The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-05-22
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FoONTAtx Co., lNp.. April 2e
ladooking over the Gazette of Altl 5th
'6e, found IN my "favvrite corner"-the
Agrieulhral-an article headed as above ;
she tonor Of which, apparently was to show
the "weak points in milar article In the
Gdkctie. Fcb. 2sth, '6s os olso to give The
views Of a Practical Farmer" Now, as
there are always two sides to a question.
I beg leave, to present the views of one
OF" The Boys" and 10 so doing doubt not.
but That | speak tho true sentiment 81
every honorable aud right minded youth.
lp the 6rat place, why is IL that tho boys
have q desire TO leave home Next what
boys do leave home In answer TO the
hrstqucstion, let mo refer S. w. II. to the
first article in question: from the Amai
can dgrioaHartSt. II suyR, & II the father
keeps up with the timos has agricultural
papers. aud books, reads thinks aud prac
fices he retains the confidence OF his boys,
and can readily guide them. But IL hs is
man of routine (nark this) aud Keeps in
the ruts, the boys soon become tlisgnsted
with farming" Thon what? WHY, they
leave, aud who can bhme them We
are now living in an age When everything
wo lay hanes Oh says onward. Improyo
mont is stamped upon all that wo behold :;
invention is taking the place of muscle
tho days of wooden mull.boards, cradles,
aud Bcythcs are numbered "among the
things that we're" The steah plow, riding
pillow, reaper and mowers, have taken their
Ilaces,as well as numberlrss other instance
Yet with all these facts constantly bo!o o
their eyes, there are fathers who cry them
down. as being expensive and of no utility;
fathers in whose pockets q few dollars
have o larger share Of their hearts aud ap.
probation than all the tresolne, weary,
working boys, who are, year after year,
wearing tho fo out Of themselves trying
to walk in tho "paths their fathers trod
TO say nothing of dampened ardor, low
spirits and, most Of all, scared energy.
Such as this is trhdt mikes boys leave
home. Where is tho boy, seventeen years
ct age, with the least spark oi energy, who
uder such circumstances instead OF
pleasure, the days work rises before him
ms hard task. Can wo wonder that the
boys don't like farming Let us for mo-
iDent glance nj the opposite; 20 with me
~ the e,RerpriSUg farmer; we find his
boys al home, working with VII show
lug an interest in the afiars of the farm.
What is thisg Go with mo to the stall
will show you the boys horse that he
loves 10 ride, and Which il his pride, it il
his, father gave it TO him; do you thin,
thdt father lost anything by giving the boy
that property We turn about aud see
the machinery calculated to save labor, and
make That Which would otherwise be lrk.
some, now pleasant. Tho boys that leave
home are those that got ahead of their
fathers not tie times. In regard to the
boys interest in the business, the senti.
Inenis Of writer No. are good. No truly
honest man or boy could think the con
trary to be tho way il should be conducted
Boys very often feel their dignity before
they can sustain it, aud doubtless in n
majority OF cases the course advised by
writer No, !, would be decidedly injuri US
20 them, n few. isolated cases exc pt d.
Yet it ccrtaiUly is well that they should
feel that they are making slowly the nucleus
round which their future prospects, may
gather it does not need farm to do this
nor part of one. In s. w. HIS example of
the two boys ohe with five or ton thous
and dollars, tho other a suit of clothes, and
recommendation TO business, he Jumps at
the conclusion that at thirty.fve or forty
years the latter will DO most succossfu
Now it rather occurs to me that it all de
pends upon getting the new sut upon tho
right boy.
Writer No. says: "AnolhCr reason
for not giving the boys their portion when
young IL, that by the time they are Il 5htoen,
they think they need wife" That's odd,
but think it rather wild expression,
though 1t is bu, natural to suppose that he
Judged from personal experience. sup.
pose all boys at that age are included but
!, for sope, happily passed sweet eighteen
without thinking u wife necessity Mt that
time, aud even now nj twenty-one, am Just
beginning to" cast my eye about" But to
keep boys at home, let its associations aud
attractions he such as TO make him love il (;
let 1t be attractive externally; nor does
il require mansion form to be such. Ma
ture and art can beautify the lowest home.
Let such reading as tend to instruct, in.
teresL elevate, aud roiine, be found on the
tables aud IN the library; il music be a
ts,e, lei il be found shedding its charming
j iluence, be it vocal or Instrumental
These and SmauY other Influences tie the
bond of love to homo wfh knot the Cor.
diou knot not excelliug in efficiency.
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