Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-06-23

as the law releases them from parental ODll'
CATION They propose to 60 into the insurance
business, be clerks or book-kcepers in some
village or city store, conductors or drivers OF
street railroad cars, baggage-masters, brakes
men. or ircight-checkers short, to be one
Of the million scramblors for some place that
they deem preferable to a life on a farm
Why is this We attribute il mainly to
the unattractvcness Of our country homes,
aud the endless toll and mcagre pay that the
business Of farming seems TO involve
Your restless boy Of sixteen occasionally
goes to the village or city. He secs in both
neat, wel-paintcd, well-kopt houses, made
more or less attractive and beautiful by a
surrounding of fruit and ornamental trees,
with here and there patch Of flowers. He
sees men that begin their work for the day at
seven O'Clock and end at six, reading their
daily paper, or chatting on the street. neatly
dressed. and apparently in the full enjoyment
Of happy and hopeful life More than this,
he sees other boys Of his own age and those
older grown, that supply from pockets full of
money an the little needs that boys as well
as men always have
At home all is different The house, inside
and out, is unattractive The parlor has the
i ~ ,i,o,1 ,boro tn,c,ity ~ thir,y voors
Wv" Nn,hinc has beon added mr. CHANGED
asy9 t'aI =, t. =, = mover .annrcd gore
,L. .,ro or tbrco timcs vcar Thc string.
room is poor edition of the parlor Half a
dozen stiff. wood-bottomed chairs, standing in
exactly the same position, hold silent court
on the rag carpet-coyered floor three hundred
ngn,il,, thc liviny.room. where the meals are
,I, an3 alvays i,ton l. dipgv with smok a
an1 rcdolcnt If thc fumo. Of 6nrnt greose ar
haii,d coLha,o and hat from the heat Of n
ooat ir,,..,,ye and tho .tcom If boilinc kettles.
ia sleon;nc.room il uncarnetod unodorned.
and nttdrly pnattractive. his bedstead. one
na, liz ,,yo,t iron. orandmotber had oiven
bn r' on. r. Observation-Disclosures norton.
| d., 80 g. hin, from fine divis;ou of the
Ll,.,Leld s,,F mot camc over in tbe Nav.
ao,gor Tbcrc is not n pictnre. or a pleasont.
a,tn,,,i,o ~, bo,ntiGl tbing in the whole
hnnso
Ontsijo fine look is little if any better.
III, ,.o r,,, ;eo,g ,roo. ma flowers cvcent
marigolJs and LoIlcbocks. no neat door.vord.
concc ar spacious iawn-in fact. nothing. in.
s;Jo ~ nni a. ottract tbc bov horn with more
mr. lass Of tbc nineteenth century in him. TO
his conntfy home
Cerorail, ,t breol of dov he Is called nm
/ Nul;r,, .,1 o,bor ctoros 6ii nm his timo IN
/ ,L., 10, hon. -nrob,blv bofore siv-and
/ tLs,, storn rolontless wort till milking and
h. .o,.ai, and The, mint with its brief
AMI t,,r5.no1 rost
II ,Il n,is toI nprob,scd rosn;te bv.and-b Inv
az. -. g. l,rotic,. coma booItbv desire
or tastn Il oould 6o cbcerG,lIv endured INIT
ns,,ll,, ,bo ,yorl i an lint endless and when
H.. L.c en-, l;,,Io ,,,n,y oc Iis oun tbot Il,
Ill ,aLo hn, a. c,,g sh;llinas or a foyy dol.
Iars 70 s,tisc. bo l. monv and most times
- O., 80, H., ,,oaa ~ ,,lo,s,,ro e,r Iao
~ G'ais
W. s,orld tho bov ronoin M bono .
What Moro an,ona he boIon,;nrs or sur.
.annd;n',. 70 e,l f,rth ,;s lovc What aroti.
soat;a,, e,o-da,, nr hone Gor to.morroy docs Il
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ana whlte-Wash' ana wallpaper ana ooruer-
ing, and a pretty carpet and lew chairs
with few fancy things, and here and there
a picture well hung-costing, IN all, but few
dolars-wil make your stiff and unattractive
room something that has about 1t cheerful,
/ pleasant look and when 1t Is thus liked at
the risk of letting in a particle OF dust, let
the door sometimes stand ajar and If your
boy occasionally looks IN or walks IN to read
a book for minute, or look at the pictures
with his dirty boots even, let him. 1t will
not hurt the carpet as much as it will him il
he is kept out And so OF the other rooms
give them an air Of something aboye--at least
diiferent-irom prison or a dead-house.
And then, in the matter of eating. I'm
less your kitchen is large, and suitable, anc
Inviting set your meals always elsewhere
We know OF family who set their table ioi
at lenst hive months IN the year on an ample
7 yeranda, shielded only from the outside worlC
by honeysuckle and running roses and othe
climbing plants II you have no veranda