Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-30

| work and IN learning 10 DO IL wen, ant
no. be always saying, There's this anC
there's that--ifI had this or that to dc
| might make something of it, M
matter what man is, / wouldn't Civ,
two-pence for him" here Caleb's mouth
looked bitter, and he snapped his fin
gers, whether he was the Prime Minis
ter or the richest thatcher, if he didn
do well what he undertook TO do"
We have often wished that we coulc
impress these ideas upon the mind o
every young man in the country, anc
especially of young farmers and farm
er's boys. Every one who will bring his
life in accordance with them will mosI
assuredly win success. "You must
love your work" This you can easily
learn to do if you will give your
thoughts proper direction. There il
not in the whole list Of industries one
that has so much Of real interest as
farming. II embraces the whole list Of
sciences-chemistry, geology, physiol
ogy, animal and vegetable; mineralogy
botany, entomology there is not one
that does not belong directly to the
farmer, and upon which he can not, il
he chooses, draw at will. In what la
more pleasure than in gaining informa-
tion2 To the farmer the whole ex-
haustless book Of nature is open for him
TO read as he abors. Every hour Of
every day turns a new and interesting
page. If he will but read it he cannot
fail to love his work.
"You must not be ashamed Of your
work" Why should your IL shows u
weakness enc should blush to own,
when the very best men Of our own
and all other times have united in It's
praises. "Ihe most healthful, most
useful and most noble employment of
man" deserves better than that any one
should be ashamed Of it.
"You must nave pride in your own
work, and in learning do IL we'll" 1t is
just this that makes all the difference
between success and failure. The far
mer who works constantly under COM
pulsions and goes to his labor with the
feeling Of n slave, without ambition,
without enterprise il n slave, and will
always remain 80, and his wifn and chill
dren are with him in seryitude, bound
down by the bonds his want Of pride in
his work impose upon him. But let
such u man determine he will raise n
better crop than his neighbor, and his
ambition IL MT once aroused, his energy
il excited, his success IL nearly assured,
and n pride awakened which is the
promise of better work in future. And
il is better work in all departments of
agriculture that is needed soil,
better seed, better culture.
TO do well whit one undertakes to
do il duty. No matter what the task
may bo.--plowing u furcw, plant seed,
building II bridge painting II picture,
writing sermon, teaching child,
anything from smallest To greatest, he
who fails to do ii M well as nc can is
guilty OF II fraud. No man worketh for
himself alone. The laborer is certainly
worthy Of his hire, but the world has u
right to demand that the products of
his labor shall be M good and ny great
rs he can make them. The man who,
being able to work, remains idle, de-
frauds the community by just so much
M he, by his productive labor, could
to its wealth, and he who
produces less than he might, owes n
debt to society he can never repay.
The path ofduty, thon, for the young
farmer il II plnin one. He must love
his work and not he ashamed of it; he
must take pride in what he does and
ho must do well what ho undertakes to
do. Besides, the path is not only u
plain, but it is n pleasant one. An
occasional thistle may obstruct the
way, but il will be easily removed,
while rosos blossom on either side and
The end is success.