The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1858-11-18
department.
Tools.

These Ave letters arranged as above, convey
to our mind vast number of thoughts. They
cover great deal of ground fguratively and
literally, and go to make up the great machinery
that piyes life and animation to our common
humanity Some are used for purposes noble
and some ignoble They are of great variety
and adaptation. From the little PR, to the
man who makes it, What chasln interVenes.
And yet huniliating as is the thought, tits new
erthelcss true, that man in his fancied greatness
is often but a tool" The demagogue uses
him, and when the job is finished throws him
aside as if of little worth, until his services are
again needed The "old Serpent uses him,
not only to his own undoing, but also to that OF
others. We talk Of our independence, - glory
in our freedom of thought and action, but how
many of us are free !?
But living tools y are not the kind we pro-
pose to consider, nor yet mechanical, profess
sonal. nor artistieal but agricultural Nor
do we mean those only, that are found and
needed on farm. We denizens of the town
have or ought to have, our set of tools, good
tools, and then keep them in good order 10
do this will require some pains-taking, but at
tention to little things is the surest guarantee
of success in greater. We suppose that every
one who has a garden, has his spade and shovel,
rake and hoe How many of these implements
are III good condition, free from rust, and care
fully put away in their appointed place ready
for use the ensuing spring Suppose we gather
them together for a review = military reviews
are somewhat fashionable and popular - and a
muster of our garden tools would be something
new and attractive. What display cracked,
broken rusty, weather-beaten rotten, with here
and there one that is in good condition. II the
metal portion clean and bright the wooden,
covered with paint, or coated with a solution of
gum shellac "a protection against the sun and
rain How cherries and repulsiye the prospect
of aboring, the coming season, with such i'm
plements as those first noticed, = how pleasure
BILE with the latter. And whence the difference
The explanation is easily given; the one party
has been cared for-the other neglected The
one has its sheltered nook when not in service
the other left exposed to storm and sun
shine.
My friend don't you feel the moisture trick
ling down your face and body as you worricdly
and weariedly strive to dig your ground in the
spring with that rusty shovel ''Those that
dance, must the fiddler pay" With mutterings
loud and deep, you will reap the reward of your
carelessness, thriftlessness. Others again will
have to invest funds in new tools which might
have been applied to other purposes needful to
the body or mind.
A Toulouse, or sheltered corner is absolutely
necessary; and then quite as necessary to see
to it that your implements are kept, when not
in use, in their proper receptacles. This would
be saving of time patience, and money. Of
time, for then you will know exactly where to
find your implements when you need them; =
of patience, for who is not liable to be provoked
while using tools that are out of order, - of
money because it requires the needful to re-
place those tools that have become worthless =
unless you propose worrying your neighbors for
theirs. 1t also is promotive of habits of order
and cleanliness two very essential elements for
our own comfort, and needful in the education
of our little ones.
Gather up the tools then at once, clean them
off and put them away. One of our neighbors,
the area of whose garden is about twenty feet
by forty, understands this matter He has
little Toulouse placed along the garden fence,
and underneath it is a shelter for his wheelbar-
row. Commend me to such men as these, -.
you can learn something from them Increase
their number. Show forth and initiate their
good properties.