Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-01-25
Holding On,

EIOlcSSOE ,1lult, III iSllIIlC HuluulC3
-takes Of Educated Men" says the following
excellent things to young men who meet with
;discouragomcnts in their early beginnings
of professional life :
Another point on which young men make
mistake is in not holding on to the calling
or profession aoAtcA lie chooses OF course,
one may make SO foolish a choice, may err so
cgrcgously in the first step, that to retraco it,
and begin anew at something else, is indis-
pensablo.s The tendency, however, is very
strongly in ono direction When ono man
persevcros in ascalling that he ought to aban-
don, dozen mon abandon their calling who
ought to. stick lit It is not difficult to ac-
count for this. All those kinds Of business
which arc surcst in tho end, which pay best
/. in tho long run,. arc slowcst iii beginning to
yield rcturn Tho young lawyer or pAysi>
clan has to creep along at first at most esii
couraging pace. In those early years Of pro
fessional probation, when tho man is hardly
oarning his salt, some other business opens
before him that promises an immediate income
{ something that will bring him at once two
or three simcs what he is receiving. The
temptation is strong indeed In the eager,
ness for Immediate results, he is apt to forget
one essential point of difference between the
two prospects. Tho one isn little rill which
is destined to flow on, with ever increasing
volume, till it becomes the brook, the majcs-
( tic river, the otllor as canal, no bigger or
deeper at the end of its course than at the
beginning. In determining the question,
then whether to hold on to the profession or
business which you have chosen, think not
Of the present size of the rill, but whether it
is likely to expand as it proceeds. And be
not easily disheartened. Let mo say for your
encouragement, if it be needed, that four
thousand young mon who have been under my
Soares as an educator, and whose career in life
itahas been my privilege moro or less to OBJ
scryo, have very rarely known one to fail
who industriously pcrsevcrcd in tho calling
which he chose. /" Tcnan propositi," is tho
commendation of the Roman moralists Stick
to your purpose. Tt is a most valuable habit
of mind to cultivate. You need not carry it
to ,obstinaoy-t though even that error is better
than its opposite. Do not shrink from the
reputation Of being a plodder. It is a better
augury of young man than to hear of hin,
as being prcma.urely brilliant-as starting off
in the career of life with a grand dash.
Look into your own minds now, while just
eepausing upon tho thres hold Of your career
and 500 if there is within you this vacilating
disposition. sccifSyou are disposed to begin
a study or an enterprise Of any kind, and af-
ter chasing it awhile, buttcr-aylikc to give
it up for some new fancy It is most com
mon habit of the mind with the young. 1t
is, however, a habit which at your ago may
be overcome. L have known hundreds of in
stances Of young men who, being unsteady and
fckle of purpose, have become srcadfast, un-
wavoring, tenacious. What is needed to bring
about such chance is an honest deliberate
review of ones charactcrin this respect, and
n firm resolve to amend what is found amiss.
Itis with aview to do for you what thirty years
ago was dono for me, that now place this
point 80 distinctly before you. Tenacty of
purpose is tho indispensable condition of sue
cess in whatever you undertake. You must
learn to hold on.
HENs.-Somc one has given tho following
signs for distinguished hens that other will
not lay at all or only few eggs in the spring,
and take vacation for tho remainder Of the
year
Hens that lay arc OF tho roost at tho first
dawn OF. tho morning, while barren hens Of
ten remain thcro until tho sun is high in the
sky, or until tho laying hons have ample time
to fll5thcir crops. laying hens have a vora-
oious appetite, while barren hens arc often
worry indifferent about eating. Hens that are
about to commence laying, or that do lay cv.
cry day OF every alternate day, arc as active
in obtaining feed for themselves as ono hav-
ing a brood of hungary chickens is dilligcnt
in scratching out necessary feed for her young
ones. se &, Ua.l>
Al hen that lays an egg to day and another
tomorrow, has u comb and gis rcd and glow
ing, while the comb and gills Of harrcn hon
will bo colorlcss, pallidta and sometimes wrin.
Z killed. lind driod up. Whcna hen that laws
has eaten until hor crop appears distondcd to
B its utmost capacity, she will force down lii
Itlesmoro, while q barron ono will ofton appear
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