The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1883-09-07

lOung MAN, Dra0e UP,
A lazy man is too contemplate to
live, and has no rights his fellow men
are bound TO respect Young man,
you may az well understand, first as
last, that you have got to work for all
you get in this world You may not
always get what you earn, as there are
men in this world too mean and con-
temptible TO give others what really be-
longs TO them, but If you would keep
out OF the poor-house, and have com
potency in your old age, you will have
to work for It, To be sure there is a
great difference in men, Some are
endowed with greater intellectual pow
ers than others, while some are greater
physically. Some men are born low
down in the scale of intellectualism,
but mark you the physical of such a
man. There is a way provided, how
ever, for every man to better himself
You won't find IL in the gin mill, neith-
er is 1t to be found at the gaming table.
Remember one thing, and that is, you
have not the capacity to take into your
self all the strong drink made in this
world and you had better let the con
tract out before you attempt to work
on it. ri
When a young man sits down in
idlenes, with an idea that the world
owes him living, it's high time his
body was committed TO the dust from
whence it came. As for his soul, moth.
ing will be ever known of it. 1t is
30 small that it would rattle round in
the shell Of a mustard seed, and when
it leaves his lazy carcass, is forever lost
on account of its infinite proportions.
A record OF the young men who have
been unfortunate enough to have tor
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 9th
erwise.
When father brings up his son in
idleness, never teaching him the first
principle OF economy or the value of a
dollar, he commits terrible blunder
The father guilty of such crime gen
orally has to saw wood for living in
his old age. Nine out of ten of the
boys with fathers who bring them up
in luxury, ere they reach the meridian
OF life are total wrecks. Wrecked on
the rocks of total depravity which lie
beneath the stream of life and on
whose sharp and ragged edges thous-
and OF lives have been wrecked and
ruined. Money bags may, like blad-
ders, keep you above the waters of dis
tress for time, but puncture them,
let their contents escape, and you sink
Young man, you have undoubtedly
meant to do well. No young man ev-
er goes astray Intentionally, but in
some idle thoughtless moment he grad
yates from soda water and lemonade to
something stronger, and before he is
fairly aware of it he has not only lost
caste, but has whole menagerie on
his hands and is employing a doctor to
help dispose 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 Withstand, and the only safe way
for young man is to keep away from
the temptation. If you see man at
wheel of fortune win ten times running
by betting on the red, you just keep
your hand 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, the 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 be laid in premature
graves. The follies of our young hang
heavier upon the hearts of our fathers
and mothers than the milestone that
grinds the kernel into the finest flour.
It's a pity that some of our young men
of to day didn't fall in between the
millstones before they have caused the
trouble they have.
Young man, brace up! You never
saw man go to ruin whose mind is
occupied in legitimate work. You
never saw an industrious, frugal man
in want. It's the smart alick young
man who knows more than his father
or mother that generally brings up at
the end of the rope in terrible chol- |
era-morbis state morally, physically,
mentally and otherwise, Its the same
young man who invests Ills money in
mining stocks and writes from the
west to his friends that he is coming
back and would like them to meet him
on the outskirts Of town with a suit of |
clothes He had a hat. Don't treat
with contempt the advice of older and |
experienced men, even if you don't do
exactly as they advise, but remember
you must work for all you get in
this world - MiLirnllEee .SlIn