Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-11-16

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Chambers Journal.
"NOthing to Do"
Ninety nine times out of every hun
dred complaint OF not being able to
find anything to do comes from "cor-
ner loafers," and saloon bummers,
who, even when work is plenty, will
never do more of it than the gratifi-
cation of thirst requires; who prefer
disgraceful sloth to honest industry;
to live upon their fellows; get along
any how. and without single aspira-
ton or care, so long as drink can be
procured; and, as for something to
eat, they will either enter n house and
quietly say: Il am hungry; am out
Of work, and have no money" or en-
ter the cellar secretly, and help them
selves If they ask at the door the
lady OF the house politely, though,
perhaps reluctantly, sets before his
bloated visage what she may "have
left" from a previous meal. This
loafer will, niue times out OF ten,
grumbie because he don't get
square meal" After he. has partaken
of these Inequalities, he hastily,
though not politely, absents himself
from the house, for fear he will be
asked to cut little wood, or do some
other "chore" to pay for a meal.
What this ~loafer" work? not he.
In fact, it may be said that a hard
working, faithful. honest, pains TAX
ing, temperate man, is never without
employment, altogether. There are
times, of course, day or two, per-
haps, that he has no work, but this is
the exception TO the rule. There is
always some work to do. and a
man skilled in the various arts.
and who bears a high reputation, is
certain to be called upon. But, says
one: "men are not all skilled labor
ers." That is their own fault. Men
cannot all be printers, neither can
they be philosophers or astronomers,
professors of physic, or Doctors of
divinity. But they can be skilled"
in something. They can all work,
aud do that work in a systematic
manner, be it tunneling the lofty
mountain. or dredging the Mississip-
pi, holding the pillow, or tempering
the steel at the blacksmith's forge.
They can be teachers in our common
schools, or professors in our colleges
and academies. We do not claim
that every man can be skilled in
everything. For instance, it Is not
given 10 every man TO use his tools
and learn the mysteries Of their con-
struction. The man who guides the
pillow is not necessarily familiar with
the mechanism of its construction;
the man who works the reaper can
not adjust its complicate system.
The man who understands the gener-
al facts of history Is not. without
special study, master OF the processes
which enable him to deduct the ra-
tionale OF its events.
Any man who has an ordinary
amount OF intelligence, and uses it to
the advancement OF both himself and
his fellow man, rarely, il ever, com
plains Of nothing to do" 1t is the
worthless, loafing inebriate who de
lights in the subterfuge, and has it
ever upon his tongue, as an excuse for
the neglect of his family, and the rags
that cover his back. and the idle, list
less standing upon the street corners
you won't work at reduced wages?"
Ahi But you will loaf. You will
stand on the street corner or in the
saloon. from morning until night, with
your wife and children at home, anx-
iously looking for your return with
something to appease hunger. But
no. you stand until night and go
home empty handed and say to your
starving ones: II won't work unless
j can get as much for my work as
neighbor Jones'"
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he goes TO his corner" to stare at
the well-dressed, neat appearing men
and women as they pass him, secret
ly cursing his luck" because he can't
look as "nice as they" Why don't
you go to work? Can't you earn
something? "Yes. but / can't get but
81 a day, while Jones gets two" The
loafer is asked: what does your
neighbor, Mr.. Jones, work at?" Well,
he is a book keeper in Mr.. AS store"
Shortly he is asked by merchant
il he wants employment? he answers
yes, il Il can get as much as Jones.
But. sir, are you competent to take
the place of Jones; can you show
your employer. at the end OF the week,
just how much money he has expend-
ed, and what for; how much profit
has accrued to his business In the
past six months? well, no, you See
1 never had as good chance to learn
as Mr. Jones, and can't do that kind
of work" What can you do Mr..
Loafer? Can you stand behind my
counter and measure goods from
morning until night, or weigh out SUI
gar, coffee, ETC., and make no mis-
takes? well, guess not"
Then, sir, you are not the man
want. / want man that is capable
of doing these things and none Other.
"But hold,' says Mr.. Loafer, ~don't
you want me to saw you some w0od?"
Yes. Ihave two cords that you can
saw for me.
How much will you pay me for
it2".