Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-13
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as easy to fall into the wrong and hurt
full kind. We know Of an instance
where a man has become so accustomed
to the winding up OF his watch at an
appointed time every evening that his
has not been down but
three times in thirteen years. His
a. habit" in this case, insures certainty;
but that man is by no means so method
ical il many other ways, and brings on
himself n great deal Of ~rexation and
extra trouble by failing to make timely
regulation of other and more important
affairs. Yet the formation Of methodi-
cal and precise habits for all occasions
would have cost him no more effort than
the regular winding of his watch, which
habit vas formed almost unconsciously.
Those who are accustomed to looking
back over their past lives can nearly al
ways recall habits Of doing or emitting
to do certain things, or Of goiHg to GER
tain places, that did them no good in
former days, but which habits they have
broken of to their great gain. In many
such cases it can also be recalled, that
the person referred to thought they
could not rest satisfied unless they had
done such things or gone to such places
every day or evening. Thus young men
get into the habit Of meeting every even
ing with companions, who gamble in a
small way, frequent low drinking houses
wasting their earnings in the useless
and seuseless custom Of treating each
other to drinks when they are not thirsty,
or even doing worse things to "psss
away the time;" and when once these
pern,cious habits are formed, they feel
restless and unharpy unless they see
their dissipated companions and 60
through the same rounds overy day or
night. As q rule, the habits thus FORM
ed last through life, to the sorrow OF
parents, to the distress Of the families
Of the young men themselves when they
marry, and to their almost certain de-
graduation, for they still feel tho fatal
passion of attending such places, instead
of being at home with their young
wives and children. Occasionally,
but in rare instances, these habits are
broken of, through the Intervention Of
other ties, through the removal OF the
bad company by death or rowing habits,
but more frequently by the removal OF
the released victims themselves to other
places and more fortunate companion
ship. Then, when they have become
used to other and better habits, they
wonder how they could ever have been
the slaves of those from which they
have escaped-and especially do they
wonder that they were ever unhappy or
restless in the temporary deprivation OF
compauionships that it would make
them unhappy now to keep up.
There Isl homcly maxim that teaches
US to have ia place for everything and
everything in its place" This incul-
Gates the benefits OF habits Of order and
tidiness. But it not only leads to method
and to the avoidance Of unsightly litter
and disorder about ones rooms, offices,
workshops. desks, tables, etc., but it
leads to the saving Of n great deal Of
time; to the avoidance Of hurry, hustle
and confusion, when some article or
paper must be searched for and found,
before something else a be done. 1t
saves the mind and the temper, and We
have no doubt saves life in some cases
| where men and without method
ical and orderly habits would be other
wise overworKed. There is no labor
saving Continuance superior in its adj
van,ages to having ga place for every
thing and everything in its place.
Akin to this, we might state q para
phrase Of the above maxim that would
read thus: A time for everything and
everything at the appointed time.
The observance Of this would result
in good habits of pu~nctuality as valu-
able rs those relating to good order.
Puuc,uality is not an American charac-
teristic. 1t would be we'll if it were.
Most Of US are too much in a hurry to
adop, the custom, good MS it is; yet fast
as we go We frequently do not accom-
plish as much as the less hurried,
yet a methodicslly punctual man gets
through without any fuss or hurry at
all. Yet how easy is this habit when
we must be p%unctual. 1t is all as the
habi. is formed ; and people get along
through life with comparatively little
trouble, or with a great deal of bother,
extra labor and ~vexation, accordingly
as their habits of order or punctuality
arc good or bad.
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