Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1884 — Head an Hour a Day. [ARTICLE]

Head an Hour a Day.

There was a lad who, at 14, was apprentice to a soap boiler. One of his resolutions was to read an hour a day, or least at that rate, and he timed himself by an old silver watch left him by his uncle. He stayed seven years with his master, and when he was 21 he knew as much as the young Squire. Now let us see how much time he had to read in seven years, at the rate of one hour each.day. It would be 2,555 hours, which, at th® rate of eight reading hours per day would be equal to 310 days; equal to forty-five weeks; equal to eleven months —nearly a year’s reading. That time spent in treasuring up useful knowledge would pile up a very large store. I am sure it is worth trying for. Begin now. Do what you cun. In after years you will look back upon the task as the most pleasant and profitable you ever performed.