The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-06-12
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Ever since ibe pronounced decree that
b7 the twcai % man bfow .hall be eat,
there bas besa eu unsuspended effort by
ibe majority % mankind 70 shirk tie &c.
.p5nsIb.liv upon the shoulder. 81 ether
people TIE desire 70 cat of ofihe lat Of
tbe land without physical labor j. uniyer-
sal, aud upon this one desire ] dad that
he general run 81 The human mind IS
amphadcaHy unanimous. Furthermore,
riches aioue can render thai desire a cer-
taiuty Hence, we see that he who tolls
tie hardest Is the one who denies himself
the most lie who Is already far ahead
on the road to wealth gradually loosens
his purse strings at the demand Of Injury.
Gradually, say; that t., as The purse
Gll. the spending slowly increases IN di-
mensiau
II was this desire -in-boru. al be be-
Iieycd-tbat led Matthew Bernard 10
abandon the hall pas Of merchants
clerk aBd seek iur wealth where alone Il
cau be fouud in Ihe earth; % obooomc an
agriculUurist in reality a farmer indeed.
Ills experience | will relate, that it may
assist some and decide others 10 the
course they choose to pursue for the ac-
cumulation Of money
Wen, Mat ! bear that you have thrown
! up your position IN Yardsticks store, re-
marked Harry Thoma, to Bernard on the
tarcet
Yes, have done SO, and am now look
ing out for a chance at something quite
different, answered Matthew.
1 What In particular have you In yiewy
Think shall 90 upon a farm, was the
smiling answer.
[ IIa, ha! that's good; decidedly the best
I thing Eve heard this long time What
Mat Barnard the good looking, white
handed treasurer of calico going to farm
ing iokingly laughed Harry, seeming to
think bis lliend as merely in sport
I You may laugh as much as YOU please
Harry, but that is the conclusion have
reached, answered Bernard; and the
look OF determination on his face con.
vinced Harry there was more truth than
fiction in bis friends decisive words.
Wen, If that be so, then must say
that wish you much comfort and pleas
ure deRiHg through the summers heat
and winters snow But, Mat--pardon
me if / speak plainly--I can't help think
ing You are making fool ofyourself.
/ No apology, Harry. know well
enough You mean right, if you do indulge
/ in tersc terms; and as for being fool,
think have sense enough to see that
can do better at twenty dollars per month
on farm than | can at twenty-five in a
store.
Probably SO, anwered Thomas, rather
doubtfuly; possibly not In mercantile
business one has a chance for advance
mcnt, but a farmers man is only clod-
hopper all his life.
Think you that Horsford or Eversou
are clod-hoppers? asked Mat, as a smile
passed over his countenance,
Oh, no. they are rich, and hire all theil
work done. They spend their time al
gentlemen, making farming a mere pas
time
And yet / heard Everson say, few
days since, that he commenced as a boy
at five dollars month and worked hii
way up, calmly answered Bernard.
They your mind is set on that line OF
business, while mine is bent on going
through the one am now in. Perhaps
may have TO stand at the counter all my
life but we will see about that some
other time, said Thomas. ...
/ Wheny asked Mat
If We both live, meet in five years, t.
compare notes, answered Harry.
1 We'll, five years hence We will cast tht
balance, but remain friends rs Of Old, in
the interim
Certainly; good day.
Good day, answered Bernard. AM
the two friends entered upon their di
vcrging roads TO wealth, each with
hope and desire to excel the others bal
auce sheet,
Mathew Bernard was an orphan, de
pendent upon his own energies for sup
port. Harrison Thomas could boast o
parents in Independent circumstances
but not wealthy. They moved in goo,
society, and had their sphere Of social in
ilucucc.
FART H.--HARRI THOMAS FIVE YEARs.
Tie days heightened into weeks, th
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