The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1873-05-23
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l.I ave him q start in die world,

Twenty Thousand dollars 10 cool
cash, and his Endorsement for double
the amount. Quite a good start, We
should say.
But, reader, start which wayY
Up or down That's the question.
Down." we SHUTDOWN"
There can be no blunder more
fragrant than the father who rears
his son in affiuence, pampers him on
not only the delicacies Of the flesh,
but even makes classic tit-bits, and
bon>bons his educational
pabulum, skilis him in no useful trade,
schools him in no economy, tones
him down with no system, and then
gliding his poor bloated and defense
less body with silver and gold, filings
him Into the arena with armed
gladiators, wary Of fence and strong
d arm bids him "hold his own, and
double it,"
One Of the most remarkable phe-
nomena in American society espe-
cially, is the peculiar rotation OF for
tunes, that coming and going of class
SEES by which rich families decay in
the first generation, and blossom
again in the second, only to decay
the third.
Take rich man who has worked
his way up from the bottom round.
He makes himself fool about his
son, trying possibly to compensate
for the steriIity and bleakuess OF his
own young life in the warmth and
beauty of his sons. He pets him,
perfumes him, dandIes him, humors
him, INDUCES hun, over drasses him,
and, as it were, regularly parts his
hair in the middle" This is all very
we'll as long as he lives to curtail the
finances and supply with gold the
exI austless void his own hand has
created But when Colonel Codger
dies. and Augustus f'itz Hugh sue
ceeds him as manager Of the bust
ness and ruler Of the realm, a sad
change comes over the picture.
mice young man you
know J goes in on what he calls IAN
Improvement on the old mans plan"
- drives at a slashing pace for a
whle--then his false training be-
gins to tell the lilly white hand
falters the weak frame culver;
a moment of wilderment and hesita-
ton; then false spirit, and then
the crash comes; and the miserable
wretch, utterly unable to rally,
into the vapors Of his faith
er's charnel-house, and soon dies
and is forgotten. In the meantime,
his son, rendered robust and
hardy and self-relant through neces
sity, pushes his steady way into
the throng of Earth's people, and
with hard ticks and plenty OF pluck,
wins to a certainty the honors of his
grandsire that were dropped from
his fathers incapable hand.
Thus the thing goes in seven
cases out often The worthless
ness, and dissipation, and extrava>
gance Of the sons of rich men has
gotten to be almost proverb, and
the reader of this article need exer7
else no great pains to call to mind a
dozen or SO of these curled darlings,
living in idleness and worthlcssness,
turning up their noses at the com
mon coated, by moustacned fellows
(who happened to strike the poor
stratum in their generations y
Fifty years off, and then two classes
viii be exactly reversed. It is real
Iy getting to be almost a curse to
be born the son of a rich man in this
fast and foolish country of ours,
This should not be so!
And the remedy is plain Edu-
cate your son to work and to save,
10 matter what your wealth my be.
Make him self,reliant, above all
things. Limit his income to certain
inviolable figures, aud make them
such that it will require good man
agement to live docently inside OF
them Make him always pay for
what he gets the first time that he
"opens an account he opens a gate
that leads down very dangerous
lane. Don't stuff him with so much
Latin and Greek that you will force
him to omit the homely but useful
multiplication table, and get him
well educated in interest ard discount
calculations, even it it necesitate his
giving up his lessons on the piano
forte. Teach him some useful hon
orable trade, and develop his body
by healthful outdoor work. And
when he grows up don't be ashamed
to confess to him the poverty in
which you were born, but teach him
to revere and avoid it.
Teach him to honor labor for iabor's
sake and to work because God cons
manded it.
When rich and poor alike give
their boys this sort Of education, we
will have steadior, better and more
reliable population; but not till then.
Fathers, study the hints that
these crude thoughts would bring to
you; accept their suggestions and
ponder over them. And you who
have boys to raise, raise them honest
", carefully, sensibly. Don't fon-
die them in pomp and splendor all |
their lives, aud when they are grown |
throw them out, as YOU would throw