The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-02-26


up no remembrance terrible
enough 70 inprcs upon you y0ur re-
souslbiliy ~ men md citizens n re-
gard to this question | bcsecch Of
Aou TO stand faithfully by onr law, gov
4n your political action by yooI prnci-
ple. put souf shoulders 20 the he J Of
lhis reformation and st Massachusetts,,
,he state tLAt llas been The wises. lnat
has always stood IN tie van IN the
struggle Tor human Liberties, lfi hcr one
step higher and nake her an example
81 sobnoiy to tie other states Of tins
Republic.
The Conditions Of success.
Il matters not what business YOU
may follow, the great fundamental coG-
dluons Of success are the same By OBJ
sonn4g tie same general p nciples a
iuan nay obtain an eminent and con
rolling position al the bar OF in the
pups, ia the workshop on Oh the fam.
il you take earnestly hold Of life, as ca
p,clatca aud destined to q high and ca
aael purpose and end; II vou wat,h b
c.ote.N lie mlnd bent aud the natural
aptitude for employment adopt early
some pursmtaud follow steadily through
da3s # daTLntss and dlscouIaaemont
a, q Is when everything of an exter-
nia atne looks inviting Ind prosper
Jus, luu VIII inevitably win success.
Ihe WISE cholce and the persistent pur.
sult aIc almost SIRE TO bring, If not
wealth, iLcn that which is Letter, an un-
failing competence. When a merchant
las succeeGea in building up spend
"a trade Al or yems q lborous deto-
uon 10 hIs cnAng, Tie multitude ale
attracted by Tie outside show; they
look upon ms large and choice assort-
ment oi domestic and foreign fabrics
they see the throngs Of customers pour
NJ IA and out; they enyey the mcr-
chants elegant iur1-outs, his we,l-iur-
nlsAed mansion, his stocks in the bank
and tia, general ar Of ,oL fdenoe which
success gives. They dchlare, perhaps,
that II they had only gone inio trade
ON that spot, then fortunes would have
been secare. Bu suppose they had
Ia all human probability they would
long ago have beea bankrup S, whereas
they lave just managed to keep
their heads above wacr, and may be
thankful that they ale out Of The poor
house. The fact is, they lacked the
very essentials Of business success.
They eAhbled neither eanestIess, pa
ticnce or perseyeronte indispensable
elements, all, Of that he Which wins III
whatever direction its energies are turn
ed. They were coutlt TO wish and
dream, while othera, IS Striking tell
ing blows for themselves in liie's great
laboratory There was a time when Ihe
well.to-do merchant cravlcd, when, b5
industry and flugality, he laid tn, foun.
dations of his abundant estate But
the enyious man who ina gines that liz
might have dore the s. me thing. inmps
his day cf small things, and looks on
" upon Success acAle,od. The stols
leading to 1t were t0ilaome aud Often
disliearte4iing in the extreme
Fast Age.
1t is truly astonishing to think what
Il fast age We are now living in. What
numbers Of wonderful enterprises have
been conceived of, tested aud fully de.
veloped, within the recollec ion of men
still III the active business life. Witness
the hundred Of Ingenious AID practica
bic @ays Of turning the power Of steam
to man S advantage; besides the steam
boats and rairoads The wonderful
achievement 5f the telegraph across iht
ocean and around he world. the grca
velocity at Nhich Enogledpo is nov
spread abroad with prinfin y-pressc
capable OF throwing of 25.000 sheet
an hour, instead Of three hundred, a
was the case few Years since; the ex
tensi,e use cf coal for fuel, instead 0
wood; the Illuminating gas, and kero
sene lights instead oi the tallow dips. =
And still the cry is-"O Onward" Mex
comes in anticipation a penpmatic rail
road throughout New York city an,
under the water TO Brooklyn, for whicl
a company is already formed with
capital Of Sl0.000,000. The plan is t,
dig channel through the street, an6
in it build brick cylinder some thir
teen fee in diameter, lay the rails an,
put IN the passenger cars, and thel
cover it with the street as usual Thes
cars are to be propelled at the rate Q
100 miles an hour, from station 70 sta
iion, by atmospheric pressure from
stationary engines TIE plan has alread
been tested in London. on short line
and is in practical use with a small cyl
inder, for carrying mail bags and ex
press parcels.
The next great project is the metho,
proposed for supplying New York. an,
other cities and villages in that State
with Eliminating gas The plan is /,
manufacture the gas al iLe coal pits i
Pennsylvania, iustead Of transportin.
the coal TO New York for the purpose
and convey i through mains for hund
reds of miles, and distribute it wher
needed, in tho same way as water j
now furnished to cities.
The neyt scheme is to travel throug
the AR with balloons, propelled by cleo
trio engines; the balloon 10 be guide,
from point tc point, AZ certain alt
,ude, by being connected to rod Z
iron, elevated like telegraph wire, an
the same would also be a telegraph In