Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-11-12
Stick to Your Business.

There is nothing which should be mere
frequently impressed upon the minds of
young men that the Importance OF steadi-
ly pursuing some one business. The fire.
quent changing from one employment to
another is one of the most common errors
committed, and to it may be traced more
than half the failures of the men in bust
ness, and much of the discomfort and dis
appointments that render life uncomfort-
able. 1t is very common thing for
man to become satisfied with his business
and to desire to change it for another,
and what seems to him will prove moro
lucrative employment, but in nine cases
out of ten it is mistake. Look around
you, ard you will find abundant verii-
cation of cur assertion.
Here is young man who commenced
life as mechanic, but for some cause i'm
agined he ought to have been doctor;
and after hasty, shallow preparation has
taken up the saddle bags only to find that
work is still work, and that his patients
are no more profitable than his workshop,
and the occupation not bit more agree
able.
Here are two young clerks; one of
them is content, when his first term Of
service is over, to continue a clerk until
he has money enough to commence bust
ness on his own account; the other can't
wait, but starts off without capital, and
with limited experience, and brings up
few years in court of insolvency, while
his former comrade, by patient perseyer-
ance, comes out at last with fortune.
That young lawyer who becomes dis
heartened because briefs and cases did not
crowd upon him while he was yet redol-
ent of calf bound volumes and had small
use for red tape, who concluded that he
had mistaken his calling, and so plunged
into politics finally settled down into the
character Of q meddling pettifoger,
scrambling for his daily bread.
There is an honest farmer who has
toiled few years, got his farm paid for,
but does not grow rich very rapidly, as
much for lack of contentment mingled
with his industry as anything, thoughshe
is not aware of it-he hears the wonder
full stories Of California, and how fortunes
may be had for the trouble of picking
them up, mortgages his his farm for the
purpose ofraising money, goes to the land
of gold, and after months Of hard labor,
comes home to begin again at the bottom
of the hill for a more weary and less sue
cessful climbing up again.
Mark the men in every community who
are notorious for ability, and equally no.
torious for never getting ahead, and you
will usually find them to be those who
never stick to one business long, but are
always forsaking their occupation just
when it begins to be profitable.
Young man, stick to your business. 1t
may be that you have mistaken your call
ling-if SO, find it out as quickly as posi-
bic and change it; but don't let any unea-
sy deires to get along fast, or dishonest
calling, lead you to abandon it. Have
some honest occupation, and there stick
Htoait; if you are sticking type, stick away
at them; if you. are selling oysters, keep
on selling tkem; if you are at the law,
hold fast to that profession-pursue the
business you have chosen, persistently, iu-l
dustrously, and hopefully; if thereis any
thing in you it will appear and turn to &C
count in that as well, or better, than in
any other calling-only if you are asloaf-
er, forsake that line Of life as speedily as
possible, for the longer you stick toit the
worse it will stick to you.-Hunt's .Mer-
chants Magazine.