The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1861-10-30

starch and ,arnf The truth is we must be.
come more Practical people before the a.
h0ve results are reached. We must pocket
our pride. and Il we cahnot be lawyers and
professors, give our attention to those Occur
paiions that will pay. snd not leave to sue.
cesstul. though less aspiring, Yankees 20
creep in and establish themselves in this or
that craft. and pocket Dur money because we
are ,oo gentesl 10 supply our own needs. ~
may as well shutup my Office" }" or ~ my store"
says A or B. f.r | am doing no business"
I'll have BEEN here three months waiting for
an appointment say G and ID, "and can get
nothing ~ do And so A. b, e, and ID,
and scores of their Micswber cousins Bill
iounglng over their cigars and newspapers,
waiting helplrssly for something 10 turn
np," and for the blackade to be opened, when
Europe will empty her cornucopia If manu-
faciures into her warehouses, andtheir wives
and daughters will rush with long tried i'm.
patience. To empty their purses Tor luxuries
and 6neries. they are now wisely, heroically
lraring % do without. We. as a people,
have been blessed with plcnty, and our land
Is teeming with wealth; as yet we have not
learned TO economic. Our children have
been reared in habits Of wasteIulness and
exiravagance. Our very servants desPise
saving. and have no notion Of collecting
scraps. Rags, sherts Of paper. bits of'twine.
pens, pins. needles. bottles are daily swept
away, burned up. or cast on to rubbish
heaps, which they are too lazy TO pick up,
even to "seli for rasll," and which. in such
times as these, uusht never to be on the aoor
lat all.
The expenses Of this war may be almost
tsayed BY having the blockade closed tina,
is. our people will learn habits OF carrfulness
fand economy which no other means will
teach them; and, difficult as il may be for
the liberal and generous Southerner to de-
scrnd TO such unknown thrlftiness, il is his
positiye duty now. in the great crisis Of our
present troubles. not only to practice such
himself, but to enforce il in his children and
servants. " Pick upihe fragments. that moth
ing be lost" is the teachingo Christ. "Ths
fruits Of the earth have their growth in cor
ruption." is the teaching oi Nature. "From
the vilest poisons are extracted the mosi
prrci Us medicines" is the teachings of chem
isrry. Therefore, we need not pronounce il
beneath our pride and dignity 10 these mo
mrntous times to gather together whatever
may be in any way useful or convertible
:. Save your rags" il you want your dali,
papers. " Save your grease" u Is needed
Tor soap, which latter housekeepers shoult
turn their attention 10 making IT home
Il Alsn starch both easy enough.
AID you. our gentlemanly Mieswber cous
ins. rouse ynur inventive faculties, and dill
into your encyclopedias for practical knowi
edge. Necessity is the parent Of inyen
,ion )" and how can you display your patri
oiism to better purpose. IL not lighting, that
BY cuntrising. suggesting and assisting q
establish aud improve the many manuiacto
ries which have been already, and must b
still iurther. set on Iont TO meet the demand
. Of nation who need neither watch the rails
ing of the blockade. nor wal. tlll the war
over. before they begin TO become "grei
and independent people"