Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-02-22
VIII He Succeed!

In nine ca es out Of ten, no mans life will
be success if he docs not bear burdens in
his childhood. If the fondness or the vanity
Of father or mother have kept him'from hard
work if another always helped him out at
the end Of his row if, instead Of taking his
turn at pitching of, be moved away all the
time-in short, if what was light always fell
to him, and what was heavy about the same
work to some one else if he has been permitted
to shirk until the shirking has become hab-
it-unless a miracle is wrought his life will
be a failure aud the blame will not be half so
much his as that Of weak, foolish parents.
On the other hand if a boy has been brought
up to do his part never allowed to shirk any
legitimate responsibility, or to dodge work,
whether or not it made his heart ache, OF
soiled his hands,-until bearing heavy bur.
dens became a matter Of pride the heavy end
Of the wood his from ohoice-parenis, as they
bid him goodbye, may dismiss their fears
His life will not be business failure. The
elements Of success are his, and at some
time and in some way the world will recog
nize his capacity
Take another point Money is the object
Of the worlds pursuit. 1t is Legitimate
object. IL gives bread aud clothing, anl
[ home comfort The world has not judged
wholly unwisey when it has made the position
a man occupies to hinge comparatively mort
or less on his ability to earn money and some
what upon the amount Of his possessions. Il
be is miserably poor it argues either some de-
/ feet in bis expenditures, or lack OF fitness
| to cope with men in the great battle for gold
When country-bred boy leaves home, j
is generally TO enter upon some business th'
end Of which is to acquire property, and h
will succeed Just in proportion as he has beei
made TO earn and saye in his childhood.
If all the money he has had has come o
planting little patch in the spring, and sell
ing its produce after weary months Of watch
ing aud toll in the fall, or from killing wood
chucks at six cents a head, or from trapping
muskrats, and selling their skins for a shil
ling setting snares in the fall for game, an
walking miles to see them in the morning be
fore the old folks we're up husking corn 70
a neighbor moonlight evenings at two cents
bushel working out an occasional day tha
hard work at home has made possible-he
good to make his pile in the world.
On the contrary, if the boy never earned
dollar; if parents and friends always KEEP
him in spending money-pennies to buy can
dies and fsh-hooks, and satisfy his imagined
wants--and he has grown to manhood in tn
expectancy that the world will generally trea
him with similar consideration, he will a
ways be make-shifti and the fault is not 5
much his as that of those about him, VIII
never made the boy depend upon himself-di
not make him wait six months to get none
to replace lost jack-knfe.
Every one has to rough it at one time o
another. If the roughing comes in boyhood
it does good if later, when habits are formed
it is equally tough, but not being educationa
is generally useless And the question whetl
er young man will succeed in making none
depends not upon where he goes or what b
does, but upon his willingness to do " h
part" and upon his having earned money an
so gained a knowledge of its worth. Not
little Of this valuable experience and know
edge the country boy gets on the old farm
under the tutelage of parents shrewd enoug
to see the end from the beginning, and I
make the labor and grief Of children contril
ute to the success of subsequent life.-Heari
and Home