Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-05-21

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;heep and COW, everybody bids me
yood-morrow; all which is well. s.sS.l
But with our industry we must like
wise be steady, and settled, and care
'ul, and oversee our own affairs, with
our own eyes, and not trust too mucn
% others. ""
Z Il never saw an oft-removed tree,
Nor yet an oft-removed family,
That throye SO well as one that set
tied be-
And again, three removes are as
bad as a fire; and again, keep thy
shop, and thy shop win, keep thee;
and again, II you would have your
business done, go; if not send. And
again,
He that by the plough would thrive
Himself must either hold or drive
And again, the eye Of the master
will do more work than both his
hands; and again, want Of care does
US more damage than want Of knoWl-
edge; and again, not to oversee work
men is to leave them your purse OPP
en-.
So much for. industry, my friends,
AM attention to ones own business;
but to these we must add frugality
il we would make our industry more
certainly successful. A man may, II
he knows not how to save as he gets,
keep his nose all his life to the grind
stone and die; not worth a groat at
last: Away then with your expensive
tollies and you will not have much
cause to complain OF hard times,
heavy taxes and chargeable families.
What maintains one vice would bring
up two children. You may think
perhaps, that little extravagances can
be no great matter; but remember,
many little makes a mickle. Beware
lot little unnecessary expenses; a
small leak will sink a great ship.
You all attend sales OF finery and
|nick-nacks. You call them goods; blu
i you do not take care they will prove
evils to some of you. You expect
they will be sold cheap, and perhaps
they may for less than they cost; but
| II you have no occasion for them,
they must be dear to YOU Remember
what Poor Richard says: Buy what
thou hast no need OF and ere long
thou shalt sell thy necessities. Wise
men learn by others harm, fools scar.
|cely by their own. Silks and satins,
scarlet and velvet put out the kitch-
en- fire. These are not the necessi.
tiles Of life they can scarcely be call
ed the conveniences; and yet, only
because they look pretty, how many
want to have them. The artificial
wants OF mankind thus become more
numerous than the natural.
It appears plainly, that plow man
on his legs is higher than a gentle
man on his knees. Perhaps, they
have had small estate left them
which they knew not the getting Of;
they think it is day and will never
be night; that little to be spent out
OF 80 much is not worth minding. A
child and fool imagine twenty shil-
lings and twenty years can never be
spent; but always taking out Of the
meal tub and never putting in, soon
comes to the bottom; then when the
Well lis dry they know the worth of
water. But this they might have
known before II they had listened to
advice. II you would know the value
OF money, go and try to borrow some,
for. he that goes a borrowing goes a
borrowing, and, indeed, so does he
that lends to such people when he
goes to get it again.
Fond pride of dress is sure very
curse:
Ere fancy you consult, consult your
| RAN purse. $ 4
Pride is as loud a beggar as want
and "a great deal more saucy- When
you have bought one fine thing, you
must buy ten more that your appear
ance may be all OF piece. 1t is
easier to- suppress the first desire
than to satisfy all that follow It, And
it Is as truly folly for the poor to
ape the rich as the frog to swell in
order to equal the OK.
Vessels large may venture more,
But little boats should keep near
shore.
IT'S, however, a folly soon punished
for pride that dimes on vanity sups
on contempt. Pride breakfasted with
plenty, dined with poverty and sup
ped with infamy. And, after all, of
what use is this pride Of appearance
|for which SO much is risked, so much
is suffered? It cannot promote health
or ease pain; it makes no increase of
merit in the person, 1t hastens misfor
tune. y
What .is a butterfly? At best
He's but caterpiller drest;
The gaudy fop's his picture ejlst.''3
What madness it must be to run in.
debt for superfluities. At, present,
perhaps, you may think yourself in
thriving circumstances, and that you
can be little extravagant without
injury, but for age and want save
while you may, no morning sun lasts
a whole day. ..s
Gain may be temporary and uncer-
tain but ever while you live expense
is constant and certain; and it is ca
sier to build two chimneys than to
keep one in fuel, so rather 60 to
bed supperless than rise in debt.
Get what you can honestly and
what you get hold,
Tis the philosophers stone that
turns lead into gold.
And now that / have given you the
philosophers stone, surely you can no
longer complain OF bad times or the
difficulty Of paying taxes.
This doctrine, my friends, is reason
and wisdom; but after all, do not de-
P1AN wv s1IuCu upou yOuI gOWu f1uuuo-
try, frugaity and prudence, though
excellent things; for they may be
blasted without the blessing Of heav-
en-; and therefore ask that blessing |
humbly and be not uncharitable to
those that at present seem to want
it, but comfort and help them. Re-
member Job suffered, and was all
forwards prosperous.
And now, to conclude, experience |
keeps dear school, but fools will
learn in no other and scarce in that; |
for it is true we may give advice,
but we cannot give conduct, and those
that will not be .counselled cannot
be helped. Those who must learn in
the school of experience will find a
teacher that will surely rap their
knuckles for them.
The arrogant anarchists of indus
try, who are threatening to reduce