Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-12-14
miscellaneous.
HOME PoLITENEss.

HOME POLITENEss.
Why not politoa How much does it cost
to say, 81 thank your Way not practice il
at home to your husband, your children,
your domesticss II stranger does you
some little act Of courtesy, how sweet the
smiling acknowledgement Ifyour husband;
ah! it's matter Of course; no need Of
thanks.
Should an acquaintance tread on your
dress, your very, very best and by accident
tear it, how profuse you are with your "nov-
er mind, don't think Of IT, don't care at all %
II a husband does IT, he gets irown, if a
child, he IS cbastiseu.
All these are little things say you. They
tell nightly upon the heart, let us assure
you, little as they are.
A gentleman stops at f.iend's house. and
finds itin confusion BE "doa't see any
thing to apologize ior-never thinks of such
matters. Everything is all riKbt--oold sup
per, cold room, crying children uerfsclly
comfortable. Goes home, where the wife has
been taking care Of the sick one. and work
ing her life almost out. Don't see Why
things can't be kept in better order there
never we're such cross children before. No
apologies accepted home.
Why not be polite az homei Why not
use freely that golden coin OF oourtesyi How
sweet they sound, those little words, 81
thank you" or "You are very kind!" Doubly,
yes, thrice sweet from the lips we love. when
heart-smiles make the eye sparkle with the
clear light OF affection.
Be polite to -FOUR childen. Do you expect
them TO be mindful OF your welfare to grow
glad at your approach? TO bound away to DO
your pleasure before the request is haif-spo-
ken Then with all your dignity aud au-
thority mingle pohteness give IL a niche in
your household temple. Only then will you
have learned the true secret Of sending out
into the world really "snished' gentlemen
aud ladies.
What we say, we ssy unto all Be polite.
IDLE Sons OF WEALTHY PARENrs.-We
cut from one OF our exchanges short para
graph stating thar the wealthy parents Of TWO
young men Of New York, who were tired out
by seeing their boys doing nothing. storted
them 10 business with capital OF $40 600 !;
and tnis paragraph further states that Ia two
weeks they had squandered all their capital
and few hundreds over. There is good
deal in this story, so briefly and 80 jaundly
told, thai is worthy Of earnest reflection on
the part of the aforesaid parents Of New
York boys, and Of wealthy parents generally,
there and everywhere else. II is, unfortunate
ly, getting to be too much the custom among
men 10 this country, who have made or in.
hented fortunes, to cherish and encourage the
natural desire on the part Of their sons to
spend IN sort of luxurious idleness the
days that should be devoted to learn some
useful business, trade or profession, not only
for the pufpose Of earning means to defray
the expenses Of life, but through which they
could be enabled to contribute their share to
the production, work and wealth of the coun-
try. such occurrences as that noted above
are TO soms sxtout public as well as private
matters, because wherever young men are
brought up TO lives Of idleness there Is SO
much abstracted from the common stock Of
wealth by the loss Of that which they would
otherwise have created and because such
idle lives are nearly always sure to lead to
vice and decentralization of various kinds.
Even overlooking the evil influences of such
matters upon society at large, and regarding
them solely IN money point Of view, how
much cheaper would it nave been for the
the fathers Of these young men to have spent
a lew thousand dollars OF the twenty thou
sand squsniered 10 two weeks, in having
them so taught and trained that money would
nave been safe in their hands, so as to make
both it and themselves useful to their fellow
men?
In these days, when so many men are be-
coming suddenly rich, and when there are
counter-indications thatso many OF their pos.
terity may become As suddenly poor, there is
greater cause than ever for impressiag upon
the minds OF parents the dangers Of allowing
their sons to grow up with habits Of dleness,
and without knowledge OF any useful callings
by which they may be aole to earn lvings
for themselves