The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-29

this way and that and would have de-
stroyed the ship; and the chief gunner,
at the almost certain destruction of his
own life, rushed at il with handspike
TO thrust between the spokes of the
wheel of the rolling cannon and by
fortunate leverage arrested the gun till
it could be dashed fast, But that strug-
gle did not seem so disheartening as
that man enters upon who attempts to
fight his natural temperament, whether
it be too fast or too Flow, too nervous or
too Emphatic, God help him, for God
only can,
tNpoLENCs AND WEALTH.
Furthermore, Incidence Is often d re-
suit of easy circumstances, Rough ex-
perience in earlier life seems to be neces-
sary in order to make man active and
enterprising. Mountaineers are nearly
always swarthy, and those who have
toiled among mountains of trouble get
the most nerve and muscle and brain,
Those who have become the deliverers
Of nations once had not where to lay
their heads, Locust and wild honey
have been The fare of many John the
Baptist, while those who have been foh;
died OF fortune and petted and praised
have often grown up lethargic.
They have none Of that heroism which
comes from fighting ones own battles.
The warm summer sun of prosperity has
weakened and relaxed them. Born
among the Injuries Of life exertion has
been unnecessary, and therefore they
spend their time in taking 1t easy. They
may enter into business, but they are
untitled for its application, for its hard
ships, for its fepulses, ind after having
lost the most of that which they have
invested go back to thorough inaction
This costly yacht may do we'll enough
in tho smooth, CLASSY bay, but cannot
live an hour amid a chopped sea.
Another cause of incidence is severe
Encouragement. There are those around
us who started life with the most san.
guine expectation. Their enterprise ex-
cited the remark of all compeers. But
some sudden and overwhelming misfors
tune met them and henceforth they
have been inactive. Trouble, instead of
making them more determined, has
overthrown them. They have lost all
self reliance. They imagine that all
men and all occurrences are against
them, They hang their heads where
once they walked upright, They never
look you in the eyes. They become
misanthropic and pronounce all men
liars and scoundrels. They go melan-
cholic and threadbare to their graves:
You cannot rouse them to action by the
most glittering offer
In most cases these persons have been
honorable and upright all their lives,
for rogues never get discouraged, as
there is always some other plot they
have not laid and some other trap they
have not sprung. There are but few
sadder sights than a man of talent and
tact and tlndoubted capacity giving up
life as a failure, like line of magnifi-
cent steamers rotting against wharves,
from which they ought to have been
carrying the expectations of nation.
Every great financial panic produces
large crop of such men, In the great
establishments where they were part
ners in business they are now weighers
or drayInen or clerks on small salary:
Reverie is also cause Of Incidence.
There are multitudes of men who ex-
pect to achieve great success in life who
are entirely unwilling to put forth any
physical, moral or intellectual effort.
They have great many eloquent theories
Of life. They are all the while expecting
something to turn up They pass their
life in dreaming. They have read in light
literature how men suddenly and unex-
pectedly came to large estates, or found
a pot of buried gold at the foot of the
rainbow of Good Luck, or had some
great offer made them. They have
passed their lives in reverie.
Notwithstanding he is pinched with
poverty ana any other man would be
tlewncast at the forlorn prospect, he is
always cheerful and sanguine and jovial,
for he does not know but that he may
be within a day or two of astounding
success. You cannot but be entertained
with his cheerfulness of temper. All
the world wishes him we'll, for he never
did anybody any harm. At last he dies
in just the same condition in which he
lived, sorrowful only because he must
leave the world just at the time when
his long thought of plans were about to
be successful. Let no young man begin
life with reverie. There is nothing &C.
complished without hard work. Do not
In idleness expect something to turn up.
1t will turn down. Incidence and wick
edness always make bad luck. These
people of revcrie are always about to
begin; They say, wait little"
So with the child who had cage con-
tanning beautiful canary, and the door
of the cage was open and cat was in
the room. Better shut the door of the
cage" said the mother. "Wait min
ute," said the boy. While he was wait
ing the feline creature with one spring
took the canary, The way that many
lose the opportunity of a lifetime is by
the same principle. They say, "Wait a
minute" My advice is not to wait at
all.
Again, bad habits are fruitful source
of Incidence. Sinful indulgences shut a
mans shop and dull his tools and steal
his profits. Dissoluteness is generally
the end of industry. There are those
who have the rare faculty of devoting
occasionally a day or a week to loose in
| dulgences, and at the expiration of that
time go back with bleared eyes and
| tremulous hands and boated cheeks to
the faithful and successful performance
| of their duties. Indeed, their employ
ers and neighbors expect this amuse.
| ment or occasional season of frolic and
| wassail.
Some of the best workmen and most
skillful artisans have this mode of con.
Quoting themselves, but, as the time
rolls on, the season of dissipation be-
comes more protracted and the season
of steadiness and sobriety more limited
until the employers become disguised
and the man is given up to continual
and ruinous idleness. When that point
has arrived he rushes to destruction with
astonishing velocity. When a man witt
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