Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1895-11-01
THE DAWN

one who wants to work IS to 60
out and find il. No matter what
the work is, so long as it is hon
orable, make yourself useful as
we'll as ornamental. Wall flow
ers have a place in the world and
answer their purpose the same
as other things, but all wall fioW~
ers would not be q profitable in-i
vestnent. There must be some
one to do the cultivating, or even
the wall flowers would pass
away and leave only the bleak
chcerlessness Of barren wastes
and fruitless surrounding.
Boys are very apt to feel that
the great world is full Of golden
opportunities that only require
to be asked for and they will re-
Ceive a full supply. That is
not so, and often when a young
man starts out for himself he
finds SO many disappointments
that he is apt to become discour-
aged, and thus fail at the Begin
ming Of his career. With the
majority of boys, at tie COM
meucement of their life struggle
with the world, they must help
themselves or they will never be
helped. They must show signs
of patience, obedience and strict
honesty at the beginning. There
IS no one who cannot help hiln>
self to each and all of these in>
gradients that forms the founda-
tion of true greatness. The great
trouble with boys if they make a
mistake they are very apt to try
to hide the error by committing
g far more serious one, namely,
lying.
All are liable to make mistakes
and it is far better to acknoWl-
edge the wrong than to commit
a double wrong. Two wrongs
never make right. Help your
selves to all the manhood possi>
be for you to obtain. Fear
nothing but sin. Keep your
hands clean; let no evil thing soil
either hand, heart or character.
If an error occurs in your work
that will prove loss to any one,
1nanfully own the error and do
what you can to make amends,
and do all you can to avoid a
repetition. In all things strive
to accomplish the very highest
grade of work you may be called
to do. You need not look to
perfection i'll anything you may
do first, however much you may
desire it. You may think you
can do as we'll as others you see
about you, and no doubt you can,
but it will. take time to reach
that point where you can do an
equal amount of work in the
same time and with the same re-
suits.
Many young people start in
life with the thought of skins
ming along without M Il h
trouble, and when they come 10
the hard places they expect to be
helped over or try to shirk the
responsibility or the labor, and
thus without experience or
knowledge, they expect to hold
position and demand pay when
they have no legal right to ex-
pect it from the nature of the
conditions under which they
labor. If We go to the merchant
and purchase goods which he
recommends to us as equal to
any of like character in the
market and they prove of an in,
ferior grade we rightfully ex-
pect he will make it right either
by taking the goods and making
it satisfactory with us the so far
as he can, or give us goods we
ask for, both i'll quality and price.
If a young man goes to all en-
ployer for position and repre-
sents himself capable Of filling it
at specified price, when he
knows he is not capable of hon
estly doing it, he is defrauding
his employer just SO much as he
fails to perform his part of the
contract
In such a contract between
labor and capital every party of
the contract is usually under
bonds of honor to perform their
part Of the contract faithfully.
Every person who sells his time,
experience or skill to another
for specified price, is bound in
honor to give the best he has,
and give full measure of brains
or muscle or genius, as the mer-
chants who sell us goods and
represent them to be up to STAN