The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-10-04
WEEKLY BAZOO.
A PLEA FOR INDUSTRY.

NEIL VINO nave ellteIeu, vi are eiiteIlilg
upon the so-called learned professions,
probably not one in twenty, if the
proportion is not very much larger,
is in any wise fitted for the successful
pursuit Of the occupation he has chos-
en- in life. Every forward school boy
imagines that he would make Won
derful lawyer, doctor or preacher, if
he were only to try. But the magma
ton so far exceeds any real ability in
the way of getting forward in the pro-
LESSONS that the great majority are
doomed to a bitter and humilating dis
appointment. The law and the medi
cal schools Of the country, to say
nothing of religiously inclined young
men who are struggling through the
theological academies. are turning out
every year many more candidates for
public favor than can possibly find
Judgement where they can thrive, or
even live, on the profits arising from
the exercise of such brains as fortune
has blessed them with. These young
men while their lives away endeavor-
ing to compass success in walks in
life for which many of them are I'M
fitted to the last degree Many a
good mechanic many a good farmer,
many good soldier or sailor, is lost
in tie hybrid young would-be
professional man. Where there
is the most need, there
the most scarcity is to be found.
The post of usefulness between the
handles of the p!ow is deserted the
Gle, the hammer, the wise, the jack
plane, the rip-saw. the lathe, the an
vii and the white-hot iron meet no
better fate. The post of honor be-
hind a musket, or on the quarter deck
Of a merchantman, are alike robbed
of the ornaments nature intended for
shem. The professions, with capacious
maws, devour them all. Our young
men do not know, DO not realize, that
there are SO many other occupations
equally honorable. and much more
satisfactory. The real honor attached
TO the busy occupations of life, the
store, the counting room, the shop,
the open fields, is priceless when COM
pared with the empty honors of the
professions. A young man whose pa
rents are poor is put upon his metal
early in life. All he wants is a white
mans chance. On the farm, or i'm
the shop, or behind the counter, he
plods away against the time when he
finds himself in possession of those
little means which enable him 10 !
break the ice for himself. Come some
summer day, while yet young, he
snds a wife and happy children
around him, and just a little pros
perity. He has been frugal and
His labors have been re-
doubled year by year, and he finds
his reward in content and honest toll.
He has listened to the better prompt
ings of a thousand of the humble
spirits surrounding his simple life. He
has heard their still, small chorus.
saying: Don't leave the farm, the
shop, the store, the counting-room,
snd has needed in time. Having
taken on to love his business, it loves
him in return, and makes him happy.
He walks serene i'm the true and un-
'el6sh admiration of the beings of his
2umble hearth, and that's enough for
him. As time progresses, his life is
Sled out, his simple Golfers become
wen full, he rests-but only when
.ge has laid its unerring finger upon
him, and he has pointed the way to
those of his nlme who must come
after him. When his life is rounded |.
full he passes away, sturdily and
steadily, as he began; placid as
swans that drift in dream round the