The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-07-03
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ORDER-CAREFUi.NEss.


a OEder Ms Heavens Erss law,
Ensh's firss blcssing.
live properly considered our true in
iercst. and indeed our own convenience,
We should be led 10 see.iae importance OF
ihe neral influence resulting from habits
OF order.
Essn children perceive The beauty and
adEsnrge offarr and neainess; and Amos,
insiinuiyely arquire the practice. from The
example Of those with whom they are as
socis,fd.
scnc persons plead. they have no iurn
foE sue.I things, and therefore they are ex-
cusabls Cor tlieir neglc, Dot This Is mis-
take. Theieal difficulty arises from feel
ing (which some arc scarcely conscious:
and which few are frank enoughio acknow-
ledge. Il il not 10 savrsonrselves little
iroublel Is il not self Indulgence! To be
plain, i il not Incidence! And does moi
The Indulgence Of This feeling cause more
of our troubles and difficulties than many
are aware OF
For ins:anec,--if we have nnnccessari-
" neglec;ed duty, or have lell m article
out ii place which might As well have
been returned Al the time: il &C have done
thing indiilerenily which ought 10 have
been done well--orif we have failed 10 ac-
eomplsh an Object for want Of due exer-
lion. What is the reasonl Let Us be ho-
nest, and examine II fairly. Is il not that
we have given way 10 the feelings spoken
of And do we not find that this feeling
gains strength by indulgence! Bun how
are we TO get rid off, The reply is, we
must contend against il, and show il no
quarter; and little by litile we will gain
the mastery. Early life is the best time
to eradicate il; but j. will yiell 10 proper cf-
forts, al all sges.
You ask how is this TO be effected! The
answer is, by learning TO love labor. But
TO do'this. YOU must study TO make every
kind Of business a pleasure. To great
extent this can be done-For by carefully
digesling, and then adopting, the most sim
pie and systematic mode sof performing
every duty, greater precision and success
s-sll he -sseinsa, end ssiag sinrlifcd mt
made easy, the performance will become
a pleasure. For no position is more true
than this-whateyer we feel we do well
we take pleasure in doing; and is not the
converse equally so! Whatever we fee
is not well done, affords us no satisfaction
II, therefore, we learn TO DO every thing
well, will not the doing Of every thing Their
be pleasure! Does not this correspond
with our own experience! ~.
Difficulties will frequently occur. but
these must not dishearten US. as .:othins
valuable can be accomplished without eE
fort; and for our encouragement we SHOULD
always bear in mind that there is way o.
doing everything, and il ono method fails
we must try another.
The principles of order and of neatnes:
are SO simple and so plain, that it need bu
moderate attention TO understand them, ant
but reasonable effort TO put them in prac
tice; but that effort must be continued ant
persevered in, until we succeed. For steT
by step we shall gain on our deficiencies
and the consciousness ofsomc progress vii
encourage further exertion. We SHOULD
never forget that to become fitted TO train
Others, il IS especially ncedful we SHOULD
first discipline ourselves.
| An eminent and successful agriculture
list, when asked what made agood farmer
replied, "To mind little things" Wher
we visit neighbor who is remarkable fo
good management, we are struck with tho
peculiar effect and beauty of his arrange
ments; although perhaps at first we cal
hardly tell why. But when we come tc
annalyze, we discover it is the result of at
tention to ..little things" providing place:
for things, and keeping them i'll then
Iplaccs.
II, when we enter a house, we SEE
scraps Of paper, rags and pieces of ,hrea,
scattered over the foor-if the dress o
1.-The housewife has been thrown upon he
without care, and perhaps soiled and tori
1T her children are disorderly, uncombet
land uncleanly, does it not affect us unpleas
Iaptly! and accustomed 10 better manage
ment. do we not turn from il with disgust
Are we at any loss to determine that in
dolcnce is the cause of all this! Can W,
doubt that if the housewife had properly
Iattended to little things-was an early
riser, and had made the best of her TINT
that her room, her dress and her child
rem, would have been entirely the reverse
and instead of an offensive, would have
ipresented an inviting appearance! Fo
what is more becoming than a neatl,
dressed woman! or more delightfully."- inte
resting, than family of clean and orderl.
children. IL.
| The mere circumstance Of small ba!
being hung up in each room, and the scrap
regularly deposited there, will promot
habits Of Gre and tidiness, beyond wha
could have been anticipated. This ma.
seem small matter, but is the beginnin
of order; and if strictly followed up, il
| influence viii be felt throughout the Who'll
family.