Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-06-30

VIII HR Succxxet-In nine ossss
out Of ten. no mss's iiis will hsa suseesa
II b. dos not bar hardsaa il bic esild-
hosa. the fsadse0 o. the v,aisy af
father ~ mother keps him from contact
With hard verk: II i"ssssl At taking bin
tara ss pisehine Oh. b. .ov-d away eli
shs tia--in shess. il What vas light ii.
v.ya isll 10 him. and What v.s heavy
aboos The sase work 70 soms sae slss If
he he's hsea permit, I 10 shirk till shisk-
ing has become . habit -unlcss miracle
10 wrought. his life ~ill b. failure. and the
blame uill not be hslf - much bis a. tia,
Of weak foolish parents.
On the other hand. IL boy has been
hroughApp to do his part; never allow
ed to sS'rk any legitimate respon .ibili,y !;
or p rmitscd to dodge work, whether ~
not it made his bsck sche. or soiled his
hands. until bearing heavy burdens he.
came a matter Of pride. the heavy end Of
the wood his from choice-parcnts. -
they bid him Ro,d-by. may dismiss their
fears. His life viii no: be . business fail-
ere. The elements o! success are his.
and At some time ard in some way the
world will recognis, his capacity.
Take another point. Money is the ob.
ject Of the worlds pursuit It isa legi-
innate object. I: give, breai. and cloth.
ing. and homes. and comfort. The world
has no. judged wholly un sisely when i,
has made tho position man occupies e.
hinge more or less on his ability to earn
money. and somevhat upon the amount
Of his possessions. II no is miserably
poor. il either argues some defect in hil
business ability. some recklsssness in hi,
expenditures, or . lack Of fitness 70 COPS
with men in the great battle for goll.
4 When . couns:y-boy leaves homo, it Il
.kfenerally to enter upon ,mc business th,
end of which is to acquire property. an,
he will sucscrd just in proportion - h
has been made 70 earn and save in hi.
childhood.
II all the money be haa has come o
planting little patch in the spring. ant
selling it's produce after weary months o
Watching AMI toll in the FALL or from ki!
ling woodchucks 1t six cents . head. o.
from trapping musk rats. and se!lius
their skins Tor shilling, setting snare
in the fall for game. and walking miles =
see them in the morning before the oil
folks were up hu.king corn for neigh
Dor. moonlight evenings. At two cents
bushel; working out m occasional do,
that hard work ut home has made posi-
ble--hc is good to make his pilo in tn
world.
On the contrary. il the boy never earn
ed collar il parents aud friend. Away
kept him in spending -money pennies 4
buy candy end 6.h-hooks. and sati,fy hi
imagined wants-And he has grown I,
manhood in the expectancy that the worl,
will generally treat him with similar con
sheraton, ha will always be q make
shift; aud the fault is not 50 much his n,
chat Of ,h"sc about him, who never ina !
the boy depend upon himseIf-did no
make him wait six months to get none
to replace Lost jack-kuife.
Every body has to rough it a. one tim
or another. II the roughmg comes i
boyho'd. it does ge.'d il later. when hab
, its are formed, i. is equally tough; bu
/ not being educational. is generally use
, less. And the question as to whether
, young man viii succeed in making mo
, ney or not depends not upon where h
goes or what he does. but upon his vii
lingnc.s to do ''his part" aud upon hi
having earned mon y. and 70 gained
knowledge Of its worth. Not little q
this valuable experience and knowledg
. the country boy gets on tho old farm. Ut
der the tutel.ge Of parents shrewd enoug
, to see the eud from the beginning. and
> make the labor an! grief Of children COZ
tribute to The success Of subscqueus lif,
Hearth and Home.