The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-04-06
RICHMON ID.

plOycr spake to him words OF en-
couragement. He told him that he /
to had been poor boy once-had I
been m apprentiee--ever q worker
and now the proprietor. He said
what man had done man n light do
Thenlthe poor by was happy. A !
new, life had opened before him.
The spirit Of his mother seemed
to be with anil about him all the
time It v 8 like q grateful press
ence and he kept within it. He
built castles in the air, and i'm
agined his mother lived in them,
awaiting his coming!
Hc worked. He studied. He
tried to become more and moro
vosthy the kindpess OF his e,n--l
paoyer. who from day TO day in
creased his interest in the poor
orphan rs he saw him studious,
earnest. saving and determined to
be trae man, Whatever work
! was given him to do was perform.
ed by him without q murmu- His
lessons we're learned we'll. He
was not above his business even
in tile lowest branches,as too many
are, but rightly considered all
work honorable. When his com
panions dissipated he remained in
the shop at work. When they
spent nights in reverly he spent
his in study When they squand-
cred their money, as, being theirs,
they had right to do, he left his
with his employer, and received
interest thereon. Not much to be
sure, but Q little saved is better
than much wasted.
At last he had his trade SO we'll
learned that no one could instruc.
him more. Then he tried harder
to instruct himself Not content
! with doing well, he wanted to do
better. And he did. He thought.
He planned. He invoked the
spirits of knowledge, and they
came to him with hints, ideas, and
suggestions. He put these i1to
shape and use. He went from one
auccess to smother, guided by
! lamps held by invisible hands
aided by thought from invisible
brains He asked and received,
till at last his employer looked to
the once poor orphan apprentice
for advice aud instruction.
: Men said he was genius when
he was bat a student, aided by
invisible assistants, who ever de-
It light to SOW good seed on vel
? prepared ground.
Now he is rich man. Rich il
Il love for others. In knowledge
In experience. He has succeede,
to the business of his employer
b Some of his old associates no'
work for him. He gives instruc
2; tions to boys who are poor as b.
once was. but who have the pluc
. to work and the courage to tax
care Of themselves. with the vie
to becoming good men He ha
n. a fine home. and in it roor
which he calls his mothersss Her
he has placed many things h
70, knew she liked when the tim e
we're SO hard with her. they wer
not to be had. Here he studie
|, and in his soul holds sweet con
verse with her who was so goo
and so kind to him. In though
he tells her of his successes, to l
told in return that she knows {
them all-that often she has hcll
in ed him to strength because
v wanted to be strong Of heart.
e. Sitting in our private room IL
Id other day, he told of his earl
e days, his trials; his poverty an
I'd his struggles, and how they ha
nd strengthened him. Early throw
n. out upon the sea OF life, brave
tn than his Infatuated father, he la
er determined upon snccess and ha
achieved it just as every poor be
q in the land can 60 even if he HI
ed no parents or home other thao
d. the future and Of his own maxim
he Take courage. boys You ms
d. be poor, hut what of that? Ye
ed may be fatherless and motherles
,se but cannot be friendless so long
his you are true 10 yourselves. "
nd can succeed If you will-you W
he if you wish to.-"BRIcK" PoMERo