The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1859-06-01

one, was the young mans laughing answer.
II seems 70 be pretty generally understood
that Joha Gastman's luck has turned.
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WORK.
| Il w,s m. arbitrary Vengeance that de-.
creed In the -weat Of thy face shalt thoa
ga bread." Man - 50 constituted ~ 20 be
| iec ?ah'e ct fn"ing btppiacss in dieacss.
Iit is n his normal std,e, ~ nearest tn Il.
when all his faculties, 4hys'cal, ms.fal anu
moral. are IN h"althfnl exercise. Eyen in
sleep, when the tired body rests, and thus
RECEIVERS tie energy needed lar renewal of
/ the contest N the morrow, the mind prohs-
I bly, never sleeps. And the sleep Itself, IS the
result, ordinarily. oi IA que inilc-u 0y labor
0s some sort. No man has q right 10 the re-
trcs'ment Of sumher. unless he has earned
u by previous toll, either bodily or mental,
or both. In point of fact. The idle man does
mt sleep II he shuts his eyes, and becanes
unconscious. he only goes into a enmatose
state, and his awakening does not bring with
u pleasurable consciousness Of existence.
tie has not as much enjoyment of lite as the
ios, that couches in the clover field, or upon
his straw bed IN the stable, when delivered
from his daily yoke.
We begin 20 work very early in life. We
labor AT our play when too Young to do any-
/ thing but play and even when we grow old
enough TO put away childish things, we still
work IN our amusements. Nobody would
call tsll-rnom workshop, aid vet there
isan imnease eyneniiture Of physical energy
~ the Wa1y dance. The convict in the
trrad-mill does not wark half as hard dar~
lng the slow creeping hours of his daily toll,
as the sgile dancer does while the rosy hours
"t his amusenent giiie away. II the mus
caIar Efforts put forth in saltatnrv exercise
on ball night could be collected and applied
economically, it would probably be sufficient
% work s'y mill, or run a small stea nboat
for halt dozen haurs. No doubt il is very
agreeable, bnt il is still work.
! II this country, where schools abounJ, the
earliest real labor is encountered in the scho
room. Most of US forget what snre trial
we endured before we mastered The al laaabei.
But il man will try, in the full maturity Of
his powers, TO learn new language, the
Greek Tor instance. where not only the cha
/, racters are different from ours, but the names
.of the letters and their power are entirely
new. he will find that be has SET himself M
easy task. II does not avail anything 10 talk
about the peculiar sigor Of youthful miud..
mr. the peculiar adaptness Of primary teach
ings io the Young. There is nothing learned
save BY ,lint Of hard labor, and the student
becomes scholar only by toilsomely climb
ing the hill Of knowledge sep By step. No
doubt there are resting places by the way
SIDE. no doGht ih're are spots in the journey
where The path is begirt with flowers, but i
is an ascent all the time, aud the sr'n".t can
he attained only BY persistent effort.
We 10 not "i course speak merely or MAIN
W nf those whose daily bread is the reward
Ol daily physical exeFtion. There is many
worker IN this world whose hands are unused
10 toll. Many great captain whose name
sdorns the pages Of the worlds history.
wrought ont his afterwards accomplished
pans in the solitude o! his tent. Many a
|. prdi.und thinker, whose works show the re-.
-ults of itburiors research, and careful analv-
! Sis and discrimination, worked and thought
n his quiet library, caring ices for the d, Ith-
ess fame he WIS earning ~ his lsbors than
! far lie discovery VI the truth he was track
ing . it. hiding pace. The f,rty years
speat IN ii, ian. aud in the mnnotonjas par
ssi;' .. s.tpaenG's liz, were mo- wasted ty
the great law-giver. they were years ot
, discipline ani toll, and prepared him Tor lie
rnmmanl ~ the countless hosts BE- Led from
~, pit III the Borders Of Canaan. The hours
.p'nt ~ I'D 3unyaa 10 Bedford jail wSre
not lost hugr., either 70 hi.aselE or 10 the
word. A. ~. mere psodgc ul human geni.
us his work IL a.;hoat rivsl, aud silI re-
, main without rival SO l1Eg as the world en-
durcs.
Certainly in the Drii1sry Tncatinns OF lile
tie working man is the most conteated. ill b.
ness is tue most nnp1siag OF all aniussGlents.
Rest aud recreation are not only prDper but
necessary 10 The well-1eiag Of society. We
are as much opposed to all work and no play
as 10 all plty anu 40 work. Bat these
are the exceptions, and active employment
lie rule. in all prosperous cummanties. No
giIn ENJOYS tie pfo,iact Of money 80 much as
the man who has earned IL.
Tired na,urs's sweet rsslores. bi.ay Sleep
is no part of the inheritance Of he idle and
lazy. These may fsll period eally into d
state vi slagl, fptn which the, awake unre.
iresA,,l. aai galg Is no more Ike "baimy
sep" than the lans sl1pber Of .inse beasts
and insects Tor whom nature provides a pc
riod VI torl dlty, instead Uf tie healthful re-
pose taat alterna,ss with hsaithial tnil.
Bal. Amaiem.
PRrirIyg H,Bns.--An old couple aud
their son s.Dm Schenectady IN. ~ passed
. through Syracuse on Thursday on their way
, TO OHIO. where they intended 10 purchase
/ land and settle permanently. They had
adopted the primitive style Of travelling on
tpvt because the old folks we're 0fraiR 10