Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1901-07-26
RUINED BY MOTHER.
Why THE NEWELL BOYS TURNED
OUT BADLY.
Taught by Their over.Induleent Mater
that Their sistsrs should Wait Upon
Them-Lack of Ambition Brings Bad
Luck to the Family.

that Their sisters should Wait Upon
Them-Lack of Ambition Brings Bad
Luck to the Family.
But, land of love, Miss Percy, didn't
they have the same home and training?
Didn't they have the same sweet moth
er and upright, manly father? Weren't
they surrounded by the same good in
duences? Didn't they have the same
godly example? l don't see why the
Newell boys all turned out such worth
less fellows, while the girls grew into
noble women. There's Lucy, now-our
minister's wife-cultivated, sweet-tem-
pered and benevolent Who ever saw
loyelier lady than. Alice? And Harriet
is all that could be desired. don't un-
derstand it, Miss Percy; declare l
don't. We all know Bob and Frank
Newell are idle and worthless. How is
itY
Stop minute. Mrs. Harrison" re-
sponded Miss Percy; did they have the
same training? l know they were
they We're brought up very differently,
l assure you. Bob and Frank Newell
were good enough to begin with, but
their doting mother has ruined them.
Why, Mrs. Harrison, those boys used
to come into the house and throw their
caps and jackets OH the floor for their
mother or sisters to pick up and put
away.
The mother, you know, was weak.
good-natured woman, who worshiped
| her husband and sons, and was content
to slave and pick up for them, believing
it was all unselfish devotion. But the
girls rebelled-poor things. No wonder!
Then Mrs. Newell would say, Why,
Alicer or Why, Lucy! I'm surprised
at you. Won't you do that much for
your dear brothers I'm sure It's mere
trifie for them to ask of you And poor
Lucy or Alice would go back and wait
on the boys, thinking they must be
selfish things to grudge this constant
service.
when Harriet was little thing Mr..
Newell died, leaving his large fortune
to his wife. They were living in New
York then, and Lucy and Alice were
young ladies beginning to enjoy life in
large city. Bob and Frank were not
engaged in any business; they couldn't
make money, it seemed, though they
could spend fast enough.
First they tried manufacturing
cloth. They rented a mill and hired a
superintendent. Then they paid brief
daily visits to their office from ten till
two. The superintendent had entire
control of them and the business, and
he managed both to his own profit.
When manufacturing failed, the boys
tried one thing after another, until,
finally, they determined to try farming.
ssTheir weak, fond mother, whose
faith in her boys seemed to increase
with their increasing helplessness, sold
her house in New York and came to
this remote village to live. Harriet was
a child then-to be educated. Lucy and
Alice were enjoying the pleasures and
advantages of New York; but they
| were not to be considered for mo-
ment. Education, pleasure and friend.
ships must be broken off; expenses
must be cut down to the lowest penny
J-all to help those precious spendthrift
boys, who had yet to make their first
sacrifice for either mother or sisters.
They bought old Lemuel Whites
farm. the best place for miles and
i mill mi hn ri or
body about the place knew anything
but themselves, nobody's advice would
they take, and everything about the
farm was expected to look after itself
They bought all the patent reapers
and mowers advertised in the county
papers; but when the time came to use
them Bob wanted to go to fair, and
Frank couldn't find the hay hook. Wher
the neighboring farmers were planting
corn 1t was discovered that the new
patent corn drill was out of order, OF
wouldn't work. Everything about the
place went down, except the debts
which rose higher and higher. Bob and
Frank cursed their luck and took te
I. drinking; the farm had to be sold al
last, and poor Mrs. Newell woke up one
morning to find herself homeless.
'Lucy and Alice went to New York
and found employment through former
friends Of their father. For five years
they supported their mother; ther
Lucy married, and soon after Alice
Mrs. Newell makes her home witt
Alice, you know, and Harriet support.
herself. The boys for whom every ons
else was sacrificed, can barely earn
living, and are poor, shiftless creatures
who will never rise.
/ 81 tell you, Mrs. Harrison, 1t was the
i difference in their training which mad,
the Newell boys and girls differ. TIL,
girls are taught to be unselfish
, thoughtful and considerate. The boy,
were trained to regard their sisters ant
mother as servants and themselves a,
superior beings. to whose comfort ev
) erything must be subservient. Natu
!, rally they grew up thinking their cas-,
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