Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-01-06
THE GAZETTE.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1858.
THINGS TO THINK OF FOR THE FUTURE

THINGS TO THINK OF FOR THE FUTURE
Let a clear conscience approve every &C.
ton.
Do all the good you Gao and as little haIm
Be charitable towards those who may diff
Ger from vou-as all humanity IS liable to err,
II is best to ascertain who is erring before
prououncinG Judgment.
Determine on this, the beginning Of the
new year, to make good resolves, and, If pos
sible, live up to them.
Ponder we'll the past and draw useful les
sons therefrom. Find out the causes which
have produced misfortunes, embarrassments,
&C., 10 the year just ended, and avoid them
10 future.
If to accumulate wealth be an object,
remember "time is money"--and II u &C
ouire gold-tbere is no surer way than 10 save
IT.
Iffame, honor, virtue, renown, intelligence
be accomplishments and qualities whlcn ioEui
the impregnable bulwark of human cnarac-
ter, learn that they are ell within your reacn
They who neglect these ore treacnerous 10
their own best interests. ;.
Those prone to dssipate should look at dis
sipation's practical effects and they Will turn
from it 10 disgust.
Curb bad temper, for, like McFingaps gun,
"When aimed at duck plover,
Kicks and knocks its owner over"
Never use harsh words towards either
friend or foe; for, as the Arabian proverb
says, courses, like young chickens, come
home to roost."
In all things exercise approving Judgment
and practice sobriety. Water was made for
nourishment-an absolute necessity-ardent
spirits for medicine in small doses. 1t is
mistaken policy to drink the Old Year cut
and feel "rocky" the neat day.
Those who wish to avoid being troubled
with the presentation of bills on New Years
day, which they cannot adjust, should hence
forward live within their means, and not 60
in debt. PAY as you 60" is an excellent
maxim. 1t gives ease all round.
Recollect that the desire of those In mod
crate circumstances to fashion after persons
blessed with greater afhuence, is besetting
sin of false pride, aud often ends, not only
in forsaken poverty, but in fall from inordi
nate ambition to regretful obscurity.
OF all the evils in the world there Is none
more insidious and mischievous than foollst
pride. 1t turns traitor to itself and is the ex
ecutioner of its own follies. Strict wates
should be kept upon it, or it will creep ever
into holy places, deceivipg others with tinsel
ed show.
Hypocrisy knows its own character best
and sometimes may be detected with ONT
hand putting "a penny in the urn of power
tv," whilst with the other is taking
shilling out"
A wholesome rule of living is to procure
the absolute necessities Of life first, by paying
for them, and never indulge in Injuries ex
cept you have sufficient money 70 spare.
Never forfeit the good will Of friend by
extorting upon his generosity: Borrow mo
ney only when you are sure OF being able u
return it, and lend when there is conhdenc'
sufficient to know it will be paid back. Con
stables and collectors are good 10 their places
but disagreeable visitors when you oanno
satisfy their wants.
Young ladies should not wear hundred dol
lar silk dresses, FIVE hundred dollar shawis
and fifty dollar hsndkerchlefs, when thei
fathers are paying two per cent. month 10
borrowed money, and the dread OF bankrupt
CIV baunts them night and day. Wives vii
do we'll to think of these things with reference
to their husbands.
Dom. be ambitious OF living in lars'
houses, when there is reason to fear you
property may be restrained to pay the rem
of them. Better be content with ordinary
comforts in smaller way, than have tint
wings of pride clipped as 1t Is aiming at iot
tier fights, for in such case the fall proves ia
tai.
Young gentlemen, who from extravaganza
in living or other imprudencies, negieo
paying their tailor's bills, should hav
pride enough not to be pensioners upon thos'
whom they consider but the ninth part OF
man."
To sum up the whole range of econom!
and prudence, 80 far as temporary things ar
concerned, with regard to good resolves an'
determinations touching prudential hVins
remember Frauklin's wbistle-never vast
your substance in that which is not waDte'
or cannot be turned to good account, howeV
er cheap it may be.-Bah. Pot.
There ia one thing that the student Will b.