New-York tribune., 1866-12-26
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- Of Croton, Iowa, writes that he has
$500. that be is nh 'rried' that nc wants |" 'aAo
rolege course and ', u save his capital he asks
alrics Thero are man who would IKE an answer
~ tbis ouostiop. Thousan De Of young men have nc
10 Get classical education with the use of $500,
,sauires more skill than any youh man is Likely to
possess. unless he earned the money IL ne Is me-
phanic he may buy house and lot no IT college, and
work during spare hours Or with few acres, ne can
raise small fruits aud vegetables, if he knON howj
he does not be viii bo likely to fail. $500 rs a very
small sum 10 q young man who does not know how 10
work. 10 one who does, ii il large one.
What shall cur youngman with his handsome wife
.do1 Let him get q small fOrm-ten, twenty or forty
acros-near libraries aud good society. Or, with a
choice selection OF books be may live remote. Three
things he should do at once: study mathematics
learn TO write good hand, and plant an orchard.
IL he must spend some Of bis hours at billiards and
in Saloons he bad better take rope about eight feet
'ong and 60 out TO the barn.
One aim should be to make his home elegant and
comfortable Let him not fear this viii distract his
attention. If there was ever time when an education
which was of use could be united with poverty, it
has passed forever. Days spent in struggling for
bread are lost; If not the bitterness they bring is
equal to their loss. Nor need there be fear that sad
experience will not come when fortune smiles.
Education is limited lift do not include knowledge
Of the immensity and the untold riches Of the afec
tons II man cannot find happiness with his wife
and children, and in home OF his OVID, in vain will
be seek it over the face Of the whole earth. There
cannot be much love of home where home is unOvely
where poverty dirt and Inconvenience are In every
room Young men are apt to fear they will not live
long and they arc in haste In no situation is the
Foundation of long life securely established as on
farm
This course will take time. He should understand
that the education Of this age demands time. Sc
broad is the field OF knowledge so sharp is competi-
tion, that to succeed, many years are required We
do not propose failure. 1t is modern discovery, and
well settled, that from three to four hours study
Of books every day more profitable to the
majority Of men than any longer periods. Every
one cultiyatng land can have this time. life which
does not establish habit Of meditation will be
frutless We have known lawyers take this course,
and become judges in high eouts; doctors so sklui
as 70 give little medicine; and preachers 80 learned
as to convince both the understanding and the heart
In literature, we confess, the examples are few.
But, long age, there WAS young poet who set his
heart on having farm, and what most Is known Of
him, is the trouble he he'd in getting it. With little
Knowledge of foreign languages, and none of dead
81 language be diligently studied his own. He became
familiar with previous knowledge and be noted
everything relating to rural sights and sounds. lie
was in no haste to be eminent. He was only eager
60 excel. He wrote and rewrote; he reviewed, he
medtated and fingered; and he acquired the rare arr
of being able to wait. The result is work on tht
life offarmers, and On arms and heroes which viii
last till tho end Of time.