Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1893 — Secret of Success. [ARTICLE]

Secret of Success.

Ujyfniof thirty years ago, when DaVgr Maydole was a roadside blaok--Bmi*h at Norwich, New York, six ca/penters came to the village from toe next county to work on a new

church. One of thjsm, having left his hammer behind, came to the blacksmith’s to get one made, there being none which gave satisfaction inf the village store. “Make me a good one—as good as you know how,” said the carpenter, “But,” said th* young blacksmith, who had already considered hammers, and nadprrived at some notion of what a hammer ought to be, and had a proper contempt for cheapness in all its forms, “perhaps you don’t want to pay for as good a hammer as I can make.” “Yes, I do; I want a good hammer.” So David Maydole made a good hammer that perfectly satisfied the carpenter. The next day the man’s five companions came, and each of them wanted just such a hammer, and when they were done the employei came and ordered two more. Next the storekeeper of the village ordered two dozen, which were purchased by a New York tool merchant, who left standing orders for as many hammers as David Maypole could make. And from that day to this he has gone on making hammers, until now he has one hundred and fifteen men at work for him. He has never pushed, never borrowed, never tried. to compete with others in price, because other men had done so. His only care has been to make a perfect hammer, to make as many hammers as people wanted and no moie, and to sell them at a fair, reasonable price. Now, here is a bit of good advice, boys: Whatever you undertake, do it perfectly, with your might, and you will succeed.