Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1875 — The Road to Wealth. [ARTICLE]

The Road to Wealth.

“ Weafith” signifies an amount of worldly possessions abqve the average' of the comniuiity, or it means a superabundance of material comforts and conveniences, so that there can be no want unsupplied. What these possessions shall consist of, or how numerous they must be to make the possessor “ wealthy,’” will differ at different times and places; it is evident, for example, that the wealthy Greenlander would not be a wealthy Bostonian. We say, in the first place, that it is not possible for all men to be wealthy; for most men lack in strength of mind or body or will.and they cannot overcome their infirmities. Again, most men have outside difficulties which keep them dowm, such as bad governments, bad soil or climate, bad social and iiraustrial surroundings, or some other equal burden which they must carry. But setting these tilings aside and to make the matter specific, let us consider the prospects of the young farmer: We say he should have good health and a fair education, should locate in a good neighborhood and as near a market as he can, should keep out of debt in the main, be sober, industrious, economical, obliging, upright in liis dealings and careful in little matters. He should take ample time and make it his regular duty to think out his business transactions andhis plans for work and improvements before he undertakes them. He should have a good wife and in all things make her a partner. He should rpad good books and papers and so keep himself well posted, alike in the best methods of doing his work at home, the best work for him to d®, and the best wav to dispose of his surplus productions. He should stick to his business. He should not gamble nor speculate. The want of any of these favorable conditions may jeopardize the farmer’s wealthgetting, and the possession of them all may not insure it; but if not wealth a comfortable competency may be pretty certainly counted on, and perhaps that competency is what we should most look I for, being content not to overtop our neigh- ! bors, save only in good deeds.— Patron's Helper. .' Ax Indiana lad who" has just finished reading his Bible through announces the discovery that the words “boys” and “girls" occur in itpnly twice. “ What wood is best Tor winter use?” ask# the Courier^ournal. Your neighbor’s wood is pretty good, if kept in a dry place. A masterly effort—Whipping a boy in school.