Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1853-08-05

Sources of Comfort does not mean
merely warmth good furniture, aud good eating
and drinking. 1t means something far more
than this. 1t includes cleanliness pure air o.
der, frugality-in a word, hOuse-thrift and do
nestle government Comfort is the soil in
which the human being gr0ws-not only ply
sically, but morally also. 1t lies indeed at the
root of many virtues. Comfort is in a great
measure a relative term. What is comfort TO
one man would be deemed wretchedness by an
other accustomed to nicer habits of living
Even the commOnest mechanics Of this day
would consider it misery to have to live after
the stvle of mobiles a few centuries back; to
sleep on straw beds, and live in rooms Uttered
with rushes; without glazed windows to their
apartments and these lit up in the evenings by
a pine torch, the wind carreering through the
dreary chamber. In respect 20 the clements of
substantial comfort, there can be no question
that the English people have made extraorlina-
" progress during the last few centuries.
See the working mans cottage nOw-what it
is. or what it ought to be. All tight and snug,
dry and clean; the floor swept and sanded;
bright fire blazingin the chimney; clean
warm bed to lie in; books on the SHELF and
flowers in the window; home of contentment,
taste. and comfort. That is what every house,
even the poorest mans, ought to be. But that
is not all Where there is confJrs, there is
contentment and absence of fdget. Comfort
depends as much on persons as on things
And it is out of the charter and temper of those
who rovern households that the feeling of com
fort arises, much more than out of handsome
furniture, warm rooms, or any sort of home
luxuries and conveniences. Comfortable pee
pie are kindly tempered. That may be set
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There must be peace, mutual help, and dispo-
sition to make the best Of every thing. "Bet-
ter is a dinner of herbs where love is, than
stalled OK and hatred herewith" Comfortable
people are persons of sound common sense,
discretion, prudence, and economy.
They have a natural affinity for honesty and
Justice, goodness ard truth. They 90 not run
into debt, for that is species of dishonesty
They live within their means and lay by some
thing for rainy day. They provide for the
things of their own household, yet they are not
wanting either in proper hospitality and be-
nevolence on fitting occasions. And what they
do in the latter direction is done without osten-
tation or loud talking. Comfortable people do
everything in order. They are systematic, stea-
dy, sober industrious. You viii never find
them in a hustle of tyding-up. As they do eve
rvthng at the right time, so nothing is done in
a hurry or "sloJbered over.7 Comfortable peo-
pie dress comfortably. They adapt themselves
to the season-neither shivering in winter, nor
perspiring in summer. You will find they ex-
pend more on warm stockings than on gold
rings; and prefer healthy good bedding to gau-
dy window curtains. Their chairs are solid,
not GIN crack They viii bear sitting upon,
though they may not be ornamental. Every
thing they have is convenient, snug, comforta-
bic, and you have pleasure in feeling yourself
in the midst of them.-EJizG Cook.