The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-03-05

or these eighty EIGHT men, twelve spent the
first fifteen years OF their life in city, twelve
in villages, and sixty -four were farmers boys.
But Of the twenty-four that lived in villages
and cities, SIX we're practically farmers boys,
for they lived in small villages, or on the out
skirts OF cities, and had the same kind OF work
TO do that farmers boys have. One of these
village boys SAID:
:" learned to hoe, dig and NOW in fact,
VAS obliged to work, whether / liked 1t or no.
In winter went to school, and worked nights
and mornings for my board"
Another said II used TO work away from
home some on a farm in the summer and fall
In tue winter, when going to school, we three
bows used to work up the wood for winter use."
Four others told substantially the same story.
AS these were about the same as farmers
boys, we may add them to that list, so that
seventy out OF eighty -eight,-almost four
fifths OF ali these men,-had the training Of
farm-life.
Now how was it with the eighteen city and
village boys on the lst ? Did they have an
easy time Of il Five OF them did, as they
testify; five Of them had no work in particular
to do, but one Of the five says that he studied
law when out OF school, and that was not ex
actly play. The rest of the eighteen were
poor boys,-not paupers, by any means, but
children Of the humble classes, many OF them
in narrow and needy circumstances, = and
though they lived in cities or villages, they
were accustomed from ID cir earliest years to
hard work.
WAS generally employed Gays one, "dur-
ing the summer months, and in vacation, IN
doing any kind of work that offered.
Four Of the city boys were newsboys. One
OF them SAYS: " The last year was connected
with the press earned one hundred dollars
before breakfast"
Another: =" have paid nv own way since
cept my board from my eighth to my eleventh
year"
OF all these eighty Eight boys, FIVE only had
nothing in particular to DO.
While these boys were growing and working,
a great many others,-sons OF merchants and
lawyers, were growing up in Springfield, going
to school and amusing themselves, as boys OF
tutu CLASS Are APT 10 GO. NueTo are luey
Only five or this class are heard from among
the eighty eight solid men of that CITY, Some
OF them, perhaps, are prosperous men in other
cities. but the number cannot be large for IN
Springfield only five IN n out OF eighty eight
came from this Glass; Ninety -four and a half
per cent. were either farmers boys or poor and
hard-working town boys.
Mr. GLADDEN. made his report to the public Of
Springfield, in the form of lecture. The
mere announcement OF the subject alone
crowded The church, which is large one, and
the interest in the lecture was go great that
the Mayor and several representative citizens
requested repetition in the Music Hall. When
this came off, the hall was packed and hund
reds went away from the doors unable to gain
entrance.
Mr. GLADDEN. has rewritten the lecture and
his interesting facts and logical deductions
will appear In one OF the leading magazines
for March. He is now engaged or a. Talk
with Girls for the same magazine. 1t will
be printed before long, and VIII be o, vita! in-
terest to girls, and suited to their requirements,
as this paper is suited to the boys.