Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-04-08
The First Thousand Dollars.

The first thousand dollars that a
young man after going out into the
world for himself earns and saves will
generally settle the question of bust
ness life with him. There may be ex.
ccptions to this statement; yet, for a
rule, we think it will hold true.
The first condition is that the young
man naturally earns the thousand
dollars in question. He does not in
herit this sum. 1t does not come to
him by streak Of good luck, as the
result Of a fortunate venture in the
purchase and sale of hundred shares
of stock. 1t is the fruit Of personal
industry. He gives his time and la
Dor for it. While he is thus earning
and saving it, he must earn two or
three, or perhaps, four times as much
to pay his current expenses. He is
consequently held ste My to the task
of industry for a considerable period.
The direct consequence to him is
steady, continuous and solid dicipline
in the habits Of ndustry-in patient,
persistent, fore casting and self-deny-
ing effort, breaking up all the tendon
cies to Incidence and frivolity, and
making him an earnest and watchful
economist of time. He not only learns
how to work, but he also acquires the
love of work; and, moreover, he learns
the value of the sun which he has
thus saved out of his earnings. He
has toiled for it; ne has observed its
slow increase from time to time, and
in his estimate it represents so many
years of practical labor. His ideas of
life are shaped by his own experience.
These natural effects of earning the
first thousand dollars we hold to be
very large benefits. They are just the
qualities Of mind and body which are
likely to secure business success in
after years. They constitute the best
practical education which a man can
have as a worker in this working
world. They are gained in season
for lfe's purpose, at the opening
period, when they are wanted, when
foolish notions are most likely to mis-
lead an inexperienced brain, and
when, too, there is full opportunity
for expansion and development in la
ter years. Men have but one life to
live; and hence they start from open
ing manhood but once. And the
manner in which they start, the pur-
pose which they have in view, and
the habits they form will ordinarily
determine the entire sequel of their
career on earth. To succeed, men
must have the elements of success
within themselves.
One great reason why there are so
many useless, inefficient and poverty
stricken men on earth-or, rather,
BOYS seeming to be men-consists in
the simple fact that they did not start
right. A prominent reason why the
children Of the rich frequently amount
to nothing may be found in the lux
ury. ease and Incidence which mark
the commencement of their lives 1t
IS the law Of God that we should be |
workers on earth, and no one SO well
consults the best development OF this
being as we'll when he confirms his
practice of this law. The workers in
some suitable sphere are the only real
~ strong men in the world.
49, The Independent says: 1T is J
too soon to discuss the question of can
didates for the next Presidency; yet,
when the time come, James G Blaine
.,,;tl hn of laast one of the nersOns