Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-11-21
MONEY GETTING.

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MONEY GETTING.
Lecture by p. II. Barnum, at Chicago
October 18th, 1866.
Mr.. Barnum presumed that the sub
iect of his lecture had engaged the at
tention of all, still he trusted to be able
to throw out a few ideas which may be
new even to the people of the thrifty
city of Chicago. 1t might be said thai
his lecture had & sordid end, beine
confined chiefly to the art of making
money, but that did not detract from
the popularity of theme. For ages peo-
pie had been celebrated by the love OF
money. Poems had been written and
sermons preached, to show that it is
the root of all evil, and comedies
to s~atirize the art of getting it; still man
determined to work early and late in
the pursuit of wealth. Ask the poet
if he would sing as sweetly the fash
ionable physician ifhe would pursue his
labors as energetically the adocvate his
defense Of injured innocence as strong
ly, if their labors were not rewarded
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selves if they were not thinking and
struggling for wealth. In this relation,
he remembered the reply ola million
are friend of his in New York, to an
acquaintance who had repeated to him
all the sage objections to money that
have been raised since King Solomon I;
"All this may be true, but | have been
poor and now am rich, and certainly l
prefer to be rich" Cheers and laugh
ter.
After all that could be said, contin- =
ued the speaker, regarding the evils of
s~varice, it would generally be found
to be the case that the money getting
men we're the best friends to humani-
ty. Certainly misers exist, but as an
exception to the rule; and people may
congratulate themselves upon the idea
that when they-see q man grasping to-
gether money without doing any good
to any one, they can remember that in
this country there is no law of entail,
so that some day the old fellow will
have passed away, and his money will
pass to his heirs, who will scatter it
pretty widely.
1t was to a different class he trusted
that his audience belonged. The art
of getting money is easy, especially in
this country the difficulty is in keep
ing it when earned. The mistake of
some PEOPLE is that they believe that
economy is saving candies ends or cut
ting off the servants wages twenty-five
cents a month, or some other little
mean thing. Such people are consid-
cred mean, and not economical. 9th
er people believe that economy runs in
one direction, at least their actions
show as much, for while they save a
few cents a month by trivial actions,
they spend $50 or $40 once a month on
rats, mice, water falls, or poodles.-
Laughter. This was not economy.
Economy was general, and chiefly
to cause expenditures to come
the income. The other kind
was, in the words of Punch, like a man
who bought a penny herring for his
and hired a coach and four to
it home in.
n commencing the practice of econo-
ny, his hearers should put down every
,ent spent under two heads-the one
Necessities :" the other, "Luxuries"
nd when they post the columns let
hem see which of the two is the most
ormidable. The great trouble is, that
he majority of people who might be
Independent ifeconomical, by attempt
ne to follow the habits of the wealthy /
minority always keep themselves in
he dust.
AS for another class of the communi-
V, those who have bad habits, and
their brains by drinking or
'ther expensive vices, the speaker
Tould say nothing I; such men clnnot
ucceed in lie until they reform their
ctions'
The first thing which should be
tudied in the life of a young nan
hould be the selection of the voca-
alton or business to which his talent
# ability seem adapted. To place a
nan in a business for which he is not
uited, will be to keep him always
,oor. In every profession in life it will
seen that. some men have mistken
heir vocation. The learned black
NTH should have been a philosopher;
While many philosophers and clergy
men should have been blacksmiths.
But ever when the right vocation is
a man may not always succeed.
he reasons for this: man should not
ocate his business where there is not
DOM for him, nor should he 60 where
here is too much competition; and
men must be careful not only to select !
he right vocation, but the right loca-
ion. Young men starting in life should
run in debt. "Pay as you go" is
carer the philosophers some than
ny alchemist has yet discovered
Young men starting in life are too apt
o think that they can eat and drink b
o-day what they propose to pay for to-
Such will find that each to-
morrow has its " wants, and they
re continually working for a dead
lorse which will prove unprofita5le.-
{ is better to wear patched clothes
han ones not paid for, and a man is
more honorable and far wiser to turn ;
lis old coat until he can afford to pay
or q new one
Money, ike fire, is a very good SER
ant, but q very bad master. The
Dung man who is always running in
Iebt will find that he is q slave of mon
Let him but reverse the picture
nd he will find that money is the best
nd most faithful servant in the world.
by constantly increasing inter-
st, will work seven days a week all
be year round. What other servant
ill do this P
Men must first lay down their plans,
nd then persevere in them. They must
ossess energy, "go aheGditivness,"
r as is said down East, ''sticktoitative.
ess." Perseverance is possessed nat
rally BY some, but all may acquire it, 4