Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-01-16

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was the savior of the nation. Queen
Victoria is descended in an almost TN
broken line from the conqueror, but
she can't help it. Who knows who
was Brigham Young's mother-in-law,
or who knows anything Of his ances-
| try? If you want to marry a mans
daughter, or to borrow $500 from him,
it amounts to the same thing, go for
him you will take him, or he may
take you. Then have confidence in
yourself. We sometimes get away
! from the man who has too much
cheek, but don't forget that you will
be found out if you are worth discov-
ering. Early in life take off your
coat and go to work ; in that lies sue
cess. There may be u genius, as there
are white crows, but white crow
does not amount to much more than
his black fellows. Know thoroughly
one thing and you will succeed.
Knowing more of one thing than any
other man, you know more than ten
thousand men, and you become an
authority. You may be called a
crank" but never mind, the world
would not move without cranks.
When God wants a weather vane lie
takes the lightest possible material,
but when lie wants a "crank" He
takes something solid. Every man
who has worked out a great idea has
been called "crank.' Don't be
afraid that you will work too hard /.
| never knew but one boy who died
of hard work, and the doctor said if
that boy had let up on the third plate
of ice cream at the picnic, he would
have pulled him through. Each one
should do his own work, for we can
only do well what belongs to US. Hard
work does not kill men ; if it were not
for pleasure, men would never die, l
believe. You may work until late at
night without satisfactory result then,
but in the morning you have nothing
to be ashamed of, But in later life
you may go to bed at 2 a. IN, and in
the morning you will have a thirst
that Graves the Mississippi river, and
you will be ashamed to meet anybody
That is what is called "fun," and it
kills off multitudes of young men.
The fun that you lie about to your
mother, that you would rather die
than see your sister taking part in, il
not the fun that pays or lasts; the
simplest pleasures are those which are
best and most enduring.
1t is very easy to be lazy. Tennyson
the poet of the seasons, who tell'
about the joys of tramping i'll tn.
snow, and of being drowned through
the ice, never wrote one of his vigor
Gus lines save inside comfortable
room, but he could afford to loaf, ant
80 can you, when you can write a
poor poetry as Tennyson and get So
II line for it. But you, my boy, on $4
IL month, cannot afford to loaf. On
our way we had cobbler, whom w
sent to Congress. We had lost a cob
bier, but We had not gained a Con
gressman. We had attempted to pu
Il square man into a round hole. HI
moral is-don't attempt that for which
you are not fit; tolerably good pro
fessional man is like tolerably g@ot
egg, and no better. Don't get int,
debt; if you can't get along withou
more than you have, steal; you woult
be bothered less, and be an ornamen
to Canadian society. 1t would be ;
blessing if you couldn't get into debt
some ofyou can't.
If you want to take first place, figh
for it but there are just as good mel
at the bottom as there are at the top
Get married, you say? If you don
} do anything else, get married. Dom
be in hurry about it, but don't b,
too slow about it. You say that yol
can't find u young woman to suit you
Inever could understand why youns
man should want a woman to do al
that he can't. There are scores 0
things to be done about u home tina
neither a man nor his wife can d,
properly. Marry the girl you low
and her patience and courage and en-
ergy will enable you to win many
victory. When you marry you will
cease to be a boy you will become
man,