The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-03-10
THE UNIvERsALIST: SATURDAY, MARCH TO- 1888.

affords, and it often happens that the former
outstrips the latter in the race. The key to
success lies in three things: Honesty, Indus
try and Courage. Honesty in all things is
the very essense of the right, and commands
the respect and confidence of all. Industry
is the constant use of the faculties which God
has given to every one; and Courage is what
makes men self-reliant and bold to act upon
their own Judgment, promptly and to good
purpose.
In little farming town in Vermont lived
lad of fifteen years with his parents. Word
came from an older brother that place had
been offered him in the drug store of Samuel
Kidder, in Lowell, Mass. Mr.. Kidder was
the soul OF integrity and honor, thorough
man of business, who carried his Christianity
into his dealings with customers. 1t was
with heavy hearts that the father and mother
consented to let their boy go, but they knew
it was for his good, and they prayed that the
lessons which they had sought to teach him.
and the thought of his home, would be ever
present guards to defend him against the
temptations of the great world. And SO,
with parting Injunction to have Honesty,
Industry and Courage for his rules of life,
they bravely spoke the parting words, and
sent him with their love and their blessing
to his new home,
1t is needless to tell all that happened to
the boy. Homesickness came to him, and
often when at his work the tears would come
when he thought of his home and of his
mother. But with them came her Injunction
to be brave, and SO the little fellow kept at
his work, determined to have Honesty, In
dustry and Courage, confident that with
these-for had not his father told him so?-
he could not fail to win.
And he did.
Go to Lowell to-day, and they will show
you brick building $50 feet long and four
stories high, devoted to an industry which
this boy, single and alone, has created.
They will show you that it is filled with men
and women who have pleasant, honorable,
and profitable employment because this boy
was Honest, Industrious and Brave. They
will show you huge tanks in which a remedy
of worldwide fame is prepared, to be put
into millions of bottles and sent all over the
country. And they will tell you, this boys
friends and neighbors, that it is because he
has been Honest in dealing with the public,
never disappearing or misleading them
by his advertisements; that what he offers is
readily sold, and what his advertisements
been Industrious, and has wasted neither
time, money, nor opportunity that his means
have steadily increased; and that it is be-
cause he has had the Courage to believe in
the merits of his remedy, and in the willing
ness of the public to buy a thing really good,
that his business has attained its present
proportions. Here is lesson for boys
yes, and for mothers; for there is not
mother in the land to-day before whose son
the opportunity does not lie to be as success
full and prosperous, and to do as much good
to his fellowmen as Chas. /. Hood, of Lowell,
a man whose name is household word
wherever SaIsaparilla is used, but of whom
the world has known but little.
"Honesty, Industry, Courage"
This has been his motto ever since he left
his home in Vermont, and it is his rule of
life to. day. His Honesty no man ever ques-
toned; his Industry is proved by the fact
that he is the hardest-worked man in his
establishment; and as for his Courage, no
one will question that who knows the abso-
lutte GOODNESS with which he expends hun
dreds of thousands of dollars year in ad-
vertising, because he knows that Hoods Sar-
saparilla will do all he claims for it, and that
the public only needs to be told of its virtues
to lead them to buy it.
More about this man and the extensive
business he has built up may be learned
from very elegant book, entitled T" Hoods
Sarsaparilla Laboratory Illustrated" just
published. 1t is printed on the finest plate
paper, contains IA full -page wood engravings,
has handsome cover printed in blue and
gold, and will be sent on receipt of a 2-cent
stamp by @. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.