Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-08-28

t as can do to stand mp and feel my
, self q man among men. | aiut q
Independent man; I've no trade. TIC
day | NOW your yard; to morrow
help Farmer Hutchins to move hi
smoke house, the next day plo'
corn for Jack Williams, maybe tn
next III make chimney in Eph
rains kitchen, or elevate grain il
Taylor's warehouse, or haul coal fo
Caster, or make q pavement on Mill
street, or weed somebody's garden
That's no way o'doin, hacking you &C
for Tom, Dick an Harry, sometime ei
getting paid, and sometimes only
paid in worthless promises. Why
very often | work half day for q
man and he'll say, "rll DO ycG agood
turn sometime, Wilson or, it's a
mighty nice thing to be as handy q
man as you are, George"
mo. Miss Potts, I'm not a free
mani am q boundmau, | wear
shack les, an here I've a family cor
in on, Promisir, boys and girls, an
I'm afraid I'll not be able. to do my
whole duty by 'em. God hclpiu' me
| mean to give every boy o'mine a
good trade, anyhow, maybe my girls
too. Whea Bower broke up and
had to sell bis farm and move to
town, just spoke up bsfo5e !
thought said "B0wzer," said |.
"now you can't do a better thing
than to apprentice Ned and Timothy
to trades. You don't want to live in
town and have two big idle boys tri-
fling away their time. Don't do as
my Father did, don't let 'em feel ss
though you had not done oil faith
ey'a duty. You can have Ned learn
the timers trade, aud let Tin be q
mason, or a plasterer, or cooper,
an what does neighbor Bower do
but up and git mad, an tell me to
mind my own business, an' that he
was capable OE iookip' after bis own
family.
"Well, to day those Bower boys
ara hike Re, going iObbing round
wherever they can get a Aapd's turn
to do | think it is a blasted shame
for a man to byipg poor children in
to this world and not do fathers
duty by them, just leave tke@ to
shift for themselves, crippled, shack
led, hobbled, wings clipped and not
feeling that they belong to tA9 class
of men who ags Etea aud brave and
bold, and who can ssand Up aod look
the world in the face and feel thcm-
selves no mans inferior.
That was nice thing, sensible,
too, that Esquire hamilton did last
week His youngest son, Ralph,
don't like to 90 to schOol-.ia dull
about learning-it is a drudgerS to
him, and so, with hia own consent,
his father bound him 20 the black
smiths trade. My! what a growth
that boy'll gctl lie is pretty harty
now, but what muscle will be devsIop-
ed, and what a ruddy face, aud strong
arm, how happy he'll DO
ooh, l think its a Gods blessing
for a man to have q trade, even if he
don't fall back upon it to make liv-
ing! So-so-well-rll tEy and do
my duty by my boys" and 10Y DoiSh-
bors drew his sleeve across his moist
face and went on with his moving.
My heart acbed for the poor man,
and shut nv teeth little viciously
in memory Of the indifferent old
father in his grave on the hillside.
In my heart | sanctioned every word
| had heard, and though! what
pity it is that y oung men 40 rush
into the over-crowded professional
ranks, preferring to be fOurth-rate
lawyer, an ungodly minister, or an
illiterate quack doctor, to that of a
frst-rate blacksmith, gon-makcr or
bricklayer.
I'd rather see a young man know
how to make a gOoi basket, than
poor plagiarized plea at the bar
rather see him toll, hOrneyhanded in
a sweaty check shirt than to sncak
round public places in seedy black
suit trying to exc out miserable,
snam existence by pettliogging dirty
eases and manufacturing ialsehoods,
and then estceming himself better
than the honest toiler, just because he
has the little tag Of Esq. dan.liDg to
lis name.-Ppsy Potts IN Arthar's
.Yagasiae for JHy.