Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-09-06
TALKS WITH THE BOYS.
SOME GOOD ADVICE To ii RISING
GENERATION.
A Icsson In LIZ What Sou Do. DO IL
Well and Receive Your Kcuard.

Wen and Receive Your Reward.
II you have arrived at the age Of
Is or 1G it is time you looked matters
square in the face and had some idea OF
your future. II you were to answer at
once you wonId say that you would take
o profession in preference to a trade. A
profession means several years Of hard
study, quite a large cash outlay and
then trials and rclufs to get a staff
as a lawyer or a doctor, and quite
another to pick up clients and patients.
II you have fully decided on a profession
he careful OF your first move. If you
have a large head your grandmother
has doubtless emany times exclaimed:
What n great lawyer this boy would
make" Don't try to make one on the
size Of your head. We've got any
number Of that class in the country
now, and they cant pay their grocera
bills. If you can pull n silver ont Of
your finger without winking it may be
a sign that Won would make q good
surgeon. 1t may also be a sign that
you nrc born to be a butcher. How
will you know what to pursue? Your
own feelings are the safest guide. II
left to Your parents and to circumstance
You may be forced into a trade or pro
fession which you can never make a
success. When you come to realize
that you must make your own way in
life your particular forte will be apt l.
reveal itself. One of the best lawyer
in Detroit was intended for the ministry.
another served three years as n Jour
n%alist, but all the time feeling tina.
he was out of his element; another wa
forced by his father to learn the trade Of
harness maker. | know a machiniSt
who at first studied medicine; Of 4
matchmaker who tried TO become Il
lawyer; OF a carpenter who threw away
three years Of his life trying to become
Il dentist.
After you have selected your rrofes-
sion or trade, what then? Strive to
master it in all its details and TO excel.
II o become a carpenter, don't be
satisfied when yon can saw and plane
and match. Don't be satisfied with 81
per day. Make yourself worth 81. Mas
ter details, and push yourself from car
penter to builder. Don't imagine thai
a man in search of a lawyer walks down
the street and drops in at the first sign
hanging ont. 1t is the lawyer who has
climbed above his fellows that be seeks
ont. If our friends are Ill we want the
best doctor. We want the man who has
made himself the best by study and
energy. The blacksmith who is'contert
to mend old wagons will never iron a
new Que. The machinist who stands at
the lathe to do about SO much work in
ten hours need not hope to be better of.
1t is the men who put their heart into
what they do who succeed.
| can name yOu twenty instances in
Detroit where skilled workmen nave
been taken as partners In large fac
tories. The clerk who is capable, honest
and persevering Is bound to win a
higher position. The joiner WHO does
his work to last for years instead OF
months is never ont Of work. There
are house painters who are satisfied to
stand on a ladder or scafIold at 800 per
day. There are other house PAINTERS
whose energy and enthusiasm have
made them sign-writers and decorators.
and raised their wages to $40 per week.
It Is not SO much what you 10. bat how
Won DO 1t, that Lrings prosperity.
II. QUAn.