Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-03-15

with perseverance and economy, Success is
certain.
liza young man desires 10 succeed, all lie
has to do is to give up oycr-lrcquent ylsi-
ting, turn his attention to The study of the
mniIti;e of the farm, and cIdeayOr 10 the
easiest, shortest and cheapest way 10 per-
form his separate duties. Rise early i'll the
morning, 60 in person to see that the stock
is properly fed and tie droppinGs from the
cattle gathered up. During the day you
should be where your presence IS most
needed, and at night sec that your stock is
well provided for. II you will do this and
will establish a system of having place for
everything and everything i'll lis place, then
in old age YOU will have All abundance If
you have been economical.
On the contrary, if the first 500 You oct
you spend for pleasure horse, the next
$500 for Il buggy, and To that cOnSidera-
bic amount for tine clothing, time spent iii
curling your lnOuStachc preparatory TO i
loss of a week or more in Idle frOlic, then
success is out Of the question. Tho horse
will cost i'll wear aud tear one dollar a day,
the buggy another dollar, and if your SER
vices are worth anything you sec that by
! this extravaganza couuSe you VIII lose
enough in quarter of Il century to have
made you independent, OF even allluent.-
Young men the bay-day of life is from II
to 30 years of age. Then work, work
with Il will and determination, based upon
sound Judgment, use economy in small
. things, and triumphant result is certain.
Mr.. President, we might 90 on and show
that there is vast deal of extravaganza
practced in the feeding of animals, and
that even OF our tables there is much
more used than is necessary for comfort or
consistent with economy.
We 'miTlt SbO,y if MT offensive tliat
many Of the smaller planters show. much
prodigality in endeavoripg to keep pace
with their richer neiGhbors in raimcnt,
equipaGe, &c, but we dcSist. We might
show yoti that hundreds Of thousands OF
dogs in North Carolina consume a million
dollars worth Of food, to say nothing of the
annual loss to the State in their obstruction
of sheep. What sad commentary upon
us as economists! And lastly, we might
show you that the present law Of fences is
a plague upon the industry Of portions OF
| the State. We might show tliat it would
seem next to an impossiblity TO continue
, in practice a law when the circumstances
! are so different from when it was enacted.
! We might show that, were this law abol-
! iShed, the breeds Of stock would improve,
as also would the commerce of the country
| from the large amount now spent in fences.
| We might show you that the time devoted
to splitting and hauling rails and building
| fences could be used much more profitably
in preparing mari and compost, and that
| the landupon which the fence rests might
be put in cultivation. We might show you
that this law has provoked more i'll feeling
! among ncighbOrs than anything else. We
might show, by mathematical calculation
that this law imposes on the people taH
sufficient to pay the public debt in tel
years, and that justice and equity demand
that every person should keep his stock OF
his own premises.