Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-06-02

are born rich they manage to become poor.
and II they begin poor, they have knack
of always remaining SO. In the race for
fortune or fame, they are continually being
passed by others, less favored by crcum-
stances originally, or less endowed by ma
ture. Yet they never admit that Their want
of success is the fault ofthemselves. They
attribute II to their hard luck TO the rogue
ry of men the, have con6ded in, or to the
improper organization of society; but new
er to their own Incidence, folly, or dehcien-
cy Of brains To believe them, no beings
were ever So unfortunate. A constant SUBJ
ject OF irritation to them is the success of
their nelghbors. Ia their judgment, nobody
pfospers through merit. II an old school
fellow becomes a man of mark, they express
Their wonder that one, who was such a stu
pid boy, has humbugged the world so COM
pletely. If an acquaintance moves into a
fine house, or sets up carriage. they
whisper every where "that fool aud his
money is soon parted" In short they can
no more forgive olhess fos rising lhaa they
can rise themselves.
Yet such persons invariably owe their
want of success To some fadical defect In
their own characters. In one man il is
Incidence, in another lack of shrewdness,
IN a third, 1t is some other vice OF educa-
ton or inheritance. Frequently, failure IN
life is to be traced to a mistaken calling
A man, who might have been good farm
er, happens to be born Of ambitious parents,
who think, enormously, that il is more hon
orabe to have their sun doctor accord
ingly, he is sent TO college, learns Latin,
attends lectures, gets a diploma, and then
settles down to kill people all his capacity
Is found out, when he starves. Or lad is
forced, by equally l-judgIng parents, to
become a merchant. when he should have
been left 10 become a lawyer. Or an engi-
neer, instead of an artist. Or a farmer, IN
stead of mechanic. In short there is no
end to the mistakes which are made, by
Ignorant or foolish parents. IN starting their
children IN life and lie worst of these sort
OF errors is, that they are the least easy of
remedy, because a business, once adopted,
Is not easily laid aside. To spend years at
College, M store, or at the plane. aud find
at twenly-one that the vocation is wrong
one, is dlsheartenng to all but men OF the
hardest stamp The discovery plunges
even men of ordinary strength often into
despair. Ii shipwrecks the feeble Inyaria-
bly, aud as II we're, IA sight OF the port
they are leaving
/ But the greater bulk of those who fail in
lille are ruined by their own dement's. Not
that industry, energy and capacity always
command an Immediate return; for ire
quent and fierce are the Bullets which the
best men have to encounter. But, IN the
long run, enterprise, economy, knowledge
OF business, assIduity aud touest policy will
carry the day. A man with these sterling
quaIItes is like cork be may be submerg-
ed for awhile, but he canno; be kept down.
just IN proportion Ia the perfection IN which
he enInys these Attributes. viii also he the
completeness of his success. Ii he JOINS to
them unusual fitness for his pursuit, his til
umph will be both earlier and prouder; Tor
IA every business there are opportunities
which a sagacious mind of tins sort will
see; and to detect these turns ia The tide,
which " lead on to fortune" requires talent
peculiar to The particular profession rather
Than that which is universal. So true is
tins, that while all "genuses" never
succeed no one knows u man with a spe-
cial faculty, aud III position to exercise 1t,
who fails IN life; while all can point to
those who have risen without general abll-
~. no one can point to those who have thus
risen, unless they are adopts al their trade.
Ii would seem 10 require no talent Ia make
candles yet talow-chandler, If he has
earned his wealth, is never Ounce An
ordinary tailor stitches all his life ; great
great tailor cuts his way" to opuIence -
And, rice uersa, a fool if bred 10 probes
sion. sinks into pluper
A brave man viii never give up, howey-
er much fortune, for while, goes against
him. A hopeful man will never even be
cIshearened. A generous man will never
envy his more successful neighbor.-Final-
ly, wise man will wait patiently for his
turn, sure that 1t will come sometime, and
determined when it happens, to be wide
awake, SO that he may avail himself of H.
Life is too short To waste It's moments III
deploring bad luck" said a shrewd thinker
we must go after success, since it will not
come to US, and we have no time TO spare
Phiia. Ledger.