~ 9dl pend on Father
/ Stand up here young man, and let US talk
| to you. You have trusted alone to the con-
tents Of Gathers purse,o or to his fair fame for
! your influence of the success in business.
/ Think you that "father" has attained to emin-
ence I'M his profession but by unwearied indus
try or that he has amaSsed a fortune honestly
without energy and activity2 You should
know that the Jfacualty requisite for the ac-
| quiring Of fame and fortune is essential to,
| nay inseparabe from, the retaining OF either
| of thesel Suppose ''father has the ''rocks" in
abundance; if you never earned anything for
| him you have no business with those .frocks"
than gosling has with a tortoise, and ifhe
allows you to NEEDLE with them till you have
| learned their value by your own industry, he
perpetfates untold mischief. And if the old
gentleman is lavish of his cash towards you,
while be allowes you to idle away your time,
you had better leave him, yes, run away, soon
er than be imbecile or a scoundrel through so
corrupt an influence. Sooner or later you
must learn to rely on your own recorces' or f
you will not be anybody. If you have never
helped yourself at all, if you have become idle,
if you have eaten fathers bread and butter,
and have smoked fathers segars and cut a
swell in fathers buggy, and tried to put on
fathe' influence and reputation, you might
far better have been canal boy the son OF a
chimney -sweep or boot black-and, indeed,
we would not swap with you the situation ola
poor, half-starved, motherless calf Miserable
objects you are, that depend entirely upon
your parents playing gentleman alias dandy
loafer}. What in the name Of common sense
are you thinking of? Wake up therela Go, to q
work with either your hands or brains, or
both, and do something, = Don't merely have
lit to boast that you have gro'on in fathers
houseLthat you have vegetated as other
greenhornsl but let folks know that you count
one.
ls Come, off with your coat, clinch the saw,
the pillow handles, the Sscythe, the axe, the
pickaxe, the spade--anything that, will ena--,
Bile you to stir your blood :" Fly round and
tear your Jacket" rather than be the recipient
Of the old gentlemar's bounty. Sooner than
play the dandy at dads expense, hire yourself
out to some potato patch, let yourself, to stop
hog holes, or watch the bars and when you
think yourself entitled to 4 resting spell, do it
on your own hook. If you have no. other =
means of having fun of your own, buy with
your earnings an empty barrel, and put your
head into it and holler, or get into it and roll
down hill. Don't, for PHYS sake, don't make 3
the old gentleman do everything, and you live
at your ease. Ia = Aa.4syTL5s ~ 1lfm.l hl
Look about you, you well -dressed, smooth
faced, dernothing drones Who are they that :
have worth and influence in society ~ Are ~
they those that have depended alone on the 4
old gentleman's purse, or are. they those that
have climbed their way to their, position by
their industry and energy True, the old +.
gentleman's funds, or personal influence, may
secure you the forms Of respect, but let himy1
lose his property, or die, and what are you :.
A miserable fiedging-a bunch of flesh and
bones that needs to be taken care of
Again we say wake up-get up in the w
morning turn round at least twice before 3
break fast--help the old man--giye him now
and then generous Lift in busness-learn
how to take the lead and not depend forever
on being lead, and you have no idea how the
discipline will benefit you. Do this and our 81
word for it, you will seem to breathe a new
atmosphere, possess a new frame, tread on :
new earth, wake to a new destiny and then
you may begin to aspire to manhood. Take u
off, then, that ring from your lily finger, break
your cane, shave your upper lip, wipe your
nose, hold up your head, and, by all means,
never again eat, the bread of idleness, NOR q
DEPEND ON A FATHER r. = !.