The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1870-12-17
Will lie Succeed?

In nine cnAl'S ont Of ten. no man life
will bc :, success it he does not htul bur
,leus in lis childhood. II tie londnesS
or the vanity Of father or ,uutlrr kept
him frUm contact with hard work if
another always helped h1n out at the
end of his sow; it, instead Of tatitt. hi,
turn at pitching OFT, he moved away all
the tin,c--iu short, il what WAS light al
ways fell to him, and what Was heavy
about the same wolA to some ore ,''-t.
If he has been permitted 70 shirk, it ll;:>
become hab:;, and uuleSs Il miracle j.,
wrought, his III" will be 4 failure. :Hl
the blame will moi he half as mack his .,s
that of weak, ioui!.h parents
On the other hand, If a boy has been
brought up t" do his part; never allow
ed to shlrk ANY Legitimate responsibility
or permitted to dodge work, whether or
rot it made his back ache, or soiied lis
hands. until bearing heavy hlldcns be
came IL matter of pride, the heavy eud vi
the wood his from choice--parrEts, as
they bid them goodbye, may dismiss
their fears. His life viii! not bc a failure.
The elcmetts Of success ale his, and at
some tine, in some way, the world will
recognize has capacity.
Take another point Money is the OBJ
ieet Of the worlds pursuit. 1t is le2'.-
innate Object. 1t gives bread, and rlotll-
irr, and homes. and comfort. I!le world
has not judged wholly un"isr?E W!.tA i
has made the position Il man occupic. to
hinge more or less on his ability to earn
money, and somewhat upon the amount
OF his possessions. If he is miscrahIv
poor, it either argues some defect i'll his
f>,,.-,
his expenditures, or a lack Of ttir-s to
copc~W it'll men in the great battle ior
gold,
When a country bred boy leaves home,
it is generally to enter upon some husi-
ness, tie end Of which is to acquire pro-
perty, and he will succeed just i'll pro-
save in his childhood.
If all the money he has had has come
of p!auting little patch i'll the spring,
anl selling its produce, after weary
Indnths of Watching and toll, or from
killing wood -chucks at six cents a head.
or from trapping mnsk-rats, and selling
their skins for a shilling; setting snarcs
iB the fall for game, and walking miles
to see them in the morning, before t:!c
old folks were up; hu>king corn for Il
neighbor, moonlight evenings, at two
cents busllel; working ont an occa-
sioual day-and that hard work at home
has made possible--tlen he is good to
make, his pile in the world.
On the contrary, if the boy never cara
ed dollar; if parents and friends al ways
kept him i'll spending money! often pen
MES to buy candy and tish-hooks to sat
isfy his imaginary wants-and he has
grown to manhood in the expectancy
that the world will generally treat him
with similar consideration, he will al
ways l,e make-shift and the fault is
not SO much his as that of those about
him, who never made the boy depend
upon himself--did not make him wait
six :.nenths to get money to replace
lost jaek-knife.
Everybody has to trough it' at one
time or another. If the roughing comes
in boyhood, it does good; if later, when
habits are formed. it is equally tough,
but not being educational, is generally
useless. And the question as to whether
q young man will succeed iu making
money or not depends not upon where
he goes or what be does, but upon his
WILLINGNESS Do do ''his part and upon
a ksiowledge of It's worth. Not little
of this valuable experience and Enowl.
edge the country boy gets on the old
farm, under the tutelage of parents
shrewd euough to see the end from the
beginning, and to make the labor and
grief Of children contribute to the sue.
cess Of subsequent life. - Hearth and