Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-06-21
nAMMEHING IT THROUGH.

PART THE TWO FRIENDS.
Ever since the pronounced decree that
''by the sweat Ol mans brow shall he
eat" there has been an unsuspCnded Ell
tort by the majority OF mankind to
shirk the responsibility upon the shoul-
ders ot other people. The desne to eat
OF the tat of the land without physical
labor is universal, and upon this one de-
sire tilId that the general run OF the
human mind Is emphatlcally unanimous.
Furthermore, riches alone can render
that desire certainty. Hence we see
that he no tolls the 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 luxury. Grad
ually, say; that is, as the purse fills,
the opening slowly increases in dimem-
sions.
1t was this desire-inborn, as he be-
lieved-that led Matthew Bernard to
abandon the half-pay OF merchants S
clerk and seek for wealth in the earth
TO become an agriculturist in reality, a
farmer in deed. His experience | will
relate, that it may assist some and de-
eide others III the course they choose to
pursue for the accumulation of money.
"Well, Mat, | hear that you have
thrown up your position in Yardstick S
store" remarked Harry Thomas to Ber-
nard, on the street.
"l es, i have done so, and am now
looking out for chance at something
quite different" answered Matthew.
What i'll particular have you in
view?"
"Think shall go upon farm" was
the smiling answer.
"Ha, ha! that's good; decidedly the
best thing Pve heard this long time.
What! Mat Bernard, the good looking,
white-handed measurer of calico, going
to farming" jokingly laughed Harry,
seeming to think his friend was merely y
in sport
"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
convinced Harry that there was more
truth than fiction in his friends decisive
words.
"Well, if that be so, then / must say
that wish you much comfort and pleas
ure delvlng through the summers heat
and winters snow. But Mat-pardon
me if | speak plainly-I can't help
thinking you are making fool of your
self"
"No apology, Harry. I know well
enough you mean right if you do III
dulge in terse terms; and as for being Il
fool, | think have sense enough to sec
that | can do better at twenty dollars
per month on farm than can at TWEEN
ty-tive in a store"
''Probably So" answered Thomas
rather doubtfully; "possibly not. In
mercantile business one has chance fol
advancement; but farmers man is on
y clod-hopper all his life"
"Think you that Horsford or Eversor
are only clod-hoppers?" asked Mat, us 8
smile passed over his countenance.
''Oh, no! they are rich aud hire al
their work done. They spend their time
as gentlemen, making farming mere
pastime."
Sand yet, l heard Everson say, few
days since, that he commenced as a DO,
at five dollars a month and worked hi
way up" calmly answered Bernard -
"Ihen your mind is set on that bust
ness, while mine is bent on going
throuh the one / am now in. Perhaps
may have to stand at the counter all my
life; but we will see about that som'
other time," said Thomas.
"Wheny" asked Mat.
''lf we both live, meet me in fiv,
years to compare notes." answered Har
ry.
"Well, five years hence we will cas-
the balance, but remain friends as o
old, in the interim"
Certainly; good day"
"Good day." answered Bernard. Ant
! the two friends entered upon their di
verging roads to wealth, each with
hope and desire to excel the others bal
ance sheet.
Matthew Bernard was an orphan, de
pendent upon his own energies for sup
port. Harrison Thomas could boast o
parents in Independent circumstances
but no. wealthy. They moved in goo
4 society and had their sphere of social in
\ fuence.
PART H--HARRY THOMAS FIVE YEARS
: The days heightened into weeks, til
' weeks ran through months; and Thoma
steadily applied himself to the never
. ceasing round of clerks or salesman
= duties. Yards of muslins, silks, prints
threads, needles, and all the thousan
articles usually kept in prosperou
store, passed through his hands wit
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