Litchfield enquirer., 1862-10-23

EcoxoxY or TruE.-" Henry Ward Beecher (says the Taunton Gasetsl recently preached a sermon on lse abase ef time, in which he showed how poorly we use leisure. and how loud we are in assertions that We have no. leisure. We are glad to zee the subject thur presented by one who has only to speak to be heard. s
 "M Mir. Beecher suggests that man while dressing. in the morning may have before him an open book, at whose pages he may give an ocasional glance, finding some interesting mat ter, which. though it may not add much to the thought, braces the mind. and gives it thus an intellectual appetite and adds that single paragraph read during the operation of shaving is relief to the telium of that process.
 @We have long believed that Me rule ee.' one 0ins 0f a time" fs not al,cays ae best that can be followed The elaborate plaits with which the ladies nowadays dress their hair. consume more time than one would believe. One might read each montiliss Atlantic" and " Contiuen. tai." too, in the time thus occupied following AgaEsiz. Holmes, and Lowell. or Ireland and Kimball. while the fingers trained by habit, per foEm the work that requires no help from the bsaan- Newspaper reading is perhaps the best Co weave into these odd, unoccuPied moments. Waiting for dinner with the newspaper in hand is better than drumming on the window sill dreaming of nothing. finding fault with the chil. dren, or quixzing the neiehbors. Many people gre not aware that rest is sometimes most eff fsetually found by seeking employment Try it. come day when you come home from hard days work! You are weaiied and listless Ii yoa live in town, the evening you will talk yourself but, if you are Tn the country, and the uail is not yet in, the temptation will be strong to throw yourself into an easy chair and rail at the hard lot which thus tasks your energies and leaves you no time for rest. Know that your mind wants change as well as your body. Ii yOu have children clinsing about you, and are worthy of them, they will give you the recrea- ton needed, unless you heartlessIy repu!se their pretty advances. If you have not these " we'll springs of pleasure" the best relief is found in aa attractive book or paper. Better indeed one of the long continued stories of certain popular papers than nothing at all for if one has the ell ements of progress in his mind, he will outeruw the love of them. and su.c.ed to something more healthful!y appetizing,
 In offices. country stores and shops e great dsascf fiHs is rasted. especially 1yc clerks whose duties do not require their whole time. Some employers forbid reading during business hours and in many cases with justice; but when busi- mess is not constant and pressing, the clerk who is disposed to spend his leisure moments over the newspaper will make better salesman, ], d more aithfhl clerk. fheD he who posts himself at the door to gsze into the street with that amIes4 stare which characterizes the employees of such master. In country towns an l villages thesA young men are objects of pity for, if allowed to improve these odd moments. one half have not the inclination to do so. Doubtless. the i'm pOrtance of the subject has never occurred te them.