Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-04-12

application, as taking an UNI
fair advantage of others. how many
boys there are developing into man
hood, yes, and full-grown men them
selves, who are practicing the con-
temptible habit.
1t creeps into the school-room Boys
and young men ''hunch" when they
cheat at examinations, making use of
unlawful helps which give them a mean
! advantage over the more honest fell
lows. They bunch, again. when they
try to ingratiate themselves into a
teachers favor simply to secure the adj
vantages which arise from favoritism.
The boy who voluntarily makes him
self the teachers lieutenant. as a spy,
or informant. or who toadies to, or
wheedles, or cajoles the teacher-and,
unfortunately, there are teachers who
can be corrupted in this way = is
mean-spirited and dishonorable. He
is launching at the expense of his
fellows, and to the degradation Of
his W character. When a boy goes
into business or begins to learn or prac-
tice a profession, there is still more
dangerous and enticing opportunity to
bunch. 1t is easy for the boy who is
serving as an apprentice or an assist
ant TO take advantage of his employer.
He may make a great show of zeal and
fidelity, aud yet accomplish next to
nothing. He may be industrious when
the eye of the master is upon him, and
lazy when unobserved. In the rela-
tions of manhood and business, the
temptation to bunch grows even
stronger. He lunches If he sells in
ferior goods under false representa-
tions. He lunches when he becomes a
party to that kind of business specula-
tion known as '~'cornering" the neces-
stiles of life-the meanest possible way
of taking advantage of the dependent
condition of the poor. 1t is launching
for a lawyer or a doctor to demand an
exorbitant fee for a small service. Too
many boys who used to cheat at
marbles are now cheating at something
more important.
Probably, as a boy grows up, he will
find more launching in social life than
anywhere else. Let us hope he does not
contribute to it. There is the hunch-
ing of social pretense-people trying
to appear what they gre not and can
not be. The newly rich try to appear
aristocratic. People in straitened cir
cumstances are often given to foolish
display. Worse still, they too often
borrow money that they see no sure
way of returning, or foolishly spend
money which ought to buy comforts
for their families. As some one has
wittily said: The poorest man in town
always keeps the most dogs" All this
sham and p%retense, which is an imposi-
ton upon others, a distinct taking adj
vantage of them, is nothing more nor
less than social launching. 1t is just as
contemplate and unfair as to sly your
marble toward your adversary's shooter
when you are trying to make a success
full shot.
Boys, don't hunch-in marbles or in
anything elsel Play fair and work
fair. If You are dishonest in your
games you will very likely be dishon-
est in your profession. From the very
beginning determine that you will do
everything on the square. This is the
only way to build up a character hat
will stand the test. and it is also the
only way to achieve permanent success
in life. 1t is the only way, also, to de-
velop a self-respect, and independence
and honesty of character, which is the
formation of all permanent happiness.
Paul Pastnor, in American Agricul-
turist.