Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1905-06-09
CHAPTER w.
Elements of Success.

Elements or Success.
How does your farm progress
Ned?' queried Mrs Jackson. one A.
ternoon. as she. with motherlv inter
est, went out to see her sons work
Nicely, mother il has rained inst
enough, and the sun has shone inst
enough 10 make potatoes grow and
the squashes are doing splendid said
Ned. enthusiastically.
1T seems TO me that you have mace
ed the happiest summer of your life %
his mother replied, Il have never
known you 10 be SO contented before "
Yes, mother, it has been a bannv
season 1t is splendid to have some
aim, something TO look forward To.
and somehow this business has given
me new zeal. 1t has stirred an am.
| bition in me that / never felt before
! have been too busy to have time
hang heavy on my hands have NOT
had my usual time to get into mis-
| chlef, and consequently you have had
less occasion to find fault with me. and
guess we have all been happier on
account OF this little plot of ground.
You know, mother, that on last sum.
mer, you We're continually telling me
that Satan always some mischief finds
lor IDLE hands to do. | have not heard
you quote it this season"
That is true. Ned, replied Mrs.
jackson. You have been industrious.
ana also obcdient; your father and |
ieel very much gratiGed at the change
IN YOU we see Indications that YOU
are developing into higher manhood
Dut do YOU think you would like 10 |
be a farmcr?"
90 not know, mother: bat il ap- |
pears TO me as if | longed for some |
thlng more, and yet my inspiration APP |
pears 10 nave grown ont OF the labOrs |
on this plot of ground. when | have
seen from what little beginnings these
PldHts nave grown to their present
SIZE when | reflect that the great oak
over there come from a little acorn.
ana that the fruitful apple tree by the
roadside. that every one besses.
sprang from little seed. il does seem
TO me as If little | might become both
useful and great sometime"
1t is possible. Ned" sad Mrs
jackson, where there is q will tbere
Is also way To win in this life one
must be brave, and also dare to do.
ana In daring. dare also 20 do right
All this season. Ned. your father has
Ieit you TO your own devices. so far
as TINS field is concerned. He has had
you work for him. To pay for the use
u MS morse and tools, and also Tor his
own work. He had IN object i'm this. |
ne IN. AXIS n you lClrn cclf-reiiance
"heh young. mat IL Mill be OF inesti-
Ihable value TO yoI. when you reach /
When Wiki. Case was here tho
)ther day he said he thought father {
mean because he made me pay him for q
as Work. and for the use OF horse and c
ools. replied Ned /
There is a great difference in tho q
way we bring you up and the way
" llkie's parents train him. admit 6
ana Mrs. Jackson but while Wilxie /
low has everything he asks for. he I
Gems TO be entirely lacking in ambi- |
ION. He looks at it as a sure thing
nat his fathers wealth will fall to I,
i'm. lie runs TO his parents i'm every "
rouble. and apparently lacks now ev-
ry particle of self-reliancc. Your b
ather and differ from Mr. and Mrs d
.ise, ana many other parents We "
lllnk that too much is often done for ii
hlldren when they are small and that e.
afents often too long delay teaching II
lelr children the lesson OF self-reli- ii
nee your father often SAYS that OF Il
u the elements Of success. h, believes r.
one Is more vital than self reliance II
determination to be ones own help IA
r. ana not to look to others for sup di
orr lie thinks II is the secret OF all oil
idividual growth and vigor. the mas ii
r key that unlocks all difficulties i'm &C
! professions. and every calling. lie
d. "a ~. I'll. "
ally end on crutches Remember.
y child that the toughest plants are CO
aped on Alpine Cliffs where the W
orms beat most violently: the weak al
{ are found in sheltered gardens" tn
hat us just what cur minister was Il,
y.ng 10 me the other day. said Ned to
y hen he saw me hacking away with
y hoe. through that bed of witch SO
ass. hc remarked. that the difficult
s.. harships and trials OF life. and "a
O. oDsiaccs one encounters or tho "is
2d TO fortune. arc positive BLESSINGS. ;s
- mi. tho muscles more firmly. ne Z,
id. anc teach self-rcliance. told -,
like Wat the minister said and ~ ~
.ghod. and he said he never found ~,
staclcs a blessing yet" NJ, NJ,
Poor Wilhc" said Mrs Jackson
Mess he changes his course soon. |
lr he will not grow up TO be n usc- 81,
man. !e'
Since ! have been at work here.
'thor. the words OF the defamation iai
had in school last examination day say
ep coming TO my mind. you know pl
W they run. els
Let the young have faith in them er
YES. and bid them take earnestly ITO