The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1859-08-24
Industry and Economy UniashlOnabIe.

are universal laborsaving machines /; they
leadNp happiness, wealth, and comfort
The practice of these essential virtues, these
indispensable habits ought 10 be universally
considered as oneiof the essential objects
of good education. No education can
Justly be considered good one that is.not
a useful one; and this result can be accom-
plished with the greatest and certainty by
uniting physical with mental exercise by
occupying the youth of both sexes and all
ages with some employment suited to their
strength, that may be most useful and pro.
ductive 10 themselves and others, conioinlly
with their moral and scholastic instruction
as the one alleviates by its change and var.
ETY. the fatigue incident 10 the constant ap.
pication of the other.
II only requires a small portion of aten.
ton and observation in examining the way
by which those who are healthy, wealthy,
and wise have reached that enviable posi-.
ton, in order 10 be convinced Of the vast
benefits 20 De derived from the practice of
economy and industry, both morally and
physically. All mankind must have some
occupation. and whether it lends TO good or
evil, must very greatly depend upon early
habits acquired in youth by education,
which is the. foundation that influences all
our future operations in life.
1t would afford useful lesson to o-.ihe ris.
ing generation in this free country, 10 recur
10 the primitive history of mercantile mat.
ters III the United States, ...and see by what
policy so large portion OF the commerce
OF the civilized world was securedi by our
merchants for many years. Where now is
the vast wealth that was gained by them !
Ask this "fast' generation which has so to-
tally and so universally ignored their hardy
virtues, their rigid economy, their untiring
industry, their pains-taking prudence-and
what answer would they give? A few rare
instances, striking exceptions 10 the general
rule, may be found of persons who have
saved their profits by care and economy,
but the vast majority have wasted what they
got, and some of them are reduced 10 pov-
erty aud suffering. Most of those who are
still! really rich, owe their wealth and inde-
pendence 10 habits of care, industry and
economy, which was principally acquired
by education and a majority of those who
have fallen into poverty, owe their unhappy
condition 10 luxury, recklessness, negligence
and extravigance, originating in vicious,
misdirecied, and defective education Lug
ury and extravaganza force and thoughtless
10 borrow money from some one or more of
the well.nigh innumerable banks in this
country the facility with which loans and
discounts have been obtained has tempted
multitudes to go far beyond their income in
their mode of living, as TO rush into ruinous
speculations in order TO keep up appearan-
ces to make an .outsde show, far beyond
what they could afford. This love of show
and parade springing from false pride, ori.
ginated some OF the most gigantic schemes
of swindling upon record, which ended in
the utter ruin of contrvers of them, as well
as mutitudes of others. The South Sea
bubble, Laws swindling banking scheme,
&C., &C., originated in this wild spirit of
speculation, and though the first inventors
of them managed to creep out of those con-
Germs before the overwhelming crash came,
yet they deserved 10 have suffered in com.
mon with their credulous dupes, to whom
they had sold an empty cheat many hun
dred per cent. above par.
"Take care of the pennies, the pounds
will take care of themselves" The pro-
verb is old, but it contains volumes of good
advice. Old proverbs are said to be the
condensed wisdom of ages, and they ought
to be far more valued than the antiquarion
rubbish handed down to us from the an.
clients, about whom great deal of valuable
time has been wasted 10 no good purpose.
No one need TO be told that the first hundred
dollars are far more difficult 10 accumulate
than the next ten thousand, and so on. With
out being careful of the cents, the first hun
dred dollars cannot be save, neither the
thousand, nor the ten thousand, can be pos.'
sessed that is, without attention TO the
cents, pecuniary independence cannot be
obtained, and without pecuniary independ-
ence, in the present state of society, all
other independence, indeed freedom itself,
| u put all oinptJ hdHo W tie WillloHo uHiesS
:" ii facilitates the acquisition of pecuniary
dependerce-if not it is dead letter,
sound without meaning or substance, so far
as the interest of the millions is concerned.
Few parents are careful enough TO teach
their children habits OF industry and econo-
my. They are not taught to be useful
They are careless even as 10 their clothes;
/ their habits of order are unregulated. They
are suffered to grow up needless and mat
tentlve to trifes, which make up the asgre.
gate of human happiness. They are allow
ed to be indolent, exlravagant, good ior
nothing the pernicious error that it is re-
l spectacle to be lazy drone and vulgar 10
10 industrious and useful, parent teach both
by theory and practice. In nothing is the
tyrant fashion so oppressive in its pernici-
GUS DEGREES that it is more respectful to live
the life of pauper or robber, than it is to
earn the bread by honest toll.
= II 1t is said that Lord Brougham lately,
in playful mood, wrote the following cpl
taph on himself: