The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1876-03-09
Little Things.

Little Things"
Well, what about them? OF
course there's plenty, but to what
particular ''little things do you re-
ferF I'll tell you Of one. This
morning as passed your garden,
noticed one of the pickets of, and
it wasn't fresh Off" either 1t is
only a ',little thing to 90 ana nail il
on. No matter if hogs and cattle are
not permitted to run at large, a hole
in the garden fence don't look well.
l also noticed the cave trough on
the back porch needed fast ming up.
Two eight penny nails with ham
mer and a minutes work will fix it,
and the water from the roof is con-
veyed to the cistern, where it be
longs. It's only a ''little thing" to
fix it. There are two panes of glass
out of one of the kitchen windows.
tt is little thing" but 90 and get
some glass and putty and put them
in, and while you are there, get a
few extra panes, so you will not be
compelled to 90 for a single pane
every time one is needed; and get
some tins at the same time, as they
are better than tacks to holl the
glass in place. You can put the
glass in if you only think so. Do
it, Learn, if you don't know how.
You want a carpenter to build a
hog pen? No you don't-do it
yourself. There is no cant" about
it. You can do it if you only think
so. No tools? Then 90 and get
some. Borrow, if unable to buy,
and make the pen yourself
It is only "A ''little thing for
carpenter to do, but it is just what
YOU should do yourself, and when
done, the qualification, aside from
what you would ha re paid a carpen-
ter, is "Jig pay" And, now while
you have the tools, just make those
batten doors you have needed so
long for the granery. Yes, you can
make them too, just as well as you
made the hog pen, and the doors
for your pen will be better if they
are battened. Take some common
cut nails and put them into the fire
and heat to red-hot and let them
cool gradually, and they will clinch
just as well as wrought nails. Now
just as soon as this work is done
make up your mind to have tools of
your own. DoR't borrow if you
can help it, but don't refuse to ac-
commodate your neighbor by lend
ing to him. 1t is a ''little thing"
bus to refuse to lend, drives your
friends out of your neighborhood.
1t saves time and money to have
tools at hand when you need them
and a room for such things, and
every tool in its place, you will find
will pay. In getting, get good tools.
You can't chop with a dull Ok half
as we'll as with sharp one, nor can
you dress a board with a duh plane
as well as a sharp one and in good
order.
Among your tools have some you
can mend your lines or a tug with,
and if a hame strap breaks make
new one. If a milk pan or the tea
pot leaks, have your own soldering
iron and solder 1t. If a shoe be
comes loose on your horse tighten
it. | know it is a ''little thing"
but you can do it. And you can
tighten the tire on your wagon by
driving thin wedges between the
felloes until you have the time and
convenience TO take it to the shop.
OF course you can make the cow
shed just as well as to get q carpen-
ter, if you only think so; and you
can put the managers and feed boxes
up too. But there is one thing you
can't do, wurrh a cent, and make it
pay, and that is, to spend an eve
ming or two week, at the store or
corner grocery. talking politics.
worse too if you have to rinse down
your arguments with beer. Let
this business out. You stay at
home with your family, and cult
vate the acquaintance of your wife
and children.
Now these '.little things" named
are but a moiety ofwhat one can do
at home to save expense, make
things convenient, and beautify the
premises. 1t is "little thing to
put up a box. with a windlass in it
to wind up the clothes line, and
while putting up that box, just
make another and put up in the
same tree for birds. They will
thank you every morning in the
season for your kindness and care
for them, and will continue blessing
you the live-long day. 1t is a .Iit
tie thing to put out a few shade