Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-02-26
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HINTS As TO THRIVING.

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of success. Nothing but rags and power
~ can come of idleness. Elbow grease
Is the only stuff TO Make 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 bl oadcloth; and he who is not
ashamed of the apron will soon be able
to do without it.
DoN'r HURRY believe in travelling on
step by step; don't expect TO be rich IL
Jump. Slow and sure is better than iaSt
and fimsy. Perseverance, by its daily
gains. enfiches man far more than MS
and starts of fortunate speculation. Llttie
flashes are sweet. Every day a thread
makes a skein in 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 the worse speed. Haste trips up Its
own heels Don't give up small business
till YOU see that large one will pay you
better. Even crumbs are bread. Better
a 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 Trying pan
into the fire Remember many men have
done well in very small shops. little
trade with profit is better than great con-
Germ at loss: a 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 the bucket is always
there to catch it, Large hares may be
caught in small woods. \ sheep may get
fat in a small meadow and starve IN 4
great desert. He who undertakes tos
much succeeds but little. Two shops are
like two stools, man comes to the ground
between them You may burst a bag by
irving to fill it too full, aud ruin yourself
by grasping at too much.
BE SENsIBLE-Do not be above your
business. He who turns up his nose at
his work qtrrrels with his bread and butter. |
lie is poor smith who is afraid OF his
own sparks there's some discomfort in all
trades except chimney-sweeping 1t sal
lors gave up going to sea because OF the
wet; ii bakers lett off baking because it j,
hot work if ploughmcn would not plough
because of the cold, and tailors would not
make our clothes for fear OF pricking their
fingers, what pass we should come to.
Nonsense, my fine fellow, there's no shame
about any honest calling; don't be afraid
of soiling your hands, there's plenty OF
soap to be had. All trades are good to
good traders. Luciter matches pay well
If YOU sell enough of them. You cannot
get honey if you are frightened at bees,
nor SOW corn if you are afraid OF gett ing
mud on your boots. When bars of iron
meltunder the south wind, when You can
dig the fields with toothpicks, blow ships
along with fans, manure the crops with
lavender water, and grow plumcakes in
tiowerpots, then will be a fine time for
dandes; but until the Millennium comes
we shall all have deal to put up with,
and had better bear our present burdens
than run helter-sketer where we shall find
matters deal worse. Plod is the word.
Every one must row with such oars rs he
has. and as he can't choose the wind, he
must sail by such rs God sends him. Pa
tience and attention will get on in the long
run If the cat sits long enough at the
hole she will catch the mouse. Always 1T
it grows good cabbage and lettuce where
others grow thistles. l know as a plough !
man that it is up and down, up and down
the fields that ploughs the acres; there's
no getting over the ground by mile ut a
time He who plods on, the clods on,
rods on rods will turn of the sods while
laziness mods.
BE SouARELY HONEST Never try dirty !
lodges to make money. 1t will never pay |
YOU to lick honey off OF thorns. An honest
man will never make a dog of himself for
the sake of getting Il 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 peli; it is like |
drowning yourself in a well to gets drink
of water. Take nothing in hand that may |
bring you repentance.
SPEND WIsELY-Look most to your
spending. No matter what comes in, if
more goes ont 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 are many, make great
waste. Hair by hair heads get bald.
Straw by straw the thatch goes off the
cottage, and drop by drop the rain comes
into the chamber. a barrel is soon empty, |
if the tap leaks but drop minute. |
When you mean to save, begin with your
mouth there are many thieves down the
red lene. The ale jug is great waster.
In all other things keep within compass.
In clothes choose suitable and lasting stuff,
and not tawdry fineries. To be warm is
the main thing; never mind the looks.
Never stretch your legs further than the
blankets will reach, or you will soon be
cold. A fool may make money, but it
needs wise man to spend it. Remember
it is easier to build two chimneys than to
keep one going. If you give all TO back
and board, there is nothing left for the
savings bank. Fare hard and work hard
while you are young, and you have
chance Of rest when you are old.-John
Ploughman's Talk.