Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-12-31

| All Is Silent. Inc OlU mousse seems
wrapped III slumber. Above, the pref
| ty guests in their dainty tea-gOwnS are
| slipping Bohea and prattling scandal;
below, the domestics are occupied in
their household affairs.
! To be continued.
Securing an Education.
| Farm and Home
| There are hundreds of young men in
every state in the union, and of young
women, too, who earnestly desire better
education than it seems possible for Their
to obtain with the limited means at their
disposal. These boys and girls are very
largely to be found upon our farms,
| longing for the opportunities which they
see Others possess but not approaching
or improving. How should the young
person with these high aspirations con
duct himself that his ends may be at
taiueds
l. He should form the acquaintance
of son4e intelligent and educated person
in his neighborhood, before whom he can
| lay his plan and hopes, and with whom
! he can consult as to the use of his spare
time. 1t may be difficult to find such
! person in every community, but general
| ly, within q radius of few miles, will be
| found some educated and kind-hearted
| physician, pastor, teacher, farmer or me-
chanic to whom the young student can GO
| for help.
.. Before the opportunity to go to
school comes, the young man should de-
vote his spare hours to reading valuable
books, especially historical, biographical
and scientific books. He has no time for
novels, and good histories and BIZ
ographies will be of much more value
to him than the daily paper of his village
| or of the great city. Any young man or
young woman who will for q few years
spend their spare moments in reading
good books of the kind named, will soon
become, even though they never see the
inside of a school, well informed and even
educated persons. But someone says he
has no time to read. Most young men
on farms can get at least one hour a day
to read; in a year this makes 500 hours.
But 10 hours i. full days work in study
ing; divide 365 by 10, and we have 3612
days, or over a full month for study in a
year. If now with little reading the
young person does good deal of think
ing about what he reads, so mnch the
more rapidly will he become well inform
ed.
). He should secure the catalogues of
those schools which he thinks he should
like to attend, and study their acquire
monts for admission, and the opportun-
tiles they offer TO their students. Thus,
while attending the public schools near
sis home, he may be doing part of the
| work prescribed by some school which he
will attend in the future. And especial
iy, when preparing for any given college,
always have the catalogue of the same
by you, and very much time will be saw
4. If the young persons parents can
not or will not send him to school, he
must save all the money that he may send
himself. And here the writer wishes to
state that greater part of the boys in
American colleges do support themselves.
How Is the money to be secured? By
tarm work. A young man by working
for wages can generally make enough in
one year to send him to school the next
year. If he has trade let him save his
money, and soon enough will be had for
quite extended study; only do not become
impatient. [ will give some examples of
what boys have done within a few years
within my observation.
One, poor boy from ireland, without
friends or money, by working on farm
IN summer and going to school in winter,
-
school, and now is reading medicine
with enough money to com plete this ex-
pensive course. This has been accom-
plished under more than ordinary diff
culties.
Another young man in n manufactur-
ing town, both parents are inebriates, by
the time he was about % saved 81 900 and
graduated at normal school and studied
law. Every dollar he spent he earned
Another learned stone cutting, and
could generally make enough in the sum
mer vacation to carry him through the
winter school.
Another insured his life and then Dor
rowed money at s per cent giving the
life policy as security. This is a COM
mon method in some places with yoang
men securing college education. Many
other illustrations could be given, but
these will suffice.
would suggest to young people that
teaching district school is means
which hundreds have and are now en-
ploying to advance themselves, for in the
work of teaching no one learns so much
as the teacher. In our country so little
preparation is generally needed for this
work, that commonly farmers boys and
girls with but little preparation are able
to take 1t up.
How much money does it take to 60 to
school Year, that depends upon the
school and upon the habits of the student.
There are numerous schools in this coun-
try at which young people can attend at
from $50 to $500 year, and some even
at so low rate as $50 a year. To en-
courage young people, it will here be
mentioned that generally when one de-
cides about taking q course of study. the
way to secure it opens up. The frst-the
starting years are the painful difficulty
ones. But when bright young boy
reaches college, means are nearly always
found to assist him through. Most col |
leges have scholarships for all needy
students.
All that has been said here to young |
men applies equally to young woman, to |
whom the highest and best schools in |
America are now open.
Will it pays In the highest degree. if |
you really desire an education. bright |
young man, fresh from college, if he has |
any business turn at all, can commence |
the frst year anywhere from 5000 TO |
$1,000 year, and the income should in |
crease rapidly after the frs. year. Many |
do not attain to these figures. but many /
scholars have no business talent at all. |
and SO make little money.
A Rioter Sentenced.
MINIATURE, Dec. 2z.-Cari Mus.feldt, /
recently convicted of riotinr in the Mil