The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-12-20
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address you because you are lhe com.
mon strength Of the state. The producers
Of food are nearly six TO one of cur .popu,
htion. have oh 'ervnd for 20 ne y, ars ai
inclination to leave your homes, and resort
10 the cities in search of n "siiuuio9,' Of
less hard work aud shorter and quicker at
tainment of wealth. Large numbers ot
young men rush into tn cities 10 atte, d
the commercial colleges, expecting there %
become fitted 10 cnter Immediately upon
some meroantil, pursuit, and yet tho ma
iority, at the end OF tlIcir term, are disap'
pointed and return homo lcnorulz9d While
many others are induced 10 undertake
"azenoes, which they soon fnd thcni.
srlves unfit for aud bocomo ,li,heaftcncd.
The colleges are for tho diffusion of useful
knowledge in their way, aud they excite u
laudaLle thirst for it, besides alfording q
means, to young men Tor Improvement n
their department aud manners, by mixing
in society Of cities aud studying human Ma.
turo. ..-..f5 5.0lf tf
But the great qu ct OH for us Ill il how
TO rise { the highest summit of excrlence
in all respects, and mako the most Of life,
There is not IN the whole catalogue Of cal.
ines,h "a moro honorable aud manly one than
yours. Like III others, It IL liable TO abuse
and perversion but this is not tho fudt OF
the calling. II issaid TO be bard work
No business will ever succeod without
hard work And who Will wear out tho
quickest? The clerk who is kept at his
account books il the shortest-ived Of all
the various classes OF men; while the
farmer Sutlives men OF all other pursuits
This has been proved by f,cts. Merchants
outlve their clerks many years. The mental
labor exactsd from clerks exhausts the ncr
vous system and hurries them iuto an early
grave. F Hs
OF late years, much has been done by
tho Introduction OF machinery aud disct v.
cries In tho art aud sciences to relieve
the farmer of tho fatigue of hard labor
which always keep you down.
Now let us look Ot this objection for 1t
friehtens many Of you aud weakcns your
courage. A boy Of G(teon can now do the
work Of which many a full.grown man uscd
10 do ten years ago. lie can mtnage a
plow, a cultivator, mower, reaper, aud
many other implements and by the time he
is twenty.one, ho is an industrious and
faithful man, he can buy a forty or an
eighty acre lot and begin farm for him.
self. lie has already established olruo
tor and reputation among the neighbors,and
can manage to make start by hard work
which he has already become injured to.
And here every young man should begin
to look about for wife and before You
pass twenty-five get married and stand mp
and "show thyself" If she is n christian
she will stand by you in adversely, which
l. the common lot you cannot escano. and
wi show you aud your friends hrmuoss
of character like that Of tho old Romans, at
period of their history when there was
II divorce known am Ing thcm FOR five
hundred years. a 90.
Learn the use Of language and manners
by steady practice, Every man" says
Gibbon, who rises above the common
level receives two charlottesville first
from his Instructors, the second, and tho
most personal and important from himself
Show to your fellow citizens tho pOwor and
Influence Of suayity in u kind aud graceful
address in all your intercourse.
Danish from your minds tho Thought that
farmer can never become u public speaker.
How was it that Patrick Henry became
oneY by study and practice in taking adj
vantage of circumstances. lie did not know
the latent powers Of his own mind until u
certain case called him out, and that one
exhibited powers of eloquenco which as
founded himself aud the forum, aud sent
I'm up TO the highest poiut Of fame, and
lrod in upnr him lame and wealth. Only
comparatively small number of probes
sional men become great speakers, aud
those who do, apply their minds to study
with intense application, and pry into the
lore of ages until they become familiar
with tho ablest writer's, and then like
Henry, seize upon circumstances TO prac'
tice and lead OF the public MUD in the
spirit OF christian patriot.