The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-10-03
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licahir 90 goat a.A~. 10 ~yrry pur.uit IN life
o., -tatrni-t - az Ensit.hnan syIrrt-ue- slisht
a!''r,d :" adapt t g. AmrrIc.n rvairr. The style
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hls ~ '''U reh'',td T., Mtk, speculation lik
I ihsi - uitns Mic su,tttl 10 iiudr | hate ru,
q" tihs. have WORKED ~, MAJ siDAi, mp tn,
hill i'p D., sirt hnd mt oNn succ..s has Nj
much 9sioai.h'u ne. ~ ihrir OWu ~hni ~ Il has
s,c, as.nti.hei intnt 90 thosr 30 hrgln life IL
advance Vi mr. A. / has" niWa.t otisti vel tina
90 i.,t 'os" ihr s,-rI ii tir,fy o. sluss, act
.u''' .'" g nn "u.d, Lr To- %, sting oi a,iluu
nov rnfI ore 20 ahuii tii- compensation To- ihus,
/ in whom rtn s'~ thar int heiicr fortune hA
ltcn thc c'gs, - snur j-alOas, ani hchtt.burn
ing.
The causes Di faint uile - ,uur literary mel
81, are oh,ious. Whiic those ~ fortune ar. hid
3 d,a Hidden. >uput,r they are. rom foolish
unrta,u,a men hn', REALLY. they are no, yer,
difficult iu discover " unn Of plain common
s'use. WHO i- hot 'litd,d hy srlf-couc,ii
f When ',V,ni'"n ! ~H. rsomo',d from mcs.
sig.-lu; iu bc ,urti. 100 %" ulli,r 81 onr ~ IN,
f IrHaln- aNUrUt!s ~ Sii.,tion ~ sAiatV tot
'hter year wa. $50 and live! IN Sl25
In NO. hu~,Ncf. s"iug Ia take up time With au
account Ui h"w Ought with povrrit. or of how
made myself = .uuud aWyrr by stud, ing while
others wet, smoking % sl'eping. have known
many mru Whu wcr" rs diiigeni ~ | WAS hu,
I who have s'urk ia the mud. ncvrfit,lss You
/ vii hArdit Wshr yOuf way 10 lusinrss without
I being indus. .int=. and without knowing YOUR
hGsinc,,--..tl 'i.'sr qualifications ~ ar ~
have seen. a.r .lnafii, qui'c suili.leni To Keep
bus.uess "Lira a. itsn made iur ou. but no,
Z 20 ina..c tu'.
! ! saw iLi, Vtry early in life 81; was no,
what il c.l', stuart fellow, and luckil, never
thought Na,. NJ fr.lUw.cl,rk. sam, could
write tusin's. letter ia quarter the time il
I took nlc Ihtu. SAN letter was mat sharp
aLi 10 IA" point. while uiinr Nns hardly rcsfsec-
I table grauWar Conceive ihtn The asionish.
mcui Of sam Of ms sell. sud n' the whole Office
When the situation oi ,.ffesioaiing ciefk-ihc
most dignif,d aud hest paid "a the onice-wa-
I
time. bat subsequently, the ny sitry was made
plain 10 u.c. Two 81 those above me had a mark
agaius, thCiu for immoral conduct while the
temperament Of my friend sam vas not busi-
ucss one. lie had an irresistible tendency, both
in speech aud correspondence to let men see v hA,
he thought of them. My own letters. | can see
on looking lack, never tell into this error and so
never got our cinllo,er into hO, water so long
as we gained our point. and did what was fair
ourselSes, where was the use Of letting one man
sec that you thought him silly aud another that
you thought him dishoncsif | took precious
good care 10 see as far as other people, but took
Il possible, greater care that nobody should see
how much saw. Ms cu- WAS alWays To make a
man, il possible, we'll pleased with himsclf and,
AZ the same iii.' 10 make him FEEL that h. could
not get he o., ~ mc
Then " .A, good-humored. wns no,
y" ng 10 .'i i...,u cut inc ttcagsc hc had done
I inc an iujgit irr on the other hand was 20.
! iug iU ra' ...ai lusc ! saw that hr SUSPECTED
1 that h1i '!unr hin one. While stro,e aud |
| believe with suecr.s. Ia tc gocd-humorci and
pleasant 20 every cue ! avoided excessive inii.
macy with nay uuc-haVing observed that this
I Is almost al~ais the prelude 10 n quarrel FIRST
comes hot Weather then thunderstorm, aud
I then cold never was confidential, a. IL !.
7 called. With any cue. Was ans bod, ever o.
4 without rtiuui,ng ~ u
had u hard fight, too, aid was OF the uthe,
side - thirty before saw my way 10 being any.
thing mote Than clerk. sAw good man,
men get step or two IN advance Of me- through
luck, but never consumed my energy 10 jealuui
'rcii.n- ur this ,cc .unt Mature gave me- a good
iiss.i,ur. aud took the affairs a, lite coolly ant
/ with good temper My chance would rnmc-
aut even II IL iii not, though desired fortune
wn. frusa. and could enjoy life wiihuu, il AZ
uncle a. SANE, ! iemeniLtr who had murh IL
his poser. l'ss ed him over in good appoint
20 whom hc gave 1t was the spn of inan frou
.hoin thc Uncle expected something Could AM
thing haze been more reasonable aud natural
( Yet what did the sllN Sam DO IT, wrote ai
angry letter io his uncle, full ~ bosh about ''cOn
duet 20 his own hrOihef's SON. the bfOlhsr wh,
had hclied him 80 generously whra be was poor,
etc. Now, hos can men expect the world 10 re-
ward them II they won aiap, themselves to IL
DO they think hat IL Is going out Of It's dali
path to mri their notions of justice and genero
sity No good 1t was plain 20 nie, could eve
come OF hcin- out Of humor with any one, and
hardly ever felt the inclination. n u man iric,
IL cheat me- didn't ALLOW him. tut felt no an
ger with him. Men pursued their own interests
| ypr.u.d nine. rndeavorri b. good .humor
know l,dgc of business, and attention, aud b.
scTupulous conformity 20 the uslgus " fociety, 4
ineti, the reward which society has TO give an
by patience got IL.
soon saw that, Of all things TO he avoided b.
ihose wao have their position 10 make, Is the Al
feciion Of conventional nOn-coniormity Wh
but an ma, Sam used Ia say, would mind you
wearing a cap INSTEAD Of n hat, " you end q ca
more comfortable aud then Sam would glanC
with contempt at my well.btushed beaver. an
NJ my neat black Kid gloves, whirh ! alway
wore when had got as far up In the world As
justify the expense. But, ha, ha Sam, my boz
! used 10 think, let those laugh who win. nevl
troubled my head much with what the woTl
ought to think was not smart enough to ~
Il right, and what II did think always seemed |
me much the moro important point.
Nature, admit, has given me some OutwaF
advantages for getting on. Of these have car
fully made the most am tall and broad .ches
ed With gray hair standing erect upon 40 amp
and commanding. looking forehead. Ny pre-
cnce," have often observed, In the bank
which ] am manager, Is sufficient TO bring gui
aud confusion into the face ofthe man who brinl
ne a doubtful bill for discount. while the hcari
ness OF my laugh-ihe style Of ones laughter
a point 10 be carefully attended io--and the co
dial way In which ! can shake hands when
choose, has brough, many n strong mans q
count 10 the bank. | have always brrn most a
ten,ivc 10 drcss--and my costume has been neA
~ the same fur twenty years. ] wear q blas
irock.coai, vesi of the same material, with darl
gray trowsgn. Since ! was made manager
the bank have carried gold. headed cane, wi
which walk TO aud from the Office. On Il
same occasion bought gold repeater watc
which wear with geld seals, in the good o
fashion. ! must say that laid aside my old >
= yer iurnip with regret Il had kept me true
many ousinsss engagement 10 the days Of youl
ful struggle.
i, . know Of nothing which argues more sgal.