Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-20
HELP YOURSELVES.
BY W. NJ. rHAYKR.

MANY boys and girls make . failure in
life because they do not learn to help
themselves. They depend on father and
mother even TO hang up their hats and 70
find their playthings. When they bo-
come men and women, they will depend
on husbands and wives to do the same
thing "A nail TO hang . hat on" sAid
an old man OF eighty years, ais worth
everything TO . boy" He had bean
Through the mill, as people say, 80 that
he knew. His mother had nail for him
when he was boy-"a nail to hang his
hat on" and nothing else. It WAS
Henry's nail from January TO January,
year In and out, and no other member Of
the family was allowed 10 appropriate II for
any purpose Whatever. II the broom By
chance was hung thereon, or an apron or
coat, II was soon removed, because that
nail was TO hang Henrys hat on" And
that nail did much for Henry; 1t helped
mako him what he was in manhood-a
careful, systematic, orderly man, at home
and abroad, on his farm and In his house.
He never wanted another to do what he
could do for himself.
Young folks are apt TO think that oar
tain things, good In themselves, are noe
honorable. To be blacksmith or . boot
m6kOI, W WOIA III SotM VI o4AvV
team, IL beneath their dignity, ~ COM
pared with being . merchant or practis-
ing medicine or law. This II PRIDE, On
enemy 70 success and happiness. NJ
nscsssayy labor 10 discreditable. II ID
never dishonerable TO be us<fL. It 10 b.
meath no ones dignity to earn bread BY
the sweat Of the brow. When boys who
have such false notions of dignity become
men, they are ashamed to help themselves
as they ought, and for want Of this quality
they live and die unhonored. Trying 70
save their dignity, they lose It
Here II Q fact We have from very sue
cessfll merchant. When he began busi-
ness for himself, he carried his wares from.
shop To shop. At length his business in
creased to such an extent that he hired .
room ct the Marlboro Hotel, In Boston,
curing the business season, and thither
the merchants, having been duly notified,
would repair TO make purchases. Among
oil his customers, there was only one
man who would carry TO his store the
goods which he had purchased. The
buyers asked 70 have their goods carried,
and ofton this manufacturer would CoI1y
them himself. But there was one mar
chant, and the largest buyer OF tho whole
number, who was not ashamed 70 b
seen carrying case OF goods through
the streets. Sometimes he would puy-
chase four cases, and he would ray, "Now,
will take two, and you take two, and we
will carry them right over TO the store"
So the manufacturer and the merchant
often went through the streets Of Boston
cutie heavily loaded. This merchant, Of
all the number who went to the Marlboro
Hotel Tor their purchases succeeded In
business. He became . wealthy man
when all the Others failed. The maniac
turer, who was not ashamed 70 help HIM
self, IL now Hving-one Of the. wealthy
men OF Massachusetts, ready TO aid, by his
generous gifts, every good object that
comes along. and honored by I'll who
You have often heard and read the
maxim, "0od helps th0ss who help
thsmselvea" Il 1t not trusf--ksvys
MU&6UJWs