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

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 youth s
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. l
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 ''adaptabil'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.
tom 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 in ev-
cry pursuit.
It is true that the natural bent is OF
service in helping to decide on a 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 'sold salt 81 tales of the ocean that
gives his grandchild a craze for 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
nautical problems he would have de-
veloped that bent.
Instead the old man set up his boys
to argue cases with one another. His
first plea was in behalf of captive
woodchuck, which they had in trap.
, 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
: was so affective that the old man roar
, ed out "Zeke, do you let that wood
chuck go! wish he had pleaded as
3 we'll in after years for other captlves
} 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 munchinl
o a very hard crust, and was asked If III
n liked it, he replied cit is my vic
tual and will like him." So. boys
8 say, sit is my work and l will lik'
0 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 seedSmal
:. or florist, said he never took any par
ticular interest in flowers, before tn
(. day he purchased geranium to hel
T. 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
le From these small beginnings grew u
IVA large ittlO prosperous DuoAAO>'o'
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 yo'
E. good honest money. you will soon gro
Il. contented with it, provided you al
IS faithful in its details. Shirky. DO,
to are never contented, no matter whe1
you put them. The more you intere
rk Yourself in the science of your worl
Vt. the better will be your success.
H. Beginnings are always very tedlou
he but they cannot be skipped. A youl
r, man employed in leather sto
n thought it very hard in his employer
at keep him three years employed
ce handling hides. But when he BEGAN
de n man in the same business himself
Ike saw the use of it. He could tell by
nd touch and glance the exact quail
ITS of leather. There is nothing Ii
he repetition to make one skilled in !
til labor. Faithfulness in your prese
in situation is your surest stepping sto
m. to a higher one. If you are fitted
his q good place, you will very likely ne
'rk some voice saying come up hgh'
lu- Merely fancying you are fitted for
high position, and really being httt
to are quite different things. You mig
re- fancy YOU were fitted for the post Q
bank president, when you would q
.ly. it taxed all your powers to fill
position of the lowest clerk. Keme
err Der that real merit is usually W
> is modest in its opinion of itself. It
af- the empty heads of wheat that sts
e highest.
nor ..Whatsoever thy hand findeth to
. do it with thy might is a gr'
title motto to take with you all down
Ter. journey of life.
the >o
far 4 colored preacher in Metho'
lar church near Durhamville. Tenn, t
addressed the people at the close 9
an meeting: yves gwine to open
tore door OBJ de church; but ives lib
,uck Ell eny of you wants to jine de Bar
A. &nyuS