Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-08-09


ays Employ thy time well, if thoa mean
st to gain leisure and since thou art not /
ure Of minute, throw not away an hour.
Leisure is time for doing something useful.
This leisure the diligent man will obtain,
1ut the lazy man never; for a life Of leis-
ure and life Of laziness are too things
many without labor, would live by their
wits only, butthey break for want ofstock
industry gives comfort, and plen-
ty, and respect. Ely pleasures, and they
will follow you. The diligent spinner has
a large shift; and now l have sheep and
a COW, every body bids me good-morrow,
II. But with our industry we must
likewise be steady, settled, and careful;
and oversee our own affairs with our own
eyes, and not trust too much to others for
as poor Richard says
never saw an oft removed tree
Nor vet an oft removed family,
That throve so well as those that settled be.
And again, three removes are as bad as
fire and again, keep thy shop, and thy
shop will keep. thee and again, if you
would have your business done, go; if not,
send and again -..r ....
He that by the plough would thrive, e.-.
Himself must either hold or drive.
And again, the eye of a. master will do
more work than both his hands; and again,
want Of care does us more harm than a
want Of knowledge; and again, not to over
see workmen, is to leave them your purse
open. Trusting too much to others care,
is the ruin of many; for in the affairs of
this world, men are saved, not by faith, but
by the want of it; but mans own care is
profitable for if you would have faith
full servant, and one that you like, serve
yourself little neglect may breed great
mischief; for want of nail the shoe was
lost for want of shoe the horse was lost
for want of horse the rider was lost, be-
ing overtaken and slain by the enemy; all
for want of little care about horseshoe
nail
III. So much for industry, my friends,
and attention to ones own business. But
to these we must add frugality, if we
would make our industry more certainly
successful. A man may, if he knows not
how to save as be gets, keep his nose all his
life to the grindstone, and die not worth a
groat at last. A fat kitten makes lean
will and ... ......
, Many estates are spent in the getting, .....e
Since women for tea forsook spinning and knitting,
And men for punch, forsook hewing and splitting.
, If you would be wealthy, think of saving
as well as of getting The Indies have not
,'tgresavef Jnifu nef ITicoIncs: a--.----
Away then with your expensive follies,
and you will not then have so much cause
to complain of hard times, heavy taxes, and
chargable families; for
Women and aoine, game and deceit,
? Make the wealth small and the want great.
J And further-what maintains one vice,
: would bring up two children. You may
= think, perhaps, that little tea, or little
t punch now and then, or diet little more
} costly, clothes little finer, and little en-
| tertainment now and then, can be no great
i matter, but remember, many a little makes
. mickle.' Beware of little expenses. "A
: small leak will sink great ship as poor
] Richard says; and again-'who dainties
love, shall beggars prove ); and moreover.
= { fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
: Here you are all got together at this sale
s of fneries and knick-knacks. You call
r them goods; but if you do not take care
!, they will prove evils to some of you. You
n expect they will be sold cheap, and perhap;
!; they may be, for less than they cost; but
IS if you have no occasion for them, they
t, must be dear to you. Remember wha
h poor Richard says: Buy what thou has
y no need of, and ere long thou shall sell tn,
l. necessaries' And again. At a grea
n penny worth pause awhile He mean
1t that perhaps the cheapress is apparen
y only, and not real; or the bargain, b,
ID straitening thee in thy business, may d
thee more harm than good. For in anothe
Ig place he says, 'many have been ruined b
se buying good penny worths.' Again-It
n- foolish to lay out money in a purchase G
D. repentance; and yet this folly is practice
10 every day at auctions, for want of mindin
:. the Almanac. Many a one, for the SAX
re- Of fnery on the back, has gone with hur
h cry belly, and half starved his family
h FSilks and satins, scarlet and velvets, pu
h. out the kitchen Fl e. as poor Richard says
K. These are not the necessaries of life :
or they can scarcely be called the convenier
to ces and yet only because they look pretty
We how many want to have them BY thes
IS and other extravagances, the genteel al
r. reduced to poverty, and forced to borro
,r, Of those they formerly despised but VIII,
n through industry and frugality, have mail
We tanned their standing; in which case it al
la. pears plainly that aploughman on his les
5h- is higher than gentleman on his knees
to as poor Richard says. Perhaps they hay
Ig- had small estate left them, which the
sell know not the getting of. They think it
to- day, and never viii be night; that lit
lay to be spent out of so much, is not wort
ard minding; but always taking out of tt
to- meal tub, and never putting in, soon com
you to the bottom, as poor Richard says; al
ned then, when the we'll is dry, they kno
lie the worth of water But this they MIG
am have known before, if they had taken
5 so advice. If you would know the value
lily, money, so and try to borrow some: for
it'll that goes borrowing goes a sorrowing,
in poor Richard says; and indeed so does
ard that lends to such people, when he goes
,ne, get it again. Poor Richard further advi,
but and says
reat Fond pride of dress is sure very curse
way Ere fancy you consult consult your purse
the And again-Pride is as loud begcar
'kes want, and great deal more saucy. WI
YOU have bought one fine thing, you m
aust buy ten more, that your appearance n