The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1870-09-15
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Work-Hard work is the grand se.
cret Of success. Nothing but rags and
poverty can come of idleness. Elbow
grease is the only stuff to mako gold
with. No sweat, no sweet. He who
would have the crows eggs must climb
the tree. Every man must build up
his own fortune nowadays. Shirt
sleeves rolled up lead on to best broad
cloth and he who is not Ashamed of
the apron vii! soon be able to do with
out it.
Don't Hur7y-Believc in trsveling
on step BY step; cont expect to be
rich in jump. Slow and sure is Bet
ter than fast aud Aimsy. Perseverance,,
by its daily gains, euriches man far
more than fits and starts of fortunate
speculation. Little fishes are sweet.
Every day thread makes . skefn in q
year. Brick by brick houses are built.
We should creep before we walk, walk
before We run, and run before We ride.
In getting rich the more haste tho
worse speed. Haste trips up his own
heels: Don: give up small business
till you see that large one will pay
you better. Even crumbs are bread.
Better little furniture than an empty
house. In these hard times, he who
can sit on stone and feed himself had
better not move. From bad to worse
is poor improvement. A crust is hard
fare, but none at all is harder. Don't
jump out of the frying-pan into the
fire. Remember many men have done
we'll in very small shops. A little
trade with profit is better than = great
concern at loss = small fire that
warns you is better than . large FIRE
that burns you. A great deal Of water
can be got from small pipe, if tho
bucket is always there to catch it.
Large hares mag be caught in small
woods. A sheep may get fat in . small
meadow, and starve 10 great desert.
He who undertakes too much accom-
plishes but little. Two shops are like
two stools, man comes to the ground
between them. You may burst bag
by trying to fill it too full, and ruin
yourself by grasping At too much.
Be Sensible not be .bove your
business. He who turns up his nose
At his work qaarrels With his bread aud
butter. He is poor smith who Is
afraid tf his own sparks; there's some
discomfort iu all trades except chimney.
sweeping. If sailors gave up going to
sea because of the vet; if bakers left
off baking because it is hot work; it
pleughmeu would not plow because Of
the cold, and tsilors would not make
our clothes for fear of pricking their
fingers, what sort of pass would it
come to? Nonsense, my fine fellow,
there's no shame about aoy honest call
ing; don't he afraid Of soiling your
hands, there's plenty of soap to be had.
All trades ale good to good traders.
Lucifer matches pay we'll if you sell
enough b of them. You Cannot got hon.
ey if you are frightened At bees, nor
SOW corn if you are afraid Of getting
mud on your boots. When bars Of
iron melt under the south wind, when
you can dig the fields with toothpieks,
blow ships along with fans, manure the
crops with lavender water, and grow
plumcakes with f1owerpots, then viii be
fine time for dandies but until the
Millennium comes We shall al have .
deal to put up with, and had better
bear our present burdens than run hel-
tcr-skelter where We shall end matters
worse. Plod is the word. Every one
must row with such oars as he has, and
as he can't choose the wind, be must
sail by such as God sends him. Pa
| tience aud attention will get on in the
long run. If the cat sits long enough
| at the hole she will catch the mouse.
Always at it grows good cabbage and
lettuce where others grow thistles. I
know as ploughman that it is up and
down, up and down that ploughs the
acres; there's no getting over the
ground mile at a time. He who
plods on, the clods on, rods on rods
will turn of the sods while lsxiness
| mods.
Be Squarely Honest-Never try
dirty lodges to make money. 1t will
never pay you to lick hon,y of Of
thorns. An honest man will not make
a dog Of himself for the sake Of get-
ting bone. He needs have a long
spoon who would eat out of the same
dish with Satan. Never ruin your
soul for the sake Of pelf; it is like
drowning yourself in we'll to get 4
drink Of water. Take nothing in hand
that may bring you repentance.
Spend Wisely.-Look most to your
spending. NJ mater what comes 10,
if more goes eut you will always be
poor. The art is not in making money,
but in keeping it; little expenses, like
mice in a barn, when they ars many,
make great waste. Hair by hair heads
get bald. Straw by straw tho th.tch
goes off the cottage, and drop BY drop
the rain comes into the, chamber. A
barrel is soon empty, Il the tap leaks