Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-07-08
For the Arkansas IntelIipence,

Inc cry of "hard times" is the cry Of the da "
ana OF the land, and the thing itself. branded os
eufse. But is it so? If the "hard times,, lead
,'sn 70 'naustry' they will prove blessing. To
DO INDUSTRIOUS, is to be blessed. If the cnlt;v,.
80. produce soils cheaply, the industry of the
vps'uer . Gah make up muck of what would other.
ways % ms loss or disappointment. If the me.
teoIc's iobor Is low, industry in earniny and
my IN spending, remedies what would other.
be TO him an evil. So with tho merchant
per cent. profit be small, industry in busi-
ash purchases, and cash and quick sales,
1--WE the monster ''hard Tines iuto bunsiI.
as far as he is concerned.
the 'shard times" lead to curtailment, in tho
+ many things, that we INDUCED in, when in
Ind prosperous days, they will prove bless.
Those who have left the free and constan,
Of liquor-tobacco, and coffee, tell US that
are healthier, and happier without their use,
they were when they used them. My testi-
on this subject, from personal experience,
rtve. have been slave to the daily dram
the constant puffs and smoke of tobacco, and
pc morning stimulus of coffee, but never
health and happiness i'll their bost lights,
became cold water man. Let all who
famped in their money matters try the same
and they will have occasion to say the "hard
proved blessing to them.
ind the people curtailing their expenses, IN
PARTICULAR, that will not prove blessing.
aaean in the education of their children. That
.arents should neglect the education of their chill
dren, and charge the cruelty to the "hard tlmes,'
yhile they indulge in the use Of liquor.-tobacco,
coffee, does not tell well. What neglect the
nd of your child, created for eternity, to graft.
an unnatural appetite, to perish with the using.
.'seais think of it. say to you all, if you can.
not get money TO buy coffee, do without tiff
you cannot get money to build new house, live
ir the old one-but, cannot say, if you cannot
!et ioney to educate your children, let IL alone
You know what my experience tells me, in the
use OF coffee, and to live in the old houses mor.
ies the pride more than it brings on the rheuma.
tisn-.out to neglect the early and timely educa-
hoe OF our children, produces evils that neither
l''oney nor time in after days can fully counter.
rc'; 10 you ask, would l recommend running
~ ooot even for that object, certainly, if the OBJ
Jec' cannot be accomplished otherwse-it will be
capi!ai well invested, and capital most likely to
Pay ooth principal and interest. But in nine times
W, " zen, there will be no need of running in
oeot even to secure an object SO desirable. Trv
.ne experiment of curtailing the foregoing named
arlcles as family expenditures, together with fine
and useless clothing, and trinkets, spend the mo.
ney savod ~ the education of your children. nd
Wv "etN VIII W uoiie, uuu we'll done.
But II you should not take my advice in tbi,
thing1s recommended, permit me to call your ar.
tention to another branch of the subject. thnt On
be accomplished without money.
Tho education of our children docs not beeir
within the walls of a school. house, or with Ii,
commencement of paying out money to teachers
Every man may be said to have begun his edu
cation on the day Of his birth. 1t is dull child
Gaeeo' mat cannot on the evening after its birth
diatfaguish lighted candle from The dark side .,
shs house, and from the construction or the br
.an mind, this light is associated ia the recollec
non with pleasure, and called for often with wo
ings; other things at worry early seo, give aorie
OF Joy" and thus proves the love or hatred of III,
little Infant.
AT q lnter ago. but still quite young, the chill,
earns to distinguish sweetmeats--toys--art;cl
OF dress, &c. When little moro advanced n
can readily distinguish between stone, a flower