Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-29
ThurIow Weeds Advice 10 Young
,Men-LearninSa "A Trade.

It was wise law of the ancient Jews
that the sons of even the wealthiest men
should be made to serve an apprenticeship
to some useful Occupation, so that in case
of reverse of fortune, they might have some
thing to "fall back upon.'' The same law
exists in Turkey, where every man, even
the Sultan himself. musClearn trade. How
| fortunate would it be now. had it been a
law in this country. s1Would to God [ had
trade ~. is the cry of thousands of re-
turned soldiers, North and South. who find
themselves ruined in pocket, with no inn
mediate prospect of gaining livelihood. 1t
should teach parents that whatever else
they may give their sons, they should give
them a trade.-Ne,O Yorker.
+ These words of wisdom should be writ
ten in letters of gold and made familiar to
every head of a family. One of the social
evils of our day-perhaps the greatest-is
that so few of our sons are apprentced to
trades. With trade, all young men can
commence the "battle of life" with pros
pect, if industrious and frugal of acquiring g
either fortune or competency. A trade
is capital with which a young man COM
mences business. After few years of in
dustry, mechanic if he has ability tor
other occupations, he can easily adapt him
self to the change. DIR. Franklin was a
printer. The late Daniel Cady was shoe
maker. Professor Henry was a silver
smith. .,r
Parents in moderate circumstances, or
even in prosperous business, who refuse or
r; neglect to give their sons trades, doom the
most of them to life of dependence. A
reliance upon clerkships, at the best is pre-
carious. Still more precariOus is the life
which so many live, of dependence on Of
fee. This whether seekers of high or low
Office, is the last fate to which thoughtful
parents should subject son. But gener-
ally, the worst thing that can happen to
this class, is success. Once bitten with a
of nffiOo oil 1onitinnatp
become loathsome. The man, old, or
young, who gets into office, and as an in
eYitable coro1lary, gets out, is untitled for
other employment Tor life. 1t is rare in
deed, that man who has been few years
in Office ever settles. or, even endeavors to
settle down to labor. 1t is painful, beyond
expression, to see the miserable battalions
of idle men who beleaguer all the public
offices for employment. And this in a
) country, of all others, where labor is not
only in request. but largely remunerative,
. and where land teeming with wealth, in
vites labor, and offers homesteads !-NeD
70 York Com. Ad.
Il ca4.l11A Spring Fever.
o Cory O'Lanus, of the Brooklyn Edqze, has
experienced an attack of the spring lever.
He describes the symptoms as follows:
Did you ever catch the spring fever?
1t has caught me slightly, and l think of
reporting myself to the Board of Health
as case for quarantine.
If they would send me somewhere for a
week or two, where would have nothing
to doand no board to pay, 1 think 1 should
feel better.
The symptoms of the spring fever are a
vigorous inclination to do nothing.
You feel as though you could stand any
.quantity of repose.
I The spring fever is a bad complaint when
you haven't time to attend to it.