The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-06-16
THE DISCONNECTED BOY.

loDStENlUR anu UNDERSTANDING
things. No matter what he in
,ltends to make Of himself, it is
,lwise TO study to-day's work anC
surroundings as though they bore
directly upon his future success =
as, indeed they do, with the
-lstudy Of books the country boy
'lshould make a study of birds ano
MAMMALS, of insects, trees and
grasses, this will breades the
mind and make possible a greater
success in what ever calling is
chosen than could otherwise be
had. A man who knows his
own business, and nothing more
is not a broad man. Let him
inform himself of the soils, their
elements and requirements; of
fruit-growing in its details; of the
cattle and the market conditions:
of everything, in fact, which he
comes in contact in his daily work.
If he is to be farmer, it will
mean a greater assurance of
prosperity; if he is looking for
ward TO some other calling. it
will be training in observation
and throughness. and will be a
long step towards ultimate sue
cess. The very fact that his life
is an outdoor one, with enough
of wholesome hard work TO keep
his muscles aye, and mind acti-
vely employed, is an inestimable
advantage to the country boy
Hard work is not an i'll, unless it
be carried beyond reason, and no
one who has ever been a boyin
the country, need be- told of the
solid satisfaction of hard work
we'll done or the full pulse which
goes into the play afterwards.
Because he is less talkative
-han the city youth. he is some
times thought to be a dull boy,
out this notion is generally cor
'ected by closer acquaintance,
when one meets him
IN his own ground, of course it
S not meant that the average
country boy is as keen-witted
md brilliant on the surface as
he boy who has been passed
through the social polish which a
lty affords; but when one pene-
rates the reserve of difference
0 the clear, practical. natural
Jew of things, the boy whose
-ait perhaps betrays the furrow
nd hay field. is very likely to
old his own. Lincoln, Garfield,
nd other country boys who have
one sturdily forward to high
laces of the world had their
hores to do, their stones and
otatoes to pick up. But this :
cry hard outdoor work was
-rengthening and hardening
leir muscles was also fitting
lem for that other work which n
ad to do with a peoples welfare /
nd advancement. OF course al
lere are exceptions, many of W
lem. as there are among boys fl
all conditions of life, and if he e.
Des not happen to be Of the n,
incoln type, but only a common OF
ace, though rather ambitious &C
~, as the average man re- pl
embers himself. then the same II
urdy work and stimulating air IN
i'll help tone him up to the best tn
lat is in him, and perhaps be dl
e foundation of work that will A.
, worth while. Most ofus have pl
en- the discontented boy sulkily IN
orking his way across an onion 10
turnip field, we can guess sn
of his value in the It's
omony of the farm, we are all IN
ore or less acquainted with the WI
solute, energetic boy, whose WI
eat ambition is to do the work w
a man, yet the two boys are
uch the same, primarily, the
ference often grows out of the "a.
aiming. out of early-formed {
bits. When a boy realizes his lot
sponsibility as well as his pos
,ility, he is on the road that M
Il bring him out all right in the 100
d nine times out of ten. J
IL,
You have no enemies? Then 4
u have not dared to stand up "r'
+ the right against the wrong, 5ol
u have never protected the 4
ak against bully, you have soa
yer dared to defend your own H..
.hts against oppression. Had :
u done any of these things you pit !
,uld have enemies. Even if