Northern star, and Warren and Bristol gazette. [volume] (Warren [R.I.]) 1826-1830, 1826-08-26
USEFUL ADVICE.

AS uVdnClI o' tctikpctdHCt, anu as
promotiug your own com.oti, and the
comfort OF others, ] would recommend
to you to be neat in yonr person, your
dress and your houses. CleanIiness
has been styled a half virtue. and by
the power OF association, it naturally
produces purity of mind.
AS another branch OF temperance,
and as in particular Conducting TO health
and usefulness, ! would advise YOU Ia
lretire to rest long before midnight. and
accust,:n yourselves to breathe the
sanitary air Of the mornng, Th,s
practice viii furnish you win many
bright hours, in which yon can make
the most valuable acquisitions ofknowI-
edge, virtue and piety.
BE industrious in performing the du-
ties of your stations. industrious in
obtaining manual skill, industrious in
enrichin" your understanding with
useful Knowledge. Whilst you 1--we
you must work, or suffer the consc-
quedce Of bccp,iiing torpid in body,
discontentcd in mind. Walk circdna-
specify. live by rule. divide the day
into regular portions, and assign to
each its proper employment.
BE honest il ali your dealings, true
in your words, faithful TO your engage
ments. If you have raised expecta-
tions. even ny your looks and course
Of behaviour, though yoa have not
promised in words, be Careful to fol-
fl them.
Whatever your income may Be. en-
deavaur to live within it-not because
YOU may provide against the infrmi-
ties of old age, though this is much
wished Tor, and not because you may
| have something to leave to your chill
dren, though this is also desirable
but that you may keep your mind un-
embarrassed /; that you may require
the reputation and enjoy the happi-
ness Of being punctuaI. Settle your
! accounts regularly, and never suffer
them I'd get into confusion. Think
nothing your own until you have paid
for il. DO not fall into the mean hab.
il Of borrowing small sums Of your
friends and neighbours, aud never re-
turning them. Wear your old gar
ments if your arc not able to buy new
ones. The necessaries of life you
must have, though to obtain them you
are compelled to anticipate your earn :
ings, but never run in debt for its
pleasures, or even for its comforts.
If YOU are rich, be rich in good
works. ready to distribute, willing to
communicate. Appropriate Ger,
tain part Of your income to the poor;
and let your charities be governed by
a method of discretion. Be not satis-
fed with giving to these who ask you f,
but seek out objects Of distress. Be
active aud liberal in works which may
| promote the comfort and walfare OF
your fellow citizens.
II you are poor be rot dispirited.--
Increase youc diligence End sobriety
and rely on Diyine Providence, WIN
will take care of you. Fret not your.
selves at the, sight of the rich and
great cut content yourselves with
the moderate pleasures which you car
} certainly obtain ryoa are industrious
| If YOU have seenIbetter days.and are
BY misfortune or by extravaganza an'
imprudcnce, reduced to ind'sance
. .msnfaly reject every temptation t
! Indulgence. Curtail your expenses
, within the bounds Of simple necessa
|. rcs. If you have received a reiuctan
h discharge from your creditors and ar