Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-12-04

fellows never meet with what they call
"good luck" because the results of indus
try are denied to those who will not use
the means.
There are many little things in the
household. attention TO which is indispen
sable to health and happiness. Cleanli.
ness consists in an attention to . number
Of apparent triaes-the sweeping of car.
pet. the dusting Of chair, the cleansing
Of a teacup-but the general result Of the
whole is an atmosphere Of moral and ply.
sical well-being. condition favorable to
the highest growth of human character
The kind of air which circulates in "a house
may seem small matter-for we canno,
see the air. and not many people know
Anything about it. Yet if we do not pro-
vide regular supply Of pure air within
our houses we shall inevitably suffer for
our neglect. A few specks Of dirt may
seem Rceher here nor there. and closed
DIR or window appear to make little diff
ference; but it may make the difference
Of life destroyed by fever. and therefore
the little dirt and the little bad air are
really very serious matters, and ought to
be removed accordingly. The whole Of
the household regulations are, taken by
themselves triaes-but trifes tending to
an important result. o. ga
A pin is very little thing in an arti-
Gle of dress, but the way in which it is
put into the dress often reveals to you the
character of the wearer. A shrcwd fel-
low was once looking out for wife. and
was on visit to family of daughters
with this object. The fair one of whom
he was partially enamored one day enter.
ed the room 10 which he was seated with
her dress partially unpinned 1--WE shall not
say where, and her hair untidy; he never
went back. You may say such a fellow
was mot worth pin;" but he was real
ly shrewd fellow. and afterwards made
a good husband He judged of women
as Of men-by little things, and he was
right
A druggist advertised for an assistant,
and he had applications from score Of
young men. He invited them all to bis
shop at the same time. and set them each
to make a dimes worth of salts into a
packet. He selected the one who did this
little thing in the neatest and most expert
manner. He inferred their general prac-
-ticaf ability from their performance of TIT.
smallest bit of business, ~.
Neglect of little things has ruined many
fortunes and marred the best of enter
prises. The ship which bore home the
merchants treasure was lost because it
was allowed to leave the port from which
it sailed with very little hole in the bot
tom. For want of a nail the shoe of the
aide-de-camp's horse was lost; for want
of the horse; the aide-de- camp himself
was lost, for the enemy took him and, kill
ed him; and for want of the aide-de-
camps intelligence, the army Of his gen.
eral was lost; and all because little nail
had not been properly fixed in a horses
shoe! zr
Once, at farm in the country. there
was a gate enclosing the cattle and poul-
try, which was ever swinging open for
want of proper latch, which the expen-
diture of few cents and few minutes
time would have made all right. It was
on the swing every time person went
out, and not being in state to shut read
lily, many of the poultry were from time
to time lost. One day fine young pork
er made his escape and the whole family.
with the gardener, cook, and milkmaid,
turned out in quest Of the fugitive. The
gardener was the first to discover the pig.
and in leaping ditch to cut off his es-
cape, got sprain that kept him to his
bed for fortnight. The cook, on her
return to the farmhouse, found the linen
burnt that she had hung up before the
fire to dry; and the milkmaid, having for
gotten in her haste to tie up the cattle
properly in the COW house. one of the
loose cows had broken the leg of colt
that happened to be kept in the same shed.
The linen burnt and the gardeners work
lost were worth twenty-five dollars, and
the colt worth nearly double that money;
so that there was loss 10 few minutes
of large sum. purely for want of little
latch which might have been supplied for
a few cents.
Life is full of illustrations of a similar
kind, and when small things are habitu-
ally neglected, ruin is not far off. It is
the hand of the diligent that maketh rich;
and the diligent man or woman is atten-
tive to small things as we'll as great
The things may appear very little and in
significant, yet attention to them is as ne
cessary as to matters of greater moment.
Whoever, therefore, would be useful, sue
cessful. and happy. must take care that
be despise not little things, nor neglect
their due performance.
~ Prosperity is generally based upon
knowledge and industry; the swine will
always get most tina nose most.
EB-It is an old proverb that '.boys
will be boys" What pity 'tisn't equal
ly true that men will be men.