Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-03-30
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In nine casesoutof ten, no man. =
life will be success If he does not
bear burdens in@hi childhood. If
the fondness of the vanity Of fa-
ther or mother have kept him from.
hard work ! if another salways
helped him out at the end of his
row +; il, instead of taking bis turn.
I at pitching off, he moved away
all the time-in short, if what was
light always fell to him, and what
was heavyabout the same work to.
someone else ; if he has been per-
mitted to shiIk- until shirking has
become q habit--unlessa miracle
fis wrought, his life will be a fail
ure, a6dsthe hblsmeCwilf not he
half SO much his as that of weak
foolish parents.--==.-=====srua--
On the other hand, if a boy has
been brought up to do bis part.
never allowed to shirk any iegiti--
mate responsibility, or to dodge
work, whether or not it made his,
heart ache, or soiled his hands I'm
til bearing heavy burdens becomes
a matter of pride, the heavy, end
of the wood his choice-paients as
they bid him good bye, may dis
miss theirfearsg His life will not
be a business failure: s Theoe!e--
ments of success are his, and at
some. time and in some way the
world will recognize his capacity.
Take another point. Money is,
the object Of the worlds pursuit.
1t is a legitimate object Itgives
bread and clothing, and homes and
comfort. The world has. not
judged wholly unwisely when it
has made thepesitioif a man occh-
pies to hinge comparatively more
or less on, his ability to earn mon-
ey, and somewhat upon the y g.
mount of his possessions. If he
is miserably poor it argues either
some defect in his expenditures, or
a lack of fitness to cope with men.
in the great battle for goldl a-Go
When colntry-bTed boy leaves
home it is generally to enter up
on some business, the end ofwbnlb
is to acquire property, and he will
succeed just in proportion as be-.
has been made to earn and save in,
his childhood. -.--.-.r,
If nll the money he has lad has
come of planting a little patch. Ill.
the spring, and selling iis pro-
ducts after weary months OF watch
ing and toll in the fall, or from
killing woodchucks at six cents T.
head, or from trapping muskrat~
and selling their skins for shill-
ing; setting shares in the fail for
game, and walking miles to see
them in the morning, before the
old folks were up; husking corn
Tor neighbor moonlight evening"
At two cents a bushel !; working
out al occasional day that hartj3
work at home made possibls1-he,
s good to make his pile al the
world. -,-.f s.s ,.-.ss.,f.. aso5,s
On the contrary, if the boy has.
never earned a dollar; if parents
Ind friends always kept him in
Ipending money-pennies to buy
candies and fshhoeks, and satisfy
lis imagined wants--and he has
grown to manhood in the expec-
:ancy that the world will general
y treat him with similar consid-
,ration, he will always be make
Ihift; and the fault is not SO much
lis as that of those about him,
who never made, the boy depend
ipon himself--tlid not make him.
wait six months to get money to.
'eplace a lost ijaekknife. dgus Ei
Every one has TO rough it at.
,ne time or another, If the rough
ng comes in boyhood, it does
rood if later, when habits are
ormed, it is equally tough, but
lot being educational, isgeneraliy
lseless. And the questionfwheth-
II young man will succeed in
money or not depends not
lp0n where he goes or what he
loes, but upon his Willingness TO
10 f'his part" and upon bis hav-
nc. canned money, and 80 gained
! knowledge Of its worth Nota
title OF this valuable experience
ind knowledge the country boz
.ets onzthe old farm, under the
uteIagea of odd parents shrewd
:nopgh tosse. the end from the be-
inning, and to make the, labor
nd grief of children contriEute to.
he success OF subsequent life.
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