The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-04-16

sploughing nd'other manual occu-
patfons Of that sort, as his work,
and his writings only as his past
time: so much so, that it seems
more than possible that he wrote
while his tired team was resting,
and at other intervals of labor, in
stead of whittling-the popular
past-time which would have, engag-
ed the attention of most men under
the circumstances-only because he
was too poor to own q pen knife.
So. with the lazy Goldsmith, who
seems to have been impelled to un-
lock those rich treasures of his
gifted mind, only by the spur of
hunger for daily bread, and then,
only because he regarded himself
as unfortunately incapable of doing
something better and more honor
able. So with thousands who have
unexpectedly and unconsciously
s'sounded all the depths and shoals
of fame % a.-- ~s'=.'-- T'a la-
| The moral I would have drawn
from all this, and what 1 would have
every youth most thoroughly and
practically taught, is, that the only
safe course, and the only course
that will surely place them in the
highest and best positions they are
capable of reaching and filling, is
this, that one must never upon any
consideration. stand idle for sin
gle moment waiting for something
better to turn up, Or waiting for
something better to do than they
see at present but they must of
/ with their coats without delay, and
work zealously at the best thing
they can find to do now, for which
they have capacity.
Yes dig. delve, saw wood, carry
a hod, anything that is useful and
honest, until you can find something
more acceptable and refining to do
and something that you are sure
you can do, then drop the hod, and
do that something better until you
have complete assurance of safely
making another upward step: Il
Never stand idle mourning over
1.-The past, or waiting for the future
but keep your hands, and heads
and hearts constantly full Of the
best things of the present (and whe1
I say best I mean the best you cal
get without waiting). s
In this way, if you have ambition
be, assured you will climb as fast a
your strength will permit. To dt
so faster, would only result in
broken neck. - I .-r9
From want of attention to thes
precepts, our land is now full o
loafers, and the occupation seem!
to be growing more popular ever,
day, despicable and demoralizing a
it is. ~ +.ts E'-5: JnE
| Most men become loafers be
cause, in some way, they have un
fortunately been taught to turn III
their noses at such work as Co.
has set before them, and to regar'
it as beneath their high aim, instea,
Of looking upon it as one of tn
lower steps to the goal of their am
bition, as it really is, and a ste]
without which, they can never reacI
it. .-.t. -...
A raw apprentice must not ex
pect to be put upon the fine worl
first; and if he resolves to loaf unit
he is put upon it, he will be lost
| Much as despise, and deprecate
and deplore the dangerous, demor
alizing and damning business o
selling whisky by the drink, 1 woul
rather see young man engage il
it, if he can find nothing better t,
do, so far as the risks Of danger t,
himself are concerned, than becom
a common loafer The loafer is
without leaven, and has no powe
to rise but like Hugo's man in th
quicksand, he must sink deeper am
approach nearer to his horribl
death with every movement h
makes, and finally die the willin
victim Of all sins, Of which idlenes
is the father. E
Up then and work. And jus
now there, is need-oh! there j
greatest need of honest work every
wherein public and in private S
much so, that if there are any tru
patriots left in the land, their cor
slant prayer must be: "Oh God c
Heaven! forgive the sins Of thi
nation, and save, o save my suffer
ing country from the selfish dishor
esty other children; the only fo
she can have to fear" 4 ut s
! 1t does almost seem that on
heretofore Heaven -blest nation
now in great danger of being div
ded, rent into civil feuds, dishonol
$. ed and lost, for want Of less right
eous men than would have save
Sodom. In private hundreds O
thousands of dollars worth of har
earned, but poorly constructed prop
erty are lost within every twenty
four hours, and thereby scores c
families turned homeless and per
niless upon the world, from no othe
cause than the dishonesty Of me
chanics in sighting the work fo
; which they were well paid, in orde
= to add a few. cents to their dali
; gains. - .*ts- 1888 1T - = q 2
.Shoddy is now the rule and goo
cloth the exceptions, everywhere, i
all trades and professions, the law
yers not excepted), SO much SO
that one is even ulprised to hear
fearless honest sermon from th
pulpit, that does not mince matter
and step round carefully, as it wert