Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-09-18

Two things may be regarded as settled to-
wards tile means of living for the coming
winter. LIST. The amount of food in the
country at the close of the harvest will be
more than sufficient to feed all the people in
it, and there will be no considerable demand
for expectation. The European accounts are
all favorable. In England the crop is large
so in Italy, and in Ireland the potatoes are
turning out finely. California, which has
taken great deal of breadstufts and caused
the exporting of great deal more, will not
only support herself, but will export to the
Atlantic States. ID. The amount Of coal
mined this year is greater than ever before,
and the regular increase of consumption will
not probably be so great this year as usual.
The high price of the article is of itself a rea-
son for reduced consumption, and the de-
preston i'll many kinds Of mechanical bust
ness has reduced the amount required for
steam engines. So that, although there will
doubtless be an increased consumption, it will
not strain so hard upon the increased produce
ton as in former years. There is coal enough
to keep us all warm. The reciprocity treaty
will bring the Nova Scotia coal free Of duty,
and we think it ought to bring in wood for
fuel also.
Two other things ought to be settled. LIST.
There should be greater economy in the con-
sumption Of food by the wealthy and mid
ding classes; for such economy, making food
more abundant, will reduce its price to the
poor. Less meat should be eaten; we eat
too much animal food in this country. More
rice should be eaten in this part of the coun-
try. Rice is cheap, whoiesome and, prop
erly cooked, delicious food. But we do not
cook it right here. We make it into paste
which nobody can relish. When cooked, as
it should be- the grains distinct, yet thorough
ly softened, rice rivals the potato as an article
of daily and indispensable food. Many peo-
pie give it the preference. I'd. We should
develope our own resources of coal Rhode
Island coal is good to laugh at and to Joke
about but it is better to burn. We have
tried it i'll the room where we are writing, aqd
found it good enough for us. In CRATES prop
erly constructed, Rhode Island coal, although
by no means equal to that from Pennsylvania,
is a valuable, a convenient, and comfortable
article of fuel. Even in CRATES that are not
altogether adapted to its use, itmay be advan-
tageously mixed with that of better quality.
But don't buy Rhode Island coal and trust
Irish servants to make the fires you might
as well attempt to burn the fire brick. If YOU
have patience and spirit of economy sufi-
cient to superintend the kindling yourself
and the renewing, also, you may make a say.
FINALLY, brethren, as the ministers say,
and last Sunday was such a rainy day that
half our readers missed their sermon, and some
of them will find an excuse for staying away
from church to- morrow-we should all prac-
tice economy. Most of us are obliged to and
those to Whom il is not a necessity should
make it a oirtUe. Nobody should be ashamed
Of it. Meanness is contemplate but econo-
my is honorable, and extravaganza is wicked.
Use the good gifts of Providence but do not
abuse them; give away, but do not waste
If you have money to spare beyond the wants
of economical living and of prudent aceumu-
lation, expend it upon art, not upon ostenta-
tious display. One good picture will be a
spring of continual enjoyment to you and to
your children; while all extravagant party
which costs as much, will leave nothing but
bad headache in the morning, and an install
ment Of dyspepsia or some other disease, to he
settled for few years later.-Proeidence Jour-
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