The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-06-20
y had made four thousand the flrst
year, ! should have become incautious,
perhaps, and failed the second or third
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year, ! should have become incautious,
perhaps, and failed the second Or third
year. "
The manufacturer Of "a stove polish
now sends out to all parts Of the world
six tons daily and hc has realized a
large fortune from his business; and,
at the present time, it is more profit
able than ever But he commenced in
the smallest OF small ways He car:
ried his polish about in carpet-bag.
and retailed it from house to house.
After time he was able to purchase
horse and wagon. with which
he enlarged his business. A few
years later, he could travel by rail to
distant States and take orders, con.
tinuing this method until he had can.
vassed twenty-five States. By this
time his business was large enough to
satisfy his ambition, and his income
large enough to warran' ample assist.
ance. 1t was accomplished by begin.
ming in small way. In reply to an
author, who wished for information,
he wrote: II began business at the
age OF fifteen, with a capital of five
dollars. My first factory was a one.
story building, fifteen feet by twelve.
My first product was a carpet-bag full
of the articles l made, which sold
from door to door. I struggled with
poverty and many obstacles. worked
half the night and at two or three
o'clock in the morning crawled up
into the little attic over my little shop,
hardly large enough for a dog to
sleep in, and after an hour or two Of
sleep, got up and went at it again.
My factory has grown to cover three
acres; my product has grown from a
carpet-bag full to six tons day, and
the goods of my manufacture are sold
in every civilized country. l never
used tobacco, cider or beer. 1 never
gambled nor read low story papers or
dime novels, but supplemented my
meager educational advantages with
good reading"
To enter upon life pursuit without
a dollar In the pocket may be discour.
aging, but such was the experience OF
scores of successful men. Two of the
wealthiest merchants OF New York City
began their life work by sweeping the
store in which they grew and rose from
year to year, until they became its rich
proprietors. In like manner, states.
men, clergymen, lawyers, physicians,
scholars and successful mon of other
pursuits began their careers in way
equally humble.
The New York Herald is supposed to
be one OF the most valuable newspaper
properties in the world. But the con
trast between It's present worth and in.
auence and its inferior beginning in a
cellar on Nassau street Is one of the
marvels Of our day. In that dark, damp
abode, with a table extemporized by
laying wide board on two empty bar.
rels, and one chair for the editor, Mr..
Bennett began his work as a journalist.
He was editor, reporter, book-keeper,
manager and salesman; working sew
enteen and eighteen hours daily;
hoping, pushing, planning, waiting,
but never mOpipp or covering before
difficulties. IAN intense desire itself
transforms possibility into reality. Our
wishes are but prophecies of the things
we are capable Of performing"
We add only this: Those youths who
begin business life where their fathers
left off usually end it where their
fathers began.-William Thayer. in
Yankee Blade.