The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-16


Hon. G. G. Williams delivered an
Grafton at Crystal Springs, near James
vile, on the Sd inst, at the celebration |
of the 43d anniversary of the enamel |
patton of the slaves of the West Indies. |
From the Grafton the following re-
marks are taken:
1t used to be thought good maxim
to advise every young man to learn q
trade; but under the present system of
manufacturing | do not feel so sure
about that. With the improvements
in machinery, and the exact division of
labor, where the operative is required
to do but one thing, and repeat that
forever, while he may be man of
brains and Of original. resources, out
side his employment, yet within 1t, the
tendency is to become like part of the
machinery itself; or, at least, the en-
ployer is so inclined to regard him,and
the inevitable tendency of human ma
lture must be when he becomes so fixed
! to his post, by habit, as to unfit him
for other employment, to figure him
down in his wages, and hold him at
the bare cost of subsistence. [ would
not insinuate that manufacturing,
even with the at the present improved
appliances, does not require in many
of its departments the highest skill,
land the best trained intelleets, OF that,
as a whole, it is to be avoided. But
what I do mean is,that whoever enters
upon it, should make it the aim Of his
life to excel and master. If he is to
be a carpenter, he should strive to be q
boss carpenter, or, if mechanic Of
other kind, it should be his aim to be-
come a master mechanic, remember
ing that he is the fttest master who
has gained his elevation by patient and
faithful service.
, On the whole, am inclined to think
I would substitute. in place Of the old
maxim of advising everybody to learn
trade the newer one Of advising
every man to run in debt for home.
[ mean such as cannot obtain one
without. i ana pretty much convinced
: that the man without a home stands
next to the imam without a country .
The position may be a startling one,
) but am all the more convinced of its
soundness when | reflect that it is
about the only thing for which q man
; is justified in running in debt. Sup
: posing all the laboring men in James
vile, both black and white, who have
paid rent for the last fifteen years,
t had bought and beautifed little
; home; or, perhaps, better still, had
! settled upon forty acres Of new land
! if they were unable to procure more,
and had prudently run in debt for the
most of it; and supposing a public
opinion had been established in the
: family, ''that at the end of three years
this place must be paid for" Who
> doubts that by leaving circus out
here. a theatre there, q minstrel show
: over yonder, by dressing o little closer
+ by, leaving out the tobacco and whisky
account altogether, if by possibility
; such existed; who doubts that the pay
3 ments could be made in regular in
stallmentsf And then what is more
wholesome or invigorating than the
sense of victory, and the habits formed
) in securing it? What better qualifica-
ton for good citizen than to feel that
he has an interest in the community
and that he is part Of it? That he
stands on his own soil, however limit
ed the area, the air above him reach
ing up to heaven, the earth beneath
him running down to china, and he
holding the title deeds to the whole
thing? Why, sometimes think that
! land is as necessary to the healthy
growth of man as to the life of a
ltree.
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| CLEANSING WOODWORK OF Doors.
Take pail of hot water; throw in
two tablespoonful of pulveTized borax;
use q good coarse house cloth-an old
coarse towel does splendidly- and wash