Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1837-10-24

bcH My career in the search Of pelf has
IN degree been successful; bu! | verify
believe, had not the old farmer told me ne
yer to wait for the last bell that should
have been as poor as was the morning the
farewell shiyered from the lips upon the heart
of my lovely Helen.
| came to the big city, took lodgings Mt a
hotel, and any person who has lived
Mt hotel but for single day can rehearse
the danger of waiting for the last bell. |
did it once--it was the day | entered, and |
lost my dinner. have always been ready
for the dinner bell since then, aud tho first
stroke has found me at the table. | min
ged with mankind, and | saw THOUSAND,
who were waiting for the last bell. In bu-
siness they were slow, and bargains slipped
by them. In the payment Of their liabili-
ties they wkro backward, and their credit
suffered.
For six months | was a clerk; it was a
short apprenticeship, but never waiting flr
the last bell-that is to say, my doing eve
ry thing had TO do in the right time, won
place for me in the affections of my employ
or, which induced him to offer me a co-plrt-
ncrship. | accepted, and in every instance,
when tho bell rang, it found me ready. |
have been in business and married nine
years, and have yetb be caught mapping
when the last bell rings.
Now would just beg leave to say a few
words to young men about this thing of the
last bell. When arrived at Blltm,rc, |
waited on some gentlemen to whom had
Introductory letters, and they recommend
ed me for a situation; one was offered,
which | was told had been refused by four
young men to whom it had been offered be-
fore came to the city. The salary was
low, but, said !, 'they are waiting for the
last bell to ring and was not slow in ac-
cepting it; and am glad Of it, Tor it was
the making ofme,
Shortly after become partner in my
present business; our custom having in
creased considerably, we advertised for an
additional clerk; the salary at the beginning
was the same that | had received; many
called who were out of employment, but
they seemed as if they had rather wait for
another bell, and refused know them all,
and the young gentleman who accepted Is
worth four times as much as any one OF
them. Haste for the first bel, accept the
first offer, and keep it until you can get
better; remember the common adagc, halt
loaf is better than none and be assured
that if you are worthy, be your first offer
what it may, lift be respectable, it will lead
: you onward-upward!
| once knew young man of first rate
business abilities, buthe formed the disgust
ing habit of stopping at the tavern whenever
he could make the opportunity; here he al
ways waited for the last bell, reluctant to
leave while he could spare a moment; he
is now an habitual drunkard; if he is not
careful, the last bell of life will find him in
bad condition--it will be hard for him to
bid long farewell to his last glass Life
is short--hours fly with the winds mpidity,
and he who habitually puts of until the last
bell the afliirs which claim his immediate
attention, will come out according to farmer
Harris prediction, sat the little end Of the
horn
Shakespeare SAYS, Hherc is a tide in the
affairs of men, which, if taken at the fool
leads them on to fortune My Young
friend! he that waits for the last bell, can
never take this tide at the flood. The man
only who is watching to embrace the first
opportunity can have the best hope Of sue
cess.
Young ladies', have word for yor. In
the street Ive-there is lady who has
been seven years choosing a partner for
life. She is hand ONE and pretty well off,
and she had several respectable offers, but
she was waiting f,r the list bell; and she
is likely to remain belle, for she is turned
of thirty, and says she will agree to take the
first proposal that is made to her; but il Is
perhaps too late, AM she must abide her
bessedness forever.
Now, I beseech you, my dear young
friends, all of you who my read this little
sketch, PIT not OF for tomorrow what yon
can doto-day; thisis the true meaning of the
Injunction which has been of so much SER
vice to me. Whenever you feel dlsposl-
ton to postpone any thing, no matter how
triqng, remember the words of farmer
1 IT ,rris.-tNeyer wait for the last bell.'