Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-07-17
SEEKING THEIR LEVEL.
3Soft Snaps" and Fat Salaries Not Going
Alleging to ANY Great Extent.

a-Begging to Any Great Exteat.
water" says natural philosophy,
"wln always seek its level" From q
fairly extensive acquaintance with this
fluid we are inclined to accept the state
ment as correct, and feel disposed to
add that things in general have the
same tendency. The boy who comes to
new school and stands aloof from his
companions looking wise and straight
ening out his fancy trousers legs while
the others talk and scuffie may think he
travels on an upper plane for tine,
but pretty soon another boy viii come
along and trip hun up. sending him
head over heels into the mud The
way he acts for the next five minutes
VIII settle the level he is to occupy in
that school. Ii h squares of for
rough and-tumblc-figh and displays
grit and good nature mixed in proper
style, he will be counted fine lad and
the ideal of the school, no mat
ter whether he wins or loses
Ii on the o:her hanl he whim-
pers and VIII hes and goes to the
teacher with his complaint. no good
clothes. nor good looks. nor money,
nor Jewels can make him sol d with
those who rule. An addition is made
to the clerical force in a Big store. He
is a pr M. modest lad from the country.
pit i'll by one of the propr.etorS who
In W his father For dav or two he
stands there behind the counters, deal
ing out goo l. as punctual and rs sol
cmn rs sexton. Scol his compan-
ions be- to work in their little Jokes.
an | the girls blush AMI look up side
WAYS just to see what kind of elbow
the new man is. He was put there to
sell goods and works for so much Il
week but under. above and around all
these business transactions influences
are at work that are record nc his place
in the wo Id an telling whether he
shall continue beh Ind that counter dur
ing good behavior or Sc to places OF
more paw and greater tru t. All men
and all women who 1--we and act in this
world are work NJ out their fitness TO
hold certa II positions and seeking their
levels as surely as the chaling streams
that roll to the Atlantic.
When we zee dreSsy young men hang
ing around tn corners and haunting
the offices n the city, complain NC of
fate and ill-luck. and saying they are
going West to grow up in country
where talent Is appreciated, we pity
them and pity the West for we know
that the world has no use for them SO
long rs they hold to such doctrines.
Let them strip off their coats and 60 to
work at the first thing they can find to
do, and let them work at it until some
thing better offers. Now and here are
The place and tine for men to show
their mettle. Right here in Boston
and Massachusetts, and New England,
and right now in the year of our Lord
1885. are as good opportunities for
work and talent as anywhere. Men
who occupy high positions to-da. 10 so
because they were wide-awake,
gained their proper level by push, AID
men who want such places must exert
themselves to get them. soft snaps"
and fiat salar es' do not 90 a-begging
to any great extent. They don't this
year. at least, and we have no author
ity for saying they viii next. If a thing
is worth having. it is worth working
for. Work, Young man, work.-BoS-
ton Globe