Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-11-07
Getting a Living.
HINTS TO THOSE OUT OF EMpLoYMES,

HINTS TO THOSE OUT OF EMPLOYMENT
Every year the great multitude of thos
who stand in the worlds market-place
waiting r be hired, grows greater. Tn
learned professions are full, and still col
le-a doors open toilet out eager aspirants
hlue-rbb1nel parchments in hand, who
viii ft. ID cry, Plenty of room at til,
Up, rush to Join the pushing, jostline
crowd at the bottom of the ladder strug
Cling to gain a foothold on the lower
rounds In all grades of life it is the
same thing.
Pitifully targets the class of Young men
more or less well educated, college grad
yates many Of them, without even the
sword of profession or the oyster-knife
of trade, yet none the less confidently
looking to the world as their oyster, and
expecting easily to open its rough, hard
shell. Frequently such as these turn to
journalism, regarding it as a genteel pur-
suit open to any one who can write an
essay or even decent letter, oblivious to
the fact that to become successful journ-
alist calls not only for talents of a pecu-
liar kind. but for years of patient, careful
training, SO that the printers boy, who
has worked his way up by sheer perseve-
rance, is usually better journalist than
the prize essayist and valedictorian of his
class, who has yet to learn the ropes in n
newspaper office.
Go West. young man, go West, ="
quotes the philanthropist, but the West
makes answer that there, also, the pro-
fessions are full I'VE want no fine gen.
tlemen, says Nevada Journal Send
us skilled mechanics; practical farmers,
with at least a few hundred dollars on
which to begin; bonafide laborers. For
such as these there is plenty of chance ;
but for professional men there is no open
ing, and non professional gentlemen who
cannot work had best stay at home.
Even where in the West and Northwest
millions Of acres of government land lie
idle for those who may settle on it, the
work of pre-emptinga homestead is hard,
requiring health and strength to labor
and at least capital enough to live on un-
til the land is reclaimed and Yields crop.
The settler who is willing and able to
labor with his hands, to lead the hard,
rough life of the frontiersman, and who
has in addition two or three hundred dol
lars, can make himself a home in the
West. Otherwise it is folly to attempt it.
But this lack of desirable openings is
no excuse for remaining idle. There is
work OF some sort in the world for every
man who really wants to work If You
cannot do one thing. do another, and
whatsoever YOU do, do your best patient,
faithful labor is sure Of its reward in the
end. Or, if You can actually find moth
ing to do, set yourself earnestly to ac-
quire some art or profession which may
yield you living. The stories of the be-
ginnings of men of whom the world has
heard, are many of them records of per-
severance in the face of difficulties.
Franklin's penny roll, Abraham Lincoln's
rail-splitting, Andy Johnson's tailoring
all these are historic. Stonewall Jackson
walked over mountain and through forest
TO Washington to ask his cadetship, and
to West Point when he got it, because he
had no money to pay his fare. Any en-
ployment however distaseful or humble,
is better than nothing for the man who
has his way to make in the world. If he
has pluck and energy he will make of
such a stepping stone to something
higher.
There is no greater mistake i'll the
search for work than that which leads
young men to turn their backs on the
home farm and crowd to the cities with
out even the promise of steady employ
ment while there, while at home their |
father must hire help on the farm.
Farming ones self, on ones own land, is |
the only employment certain to yield
living And the secret of success in
farming has been shown to lie in high |
cultivation. He who makes two blades |
of grass grow where but one stood before /
is public benefactor Vegetables and |
small fruits pay even better than grain
America is destined at no distant day to |
be not only the granary, but the market |
garden of the world, and the practical |
cannot fail of success. This way lies the |
road to comfort and perhaps wealth. |
Don't 60 away until you have tried work .
at thome.-Phitadelphia Times