Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-10-14

9th. DO not scatter yOur pOUerS. Engage in
one kind of business only, stick to it faithfully
until you succeed, Or until you conclude to aban-
don it. A constant hammerinr on one nail will
generally drive it home at last, so that it may
be cllnched. When mans undivided atten-
ton IS centred on one object, his mind will con-
tlnually be suggesting improvements of value,
which would escape him if his brain were occu-
pied by dozen different subjects at once. Many
fortune has slipped through mems fingers by
engaging in too many occupations at once.
9TH. Engage proper employees. Never en-
ploy man Of bad habits, when one whose hab-
its are good, can be found to fill his situation
have generally been extremely fortunate in
having faithful and competent persons to fill the
~Asrons;hlA sitnatinns in my business and n man
can scarcely be too grateful for such blessing.
When you find man unfit to fill his station,
either from incapacity Or popularity of charac-
ter Or disposition, dispense with his services, or
do not drag out miserable existence in the
vain attempt to change his nature. 1t is utter
ly impossible to do so. "You can not make a
silk purse, &C." He has been created for some
other sphere let him find and fill it.
8th Advertise your business. DO not hide
your light under a 6nshel. Whatever your occu-
patton Or calling may be, if it needs support
from the public, advertise it thoroughly and eff
GENTLY in some shape Or other, that will arrest
public attention. freely confess that what
success have had in life may fairly be attrib-
utod more to the public press than to nearly all
other causes combined.
9th. AuOid all e1traUagance; and altCaYS HUe
considerably within you~ income, if you can do
so 1UithOm absolute starvation 1t needs no
prophet to tell us that those who live fully up
to their means, without any thought of reverse
in life, can never attain a pecuniary indepen-
dence. A brief reference to my own history
may, perhaps serve to illustrate this part of the
subject. By the death of my father in 1929, l
was thrown upon the world at the age of sixteen
dependent solely upon my own resources for
support. never found any difficulty in max
ing money, but the thought did not occur to me
during fifteen years,) of trying to save. At
| one time when lotteries were lawful in my ma
tive State (Connecticut,) was extensively en-
, gagged in selling lottery tickets, and my profits
, were sometimes as high as five hundred dollars
per day-but 1 thought very little of trying tc
/, lay up money could always easily manag
to spend my income let it be ever so great.
G In 184l purchased the American Museum il
New York, without dollar, for | was not wort
dollar in the world But was never dis
heartened always felt that I could max
@ money fast enough, if l only set mind to it.
= remember meeting friend in Broadway a fev
weeks before l came in possession of the Muse
" UNI.
v "Well," says I, "Mr. A, I'm going to bu.
d the American Museum
@ Buy it !" says he, for he knew 1 had NJ
property. "What do you intend buying i
= With"
e 'Brass,' I replied, ''for silver and gold
a have got none"
!; 1t was even so Everybody who had any con
nection with theatrical, circus, or exhibition bus
d mess from Edmund Simpson, manager of tht
k old Park Theatre, or VIM. Niblo, down to tn,
d most humble puppet-showman of the day, knew
l. me perfectly well. Mr. Francis Olmsted, tht
= owner of the Museum building (now deceased,
noble, whole-souled man as one often meet
e with, having consulted my references, who al
II concurred in telling him that was good show
e man, and would do as [ agreed, accepted m,
IS proposition to go security for me in the pur
'e chase of the Museum collection, he appointing
n a money-taker at the door, and crediting me, to
wards the purchase, all the money received afte
= paying expenses, allowing me fifty dollars pc
g month, on which to support my family, consis
is ting of wife and three children. This wa
lo my own proposition, as | was determined so t
at live, that six hundred dollars per annum shoul
lie pay all the expenses of my family until pai
rel for the Museum; and my treasure Of a wifi
I'd (and such wife is treasurc) gladly assente
s, to the arrangement, and expressed her willing
n ness to cut the expenses down to $400 per al
mum if necessary. One day, some six month
Il. after had purchased the Museum, my friend
in Mr.. Olmsted happened in at my ticket Office,
nc about u o'clock, and found me alone, eating IN
m dinner, which consisted of a few slices of corn
ne ed beef and bread that had brought from hom
- in the morning
O. SIS this the way you eat your dinncr!' he il
by quired.
h 81 have not eaten a warm dinner since pu
u chased the Museum, except on the Sabbath" ="
y, replied, "and intend never to eat another on
or week day, until get out of debt
"Ah you are safe, you will pay for the MI
IT. scum before the year is out" he replied slal
,ss ping me familiarity on the shoulder, and he WI
lis right, for in less than year from that period
u was in full possession of the Museum as my ow
ay property, every cent paid out of the profits
be the establishment! Had been less economics
'x- and less determined, my expenses would ha'
ny kept pace with my income; | should have 10
p much valuable time in going home every day
lie my dinner; and my present situation wou
lis probably have been very different from what
en- is.
ch Men and women, accustomed to crafty evel
mt whim and caprice, will find it hard at first
nd cut down their unnecessary expenses, and wi
Wn find it a great self denial to live in small
iz- house than they have been accustomed to, wi
he less expensive furniture, less company, less cos
as ly clothing, less number of balls, partie
am thcatregoings, carriage-ridings, pleasure excu
es- sions, cigar-smoking, liquor drnkings, &c., &c
as but, after ALL if they will try the plan of la
ing by "nest egg" or, in other words sms
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