The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1900-11-20

Now, as to these different kinds of
fun there is no real, genuine fun in
anything that is bad o. vicious, nor
is there any fun in anything you
would be ashamed to have your
mother know all about. Every boy
should learn to shoot, to ride. to
swim to play ball, and to tell a good
story. The man who can tell a clean
story, sparkling with wit and hu-
NOR is always a favorite. He is the
life of any company. But no right
minded boy will ever willingly lis
ten to a vulgar, or even half-vulgar
story, no matter how funny it may
be. like fun myself, and better in
my old days than when I was young !;
but there is no real fun in any be-
havior that isloud that has neither
wit nor humor in it, but more or less
of o~bscenity or profanity.
sometimes think that is essential
to the right development of a boy
that be should have, first, a dog !;
second, a chum and third and last,
a best girl. It is a little too soon to
talk about "the last and BEST" but
if you have fallen in love with the
right kind of a dog and selected the
right kind of a chum, you will not
go far wrong on the best girl.
Have the least possible to do with
the boy who uses bad language who
loves to tell smutty stories, and who
has a low opinion of women, espe-
cially of girls of his own age. That
is the worst sort of a boy with
whom you can have anything what
ever to do. If you like that kind of
a boy, 1 pity you. I pity your father
and mother, and I sincerely hope you
may never marry. If you choose
him as your friend, you will in a few
years not be fit to look a decent girl
in the face.
The boy who, when away from
home, wants to see the seamy side
of the city, or to paint the town
red" or to have what he calls "a high
old time" serves notice on all men
that he has poor stuff in him, and is
likely to make d poor use of it.
MAKING MONEY.
Capital is essential to the proper
conduct of the worlds business, and,
when handled by honest men, is one
of the best friends the poor man has
or can have. I hope you will be d
rich man some day, even if your
name is not Richman but I could
not wish you a worse fate than will
befall you if you set before yourself
money, profit, wealth, as the end to
be desired above all other things,
and at the expense of honor, manli-
ness and character.
When this passion for getting
money in any way possible, but
GETTING IT, takes hold of a boy or
man, it is sure death, by strangula-
ton, to every noble purpose, and
even every instinct that distinguishes
man from the swine he feeds. It
renders him false to his associates
true friends he can have nOne-cruel
to his family and to his hired hands.
He must of necessity be a harsh and
cruel husband a father whom his
sons and daughters may fear, but
can never love as children should
love their parents. Those whom
he has wrOnged hate him those who
know him best necessarily despise
him and his memory, like that of
the wicked, shall rot.
THE GOOD MAN.
1 desire, above all things else, that
you be d good man. The good man
is of the seed royal of the universe
the golden harvest, the ripened
fruitage of creation. For him the
deep foundations of the world we're
laid. For him the ages have been
preparing. For his redemption 1.-The
Word was made flesh and dwelt
among US" and the cross erected on
Calvary. For his perfection is all
the work, the toll, the pain and suf-
fering among men, and when, chas-
tened by experience, and ripened by
the wisdom which years only can
give, he enters the house prepared
tor him, and for which he has been
prepared, its doors will swing open
OF their own accord. and he Will be
welcomed by all that is good, beau
titul, and true in the universe OF
God.