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VOL. 1. AUGUSTA, ME., THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 18, 1870. NO. 196.
Jitiuulwc Jflurnal.
Published on Water, loot of Court Street,
AUGUSTA, MAINE.
BY SPKAGl'E, OWES k SASH.
gailg Junuffoc Journal.
Is issued every morning, except Sundays.
Contains the latest news by telegraph und mail,
gives reports of the Market*, anil ha* carefully pro* ,
pared political and local articles, and a generous
amount of farming, home and miscellaneous read
ing with a full compilation of State news.
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s not made within tho year. Single copies 4 cents,
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for any considerable length of time, will bo inserted
ut favorable terms to the advertiser.
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Wti\\k Jjcnnfbct Journal,
Published every Wednesday morning,
1. the largest tolio paper In the State, containing j
news, political article*, agricultural and scientific
matter, tales, poetry, anecdotes, household recipes,
markets, Ac., Ac.
Terms $4 per annum in ailrance.
Transient Advertisements, II* per inch for
first week; 4i cents per week for each subsequent
insertion.
Special Notices, *4 00 per inrl, for first week;
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Business Notices, In read.ng columns, -40 rents
per line for first Insertion; 10 cents pur Hue for each
subsequent insertion.
All transient advertisements to he paid for in
advanco.
.. —-—*
Music in Glasses.
rpifE subscriber would inform his friends and the
I public of Augusta and vicinity, that he pro
poses to teach Piano; »!«<> singing in classes.
Classes on Piano to consist of six pupils eacn.
Till- system has many advantages, and the expense
is less'than private lessons. Private lessons given
if preferred. Would also invite the attention of the
public to the
II. F. HILLER PIANOS!
For sale at Ills
Music Itoodi, Forth's Block,
OPPOSITE CONY HOUSE.
The use of these Piano* in many public institu
tions ami schools has gained for them an enviable
reputation, and throughout tbe country they are
becoming the most popular Pianos manufactured.
Classes arranged on application at Music Room
or Residence, sTWinthrop Street. . I
M. C. MILT.IKEN, Teacher of Music.
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Cutlery and Plated Hare!
A full assortment of
Tabu and Parkel Callrr*, ndt.ar,
TK.t TR.IVS,
Also Plated Tea Set*. Ice Pitchers, Goblet*,
Knives, Spoons. Fork* and C astofft of
the best quality, at
PIERCE’S ('ROCKERY STORE,
!Ho. l."*» Water Street - - Auguste.
mayfr»ttf____
Picture Frames!
CHROMOS, BRACKETS, ALBUMS!
&<•., &«•., &<*.,
In La rye Variety.
Picture Frame* of any *121* made to order at abort
notice at
Hendees Photograph Rooms,
Opposite Post Office, Augusta.
tJune2-tf
MAX 11000, mill Edition.
4 MEDICAL ESSAY on the Cause and Cure ot
j\ Premature Decline, showing how health ialo-l
and how regained. It gives a clear Synopsis of the i
Impediment-to Makuiaue, the treatment ot Nek- J
vot’f* and Physical Debility, Sterility, Ac., -
and the remedies therefor,—the results of twenty
years’ successful practice. % . .. .
‘•There is no member of society by whom tins
book will not he found uaelul. whether such person
holds the relation of Parent, Preceptor, or Clergy
man.”—I.omion Afedlonl Time* and (razeite.
“ ‘Manhood.’ The experience and reputation ot
I>r. Curtis iu the treatment of the diseases set forth
in this little pamphlet is the patient's guarantee,
and well deserves for the work its immense circu
lation.”— Daily Times.
Sent by mail on receipt of M) cents. Address
the Author Du. Curtis, 14 Chapman street, ltos
ton, Mass. mnrto-teodlm !
THE
BURDETT* CELESTE
AND
Combination Organs
AHEAD OP ALL COMPETITORS !
Bi'ing the most perfect instrument that musirnl ear
listened toproducing musical tones from the sort
eat and moat delUnte vkiaptr to the deeli swelling
tone of the pipe organ.
Prices tor Cash, from $**o to f 100.
— ALSO: —
llnn ltnn Bros. l*tnno-For«e».
Marshall A Welldrll Pluno-Fortea.
Superior instruments, at very low prices lor cash.
And other Musical Merchandise of every descrip
tlon, at __
John G. Haynes & Go.,
No. 33 COURT STREET, ■ • BOSTON, MAS*.
Price l.ists and Circulars sent ou application.
Inly- I
BATH HOTEL,
By O. AI, Plummer,
BATH, HE.
Board, - - $ 1 per Day.
Uljun-ly _
W hat Shall We Eat ?
4 LL regular physicians w ill tell you that lice
J\. and Fork is not ao healthy to eat in spring und
summer as good Fresh Fish. The same can bo ob
t aiued at
CUSHING l HOLMES’ MARKET,
Near W. K. Bridge. W'Blcr St.,
Where all orders w ill be promptly attended to
for
FISH
11 kinds in their season.
CUSHING * HOLMES,
^ Water atreet, Aiifusta. ;
Bitters ! Bitters !
X> R . BEJVWET T’S
CELEBRATED
JAUNDICE BITTERS!
!
ARE THE SUREST CURE EOR
I
Liver Complaint,
Jaundice,
Dizziness,
Indigestion,
Nervous Debility, ,
Loss of appetite,
Dyspepsia,
Headache, &c.,
To which all persons are more or less subject in Spuing and Summer.
THEY ARE PURELY VEGETABLE!
Ami composed of some of the best ROOTS and 11 ERRS in the world.
Try Them. They are Warranted to do as Recommended !
Price, qp Cents per Bottle.
PREPARED AND SOLD ONLY I5Y
Johnson Brothers,
OPP. POST OFFICE, AUGUSTA, ME.
HARNESSES Sf HARNESS GOODS
or evor.v Inscription..
WE AKE &TILL alANGKACTL ItlMi ALL GLASSES OF IIARAESHEN,
Vnyyin g in Prico from $17.00 to $100.00 S
ipK do not keep any man’s celebrated Harness, but having had viurtrrv year s experience in niann
f I fa* luring every varietv <f llarne--ootnis and the greater portion ol that tiuu* lyr the people ol
Augusta aiwl vicinity we will let the quality and worth ol our good> ie.-t upon then own merit.
A k we keep a larger number «»t workmen and consequently a- Larger stork and[greater vaiietv ol
manufactured work than any linn in our line in this city, we invite all in want of such goods to call
before purchasing, hearing fn mind that we keep uo Harnesses manulactured by other hrms lor whole
sale trade but m tnafacture all our goods and warrant them to give baUeftu lion.
COLLER & GARDINER,
(Opposite Cony Rouse. 143 Water Slrert, Augusta.
Don't pay two profits on your Trunk*, but buy at the only place in Augusta where they are manufactured
AT COLLER & GARDINER’S
Augusta Trunk Factory!
Sign or tlx© “BIG THXJKTK.”
We manufacture nil our Trunks, ami as our retail trade in Augusta and neighboring towns is very
large en ke he,n specially for that trade and warrant them They are no -Top work, not cracked
-V;g.
amThe-t* stock of Eadics 'and *lbenPs^Tl't AVEJLEINt* &W’ sllAwl. STKA!-^ Ac., in the city, and
sell them at SPECIE PltlCES. W Remember the place,
Sign of the “Big Trunk,” - 143 Water Street.
appoint <•»» ffoH.e, tA-apr-tf t oi l-i n A' ti.iltDl.XHIl.
James H. Leigh,
DEALER "IN
Foreign and Domestic
DRYGOODS
ALSO, AUEXT FOR
Wheeler & Wilson's
Sowing MftcliiiicBi 1
KKEULES and all Tools adapted to Uic Ma
chines, constantly on hand.
Water St., Hallowell, Me.
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CUSHNOC HOUSE.
Corner -r^ and
Winthrop p | State Sts.,
_A xicrusta. Me.
T. B. BALLARD, : : Proprietor.|
Guests taken to and from the Cars
and Boats Free.
HORSES AND CARRIAGES TO LET.
tll.nVt. Rtn
Great E eduction
—1\ tup mucks of -
BOOTS * SHOES!
The subscriber* having a splendid stock of
Boots and Shoes
on hand, will sell the same at the
VERY LOWEST CASH PRICES !
The stock consists of the usual variety kept m h
store of the kind.
LADIES' and
OEATLEllEXM.
JI1SSKH’ and
CI1ILD11E.VS
BOOTS and SHOES!
Constantly receiving from the manufacturers, aud
will be sold chetip, cheoptr than the cheapest.
.1.11. LOW,
lOO WAT13U Ht., Auiiuttn, Me.
N. B.—(ieiiUemeu’* Calf Boot* our dollar lass
than at any oilier store. imay^T-.iiu
wanted i
IlAHMKHSand Hunters having prime Muu hkma
1 on hand will And a cash customer at highest
market price by sending them to
J. II. H ELLS* A CO..S
TrunIIb ! Trunks!
TIIE PLACE TO ltl'V
French, Eugciic, Sole Lientlior,
And nil kind* of common
T R v\ VELLI X C i T R U X Iv S!
Also, Ladies and Gent*’ TltA VELLI NG a SHOPPING BAGS, is at
HAMILTON & TURNER’S,
135 Water Street.
The Right Place to huv your HARNESSES, and get the celebrated PENN HARNESS is at
HAMILTON & TURNER S. 135 W A TEH STREET.
The cheapest place to buy WHIPS, CURRYCOMBS, BRUSHES, BLANKETS, SURCINGLES, HAL
TERS, &c., is at ’ HAMILTON & TURNER’S,
135 WATER STREET.
HARNESSES!
Tor Business, Pleasure, Tcnming, Trucking, Carling * Expressing.
Manufactured from GOOD OAK STOCK, and by the best ol workmen.
'Vo would remind the public that our Harness took all the premium - offered at the last state Fair
four in number. Also the first premium at the late New England Fair. .... . . .
As our eu.-tomors are dailv informed that our Harnesses arc Machine stitched—we would inn c
them and the publie generally to rail and examine the largest stock ot re ‘dv-niad** Harnesses ever 01r
fered in this city, and we will convince them that we make the best HAND >1 I rC'Hr.I) work to be Had
for the same amount of inonev. and if we don’t have on hand what i-* wanted can make it at short
notice. Samples of Hold Hilt! Oroide Silver. Covered, and Japanned Trim me*1 2«iSren 1,1
onr salesroom, NO. 172 MIDDLE STREET. nENRY DUNN & SON.
For Sole by
Hamilton cfc Turner,
135 WATER STREET, - - AUGUSTA, MAINE
tllfeb-tf OPPOSITE DEERING & HOLWAY'S.
A New Era in Piano Fortes!
I I AS now become an established fact, aeknow*
JLl lodged by the bunt judges of*music in all parts
ol the country, that the
Mathushek Piano,
Is bound to take the lead for
Rich, Pure, and Powerful Tone!
Which speaks for itself m notes ol triumph over all
others. The Ileason of this Great Superiority
is apparent to all who tunefully examine the peeu-;
liar mechanism of tin so instruments in
The Equalizing Seale.
w hich distributes the tension of the strings upon i
all parts of the frame, relieving the instrument lrum i
concentrated strain in any one part, thus securing
much greater strength, durability, and power ul
keeping in tune.
The Greater Length of Strings,
through all tile treble and middle uoies, the distri
bution ul strings upon the
Idneur Ilrldge,
which runs the whole length of the sounding board,
giving greatly
Increased Power of Vibration
throughout its entire length, producing a purer
tone and better accompaniment to the voice than
anv other instrument.
All Interested are invited to call on
1. C. HOYEY,
At IOO Water Street, and examine for them
selves, where the above named instrumciitb can be
st$n and heard, and will be kept lor sale.
Also a lot of very fine toned
VESTRY ORGANS & MELODEONS!
49-BEST IN TIIE COl NT11Y
109 Water St., I. C. KOVEY.
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USERENNE’S PAIN KILLING
IwH^Q-IC! OIL.
xr “ IT WORKS LIKE A CHARM.".a
Reader— , ,
Rennet Pain-Killing Magic < >il cures Headache !
Uenne’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil cures Toothache
KenueN Pain-Killing Magic Oil cures Neuralgia!
Kenne’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil cures Cholera Mor
bus !
Kenne’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil cures Rheumatism I
Kenne’s Pain-Killing Magic Oil cure- ’"kin diseases
Some folks seem to be proud of telling how “lame
their shoulders are”—of “mv crick in the back"—or
“ 1 have got the Sciatica,”—and delight in bragging
that “nothing can cure me !"—but when we get such
"awful folks” to use KKNNl-.'S PAIN-KILLING
MAGIC OIL. faithfully, we not only cure their
lameness ami charm away their pains, but we ac
tually take all that kind of‘“brag out of them !” and
they frankly own up, and say, “It works like a
charm!”
Sold by all Druggists, Merchants and Grocers.
It is put up in three sizes, and called “Trial >i7c,”
“Medium Size.” and “Large family Size” bottles.
WM. liENNE, Sole Proprietor and Manufac
turer, Pittsfield, M \ss.
Wholesale and retail in Augusta by Marshall •
Whittled, Grocer. ly$7eow
Ureal I in pro vein on I In
Artificial
Teeth, j
I) If. SNELL
INSERTS Tooth on RniBKK by a new process, by
which the plate is made as thin as a metallic
base; at the same time the plate is flexible, and less
liable to break.
This mode insures likewise the certainty of a
perfect tit.
Having purchased the exclusive ru/ht to use this
mode in Kennebec county, 1 shall be happy to show
its peculiar advantages to any one who needs arti
llcial teeth.
09 Winthrop Street.
Auffuetn, Jnn.2Sth.liK0. t3Uinii-3w JUw 6
W. L. HALL, M, CM
Physician & Surgroon,
GARDINER, MAINE.
i office, over PARSONS & HALLY’S I)rj Goods
I Store. ..
Hours from 9 to 12 A. M.. and 2 to <i P. M.
,, .. \ Hit- G. L. llttlC KRTT, l AmriiHta
References, j I)B n „ HllXi < Aiifciism
flm-j une23*
A Free Gift to All !
nl L I, * * ItUlSl’MATIC
■■ILL*. To Rheumatic,
Neuralgia and Gout subject-.4
a sample box of these Pills i
will be given by F. IV. Kins
man. Water St.. Augusta, and
for sale by all Apothecaries at,
33 cents per box; ft boxes f 1.
0. A. HILL, Proprietor
PORTLAND ME.
HARDWARE!
At WILLIAMSON A GREENWOOD’S.
L
BATH TIBS, COPPER BOILERS,
Water Closets, Wash Basins,
huasw & pijATE d wake,
C'a.st Iron Pipe,
Lead Pipe, Sheet Lead,
And every article pertaining to Plumbing kept eon
* etantly on band and for sale at
H. R. STRATTON’S,
Corner Bridge & Mater .Streets,
Under Hunt's Hat Store.
N. B. Plumbing in all its branches done in a neat
and thorough manner.
Particular Attention Paid to Jobbing.
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MOSES M. SWAN,
Watchmaker and Jeweller,
His Stock embraces a line lino of
American and Swiss Watches,
in gold and silver case, including the celebrated
National or Elgin Watch, Waltham, Tremout, Bor
nuin, Bonnett, l'ardeaux, Jacot, Ac., in both La
ities’ and gentlemen’s sizes.
Fino Gold Jewelry,
Solid (jfbld Leonitou
Vest and Neck Chains,
STERLING A COIN SILVER GOODS,
FINE l’LATED WAKE,
SPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES,
of the most approved kinds.
CLOCKS OF ALL KINDS.
including the celebrated WllACA < \I.ENI>AR
all of which will be sold at the
Lowed Prices, and Warranted.
Particular attention given to repairing all kind# ot
Fine Watches. Chronometer Bafanee? applied and
adjusted to temperature and position fljnnTb-tf
DR, A, II, CHAMBERLAIN,
DENTAL SURGEON,
150 WATER 8T1U3ET,
\ UK ii* In, - - .Maine,
Makes the successful treatment of all discuses ot
the month and teeth a specialty, employing all the
latest and best improvements in the method of till
ing with gold and all proper material. I h eraled
teeth permanently cured, and their decayed and
broken down crowns tilled and built up to their
original shape and beauty.
Toothache Cured Without Estracllnj;!
Great Improvement In the method of constructing
. and titling
ARTIFICIAL TEETH.
Dll. CMAMBKUI. \IN Is ln>ertliiff a law mini
her of sets of these teeth, which lor beauty, dura
bility and adaptation, cannot be surpassed any
where. The plate will not start or drop down, and
is warranted to lit perfectly. All are invited to call
ami examine specimens ot teeth made on red. pmk
and white rubber.
FItESII GAS EVERY DAY.
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PIANO TUNING.
riMlK Subscriber woul l inform the
J[ citizens of Augusta and vicinity,
that he w ill give urruontU attrition to
tuning Pianos. Orders left at his res
idence, tATWinthrop Ntrert, will receive prom p
attention. M. C. MlLLlKhN,
felKi-tf TFACHF.r ok Ptano and Organ
gUsccUancouss.
THE SECRET OF LICK.
One day, early in my fifteenth year, I
found myself in the High street ofSillerton,
with a very ragged coat to my back, and
possessed of a capital of twopence. 1 did
not know a soul in the town. Half a cen
tury has passed over my head since that
I day. I have now a professional bnsi
! ness worth three thousand a year. My
! estate of Goldsworth Hall now yields me
' fifteen hundred a year: and I have one or
two other little investments not altogether
to he despised. I was chief magistrate of
Sillerlon, a town which has upward ot fifty
1 thousand inhabitants. I am, say, a pro
fessional man, and my success, such as it
I is, has not been achieved by lucky specu
lation, like that of many who succeed in
, trade. I have run uo risks. 1 have
• worked my way slowly up the hill, step by
step; and my own success has as much
astonished me, as their own want of it has,
I see, astonished many of those who began
life iu advance of me. As 1 have always
observed that to disclose the secret machin
ery of success acts somehow as an anodyne
to* the sting of failure, 1 now purpose to
afford this compensation to those to whom
1 can see that my better fortune has been
the cause of some jealousy and heart-burn
ing
| J lie causes ot tame, one nl your literary
I men says, are obvious, while those of for
! tune are hidden. Hidden, 1 suppose they
j are, from foolish, unpractical men ; hut
: really, they are not very difficult todiscover
! by a maif of plain common sense, who is
, not blinded by self-conceit.
When seventeen, I was promoted from
| messenger to be clerk in the office of one
! of the leading attorneys in Sillerton. My
i salary for three years was thirty pounds,
j and i lived on live and twenty. I am not,
j however, going to take up time with an ac
: count of how I fought with poverty, or of
I how I made myself a sound lawyer by
i studying while others were smoking or
j sleeping. I have known many men who
i were as diligent as 1 was, hut who stuck
j in the mud, nevertheless. You will hardly
make your way in business without being
i industrious, and without knowing your
I business—and these qualifications, so tar
as 1 have seen, are ordinarily quite suffi
cient to keep a business which has been
made for von, hutnot to make one.
1 saw this very etfrly in life; yet I was
not what is called a clever fellow, I never
thought i was. My fellew clerk, Sam.
I could write a business letter in a quarter
of the time it tookmO. Then, Sam's letter
was neat, sharp and to the point, while
mine was hardly respectable grammar.
Conceive, then the astonishment of Sam,
of myself, and of the whole office, when
the situation of correspnudiug clerk—the
most dignified and best paid in the office—
was given to me. 1 could not understand
it at that time, hut subsequently tin1 roys
! tcry was made plain to me.
1 Two of those above me had a mark
against them for immoral conduct, while
the temperament of my friend Sam was
not a business one. He had an irresistible
tendency, both iu speech and correspond*
tleiiee, to let men see what he thought ot
them. My own letters, 1 can see on look
mg back, never ion into tins error, ana so
never got our masters into hot water. So
long as we gained our point, and did what
was fair ourselves, whore was the use of
letting one man see that you thought him
j >illy, and another that you thought him
dishonest? 1 took precious good care to
see as far as other people; but 1 took, if
possible greater eare that nobody should
see how much I saw. My cue was always
to make a man, if possible, well pleased
with himself, and, at the same time, to
make him feel that he could not get the
better of me.
Then l was always good-humored. 1
was not going to let a man out me be
cause he had done me an injury—nor, on
the other hand, was 1 going to cut him be
cause I saw he suspected that I had done
him one. While I strove, ami I believe
with success, to be good-humored and
pleasant to every one, I avoided excessive
j intimacy with any one—having observed
that this i> almost always the prelude to a
quarrel—first conics hot weather, then a
thunder storm, and then cold. I never
was "confidential," as it is called, with
any one. Wes anybody ever so without
repenting of it ?
1 had a hard light, too, and 1 was on
the other side of thirty, before I saw my
way to being anything more than a clerk.
I saw a good many men get a step or two
in advance id' me, through luck, but 1
never consumed my energy in jealous
fretting on this account. Nature gave me
a good digestion, and 1 took the alfairs of
life coolly and with good temper. My
chance would conic—and even if it did
not, though I desil’cd fortune, 1 was fru
gal and could enjoy life without it. An
uncle of Sam’s, I remember, who had
much in his power, passed him over in a
I good appointment. The cause was plain.
The young man to whom he gave it was
the son of a man from whom the uncle
expected something. Could anything
have been more reasonable and natural ?
Vet what did the silly Sam do? lie
wrote au angrv letter to ids uncle, full ot
bosh about "conduct to his own brother’s
son—the brother who had helped him so
I generously when tie was pool me. .xow
Row can lin n expect the world to reward
| them if they won't adapt themselves to it?
! Do they think it is going out of its daily
| path to meet their notions,of justice and
generosity? No good, it was plain tome,
1 could ever come of being out of humor
with any one, and 1 hardly ever felt the
; inclination. If a man tried to cheat tue, 1
| did'nt allow him, hut 1 felt no anger with
him. Men pursued their own interests:
: 1 pursued mine, i endeavored by good
humor, knowledge of business, and atten
I tion, and by scrupulous conformity to the
| usages of society, to merit the reward
i which society has to give; and by patience
I got it.
1 soon saw that of all things to he avoid
ed by those who have their position to
make, is the affectation of conventional
non conformity. Who hut an ass, Sam
used to say, would mind your wearing a
; cap instead of a hat, if you find a cap more
comfortable; and then Sam would glance
with contempt at my well brushed beaver,
and at my neat, black kid gloves, which I
always wore when I had got as far up in
the world as to justify the expense. But,
Iia, ha! Sam, my boy, I used to think, let
those laugh who win. I never troubled
my head much with what the world ought
to think; I was not clever enough to put
it right, and what it did think always
seemed to me much the more impotrant
point.
Nature, I admit, has given me some
outward advantages for getting on. Of
these 1 have carefully made the most. I
am tall and broad-chested, with gray hair
standing erect upon an ample and "com
manding looking forehead. My “pres
ence,-’ 1 have often observed, in the bank
of which I am manager, is sufficient to
bring guilt and confusion into the face of
the man who brings me a doubtful bill for
discount, while the heartiness of my laugh
—the style of one’s laughter is a point to be
carefully attended to—and the cordial way
in widen I can shake hands when I choose,
has brought many a strong man’s account
to tho bank. 1 have always been most at
tentive to dress—and my costume has
been nearly the same for twenty years. I
wear a black frock-coat, waistcoat of the
same material, with dark-grav trousers.
Since 1 was made manager of the bank I
have carried a gold-headed cane, with
which I walk to and from the office. On
the same occasion 1 bought a gold repeater
| watch, which 1 wear with gold seals, in
; the good old fashion. 1 must say that X
laid aside my old silver turnip with regret;
i it had kept me true to many ;i business
i engagement in the davs of youthful strug
, gle.
1 know ot no tiling which argues more
against a man being possessed of a pru
dent business-like spirit, and is, therefore,
more calculated to tell against his business
prospects, than marrying on an insufficient
or precarious income: but, on the other
hand, when he has reached a becoming
period of life, there can be no doubt that
a pus lent and sensible marriage adds to
his weight and respectability.
As for myself, 1 felt the gravity of mar
riage to lie so great that I had been in a
position to marry for some years before I
could fairly make up mV mind to it; but
when 1 got the bank 1 began to see dis
tinctly that the inferior social status of a
single man was altogether inappropriate
and unbecoming to nty position.
In choosing a wife I was guided just by
the shine principles which have guided me
in the other affairs of life, and which have
led me, not altogether discreditably, I
venture to hone. If I did not marry for
love, as it is called, at least I did not tire
of nty wife at the end of three months. If
1 did not tell her before we were married
that she was an angel, I was never uncivil
to her afterwards.
1 chose my wife, because, having known
her for sc. end years, she appeared to be
prudent, sensible and economical, and
likely to manage my house creditably;
and, on the whole, tny expectations were
reasonably well fulfilled. I may add that
she was good-looking, which I frankly
confess that I regard as an advantage in a
womau. We were not blessed with any
family ; and when she was called away
from "me last year I did feel very queer
and lonely. Hilt when two agree to jour
liev through life together, it is plain that
one must die tirst. 1 ileilicatea such an
amount of time to grief as the world has
seen tit to require and sanction; but I did
| not allow myself to sink into a morbid
! and sentimental condition. The period of
legitimate grief having expired, I resume
1 iny attention to business, ami I am not
I ashamed to say that I was able to resume
J my interest in it.
j There are, 1 think, few common habits
: more fatal to business reputation than a
habit of chattering. When I heara young
man starting in life ready to deliver his
opinion at a moment's notice on the ques
tion of the day, I'mark him as one whom
I shall certainly not be the first to send
business to. No man should presume to
engage the attention of the company by
talk, unless his age and position are mark
edly superior. No unmade man should
ever talk to the company. 1 feel that I
cannot give too great weight to this im
portant trnth. By talking, you not only
allow others to take note of your vanities
; and weakness—and we all have our share.
| only some are cleverer in hiding them
I than others—hut, by the mere fact of taifc
Mug, you affront men of age and position,
j and thus make them indisposed to help
you. They think, and think rightly, that
it is for age to talk, and youth to listen.
| But even among those of your own stand
! ing, voting man, with your way to make,
! be advised. Nature lias given von two
| ears: keep both fully employed. You
j have but one tongue: let it enjoy plenty
I of leisure. '
If conformity in details be desirable for
i those w lio wish to dwell in the World, it is
-urii tlv indispensable in matters intrinsi
eallv important. For any one to talk ir
I revert ntly of. or conduct himself with
lei in toward any institution of church or
j state, is wliat l have never been able to
tolerate: and it is a style of couduet which
1 am glad to say, society is certain to visit
! with its severest displeasure. Busy as we
list'll to be in tlie othee all the week, wneii
1 was a young man, 1 rejoice to say that
I never was once wilfully absent from
church, either forenoon or atteroon ; anil
higher*con#ideralions apart, 1 may say
tluit l know of no better way for a young
| man to show that he possesses a steady
1 and tractable spirit, deserving advance
ment nuil encouragement, than by regular
i attendance at church. Nor do I know
! anything which tells more, or tells moro
1 justly, against a young man’s prospect* in
I business! than neglect of the ordinances
of religion.
1 have said that I cultivated silence in
i cot many, yet 1 took care not to he morose
lv taciturn! I listened with deference and
interest to the conversation of mV'elders
! :lnd social superiors, anil was always
ready to laugh at a joke, provided it was
properaiul harmless. Anu when my ago
and position becomes such as to call on me
to lend the conversation, 1 could amuse
1 the young fellows, too, with harmless tale
and anecdote. What 1 have always avoid