Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-10-21

OuJlJ ENthtuE 6b cdSlihSS VI
character, health aud future prosperity,
to avoid all honest hard labor. 3r .1'
All easy and partial employhents, That
barely oiford "hard to-mouth"a subsis
tcncc, with no prospect of future advance.
mcnt or promotion, are most eagerly
sought For every Washington clerlsship
theie are scores Of eager contestants;2 yet
this coveted prize, when secured, affords
no reasonable opportunity for promotion
or social Improvement is q crampqd and
mopotonous life, and yields, at best only
q rrecarious aud insufficient li9liliood --g
Then what Bwarms of hangers on, clerks.
porters and pimps, beset us at every hotel,
store, saloon or even stable. Agencies of
all kinds. book, insurance, merchantilc.
rum agencies, are being multiplied far
beyond the legitimate wants of business
in consequence of the reckless cheapness
with which young men seem resolved to
throw away the strcr 9Th of their man
hood. If only they they can avoid corr
ptant. though honest and honorable toll.
1t is almost impossible to travel an hour
upon any Of our public highways. with
out meeting one of these Boston runners,
or tummers, or. Indeed, whatever you
call them. that 20 up and down the land
at an expense Of two or three thousand
dollars a year, which you and | as con-
sumers must pay. But in all this army
how few build themselves up in We 9TH.
lin practical wisdom or business power
The years work lcsves them as it found
them. With more desires thin dollars
with more hat than brains. !
l0uhS mall r .aef iaaes. g Ia
Would you b. strong? 90 follow up the plow
| Would you be thougttul? study field and How
Would You be wise take on yot rsclf 4 vow
To 60 to school In nature's strnhy bowers;
Fly from the city, nothieg thefocan char M.
xeek wisdom, strength and Virtue on farm !"
Then there is that large class Of ex-
pectants; waiting for something to turn
up" Like nest of young ravens, they
squat round from morning till night, with
mouths wide open. expecting that the en-
ergy aud activity of other men will bring
along worm or crumb and drop into
their little nest would as soon call
upon the graveyard for help as upon this
class, if | neelcd help on the farm or in
the shop. Like gypsics they wander
from place to place, seeking whom they
may devour. They have neither local
habitation nor name. They must eat
and drink. and love to wear fine cloth -
They never think of marrying, of course
for that would be q guarantee to society
that they meant to be somebody. They
rely on petty speculations, on sharp prac-
tice, patent rights. fast horses, luck or
anything, to attain the end which young
men once sought by frugality. patient la
Dor, and manly energy. DroDes in tho
hive Of human industry, they have just
life enough to buzz about, and gather
honey from such young ladies as are tame
and stupid enough to prefer them to the
plain. frugal, industrious. virtuous young
farmer. t'f
Then there is the professional class
lawyers and doctors, but more empbati-
cally the first, crowded to positive reple-
tion. Young law ers and doctors spring
up in night, with the rspi'iity of a
mushroom, while many of them last
about as long and accomplish about as
much good. During the last year, in the
city OF New York alone, fvo' hundred
young sprigs of the law hung out their
shing les, while that profession in the city
of Rochester. is so overstockcd, that three
of these respectable young gentlemen have
made the wonderful transition of passing
from lawyers to pickE ockefs, and, moro
unlucky than the rest Of us. have beer
arrested and locked up! ars : sa.
Now, why is it. that while the farmer
can hardly secure Yankee help at any
price that while so many rich and falo%
acres have never felt the plough share
tAat while sgriculture affords field SC
certain and ample, in which to carve ou'
not only happy home, but liberal for
tune. why is it SO studiously disregardsd
while so many of our best young men Sc
eagerly clutch at precarious livelihood
10 agencies or cleIkships, sit down and
wait for luck to oyertake them, or rush
into the crowded professions? 1t was no
always so. 1t is melancholy distemper
that has quite recently crept into anc
crippled the economy Of American indus
try. Two years ago, Secretary McGel
lpeh, (who is sound es 6uancier, If no
as politician sounded the note Of alarm
> by declaring that nothing was 50 much
needed. as that our whole population
, should return to work. 10 such an ex
tentis this disease felt in Hungary, tina
/ loan of thirty thousand soldiers from
J the Government has been solicited t
help the farmers harvest their corn
Now there must be an all pervadiDg.. al
ever.acting reason or reasons, for this un
|, natural and unhealthy etate Of society
!. 1t will not do to cry out ''laziness,'' ,
disposition to shirk labor and hardship
as the reason of this temporary disturb
ance, for the leprosy of that disease, hal
: in NIL ages, made mems bands whito
. This may afford partial explanation
r but the great majority Of these classes
. are not indolent, are not afraid Of hard
ship they are willing to sweat. anc
strain, and tug, in spasms, but not stead
i lily. Perhaps the influence IF the wander
: ing and restless character of a sol l1ier'
s life msy have led some from the quie
9 farm to the highway, or the hum ant
. bustle Of city life. A few may have beef
s born and educsted 10 these very walks
Q aud are there, consequently, BY force o