Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-08-08

common amongst young men as another
: wish was rich )" and yet education
IS within the reach of every young man
IF ordinary capacity and determined in
1ustry. My worthy and eccentric friend,
Grant Thorburn, very justly remarks, that
:" the grand drawback to every kind Of
is the common and degrad-
ing idea, that certain things are beyond
our reach, whereas every thing is attain
able by the employment of means, not ev-
en- the knowledge of common aborer,
without it," He says also, I" let no man
think any thing impossible for him. |
speak from experience; | commenced
seed-store with fifteen dollars; finding it
thrive, 1 resolved it should Re the first,
and now | think it is, for while in Britain
last winter, | saw nothing equal to 1t;
therefore, l again say, let no man think
that any thing is impossible, for this is the
bane of all improvement.
He also says that the motto of Scotch
gardener is, "seeond to none" So let 1t
be yours, my young friends ard re Y up
cd it, fixed purpose TO be among the first
in your profession or calling, will certain
Iy ensure to you, prosperity and e0mPs-
tence,
Shall l tell YOU 4o1O to be first in your
calling! Nothing can afford me more
pleasure; and If one only in a lhonSanl
who reals what may write upon tbs sub
ject, should the; e5v become more INTEL
hgen and vir;uouS member Of society, in
consequences Of reading this work, shall
BE- amply, richly p':d for MY labor; as It
IS, in my opInl2n, Of more importance to
society 10 make on. man vlrtuous and iu-
teIlgent. than TO make ten men wealthy.
If YOU would b. intelligent, and indrtt-
I'd OIL V to yourself i)r il, you must b. in
dustrlouS; devote your leisure frs, to la
Dor, and The proceeds Of that to books, and
not as d! /, to fine clothes and to fro'ick-
ing. When YOU have j book divide your
time-your leisure, mean-between
study and labor, that yon may be able,
when YOU have mastered and become fI-
miiar with the first, to obtain another
Adopt and pursue dIigentI V this one sim
pie rule, and you may rely safely upon it,
TO make you not on Y intelligent, but
wealthy and virtuoNs. | never knew 1t
to falI.-Jefefsoulaa.
The BooT on THE OTHER LEo.-
When Charles Stuart, formerly of the
British navy. ettured against slavery,
there was universal outcry against him
He was "a toreicner''-and what right
had foreignerto NEEDLE with orr 0flrs {?
Buta certain Rev. Edward KingsGord, also
formerly of the British Navy, has been
Iec,uring before our Legislature at Harls
burg, against the aboiIt!onlsts, and, from
the keystone down to the Colonization
Herald, all is Cotnmpndaton and fl tterv.
and not Il word is said Of the danger Of TO-
! reign interference. Even in the Charles
ton Is. c. Courier, we find copious ex-
tracts from the sermon" Of this " foreign
err prpfaced ty some lau'latorv remarks
| by DR.. BrantIev, tie ofthis city, the praise,
of whose apostolic zeal in behalf of the
patriarchal instiuu;on'' is in all the south
ern churches. Verify opponents
seem TO b. Of John Ran5o,ph's opinion,
that " consistency is rascaIy virtue"
Penn Frecm.
True INDEPENDENCE The man
who has seven acres of fertile land,
may retire within the circle of his
own production: he may laugh at
the monopolist; and receive his bread
from the God Of heaven. No matter
how much the mercenary trader
asks for njceties no man is obliged
to buy them. Let him store his fine
-four if he pleases, until it is DESTROY
ed by the rats. l thank heaven I
have two hands and an humble
stomach; | can bear coarse food and
WOODEN; | can retire from -four to
Indian meal and from Indian meal
to potatoes, or some humber root
Wilmington.
CURE FOR THE STING OF WASP OR
BEE.-A Liverpool paper states as fol-
lows:
"A few DAYS ago happening TO be in
the count. Y, we witnessed the efficacy Of
the remedy for the sting Of a wasp men.
toned in one of our late papers. A little
boy was stung severely, and was in erear
torture until an onion was applied 10 the
part affected when the cure was instan
taneous. This important and simple rem.
edy cannot be TOO generally known, anc
we pledge ourselves to the fact above
stated"
ANEcDorE.-When the Mob attacked
the Pennsylvania Hall on the evening
preceding the night on which it wa:
destroyed, colored man, a revolu.
tionary soldier, was sitting near the
window. A friend who new hi:
; worth, asked him to move to a more
secure part of the house, the old nat.