Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-07-14

A correspondent Of the Rurai Nec York
er thus writes Of the want Of help in the
country:
Whatever part of the country visit, the
continual cry of men and women is for help,
yet there is reluctance on the part Of those
who labor to 20 to the country, especially by
servant girls. Good faithful help is in de.
mand and will command fair wages, yet thou
sands will "stck and hang" to the corrupt
city, suffering from want Of employment, in
stead of going TO where it is pureand healthy,
aud prosperity is sure to follow industry and
/ fidelity. Too many men cndeayor to make
their living on the productions Of others,
while if they would 90 to work in the soil
or workshop to produce something the world
needs, society would be benefited and The la
borcrs success ensured. Only think Of the
large number of lazy, iull-grown able-bodied
men in our stores and on the sidewalks, en-
gagged in selling little petty articles that
would be more appropriately sold by girls,
boys, and the aged and crippled.
Respecting the indisposition Of very many
to engage in some useful and productive IN
dnstry, a Mr.. Brucn, at a late meeting Of the
Fruit Growers Club in y. Y. city, thus deliv-
cred himself Several agents Of Southern
Land companies had been stating the adyan-
! tagcs Of migrating South when the old
fashioned gentleman broke forth;
"What need for our young men to 60 to
/ Virginia, North Carolina Kansas or Colora-
do2 What is it prevents them being pros
porous aud happy at homer tell you, sir,
it is nothing but false pride, laziness and ex
| travagant hnbits-an indispOsition TO labor
Let these young men who dress in broad
cloth, wear high-heeIed boots, smoke con-
stanty cigars which cost from ten to twenty
/ Eve cents each bcdizzcn themselves with
rings aud costly lrippcries, 60 10 icorh and
there will be less complaint Of hard times.
And it is all nonsense to expect these men,
with such habits, to do any better in North
Carolina or Kansas than here There is
work enough to do here. New jersey or
New York soils will pay an industrious, econ
omcal man for his labor | tell you, sir, we
must strip these young coxcombs Of their
vanity, their false notions, and teach them
that it is honorable to labor aud live economi-
cally and that it is dishonorable to lead an
uuproductiye and constantly consuming life.
Aud the women of the country, too, need to
N' AAhEuA NilhA ihH0f iNNAhNief AhibNiNNN huh
hummeries do not make them esteemed above
their good grandmothers who spun and woye
the material for their own gowns"
More Of this sort Of talk is needed all
over the country just such truths need to
be spoken-ought to be made an oyerpower-
ing sentiment in the land A young man
who is not a producer ought to be made to
feel much as if he were a thiof-as he is in
sense. A young woman who is not a help
meet to husband, or in her fathers house
hold, ought to be made to feel that she is
very much out offashion. We would not dis
approve Of esthetio pleasures. We do not
cease the cultivation of taste aud refinement
We would not have men and women plodding
human mechansms with lives devoted to
manual labor. We believe in the enjoyment
Of life. But enjoyment is a fruit of use
fitness Production must correspond with
consumption. Labor must complement play
Aud we need to recognize the fact aud make
it part Of the education Of the young.