Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-05-28
No. 5.

sccH beg in to think you had been bOrr
ir:to tire wrong family. The son who
is ASHAMED Of his parents ought to be-
ashamed Of himself.
Suppose thtir ways are old fashion,
cd, and their grammar Il little off, and
they don t feel like keo'ing up with
the fashions of the day. Not one faith
cr or other in ter had the advantages
you enjoy. Forty or fifty years ago
they walked three or four miles to Il
country school to pick up a little learn
ing, while HOW YOU are talking of 60;
ing to cnl|cgc. They began poor and
have toilcd and labored and saved for
their building. You just remember
that things have greatly changed in
this country. Years ago calico dress
was seen ut church far ottener than
silk. Men went to meeting clad in
honespun. The rule in most houses
was for the children to stand up and
eat The biggest piece Of pie went to
father and mother, and children Ware
nnt allowed to sit up until ten o'clock
at night, or to argue Il question after
the head of the family had decided it.
Nv boy, don't g"t any foolish notions
into Your head. If your father is old
and gray and hcnt--iI your mother is
trembling and weaa; and has no care
for the friyojtics Of this day, it is toll
which these days Of hard work and
nights full Of anxiety that their chill
dren might be spared the same lavish
life. Where they wore blue jeans You
have broadcIoth. Where they ate john
nycakc you have sweet cake and pie
Where their mode of life and forced
economy prevented them from enjoying
society, nl:'"ic or books, just think hoV'
you made the shilings fly, and what is
offered to interest and am,lse you.
-How let's have word to say about
economy. I've been right among you,
and know tlat you want this, that
and the other, and ''wa"t it bad" Up
to the time of the war if one Of The boys
Of that day had dime to spend for 4th
Of July, he thought himself well fixed.
The boys want FIVE dollars apiece now
%'!ays, and that's al gone before noon.
Ii we got u new book it was conSid-
cred great piece Of extravaganza. The
hl1 who had ca, h enough to walk into
Il panoramic exhibition, buy II pair Of
skates, or treat himself to swcctmcats
WAS locked upon by the rest Of us as q
JAY Could.
lin not saying that YOU shouldn't
have money and Us" it. but right there
is 4 vital point. f. sure that YOU
really nce,! What you buy. Ask your
solf if it will pay? Money is the wheel
Oh which tire world moves. Aoquir"
the habit of throwing It after every
novelty brought ont Hud you'll by and
by have a secondhand museum and no
cash 10 run II.
dislike a stirsy boy, but when I
ee u lad planking his nickles down ut
the desk Of savings bank know that
he 2s one Of the future :aen who Is 60
ing to tr>ll our railroads and do our
wholesale Business There's a BIZ diff
ference between brny stingy and eco
nomcal. The richest men IN Amcric,s
are libcfa! in giving to churches, asy-
| iums and to the unfortunate, but they
never waste. They don't indulge in
this Or that simply because they have
money enough to pay for it.
Now, If YOU are about fftceh years
old, you've got sneaklnS idea in Your
head chat its a big thing to use an oath
occasionally, You never made 4 great
er mistake 1t J., true many men tse
more or less oaths, but would like to
have YOU find one who ism t ashamed
of it, It's Il mean habit. know you
can point 20 the greatest men IN She
land and prove that they spit out oath3
but that's no reason why YOU should
follow suit. There isn't u swearer in
. this Country who doesn't feel G qi:ct
satisfaction ia sitting down to converse
with nan whose language is clean
and pure. I.egr'S nothing manly in
using an oath Swearing Is about the
FIRST thing yo@ hear from the lips Of
fool or drunku,d. Even a heather
can swear.
No", don't get The idea thGt want
YOU to be too good. TIE too good boy
Is a nuisance. He WAS born to be an
angel, but they forgot to spike on the
wings. Go to the circus? Certainly !
know there are people in this world
wko look upon Il circus as The ncxt
thing 10 vlsS from old Satan himself
but they ought to have lived forty
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