Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-09-16

of productive labor. How shall he set abou
getting rich We say
|. Consider whether you would prefer L
be farmer or an artisan, and If the latter
OF what trade. Having decided. keep YOU
/ eye steadily on the pursuit you prefer, and
find employment in it as soon possible
doing meantime the best thing that offers
though that be chopping cord-wood at two
shillings per cord Never be idle secular
day when there is any work to be had AM
II there is absolutely none were you now are,
keep il motion towards less crowded locali-
ty till you find some. Having found work,
stick to it heartily and faithfully, and if il
pays you but twenty-five cents per day con-
trive some way Of living upon twenty.
2. Whenever you can find employment in
the pursuit you mean to live by, accept it,
unless withheld by the necessity Of earning
more at something else in order TO pay your
debts. And, in deciding where first to fol-
low SO as in time to master the calling YOU
have chosen, prefer the place where you can
learn most and fastest to that where you can
obtain the largest pay.
BE cure that work and thought go togeth-
er. Keep your eyes wide open and your
mind intent and active. Resolve not only to
h'NR " NAuk llll lOu KNOW now 10 w every
thing just right, and then do it no otherwise
than that, but to know ,ohy that is the best way
its reason is the nature Of things If you
have chosen Farming be sure to find some
time in each week to read the best treatises
on that noble calling, and keep keen eye
on all the periodicals within reach that treat
Of It. Take the best one yourself and stud y
It carefully. In short, give the next two,
three or four years to the vitak work Of mas
tering your chosen pursuit, so that thence
forth, through every day learning, you may
confidently measure your strength in it with
any competitor.
A. Having thus mastered your calling go
to work in it for others for the best wages
you can obtain, resolved so to earn them that
you will be morally certain to command a
larger sum next year Thus persevero in in
dustry, frugalty and temperance, carefully
economizing your time and means, until you
shall have earned enough to strike out boldly
for yourself
5. By this time You will have made friends,
especially among those of kindred position
and habits to your own; and now you can
make that sympathy available for your mu-
tual good. When you can do it without
getting in debt, buy suitable piece of land
and begin to farm for yourself No matter
if it is not over twenty or thirty acres. If it
is near a manufacturing town, so much the
better; but by all means have your neighbors
around YOU Do not put up any other than
plain comfortable buildings. Set out good
fruit trees, have the best garden in the vicin-
ity, and pat the stamp of improvement on
every rod Of your land. See to it that you
raise enough Of corn, potatoes and all the
staples to at least meet your own wants.-If
you have few spare days, work out for
your richer neighbors. Raise produce so as
to be able to sell to the mechanics-tho car
penter, blacksmith and shoemaker who must
buy. Let it be seen by every discerning
passer-by that your farm is every season
growing more valuable.
6. Having thus made home, resolve to
spend your remaining days there, and to be
one of the best farmers or artisans to be
found there or elsewhere. Work steadily
but not immoderately; think, observe and
read so as to make every blow tell If your
land is timbered, contrive a way to make
the timber, if possible source of profit if
the soil is rather lean, devote all the time
not absolutely needed otherwise to making it
richer. Sell only for pay down, and buy
likewise for cash. DO not allow your wants
to grow faster than your means Make each
mistake or failure a source of instruction and
Improvement. Form no bad habits--have
no liquor your premises, and no tobacco,
unless to kill vermin. Have no capital lock-
ed up in land that you do not use, unless it
be woodland rapidly enhancing in value, nor
in fast horses, snowy turnout, nor any sort of
fancy property,-at least not till you shall be
ont of debt, with good buildings, well fenced
fields, and everything comfortable about you
Thus move on quietly and steadily; and IL
you have no bad luck, you may be beyond
the reach or fear of want in five years, in
comfortable circumstances by the end of ten,
and as well off as a man need be within
twenty.
Do you say this seems slow, humdrum,
petty way of getting rich Well it is not
quite so fast gambling or slave-trading, or
making 100000 in a month by cornering an
adverse party in the stock market; but let
two hundred young men try the course we
have so rapidly outlined, against an equal
number who try any radically different course
-goldmining, trading, specuating, or the
proiessions-and if our party do not, in the
average, come out very far ahead, we shall be
forced to conclude that the world is a lottery
and that Chance is God.