The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-01-24
Come With the Crowd.

See here, my boy The bells have
rung the old year out and new one in,
and new watch has come, on deck. If
you think you are going right along in
the same old grooves, while the rest of
us are making changes, you are up tree.
You've got to toe the mark along with
the remainder of the world.
Now, then; you are beginning life.
| You are from sixteen to twenty .one
years old. You think you Il w all
! about it. but the fact is you aren't more
than half.baked yet. What you don't
know would cover all Lake Erie, while
your worldly wisdom wouldn't knock an
owl off his perch. Suppose you make a
resolve to begin the year 1884 by not
knowing more than half as much 40
Plato, Diogenes and other wise men. If
you should condescend to admit that you
didn't even know more than your own
father, it wouldn't greatly affect your
general standing with the world.
Perhaps you smoke and chew. What
forf WHATS the use of paying out elO0>
year to insure bad breath, headaches,
red eyes, decayed teeth and nervous de-
bility, when yon can secure broken leg,
which is far nicer, by tumble down
stairs? Chewing 10 vicious, nasty
booAes Aoihohiuk uuCCtb tuS DEAIu 4nU
nerves and stomach. We admit that q
young chap of your age looks like q
great statesman when he comes down the
avenue putting away at fve.cent grab.
but suppose you didn't look like anybody
but yourself3
Maybe you drink little; very prnba.
big you DO. "a young man OF your age
" apt to yt.uE it smart 70 guzzle down
lager and tipple wine, but there's where
he 10 Lame. Even old drunkards would
caution you against the practice. Drink
not only waates money, but it oevers
friendships, breeds anger, brings about
quarrels, and there is no end to tho train
Of wretchednesa it entails. Yes, great
lawyers, statesmen, poets and philoso.
phere drink, but they lose respect by It.
Men have contempt for their weakness.
and the world reads their epitsphs with
aneeD. Don't make O persimmon of
yourself because some one else has.
Played poker or faro yet? If SO wo
hope you got such skinning az will
last you your lifetime. Let gambling
alone. Fight as shy of gambling rooms .
at you would of mad dog. People tell
you about luck. That's all bosh. The
gambler has you by the throat the mo.
ment you enter hio door. You can't
make any money out of him, but he will
see to 1t that you add to his capital.
Now, rs to your personal traits. You
may have como naturally by your ego.
tiam, but keep it in check. fhe world
In general looks upon it as q disease.
Even if you know all you think you
know the rest of Ia won't admit 1t. Men
hate boosters and braggarta.
Bluntness is 3 good thing sometimes,
sometimes 1t isn't. Civility and con.
scientious regard for other peoples feel
ings are trump cards in the game of life.
Be charitable without encouraging vice;
be honest in your opinions, but don't
imagine that it is your duty to break up
q family or start church scandal; in
your dealings be square. You may lose
by it for time, but when the public
comes to understand that you are just
and upright man you'll make money and
keep friends as we'll.
In fact, young man, suppose you
square up with your tailor, pay the bal
ance at your bootmaker's, part your hair
on the side and fall into procession with
the rest of us. We don't claim to be
pretty, end re don't o1n all the brains
IN tbs country, But ws can teach you
several things that may come uaefnl in
future years, and we guarantee to prove
that horse sense and square dealing are
certain to pay gemi.annual dividend
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