The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-07-29
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Young man. did you ever note the
successful business man?
he has been a Steady Nan.--Perhaps
he commenced in this place, ten or hf-
teen, or forty years ago. He did not
make a fortune in a year, or five years,
but he has pursued his business avooa-
ton, realizing that wealth is not to be
laid up in heaps through the world, to
be bestowed on the chance stroller who
might stumble thereon. If an employ
ee, he has steadily looked after his en-
ployer's interests, and as his earnings
increased he has judiciously saved and
invested all he could without inconven-
ience to himself. Having pursued this
course for a season, he found an oppor-
tunity Of starting for himself.
he has been O Judjcjous Man.-ln
early life he was noted for sobriety, good
Judgment, and careful selection Of as
sociatos. He was not often in company.
| When he managed the business OF 9th
ers, his duties were always performed
with skill and sagacity, and consequent
|ly his services were valued. lie did not
marry too early; and in this, as in his
every act, he displayed prudence. The
woman of his choice, although very neat
and tasty in her dress, is not eztrava-
CANT. In her household arrangements
she is Justly a model, conducting her
own affairs as they should be. When
the man had laid by little, he invest
ed it in such a manner as to suit his
business emergencies He never went
into anything hastily, or without due
consideration He has his children
trained to the proper appreciation Of
their duties, and they are as crowns to
him, instead of bringing sorrow to his
household
lie has been an Honest Man--Having
no inordinato desires to crafty, he has
not been tempted to pursue a slippery
path. He has been honest with himself
and family and consequently has mol
wasted either his time or money. He
has been strictly right, from the first, in
his business Transactions and now reap'
the fruits of his integrity.
lie has been Hdushj0us.--Erom his
first acquaintance with the surrounding
of civilization he has been aware that &
mans labor is intrinsically profitable t
some one, to definite amount, and hC
has not failed to do with his might, any
thing he was competent to perform.
lie has steadily pursued one Business
There are ey ptions to this rule, bu
the man who makes a proper selection
of business, and "freezes to it, will Sc
cure a competence, while he who buys
farm this year, a threshing machin
next, and a patent right the third, ma.
safely calculate on having his "nose OIL
the grindstone" all his days
Take him all in all, the successful
business man is one in whom we ma.
repose confidence. IF a merchant, he
careful to sell good articles; if a grocer
you may buy of him by sample; if
clothier he will make an honest fit, a
honest prices; in fine, you may bu
things of him with the value Of whic
you are unacquainted, and be certai
you are not imposed upon
BY following the course he has pun
, sued, you may calculate, in nine case
out of ten, to secure a competency, an
, if spared to a good old age, you may b
in even afiluent circumstances, aud hav
the means Of doing much good in th
world. Initiate the good mans exam
, Dle.-T Elevator.