Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-06-25

NV rewards tue taftucf . toI. 40 %
little differ 1t 70 discover how the thing
is done, since the one cannJt be the le-
Ultimate fruit or natural result of the
other. Toll implies Strenuous exertion'
though not, rs a matter OF necessity
such as overtasks the faculties, yet Sc
verify of labor which is painful and ex-
hausling. There is something repulslve
in the idea of toiling on from day to day
and from week to week, whether It be
the fatiguing exercise either of mind or
body. while to be industrious seems To
be more inviting. To be industrious,
seems TO imply being useful to ourselves
and to the world by diligence in some
employment. either bodily or mental. or
even in habitual devotion to labor Tor
some valuable purpose. Industry ls d.
rectly opposed to sIolh and idleness. as,
for instance, il pays our debts and en-
hances our pile generally. and increases
our stock of knowledge. while idleness
or despair will increase our debts, d.
minish our means and not only exhaust
our stock of knowledge but weaken and
waste the intellect. There seems to be
sort of charm about industry and indus
trial pursuits, and whenever we find an
industrious man or an industrious COM
muuity, We find frugality, loyalty, moral
ity and, generally, religion. Industrious
men are always favorable to peace and
good order-incined to obey the powers
that be until a reformation can be legiti-
mately affected. And, in these thi gs
the world is improving. The present
generation is more industrious than our
fathers, and We at the west, are more in
dustrious TO day than our friends OF the
East, for the reason that at the present
time, and here in this comparatively new
county, the funds and means destined
as the reward of industry, as well as for
its maintenance, are much greater than
heretofore and elsewhere. Look, for in
stance, at the youGg man starting out ~
life in New England. He counts his
imaginary profits at one hundred dollars
per annum for the next twenty years,
and this is better than the average. And
now look at the young man starting
here. If the first five years of active in
duslriaI life do not give him the same
amount that he will accumulate there IN
twenty. be may safely infer that there is
q screw loose somewhere.
Y"upg man, be industrious. Spend
no time in sluth, idleness and dissipation.
II is al old proverb that "he that is
slothful in bis work is brother to him
that is great wasler;" aud Franklin
once said that :. slOth. like rust. consumes
faster than labor wears" Think mt to
live without industry. Ii is pleasant, IT
rs pr, ti'ahle and will secare 10 you n
compe,ence. Create something. pro
due something, or you are good FIR
n"thing TO society or to the world.
Think not to be drone, to live and to
fatten upon the labor Of others, and BY
so doing become an Improbable. as well
as an uuenviable me.nber of decent SO
ciety. The busy little bee is pattern
of industry. aud the bee, too. detcsis the
lrone. and their presence is not tolerated
mldbeir hives.
'All with united force combine to drive
The lazy drones from the laborious hives"
Work away while you are able; work
for The sake of health; work for the
sake nf wealth; work for the sake of
pleasure; work with the hands and work
with the mind. yet work not to excess, 10
toll, or to dru'lgery. An.