Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-04-24
HOW to Set on in I,ifa.

AOW W 301 Ou III blIc.
A young man writes to us
that he has had ''teR years Of
flee experience" We suppose as
clerk or book-keeper, during
which time he has saved "thc
sum total of S75," which is his
all He wishes to settle in some.
:::growing young town and
grow up with il" He is evil
dently sincere, and his letter
shows that he is not deficient
in ability, and has some good
Isense. We therefore say to
him, plainly, that success in life
ldoes not come in that way. No
man finds a fortune by chance,
nor can he ''grow" into a state
of prosperity merely by plant
ing himself in a fresh virgin
soil. Everything in life worth
having is wrestled for and ac-
quired through severe labor and
self-denial.
1t is a great mistake to sup
pose that the failures OF aspi-
rants in this line come from ad-
verse surroundings. Circum-
stances have much less to do
with material prosperity than is
generally supposed. Favoring
conditions may accelerate the
acquisition of ali estate, but the
same application and self-deni-
al will guarantee the final result
under any conditions. There
are exceptions, of course, but
this is a rules A man without
a family who has been tOiling
in New York for ten years and
has laid up but S75 would not
"grow up" into anything better,
even amid the stimulus of that
wonderful activity which marks
the youth of a thriving town.
The accretion that comes upon
a man who waits to grow up by
outward helps, is only the over
laying of rust and canker that
gnaws ont the vitals.
The true growth is that which
comes from within, and employs
every faculty in the earnest eff
fort. Nearly all of our young
men make the same mistake
which our correspondent con-
fesses-they spend too large Il
portion of their earnings for
adornments and unhealthy in
dulgences of the baser appetites.
Fine clothes, jcwelry, cigars,
liquors, pleasure hunting, and
other costly or vicious habits,
waste no incOnsiderable portion
Of their annual income.
We heard q man spoken OF
the other day as one who had
been remarkably 'lucky" in es-
tablishing himself in a COM
Portable home, and that was the
only word used to distinguish
between him and an associate
who had more brilliant talents,
but failed of success. There
was no luck in the matter, for
we knew them both. They
we're both married, without
and each entering up
on salary of $1,000 per an
lum, went about the same time
20 look for board in Brooklyn
The unfortunate" man took
board for himself and wife at
go per week, which he said was
he cheapest at which he could
get a comfortable room in a
irst-class house. The ''lucky"
man looked for some time un-
il he found clean, healthy quar-
.ers in a third story room at 81
. week for a pair, his wife to do
Ter own sweeping and make
Ter own bed. He lived within
lis income and laid up money
rom the start; the other ran IN
lebt and became embarrassed
rom the same hour.
There is no secret in such his
,Ories; he who runs may read
hem. If any one assumes that
he nobler part is to ''enjOy
lie" as we go ;. and that the
of an estate, the foun-
lation Of which is laid in early
elf-denial, and the structure
,uilt in patient toll with the
anne prevalent spirit ever pres
mt, is an ignoble ambition, we
hall not argue the case. But
We do say that those who desire
his result ean' pursue it safely
nd surely in no other way, and
f a man after knowing what it
will cost, will not pay the price
or it, he should not grumble at
he fates, nor murmur against
discriminating Providence.
At Nebraska City, recently, the
schools rendered a religious
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