Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-01-09
Agents for the "Tellcr."
Young Men of Lewiston.

There are in this city something more
than a score of young men who were
mere boys with us here and who have
received what little of education they
possess and imbibed their habits among
rs, for all of which we, as communi-
ty are in no small degree responsible.
They are soon to assume the control Of
the business and social interests of the
place, provided they be competent, and
if otherwise, other young men from
other localities must be substituted.
From our stand point as we look into
the future with a prophetic eye, we can
foresee for our young men far better
prospect of.success in life than is en-
joyed by young men of almost any
other locality; a prospect which is de
pendant upon themselves alone, and
which now it is beyond the power of
parents to greatly change, since they
have arrived at the age of majority
and passed out from the parental con
troll. If their means Of mental disci- |
pin during boyhood have not been all
that could have been desired by reason
of the imperfections Of ourschools, and
the poverty Of parents forbidding their
going elsewhere to receive an educa
ton, yet their moral training and their
habits Of industry, and good order have
been matters for which parents and
guardians must be held accountable in
in great measure, SO long as they
were in their minority. As parents
and guardians watch these young men
emerging upon the duties Of manhood,
they must, if they themselves have
any aspirations for the welfare and
success in life Of these young men, per-
ceive that any and every neglect to
provide for their better education,
when they had the means, was but rob
bling them of the best part of their
birthrieht in this country of free
thought, free action and free access to
good and lucrative positions, which
are dependant alone upon mental and
moral training, The future advance
OF Lewiston in wealth and prosperity
is as much fixed fact as any fact can
bc to be hereafter developed. 1t will
be source of modification to these
parents and guardian, as well as 10
these young men themselves, unless
they are so besotted by vice and indo-
lent habits that they cannot see their
situation, should young men from
abroad, from their superior mental and
moral trainings, have to be called upon
to fill tho best situations of trust and
responsibility in the future growth
and development Of the place. But
rs sure as the sun rises and sets, will
this take place unless our young men
qualify themselves to fill these places,
and our own young men who were ed
ucated here and who have imbibed in
dolent and bad habits win have tc
take back seat. It matters little
what the natural or even acquired
ability of young men may be, so long
as their habits are irregular and they
are addicted to either occasional OF
frequent vices, business men will no.
!. trust them in responsible positions
They may professedly laud these young
men to their faces or speak well o
them to their friends but when thes
young men seek from them places o
confidence and trust they will be sur
to find an excuse for not granting thei
requests. Perhaps the same bushes
men may themselves occasionally in
dulge in the vices of the day, but the
will not tolerate nor patronize tn
young man who INDUCES with them il
the same vices, and it behooyes youn
men to understand this in their star
in life, and not be wheedled into til
false belief that their vicious habit
are not watched with vigilant eyes b
every upright business man in the CON
munity in which they live. As it car
: not be said that any of the young me
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