Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-03-20
Counsel to People going TO Kove.
In the first place, don t move ,

&c the iire-call 10 mind all the alleporie.
ancient and MODERN respecting the Eolly
u OF change-see il the leaky roof can't be
. mended- - consider whether the rance
. oakes so very badly-reconcile yourself TO
IS narrow kitchens and defective water pipes
= be at peace with the world, and YOUR
d house into the bargain, and don't move.
d Hut ii this advice comes after the bill
has beon put up and the no Ise let and
another one tax en-, the next best thing is
TO arrange matters as philosophically q,
possible, and the following scraps of
counsel may DO adyantageously adhered
2 TO-.
Don't keep your house in con fusion a
month before the eventful Hegira-a
week Is quite long enough to make chaos
: OF it,
Don't undertake to clear up" things
generally. 1t is not economy to bargain
away your husbands best coat to roo
man, misaking it for his old moth eatrn
'oga-neither is it wsd Jm to burn all the
receipts and family papers, along with
old letters and newspapers, :" lust to get
them out of the way !"
Don't think it necessary TO feed the
household on cold beans and lukeworm
tea. or to quarter them on floor beds with
carpet bags for their pillows, because
yod happen to be getting really to move.
II your husband is "hanGy man" send
him about his business as early in the
morning as possible, on moving day
Handy men, arc nuisances at ary be. |
ROD, but at such time they are an agra |
Vatlon beyond the power of words to dess
cribe.
Keep your wits ABOUT you, and when
your courage begins 10 fail, just bolster it
up with the comfortable conviction that
what a woman cant 90, is not worth doinr
at al
Don't pack the canary bird and the cat
together, and object d,cisiyelv to the
Convince the cart man at once that you
are the director of affairs, not he; and
don't let him impose upon you in tn @
matter of short loads What if you are
only small woman, and he an lrishman
of the amplest pattern! Napoleon was
not six tooter that ever we heard Of
lfyou hear anything jingle, stop your
cars, and don't look round until you have
counted twenty. BE resigned to whatever
may fall or be broken.
And remember thatas everything else
comes to an cnd So also does moving day.
sesy One communion Sunday, an old
Kentucky soldier, who had fought under
General Jackson at New Orleans, and
knew well what u, anneT Of man he he'd
leen, attended the Hermitage Church,
and saw the aged warrior knecl reyerentIy
before the altar. lie was transfXed with
aston.shment. After the service was over.
he was observed to be unusuelly silent and
thoughtful, and upon being questioned,
related what he bad seen. He concluded
his narrative thus:
"When saw the man who had fought
armies, parties, cabinets, and had never
fought without conquering get down on
his knees in that church, said to myself:
We'll, when General Jackson knoels |
tell you, boys, | think it's about time for
me to knock under"
Four weeks after he joined the church,
and lived and died an exemplary member.
No ESCAPE FROM PUNIsHMENT.--A cor
respondent of the Portland Argus writing
from Wisconsin, ut the residence of Gen.
Jones who acted as second in the Cilley
duel, says, learning / was iTcEl Maine,
the General alluded to the affair, eX
pressed admiration for Mr.. Cilley, and
deeply regretted the unhappy termination
of the issue. Graves died the victim TO
regrets and the most horrible of horrors.
Two years he passed in sleepless pights,
with rooms lighted and with watching
friends, whom he was unwilling to have
for moment leave his presence. He
consumed the hours of night in walking to
and fro, in fgightul starts, in means and
groans, and tears, and wild EXPLANATIONS.
, At length. worn out with mental anguish,
; grief unmitigated, and wasting watchfuls
ness, the unhappy man expired, Thus
r had il from the lips ofa clergyman, his
! neighbor. and thus was avenged the
| names of the murdered Cilley."
For PARENTs-How TO RUN Son.
Let him have his own way-allow him
free use of money--suffer him to rove
, where he pleases on the Sabbath day =
give him free access to wicked companions
e --call him to no account for his evenings
y furnish him with no stated employ,