The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-02-11

with the sharperS. The farm boy will
make the best citizen, but the boot black
will always have his eye peeled for the
best end OF the bargain. There are two
classes of games; those which appeal to
our dishonesty, and those which appeal
to our avariciousness. We come into
contact with three card monte man,
and he manipulateS the cards and we
think We can beat him by picking out
the right one so he bets us ten dollars
that we cannot and we bet him the same
that we can (; we are quite certain we
know the exact card, but, when we turn
it up it proves just as certainly not TO be
the one, and after we are beat we havn't
bit of a right to squeal or find fault for
we were trying3o swindle that man out
OF ten dollars, and the reason we did not
was the fact thar he was ten times sharper
than us; we were trying TO do adishon-
est thing in the hope of beating the man
and making ten dollars, and il j, isn't
honest II isn't smart. An Irishman in
the northern part of the State, was draw
ing logs one day and broke the log chain;
he stuck the link into the other and looked
about for wedge to insert and, sup
posing il to be about the width of his
two fingers, stuck them in to be sure of
ii, and "by jingo, boys saw my mis-
take the very first jump them steers
made" So think it good thing 10
get caught occasionally, for we are sure
TO be more careful the next time them
steers jump" Another class OF sharpers
come along and they will praise YOU in
every particular. your farm, your house
and everything you have they will fiat
ter your vanity and make YOU believe
them to be your bcs; friends. and will
do nothing but for your benefit; and
are jus; on; among the most Prominent
ant ScHsibkr men giving them chance
to make big money from his machine
and you are iiCkled at the sight Of green
hacks and gold dollars. 80 YOU sign
I little agreement and in a few months
you are called upon TO settle note of i
few hundreds, and the profits 20 10 the
wrong man. A dollar costs ! dollar.
and whenever any one Offers you dollar
for halt is value rest assured that YOU
will be duped II you accept. Organize
farmers, clubs. and talk all these things
over there j. grca, deal Of protection
in these organizations. let Us give the
children more social advantages. fu.aish
them with the means Of improvement
and give them = share IN the interests Of
the farm. Teach them that form labor
does not mean dFudgery bu, a delight.
II seems that i; has been fore-Ordained
tha; boys should forever turn the grind
stone, and wo verify believe that too
frequen; doses Of grindstone rubbed in
has disgrs;ed many farmers son and
driven him from manly. honest labor a;
home 10 evil. dishoncs; occupation .u
the ciiy Give the boy a col'. o. blood
al calf and lei him call j, his own. and
sell il and keep the money Teach barn
20 love iof home and the value of mon
ey. hoW 10 earn il honestly and spend
Il wisely, not 10 throw il away ioolI,hlv
on every passing breeze. and a. poor
Richard be lei 10 cNclaim. - paid too
dear tor my whistle Grca, care ,ho4.c
b. observed in the matter cf pra.,iug
and blaming let your Communications
l. hearty and yogr censufc a. quiet and
calmly A. possible, and never blame a
servant OF our children for doing what
NC would IN the samc circumstances
have done ourselves Above all. ms
friends, the finest production Of our
OHIO farms j. the crop OF boys aad giEl>.
and let Us BY careful watching, and pro
pcr cultivation make this crop grand
one And while speak OF the proper
encouragement; and training Of the bos,
on the farm. would not neglect TO re
fer 10 our daughters and tell YOU 10 teach
them that i; j. the mark OF true woman
90 never shun the necessary house work
with feeling iha; it IS a disgrace. /
assure YOU that music and drawing. and
fancy work are perfectly right. in their
proper time. should feel proud Of
these acquisitions in my daughter. but
my pride would be increased to know
that She was not afraid TO roll up her
sleeves and dip into the work Of the
home. The disposition OF mans wife
in a large measure determines his sue
cess of failure then let our gi'l> be
brought up TO the pride of our Ohio
homes, and make wives who will help
steer their husbands efforts to rich re-
ward. And now 10 sum up all. my
farmer friends. ict us act with ;n0Tc III
ielligence. using every honest means TO
augment our knowledge, in the affairs OF
our vocation steer clear OF debt, pay
as YOU 60, and il you can't pay why
don 90; be honest and candid in our
dealings, never giving any.man the leaS;
ground for suspicion spend your money
wisely and 10 produce the best results I;
give your best attention TO the raising of
honorable boys and girls. tell YOU this
business of implanting in our children
true manhood and pure womanhood Is
what will tell on our people in the years
10 come the welfare of our great Nation
lies in the proper care Of the growing
generation. My remarks have been like
our picnic dinner, some spice. little
cream, considerable dry bread and good
share Of solid meat this latter wish
YOU to particularly make good use Of.
Thanking you for your good attention,
kindly bid you good afternoon.
HOW HE HAD IT FIXED.