The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-06-21

Bhethey u Il wholly ehAFgeAhle % The
iiwlshness bsgopen Of the wI times,
when All indaslrs l0st Il. htaa 10 the
Wild belief tha. moro rapid methods bad
come IL, or whether Young men have be.
come lnoeulaicd with q sort ~ Insanity
+ 10 spending As fast a. they earn, il ls
pretty certain that their ways arr not
calculated Go lead 10 the success which
vas won BIZ their grAndiathcrs, bot 90
the coaIrary will carry them along only
short distance 10 life sud land lhem on
rocks where they viii hase nothing 10
leave but their skeletons. uulcss every
ruie Of thria aud prosperity Is suspended
this proud dIsdaln Of the frugsi habit
which fully vindicalos itself by ils results
Is a. snfe to end In poverty and woe as =
due respect for IL il sure 10 work out
solid triumphsa To note the maaDer IN
which young leiSws who are just earn.
| Ing their first money throw Il about them
Is anything bat encouraging 70 those
who hope 10 see the natives Of the coan-
Try ita real masters. Not to put too tnc
point on II. nor vet 10 lapse into .
moraliziag strain, it excites The most
lameniabie rtaeelioai to witness The
lordly indifference OF the most Of oGr
young clerks 10 the value OF money, at
the very tipe when they are capable OF
earning so little. One can tell at glance
that all they have got Is in their pockets,
though they firt their bank notes and
jingle their silver Ike old bank Presi-
dents. They deceive nobody, not even
one another; the very men who take
their money understand that they are
spending all that they earn, and pledging
the future whenever they can. There is
no fraud practised except on themselves,
and their first disappointment tells them
how badly they have been cheated.
! There is no royal road 10 snccess OF
any kind, but every one must travel IL
for himself aud step by step, and In the
simple habit OF using money prudently
and prscticiug self-denial Is involved
pretty much the whole problem. That
habit secretly stimulates virtues to
growth In the character that soon give II
Rrmness of shape aud enduring quality.
TO see lavshness in those who as yet
have nothing whatever TO lavish, sug-
gesls but too plainly what the end will
be aud how soon II will come. Let the
4 first serious obstacle throw these Young
man out Of their accustomed employment
aud they are obliged to fall back on their
parents, If they have any, after having
contracted spendthriit habits which in.
capacitate them for either shaping or ex-
eculing any plan of life thereafter. Some
thing is in the times, some faulty in the
young nature, that seems to inculcale
scorn Of the old methods by which sue.
cess has always been won, aud TO spread
the hollow belief that the world Is not to
be conquered by system but by a rush OF
luck, aud that the way to make fortunes
Is TO act as II they were ulreaAy in hand.
Aud this wild notion prevails, too, at
time when business Is consuming Its
capital, and money earns the very lowest
interest, and debt and taxation act like
paralysis on the nntiou. The manner OF
doing business may be much changed
from former days, but a true knowledge
Of the uses of money is just as indispen.
sable as 1t ever was. Where this 10 lack
ing, the first step toward success has not
yet been taken, and its primary condition
has been disregsrded. The fact that the
relations Of employer and employed have
SO greatly changed only makes more
necessary the saving habit on the part of
the latter which now seems TO be among
young men's discarded virtues.