The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1886-12-18
National WCaaH's Christisa
Temperance UniSn.


worthy OF the cArtfv attsnnoa .
the LEADaK readers
The proposition to rake on
schools TO an eNteSt, industris
schools, "a seriously discussed il
many qSarters. Every year NAL
tituGes vi boys and girle, yousg
usn and yeSng women. tsrRisats
their attendance vt school and
aca4etny and college, who 10 rot
know how 10 tura their hands o.
their brsins to oae &c uPAiSn b.
which they q earn an honest liv-
in :. AZ t!Ic wealth Of ANY STA y is ia
nr"i Oft,cR to 81 producers, rather
& al It's couSuupr5 sno9ii take the
indsstyial sduestioA VI ir'S ch:liros
into ia own bends. Will the
movement Is under di+cus-isy sd
in progress. thousands OF ynuths
Of beth scxes IRA arr. wing ST adsit
age With very imperfect spportR-
mites Ut lsarsiD. hog to make .
living. Il parents will ,Sks shs
matter seriously to hsarr. usisg
such nesns az ayen those in mnd-
est clreumstsncss \ command, 4
marked improvement will saoH be
manifest.
We need 70 get over our notiSnS
that ore Kind Of work i. honorahlc.
and another Mind dish0norAble {:
that il ia "g~ertesl' to be q popr
LAWYER and less 90 to Re a gord
mVchaHic ; that n music teacher
hst q RICH. 10 lesk down Tn u
sea1strsss or 4 lsundrsss. We
hs+d 10 b.licve and accept the pc.
cept heartily. Act we'll rout
tart 4; there sli ths honor lies"
A great naNy parents are u
wiling ar rciGeton. to graft their
children the possession Of sue'l
tools and msterisl as they long for,
and arc inclined to force them to
30 what ia distastefIl to them asa
what they.have no appetite Tor.
This 10 4 great mistake. II a
child wants a cOlO!.box and brush
es-sil OF water colors-hy al
laeEns let him or her hHyo thsm
and learn bow &c uss them. II ne
waats tools, provide thom Or give
him y chance to earn them {; make
him q work bench. or chow him
bow to mako ene, and let him
learn to use tools, even Though be
hicks, ana daliS and brsaka ana
Losses thOa. II he wants q print
ing press. provide ways in which
he can get one, and encourage him
to print. To illustrate what | wish
to lReulcate, instance several ex-
amples that have come under my
own observation. A EsntIoinau
ora years since fitted up q smal.
building III bis yard with q set O.
type, 6 hand printing press, a SCI
OF teSls aud plenty OF material tt
uso them on and encouraged hi
two boys to learn to ubs them. O
curse they wasted type aud broke
tools, but the eldest boy at twSHtl
one bec2,as foreman in a nswspa
per saicE, and ~ so expert with
clrpentsr's tools that be can hSeI
hiO fathers house and premises i
pOfisct repair and srdGr.
AAothsI father, q maker Of tels
scopes srd Q famous poiisher of oh
jeet glasses, permitted his son tn
free rGEGs 81 ais workshops. IL
boy had a geEius for dynamos, a
eleven understood MI the machine
in the market, aud at Ii iashiene.
one with his own hanSs that wo
plaudits iroiu expert electricians.
4 mother. wLose daughter earl
showed u Disposition TO run IL
sewing machine, permitted hsr {
10 50 wheS the liltle thing coul
hardly reach the treadles with hG
tip toes. At most, the mischi,
she night do could bs eSsily r,
paired. She provided her wit
dolls and and patterns for Go
clothes, ard taught her how Ia ca
them out AM embrolder and mak