The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-03-09
Aspirations to be Rich.


i youth WRITES ~ a. a. iollows-and his ca.e
B. like ,ha, OF so many others ,b,i we ,rea. 1t
thus publicly, sappTessing las .amc
D,a, SW an poos hos wau' 20 got
rich Nov what shall ! 10 ! would !lke io
quit this section ! dom want 20 remain "a
| my father farm Please gave tue lhc be, al
! vice ron can. aud otl!g, Uufs e.
.iHsicp The aspirations :" l'e ficl though
uy 10 mcsrs tie highest ;iai tan ilniiel
u cai,c:--is, Ia OFT vicw. ~i"!esOm, Ud land
able. The youth who siys. let ne q, f:ch iHg
ho' and Loforr al! other conscientious =
very likely 10 bring up "a some State Prison
| but hc vine consistently sass Let mr hrs, De
just, honest moral diligcnt uscfil H-"
rich Is Oh ihc right road EVER boy otfti
| 10 aspire 20 bee rich. provided &c ran t- Xi,hosi
! unfAiihigln"'s 10 social obligation OF q" mora.
principle
But; how shall II, set tn"u' getting iicn "
would cOncisrly say
Fir9,iv r,.oii, a,r,, o. ..-' i,if ii Is tie
fundamental mistake os mos, boys % suppusc ,ha;
| they can &c; rich fas'cf on money .1rrrl tv
others than on that earned respectively hv iuciu-
| selves lf every youth Of IL 80 - years wero 10.
day offered SlG CG1 for ten years NJ : rci cent
Interest ,wo.,hirds OF them would dc iani.rup;s
| aad paupcrs Boys do no, need none, hnf so
much as ihey Eee! 20 know how to n,r ., r.
ielcadcncc, has caiae,! and snved slc. a..i 'i.-
| vc',cd or loaned !; wLcrr !; W., pay hin -.N ~
sc,, "a fC. ccai. will a.incs; ".!c.. ufooi4, rlrh
/: he lives while BE- who closes h.s first year %.
.ospon .bi.liy ia debt will probably Us" sui d..
IN te6i There IS no grcairr inis:a.e snnar
our American youth than t.ia' oi choosing rather
90 pav interest than receive t Interest d,vuu;s
| gs while we sleep ii absorb p.f profits a,.A -
gravaics our losses Let a Young man - twenty
| iv, have :. Gao loaned or bond and mort
gage OF invested in seCuriiies and lr wli rarely
want money thereafter in fact thar ~ n1. in
vested ai ier cent. wil. of itself max. him rich
before be Is sixty. Thefe - 80 rule E,lr, imrOr.
iaat ot Wholesome foT hogs shan shat which
teaches them 20 20 ihfO life receiving rather
than payiug ii Of the torment. which aillir'
| this mortal sphere tie first rank l. held by
Crime the second by Debt
H. AegHiTf promptly aHi0or,~ghiJ sonll as,-
fHf calling Some pursuits are more lucrative,
some moro respectable, some more agreeable
than o;lcrs but a chinney-swecps s far better
,han noEe Al al No matter bow rich his pa
rents NAV be- hoy mav learn sofqt trade u he
will. New iork City "a full TODAY of Young
and Old men who hav" been CLERKS hook-kcci-
cfs roftefs, Sc., &c, yc, can find uo,hiag 10 do
aud axe starving because theii foolish parents did
not give them trade \ ;inas - an estate and
almost always a productive one A good eff
ccnt 'arm.aborcr can generally huj paving
work q he does not insist iE looking for u IN
cty where IL caano, well be while many y coli
lc.c graduate iainishes because nobody wants
the only work he knows how 10 DO L., moth
Ing pscveai your acquiring skill. 10 som" branch
of productive industry
IN Rts1lr rs' 20 h. 10 o..ts ~ \ ,ollipg
stone gathers no moss hut is constantly ;huml-
cd aad knocked and often shivcfcd 20 pieces
Il you are honest and industrious. you mast :,
constantly making reputation. wliga 100 ~
t.fsa
fortune Even hoi-carF,c. og street sweeper
who has proved that his promise 10 appear on
given lay aud hour and 60 10 WORK may be
trusted has property "a thc confidence thus
created II you cannot ind youg woih where
you now are migrate hu; 10 % once for all
When you have stuck yoaf stake stand ay d,
~ Ccriy rsklni WH' thar is i-ogt aiiqlsf ,ttr.-
uL,rf tgr iifi .eia cda 10 = An Italian nalncd
Blaneou, settled IN Ireland some sixty wears ago
aud 90, very i.ch there by gradually establishing
line OF passenger couveyanccs al, owe: that ISLAND
Almost any uAn would have said that D. who
wen; TO Ireland 10 make hs fortune must be-
mad lie who knows how, and will work, can
&C., reh growing po'aioes IN New England
though lie hasn't a fvc-oeni siaml 70 begin
wiih There is work that will pay iOf million
moIe PEOPLE on the soil of Connecticut alone
There are millions OF unproduciive acres within
a days ride OF y. York City that might lie
bought and rendered largely fruitful at q clear
profit OF SlO0 or more per acre. \ nlAu IN Miles.
Michigan, declined 10 60 gold-huuting in the
Rocky Mountains because there was moIc gold
In Niles than he could gcthold Of The reason
was good one. and Il applies almost every
where II you can find nothing TO do where you
are, Il is generally because you eau do nothing.
V Rsgl:s that he rto eGrHs sirpoc' pr Day
ni0rt Naa H. ycsds must gd rici whd' D. sAo
spend5 Hz.pCace mor. than \, slrNs mssi L.cgfa,
posr This i a very ha,kneyei truth but We
shall never be done needing lis repetition. Hun
dreds Of thousands are not only poor but wrcichCd
to-day simply because they fail 10 comprehend
OF will not heed II. We Americans are not only
an eAlTayagant hut an ostcntatous people. We
habiiually spend too much on our own siomachs
aud our ncghbors' We are contnually.in hot
water, not because wc cannot live In comfort on
our means but because VIC persist IN spending
more than We need or can afford. Our youth
squander Ia extra food and drinks, In irolic aud
dissipation, which docs them harm instead %
good, the means which should be the nest-cgg of
their future competence When cares and chill
dren cluster about them they grumblc at their
hard.forsune iorgctfai that they wasted tho years
and the means which might and should have
saved them from present and future poverty
All these are very iritc, homely truths. Al
our boys have heard them again and again but
how many have laid them 90 heart ? We assure
q q s, and every other youth that each may
become rich Il he will--that "io he OF not 10 he
rests entirely with himself and that his very
hrst lesson Is 10 l;strust aud shun by-pa,hs and
short cuts, and keep straight along the broad.
obvious hCa,cn highway .-Nr rcri T'bnse.
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