Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-09-14

H1srs TO MEN OF BUs1SEss.-Su-l !
erintend as much Of your business as I
and observe with watch :,
ii eve the management of what IS ne =
essarily committed to the agency OF q
,thers.
Never lose sight Of the powerful IN !
luence Of example, and be careful IN
The management of your concerns, to 4
recommend by yourownpersonal prac, !
tice uniform habits Of active, interested
and persevering diligence, to those IN
your employ.
Be prompt and explicit in your in
structions to your agents, and let it be
understood by them that you expect
they will execute the same in strict con-
formity thereto.
let no common amusement interfere
or mingIe with your business; make
them entirely distinct employments.
Despatch at once, if possible, what
ever you take in hand; if interrupted
by unavoidable interference, resume
and finish it as soon as the obstruction
1 is removed. A
| Beware of seIf-indulgence, no busi-I
siness can possibly thrive under the
shade Of its influence.
Do not assume to yourself more cred
it for what you do, than you are entitled
Ito, rather be content with little less;
the public mind will always discover
where merit is due.
i FamiIiarize yourself with your books,
keep them accurately, investigate and
adjust their contents. This is an inn
portant item.
i, Cultivate domestic habits; for this
your family, if you have one, has a
, strong and undeniable claim: besides
, your customers will always be best
| pleased when they find you at home or
, at the place Of your business.
. Under the influence Of such hints as
| these, with suitable dependence on
Providence fora Blessing on the labor
: of your hands, you will have good
fIfoundation to rest your hope upon, for
1 success in whatever business you may
e be employed in.
S Never let hurry or confusion distract
: your mind, or dispossess you of self
command.
A LECTURE FROM THE WooDS--lt Is
now June: sit down upon the messy
bank, beneath this oak. Let US look
! round and observe the works of Ma.
<Iok hns orttt nj
is woven over with moss, as if to hide
0 it's roughness; and how is an object, o
Mountaineering, thusrendered beau
g tiful! Look at the banks of yon Draw
, ling stream. See the tufts Of grass, thu
! spreading shrubs, and the gaudy wild
9 flowers that cover it, and thus turn intt
&c beauty the very deformity Of the will
g derness! Look down upon that val
y ley, and see how the wthered leaves
- the rotting branches of trees, the scat
" tered stems and other objects, witness
ie es of decay aud death, are carpeted owe
~ by grasses and flowers! How beauti
~ full, how ornamental are the works o
= Nature, even in the wilderness and il
1e the solitary place! She seems to de
corate them all, as il each spot was tn
mt garden, in which God might perchanc
ed walk, as once in Eden, and she woul
as have it fifty arranged for inspection
nd And shall not man learn homely les
ks son from this lecture in the woods
hit Will you look at Nature, and see he
It's with industrious fingers weaving flow
ed ers, and plants, and grasses, and tree.
he and shrubs, to ornament every part {
W. the earth, and will go home no wise
rs for the hint? Will you spread you
IN wood pile, and broken sleds, and oil
la ploughs, and yourchips, and yourstick
to and stones in front Of your dwelling, ;
n if to deform your abode, and make
re unsightly to every passer by? Wi
as you makeyour barn yard scene wor:
i'd than any Golgotha2 Vii! you ha,
your pig pen displayed to view; wi
ou you make a roosting place for 20,
=. geese in your door; will you have
-. score Of ricke y gates gates, broken fence
= fragments Of wood, and other simil
=. objects, all around the place whit
=, bears the dear name Of home? II S
>. let me tell you that Nature gives "
e. a sharp rebuke, by her own exampl
4, She beauties, you deform she cove
-. unsightly objects with vcgetationof m
I,l ny forms and many hues, you displ:
ha them to full view.
- Fayetle Monitor.
III That great desidcratum, perpetu
SIN motion, has at length been discoye