The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-10-04
next river-bend, with happy long life

But let Us look on the other side
The man of inherited or suddenly &C
quired wealth has a forward son.
This hopeful, from an early contac,
with those older than himself, which
contact is the privilege of the natural
insolence of the rich mans son, &C.
quires what passes for wonderful pre-
cocity, but which is in reality only
the apish imitation Of the advanced
maturity of other brains. But he is
a noodle at school, INDECENT as a sloth.
and capable only of discerning frivol-
ity and those things which lead to an
aimless and useless life. He advances
toward young manhood. He has
long since made his elbows acquainted
with bar room counters. He has
watched, with fervid interest, the
man with the little box seated
on the thither side of the table. He
has heeled the ace and played open to
the Jack. He knows the other little
pastimes of gentlemen. He is bull
headed ignoramus, and every body
knows it except his fond parents. Ia
course Of time his bald pated progeni-
tor observes that the period has arri-
we'd when ii is necessary for the star
Of the household to choose a profession
for only a profession will do for
such a brilliant youth. A vision of
leaning back in dignity, with his feet
cooked UP on the table, in a coari
room, and of wearing out leather
bottomed chairs IN an Office, passes
through the young mans fine intellect.
Very well; he must be lawyer and
enter on a brilliant carer. He Ell
tiers an office and after reading the
backs Of 4 number of law-books, and
picking Up some little information
about law by listening TO the pompou>
talk of his preceptor, he is, through
the influence Of his friends, struggled
through an examination and he is a
LAWYER. There he i. He i still
quartered on the old man, and there
he must be left.
Take the s)n of II honest poor man.
lie wants to be a LAWYER too. or a
or clergyman. He dreams
Of future usefulness. The
examples Of Choate, Of Tom Frs
kline, of John Hunter or Sir. Ashley
Cooper, Of Summarized. the young
among Christs servants,
are before him. With many sacri-
fees and many mi>givings, he Is sent
OF to I'll; school which shall the best
ut him for the walk ne has chosen.
He works hard and comes back with
a quantity of parchment made of
sheepskin-aye, and Of caltskin. too
Oh which tle elimination OF his
scholastic lsbors is spread in an i'm
posing manner. He then spends two
,r three wears in looking for what he
calls location in which 70 begin his
professional career. He finally selects
,ne of these splaces, AMI his career
begins with rapiiity. His single is
nung out, but only the breezes seem
20 take any interest in it. The clients
" patients WAC were 50 conf lently
transact their business else
where. The brains Of the young man,
which suffered such flush of geni us
while back, undergo and another
lush. He is untitled, generally. for any
'ther occupation in lie, and there We
cave him.
Then take the young man who has
'een raised a pet. He is a kind of
,irl-boy, delicate and curly haired.
lis parents are rich. He must be a
awyer. Say his father began life
nth as little education a money, and
ad always quarreled with the hard
ate which kept him in the ranks of
life. He would have bee n
lways himself if his early life
ad furnished the necessary adj
antages. As it is, he
Till live his life over again IN
Is SON He will plead