The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-01-14
JoHNsoN's SUCCESS.
Here's a Story OF Two Mems Lives
with a Moral to 1t.

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with Moral to 1t.
A great funeral has just passed
through the city streets. The city
council had taken part in the cere-
monies for the dead man, who in ad-
dition to his other honors, had re-
Gently been elected Mayor.
81 have known Johnson since he
was a lad," one OF them said, as they
drove back from the cemetery. "Did
you ever hear how he got his first
step upward2"
No. said his companion, who
happened to be the doctor who had
attended Johnson for years.
"He and his brother kept little
shop in a village on the Jersey coast.
Wright, the broker, was sent down
there one summer for sea-bathing, and
lodged with them. He noticed that
while one of the young men ate ana
slept like other folks, took part in the
affairs of the village, and had no high
er aim apparently than to learn
enough to buy little farm and to
marry, James, the other brother, was
always busy until late at night, and
up again before day at work over his
books. During the day he developed
plans tor making money.
lit Is true tnat the field in which he
worked was narrow and the profits
small, but Wright saw that he had
strong mental qualities, and that his
ambition was enormous. He watched
him closely, and at the end of the
summer offered him a position in his
office. That was Johnson's first
start. 1t was the reward of his own
efforts. No luck
"Once in town, he pushed his own
way. He wanted first fortune, and
then position. He was wealthy when
he died, and he had held every Office
with which his fellow citizens could
honor him; but he was as Industrious
to the last as when he was poor lad.
That man, sir, was in his office at
work every day long before his SER
wants or clerks had left their beds"
"He will be greatly missed, sup
pose?"
:'In business, yes; but he had no
children, as you know, and he was All
unpopular man. Thefact is, he had no
time to make friends, or to do good
to Others"
''Do you know his brother?" -
"No. had heard he was farmer
in New Jersey"
81 know him." said the physician,
thoughtfully. "Heha taken life sim
ply and leisurely; has married and
hp01Irht fo7,,ilxy of h@onck horooxr
men and women. He has had no in
ordinate ambition, and has done no
excessive work; but he has paid his
debts and helped his neighbors. He
never will be rich, nor probably hold
an important Office, but he is alive,
sound and healthy, and his influence
for good has been blessing to his
townsmen, while johnson, worn out.
lies there. After ALL" he added, after
moments silence, (Which was the
successful mani"
johnson would have been pre-emi-
nently so had he used his wealth for.
the benefit of Others" said his COM
panion. GAS it was, his nature was
not enlarged. That which was the
highest and the best IN him-that
would have made the world richer in
noble thoughts and deeds-was not
developed.
"He worked for himself. His am
bitions were selfish, and his heaps Of
gold are left for others to squander in
idleness and folly. He did his work
like an intellectual machine, and his
soul, shriveled and undeveloped, has
gone to it's reward. In the best sense
his life was not a success. ."-Youth's
Companion.