The Osceola times., 1875-12-18
Hard Times.


the dolelul diuy Of all who earn
,heir living by any legitimate trade
ar calling. We hear thesc words
wherever we go and, il scarcity Of
money be the criterion of hard
iimes, tho fact will not admit Of
dispute. They are not only hard
an themselves, but have q case-hard-
oniog effect upon the habits of the
pscps; and thus they will eontin-
nc, until our manner Of doing bus;-
aess is thoroughly reformed. The
producer msst learn 10 regard the
81 ence of figures with more favor.
Iss should learn to calculate 10
i..ct on, the precise coat Of making
and harvesting his crop upon the
j. s, economical scale; and, also,
tie .e,y least, upon which be can
support himself and family during
&c year. lie should call his family
,uto a general council, submit his
'sij,nates. and impress upon their
minds the TACT, that liberty, indie.
pe,dsncs and self-Iespeet are all
depending apon each person earn
Ing as much as they can, and spcnd'
ing as little as possible. After thus
notifying thsm of the rules for the
ensuing year he should warn the
females at the family, that, no mat
aer who has nov, hat, n new Grcss,
or any other kind Of finery, they
will get nothing Of tho kind, until
atrer the first day of January 1877.
let them understand this, that they
may take care Of what they already
bave. Then let him set TO work,
with the honest resolution, TO work
with all his might, and to starve
himself, ratbcr ihsn sell his birth
right TO his merchant. The man
who turns over to his merchant his
whole crop, leaving his ether cred.
jiors unpaid, and, PERHAPS, still il
debt TO the merchant, has sold his
birth-right, which he can only rs.
deem by system Of rigid sslfdo-
NAL. There is but one way for
honest people TO get out Of debt.
They must increase production and
lessen their expenditures, Don't be
disheartencd, but ncrvcd with a no.
bic consciousness OF an honest heart,
work hard, live on half-rations, and
The blessings Of Heaven will reward
vow vir,uous self-dsnial. Make
your family understand, that you
deny them the luxuries and elc-
gancies of life, it Is because you
wish them 10 live free from the vile
scryitude of debt, and in tho rea.
scnable hope, that disciplined in
dasiry and economy will, at last,
insure genuine prosperity. The
maa who places fixed bounds 10
the qualifications Of his family,
making all to depend upon the
moral certainty Of his being able to
square his accounts. with q balance
in his favor, is the best guardian OF
a household. lie has the aervs to
30 in honest man, and no volt will
pr0Sl about his door. His girls
may not walk into church like they
had illuminated chandeliers on
,aeir heads. smelling Of cheap per
i.acry and smblng up the aisle,
with the grace OF pacing tilllcs, but,
they will look neat and thoughtful,
and, no doubt, will feel grateful TO
God ior the blessings Of healtHand
. cheerful home. The head Of y
family, who really te''eres that the
criterion of resppetaLili,y 10 an uh-
blemishcd name, and, not the skill,
with which he can get whatever he
wants on credit, is the very man,
whom tho Psalmist had IN his eye,
when ne pcnncd this passage: "He
shai! be like Tree, planted by the
,iyers of water, that bringsth forth
his iru,. ia his season; his loaf slso
shall not w;lher, and whatever he
doetl,, shall prosper Tho Bible
teaches great many things worth
knowing, bcs des Baptism and Re-
generation; aud, We would earn
esily recoi.mend TO our readers.
ssat tllsy sxamipe Il carefully for
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