Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1876-02-02

There In nothing which should be more
frequently impressed upon the minds Of
young men than the importance ol
steadily pursuing some one business
The frequent changing from one en-
ployment to another Is one of the mosl
common errors committed, and to Il
may be traced more than half the fail.
ures of men in business, and much OF
the discomfort and disappointment that
render life uncomfortable. 1t Is q very
common thing for 4 man TO be dissatis-
fled with his business, and to desire tC
change 1t for some other, which, II
seems to him, will prove q more lucra-
tive employment. but in nine cases out
of ten It is q mistake. Look around you,
and you will 6nd among your acquain-
tances abundant verfficati0n OF our as
sertion.
Here is young man who commenced
life rs a mechanic, but from some cause
imagined that he ought to have been a
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 pro-
fitable than his work bench, and the Oc-
Here are two young men, clerks; one
of them is content, when his first term
Of service is over, to continue q clerk
till he shall hsve saved enough to COM
mence business on his own account; the
other can't wait, but starts on without
capital, and with limited experience,
and brings up, after few years. in q
court of Insolvency, while his former
comrade, by patient perseverance,, comes
out at last with fortune.
That young lawyer, who became dis
heartened because briefs and cases did
not crowd upon him while he was yet
redoleut Of calf bound volumes, and
had small use for red tape. who con-
cluded he had mistaken his calling, and
80 plunged into politics, finally settled
down into the character Of q 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, as
much for lack Of contentment mingled
with his industry as anything, though
he is not aware Of it. He hears the won
derful stories of California, and how
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picking them up: mortgages his farm
to raise money, goes away to the land
of gold, and, after many months Of hard
toll, comes home to commence again at
the bottom of the hill for more weary
and less successful climbing up again.
Mark the men in every community
who are notorious for ability and equal
ly notorious for never getting ahead,
and you will usually find them to be
those who never stick to any one busi-
ness long, but are always forsaking
their occupation just when 1t begins TO
be profitable.
Young man, stick to your business.
It may be you have mistaken your call
ing; II 80, find ii ont as quick ~ posi-
BILE, and change It; but don't let any
uneasy desire to get along fast, or q
dislike Of your honest calling lead you
to abandon 1t. Have some honest oc-
cupation, and then stick to it; il you
are sticking types, stick away at them !;
if you are at the law, hold fast to that
profession; pursue the business you
have chosen, persistently, Il pstrious-
ly, and hopefully, and II there is any
thing of you it will appear and turn 70
account in that as well rs or better than
in any other calling; only, If you are a
loafer, forsake that line as speedily as
possible, for the longer you stick to II,
the worse 1t will "stick" you.