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Show AIMLESS EDUCATION. It Is often said by Utah fnimers, with far too much tuith, that they do not want tholi bnH to go to college n It eiluiutts them away from the r.irm. As nn llliistintlnn ot the meaning of this, one Instnncc will sufllie, A well-to-do fanner In WMvr county had a number of sons, nil good nnd Industrious Industri-ous joiing men All the bojs save one hntl taken tn farming nr stnck-rnlnlng nnd were either In partnership with tlulr father nr had b'en nlded by him to embark In fanning rnr themselves The one son who was the exception hail an ambition" Ho did not know whnt he wanted to be or to do, but simply deilreil to bo "educated ho this oung man spent three ears at an nendemy, stuljlng history, Ocrmnn nnd political economy, together with some special brandies pieparntnrj lo work In tho mission flild Atter ginduatlng" the .oung man served two enr In the nilsslonaty work for his church with uedlt to himself It should bo sold that the 5 oung man mnt-rled mnt-rled a most estimable )nung lady before be-fore dep irtlng on his mission. Upon returning homo the jounK man reiclvcd numetous welcomes and receptions re-ceptions nud life was full nf joy for n month or so Then came the serious queHtlon ns to what to do to earn a livelihood for self and wife. The father offend a place on the farm with extra Inducements. Itut the joung innn fell Hi it he was too hlghlj ' educated" to farm anil so he looked for a "povltlon " rust ho engaged Willi a lawyer, with a view ot prcpvrlng himself for the profession, The legal wntk In that partlculni nlUrn was light and thcie-fine thcie-fine Ihe oung student was lequlred to do considerable work In the way of collecting col-lecting This soon palled upon the oung man and his desire for the pro-fewlnn pro-fewlnn of I ivv departed lie had an ambition tn teach, but hnving graduated" gradu-ated" ho did not wlh to begin with a country school 'Merchandising setmetl to offer Inducements, hi the ouug man said he would accept n IHislllon" for a few months nnd then his fnthci would undoubtedly assist him to open up with n stock of goods Hut the father muld not see tho "opening," "open-ing," so Ihe ouug man remnlned ns a clerk at $J.'i per mouth for two jears ami was llnnlli ral-d to (10 This was not siilliclent to supjiort the young couple In theli spheto In life, but the patents of both were kind tn them After tluee jenrs of this sort of city life the oung couple began to think of the country, but the educated husband iouII not think of 'accepting n position" posi-tion" on a faim. At this junituie tho father died nnd an estate was divided lietwepu the sons and daughters Our voting man from the cit took his shaie In cash and, having hntl cxpnitnce In town life, he vei seiiNlbly concluded to pint base u little faim and begin life anew. Today lite. oung couple ate settled set-tled on a neat little farm, but without livestock of any kind l'viithlug Is new ami the jniuig man llnds that lair) Ing, augur beet culture and ft ult glowing an. uli different fiom the wheat nml Iticeine fanning of which he knew eight t un ago He llnds that his biotheis who leiunliieel on the farm aie all well fixed either ns sheep own ers en ilaiDiuen, while he has no special spe-cial inepaiatlnn fnr any particular lino of work mill no capital with w tilth, to embaik In the stot k business Thin there haa been a practical waste nf eight years of llfo at a period when nil the powers of otilh should have been devoted to establishing a business nr trade It should be staled that the 5 oung mail In question did not dissipate dis-sipate In any manner and he bad nullum null-um y ability. The above Is a plain and truthful pliluie nml It leltetlH the life of many a toting man In Utah as will as In oilier Males The lesson to be drawn from tho pl'tme Is thnt ouiig men should enrly In life dei Ide u-mn some line of work an I should embrace overj oppoituiill-. tn nt himself for that vvoik Specialisation Is tho order of Hie elay tn eveij line of human on-de on-de iv or and the young inn who wastes his time In obtaining a smattering or tin- languages and lilstmj nnd the dif-fuent dif-fuent "ologles' will Hud that In splto of his ' e ducntlon' nnd tils diploma he lias been miniated nuny fiom the farm and not Into anything e l In particular |
