The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1870-03-10

tiles, and accomplish as much in o
single day as required weeks,
months or years 1rmerIy.
Use tho means within your
reach; there Is something for eve-
rybody to do; and place for eve
ry one who is willing TO work.
Don't depend upon your own
lungs alone; use the lungs Of the
Press.
Don't depend alone upon your
own hands, or the labor Of other
mems bands; use steam power if
possible.
Make it known by printers ink
that You are prepared TO do bust.
ness.
4 Confess ignorance in regard to
subjects on which yOn are amin
formed; listen and learn.
BE silent when : fudl talks; be
will cease the sooner; you cannot
gain by his converse.
Be ashamed Of nothing but
your own errors.
Calculate the probabilities OF
the future; increase and multiply
the means Of information.
70 compete successfully with a
Dcigbbor, participate in the iacili.
ties afforded to 60 ahead.
The door TO wealth, respecta bill.
ity, influence and honor, is thrown
wide open to all
Establish yourself on the broad
and sound basis Of integrity; con
duct your business with intelli>
gence and judgment.
Trife not with serious matters,
and be not serious about trihes.
Wisdom and virtue make the
poor rich and the rich honorable.
There is no deep hidden mystery
10 be studied or practiced to carry
on business successfully; on the
contrary, all that any honest, leg
itimatc concern, demanded by the
public wants, requires, is fair judg-
ment, close industry, unwavering
integrity, superior Workmanship,
fair prices, and TO do better by the
customers, if possible, than Others
in the same business can do by
theirs-and give it publicity.
Let the business Of others alone.
and attend to your own.
Don't buy what you don't want;
use every hour TO the best advan>
tage, aud study even to make leis-
ure hours useful.
Find recreation in looking after
your business, and your busin ess
will not be neglected in looking af
Ter recreation.
Buy fair, sell fair, take caro- Of
the profits, and be economical.
Should misfortune overtake you
retrench, work harder. but never fly
the track; confront difficulties III
unfinching perseverance; should
you then fail, you will be honored;
bnt shrink, and you will be despis>
ed
Consider the causes of the good
standing Of some, and the decline
and fall and want of success of 9th
ers, and regulate your conduct ac-
cordingly,
The trickstcrs, deceitful, and dis.
honest are rarely prosperous, for
when confidence is withdrawn,
poverty is likely to follow.
With the preservation Of an up.
right character, il the opportuni-
ties for acquiring knowledge and
cultivating the mind, which lie in
every ones way, be properly i'm.
proved, respectabili y, influence
and perhaps wealth, may be the re
ward.
Resolve to perform what yor
ought; and perform without tai
what you resolve.
Reflect on what you see anC
hear. Set your mind ut work
reason with candor; weigh wei
and consider for yourself, decide
and act.
Be civil and obliging to all; il
costs nothing, and is worth much
Be kind, liberal and.just to al
connected with your business.
Be not diverted from your duty
by any idle reflections the silly
world may make upon you; their
censures are not in your power
and consequently should not b(
any part OF your concern.
Rest satisfied with doing well
and leave others TO talk as they
will.
Never regret what is irretrieva
bly, lost
Never believe that which seemI
improbable.
Never expose your disappoint
ment to the world.
Never speak boastingly of YOU
business; keep your own counse
about the management of your of
! fairs.
Be charitable according to you
means.
Never complain of beingill used
Always speak well of you
friends, by serving them in th
best manner, and never lot then
be deceived or disappointed.
Sell at small profits, for cash
and make it known through tn
newspapers.
There are no less than sixty
, tour persons confined in the OhiC
|, Penitentiarv and sentenced to