The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-01-07

ispreity certain of enjoying round Of good
luck in all his farming operations. lie will
have good cattle, good crops, and good pro.
f. fils-and, If be takes care to bring up his
sous in the way of their father, he viii have
good luck with his family.
Ga the other hand, look of that man wha
gossips away portion of his time at public
houses, at political clubs, and among bis
neishbors--and whe trust the management
Of his affairs to the discretion and fidelity of
others, and ten to one but you fad him On
heir 10 III luck ;--iha, he is annually be
coming poorer, his crops lighter. his cattle
diminishing, his fences and his buildings
dllapidating, his children idle, and perhaps
dissipated, and bis fortune going 10 wreck.
/ Who does not see, in such man, fountain
Of bad luck.
Our young readers have most Of them,
perhaps heard of the bad lack that beiel
the man who neglected, 10 time, 10 got a
nail in the horse shoe the shoe came OF I;
the horse became lame, and ultimately died
$50 that the owner lost his horse for the
wan, Of nail. The same bad luck attends
him who neglecis bis fences; rail or board
down; cattle get in and destroy his crop,
and be is obliged to buy bread for his iam.
ly. The dsone too, is generally late with
his work he plants and SONS lats-and sui
lers the harvest to waste 10 the fields before
his crops are gathered or housed.
The diligent farmer destroys the weeds
that rob bis crops, and lhe bushes that uso.
lessly cucumber his grounds he carefully
teeoacmIses and applies his ulanures, des
tiued to feed his crops and keeps up the
fertility of his soil and he brings the best
portion Of it, though naturally wet and IN.
productive into productive state, by sys
ler Of judIcious draining. All these are
certain precursors Of good luck.
Now mark the farmer Of almost ineyia
Die bad luck upon that farm down yondor,
who although in the harvest time, is from
home gone to attend petty law suit in
which be is party. Look Of the fences,
he buildings, the bushes, the weeds, the
swamps, the cattle, tho crops--at every
Thing Do they not al betoken bad lnck
and speak in language not 10 be misunder
stood, tia; the unfortunate master Is going
down hill!
We have our other suggestion, which VIC
may even extend to the far. ldleness is
The parent Of taiile--or mischief. Now the
man o. woman who attends their own busi.
ness az they ought, have neither time nor
disposition odiciously 10 lp,ernueddle in the
domestic concerns Of their ne,ghbors--they
have 10 interest in sinking the regulations
of oihers-bul would rather raise them to
their own level. Their habits, therefore,
.cad sadiffdse good iuel 10 oil around ham.
Clean Stables. AS for The straw which
- iuPregnatei with urise i IS the iayaria
bic custom Of nineteen groous Out OF ,wen
~ 10 allow it 10 remain at lac bolton Of o
horses bed for several davs, when il IS NJ
length cleared away. remember having
hCard that a cfusty old merchant, whose
name will no. mention. was always in Tbs
habit OF asking an aPplican, for clerks
berth ahc,hcs he Has good hand al
scratching out" II tho answer was in
the affirmative, the reply was, "then, my
good fellow, you won't do lot me, for my
CLERKS must never make mistakes" You
may, therefore, previous 10 hiring groom,
ask BIN chow often no mucks out" and
Should he say "onCo a vsak, or twice a
geek, SIR" the sooner he " mucks himself
cut the better Soma of those gentry, ~.
deed, think that 10 look after horse proper.
y reqqres 10 sort Of training to the bust
mesa at all; aud haye known sno Of them
who applied for the situation Of groom TO a
gentleman, who kept hunters, too, ackaswI.
edge very cavalierly, that he did not know
much about nags, but had looked arter a
htoD tcos) good BIZ - Old English
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