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Show OCR BOYS. It U fir'-uiiily asko-J of Uiys and yo ing men in tl.e West, ' Whatbuni-f Whatbuni-f M do yuii prop'wi to e:.gage in" Wu.it do y;ui thhskof fjllowinjc for livh.g ;"' and L.i fr.-pK-ntly U the an--.wer, "I d) nut kuo." How seldom sel-dom do i -j ae a young man who bae !in:i!y nude up his mind a- to what no will do, and what he w.ll be through life ; and after one has revolved re-volved m hiamiud the subject of the luture and arrived at the conclusion th.iL he 1 fillu'.v a particular road, j fir avjeatioa through lite, hov few j th;re are w:iO adhere to their reoolvc, and wOi'k tu the aceornp'.Uhm'MiLa of1 their e.Itctel ulic'j. It i a rare thing iiithia Ternl ry to see a young man in one of tV' p: 00.01:, and almost ;i sure tu see uae uu. Ling at a trade, and this w (he caao all over the broad regiun w.t of the Missouri. Our carpenter, blacksmiths and tradesmen of evt rj' kind came from the Kast, nud var lawypTS, doctorn, wliwrs, and sj) fuith, are those bom and retired in tV- o'.d, r SiaUs. It iB not b.:f .,u-c our wimg moil have not the ability t-Vatuin ieoess in tlieHP'brrmehTT'h'Tt it " iff the r( -1i!lrrr " P Mi't Tiof C- veloping . liutj j .-abity. r, l'i-"y aro pju-lially efeue ih.ii 'irV moi fity Btanece, lor in, , .tii- . ;Lwil cousejpeul, upon recover. ng a" ivw con 'dry,, building Lorn, tilling the soil and establishing a basis fur existence, and in the scarcity of man labor the boys havo been compelled to "work instead of apply irs thcmstlvts to study and the Icaruipg of trades; but in a great degree this baa been reversed. Many of our parents have wrestled with fortune for-tune and have wrung from her a coodlv amcunt of the necessaries and luxuries of life, and now, if ever, ouri boys should st ip forw;ud and prep are , for the future. Cease lounging ubout the streets, walking up and down1 with no definite object iu view, no j thought of the morrow in ynur mind. You havo something to do besides in-1 haling the nether clement and hiding j from the sun's rays in the shade 1 trees. This Territory will be yours and almost before you arc aware of it and you must prepare to receive the inheritance. There will have to bo governors, senators, represents-j lives, legislators; various offices must j be filled; there must be judges, law- vers, doctor?, editors; there will be ar-i tizans in all branches of industry. j "ow, young moD, will you hold these offices and perform the work, or will you aliow others to sieze the positions of honor and obtain the pay for the work? It lies in your power' to shape your own destinies and Say whether you will sit in idittie&j while your birthright slips through your fingers fin-gers and your inhtvitruce passes from your grasp.. Iutcl'i;;-c;:ee, education, culture, have ever v:'.n at.d tvor will; and ii you du not take inhumes to possess yourselves of t h ls-j, do not !hink tethers will b,. L.;;ii.y A similar neglect 'V put, .to ci.x'vuiptl Vnes.0 objects ycu" must work, "and with a: steady - detenninatiou to eoDquer. ' Keinembcr , "there is no excellence j without later," and if you' would nt-Uin nt-Uin that excellence it must be by unceasing un-ceasing toil; but the object to be gained gain-ed is cot too tridinrr for the toil. Therefore, be up and doing. Aim at . -iome loily oljject and struggle to not I fall below the point aimed at; and j when in a few short years this Terri-1 tory falls into your pooscssion, be ready to accept it and make of it that for which the foundations hare already al-ready been laid a great and noble commonwealth! |