The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-08-01
A Plea for Bows.

People wonder why the boys want
to leave the farm and try their for
tunes in the city. There is little Won
der when the matter is looked into.
Too little effort is made to make the
homes from which the boys want to
run away, attractive. The almighty
dollar too often gets in the way. Boys
are not wild animals; they do not
need pounding because they do not do
their work as well as older persons.
They have not had the experience.
One trouble is that too many farmers
have too much to say about big u
in talking to their boys. Why not
a we or ours, in talking about the
stock or the farm, and encourage the
boys to say the same? They will learn
to take an interest. Subscribe for a
paper in their name, and if there is
something extra in vegetables or stock
let them take it TO the fair, make the
entries in their own name, and if
they chance to get a premium, let
them have it to do as they please with;
it will stimulate a desire to attend to
the details of the farm, and what is
lost by letting them have money, will
be made up by the extra care they'll
take in preparing for the next fair,
and it will also increase the value of
both the farm and the stock. Boys
like a little fun now and then. When
work crowds and they try to have a
little sport, don't ScOld OF growl, put
in a word yourself; the work will 60
off all the easier. Do not think too
much Of your dignity. Do anything
to make the boys think they are hav-
ing a good time. In short, live with
your boys. A little fun and good ma
ture will 60 far towards turning work
into play. When you get a boy so
that he loves his work be will love his
home and his parents, and you will
have a strong arm to rest on aS you
go down the slope.
Home life is the sure test of home
character. Let the husband grow
cross and Surly, and the wife grow
cold and unamiable. The children
grow cross and savage as young bears.
The father becomes c~allOuS, peeviSh,
hard, kind of a t~wo-legged brute with
clothes on. The wife briStleS in self
defense. They develop an unnatural
growth and sharpness of teeth and
the house is haunted by uglineSs and
domestic brawlS. This is o what
the family circle should be. If one
must be rude to any, let it be to some
one he does not lOve-nOt his wife,
brother or parents. Let n Of the
loved ones be taken away and memo
ry recalls a Thousand sayings of regret.
Death quickenS recOllectiOnS painful
ly. The grave cannot hide thelwhite
faces of those who sleep. The coffin
and the green ground are cruel mag
nets. They draw us further than we
could 60. They force us to remember.
A man never sees S % far into human
life as when he looks over a wife'S or
mothers grave. His eyes grow won
drous clear then and he sees as he
never saw before, what it is to love
and be loved. 1t is a pitiable picture
of human weakness when those we
love best are treated worst.
Encouragement.
ENCOURAGEMENT is something we
naturally look for. A little praise, a |
word of hope orr cheerful smile
something for the hungry soul to
grasp and the weary mind to rest up |
on, as we climb the tOilSOme mountain
of life. How many poor hearts have
sunken into dependency, when a lit
tie encouragement has treasured
them The soldier looks for it on the
field Of battle: it is the cheering voice
OF the leader that urges him on thrO'l
the danger Of death and crowns the
day with victory. The poet and the
artist, tie writer and the musician
look to the world to acknowledge
their genius and give them praise. It
is encouragement which calls forth !
their nOblest words to climb the (
mount Of fame until they Sur.nOuntt
all difficulties and write their names3
in flaming letters upon the summit. 4
Then let us give encouragement to /
each other in every effort Of good, in
every noble action, in the little duties
of life and we Will be happier for it,
the world will be better, and a smil-
ing providence will look down and
bless our labor Of love.
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There is a demand for good boys.
The boy who is honest, earnest and
industrious, will not be long out of a
lob. There are lots Of prosperous
business men, merchants and mechan-
les, who are constantly on the lookout
for good boys. They do not look for
them on the streets, however, but in
some kind Of employment. They've
no use for an idle boy. He is too apt
to make an idle man. The boy that
Jumps into the first job that offers,
ruhnther it is a@reeahle Or not. is the