The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-12-06
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! N MONEY GETTING. q
Lecture by =. II. BarnuIn, at Chica-
go, October II, 1866.

4 to throw out few ideas which may bt
new even to the people Of Chicago
1t might be said that his lecture had +:
sordid end, being confined chiefly to
the art of making money, but that &c
tract from the popularity of the theme
For ages people had been celebrated
by the love Of money. Poems hat
been written and sermons preach
ed, to show that it is the root OF al
evil, and comedies have been writer
to satirize the art Of getting it; still
man determined to work early and late
lin the pursuit Of wealth. Ask the pc
ct if he would sing as sweetly; the fash
Eionable physician if he would pursllt
his labors so energeticallys;;s or the adj
: vocate his defense of injured innocence
as strongly, if their labors were not re
warded by money. Let the people ask
themselves if they were not thinking
and struggling for wealth. In this re
lation, he remembered the reply of ;
millionaire friend of his in New York
to an ACQUAINTANCE who had repeated
to him all the sage objections to mon
ey getting that have been raised since
King Solomon Gail this may be very
true, but / have been poor and now an
rich, and certainly / prefer to be rich.
[Cheers and laughter.
: After all that could be said, contin-
ued the. speaker, regarding the evils OF
avaricc, it would generally be found tc
be the case that the money getting men
were the best friends to humanity
Certainly lnisers exist, butyas an ex-
ception to the rule; and people may
congratulate themselves upon the idea
that when they see man who is grasp
ING together money without doing any
good to any one, they cim< remem-
/ ber that as 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 heirs, who will
scatter it pretty widely. - e:
| 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 ,s;,vingHcandie eieids OF Acut-
ting off the servants wages twenty-five
cents a month, >or some other little
mean thing. Such people are consid-
er people believe that economy runs i'll
one direction, at least their actions
show that much, for while they save
a few centsza month by trivial actions,
they spend $50 Or $40 once Or twice q
month on rats, mice, waterfalls, or
poodles. Laughter. This was not
economy. Economy was general, and
chiefly sought to cause the expenditures
to come within the income. The 9th
er kind was, in the words Of Punch like
a man who bought penny herring for
his dinner and hired coach and four
to send it home in. In commencing
the practice Of economy, his hearers
should put down every cent they, spend
under two heads-the one, ''Necessi
ties - the other, ''Luxuries' and when
they post the columns let them see
which of the two is the most formida-
ble. The great trouble is, that the ma
jority of the people who>might be in
dependent if ecomical, by attempting
to follow the habits of the wealthy mi
hority always keep themselves in the
dust,
AS for another class Of the eommu-
nifty, those who haze bad had habits.
and muddle their drains by drinking.
other eNpensives vices, the speaker
would say nothing, such men could
not succeed in life until they reformed
their actions.
/. The first thing which should Ike stud
Jed in the life of: a young man should be
the selection Of the business or avoca-
ton to which his natural talent or abil-
itv seem adapted. To place man iii
business for which he is not suited, will
be to keep him always poor. In every
protest. ion in life it Yill be,zseen that
some men have mistaken their Toca-
ton. The learned blacksmith should
'have been philosopher; while many
philosophers and clergymen should
have been blacksmiths.
- But even when the right vocation is
chosen, man may mot always succeed.
The reasons for this are numerous -
For example: a man should not locate
his business where there iss.not Fooin
forIiihl, norssh oHldlIe go where there
is too much competition; and men must
be careful not only to select the right
vocation, but the right location.-
Young men starting in life should ney--
er run in debt. a'"Payas you go''isnev-
er the Philosophers stone than any al
chemist has yet discovered, ! Young
men starting in life are apt to think
that they can eat and drink and weh'
to- day what they propose to pay to-
morrow. Such will find that each to-
morrow has it's wants, and that they
are. continually working for a dead
horse, which will prove unpfp Eta ble.-
It is Better to wear patched clothes
than ones not paid for, and a man is
more honorable and far wiser to wear
and turn his old coat antil he can afford
to pay for a new one.
Money, like tire,is avery good ser
want, but q very bad master. The
young man who is always running in
debt will find that he is the slave of
money Let him but reverse the pic
ture and he will find. that money. is the
most faithful servant in the world
Meneygby constantly increasing by in
terest, will work seven days in week
all the year round What other ser
want will do this?
Men must first lay down their plans,
and then persevere in them. They
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