Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-07-25
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you should always consider that each year
the grave is nearer you than ever before-tha
unless you are active, the season Of life will
close before even hair your selfallotied con
tract will have been performed, unless, like 600
many people you have no aim-4uo hope--no
ambition beyond picking your teeth after din
ner. Half Of the world-yes more than half
go to the reception room of eternity with
out any object in life-as drift wood floats
down the stream guided by the current and
lodging against the first Obstruction. And
what is drift wood? Once in while good
stick of timber is found therein, but il is more
work to haul it out c4aan of lbesand and nud
than it IS worth, and more time and tools are
spoiled in making it into what you wish than
be stick viii ever bring. even 10 active mar
1ct.
Have purpose. Live for something Make
.up your mira NAT staS win b6s and abe Il or
lie in the attempt. This is-a land where there
IS no stint to ambition. All have an eqnal
chance. Blood teIs--plucl1 wins-honor and
Integrity well directed will scale. the highest
rock, ard bear q Sc oada Deset Start of IN
iie as a sheep dog does, without knowing
where you are going TO. Load for the game
you are hunting for. 1t is as easy to be man
as a mouse. 1t is as easy to have friends as
enemies-it is easier 10 have both than TO go
through life like tar-bucket under wagon,
humping over stamps or swing right and left
without a will Of your own. Every one can
be something There is enough to do. There
are forests 10 fell-rivers to explore-ct to
build-raill Dads to construct-inventions yet
to be studied out-ideas to advance-men to
bconvert-countries to ocoGquer--women 10 love
-offiees to be fillcd-wealth and position to
acquire name TO wip--a Heaven to reach.
Yes my boy, there is lots Of work to do, and
you and must do our share
The world is wde and its owner is Cod
4. If you wish to be some body, pitch in. The
Il Grave always have friends Where there is
will there is way Where others have gone
you can go. If the old track don't suit, make
a new one, somebody viii walk it. Success is
never obtained in country like this without
effort. If you fail once, Try it again. II you
fall down, get up again. Il il is dark, strike
a light. If you are in the shade, move round,
for if there is shade Oh one side, there is sun
shine on the other
If your seatis Too hard to sit on. stand mp.
Il II rock rises up before you, roll it away
( blast or climb over it. If you wait money
7 earn it. II you wish for confidence, prove
yourself worthy ofsit. 1t takes longer to skin
elephant than mouse-but The skin is
worth something. Don't be content with do
ing what another has done--bcnt it. If an
ehemy gets in your way, knock HIM down or
pitch him clear. Deserve success, and it will
come. -fhe boy is not born man. The sun
does not rise like rocket or 60 down like
bullet fired freln-a gun. Slowly but surely
it makes its rounds and Gever tires. 1t is as
easy to be q leader a wheei-horse, aud Won
are then always the first in town. If the Job
be long the pay will be the greater--if the
task be Lard, the more competent you must be
to do it.
Alwaysbe hoporzBl5 Keep your werd or
give an eSense. Ifsreu owe !, man, pay hinl,
if it takes the last shirt--tiil anI all. If you
cart pay, you can say so at once Do to 9th
ers as you would be done by-after that, as
they do.bg you-s Punish euemies and reward
friends II you do not punish enemies, more
will fear you-if you never reward friends. we
pity the scl6shness OF your heart If you
make promise, keep it. Play your hand or
leave the table If others betray you, teach
them better, but on no provocation betray
others. If you have secret keep it closely
if you have the secret Of another, watch it
esen more closely than yOur own. There can
be no excuse for betrayal Of confdence-no
apology that can be sufficient If you are in
luck wear it out. II you can help ftiend,
always do it, if he is worihy-if you cannot,
don't insult him in the style Of u refusal 4
little word, act or look, when the heart is sore
fingers as does the fragrance Of the rose, long
after the vase is broken If you nre right.
stick to it. If wrong, never be ashamed to
own it, Keep your head abo7e water, no
matter how deep the stream, or how swift the
current--somebody will help you. Don't
rrumble--don't iret--don't whine. Dogs
whine. It is as easy to be cheerful as to snarl
around, and good natured men always make
the haudsOmest corpses
; Don't change your business every time you
have the blues--change is not always beneG-
cial. If you have been cheated, don't 10
get even, cheat some one else. Ii you have
made bad bargain, don't stop trading, but
try 10 make better one next time If you
get in serape, get out, and look closer next
time-never be caught twice in the same trap.
People may forgive errors, but they have no
sympathy for fools. If you wish to be lead
er--aiscays go ahedd---and remember that
the smoother.rouie you pick out, the less com
planning there will be among your followers;
and above all, no matter what the circumstan-
ces, ,neSef be the FIRST to 60 back on your friends
BE honest md Iailhful-God ana fortune will
never desert yoa long.