The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-10-08
Look On This and On That.

Look On This and On That.
Young man, standing on the hair
line whore the rosy huod days of boy
hood end and the severe realities OF the
life struggle begin, we ask you, at
this momentous period of your exist
enee, to pause, consider and deter
mine that you will follow no practice
that does not pay in coed morals, in
good conscience and in good money.
To help you to make this good resolve
and to keep it, which will be profitable
to you in this life and maybe in the
life to come, we will give you the OPP
posite careers of two brothers, which
can be substantiated by "a cloud OF
witnesses" to whom the facts are well
known.
In the summer of 80 man died in
a certain neighborhood in this county,
who by dint of hard laborand business
shrewdncss, amassed considerable
fortune, leaving thirty-two hundred
dollars to each of a large family of
children, from among whom we have
taken two brothers, the nearest of age,
"to point our moral AID adorn our
tale"
Before the death Of the father, the
Oldest bother entered Il houling cs-
Enlistment and learned the milling
art to perfection. BY good moral
habits he won fair name and moved
in the first circle of society, BY close
application to business, honest dealing
and an unpretending life that knew
but few wants, he acquired snug sum
OF money. Tired of milling he went to
merchandising The same habits,
the same business principles
and the same thrift followed
him in his new pursuit. At
his father's death with what money he
had made himself and his legacy com
binci, h. was well off. With this fine
start he has added dollars to dollars
and acres to acres, until he is now
the owncrof a large section Of fine
timber lands, and two 81 lendid river
farms, large amount Of stock, several
big mortgages and a comfortable bank
account He is one of the foremost
men of the country in wealth and
character, and his word i, deemed as
good as his bond
The younger brother, anoble, gencr
ou8-hcarted fellow, with an intellect
above the average, had literary turn
Of mind and gratilicd his aspirations
for the polite accomp ishments e the
higher life by a thorough collegiate
education. When he received his
legacy from the administrator of lis
deceased fathers estate, he went also
to merchandising with tolerably fail
prospect of success. Reckless manage
mcnt and inattention to business soon
brought their certain results. Gus
toners deserted his counters, and he
lost money every day until he sold his
entire stock Of merchandise at II ruin
Gus sacrifice. His failure vas owing
entirely to the drink habit he had
formed ut college and in his later as
sociations with incorporate compan
ions. He went out OF business with
his legacy reduced to Il few hundred
dollars, and his character cloaded
not by any dishonesty, but by the i'm
measurable curse of an insatate pas
sion for the imbruting poison of the
stillworm. Heput his meagre fortune
in bank, entered upon career Of idle
ness and dissipation, rapidly drawing
nearer and nearer to want and sinking
deeper and deeper into the slough, I'm
expectedly to his friends he seemed al
atonce to be oyertaken and arreste(
by a spirit Of good, conscience awoke
n keen sense of the horrors and peril
of his condition overwhelmed him, hC
quit the barrooms and resolved t
make the effort TO recoup his fortune
and renew his wasting energies among
strangers and new associations. TAX
ing the meagre remnant of his legacy
he went west few years ago, HI
worked at this and that, here anC
there, as best he could with an en-
feebled body and a narrowed mind
He again fell victim to the snarel
and temptations of the old thief anC