Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-11-04
BURDETTE TO THE "SMART .
YOUNG MAN.

NlCu VI " a. DuLuOJ1O5 u ghO DuA AA4SU WI
HGUbeye:
In the Boston Herald Of September IA, rea
the following advertisement:
"WANTED.-A chance to work In some well
established business house, either as salesman
or accountant, or both, by young man o
thorough business training, who has neye
preached or prayed In public, neither has beel
treasurer or superintendent Of Sabbath
schools, or betrayed any confidence repOset
IN him, but who relies for worldly success OF
the Old-iashiOned qualities Of integrity, intel
Hgenco, good health and good nature; will
work with muscle and brain for the same com
pensatiOn given by the city for muscle only
hrst-class city references. Address III. Il. O.,
Herald Office"
Now, as has been aforetime observed bJ
Nj. Weller, you generally find every adVer
tlsement In paper promptly answered by
another card in the next column Of the same
Issue. Where you find the appeal of man
for a situation as salesman, you frequently
lind beside 10 the inquiry Of man who Is
looking for salesman. II one man has d
horse 10 sell, there is usually some man who
wants to buy horse. And 50 looked all over
TINT copy Of the Boston Herald TO see II there
wasn't some business house advertising for
just that sort Of a salesman. Ididn't find it..
glanced at other Boston papers, but couldn't
see that any house wanted q salesman or
accountant whose first recommendation was
that he had never preached or prayed in
public" got mold Of u New York paper or
two. wondering If tho young man would have
any better show IN the metropolis But
couldn't see any special chance for him. l
could not fnd that any business house was
anXiOu5ly looking for an accountant who had
never been guilty of the grave Oifonse Of
preaching or DraViUR where ANYBODY could
WIS especially looking for some young man
who had never gone wrong 80 far as to become
treasurer or superintendent Of II Sabbath
school," They didn't seem to hunger after
that particular kind OfyOung man.
looked at the young mans advertisement
long time, and 1t seemed TO me that he was
very young man, indeed. He must be very
young, or he would know that to preach and
70 pray, even boldly, without being assumed
OF it, In broad daylight, in the presence Of
fifty, u hundred, or three thousand people, Is
not considered, even by business men, as
vicious habit, or IN Indication Of loose morals.
do not know who the young man has been
accustomed to hear preach. do not know
what manner Of prayer meetings he has at
tended, but it Is very evident that he has re-
ceiVed very erroneous Impression OF preach
ing and praying in their effect and influence
upon buslness-lke character or upon the
mercantile world. ! do not know what kind
OF business the young man Is anxious to en-
gage In, II the best recommendation the em-
plOye can offer tho house IL thnt he hns
never preached or prayed Ia public" Posi-
bly, desk In tho general Office of the Liberal
League, which met recently in Chicago and
was 50 disgustingly goddess ana nasty that the
gust, may be open 10 him.
And then the young man brings another
proud recommendation to the business house
that may be so fortunate as TO receive his in
valuable service, He can lay his hand on his
heart and say, with pride, that no has "never
been treasurerOr superintendent of u Sabbath
school," Thls recommendation is rather
HuperiuOuB as his first one covers the ground.
lt is very likely that II the only recommends
he could bring 10 the SAbbath-sohOOl was the
fact that he never "preaohed or prayed" the
sabbath-sohoOl would endeayor TO get along
for little while without treasurer or super
mtOndent, until II could lind more liberal
candidate, for even the Sabbath-schOOls and
are tlncturod strongly with LIBERAL
ism, and s0t their faces against the bigOtry
that Dlindly and stupidity refuses TO sec any
good In sermons and prayers, and will not go
where sermons and prayers are made, ana does
not want ~ engage in business with people |
who tolerate preaching ana praying. Oh, no, |
young man, all the "bgOtry' In the world |!
isn't found inside the pale Of the church, by
any means.
indeed, the young mans statement of his
position In regard 10 the Snbhath-sohopl Is |
only another indication OF bis exceeding |
youth, Had no known anything about Sub |
bath-schoOls he would have known that the |
treasurer Of a Sabbath-sohoOl does not have |
70 give bonds, llto county treasurer, TO keep |
1Am from running away with the money. An, |
no; but he often has to run his generous |
hand down into his own pocket 10 buy the pa-
pers and books that the hearts OF the little peo-
pie long for,
And then IN consequence OF his rigid abstl-
nGnCe from church and sabbath-sohoOl tho
young man wlsnes us to Infer he has never
betrayed any confidence repO5ed In him"
Well we don't know yet that anybody reposed
any confidence In him. Certainly the church
chance 10 betray their confidence, because he
never preached for them, Nobody ever
placed any confidence IN his ability In Sunday
school matters becaus9 they never elected
BIN superintendent, and II is sadly apparent,
from tho young mans own statement, that
they wouldn't oven trust him with the little
handful Of pennies and nckes that are gath
ared up from Sunday 70 sunday from the little
people y y very thin accommodation for
young man, brethren, when he can't even
be trusted 20 handle the eoanty fund Of an aV-
smga hunday-schOOl collection. Ho doesn't
ell ug that anybody else ever did rep0so any
confidence In him. no simply says that the Sum
ihy-schQOl people didn't.
And then couldn't help thinking, as read
no advertisement again and again. how
Iucky after telling tho merchants Of Boston
lnice IN Sabbdth-sCnoOls, how quickly he hast !
sned TO assert that no had "never betrayed
my confidence repOsed In him" He so0med
Q think that Il was time he was giving his
lharaoler a boost Ordinarily, when a
rOuuR man asks for situation IN some "wcll- !
established house, 4 is taken for granted 7
ha1 his character is good aud that he "has J
leVer betrayed any confidence repOsed In l
I'M NlluuNN atAtlNa IT. luFlu m tue HQNeftlsG-
nont. lt rs expected that be can bring good d
eferonce8 with him. but this young man, ,
iier proudly hnsing his claims for the stua- /
ton apOn the fact that he mover breaches, and
Doesn't pray IN public, and never was a Sum
ay-8chOOl officer, seems tO think Il necessary
b say something really good of himself, He
laetena % assure the mercantile world that
.e Is better than they would think, from his
0regnng references, that, n he did stay
way from church and sunday-sohool, he /
.eVeF betrayed any confidence. Perhaps Il | u
occurred to aim Just thon that TO be preacher n
Il a sunday-sChOol superintendent wasn't
necessarily % be q rascal. This young man
eally appears 20 grow younger every time he
peaks b
g But, the young man says. soorninR the i
Ministry the church, the Sunday-aOhool and y
ven, as his advertisement reads, the fact that 4
e has "nevcr betrayed any confidence ro- n
oEed IN him, sc0rning all these and setting ]
hem aside as worthless aids 70 worldly sue v
esa, DO relies for worldly success ON TIC old n
sshi0ncd qualities Of integrity, intelligence !
pod health and good nature"
And do hope, for the sake Of the young 8
sans worldly success, that bis integrity IS | a
featcr than bis intelligence, and that his
cath a better than his nature For the sam =
le OF intelligence that be lays out for the In {
1qcilon Of business men N PC advertisement :
good nature exhibited IN it IS not the best Z
.n1 of Rool nnar4 & IS very dyqpcpfe, / 4
'atFocd nature. If D f1'1coufte0ls, aatlrioal Il
nfutt. little mean. should aaY, yes deod-
IIF Uan aUU aIfIHeLfnf IN.uaiuroa. hf 10 ] L
ut uni1s rl| mean end iltuaiurel % in- q
Inrtl fnHs swing Hr prayers on preach
g effcaa'a tadaY school ana holding (