Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-08-10
Ingenuity and Industry.

Tt is q natural ami bition in man tha
impels him to seek responsibility in hi
avocation. The union of large profit an(
fair repute is very desirable, and stamps
the calling that controls such combination
as first class. There are many of these
calliDgs, presupposing they are engaged
in with due energy and capability, and
conducted with due integrity of purpose
but they cannot be readily enjoyed with.
out capital, experience and business repu
tation.
The ideas entertained by the communi.
ty of respectability in business are vari-
Gus and contradictory. One judges by
| the eommodious ware-rooms, magnificent
| ly appointed another by the extent and
variety of the stock; third by the social
position and style of living adopted by
the proprietors, and so on through the in
terminable list. 1t is doubtful whether
many judgments are founded in fact, and
perhaps immaterial to the result In our
opinion picking may be pursued quite
as respectfully as selling ribbons, tape and
calicoes, with the benefit of any doubt that
may arise to go in favor of the rag picker.
The story of Pere Chapellier, Parish
an genius, is known to many readers. He
was in early life soldier, and when dis
charged from service had neither money
nor trade Casting about for employ
ment, he discovered that rag picking might
be made to yield something for his profit,
and soon proved himself shrewder and
more successful than those who had fol-
lowed the business for a lifetime. Hav-
ing accumulated some money. he aspired
to higher calling, and turned to mar ket-
ing poultry. Discovering that experienced
purchasers could detect fowls not recently
killed by the color of their legs he in
vented coloring varnish which deceived
the. sharpest buyers, and enabled him to
make large profits. ~
}, Selling the secret to fellow-tradesman
for considerable sum, he turned to an
other line of business, and devoted him.
self to the buying and selling of crusts
and fragments of bread. Bargaining with
keepers of hotels and restaurants. and
with servants of wealthy families for all
the leayings of the table ID the bread line,
be opened shops for the sale of the frag-
ments to the poor, and soon established
an immense and lucrative trade. Taught
by experience, he found the crusts could
be used in many ways, for the making of
soups, of sayory dishes with crumbs. and
other varieties of diet acceptable to the
poor. He put his knowledge to practical
use, and his shops became known to all
the lower classes of Paris, and were for
MANY years their favorite places of resort.
1t seems almost incredible that bust
ness of this character should take such
large dimensions but it has increased
till Cbapellier now has immense ware
houses where bread is gathered, stored
and classified. and keeps vast number
of horses and carts traversing the entire
city for collecting and distributing the
fragments and crusts.i He confines him
self strictly to this single line Of business,
personally experimenting all its details.
and has accumulated fortune almost
fabulous. He has given handsome dove
rics to three daughters, all of whom have
married WE'LL and even now be is known
as millionaire His experiences teaches
the valuable lesson that brain and energy
applied to the humbiest ayocation can
make it lucrative, and therefore .srespec-
table"