The Cecil Whig., 1873-06-07
For The Cecil Wing
A CURE FOR HARD TIMES.

Be industrious and live within your
means, and there will not be much need
of complaint about hard times, nor much
necessity for borrowing money. Strive to
be lender rather than borrower. Work
early and work late, be prudent and econo-
mical, and rise by degrees. If others must
have fine horses and carriages, on borrowed
money, wait awhile, and the gloss and pol
ish will wear off, and the sheriff may have
something to say in the matter. Fine
clothes and fine equipage are costly, but
that is not all, they lead to loss of time,
and time is the stuff life is made Of, and
easily broken.
How frequently we see farmers, mechan-
les, and others who have accumulated pro-
perty by long years of industry, bring up
their children in idleness, to be fashionable
gentlemen and ladies, we'll prepared to
spend their property in short time, and
then be miserable and helpless creatures;
for he that has run out his means, and has
no trade, nor any disposition to work, is on
the road to the alms-house. Learn the
habit of rising early, and it will be pleas
ant and agreeable, and you will soon dis
cover that you have no time to lose-there
will be sleeping enough in the church-yard
when you take your long sleep. Pay at
tention to the education of children, and
see that they are furnished with good
books; encourage and instruct them in
their studies of useful knowledge, and
when they are old enough to go to work,
still direct their minds to the Importance of
knowledge, and send them to school in the
winter season.
The self. taught man is apt to be practi-
cal in the business Of life, while many
graduates of famous schools are superficial
and visionary, and have learned little of
the business of practical life.
1t is only one generation back when most
articles of domestic clothing were home
made, and were comfortable and lasting.
Now the piano has taken the place of the
spinning wheel, and though it's music is
more melodious, it is much more costly,
and affords no protection against cold
weather. Then eight yards were enough
for a lady's dress, bat now twice eight are
not enough. Extravaganza does not add
to the comforts of life, but it adds greatly
to its expenses, cares, and vexations. Then
a young woman's education was not com
plete if she could not make nice pound
of butter, and loaf of broad, and prepare
meal in nice style; but now this is not
fashionable-there must be hired help,
though not very easily obtained sometimes.
1t is the extravaganza that has increased
in every branch of domestic and public
life, and the increasing disposition to idle
ness; that have raised the cry Of hard
times, and without reformation, there is no
remedy. We complain of high taxes, and
they are high enough, but our pride and
our folly tax us many times higher
Many man pays double as much for
tobacco or strong drink as he pays in pub
lie tax, and neither of them benefits him
in the slightest oegree, to say nothing
of the harm produced thereby, and he
makes no complaint.
There is too much pride, and too much
extravaganza, too much aping of tashiona-
BILE life.
Let there be industry and systematic
economy, and let every man try and live
within his means, and there will be less
complaint of hard times, and general pros
perity will soon follow, with increased
enjoyment. NJ.