Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-06-10
Push On---Kse not Afraid.

Yes, push on. If you expect to sue.
ceed in life you must not be idle. On the
brow of the successful merchant is stamp
ed the impress of labor-of unceasipg toll
and vigilance in the pursuit of his calling.
He rests not, but with martyrs zeal push
es on.
Push on The very clouds that sail
along SO feetly over our heads, would
seem 10 dictate such course to u.s. The
winds of heaven, as they sweep past us,
either in gentleness or with their wild,
shrieking blast, illustrates the value of
such spirit To the weary mind and the
heart that's faint, such words should come
with a healing influence. Though your
future prospects may be dimmed and seem
all lost to you, push. There is beyond that
dark, overhanging cloud, ray, of light
that will cheer you with its presence, and
make your heart glad. Whatever path
you choose to follow, pursue it to the end
of its course. Whatever you undertake to
do, mike up your mind to do it; work at it
with a will and determination that you will
accomplish it. 1t is astonishing how the
huge distractions will vanish, and how
much more pleasantly you can work when
governed by this determined spirit.
Push on, if you expect to combat sue
cessfully in life's great battle. Let these
words be uppermost in your thonghts, and
when you feel like Responding, just push
on a little further-be not afraid.
We cannot do better than give the fol-
lowing clipping from an exchange, as an IL
lustration of the result that invariably at
tends an undertaking when pursued with
the right spirit. 1t is the testimony of a
distinguished and very wealthy merchant
of one of our principal cities. and how he
made his fortune by just pushing on:
Il entered store and asked if a clerk
was not wanted. No. in a rough tone
was the reply-all being too busy to both
er with me--when reflected ifthey did not
want clerk they might a laborer. but as
| was dressed too fine for that, / went to
my lodgings, put on rough garb, and the
next day went into the same store, and de.
manded if they did not want porter, and
again no. was the response. when l ex-
claimed in despair almost. mot a laborer?
Sir, | will work at any wages--wages is
not my object-I must have employment,
and want to be useful in business. -
These last remarks attracted their atten-
ton, and, in the end l was employed as a
la5orer in the basement and b-cellar, at a
very low pay, scarcely enough to keep
soul and body together. In the basement
and sub cellar soon attracted the attention
of the counting room; and of the high
clerk. saved enough for my employers
in little things wasted, to pay my wages
ten times over, and they soon found it out.
| did not let any body commit petty larce-
uies without remonstrances and threats of
exposure, and real exposures if remon-
strances would not do. L did not ask for
any ten hour law. If was wanted at 8
A. NJ, l was there, and cheeriuily there;
or if was kept till 8 A. NJ, never growl-
ed but told everybody go home and l will
see everything right l loaded off at day
break, packages for the morning boats, or
carried them myself. In short soon be-
came indispensable to my employers, and
rose and rose, till ! became head of the
house, with money enough, as you see, to
give me any luxury, or any position mer-
camille man may desire for himself or chill
dren in this great city ."--PA.ladslpAia
Commonwealth.