Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1892-05-06

Iiyerers OF nations. once had not where 20
Law their heads. Locusts and wild money
have been the fare OF many John the 6ap-
tist while those VINO had been fondled OF
fortune and petted and praised nave oIten
grown up letharglc. "
They have none of that herolsn when
comes from fighting ones own battles The
warm summer sun of prosperity has weak
eued and relaxed them. Born among the
Injuries of life exertion has been unneces-
sary. and therefore they spend their time In
taking it easy. They may enter into busi-
ness but they are not fitted for its appl1ca-
ton its hardships, for Its REFUSES, ana aIter
having lost the most Of that which they nave
invested, go back to thorough 1nactlon. ms
costly yacht may do we'll enough on the
smooth, CLASSY bay, but cannot live an hour
amid chopped sea.
Another cause of Incidence is severe dis
enlargement. There are those around US
who started life with the most sangulne
expectation. Their enterprise excited the
remark of all compeers. But some sudden
and overw helming misfortune met them,
and henceforth they have been inactive.
Trouble instead of making them more de-
termined, have overthrown them. Ihey
have lost all self-reia tce. They imagine that
all men and all occurrences are against them
They hang their heads when once they
walked upright. They never look you up in
the eyes. They become misanthropic AMI
pronounce all men liars AMI scoundreis.
They 60 melanchOlic and threa ibare tot their
graves. You cannot rouse them to action by
the most glittering offer.
In most cases these persons have been hon
orable 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 man OF talent
and tact and undoubted capacity giving
up life as failure, like line of magnificent
Sfo r0ffinO AGAINST wharvaS from
which they ought to have been carrying the
exports of nation. Every great financial
panic produces large cropof such men. In
the great establishments where they were
partners in business they are now welghers
or draymen or clerks on small salary.
Revere is also cause OF Incidence. There
are multitudes Of men who expect to achieve
great success in life, VINO are entirely IN
willing 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 have read in light literature how men
suddenly and unexpectedly cana 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 pow
erty, and any ether man would be dOwncast
at the forlorn prospect, he IS always cheer
full and sanguine and jovial, for he does not
know but that he may be within day or
two Of astounding success. You cannot but
be entertained with his cheerfulness of tenn
per. All the world wishes him we'll, for he
never did anybody harm. At last he dies in
just the same condition in which he lived,
sorrowful only because he must leave thu
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 accomplished without hard
work. Do not in idleness expect something
to turn up. 1t will turn down. Incidence
and wicke1ness always make bad luck.
These people of reverie are always about to
begin. They say, 'Wait a little" So with
the child who had cage containing beau
tiful canary, and the door Of the cage was
open and a cat was in the room. ''Better
shut the door Of the cage" said the mother.
swat minute,' said the boy While he
many lose the opportunity of a lifetime is
by the same principle. They say, "Wait
minute" My advice is not TO wait at all.
Again, bad habits are fruitful source Of
Incidence. Sinful indulgences shut mans
shop and dull his tools and steal his profits.
Dissoluteness Is generally the end of in
dustry. There are those who have the rare
faculty of devoting occasionally day or
week to loose indulgences, and at the ex-
plration of that time go back with bleared
eyes and tremulous hands and bloated
cheeks to the faithful and successful per-
Torrance Of their duties. Indeed their EN-
ployers and neighbors expect this amuse-
ment or occasional season of frolic and
wassail.
Some Of the best workmen and most skill
full artisans have this mode Of conducting
themselves but as the time rolls on the sea-
son of dissipation becomes more protracte1
and the season of steadineSS and sobrietY
more limited, until the employers become
disguised and the man is given UP to con-
tinual and ruinous ldlenesS. When that
point has arrived he rushes to destruction
with astonishing velocity. When a man
with strong proclivities Of appetite has moth
ing to do, no former self respect or moral
restraint or the beseechings OF kindred can
save him. The only safety for man who
feels himself under the fascination of any
form Of temptation is an employment which
affords neither recreation nor holiday.
Nothing can be more unfortunate for a
man of evil inclination than an occupation
which keeps him exceedingly busy during
part of the year and then leaves him for
weeks and months entirely unemployed.
There are many men who cannot endure
protracted leisure. They are like fractions
steeds that must constantly be kept to the
load, for a weeks quiet makes them inErac.
able and uncomfortable. Bad habits pro-
duce idleness, and idleness produces bad
habits The probability is that you will
either have to give up your loose indulgences
or else give up your occupation. Sin will
take all enthusiasm out of your work and
make you sick of life's drudgery, and though
now and then between your seasons of dissi-
pat1ons you may rouse up to a sudden
activity and start again in the chase of some
high and noble end, even though you catch
the game you will sink back into slothfulneSs
before you have roasted that which you took
in hunting. Bad habits unfit man for any.
thing but politics.
Now, what are the results of iudolence? A
marked consequence of this vice is physical