Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1855-03-17
I sHAN,r LEARN A TRADE.

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Shap't youl I should like to know
why uot. Hundreds aud tens Of thou
sands have learned one before you. and
more will do the same thing. A trade
weil learned may make name and for
tune earned, If you ever get either
without working for it, you will be
either very lucky r,ery unfortunate.
/ don't think much Of boy who says
he is no, going to learn trade. Ifhis
place inthe world is such that he can
learn trade and have good situation,
he will be very unwise not to seize the
opportunity. A .boyawho, goesto trade
determined to make himself master Of
his business, and be well informed
and intelligent workman, will soon rise
to the head Of his profession, if he pur-
sues The right patti. The faithful ap,
prentice who delights TO do his work
well, and TO the best Of his ability, SO as
to earn the praise Of hissemployer. will
feel happier and be morsrR6horable
man than he who does just enoushto
shuttle along through the day, and hur-
ries away from his work as though ii
we're nuisance or curse. 81
lknewa boy who was too poor to go
to school college, although he would
haA Aliked that course very we'll. But
he mad to work. So he went to learn
trade. He tried to do his work al
waysto the best Of his ability. He
went to a place, and one day his master
came to look what he had done, and az
ter closely examining 1.-THE turned round
and said to his foreman, James this is
very excellent work for a new boy."-,
Did not that little fellow feel, as proud
as if he had won triumphl HI was
rewarded from the start with the good
opinion Of his employer, and he never
forgot the pleasure with which he heard
his masters encouraging words. Heal.
ways tried 10 do his work well-to do
in fact the very best; and willie other
apprentices did not seem to care how
their work was done or how they spent
their masters ,imei he took pride in
working as though he was ina higher
post now, and doing well in more ways
than one in this world.
Noslong age aboy was leaving school.
as had chance of speaking to him, ]
said.
"Wha, are you going,o dol"
IL am going into a merchants job.
'bing house,"
Going 70 be q clerk thena why
don'tyou learn trade"
"Trade q said he. E" | ant going TO
learn trade"
Not going,o learn trade7 Ishonld
like to know why trade is not as good
as c!erkship. | suppose you think it
is more genteel and respectable Il.
What would you dos with a jobbing
house, wonderl
Z Learn trade. Did you never hear
Of such man as franklin, who learn
ed the printing trade. aud becunle one
of the most distinguished men Of mod
crn timcsl Have you never heard Of
carpenter named Rit,enhouse, or q
man who made philosophical instru-
ments and afterward revoluiionized tho
world with his discoveries in The steam
engiue' Have you heard of James
Watt, or is it genteel no. to know any
thing about trades or those who have
learned thsm7 Who was Arkwright,
that followed tho trade Of barberl or
Whitney, or Fulton7 Who was Gov
ernor Armstrong, Of Massachusetts, or
Isaac Hill, of New Hampshire, who
learned the trade Of a printer? Did
you ever hear Of the man who swung
his sledge on the anvil. and became the
distinguished EIihn Burri,l Did you
ever hear Of the distinguished cobbIer
named Roger Sherman? Or of the il.
ustrious lame cobbler of London, ma.
ned John Pounds, who founded Rag
ged Schools. and pu, in operation one
of the greatest pieces Of machinery of
the age.