The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-05-01
BE Honest Bows.

|. II we could reacn the'ear OF every American
boy, we would urge upon each one to adopt the
principle of honesty in everything. We. would
exhort him to have the word as the watchword
on his lips as be steps out into the world to act
and to do for himself.
Young lsall, if you intend to be a planter,
and bring up the sweet wheat and the golden
corn from the soil let us say to you be honest.
DO you nterd to he Minister! Ifyou staAd
in the sacred desk and be mouth-piece for God
beacon to point the way from earth to Heaven
you must be honest. Hypocrisy in such an
exalted position would be libel on the Naza
rene, and a damning siu in the eye Of Hea-
ven.
DO you intend becoming Merchant ?-Temp-
tations liz in the path Of the dealer dazzling
prizes and promises of sudden wealth sometimes
lead men astray, but in the midst of the rush for
the prize-in the quiet Of your counting room
and the crowd of the mart remember the watch
word, Honesty. Let it greet you on the pages
of your ledger-write it on all your bills.
Will you I've Mechanic? Will you shove the
plane or WELD the hammer In this useful vo
cation you will not be free from the tempter.
The metal of your moral character will he tried.
Be honesH Let the admonition come to you in
the buzz of busy wheels and in the clear ring
of the heated anvil.-Cl1sel the word in the
wood-engraye it in the brass-carve it in the
marble columns you build
Have you decided to be Physician ?-Then
you will spend your life in the company Of a
bleeding, suffering and dying humanity. And
you will learn the secrets of the hcarthside. And
YOU will somtimes stand between Death, the
Patient and the Grave IN the name Of tho
humanity You deal with; we urge you to DO
honest.
Do you crave the Lawyers license. His brief
and his green satchel! "An honest Ldayer is
the noblest work of'-the Judiciary. Yes. a
lawyer may be honest, therefore, with gesture
and emphasis,-b honest,
Does your ambition run ont after the worthless
la urels of the noisy politician Be honest if you
can, and may the Lord be mercifu unto you!
Would you be Printer or Editor 7 Be hon.
est, and may your labors be rewarded.
In conclusion, young man if you intend being
a liluolsseer, and deal out poison to your fellow
men; and beggar children, and break the hearts
of widows, wives and mothers we will only say
that it is to be expected that his Santanic Majes-
ty will deal honestly with you, and show you he
has perfect understanding Of your case and its
merits.-Ags.
"HE's Cur DIDo.'-The origin Of this phrase
is thus given in history. Dido, a queen Of Tyre
about elf ght hundred and seventy years before
Christ, fled from that place on the murder OF
her husband, and with a colony settled on the
northern cost of Africa, where they built Carthage
Being in want of land, she bargaiRed With the
natives for as much land as she could surround
with bulls hide, Having made the agreement
she cut bulls hide into thin strings, and tying
them together, claimed IS much land as she
could surrosad with the long line she had thus
made The natives allowed the cunning queen
to have her way, but when anybody played a
sharp trick they said Ire had cut Dido; and
the phrase has come to our day,
"Quite large force is employed under Mr.
Padgett in fixing the massive machinery which
is connected with the tremendous trip-harnner
jim the foundation. The anvil block weighs
As 900 pounds, and the frames ten tons each,
but Mr.. Padget and his men moved them about
as easily and safely, as We would barrel Of
-four. One hundred tons is the power Of . full
blow from this steam trip:hammer when COM
pleted. Over this young earthquake there is to
be built an appropriate" house eighty feet in
width by one bundled long,