Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-11-02
ORDER IN DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS

ORDER IN DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS
If neatness and orGer are anywhere car
dinal virtures-if to anything they lend
charm, it is to The female character.
II has often been said, Man is bundle
| OF habits" These grow with our growth.
and strengthen with our strength; is, there
fore, no lnimportant duty on the part of
mother, to form in her children habits which
will render them, in maturer years, lovely
and useful.
As the rivulet, springing from the base Of
the mountain, appears Insignificant, but, in its
progress to the ia.hoIniess ocean, swells in
to majestic and resistless current, so do the
habits formed in The nursery, then unnoticcd,
become the arbiters of our children destiny.
The responsibility and usefulness of our
.chidren do no, SO much depend on outward
circumstances, upon the legacies of this
worlds goods, that we may bequcath them,
as upon the habits and education which thew
receive at our hands.
once asked the mother Of large family
how it was tina; she contrived 10 keep her
house in such excellent order-to have eve
sytling done SO thorough !y-with SO muc!
neatness and despatch-and that with the aid
of but one domestic. She replied, Il have
endeavored to follow the teachings and cx-
ample OF my good mother, who formed in
me the habits which produce this result
And this was her system. She made each
child. according to her mothers plan, res
ponslble for the fu|Giment of some domestic
duties. Her oldest daughter, until the ace OF
fourteen, had assisted for hours each day in
the care of the younger children, and for the
rest of the day had devoted herself to the
improvement Of her mind. AT fourteen she
became the governess Of her brothers and
sis:ers.-she prepared them lessons and
gave them lnstructIon-she cut and made
many of their garments, and yet, by Judi
cious arrangement Of her lime, and by great
not TO neg ect her own studies. The second
daughter now assumed the responsibilities
which till then had devolved upon her eldest
sister.
The third took general supervision
sweeping and busting throughout the house.
At an appoined hour each day, she took with
her, into various apartments, her two young
er sisters, and as :'many hands make light
work." in short time everything was tho
roughly adjusted. The lamps were gather
ed, placed upon waiter, washed, flied, and
returned to their respective places, not, as is
SO often The case, neglected till darkness re-
CURED their use.
in this weII-reguIated family there wasno
great hustle, the work was not done upon
the spur OF the moment. Here was labor,
a division of labor, time for each duty and
some one to do it. The fact was, this good
mother, even to her old age, felt the influence
Of her mothers preceps and example, and
left her own for the guidance Of her chiIdlen
the worthy daughters of a worthy mother
The concert of action here, like that in a
well-regua,ed clock. KEEP. everything in mo-
ton, and in its proper place. All verebusy,
and therefore happy. There was no conflict
of feeling or discrepancy of views, but there
did seem to be stlfe, on the part of one and
all, to see if they could not accomplish their
respective duties to-day with more dispatch
than yesterday. to see if ''well done' could
not he 6 better.'' ......
By this plan, the daughters had not only
a thorough practical education, butthey grew
uP,tall, well-proportioned, rosy checked aud
healthy, with excellent constitutions. They
had, in early life, that kind Of training and
exercise which the G cd of nature has ordan-
ed as the means of invigora,ing and develop
ing the energies of mind and body. And
more than this, they early acquired a taste
and fondness for those employments and du-
ties which, in after life would claim of them,
as faithful housewives and judcious mothers
large share of their time and attention.
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