Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-08-26
..Stick to Your Bush"

MI. uOt an WAC d htSuS uuu diSo
a good man. The people Of the
town respected him, sent him 10 Par
lament, and seldom undertook any
thing without asking his advice. If
schoolhouse was to be built, the
| plan had to be talked over with him.
Widow P asked him what
she should plant in her field. ar
mer s. always got bis advia IN
buying cattle, and Mrs. R con-
suited him about bringing up her
boys.
When asked how be was so sue
eessful, Mr.. Morgan said: inos b
81 will tell you how it was. One
day, when | was lad, party Of.
boys and girls we're going to dis
tant pasture to pick whortleberries.
wanted to 60 With them, but was
fearful that my father would moi let
me. When | told him wba! was
going on, and he at once gave me
permission 10 60 Bitb them, could
hardly contain myself for JOY, and
rushed into the kitchen and got a
big basket, and asked mother for a
luncheon. had the basket on my
arm, and was just going out Of the
gate, when my father called me
back. He took hold Of my hand,
and said, in very gentle voice
''JOsepb, what are you going for,
to pick berries or play?' "To pick
berries, ! replied. "Then, Joseph,
] want to tell you one thing, 1t is
this: When you find a pretty good
bush, don't leave it to find better
one. The other boys and girls will
run about, picking little here and
little there, wasting a great deal of
time and not getting many berries.
If you do as they do you will come
home with an empty basket. If you
want berries stick to your bush."
II went with the party and we had
capital time. But il was just as
my father said. No sooner had one
found good bush, than be called
all the rest, and they left their sew
eral places AMI off to their new found
treasure. Not content more than
a minute or two in one place, they
rambled over the whole pasture, got
very tired, and at night haG but
very few berries. My fathers words
kept ringing in my ears, and |
stuck to my bush. When l had
done with one, | found another, and
finished that /; then | took another.
When night came, I had large bas-
ket full of nice berries, more thar
all the others put together, and was
not SC tired as they we're. l went
home happy. But when ! entered
| found my father had been taken
i'll. He looked at my basket of
ripe berties, and said: "Well done,
Joseph; was it not as i told you ?
Always stick to your bush.
"He died few days after, and I
bad to make my nay in the world IS
best ! could. But my fathers words
sunk deep into my mind, and nev-
'er forgot the experience of the
whor:leberry party-I stuck to my
bush. When bad 3 fair place, and
was doing WE'LL. l did not leave it
| and spend weeks and months in find
ing one little better. When other
young men said, Come with us and
We will make fortune in a few
weeks I shook my head; and
stuck to my BUSH Presently my
employers offered. to take me into
business With them, l stayed with
the old house until the principals
died, and then ] had everything |
wanted. The habit Of sticking to
my business led people to trust ne
and gave me character. | owe
all have and am, to this motto
eStick to your bush.'
An old farmer in Ohio having
read that the State cleared over
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