River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-09-03
A Lot of Mistits.

What an immense arnlyof men and
women there are in the world who
have missed their calling-so to speak
people who imagine they can do some
thing that nature never intended they
should do.
The professions are oyerrun with
this class of people, and nearly every
village in the country mas its sixteenth
rate lawyer, doctor, or preacher, and
quite frequently ali three.
Men in nowise adapted to the law
men who couldn't make point in law
or argue case in justice court with
any degree of assurance, If they at
tended all the law schools in America
hang out their shingle, and gradual
ly starve to death in the midst of
plenty.
Thousands of men who would be a
''howling success" at skidding logs to
saw-mill, make dismal failure when
they attempt TO practice law.
Some men study for the ministry
who are better fitted by nature to
carry a bod. La5oring under the
hallucination that they have been
'called to preach the gospel" they
sally forth to conquer satan and his
hosts, but alas! they do more injury
to the cause of religion than they dc
good.
Big, awkard, peanut-headed indi-
vidualS, who haven't got enough good,
sound sense to enable them to 'Set" a
post straight, study medicine, and in
due course of time begin to kill off the
population of some western town.
Men who don't know enough to
whitewash a barnyard fence, imagine
they are natural born artists, and
attempt scenic and landscape painting
This country is full of young men
who, becoming impregnated with the
idea that they were actors, left the
plow in the furrow, and are now carry
ing meat to the blood-hounds of an
Uncle Toms Cabin show.
Simply because some men are allow
ed to sing solo in country church
choir, they thiuk they possess wonder
full musical talent and proceed to
cultivate their voices. Usually they
would make more money if they
proceeded TO cultivate field of
potatoes.
People who don't know the differ
ence between gross grain silk and Ken
lucky jeans, are found behind the
counter in dry goods stores, and men
who have worked around machine
shop for a few months establish them
selves in the jewelry business.
Farm hands who imagine it would
be nice to wear their Sunday clothes
every day in the week, leave good
paying job TO clerk in store at Sl2
per month. A majority of this class
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business and never rise above being
hewerS of Goldfish and drawers of kero-
sene.
Women who don't know how TO cut
out calico apron, buy a two dollar
model, pair of cissOrs and tape meas
ure, and open dressmaking shop. OF
course they are willing to learn AT
their customers expense
Women who couldn't sew a patch
on a grain sack and do an artistic job,
attempt to trim hats. This is not
vanity, it is nerve.
Butchers get an idea that their
neighbors are making more money
with less exertion, and open barber
shop.
One great difficulty as. there are toe
many people in the world who dislike
getting down to good, hard work. The
men shirk the pillow and shovel and
women shrink from household duties
To them any work that neceSSitateS
the use of muscle is degrading, and
they enter the trades and professions
minus the essential qualifications,
but supplied with an unlimited
amount of what is commonly called
"gall THE New Woman in Darling
ton Republican.