Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-03-07
Wealth Against Education.

"THIs is the last of S10,O0O left me by
fond and devoted father-all spent in
liquor and other dissipation" was writ
ten ON a ten dollar bill which found its
way into New England bank not long
since
do not know, but presume this was
one of those cases where money is hoard
ed by " fond and devoted parents" for
their children, to the neglect of their
education. Such examples are numer
Ous, aid If / can arrest the attention Of
that class of fathers and mothers who are
toiling to accumulate wealth for their
children, / will raise the inquiry, what
are you doing for the education of these
children
That you feel interested in your chill
dren, | do not wonder, they bear your
image and your blood flows in their veins
! That YOU feel anxious for their future
welfare is equally natural and proper.
| But the danger is that you will misiudge
as to what will constitute the security and
future good of your children. What then
would you bequeath to them, when called
to leave them to work their way in this
selfish woild9 Would you give them
wealth ? If you will look around you,
and trace the history of families that come
under your observation, you will find
dren who have been reared under the in
fluence of money, and have inherited a
fortune accumulated by miserly parents,
have been injured, if not rttined, by it.
While on the other hand, it will be found
equally true, in a large majority of cases,
that those children which have withstood
the temptat ons and overcome the diff
culties of life, and come up to an hon.
orable manhood and womanhood, have
been trained in the school of poverty
Who are the men and women in our ma
ton who to-day stand foremost in every
department of industry, lead in every en-
terprlse, and whose energy and power are
felt more than others in controlling the
destiny of Church and State Were they
not once in Strengthened circumstances
What, then, is our inference That pow
erty is preferable to wealth Should we
discourage industry and economy? ? May
l say to parents you must not accumulate
property? BY no means. Money may be
so employed as to benefit your children in
the present and in the future.
But do say to you, if you have the flu
ture of your children at heart, you should
train them to habits of industry and self
reliance. No greater calamity can befal
a child than to be reared in indolenct
and in the free use of money. Sdcl
l children are already in the school of vict
and crime, and only a few years will b'
necessary to prepare them to write on theil
last ten dollar bill, 'This is the last o.
l $4,000, all spent in liquor and other dis
sipation." Give your children something
S profitable to occupy their days; some
e thing safe and interesting to employ thei
! evenings. Make their home pleasant, anC
4 thus hold them from the corrupting in
s fiuence of the street, the saloon and tn
G bar-room.
: Finally, spare no pains nor none.
I necessary to secure to your children
e thorough practical education. At thi
a age of the world they must have this cul
!, ture, to be qualified to act we'll their par
II in life.
e | hear one of you say, 81 was oblige
e to work SO hard when l was a boy,
: mean to leave my children in more indie
Il pendent circumstances" If you mea
e by leaving them money alone, you max
|, great mistake. If you mean by cult
S waiting in them habits of virtue, integrity
n industry and self-reliance, and withal, b
y securing to them a thorough, practica
education, you are not only kind, a
parents should be toward their children
but wise in the highest degree Childre
II thus trained can safely be entrusted wit
e money in their riper years, whether il
IL herited or earned.
e But it is too often the case that parent
IS are so engrossed in their business, in tn
q pursuit of wealth, that they neglect til
e early education of their children
o Schools are maintained by law, it may bC
q but they are schools only in name. Ell
$ tirely neglected by parents, they are MAJ
e aged and taught by incompetent masters
,, scholars become irregular in their a
II tendance, and uninterested in thei
u studies, and hence no good results are II
q allied
All this is wrong and ruinous. HON
e and school education for your childre
should first occupy your attention an
employ your substance. Spare no pain
nor money to make this thorough and e,
tensive, adapting the culture of eac
e child to his peculiar taste and ability t
q fill some position of honor in life. Be
8, queath to your children character, cultur
l. and intelligence, and it makes little di
+ ference whether you leave them wealt
q or poverty, as these things are general
IS nderstood.-H0useh0ld.