Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-08-10
Out West, July %, 1867.
a Friend in Need.

The New York Sun has an editorial
giving some good advice 10 psrenls-,o
give their boys good trade. TEstIS the
best friend in need" the editor knows Of,
as life wears on. and he adds :
Every day I'VE are lOlJ) there are in
sianres OF men slipping from high rounds
10 the lowest one in The ladder Of wealth.
Business men find themselves eDgulphed
in the sea of financial embarrassment,
from which they emerge with nothing
but their personal resources to depend
upon for living. Clerks. salesmen, and
others find themselves thrown out Of en-.
Ploy with no prospect OF speedily
obtaining places which they are compe-
tent 10 Gil, and with no other means Of
gaining livelihood. How many men
there are in this city to-day, some OF
whom have families dependent upon them
for support, who bewail the mistake lhey
made IN rot learning useful trades IN rheIr
younger days There are hundreds Of
them. There are men here who have
seen better days, men Of education and
business ability, who envy the mechanic
who has a sure support for himself and
family in his haudIcrsn. Parents make
great mistake when they impose upon
the brain Of their boy the tack Of support.
ing him without preparing his hands for
emergencies.
No matter how favorable boys cir
cumslsnces may be, he should enter the
battle Of lie as every pruden' general en-.
teIs The battle OF srmIes-with reliable
reserve 10 fall back upon in case Of GIsas-
ter. Every man is liable 10 be reduced
to the lowest pecunlary point, al some
stage Of his life, and it IS hardly Decessa
ry 10 refer 10 the larger portion Of men
who reach that point No man Is poor
who is master OF a trade. 1t is kind Of
capital that defes the storms Of financial
reverse, and that clings to a man when
all else has been swept away. 1t con.
soles him in The hour Of adversely with
the assurance that, lie! Whatever may be.
fall him, he need have no fear FOR the sup
port Of himself and his family. Unfor.
tunalely, a silly notion, the offspring Of
sham arislocracy, has Of late years led
many parents to regard trade as some
thing disrepulable, with which their chill
6ren should not be tainted. Labor dis
reputable What would the world be
without it! It's The very power that
moves the world. power higher than
The throne Of arIslocrscy has ennObled la
Dor, and hs who would disparsge 1t must
eel himself above The Divine principle,
"In The sweat Of thy face shalt thou eat
bread" A trade is "frienl in need;"
it is independence aud wealth. rich
legacy which the poorest father may give
10 his son, and which lie richest should
regard as more yolu'bIs than gold.
The great fsll in lloUr-lwo dollars
barrel in three days-beqIus 10 tell the
story pretty efeclUaIIy Of What IS 10 fol-
low when the new crop really file the
market. Tie only occasion Tor surprise
ls, that already the prico has not come
down lower and more rapidly but e.
nough has already occurred 10 warrant Us
in congralu.sIlng oCr readers that The
reign OF speculative prices is over.
(Which way DO you travel from :"
asked a wsg Of crooked back gentleman.
IL came straight from Wheeling" vas
The reply. Did you p said the olher
"then you must have been shockingly
warped by the railroad.
Il was in Norrislown that sn old scis.
sors grinder, calling on a minister, made
the usual inquiry. Any scissors to
grind :" Receiving negative answer,
twas lbe minister's turn, which he took
BY asking. "Are you a man Of God }"
II dor't understand you Are you
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