The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-11-01
YOUNG MAN, BRACE UP,
Young Man WHO sits Down In tdleness,
and What Eecomes OF Him.
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a lazy man is too contemplate to live,
aud has no rights his fellow men are
bound TO respect. Young man, you may
rs well understand, first us last, that you
have got TO wo.s for all you get in this
world You MAY not always get what
you earn, rs there are men in this world
too mean and contemplate to give to
others what really belongs to them, but
if you would keep out of the poor house,
aud have competency in your old age,
you will have to work for il. To be sure
| there Is great difference in men. Some
are endowed with greater intellectual
powers than others, while some are great
er physically. Some men arc born lor
down Il! .ilo scale Of ntc!!ectr:,ism, but
mark You the physical of such man.
There is way provided, however, for
every man TO better himself You won't
find it in the gin mill, neither is il to be
found at the gaming table Remember
one thing, and that is, you have not the
capacity to take into yourself all the
strong drink made in this world, and YOU
had better let the contract out before YOU
attempt to work OH it. Don't bet all YOU
have on bob tail ilush or before you
know it the other man will either re;sa
you out of .te game or come in on q
straight flush. Nine hundred and ninety
young men out of thousand, who start.
ed with All idea Of becoming suddenly
rich by betting on n sure thing, get left,
and are worse off than when they came
into the game. The bay horse is more
liable to get beat if you hold pool
check on him than he was before YOU nut
your money. Such ccrtainties are u,iccr-
tainties, and never give up n certainty
for m uncertainty. Don't fool with the
tiger; you cant most always tell which
way the beast will jump.
When Il young man sits down i'm idle.
ness, with an idea lha; the world owes
nm living, it's high i.ne his body was
committed 20 the dust from whence II
came. As for his soul, nothing will ever
be known of ii. 1t is 80 small that it
would rattle round in the shell of n mus.
tard seed, and when it leaves his law
carcass, Is for ever lost on account of its
infinite proportions.
record Of the young men who have
been unfortunate enough to have for
tune left them shows that eight in ten
never amount to single atom In the
world, and seven out Of the eight die
bankrupts, financially, morally and other.
wise.
When father brings up his son in
idlenrss, lever teaching him the frat
principle of economy or the value of a
dollar, he commits terrible blunder.
The father gully of such crime gener.
ally has 10 snw wood for living In his
old age. Nine out OF ten of the bows
with fathers who bring them up in idle
luxury, ere they reach the meridian OF
life are total wrecks. Wrecked on the
rocks of total depravity which lie be.
meath the stream 0. life and on whose
sharp and ragged edges thousands of
lives have been wrecked and ruined.
Money bags may, like bladders, keep YOU
above the waters of distress for a time,
bnt puncture them, let their contents
escape, and you sink.
Young man, you have undoubtedly
meant to do we'll. No young man evsr
goes astray Intentionally, but in some
idie, thoughtless moment lie graduates
from soda water and lemonade To some
thing stronger, and before he IL fairly
aware OF !. he has not only lost caste,
out has whole menagerie on his hands
and is employing doctor 70 help dis
pose OF his immense elephants and the
snakes that laughingly cuddle in his
boots. Yes, the world presents too many
temptations for the minds of all to with.
stand, and the only safe way for young
man Is to keep away from the tempta.
ton. If yon SEQ man at wheel of
fortune win ten times running py betting
on the red, you just keep your hands out
OF your pocket and see him lose all he
made at the next turn Of the wheel and
on the very color or number you knew
would win.
Boys, tho recklessness of youth is what
has caused so many mothers hair to turn
as white as the driven snow. It's this
that has caused SO many fathers and
mothers to give up by the wayside and
De laid in premature graves. The follies
OF our youth hang heavier upon the
hearts of our fathers and mothers than
The millstone that grinds the kernel into
the finest flour. It's pity that some of
our young men of to-day didn't fall in
between the millstones before thew have
caused the trouble they have.