Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-06-09

There are some persons who proverbially |
never get ahead in the world Ii they are
born rich they manage to become poor, and |
if they begin poor they have knack Of al |
ways remaining so. In the race for fortune
or tame they are continually being passed
by others, less favored by circumstances orig
inally, or less endowed by nature. Yet they
never admit their want of success is the fault |
Of themselves. They attribute it 10 their
hard luck, 10 the roguery of men they have
cOnfided in, or to the improper organization
of society; but never 10 their own Incidence,
folly, or deficiency of brains. To believe
them, no beings were ever so unfortunate
constant subject Of irritation to them is the
success Of their neighbors. In their judg-
inent, nobody Prospers through merit. If an
old school-:ellow- baeOa9es. a Inan- Of mark,
they express their wonder that one, who was
such stupid boy, has humbugged the world
so completely. II an acquaintance moves
into fine house, or sets up a carriage, they
whisper everywhere that fool ard his mon
ey is soon par;ed.' 10 short they can no
more forgive others for rising than they can
raise themselves.
Yet such persons invariably owe their
want of success to some radical defect in
their own characters. In one man il is
Incidence, in another lack Of shrewdness;
in third, il is some other vice Of ed
ucaIion or inheritance. Frequently, failure
in life is 10 be traced 10 mistaken calling.
man who might have been a good farmer,
happens TO be born Of mbilous parents, who
think, erroneCuslY, that il is more honorable
To have their son doctor; accordingly, he
IS sent 10 college, learns Lain, attends lee
tures gete diploma, and then settles down
10 kill people till his incapaciiy is found out,
when he siarVes. Or a lad is forced, by
equally ill.judging parents, 10 become a mer-
chant when he should have been to become
lawyer. Or an engineer Instead of an ar
| list. Or farmer instead of mechanic
In short, there is no end TO the mistakes
which are made by ignorant and foolish pa
rents, in starring their children in life and
| The worst OF these sort of errors is, that they
are the least easy Of remedy because busi-
ness once adopted, is not easily laid aside
| To spend years at college, in a store, or at
| the plane, and find al twenty>o >one that the
vocation is a wrong one, is dishearteniDg 10
all but men of the hardest stamp. The dis
coveTy plunges even minds of ordinary ca.
pacity often into dspair. 1t shpwrecks the
feeble invariably, and as it were, in sight Of
the port they are leaving.
! But the greater bulk of those who fail in
life are ruined by their own demerits. Not
that industry, energy, and capacity, always
| command an immediate returns for frequent
and fierce are the bullets which the best men
have 10 encounter. But in the long run. en-
terprise, economy, Knowledge Of business,
assiduity, and an honest policy, will carry
| the day. A man with these sterling quail
Ties is like cork; he may he submerged for a
while, but he cannot be kept down. just in
| ,ho "a 10 10
joys these attributes, will also be lie COM
pleteness Of his success. IL he joins to them
unusual fitness for his pursuit, his triumph
wilibs both earlier and Prouder;, for in eve
ry business there are opportunities which a
sagacious mind Of this sort will see and 10
detect these turns in the tide, which lead on
to fortune, requires talent peculiar 10 the
part lcular profession rather than that which
is universal. So true is this, that, while all
! knew 'geniuses' who never succeed, 10 one
knows man with special faculty, and in
| position TO exercise il, who fails in life !;
while all can point 10 those who have risen
without general ability, no one can point 10
those who have thus risen, unless they were
| adopts al their trade II would seem 10 require
| no talent 10 make candles; yet rich Iallow
| chandler if lie has earned his wealth, is ney-
er Ounce. An ordinary tailor stitches all
his life; a great tailor 'cuts his way to opu.
lenee. And rice versa, fool, if bred TO pro.
| fession, sinks into pauper.
brave man will never give up, however
much fortune, for while, goes against him.
A hopeful man will never be dishearlened.
A generous man will never envy his more
successful neighbor. Finally, wise man
will wait patiently for bis turn, sure that it
will come some time, and determined, when
il happens, TO be wide awake, that he may
avail himself of it. Life is too short TO waste
its moments in deploring bad luck, said
shrewd thinker, I'VE must 60 after success
since it will not come to US, and we have no
time TO spare. Philadelphia Ledger.