Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-11-03
misrellaneous.
A Column for Business Men.

A member of the Suffolk bar in Massa-
chnsetts, named Mathew Hale Smith, has
delivered lecture before Commercial
Institute in Boston, that is very full of mer
it. We ind it in Hunts Merchants Maga
zine, and make no apology for transferring
it with all its length TO our columns, and
commencing it to the careful perusal Of
our mercantile readers. The lecturer com
mences his discourse in favor of useful la
Dor, by most appropriate reference to the
example set to man by Christ the Carpen-
ter. He says:
The Savior of men identified himself with
the useful labor of life; his public mission
did not commence till he was thirty years
Of age. That long period might have been
passed in Incidence in the wilderness ofJu-
dea or on the banks Of the Galilec, which
washed the walls of the city "where he WAS
brought up" or in the caves that surround.
ed his mountain house; he could have
dreamed away listess manhood, without
toll or want. and found that repose said by
many to be so favorable, if not indispens-
Bile, to an elevated piety, but not so did he.
He became one Of us; he knew the stern
trials of life. He earned his bread in an
arduous calling; he knew what toll was
beneath the hot rays Of the sun Of Pales.
tine he met the labor Of life. He was
known no less as the carpenter" than as
the carpenters SON." he dgniied labor
and placed the curse on Incidence.
THE SELECTION OF BUSINESS.
Men have physical, moral and mental
gifts that peculiarly fit them for some pur-
suits, and peculiarly unfit them for others
and the taste for, and attraction Of, certain
pursuits should incline each young man to
look well at his chosen occupation, and
and when once chosen, to follow it to the
end; and his earlier training should have
special reference to his position and occupa'
ton. Before his choice is made, he should
consider the obstacles in his path. and his
fitness to remove or overcome them. Law
medicine, divinity, mechanics, present ar
inviting field. One may shine in the Law
who would be drivlsr in the pulpit; and
many man has attempted to mend s
broken limb with not talent enough to re
pair the leg Of IA stool.
Young men have marked characteristic
and talents; these are as we'll known a.
their faces, better known often to Others
than to themselves. One is quick in fig
ures; another would make capital sales
man. One has legal mind and wou!c
reyel in the intricaces of the law; anothe
can only generalize. and is happy only ii
active employment Some have great dis
patch; others are cautious. careful ant
trustworthy in minute matters. The ben
of each mind, the taste and the talent mus
all be consulted in the selection Of business
All business has settled price of mark
ct value. Success is to be won by obeyinI
the laws of the calling selected: and VIII
would be eminent in any pursuit, must pa
the market price for success. Two kind
of business may be found, to one of whc
the aspirant for employment must addres
himself. The one is bad and the othe
good the one can be found in day tn
other can be sought for diligently, and Of
ten with "long patience" The one pays a
once; for the other money must often b
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