The Baltimore County union., 1872-04-20
WIZ He Succeed !?

In nine cases out of teu no mans life will De
success if he does not bear burdens IN his
childhood. If the fondness or the vanity OF
father and mother kept him from contact with
hard work if another always helped him out at
The end of his row il, instead OF taking his
urn at pitching off, he moved all the tlme-in
short. if what was light always fell to him and
v hat was heavy about the same work to some
one else if be has been permitted to shirk until
sLirking has become a habit-unless miracle is
wrought his life will be failure, and the blame
will not be half as much his as that of weak,
foolish parents On the other hand, il boy has
been brought up to his part, never allowed to
sIlirk any legitimate responsibility, or permitted
to dodge work whether or not it made his back
ache. or soed his hands, until bearing heavy
burdens became matter OF pride, the heavy end
of the wood bis from choice, parents, as they bid
him good bye, may dismiss their fears. His life
will not be business failure. The elements of
success are his, and at some time, and in some
aay, the world will recognize his capacity.
Take another point. Money is the object of
tie worlds pursuit. 1t is legitimate object
Ii gives bread and clothing, and homes and COM
fort. The world has not judged wholly unwise-
ly when it has made the position man occupies
to hinge more or less his ability 20 earn money
and somewhat upon the amount of his possess
sions If he is miseraby poor, it either argues
some defect in his business ability, some reckless
ness in his expenditures, or lack of fitness to
cope witlfanen in the great battle for gold.
When country bred boy leaves home i, is
generally to enter upon some business, the end
OF which is to acquire property, and he will sue
rted just in proportion rs he has been made TO
earn and save in his childhood. fall the money
he has had has come of planting little patch in
The Spring, and selling its produce after weary
months of watching in the Fall, or FROM killing
woodchucks at six cents head, or from trapping
,nuskrats and selling their skins for shilling
setting snares for game and walking miles to sell
them in the morning before the old folks were
up; husking corn for a neighbor moonlight
evenings at two cents bushel working Out an
occasional day that hard work at home has made
possible-he is good 10 make his pile in The world
On the contrary, il the boy never earned a
dollar; if parents and friends always kept him
in spending money-pennies to buy candy and
fish hooks, and satisfy his imagined wants-and
be has grown to manhood thinking that the
world will treat him with similar consideration,
be will always be make shift; and the fault is
no. so much his as that Of those about him, who
never made the boy depend upon himself-did
not make him wait tor six months to get money
to replace lost or carelessly broken jack-kn'e.
1t will be wonderful If such II boy ever makes
his mark in the world he will be apt to 60 TO
the poor house, unless he can get friends to sup
port him.
Everybody has to rough it at one time or an
other. II the roughing comes in boyhood, it
does good if later, when habits are formed, it
is equally tough, but not being educational, is
generally useless. And the question as to wheth-
er a young man will succeed in making money
or not depends upon net where he goes or what H.
does but upon his willingness 10 do "his part
and upon bis having earned money and so gain
ed knowledge of its worth Not little of
this valuable experience and knowledge the coun-
try boy gets on the old farm, under the tatilage
of parents shrevd enough to see the end from
the beginning, and to make the labor Of chill
dren contribute to the success Of subsequent life