The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-09
Jottfngs for summer.

We cut from Halls Journal of Health q
few words OF advice, sstiricsl and other
wise, to those who may be preparing to
visit the country during the hotter months.
They are very generally available, and may
be at any rate proftably considered by
those they do not hit too strongly:
l. In going to the country to spend your
summer, leave business behind, but take
with you your entire stock of patience,
courtesy, self-respecL and religion. Go as
plain "John Smith, gentleman"
2. If you have the first claim to be we'll
bred, you will be the last person in the
world to volunteer any information on the
subject. If it must be told, let it be by
your conduct; let your entire department
prove that you are lady or a gentleman.
3. Do not profess that you "know" Mr.
Astor, Mr.. Grinnel, Mr.. Minturn, or other
distinguished citizens, when your entire
knowledge consists in their having been
pointed to you on the street.
4. Avoid clsiming Acquaintance with
this or that family of note, when you only
happen TO have spoken TO them on q rail-
road car or steamboat, or in some purely
business transaction. An enterprising in
diVidual once claimed that he knew dis
tinguished judge very well. On inquiry,
it was found that the said judge had once
sent him to the penitentisry.
5. If you have the first mite of common
sense, and fully gOto the country for reore-
alton, enjoyment and health, leave your
best and second-best clothing at home /;
take only your common wardrobe, and but
8 small part at that; not only that the
persons you 'stop with msy feel more
easy, but that you may feel freer yourself
to scale fences, climb trees, scramble up
mountain sides, wade across creeks, pene-
trate forest tangles, and jump Jim Grow
generally.
8. Never turn up your nose at anything
at the table; if you have the slightest dis
position to do SO, you may be sure it is a
pug, and isn't long enough toturn. 1t you
don't like thing, let it alone; eat nothing,
and by the next meal you may be glad to
get anything.
Z. Remember that in going to the coun-
try, q sensible mans object is neither to
dress nor eat, chiefly, but to obtain mental
repose, pure air, and unrestrsined exer-
else.
g. EndeavOr 10 conform, without spps-
rent effort, TO the arrangements of tde fam
! lily with whom you board, and to the man
ners and customs of the people around you,
as far as they do not compromise your
principles of good morals and good taste.
8. Be cheerful, be kind, be considerable,
be accommodating.
10. Do not obtrude your political or re-
igious sentiments.
IL. Shun argument and controversy on
anY and Sll subiects.
IL. Let your courtesy come out natus
rally; and if religious, don't be Phsrisee.
A regular trade in gamblers tools has
sprung up in New York, and the following
are now openly advertised by card-deal-
ing house: "Fifty-fve kind Of advantage,
or marked back playing cards, per dozen,
! $l3; five new styles marked cards, just
out sl8 per dozen long snd shorts, with
which you cut higher and lower than any
one else; advantage dice, price $40; French
card msgnider, showing you what your
opponent has in his hand, enabling you to
win every time"