The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1886-06-24
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Ny son. do not smile derisively u the
farm boz. soiing conscntedly yondev by
tho wAyside. He ia not altired As trinity
y you are; may, his trousers bag Al the
knees and hang on him loosely by one
suspender. bis hat is less shspely than u
was spring before last, and his boots are
coarse and roomy. but some years hence
you may be down at Washington begging
biz influence 10 help ycu got little 81 900
postofscs.
And tho farm boy may not write y
prettily " you do. but Ia The near futnrs
his plain. everyday signature may draw :
great deal better than your beautiful auto.
graph. 1t the bank.
No. my son. the farm boy does not be-
gin his active career under sl6plug hat,
neither does hc leave his victuals untasted
and fade away to : shadow because he
cannot have single -barreled eye-glass,
but not unfrsquently be goes up front in
due season, without plug hat or a single
barreled eye-glass to his name.
The farm boy 10 not familiar with the lap
Of luxury, and 10 his working clothes he
does not resemble fragile hot house flow.
or. but ho is full Of grit. my son. ohock
full OF grit. vsry likely be is not getting
much more than his board and clothes for
bic labor just now; silver dollar may
seem almost o big as . cart wheel 10 him,
but he is storing up experience that is
better than gold--ii fine, all.wool experience
full two yards wide-experience that will
pull him through places in which you
may get mired. in spite Of your college
education and high cultured legs.
know that you can waltz all around
that uncouth farm bov, my shapely son,
for he has not had time TO educate bis feet
SO that they might not get tangled up
with each other in the mad, mazy whirl
but il you don't keep your eyes open and
the inside works Of your head busy, be
will be likely to waltz so far ahead Of you
on the racecourse Of success that you
won't see his coat tails after the end Of
the first quarter.
Oh, no, the farm boy hasn't much time
10 read, but do not doubt but that he
nses we'll the little be has. He.has great
deal OF exercise 10 the open air. His faith.
sr is very lively old man. He works
like barrel of.new cider, and when his re.
.onant voice is heard laundering through
ais ancestral halls at four o'clock A. NJ,
here is general resurrection on the
premises.
At noon our merry farm boy comes In
xith 40 appetite like sausage machine,
.ud after be has swallowed his dinner his
ather invites him ont under the early
harvest apple tree to turn tho grindstone
While be is resting his back. The ener.
,etic old farmer can always find some
hing for the farm boy to do while be is
esting his back at noon, and he generally
lnds IT,
In the evening the tired farm boy reads
'is few books and papers, and is thus
oaking in valuable information in small
mt effective doses. whilst you, my beau.
iful son, are forgetting large part Of
hat valuable knowledge which cost me
cry high price Msyhsp II does not ,
eem so valuable to you. because I paid
Or Il.
But you are not such = bad boy, after
i is said. and I am not finding fault with !
ou at all. l merely suggest in gentle
ert Of way. that you should not smile
At the farm boy.
Look about you. my son, among the !
uccessful men in every calling. A large
Isjority OF them were once toiIing farm =
oys. who absorbed book knowledge ont
business hours; and there are not many D
ours which are not business hours on the J
rw. my son.
The farm boy early learns the valus OF
me. He cant help but learn that. and
) learns it so bard that be never forgsts y
/. II be leaves the old farm to satisfy q
Yelling ambition. you will most likely v
'ou find him on one Of the front seats Of b
synagogue. -
-henever you do find him, my u
''sorial chair. 10 the White Il
"u ~. in the balls oi te
~ 'ue GU, lis native or b
,se at Washingt. sa.sional h,
gress. Governor Of . - la
pied State. IN eminent pro-.
!. at tho head Of some great CONNIE.
or manufacturing firm or corporation =
will find him knowing the value Of =
J, and making use OF the large and Do!'