Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-09-12
4, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER r. 1888.
oa Ea.t ipar.

am always sorry 10 sec. a youth get
irritated an't pask M his cin.Aes in tho
kca; of debate a'i'i leave isie home nest.
His future u il little tlonilinl. and il is
hard To progR5s.se..te Whether he will
fracture limestone for the streets of a
great city or become President Of the
United St:ncs. but there lis beautiful
and luminous life ahead of him in COM
parison with that Of the boy who OBJ
stlnatcly refuses to leave the home
nest.
Tue boy who cannot summon the
mnral courage some day 10 uneoil the
tendrils Of his heart from TIE clustering
idols II the household. 10 grapple with
outrageous fortune. ought to be taken
by the ear and led away out into tho
great untried realm OF space.
While the great world throbs on, he
sighs and refuses to throb. While other
young men put hn their seal brown Ov.
erasls and wrench the laurel wreath and
youth who bangles near the old nest,
aud eats the htrd-earned groceries ri
has father. shvers on the brink Of LIES
great current ands eds the sealding tear.
He Is itie Young man -afra'.i-of-tht
sawbuck the ham - being with an I'M
lar.ri'ie spina column. The only vital
,,ltsi On ;na; may be said tn ag!iate his
pseudo .,l,n is wet nr re shall marry,
ami hrinr is wife 10 tic aomc.test. or
mar nl tear loose from his parents
I'd live @ita hs ftHPr-in-law. Finally
he >ritlr tai compromises by living
nj eFna is wf} eean.
How ~ o3i i.slhs yeacn to see him.
How cir AGED e1.ps l1gi - when he
com w.ta us geo. NJ family 10 de-
tirourl the space actFyren meals. Tgis
is TIE .,e, la oi ais ice; ie higa noon
oi tie boy % never tei.ti!rad to ride
tie vetr. i's colt. or to be ,ansed
throar3t tie summarizing sunlight ut the
twill ii Il . yeAr-oiit. lie never dared :,
have Hn, 6.fi he,'aasc he might bump
his nose aud he il bleed on his clean
c!ptnes. lie never surrepli;iously cut
the copper Wire oil tue lightning rod to
snare suckers with. and lie never weni
ia swimming because tie great. ru..s
n3'S G3gHt li,,ck him or paint him with
n.ud. He Sinunea the green apple Of
la+ nu9l aai lpl not slide down hill be-
cause lie woaid lave to pull his sled
baes 20 the top again.
Now he borrows oiher peoples news
papers. eats the provisions Of others,
ami sits GA the counter Of the grocery
til, the proprietor calls him counter
Ir!itant.
14.ra can be nothing more I'M Ameri-
can this Happy pnlyp.th!s one-aorse
ta,inu,ie tiiat never becomes frog. The
average American would rather burst
up in business six times in four years,
and settle for nil,e ceuis CHI the dollar
tnan to lead such a life.
The true American would rather
work himself into luxury or the lnnati,
ASYLUM than to hang like a great wars
upon the face of nature. This young
man is not in accordance with the YAM
zee schedule. and yet do not want to
gay that he belongs to any other nation.
Foreign powers may have been wrong;
transatlantic nations may have erred.
and the system OF European govern
ment may have been erroneous, but l
would not come out and charge them
with this horrible responsibility. They
never harmed me, aud will not tar-
nish their tair fame with This grave in
aic,ment.
He will breathe a certain amount Of
atno%p scre and absorb given amount
Of feed for few wears, and then the
full-erown biped will leave the home
ue>t ut last. The undartaiser will come
aud Get inl and take what there IL left
of him out III the cemetery. That will
be all. There can tie no deep abiding
sorrow for him mere; public buildings
will not bc draped in mourning, and
ynu can yet Your nail NJ the iisusi hours
when iip dies. ~, band W Ii not play
saddtr strain b~caase the fag end Of .
human failure hats ,aperci down 10
death. and the str't and shapelesS fea-
sdres are still Yoa viii have no trouble
getting drai, cas,ti On that day, and
the giday iI'rong vii JON ire panic ~
t'cv nad made arrangements to do
BIZ Aye.