Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-07-21

BIRDsEYE GRANT NoRTHRoP,

The waning of the old system o
apprenticeship is a serious evil
The limitation fixed by the FPrade
Union" on the number Of appren
tices allowed to each shop, or mas
ter mechanic, is working mischief
1t deprives many boys of tae tho
rough training in the several trade
that is essential to the attainment
of the highest skill and success
The system OF Apprenticeship.
lies at the foundation Of skilled in.
dustry, and should be encouraged
to the utmost as an indispensable
part of the practical education OF
our future artisans. Otherwise, oul
youth must be forever debarred
from the most lucrative positions,
or surrender them to skilled me
chanies imported from abroad.
This plan is short sighted and sui
cidal, 1t cripplcs our future me-
chanics. 1t seeks temporary gain
at the sacrifice of their permanent
prosperity.
The ambition for easier lives and
more genteel employments, and the
silly notion that labor is meni-
al, that the tools Of the trades or
of the farm are badges OF sewility,
have greatly leSsened apprentice
ships. Meeting some thirty thou
sand youth annually, ! have tried
to refute these pernicious notions,
and show the necessity and dignity
Of labor, and its vital relations to
all human excellence and progress,
the evils of Incidence, the absa:dl-
ty Of the prevalent passion for city
life, and wide spread aversion to
manual labor. The theory that Ia
Dor is degrading drudgery will
consciously demean any artisan,
and bar improvement in his art. On
the other hand, pride and pleasure
in Lis work lead to higher excel
lence, both in his craft and charac
ter. He who always does his best
to-day can 90 oetter sun 'o-,iol :.
row: IL was a wise IIoFlslon y,
the Hebrews that all parents Snou,u
teach their chllareh some MANU-
craft. THIS was win Vhem as ~
should be WITH us, an eSs9hV al P@1O
OF the edncation Oh every cnilo'
Among the Hebrews l"oof was al.
ways honorable' no man s"S .
ashamed OF ms tfa'e' " l ne c'l,e' "
the apostles alo not oe9rouo ne ,,o
high Once -%',en .4 nS .ol.or Hisos
carry Vr"0o W " .i''r nonor 70 snsncct
soclateS Seeincu W nese' or ~ G,borp,o,,
thaC tnelF olu pu''IT'9 mSISs Cnant y, Toorb
was ulSFelluV''o'o' - ~ ~ o,,d os q
er hohore' hi'n ''''. '''IY 'J.o1 ,at;ontlv
carpenter b SUI "0'TS" ~ tho othcr
al ms laIhen , :' 'l'ue, ,Jn,.;as Who
hand the cnlnese :. 'i,anu",a"o, ~, lond =, ,%eir
let their nails gro" 40. 40 'onS ~. 90 nonnr ,
hngers, TO sue" C'l"U WY n1, 1nooe "
WORK. are Che iliustil"u' til, - nbs Who
sors Oh our PIe'eno'ou1 1,,a4r;oi liIGoI orts
ahecI 10 oesl'iSe V''o .iO '' '. "a aal;atoI
many OF our ou''i a. Jo',l.,G;n 'Lirs
WIN ihlatuaeloii i.,i w.! o,S9 nol;t;n,,e
are the mosO cl's'pl9 ,,ao4a po9'',ot9'
Whlle Vne traces "le nov 49,, t'?i,teI ~ ";
ble' " Let tnem learn ,4 I.laC lilo,lll iloeill
gent mechahlcS nave d @ pe''o' ol'',io0 1 ~
OF securing We"lVl'eil'llenGo ,'''T TI ~
iluence, than tlG oVoTcromue"o'eiNI ',
ships can aiiofa' ne tJreseno "',u
last GoVenor OF Oo'lnecOlcu1' o"oli,
in his boyhood' learned Vrhut' ana =
thus became a t'orough hiasCer o.
the business III all lVS 9eT'liT1 AIS. 'a
which eacn mas acllloteu ot'lll"n'
success Inc inosV eA.e'9lse y. -, ~. 'n'',l .i'i
utacturer OF siiVerWare ,a ~ 'le "oiia'
John Gorham; ni ec o1or1 n flo
cllneu Vhe pos''l0n =, o n,;"bt mns
counVlug-rooHi' In"' 1,;a ~ rathnrSs shons
ler Ole % Ir1uo ,Iln',ti"o - nlS wboro he
as a regular aplItU"T,C ',l,, SoH' +o do with
learned IhoI1usT'y 81, ttnt rtT ho VI boS ~ sincn
ms own pahuS an ,. .n''t T., ~ Jn;n, li;,'
NAG 70 9lrecI oi,i,ar oUGens fdn+o - % u,igbt bo
malIltuae oi 9l,n,'4t a,4 a. l'u'o 'o9stary Of n
clleo 1 70 Slom @ .iSo tIo %ost T,lo nronorations
tr"ue 10 ..;o, o''o u re- W" onJ nrosporitv in
ior prac''V~i giarI,s liS oro ""' ofton poid less
business G'el"9 o,,ios ,',H ava. and oro lees
,In''4 !lall sN'll,ut i' In tHo'r nrocarious
.Autijonn' ;i;n'a tSoy aro Eohle TO disop-
posit.ollS, it, l',ta ,r1 I'd M bnn,ilioting struc
polnVln1n'S pI5l a. a'i1 thnnsanJs of others
SleS M'Iu c Vlio ,,iaoo S',o' Eyorv odvcr.
looking lor pi"O9'