Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-08-09
WORDS WITH YOUNG MEN.


surround you. afflicted by no weighty
sorrows, full of hopes and joyous
ness, this is the hey-day of your earthly
existence. In your anxiety to reach
maturity, and to engage in the active
conflicts of life, you do not realize that
these youthful days and these passing
privileges are more valuable than you
can experience hereafter. When, at
length, borne down by labOrs, sorrows
and in6rmities, you shall stand on the
outer verge of life, you will then turn
back to these scenes as the sunniest
spots in memory, the halOs of life.
Would that the worth of these early
years might be appreciated, that they
might be spent to your greatest advan.
tagv.
This early period in your life is valu-
able, not alone on account of its pleas
antness, but because it is the period
when the foundations of your characters
are laid the time when much of your
education will be acquired, and many
of your habits will be formed.
You are the architects of your own
characters and your own fortunes and
as the architect, when he contemplates
the erection of huge building, or the
rearing of a lofty monument, is most
particular as to the solidity and perfec,
ton Of the foundation wherein he builds,
SO should you be most careful as to the
foundation on which you hope to rise il
life.
The firm and only sure basis on which
to build a noble character, is Christian
ity; it is the Rock on which you may
rest here and in which you may trus
hereafter. Let its principles be The
principles Of your lives-honesty, love
charity. these moral principles. exercis
ed and cherished, will lead you through
pleasant pathways. In the business o
life adopt the maxim, Honesty is tn,
best policy :" this has been well proved
A dishonest person is curse to thu
world, and bane to society. His ly
ing stealing and other crimes injur
every person within range of his infu
ence the bread he eats belongs to poo
children the gold he hordes in his SAT-
was earned by the sweat of honest men
brows. In gathering together you
treasures, see to it that no farthing tina
belongs to another goes into your Golfers
In building up your renOwn, be careful
lest you build on another mans honors
Ill gotten gains and stolen fortunes ar
dangerous possessions. Wealth acquir
ed by honest means is better enjoye
and better retained, than that which j
wrung from the poor or plundered fror
the rich. HOnors that are fairly wo
will be a SAVIOR to the name and woul
, you make your name honorable and re
D membered, do it by virtuous life an
: a noble employment of your Jest talent
: The only lasting fame is that whel
{ goodness is coupled with greatness.
j Aaron Burr was great as political
4 and statesman, but his career was di
d honorable and his name disgraoes Anne
}, lean history; Benedict Arnold was OF
= of the bravest generals in the revolt
C tionary army. but ambition and jealous
= triumphed over his integrity. and b
i name is the synonym of traitor where
a er it Is heard Washington and Lii
h coin are honored and revered more f
b their goodness than their greatness.
y examples of what dishonesty, or a susT
1t cion of dishonesty, is able to do towal
y destroying a mans reputation, referen
st may be had to the past and prese
standing of Schuyler COlfax and Hen
Is Ward Beecher. Colfax, a few yea
re since, was the honored pet of the natiO
$ He was accused, though as many |
lg lieve, unjustly, Of engaging in a natio
a al swindle, and to-day his name is ia
I'd nished and obscured The talent
p Beecher, accused of crime, is tod
" spurned and hated by many that OIL
IS. revered him, because he cannot pro
n the accusation against him to be untrr
rt Having decided that integrity sh
n be one of the cardinal principles Of yo
in lives the next important thing is a SD
e. 1t Of industry. No sluggard can
successful in this active and busy a.
IN Labor, resolute labor of muscle a
he brain, is the only thing that will W
is If you seek money or intellectual ell
ne hence, labor Is the talisman. Peabo,
FRS Astor, Stewart, Vanderbilt-all
lp- millionaires Of the age, have been not
rot for their remarkable devotion to wo
Clay, Sumner, Banks. Greeley, Beech
he all men noted for intellectual greatns
in are noted as well for their habits
lr- industry. Look in any direction :
in choose for an example Of greatness ;
his success, and you viii find busy
is behind it.
put Disabuse yourself Of the opinion
is you have formed such an opinion. t
nature has done any extraordinary tn
do for yOu-that you possess genius. G
Vill ius is very rare, natural endowme
de- 1t comes to those who put persever