The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-12-20
An APPEAL TO TIE BOYS.

The following appeal to the boys, which
we find in a late iSShe nf the IlollIdaysburg
Standard, is So full or truth and common
sense that we not only give l. place in our
columns with pleasure, but, like the Clear
field Republican, we iruSt that every boy
reader OF The FREEMAN will peruse it care
fully aud not ouly pcruSe l., but reflect
upon il aud not only reflect upon il. but
act upon it-not only Tor their lasting goo6.
but "a lso fer the unuttterable Joy that the
change in their habits will give ise to in
the heaItS of their parents. bruthetS aud
sisters With these words 10y way of into
duction, we come to the article itself.
The Standard has no warmer friends any
where than the noSS. Aud since the boys
are favurablv dispos-d toward us. would
f;tin Ia do them u good turn. Older Than
they and with not u lille experience in the
tangled ways of The world, we sincerely i~h
that it we're in our power To shield all the
boys ct Our arq uaiu utauce from the evils there
of. 1t iS a great thing 80 bt- a gnud IHan. L
is u great IIiug to I've a good boy aud To grow
M into n pure, Eoblc man. He is Indeed
fortunate who, when arrived at a mans es-
tate can look back upon a manly, honorable
hoyhood and youth. aud can say, hitherto
l have been kept from the scorcbing in fu-
cnce oS those gross sins that wiIh-T and de-
Stroy The frail plant OF human purity. Aud
bts who can do this i n hoy who spent his
evenings at b0Hje. Thereto. O, We may say o
the evenings. When night comes down, no
matter whore Won NAV he, nor how pleasant
may be the paStime IL. which you are eu-
gagged, crop everything aud make your way
home. Spend the evening with your parents
yOnr brothers and sisters, your friends
Read instructive hook =. read amuSicg books
have pleasant little games. show the parents
who have provided "a home for yOu thar Won
appreciate their Efforts, aud that yOU do love
them aud the cosy home they have made
Shuu companions who wuulu make YOU dis
satisfied with your home. Look with sus-
pici"u upOn that boy who wOulG iustil into
your hreasf u love or the street. lie is a bad
hoy. H iS ,ipuul to grow up a had man
The probabilities are that he will come To a
bad end. Have no fellowship with the
coarse, The vulgar, the prnfane. When You
hear Il boy swearing, when Iou see him
mOCking The aged or making sport of those
who have been deprived of their reason, you
may be sure that he is not the kind of "A COIN
parion Yuu ought to associate with. Such
are the boys who ru,I the streets after dark.
1t you keep their company, it will not he
long until you are as bad ~ they are. Yuu
don't want this 10 happen. i here isn't a
hoy OF Won all who wants to grow up iuto a
bad man. You are al! looking forward " iGh
longing and with hope to the day when Won
shall te m"n. BnI are you beginning rIght
II is not often that an Idle, prof;Ine, cruel
boy b"comeS good man. The boy who
SnrniS his evenings ON the streets il. after
awhile, the man who wastes his time in
billiard rooms aud in whi~kev dens The
hoy who loves his home, aLd finds il So de-
iIgh;tul a place for evening srorI or inn prove
rneut, will he The man who loves his home
Better begin now. hnvs. We trust that every
hoy who TrHt;s the Standard ard who iS on r
friend, will take our advise and s.,.rd '.vrry
evening uf thts winter at home. Il LCtU pau
boys. Try u this winter, aud then tell us
all about il in he sariug.