The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-02-16
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DE I'D bufiAbof 70 t1s !ea1k " sAt"s
ing indnsirions hsbIts ossnot be tsiims
ted too highly. We bsss too many eit
Eers rho u sbi obtain . coed llsins sod
eonpsieucy we're II 1ot i,r The fatal habit
Of tneas Ans.sly and sia lsssiy sssstetins
away ihslr time. tini II because they isek
the irttoasLi and sn,rgy 10 soik let
thsmselvei or Of setting themselves 20
~ork for others THIS subject 70 worth.
Of bsips xpsnsed ilto shnls sermon.
bot fortunately Ne have II boiled do~n
Into COO dsrss one with great force ADD
cle,ruess. b, that .iuiisble morsllssr,
Abrshsm Lineeln 10 . iettr 10 ball
brother, named johnson. to whom u sss
addressed Deoember "a lsis IL Is mod.
81 composition. second only to bis famous
Gsiysbnrg spe,cn. sad deserves 10 be
handed doxn 10 posterity for the stud,
OF iulnre generations. We give 1t TO our
readers - something batter thsa we have
the ability TO pen ourselves:
At the various times when | have help'
ed you little. you have said TO me- We
can &c. along very well nov; but 10 !.
sboit time III you in the same difiienl'
~ sgsip. Now, this can OILY happen by
some defect 10 your conduct What the
defec, is. think know you are not lazy
and still you are 81 isler. doubt wheth
sr, sincs Issw you. yoo have done good
~Lols days work in sny one day. You do
not work very much. merely because u
does not seem to ,ou that you could get
N uch Tor II.
The bsbii Of us, lessly waiting time IL
the whole difficulty. and IT IL vastly impor
tsnt to you. and still more to the children
thst you should break this habit. II 10
more important TO them because they
have longer TO live aud can keep out ofsn
idle habit before they age in it easier tbs n
they can Sc. out after they are in.
You are now 10 need Of some ready uon'
ey, and whstl propose to you. is that
You shall so to work tooth and nsil for
somebody who will give you money for
II.
Let father and your boys have charge
OF things at home-prepars for scrop
and make crop-snd you will go to work
for the best money wages. or in discharge
OF any debt you owe. that yon can
get. And TO secure you fair reward for
your labor now promise You that for ey'
cry dollar you will, between now and the
first OF May, get for your labor, either in
money or on &c ur own Indebtedness,
will give you one other dollar BY the.
il you hire yourself at ten dollars mouth
from me you will get ten dollars more.
making twetty dollars a month for your
work.
In this do lot mean you shell go of to
st Louis. or the Lad mines. or the gold
mines OF California, but mean for you 10
60 ct it for the best wages you can get
close at Lome-in Coles county.
Now, il you will do this, you will SOC q
be out OF del t. and, what is better. u,
will have q habit that will keep you iro IN
getting into debt again. But il should
now clear you,n 1t yesryeu vi be just
as deep 10 as ever. You say you would
almost give your place in heaven for sew,
el ty or eighty dollars. Then You value
your place 10 Heaven very cheap, for | I'M
sure you car, with the oifer make yor
get the seventy or eighty dollars With fol- 7
or five months work. You say il fur
nish and II you don't pay the money back
you will OLIVER possession. Nonsense
II you cannot live with the land, how will
you then liye without it2 You have o..
ways been kind to me. and / do not nov
mt an 10 BE- uukind TO you.
On the contrary, you will but fellow
my advice. you will 6nd it worth eighty
times eighty dollars to you flfl