The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-11-23

prentice to nnO LnaL Ills OLD 1TleHu Hdu
bequeathed 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 youths
stepping stone to comfortable means:
1t 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. All 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. s'Never quarrel with your |
bread and butter There is so much
talk these days about 'sadaptabil'ty
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, it he can, he
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 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-
ton in their efforts to get on in life!
But aspiration alone will not make a
living for anybody. Hard, faithful
service is the price of success III ev-
cry pursuit.
:, 1t is true that the natural bent is OF
service in 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
t the '.old salt s. tales Of the ocean that
! gives his grandchild 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
0 man-of war if his father had been an
t admiral. If his father had set him at
e nautical problems he would have de-
i veloped that bent.
] Instead the old man set up his boys
|, to argue cases with one another. His
J. first plea was in behalf of a captive
woodchuck, which they had in a trap
e Zeke was for drowning it and made
o out very good case. But when II
II came Daniels turn he put quite anoth
er face on the question. His appea
y was so affective that the old man roar
& ed out ''Zeke, do you let that wood
1t chuck go!'' wish he had pleaded a.
lie we'll in after years for other captlves
% There is wonderful adaptablllty II
It the human mind to almost anything
,p resolutely required of it. Like the Ole
ii Indian who was laboriously munchln!
SO a very hard crust, and was asked II M
in liked it, he replied cit is my vic
tual and will like him - So, boys
is say, lit is my work and will Xix
10 him, if it is right and honorable work
in and the kind Providence has manifest
ly set for you to do.
H. Grant Thorburn, the great Seedsma
r. or florist, said he never took any pal
ticular interest in flowers, before tn
k day he purchased geranium to hel
#. sell his painted flower pots. That on
IN went off so quickly that he bought wv
Id more and placed them in his window
nd which were likewise quickly solo
he From these small beginnings grew u
nd large and prosperous business. II
was settled in life before he began II
as study of plants and flowers. but I
St carried his practical knowledge to
IRE rare extent. And yet he began Wit
rly out any particular fancy for 1t.
in Ii YOU make a business yield yo'
Sc good honest money. you will soon gro
lu- contented with it, provided you a
ess 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
OF the better will be your success.
m Beginnings are always very tediot
he but they cannot be skipped. YOU
er, man employed in leather sto
en- thought it very hard in his employer
hat keep him three years employed
nee handling hides. But when he becai
ade y man in the same business himself
ike saw the use of it. He could tell by
md touch and glance the exact quar-
ers of leather There is nothing II
the repetition to make one skilled Ill
18th labor. Faithfulness in your prese
in situation is your surest stepping sto
i'm. to a higher one. Ii you are fitted
his a good place, you will very likely M
ERIK some voice saying come up high
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high position. and really being Att
L to are quite different things. You ms
re- fancy YOU were fitted for the post Q
bank president. when you would
ply. it taxed all your powers to I'LL
position of the lowest clerk. Rem'
fer Der that real merit is usually y
$ is modest in its opinion of itself. II
l af- the empty heads of wheat that ST
ne highest.
onor Whatsoever thy hand indeth to
do it with thy might, is CT
title motto to take with YOU ali down
'der. journey of life.
the -
Mar \ colored preacher IN a Metho
Il 1ar church near Durhamville. Tenn,
addressed the people at the close
5 an meeting: IVES gwine to open
store door ob de church but ives no
.ruck Ell eny of YOU wants to jine de Bal