Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-12-26

ga, anu IN every cuanlly iioAio .Aele |
are leisure hour, that may be em'
isoygail0 advantage, We want "a
ss,int out how they oan be passed |
n'easanlly, also, There is nothing |
mo.e delighlf,,ii nothing moro in
tr,nsieally oi1oyable than the home |
comforts OF a finally whose 'mem-
hers gathered under the same roof, 1
and who as, bound tOee,hrr rs ties
81 affection. There is u patriarch
al simplicity Ia country liie that "''
ftrs tho lines, scope ihF innocent
amuse,neats, an,l itS 1hose indoor
royroAtioms, dus.ngs,i,e winter sea.
nn. VIII rh can be rarely indn, sed
IN during the period when lhrlNng |
.pelaiions r'qn.ra % be oonfiin.'y |
a. e,.lel ~, Prom the opcnnS oi
s,,.imEna''l hi, N the ihll, the dal-
4, naa;lne oi' labor taxes he ener-
.ics too much To slow IL many op-
ser,uniti,s "a mental Improvement
md social intercourse, These must
DO def,rsel nltil the Grain Is har'
vested and ihrAahed, tbs slocs arc
housed, and bleak wintAsNts his
white wcsl upon manralT labor in
the field. lat th'u3h The landsclp'
may Wear D chscll rs look and the
sky II leaden hue, and the mos may
eoatwitha lull iilm the window pane
lie young and che aged gathered
around ,he cosy iirCsidc, OF bnrled
in in .oor occu cations, may rondiiy
u,.n To gnOi account the rlgor OF
,he season. and derive n sensible
advantage from the leisure ihHt is
offered them. How can this he
hest Accomplishment There are
many minor things thlt go % make
up the sum oil our enjoymcnts in
his life. and these must be attended
10. Duo provision must have been
made To Domestic comfort. y good
supply al fuel must be laid in be-
ore the season is too taradvanccd to
prevent its being done successfully.
Green wood, or wood saturated with
moisture by exposure 10 the wealth.
ar. will never make good fire, and
without u good fire half the cheer
lulncss of the house is gone There
is n sense of comIanionship in n
blazing wood fire. 1t not only
warns the room, but soothes tenn
pcrs disposed to be irrini@e. To
10 coax bad fire to burn, and
% be constantly bafiicd by its
obstinately resisting all our efforts,
is very trying even to the best ma
tured people Whilst to those who
have little touch Of sharpness in
their dispositions, il is veXatious in
The extreme. Now, every body
Knows that when one member OF
the fimily-the one who attends to
he fires for instances worried by
wen so petty an annoyance, all the
others feel a sense Of constlant
which they cannot completely shake
,,h,-iust as single false note will
mar the harmony ofthe finest piece
# music. 1t is very foolish we
snow; but, unless those who asso-
date together are in full accord with
each other, things will not work
well. So. by all means, fathers OF
antilles, for it is you whom we add
tress, see that there is no difficulty
in the way Of frcwood Another
thing that is indispensable to the
comfort of the family is that the
house shall be in good repair. If
thc reoi leaks; if the doors are
warped; iftliewindows have shrunk
and admit. draughts Of ICY air; if
lie panes are broken, or tho spout
ing is out of order, somebody must
suffer from it, and the moment that
somebody really does suffer, the en-
/, yment of the family is not perfect.
is not easy to laugh with a bad
ID in the head. When one has a
sore throat there is but little rel
ish for food, and if the trouble
should come in the shape Of rheu-
inatism, cheerful conversation cam
not be kept up in the midstof rack
iug pains and calls for hot towels
antl mustard plasters. These are
trivial matters, but they are pro-
dtlctive Of very grave results some
times, and rs BY n little iorethought,
they can literally be guarded
igainst, and health and good humor
promoted, we hope they will be at
tended to at the.proper season. We
ali know how very foolish it is to
hut the stable door after the steed
is stolen,' or to repair II crack in
Tie roof olSa break in the window,
after the neglect Of them has pre-
duced sickness, and the doctor is
called in, and looks US if the under
talSer was peering over his shoulder
lust to see when his services would
Id wanted. But assuming that
there has been no neglect of this
sort, and that the household have
been duly fortified against the in
temencies Of the season, and that
an abundqntsupply Of groceries and
provisions has also been laid in,
there is yet one thing more that is
wanted besides comfortable house
and plelfty of food, and that is a
GOOD variety of we'll selected books
ana periodicals books that amuse
and books that instruct, and peri
odicals that contain Suggestive ar
iicles in relation to rural operations
aai domestic economy No coun-
try home can be said to be properly
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