The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-30
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beaueathed to him his store and all his
stock! His promptness and regularity,
and pleasant, friendly manner, had
won the confidence and esteem of the
lone man, and had proved the youth
stepping stone to comfortable means.
It is not likely that such fortune will
come to you as a reward OF your
promptness in duty. But little faith
fulness will help you to win one for
Yourself, which is far better. though |
YOU may be slow to think SO. An es-
tate fairly earned is worth dozen In /
herited possessions.
There is another good direction of |
poor Richard, or some similar homely. |
everyday philosopher, worth remem-
bering. ''Never quarrel with your
bread and butter There is so much
talk these days about ssadaptabllsty
and being NATURALLY fitted for some
Calling" that almost every lazy youth
| fancies that his business is not the one
suited to his genius; so, 1t he can, ne
| is very likely to throw up his situation
and hunt for that particular kind OF
work which will yield very large re-
turns, and yet take very little outlay
Of muscle. His difficulty really is not
so much a quarrel with his own parti-
cular work as with work in general.
There are so many who are anxious Ito
put aspiration in the place of prespira-
tom in their efforts to get on in life!
But aspiration alone will not make
living for anybody. Hard, faithful
service is the price of success In ey-
cry pursuit. !
1t is true that the natural bent Is OF
service N helping to decide on call
ing for life. And yet, come to think
of it, it is very hard to pick out the
lasts that were born with us. and those
that come by early education. 1t Is
the ssold salt s" tales of the ocean that
gives his grahdchild craze tor the
sea, and not because it was born in his
blood as he imagines. Daniel Webster
. would have been great anywhere, but
it might have been on the deck OF a
man-of- war if his father had been an
~ admiral. If his father had set him at
J nautical problems he would have de-
: veloped that bent.
Instead the old man set up his boys
!, to argue cases with one another. Ills
first plea was in behalf of a captive
woodchuck, which they had in trap.
3 Zeke was for drowning it and made
} out very good case. But when it
came Daniels turn he put quite anoth.
| er face on the question. His appeal
7 was so affective that the old man roar
: ed out ''Zeke, do you let that wood
t chuck go! - | wish he had pleaded as
e we'll in after years for other captlyes
D There is wonderful adaptability in
t the human mind to almost anything
p resolutely required of it. Like the Ole
h Indian who was laboriously munchlnf
o a very hard crust, and was asked If III
n liked it, he replied 1T is my vie
tual and ! will like him. - So. boys
s say, sit is my work and will lik'
o him, :" If it is right and honorable work
n and the kind Providence has manifest
ly set for you to do.
l. Grant Thorburn, the great scotsman
= or florist, said he never took any par
ticular interest in flowers, before th
{. day he purchased geranium to he'll
I. sell his painted flower pots. That on
n went off so quickly that he bought tw
d more and placed them in his window
d which were likewise quickly sold
10 From these small beginnings grew u
ID large and prosperous business. II
was settled in life before he began tn
IS study of plants and flowers, but h
t. carried his practical knowledge to
re rare extent And yet he began Will
ly out any particular ..fancy for it.
In If you make business yield yot
o. good honest money. you will soon gro
Il contented with it, provided you al
SIS faithful in its details. Shirky DO,
to are never contented, no matter whe'
you put them. The more you intere
rk Yourself in the science Of your wor
IT the better win be your success.
M Beginnings are always very tediou
he but they cannot be skipped. a youl
II, man employed in leather sto
N. thought it very hard in his employer
lat keep him three years employed
ce handling hides. But when he becar
de man III the same business himself
Ike saw the use of it. He could tell by
nd touch and Il glance the exact quail
sys of leather. There il nothing II
he repetition to make one skilled in
It'll labor. Faithfulness in your prese
in situation is your surest stepping ste
m. to a higher one. IL you are fitted I
his good place. you will very likely he
TX some voice saying come up hight
lu- Merely fancying You are lifted Tor
high position, and really being attt
to are quite different things. You mig
re- fancy YOU were fitted for the post .
bank president, when yon would q
'ly. it taxed all your powers to ill
position OF the lowest clerk. Rene
er- Der that real merit is usually W
$ IS modest in its opinion of itself. It
af- the empty heads Of wheat that sta
IS highest.
nor Whatsoever thy hand tinieth to-
DO it with thy might Is = Sra
tile motto to take with You all down
Ter, journey II life.
the -
lar A colored preacher in Methot
tar church near nurhamville. Tenn. &
addressed the people 1t the close Q
an meeting. IVES gwine to open
tote door oh de church: but ives lib
'uck Ef eny OF you wants to jine de Bap
ster or Prisbeterians, 60 iine EN-. v
~ NJ n - ~ u l.