Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-10-21
SAYINGS OF LATE p. D. ARMOUR


Capital can do nothing without
brains to direct it.
An American boy counts one, long
before his time to vote.
Give the young man a chance; this
is the country Of the young.
We can't help the past, but we can
look out for the future.
Hope is pretty poor security to go &C
a bank to borrow money on.
A Shutdown method" won't do u
minute in this age of aggressiveness.
There is nothing else on earth So
annoying as representation in de-
cisions.
A man does not necessarily have 10
be a lawyer to have good. hard sense
An indiscreet man usually lives to
see the folly of his ways, and, if he
doesn't, his children do.
A man should always be close to the
situation, know what he is doing AMI
not take anything for granted.
There is one element that is worth
it's weight in gold, and that is loyalty
1t will cover a multitude of weak
nesses.
1t is an easy matter to handle even
congested controversies, where the
spirit of the parties is right and
honest.
The trouble with great many men
is they don't appreciate their predica-
ment until they get into the quic 4
sand
When you are striving to do that
which is right be courteous and nice
in every way, but don't get turned
down.
The man who wants to marry hap
PLY should pick out a good mother AMI
marry one of her daughters; any one
will do,
1t is all right in some cases to bank
there is something a great deal deep
er than this matter of genealogy.
I will always risk a man if he is in
the dark and knows it. but 1 haven t
much use for man who is cropping
around in the dark and doesn't know
it.
No general can fight his battles
alone. He must depend upon his lieu
tenants, and his success depends upor
his ability to select the right man for
the right place.
You can help to make a merchant,
but, as a rule, merchant and a trader
are born. They are like singers; you
can improve them, but they must have
natural talent
| don't want anything that isn't fall
and honest, and I don't want any man
to do anything for me that he would
not do for some one else under like
circumstances and conditions.
1t is well to be economical. but il
is poor policy to hold the reins SO
tight on ones business that it prevents
good results, or precludes the possibil-
ity of doing business economically.
You can't tell a good man by looking
at him, nor can you tell him by his
reputation; you must winter with him
and summer with him year in and
year out, before you know him.
A man should always have the cour.
age and conviction to do what is right
and what is for the interest of his
principles, no matter whether he repre-
sents a corporation Or an individual.
There are many men who are much
better as clerks than as interested
partners. If you give them powder it
spoils them. Many a good man has
been spoiled by taking him as a part
ner
New fields are opening all the time,
and it is necessary to be very, very
aggressive. If young men will confine
themselves strictly to regular business
and not speculate they will get along
all right.
In making assertions which one
knows are right, no matter how dis
tasteful they may be, a man should
never eulogize and qualify them, but
simply go at cross-lots, and not stop
to curl his mustache.-Success