Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-05-04
Reading for III. Family.

r,o newspaper is the most impor.
w and intimate element in our daily
an ns ' except eating, sleeping and
N Wing. 1t is an element cruel and
le &c "erors in evil, and powerful in its
a ans Utilities for good. Every good
aver subscribed for adds another win
"a! az, y 10 the house, from which the in
' '..es may gaze out upon lovely pros.
pl ~nts and the sunlight of noble lives;
IAN in. The newspapers and maya
mes are, without doubt, our greatest
s1ncators. Not long since, business
ntsrests brought me into correspond
pnce with a young man TWENTY-FIVE
,aars old. He was struggling i. th the
.orl1 but was brave aud true Com
VIZ to know of some of his troubles. I
hoasht to encourage him by praising
;s finished education, and assuring
Il, ,;o that it would certainly carry him
through; what was my surprise, on re-
.e;v,ng a reply, in which he said that
70 had never attended school two years
II told; that nearly all he knew was
he result Of reading newspapers and
maeazines, to which he had devoted
himself just as assiduously as his SUR
landings would permit. I never
onul misspe,led word in his letters,
anl his diction was as smooth and flow
No as rivulet under summer skies.
FMS attention to the minutest details of
BUSINESS was really marvellous. He
Understood the technicalities of law
Snst as we'll as if he had taken law
Course at Harvard. He was entirely
Ideyo d of all selfishness and narrow
mipdelpess. Aud here was q young
man actually educated and equipped
for the battle of life by newspapers.
Th S is not an isolated case by any
means. There are thousands who could
give the same experience. Newspapers
Ere good spelling books. You do not
There learn the art of spelling by sound,
but by sight. 1t is next to impossible
10 see word in print time and again
bnd not have its formation impressed
apon the mind. The style of compo-
ytion, too, will be greatly influenced.
IN good paper you get every day,
Week or month, as the case may be,
political and religious news, bits OF
cieltitc research, astronomical, geo.
osical and botanical observations,
speeches OF great orators, the gossip of
Two continents, etc. It is q great thing
to keep posted in the affairs o. the
world. 1t is very humiliating to be
thrown with well-informed people, and
10 be compelled to acknowledge, by
BUR blunders or our silence, that we
RE ignorant of the subject in hand
Parents who would have their children
owe home, and not wander off into evil
associations. should provide them with
wholesome reading. It will prove the
greatest safeguard. The boys should
have agricultural and scientific Jour-
las. or any paper or periodical they
nay fancy, provided it is clear of SEN
Bationalism or obscene matters. The
daughters should have their ladies'
Magazines, floral guides, landscape
gardening notes, poultry papers, etc.
is almost impossible to pick up q
PAPER, no matter how unpretentious,
ind not find out something you did not
know. was once cured of disease
For which I had paid hundreds of dol
airs in the hope of restoration, by
Fimple little recipe which I found in a
mere handful of paper sent to me
through the mails. I have said nothing
boout books, as that was outside my
Subject. started out to write of the
value Of newspapers and magazines.
vi course, well-selected library is
Feritable gold mine.-Wonla7a's Work.