Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-09-03
essrS County 9srala.
ISLAND PoxD. VI. SEPTEMBER 3.
These characteristics are not con-
fined TO Essex County People.

lllCu W EsSCA No-
There is a peculiar inclination
in men to give undue Importance
to present conditions and con-
siderations of self, neglecting the
past, and being indifferent to the
views and purposes of Others.
This grows out of the efficiency
of the exercise of these propensi-
ties in accomplishing individual
purposes and designs. To bend
ones energies and direct them
exclusively to ones own ends
are wonderful elements of tenn
porary success. Those fancy
stories which used to teach that
success in business came from the
exercise of an universal benevo-
lence, strict justice and integrity,
and that none but the good
could obtain eminence or success
in life wherever they show them
selves are now subjects of ridi-
cule. Such sharp ridicule, too,
that we seldom see a man with
sufficient temerity to relate one
of them. We are not talking
about what ought to be in the
abstract but what is in the COM
mon trend of human affairs.
There is disposition in men
to seek personal ease and shirk
responsibilities. A tramp is a
stumble imitator of such men,
and differs from them only in de-
gree. He is condemned and de-
spised for doing in a more mental
and less elegant manner that for
which Others in a more attrac-
tive manner are lauded for do
ing. Success makes that praise
worthy from which if we would
take the simple element of sue
cess it would be made con-
temptible.
Men are inclined to govern
themselves by present condi-
tions and disregard the future,
If they have credit they seek to
obtain what they desire, not
what they need, overlooking the
injustice of not providing for the
victims Of their credit. They of,
ten plainly see that they are en-.
joying extravagant privileges
which sooner or later others will
be unjustly compelled to pay for
They leave to the future obliga.
tions which it is their duty to
fulfill in the present, but which
will necessarily fall on those to
which they do not belong. This
condition exists among men in
their corporate as well as indi
vidual capacity. In their corpor
ate capacity they are inclined tc
so arrange conditions thatif sue
cessful their creditors will get
their just dues and the incorpor
ators the profits. If unsuccess
full the creditors will get what
they can fish out of the ruins
and leave the incorporators I'm
answerable for the balance
Towns, the individuals compos
ing which are struggling hare
for a competency for their chill
dren, pile up debts with a reck
less extravaganza for the children
to pay. A business man seeking
ultimate success calculates i
through series of years, bu
in many respects men do no
make provision for the years
which shall intervene before tn
accomplishment of their life pur
poses, chief of which in almos
every instance is the welfare o
their children and children's chill
dren.
1t is a commendable exercise
for men to cultivate and magnify
an interest and zeal in presen
associations. The more indi
vidual and social intercours,
is made zestful the more Cheerful
and happy the participators il
them will be made. 1t is a goot
thing to have the keenest inter
ests in ones own affairs, in tn
prosperity of his own town, ant
in his present interests and pur
poses. That man who is wild
awake and most keenly alive t.
his immediate surroundings AM
the current business and socia
events among which he is. is ap