The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-18

est III boys. us tdi1"A
for several years. THE DEMocEAT
feels special interest in country
bows. Its editor was a country boy
as long as be was boy at all
Country boys have al opportunity
to be happy and useful which fe"
of them realize. But there has
crept into the lives Of country boys
and young men restlessness that
moves many of them from the farm
and sends them to the towns and
cities.
They 90 occasionally to the city
and see gay and glitterlng life all
around them, and they are soon
contemplating a change from the
country to the city themselves
They do not know how many dlsad-
vantages there are in the town or
city life. Not long ago we were IN
conversation with a young man
who left the old home roof before
he reached his majority. A good
home he had, but his father told
him he might do better for himself
if he could. He thought he could.
He tried it, and in the conversation
referred to he told us that he had
hardly slept enough a single night
since he left his fathers home.
To be sure, he bad seen and heard
and learned many things that he
would not have known had he re-
NAMED On the farm; but he has
mad to pay the price for them. The
boy and young man on the farm, in
the country, free from the tight
Iacing of so-called society, is happy,
indeed, If he only knew it.
But since many will go from the
country to the cities and towns, the
best thing they can do is to make
the best possible success in THEN
new fields. Some Of them succeed
financially and many of them fai
every way. In many cases the
failure comes because their feelings
grow faster than their purse strings
tighten. On the farm the boy is
glad enough many times to get
pair of store shoes for Sunday, anC
he never thinks Of having some one
| to black them for him. When he
moves to town he must have fine
shoes all the time land that is wei
enough, and he must have some
one to black them for him. When
he is in the country he rests so wei
that the elasticity of his body sell
dom allows the sunshine to fine
| HIM IN bed even on Sunday morning
| When he moves to town he sOOI
learns to sit up late, III many cases
keep questionable company, ant
then is to call up next morning t.
breakfast. In the country he spend;
very little money. When he moves
| to town his cigar bill soon gets tt
be as much as his clothing bill
while he was in the country.
Sometimes after all these radica
changes in his habits OF life, whicl
have been going on through man,
years 1t may be, he wakes up to fin,
that he has sped on past many mile
posts IN the way, his hair Is perhaps
prematurely gray, ard he is a frs
class failure. He has no one t
blame but himself.
Boys will leave the country an(
seek the centres of population. II
many cases it is best, but in man
other cases it is not best.
Let the boys who do make thu
move remember that success has
it's price among many people a!
we'll as among small numbers.
Boys, black your own shoes, wal
on yourselves IN the town and city
like you do in the country; get NJ
in time for breakfast; go to churcl
IN time to hear oil the sermon: dc
nothing that will lower you in The
opinion of others; do all this, anC
there is one chance IN a hundred
for you to succeed, if you will
not grumble at your every day
board which is several times better
every meal, perhaps, than you
father and mother got Sundays
when they were young.
| HOMIE DEVET,0pMENT