The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-12-02

Within month he was on his way to
 the Far West, and In less than two
 years he had climbed up to be the chief
 of the office, where he remained several
 years. He is now one of the chief ranch
 owners and cattle growers in that far 1 off State.
 | Parents should observe closely from early infancy the trend of the minds of
 their boys toward some useful industry. and encourage that trait. Another farm family had four boys. One took great
 liking to reading, first newspapers and
 then books of which he had read In
 those papers, the parents always select ing the right kind of books and papers.
 Finally, this boy begged for college
 education. He was sent to Cornell Uni- versity four years and to Germany and
 France six months each. Strict ac-
 count of the money his father furnished
 him was kept, that In his will he might
 divide the property that he had accu-
 mulated in all his lifetime equally
 among his children. This son is now a
 professor in Western literary college
 and has been for many years. Knowing
 his fathers wishes about the final dis
 tribution of his property, he long since
 paid back to him what he had used of
 it. The~next two boys chose business
 careers. They were encouraged and
 helped in it, and are now successful
 business men. The fourth and young
 est boy desired commercial college
 education. This did not please his par ents any too well. but "let him follow
 his bent" was their decision. He board ed at home, but earned money to pay
 his own tuition. At about twenty he
 was given the position of secretary of a construction company, at q salary of $1,0OO, by the president of 1t, who had watched the career of that family of boys for years. Now, at the age of twenty-two, there has been added to his duties that of secretary of a ceme- tery company, salary $500; but this re- quires but little time and does not in- terfere with his other duties. Surely | these "twigs" were "bent" about right ! or, rather, were trained tip in a perpen- dicular direction.
 While all of these young men simply | by chance were led away from the farm the same principles and motives of ac- tion as instigated them have melted | oceans" of farm boys to equal or greater successes in the line of agricul- ture. Here is one and how he did 1t: | MT. B. was reared on a farm by par ents who began married life with noth- ing and closed their existence with a They did 1t by constant industry, and, as all must do to win successes who begin in that manner, they practised close economy and were very particular about saving the little things, on the principle that if one saves the pennies the dollars will care for themselves. Reared under such in- 1uence B. at eight years of age began to grow bantam fowls on his own &C., count, selling when he could and hoard ng the money. Presently he bought a amb and grew a few sheep, and later le purchased colt and raised 1t into a good and well trained horse. At the ,ge of twenty one his property was worth about $500. But all this time he . vas getting something better than was learning how to do hings to advantage he was gaining perience that would tell in after life. 1t twenty-five he purchased a valuable 50 acre farm, going into debt for most Il tllC BulNi IlOICS- uCI IlG jed and began a business campaign uch IS seldom is seen in any farmer lis invariable rule was "never to town without taking along something to sell" 'his put him upon his mettle to study ut how to have something to sell all he year round. Here Is a partial list f the items he gave me:
 Besides the main crops of grain, hay, traw, potatoes, etc, he sold butter, oultry, eggs, a large assortment of egetables, berries, horseradish, pep ergrass, hickory nuts, butternuts, utts of hickory trees for ax handles nd whiffietrees. logs for lumber, sauer- raut, little wild game, tame pigeons, ledicinal herbs, maple syrup and su- ar, fat hogs and young pigs. an occa- onal beef, mutton and many other 1ings. He reasoned that as "drop by rop every day will wear the hardest ,ck away" so if there is saved dollar y dollar every day twill keep gaunt / ant from the door away. By pursu- lg such course he lifted the mortgage om his farm, and in course of time z ought an equally good farm for his dest son and paid for 1t and later pur- aased and paid for a similar farm for