Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-09-07
Small Beginnings.

sehtehce contains WIsu0m ana pn1lOSOphy as
well as scripture. 1t is very easy and natural
to smile a, small beginnings and humble means,
but IL Is not always wise TO do 60. II Is better to
commence on an humble scale, and como ou,
in good s.lle al last, than TO suffer severe col.
| lapse after an extensive and ridiculous flourish
Some men will do better with capital of six
peLce, than they wouldif half the fortune of As,or
had been given them TO commence with. We
have heard 1t told of man worth his millions,
,ha, he commenced by selling fruit a. street,
stall. We have seen boys at school roll
handful Of snow upon the ground, till. by its ac-
cumulaied matter, 1t became so bulky, tha. a
dozen could scarcely move it, Sands make
the mountain, moments make the year, drops
make the ocean and SO. liule endeavors. ear
nes,ly. Increasingly, aud honestly pu, forth.
make the great men in the worlds history.
We say, then, don't despise the day Of small
things. If you have an undertaking TO accom-
psh, or good thing to bring about, begin ac
cording to your means; and never be discharged
because you canno. make SO magnificent a
commencement as you could wish. Old King
John, The Frenchman, five hundred years ago.
took II in his head TO found library; and he
began wih-what do you suppose ten vOl-
umeS. Blu, he knew wha, he was about for
lha, library-,he Royal Library Of Paris--is
now the mos, magnificent library in The world,
and contains 700, 900 volumes.
A whale one day came frolicking into the
harbor of Nantucket, a short time after The first
,et,lemen. of lha, island, and as for many hours
i, continued there, the enlerprisIug Inhabitants
were induced TO conlrive and prepare large
barbed iron with strong cord auached wnh
which they fiually succeeded in securing this
aquatic monster. small matter, irdly; but
Il was the commencement Of business which
had added millions 10 the wealth Of The people
the incipent introduction 10 an enterprise
which nearly ,hree-quarers of a century ago
exlorled noble tribute of admiration from Ed
luund Burke, on the floor of the British Parlla-
ment.
Two fishermen in Holland once had dis.
puls in tavern, on The question whether The
fish takes The hook, or The hook takes the fish
From this trivial circumstance arose two oppo-
site parties, the "Hooks," and the "CobbIe.
JOINTS" who for two centuries divided the na-
uon, and maintained a contest not unlike ,ha.
between The red and white roses in England.
There Is tradiii0nary counterpart TO this
in our own history. We allude 10 the story of
the pig. whose stupid obsinacy, we are gravely
Told, involved US in war with Great Britain,
IN 1912. There is nothing incredible about it,
however, and, as most of our readers are TOO
young TO recollect the anecdoie, we will ven-
,ure 10 repea, it. 1.-Two neighbors, both of the
Old federal school of politics, who had lived in
the city of Providence, chanced to quarrel
And so i. happened, one was the owner Of a
pig, who had an irresistible inclination 10 per.
ambuIate in the garden Of The next neighbor.--
The owner Of the garden complained of the
pig-siy being insufficient 10 restrain the pig,
and the neighbor replied, il was all because he
kept his fences in such Ill repair. The pig
was taking his mornings walk when he was
surprised an Too,ing up some very valuable
bulbous roots this was The last ''feaiher :" the
owner of the garden pu, pilchfork into his
tender sides. aud killed him outright. Al The
coming election, the owner OF the garden was
candidate for sea, In The Legislature. and
failed by one vote, The vote of his incensed
neighbor, who voted against him. A,lhe cleo.
ton Of Senator, the Democratic candidate
was elected by one vole-and when the ques.
lion of war with England was before the Sen.
ale, i. was declared by the majority of one
vo,e--so ,ha, bu, for ,hi. pig we should have
been probably saved from this war"
IL is related Of Chan,rey, the celebrated
sculptor, that when a boy. he was one day OBJ
served by gentleman M the neighborhood OF
Sheffield. very earnestly engaged 10 cutting a
slick with penknlfe. He asked the lad what
! le was doing; and with grea, simplicity The
b " replied, 81 am cutting old Fox's head
Foy vas the schoolmas,er of the village. On
'b;s y, gentleman asked 10 see what he had
done amt pronouncng ito be an excellent
t;t ensc. M, ssenied the youth with sIxpence
Thi. NAV be eekoned as the frs. money Chan.
trey ever received for the production Of his
ara ;. and from sucf. beginning it was thai
arose s hi. creates. Of n. odsrn artists.
Again we say, despise moi small beginnings
nor look with superciious cCa'smp' upon eve
ry thing which sppears insien.haan. and 'rl.
fling. Triass are not SO plsRiy III fois wof'u
as some people imagine. A phllosc,2hef mas
observed thai wars. iavolving mischief 10 gres
nations, have arisen from ministerial despatch
being written in fit Of Indigestion When
Alexander Pope received his prsssas Of Tpr-
kew 6es. he llue though, tia, ,wig from 'he
baskets was TO be The means of Introducing the
weeping willow into Europe and AmeFica. So
is shi, world made up Of saa governed BY tn