The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1873-07-18
All Work and no Plav.

corn, to pick up stones, to weed tn
garden, 70 fill the lamps, wash dish
es, and black the stove. For thes,
and their parents we have some
! thing to say. 1t is an excellent plar
no doubt to train children from early
years habits of industry and self
help; to teach them the rudiments
OF all the domestic arts, and culti.
Fate In them, even in childhood. q
correct Judgment with respect 70
ghe pest methods of bringing about
desired results in every day matters.
All this can be done without anv in
jury and with incalculable adyant-
age to the child But unless habits
OF industry and selfhelp look be-
yond the mere scraping tooetbar of
the means of subsistence unless
they have distinct reference eventn
ally to the elevation of the mora1
and intellectual nature, or to in
creasing ones ability to do good to
Others, their most important bene-
fits are made void. That our mean
ing may not be misunderstood we
give an illustration.
On a rocky farm in the State of
New York, lived, in the early part of
Snls century, a poor but industrious
.anlly; 1t was necessary for them
70 WORK. and work hard, to make
hVlng. 80 the boys, as soon as they
could toddle, picked up stones.
Drought In chips, sprouted potatoes.
ana the. girls helped about the house
WORK and In the field. From Janu.
aFy to December, father, mother and
children toiled Increasingly. Three
months In the winter the BOYS went
70 school and picked MP a scanty
knowledge of ciphering and gram.
mar, working all the time out Of
to get their chores done. The
girls also got little schooling, but
not enough to result in anything de-
serving the name of culture. The
lather, and mother regarded a aclear
Iltle TO that farm as the main end
20 HE, and everything was made to
contribute to that result. There
we're no holidays in that house ex-
'ept sundays, no pictures, no story
books, travel was a thing undream-
ed OF; poetry, philosophy, art, litera-
lure were words unknown around
hat fireside. As the boys grew to |
they left the farm and en-
gagged IN commercial pursuits with
great success. The habits of con-
,inued industry, Of economy, of
'elf-denial, which they learned on
hat rocky farm, combined with
natural business tact, were for them
to competence and waalth. |
This of course led to association |
With people of culture, and then
hey began to feel, or those who met
hem did, that it takes something |
more than money to make the man.
But the seed time was gone bv. and
he demands of business effectually
ut them off from opportunities Of
To-day, if you sit |
loWn at their iresides, when Won
AVE discussed the weather, the
rops, and the neighborhood gossip,
RVEeFsatiaR5 shaAAHAa u5isa 5iisa.aes,;l1sallse. D, ;lsalse.
t is time to take your hat and leave.
yet every one Of these boys and
iris have quick perceptions, a re-
entive memory, and a ready judg-
nent. Suppose their parents had
very day given them a little time to
cad, and furnished them proper
looks; suppose they had been less
nxious about the crops and more
olicitious to send their
hIdren forth into the world
ltted to take an honorable place
herein, would it not have been
ruest wisdom in them2 But proba-
ly they didn't know themselves
That was best, and for the parents
ault, ''the children's teeth" are all
heir lifetime "set on edge"
The law allows parent all the
ACQUIRING from the labor
f his children till the girls are Is
nd the boys 81. Suppose the pa
ent gives his son and daughter a
ortion of the proceeds of their Ia
or, to be spent as they sec fit, and
dvises them as to the wise expendi-
are of this portion. Will not that
oy and girl do more work and with
lighter heart than when they labor
Tithout reward and because they
lust? Suppose they have each day
o much work to accomplish, and the
est of the time is given them for
tudy or recreation. Will they not
ring in a larger sum total of
at the end of the year
han if no such privilege is permit
ed them? We know men in mid
le life, men of ability who regret
Onstantly that their fathers did not
i've them chances to cultivate /
themselves; they are mortified and
umiliated and chagrinned because
f Deficiencies, and with pain see
themselves outstripped in the race
or honor by rivals far inferior to
hem in natural ability.
Now to the boys and girls: Re
lember that ina few years you will
e men and women. Then not
hat you have, but what you are,
ill give you real distinction among
our fellows. If You are ignorant,
unrefned, all the wealth of
.stor cannot purchase for you cul-
IRE, refinement and elegant man
ers. These come from associa-
on with the leading spirits Of the
asst or present, in books or in Sc
ct society. If you improve every
pare moment in companionship
ith instructive and elevating au-
lors, in storing your minds with
in intensifying your love
,r what is really of most worth in
lis world, you will be in a way to
lorn an elevated position if such
lall be your portion, or to dignity
n obscure and humble station, and
c happy in it, if such Providence
lots you.-N. Y. Tribune.