Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-08-20
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Fortune and Influence.

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Fortune and Inflnence.
At II meeting of the Stockholders o:
prominent railway corporation. recentl'
held in Boston. there were present tW'
considerably the senior ut the other. Il
talking of the old times gone by, the
ypliiye gentleman called the attention :"
Ills friends, and Iold Il pleasant little STORY
Which should b.. read with profit by every
poor, industrious and striving lad: W.
use his own LANGUAGE:
tNearly half Il century, ago, gentlemen.
| WAS stout, willing and able, considering
| my tender years, and secured place III II
| hardware store to do all sorts of chores
! required. | was paid seventytive dollars
Il year for my services. One day, after |
! had been at work three months or more,
my friend there, Mr.. b.. who holds his age
remarkably well, came in the store and
| bought rslsrsvsbil of shovels and tongs,
sad irons and pans, buckets, scrapers, and
lscuttles, for he was to be- married the hext
,, day, and was supplying his household in
advance, us was the groom's custom in
those days Mhe articles were packed on
a barrow, and made Il load sufficiently
heavy for a young mule. But, more will
ing than able. [ started off, proud that
got on remarkably well till struck the
mud road, now Seventh avenue, leading to
my friend BIS house. There toiled and
tugged, and tugged and toiled, and could
not bulge the load going up the hill, the
wheel going its half diameter into the mud
every time | would try to propel forward.
Finally Il gocd-natured Irishman passed
by with u dray, and took my barrow, self
and all on his vehicle, and in consideration
of my promise to pay him bit, landed me
at my destination.
II counted the articles carefully as L
delivered them, and, with my empty bar
row. trudged my way back whistling with
glee over my triumph over difficulty. Some
weeks after l paid the Irishman the bit,
and never got it back from my employers.
(Mr b.. | am sure, would have remunera-
ted me, but he never before heard this
story; so, il he is inclined, he can compro-
mise the debt by sending me IL bushel OF his
rare, ripe peaches next fall.) But to the
moral A merchant shad witnessed my
struggles, and how Zealously struggled to
deliver that load of hardware; he even
watched me to the house and saw me
count each piece as | landed it ut the door,
way. He sent for me next day. asked my
name, told me had Il reward for my indus
try and cheerfulDess under difficulty in the
shape of Il five hundred dollar clerkship in
his establishment. L accepted, and now,
after nearly half a century has passed,
may look back and say wheeled myself into
all own, for that reward of perseverance
was my grand stepping stone to fortune"
The speaker was very wealthy banker,
i a man OF influence ana position, and one
universally respected for many good quail
ties of head and heart. Boys, take moral
from this story, and be willing and indus
trious. You do not know how many eyes
are upon you to discover whether you are
willing, or how many there are who. if you
are moral and wealthy, will give you
stepping-stone to wealth and position.
PLAIN TALK FROM A JUDGE.-At
Rome, Ga, recently four young lawyers,
who had just passed an examination, were
addressed af follows by Judge. Underwood:
young gentlemen, want to say
thing or two to you. You have passed as
good an examination us usual, perhaps
better; but you don't know anything.
Like those young fellows just back from
their graduation college, you think you
know great deal.-That is mistake. If
you ever get to. be of any account, you
will be surprised at your ignorance
Don't be too big for your breeches.-Go
round to the justices court. Try to learn
something. DON'T be afraid. Set off up
ON a high key. You.will, no doubt, speak
great deal of nonsense, but you will
have one onsolation-nobody will know
it. The great mass of mankind take sound
for sense.-Never mind about your ease
pitch in. You are about as apt to win as
lose. Don't be ashamed of the wise-look-
ing justice. He don't know a thing. He
is a dead-beat On knowledge. Stand to
your rack, fodder or no fodder, and you
will see daylight after while.-The COM
munity generally supposes that you will
be rascals. There is no absolute necessity
that yon should. ou may be smart with
out being tricky. Lawyers ought to be
gentlemen. Some of them don't come up
to the standard, and are disgrace to the
fraternity. They know more than any
other race generally, and not much in par
ticular. They don't know anything about
sand-stones, carbonifel Gus periods, and
ancient land animals known as fossils.
Men that make out they know great deal
on these subjects don't know much. They
are humbugs, superb hnmbugs. They are
ancient land animals themselvesand will
ultimately be fossils. You are dismissed
with the sincere hope of the court that you
will not make asses of yourselves.
REMARKABLE NAMEs.-There is now
living in Greenbrler county a family Of
children, eleven in number-six boys and
five girls-with the following remarkable
names: Ledona, Levaro, Levega, Lorena,
Lualzo, Leoney, Luctea, Luduro, Leoni-
das, Lazuna and Lydaho. The trouble
with most people, who may read these
names, will be to ascertain which is which
and who is who, rs to the sexes of this
strange enumeration. -Greenbrier hide
pendent.
The man who made strawberry short
cake in d Chicago restaurant was so une
qualed in his business that he received a
salary of $3.50 per week during the season.
The ladies' of Savannah ha 80 se,..,,x,l I,