The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12

A man will seldom do IL If no
knows himself. To he able to retire
signifies that he Is able to do business,
no drOnc nor dead-beat, but q man oil
faculties, who has always been girded
weary mood, under the depression OF
worn Out feeling, he thinks of slip
ping off che yoke and turning him
self out to grass. 1t Is u delusiOn.
What Is he going to do with himself,
with his habits, his faculties? Does
he want to make an end of himself
before his time? Is he ready to drop
out of the world? This is the result
of retiring from his business. The
question will soon prick him un-
easily, both from within and without,
what business he has to be i'm the
world, and very uncanny question
IL Is. He feels "as one who trcads
alone, some banquet hall deserted"
cit Is good for u man to bear the
yoke in his YOUTH" and to keep
young just as long as you can. 1t Is u
question of resources, but not of ex-
ternal resources. They must be of
"thC life which consisted not in the
abundance Of things which he posses
SETH" Let a man retire from the
business that has kept him alert and
stirred up his gifts, and put his in
ternal resources at usury, and he be-
comes like scrap iron that was once
bright machinery, rusting out i'm the
wecdy corner of II backyard. or like
one of the details i'm HOgarth's pic
lures OF FINS.
A leader i'm the dry goods trade of
Boston, had by dint of hard and
systematic work and keen ability
amassed II fortune. Visiting rural
cousin and country parsOn, who
fiOurished under the spreading elms
of one of the lOvliest of our COnnecti-
cut valley villages, he was so charmed
and sOOthed and refreshed 10y its
leafy, restful beauty, that he vowed
an escape forever from the racket and
hurry and din of the pavements, and
the crOwding FRAMEWORK of the
counting-rOOm, to retire into fine
old masiOn that stood opposite the
parsonage in the aristocratic and smil-
ing beauty Of lawn and avenue and
groves and gardens, to invite his soul
to steal away from numbering cares,
and attach fms to his earthly
troubles.
But going back to Boston with this
lovely day-dream i'm his fancy, he
must first consult his business friend.
Mr.. Abbot Lawrence. "Don't do it,"
was the sage advice. at may be
we'll enough for while, SO long as
you can be well occupied with your
repairs and improvements I; but after
that, what then? What are you go
ing to do with yourself? What are
your resources? They are not inter-
nal, apart from your business activi-
ties. You won't settle down to au-
thorship. You and l never enjoyed
Il liberal education. We are depend
ent on external resources, the sur
rounding circumstances to call out
mental activities. Let us stick to our
last"
DIR John Todd was constrained by
his good sense at the age of seventy
10 make martyr of himself I'm retir-
ing from his pastOrate. IL was a hard
and noble struggle against thestrOng-
est impulses and in-wrOught inclina-
tiOns of his fresh and buOyant nature.
"What shall l do" cried he. eff /
stop preaching, it will be the end of
me-" The internal resources of his
vigorous mind rose up in protest; his
whole being revOltcd against retiring
from the business of his life. It was
the healthy action of q manly soul,
and that which best tones up and
preserves the physical powers, and
keeps the "mens sana in sano cor
| IN Ia, In
ate. Play with wOrk-and above all
the refreshment OF good cOmpanyand
social cheer, but, let us work while
the day lasts. - 'Sprinatietd Repub-
licm.