The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-08-22
FRANK JONES' SUCCESS.

"he That 10 Diligent In Business shall
Stand BeiOro Kings
This is what IL lawyer said OF tho
story | am about to relate to you: 1T
is the best boys story that 1 ever
heard"
I'VE have had good many boys
with US from time to time" said MIR.
Alden. the senior member OF large
hardware establis ament in Market
street. Philadelphia, ..as apprentices to
learn the business. What may SUR
prise sou is that we never take country
boys, unless they live in the city with
some relative who takes care Of them
and keeps them home at night. for
when a country boy comes to the city
10 live every thing is new to him. and
he is attracted by every show window
and unusual sight The city boy. who is
accustomed to these things. cares little
for them. and il he has good mother
he is at home and in bed in due season.
And we are very particular about our
boys and before accepting one rs an
apprentice we must know that he
comes of honest and industrious pa
rents.
But the best boy we ever had is now
with us, and member Of the firm. lie
that We couldn't do without. lie was
thirteen years old when he was apprcn.
ticed TO us, and he was with us for
eleven years, acting for several years
as salesman. When he first came We
told him that for long time his wages
would be very small, but that il he
proved to be Il good boy his salary would
bc increased at IL certain rate every
year. and, as it turned out. when ac-
cording to agreement we should have
been paying him five hundred dollars a
year we paid him nine hundred, and
he never said word himself about an
increase Of salary. From the very out
set he showed that he had an inte, est
in the business He was prompt in the
morning. and if kept little overtime
at night il never seemed TO make any
difference with him. He gradually
came to know where every thing was
to be found, and If any information was
wanted it was to this boy. Frank Jones,
that every one applied. The entire es-
tablishment seemed to be mapped out
in his head, and every thing in it cata-
losucd and numbered. His memory oil
faces was equally remarkable. He knew
the name Of every man who came to
the store to buy goods what he bought.
and where he came from. used often
TO say to him: Jones your memory is
worth more than gold mine! How
do you manage to remember?
81 make it my business to remem.
ber,' he would say. i know that if
can remember man and call him BY
name when he comes into the store, and
can ask him how things are going OF
where he lives. will be very likely K
keep him as customer.
"And that was the exact case. H,
made friends Of buyers. He took thu
same interest in their purchases rs h
TOOK in the store. and would 60 to n,
end OF trouble to suit them, and TO fiji
to the letter every thing he promised
''Well, affairs went on in this wa,
until he had been with us eleven years
when We concluded to take him into tn
firm as partner. We knew that h
had no extravagant habits; that h
neither used tobacco, nor beer, no
went to the theater. He continued a
at the beginning to board ut home. an
even when his salary was at the yer
lowest he paid his mother two dollars
week for his board. He was alway
neatly dressed, and We thought it wa
very probable that he had laid up on
or two thousand dollars. as his salal.
| for the last two years had been twelv
hundred dollars. SO when VIC mad
him the offer TO become partner j
the business. and suggested that
would be more satisfactory If he coul
put some money into the firm, he n
piled:
.Lf ten thousand dollars will be an
object can put in that much. hav
saved out of my salary nine thousan
four hundred dollars, and my sister wi
let me have six hundred
Il can tell you that was neve
more astonished in nv life than whe
the fellow said he could put in to
thousand dollars. and the most of it h
own money. He had never. spent
dollar, Or twenty-five cents. or fiy
cents for an unnecessary thing, an
had kept his money in bank where
gathered small interest. ! am a gre;
believer in the Bible, you know, and
always kepttwo placards In big letter
up in the store. On one was this tex
He that is faithful in that which
least. is faithful also in that which
much;' and on the other: He that
diligent in business, shall stand befo'
kings and MOI before mean men, An
Frank Jones success was the liter'
lulfillment OF those two texts. He ha
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