Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-13
Stick to Your Bssiaess.

There Is nothing which should be moro
frequently impressed upon the minds OF
Young men than the importance Of steadily
pursuing some one business. The frequent
Changing from one employment to anofn-
er IS one Of the most common errors COM
mitted, and to II may be traced more than
half the failures of men In business. ana
much OF the discomfort and disappoInt-
ment that render life uncomfortable. Is ID
a very common thing for man TO De dis-
satisfied with his business and desire 10
change II for some other, which II seems
to him will prove 6 more lucrative en-
ploynent; but In nine cases out oil ten II
is mistake. Look round you and you
will find among your acquaintance
abundant verincation of our assertion. !,
Here is young man who commenced
life as mechanic, but from some cause
imagined that he ought to have been
doctor; and after hasty and shallow
preparation he has taken up the saddle
bags only to find that work is still WORK,
and that his patients are no more pront-
able than his work bench, and the occupa-
ton not q whit more agreeable
Here are two young men, clerks; one
OF them is content, when his flrst term OF
service Is over, to continue Clerk I'LL ne
shall have saved enough 70 commence
business on his own account; the other
can't wait, but starts off without capitai
and with limited experience, and brings
up after q few years IN a court OF insolvency,
while his former comrade, by patient per-
severance, comes out at last with . Tort
une.
That young lawyer who became dis.
heariened because briefs and cases did
not crowd upon him while he was YET
redolent of calf bound volumes, and had
small use for red-tape, who concluded ne
had mistaken his calling, and so plunged
into politics, finally settled down into the
character Of middling pettifogger,
scrambling for his daily bread.
There is an honest farmer who has
toiled few years, got his farm paid for,
but does not grow rich very rapidly, Us
much for lack Of contentment mingled
with his industry as anything, though he
is not aware OF il. lie hears the wonder
full stories of California, and how fortunes
may be had for the trouble OF picking
them up; mortgages his farm TO raise
money, goes away 10 the land oil gold,
and, after many months Of hard toll, comes
home TO commence again at the bottom Oh
the Hill for more weary and less success
fGl climbing up again.
Mark the men in every community who
are notorious for ability and equally no
torious for never getting ahead, and you
will usually find them 10 be those who
never stick to any one business long, but
are always forsaking their occupation just
when it begIus To be profitable.
Young man, stick TO your business. 1t
may be you have mistaken your calling;
If SO, find it out as quick as possible, and
change it; but don't let any uneasy desire
10 get along fast or dislike of your hon
est calling lead you to abandon it.. Have
some honest occupation, and then stick to
il; if you are sticking types, stick away
at them; If you are selling oysters, keep
on selling them; if you are at law, hold
hold fast to that profession; pursue the
business you have chosen, persistently,
industriously and hopefully, and if there
is anything of you it will appear and turn
to account in that as well as or better than
in any other calling; only, if you are a
loater, forsake that line as speedily as pos
siblc, for the longer you stick TO IT the
worse il will 'stick" you Scientific
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