Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-04-19

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Success In Business.
What does the word "success actually
mean =? II is not a mere matter Of coming
up from UNDER passing from lower to a
higher state Of things, for hundreds have
gone up TO the highest round Of the ladder
only to be cast down and most thoroughly
despised. II is not n mere matter of accu-
mulatiug an immense estate, or laying up
millions Of dollars in bonds and stocks, for
hundreds Of men have done that who have
no more name in the world than Crgsus or
John Meggot, who left an estate Of five mil
lions Of dollars, and few men know his name
now. Fortunes ill-got carry curse with
them, and something else than money marks
success. Nor is 1t high position in the 20
litical world A good many "successful
men, as they are called, are tumbling from
high positions in these days. 1t is not then
matter of climbing up high in wealth or
rank or official position, and attaining the
highest grade in the public notice, for man
on the top Of hill is no taller than when
he is in the valley--but il is a matter Of
safely and soundly planting foot on the
rounds, so that he must ascend, and so that
nothing can shake him down A safe aud
sound ascent, genuine "success," is al
ways in the broadest sense a matter Of in
tegrity and principle. A dishonest thing,
mean thing, a wrong thing upsets aman and
strips him bare Of honor and nobility Of
manhood.
Other things may influence a mans ca
reer, such as industry and courage and
modesty and culture, but integrity is the
handspring. The man of real success who
can never be shaken down from the heights
he has won, who has honor always, is the
one who has a deep internal conviction Of
the reality of Gods laws in nature and in
morals, and who works in harmony with
them and abides by them, come what may.
The more clearly he apprehends the irrever-
sible aud resistless nature of lac, whether it
is law Of nature or law Of righteousness,
whether it is law of physics or law Of
morals, the more marked aud decided will
be his success A man armed with in.
tegrity, never base, never dishonest, who be-
lieves that wrong is as fatal as fire, and that
sin will as surely drown him as the waters
of the mid ocean, if he should be thrown
into them, and who therefore conforms 10
all law, has got talisinan which will COM
mand success. lie may not he rich learned,
l.rtt lti ha ia ~ iitp
finds out he is honest, reliable aud Just, to
command respect lie will be taken for high
work when many an ADLER man will be left.
A man who will stand when he is tied, and
better still, will stand when he is not tied,
whom we always know where 10 find, and
that we shall always find him in the right
place, will certainly win his way. The prin-
cple on which he acts forbds vacillation.
The magnetic needle always returns to the
pole, if right, and confidence in its accuracy
will always I've rewarded.
Between buying and selling there
wanteth not SIM is an old proverb that
has had many convincing illustration.
There was AN eminent merchant, in a
city in this country, whose real princi-
pie Of action was commercial success. His
integrity was subordinate to his gains.
He did good deal of dirty work at times,
or rather acquiesced in its being done for
him. His notion was that the buyer should
look out for himself. lie ultimately got
caught in his dishonorable practices, and the
large fortune that he had accumulated
melted away in litigation and in the vices
of his children, who had been trained by
him in the idea that the only law is gain
He was driven off to foreign land, and with
his half-clothed youngest child, and his wife
aged with anxiety, subsisted on the mere
long course of robbery. The poor honest
men, who used to envy him in his carriage
and his fine house. learned TO look without
envy on him when he became the object OF
obloquy and shame. Aud yet, if he had
never been detected in his course, moi
fallen into the misery of disgrace and pov
erty, public sentiment would still have discov
cred his real quality, and branded him in the
midst of his wealth with his true character
The life of the late Mr.. Stewart, of New
York, is remarkable instance of real sue
cess. In 1923, he came to that city from
Belfast, and led quiet and studious life
largely supporting himself by teaching. Hi
business career began, unexpectedly TO him
self, in the failure of friend to whom h,
had loaned small sum to start in trade
His friend was unable to go on with the bust
ness, and il fell into the hands of youn,
Stewart. He was plucky, prudent and cour
ageous, but he did not know the names o
the common articles of ladies' dress which h
commenced TO sell, and he turned more THAI
one lady from his store, when they aske,
for hose" though his shop was full o
stockings. It was his rule never to hay
any sham or dishonesty about him. If h
sold cheap goods, he did not say they wer
costly. a characteristic incident is relate,
of his first days business. A woman cam'
in to buy calico, and clerk told her tina
the colors were fast and would not wash out
Mr.. Stewart demonstrated with the salesman
What do You mean by saying what yol
know 10 be untrue The calico win fade
She will demand her money back, and sh
viii be right. don't want goods repre-
sented for what they are not"
His principle was, absolute honesty be
tween buyer and seller. lie was a thorough
believer in the maxim that "nothing cal
need lie" lie would never allow tn,