The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-05-15
.IHoy TO GET KIcH.

ssHow to Get Rich, he says, among a
hundted good things: 1EEL Ekr
.Eiti,or a man must becontentAwitk
povertysall his lifeJ or else be wfTTing
to deHy himself some luxury and save
to lay the base of Independence in the
future. But, If a man defies future,
and spends all thathe earns, (whether
his earnings be one dollar or ten dol
lars asday) let him look for lean and
hungry Want some future time. For
it wilf-surely come, ne matter what
he thinks.
tellyou, reader, that the writer of
this pamphlet Ought TO know OF
what me writes; for,-ten years ago,
whenta alerk on a small salary, being
CONVINCED that SAYING IS THE SECRET
OF WEALTH, he startsd on plan OF
laying by. each WEEK, a portion of his
the Plan ten II9eatg G Thnse ten
years have now ended, and theresult
is, he has al yearly income from his
savings that amounts to the same as
his salary was at the time he COM
menced TO save, tens wears ago. Or, In
other words, the yearly interest from
his savings will now support him all
the resf'Of his life. And this he. did,
with Others, dependent upon him
nearly all that time. What think you
of all this, all ye who never tried
faithfully toksave a little every week
from year learAIhgsa The thoughts
and rules which governed him are in
this little book. Why not read and
try them too? And the author speaks
Gods clearest truth, when he decleres
hiihsalfE EamaEeh hlmosr struck dumb
with WotHlert atthes whole. Result
Habits ef eeenoay, glowing stronger
yeArs BY YEAR haye Ironed up sum
total just as much again as he ex-
TO save is absolutely the only u way
to make a solid fortune. There is no
other certain mode on earth. Those
who shut their eyes and ears to these
plain facts, will be forever poor; and
Tor their obstinate rejection of the
truth, nayhap will die in rags and
filth Let them so die and thank
themselves. But no! They take a
sort of recompense in cnrsing For.
tune. Great waste of BREATH They.
might as well curse mountains and
eternal hills. For L can tell them
Fortune does not giUe dtody substan-
tial goods She sells them to the high
est bidder, ,Atb the hardest, suisest tacoqk-
er for the boon. Men never make SO
fatal mistake as where. they think
they are creatures ofa fate tits the
sheerest folly in the world. Each
man may make or mar his life which
ever he may choose. Fortune is for
those who by, Diligence, Honesty and
Frugality, place themselvef in posi-
ton to grasp hold of Fortune when i,
appears in view. The best evidence
of of4Diligence is the sound of the ham,
pler in your shop at five O'Clock in the
mornings The best evidence of ETu-
gqlity is iiYe hundred dollars, or more,
standing IN your name at the Savings
Bank. The pest evidences OF Honesty
are both Diligence and frugality, foI
these prove stealing Illogical. 5000
True it is that fortune sometime is
acquired by a sudden tide of 'specula-
tioii, or may be by Inheritance. Blu,
does not all experience, all history,
and all story show how such fortunes
are not solid? They fritter fast away,
or prove curse of life to the recipI-
ent.. 2Theys are but mansions built OIL
sand--tottering, crumbling, airy moth
ings-and when they fall, great is the
crash, aud all that g left pile of diri
anu OfAtE Nav OAt :!
These words are fortunes firm foun-
dafiom stones, solid, lasting sure
deep dow II HI Che soil& Look around
the world, and satisfy yourself, and
you will find that many years of saw
ING made rich men rich and that one
year of spending often makes men
Part OF your planuiust be never to
draw a dollar from the bank. Put as
much as oyouIplease into the Savings
Bank, but don't draw any out, for thai
is like try ying to build a house, and as
fast as you get it partly up, pulling ii
down .againy You CANT GEFloNl IN
THAT WAY. You must stick to your
Five dollars week, steadily saved
and put in the Savings Bank, tor fiyt
years, and you will then be worth
$l,5l5.4 ST. 49, -
That fifteen hundred dollars will
forever afterwards earn forryou eighl
dollars a month. ~ ~ ~ ~ -
GIVE 1T A TRIAL, BOYS AND GOD
BLESS YOU IN THE work.
A New YORK pick-pock ct has writ
tenia letter TO the Tribune advising
every man to have his name written
Oh, printed in his pocket-book, for the
Of