Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1900 — Paternal Advice. [ARTICLE]

Paternal Advice.

An' now mah son dat yo’ am erboft to marry, ’membah dat yo’ duty am fust to yo’ fam’ly, nex’ to yo’self, and las’ly to yo’ fellowmen; but, bein’ a membah ob yo’ own fam’ly yo’ kin nachully wo'k yo'se’f in twice. One ob yo’ greates’ trials will be to keep yo’ family in meat an’ at de same time retain yo’ reppertashun fer honesty in de community. Ob co’se it am er ’stabllshed fac’ dat de woiT owes ebery body er libbin', but hit a in’ nec’sary fob yo’ to publish how yo’ collec’s youahs. Say nuflin about yo’ nightly ockerpashun, an’ alwas saw er little wood durin’ de day, bein’ keerful to make ex much noise ’bout hit ez posserble. Let de communerty undahstan’ dat yo’ am willin’ to meet dem from de stan’point of de golden rule; ez yo’ won’t hab huffin’ to do yo’ sheer wif yo’ll hab do bes’ ob de bargain. An las’ly should mlsforehune obertake yo’, doan let no fool lawyer injuce yo’ to plead guilty. No mattah whad proofs am ergin yo’, one-half de people gwine to bliebe yo’ innercent es yo’ keeps denyin’ de cha’ge. Membah mah son hit am bettah to serbe de full thirty days an’ hab plenty ob frlens let to gib yo’ a helpin’ han’ wen yo’ gita out, dan to cut down de sentence one-half by pleadin’ guilt?, an’ hab everybody gib yo’ de col’ shoulder forebbei uftahwa’ds.—Philadelphia Inquirer.