Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-04-12
Some persons seem lifted by nature and

Some persons seem fitted by nature and ed
-.n!aC Cucation TO adapt themselves to any crcunl-
stances /; while others feel lost if the asSocia-
tions of their birth are torn away. These, de-
s-7a'7 pendent on habit and precedent mere yes
sells they receive what fortune gives them;
but they dread to start a path, lest
e 80. lion should be in the way, or it might lead
down to death. So they tremble and despair.
But the selfhelping mold circumstances to
their need they make necessity take shape
.s7st from their will. If one resource fails them,
fertile in expcdicnts, they try another
Never pausng TO fear they resolve TO do
something and they do it. The very force
of their resolution draws friends around them;
C q and their cheerful courage smoothes the path
to success This is positive life the other is
living death-how many drag through it.
Courage one and all. Resolve to do all
YOU wish DONE Look not forward to some
windfan nor sit gazing on the old shoes of a
sa rich relative. Give to the winds all ideas Of
Ia s prospective extraneous help. Set about the
work YOURSELF one step taken, the next is less
difficult. By and by, progress will be easy,
unless you ecpend on others. Remember,
"the gods help those who help heansslUes."-
'z Use your own resources. You have none
How much time and vitality do youlose every
week in murmurs. regrets, and enervating
Feveries Folly this time and strength
70 purpose. Everybody has some resource.
II he has only an earnest WISH he can direct
se this toward heaven which is the first step
onward; then. as means present themselves
"a he can take other steps. But do something
never waste life in re grcts.
An intelligent Jew told US, that the women
z 81 of his nation were remarkable for chastity and
selfreliance. "None ever fluids the Jewess in
haunts of vice" (" he said. ''Our women are moi
If she can not live by one kind Of work, she
does by another kind.
When necessity, says work she works.
No false pride sits between her and labor
She knows that everything is ennobled by
true spirit. A friend of mine in this cit!
~, reared in afluence, married well-to-do hus
l.a a band. But, by commercial reverses the,
e,-. were reduced to poverty: and the husband
gafal being away, would not return penniess to bis
.-a young wife. He went to the land of gold Il
ss-r2' retrieve his fortune. What did the wife ?
"a She Immediately put off her rich clothing
% a' presented her case to one who had dry good
for sale. and asked him to trust her with fey
M collars pins, needles and some small fame
7oa articles, which she might offer to ladies, a
- their homes, and thus earn her living. He
character was known; and she was trusted
s5 Yes she became peddlar. The ladies o
whom she called were pleased with her cheer
ful elegant manners and neat dress. She 500
sold her whole stock of goods. The merchau
was promptly paid; more goods were bough
and thus from day to day, she maintained he
responsibility and independence.
astHS There is some way Of honest support, if on
resolves on selfhelp. If only the earnest wis
of selesnppoEt is possible, where it exists, CO
a,s-ssE wiIlsend the rest in some shape-iriend
s-As money, or work, Never doubt tit.-Lite Llu
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