The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-09-27
ROUGHING 1T.

Adventures of a Tramp Who Afterwards
~ Became Vice President of the
sAl United States. sr
Many young people are impatient in
the hard work to be done as clerks, or
OF subordinate positions, and are eager
to make fortunes without the long and
painful toll which Is essential to sue
cess. They may learn something from
the experience of Vice President VIII
son. He says of, himself:
feel that have right to speak
for toiling and to toiling men. I.was
born here in your county Of Stafford.
I was born in poverty; want sat by
my cradle. know what it Is to ask a
mother for bread when she has none
to give. I left my home at ten years
of age, and served an apprenticeship
of eleven years, receiving a months
schooling each year, and at the end OF
eleven years Of hard work, yoke of
oxen and six sheep, which brought me
eighty-four dollars. rs...-.-,.--.-.
Eighty-four dollars for eleven years
OF toll l 81" 4 .''-. ...,
I never spent the amount of one dol
lar in money, counting, every penny
nom the time was born until I was
twenty-one years Of age. I know what
it is to travel weary miles and ask my
fellowmen to give me leave to toll. I
remember that IN Oct, 1888, walked
into your village from my native town,
and went through your mills seeking
employment. If anybody had offered
me nine dollars a month should have
accepted it gladly. 1 went to Salmon
Falls, I went to Dover, went to
Newmarket, and tried to get work,
without success, and returned home
footsore and weary, but not discour-
aged. ,l fa ''' or g .l.t y. =, =.
put my pack on my back aud
walked to where i now live in Massa.
chusetts, and learned mechanics
trade. know the hard lot that toilers
have to endure in this world and every
pulsation Of my heart, every convfc.
tion Of my Judgment, every aspiration
of my soul, puts me on the side of the
toiling men of my country-aye, of
all countries. :" ih- : s-''r
The first month worked after was
| twenty-one years of age went into
the woods, drove teams, cut mill logs
and wood, rose in the morning before
daylight and worked hard until dark
at night and I received the magnifi-
cent sum of six dollars! Each of these
dollars looked as large, too, as the
moon looks tonight. .tT
Believe in travelling step by step {;
do not expect to get rich in a jump.
Slow and sure is better than fast and
fimsy. Perseverance by its daily gain
enriches man more than fits and
starts of fortune aud: speculation.
Every day thread makes skein in
a year. Brick by brick houses are
built. We should creep before we
walk, walk before we run, and run
before we ride. In getting rich the
more haste the less speed. Haste trips
up its own heels. DON'T give up 6
small business till you see that large
one will pay you better. Even crumbs
are bread. Better a little furniture
than an empty house. In these hard
times, he who can sit on stone and
feed himself had better not move
From bad to worse is a poor invest
ment. A crust is hard fare but none
at all is harder. Don't jump out OF
the frying-pan into the fire. Remem-
ber men have done we'll in very small
shops. A little trade with profit is
better than a large fire that burns you.
A great deal of water may be got from
a small pipe, if the bucket is there 10
catch it. Large bears may be caught
in small woods. A sheep may get fat
in small meadow and starve in a
large desert. He who understands too
much succeeds in but little.