No. 10. 



Order — Carefulness. 



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A SEPARATE PLACE FOR EACH THING, AND EVERY THING IN ITS PLACE, 



"Order was Heaven's first law, 



Earth's first blessing." 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Order— Carefulness. 



If we properly considered our true inte- 

 rest, and indeed our own convenience, we 

 should be led to see the importance of the 

 moral influence resulting from habits ofi 

 order. 



Even children perceive the beauty and 

 advantages of care and neatness; and almost 

 instinctively acquire the practice, from the I 



'example of those with whom they are asso- 

 iciated. 



Some persons plead, they have no turn 

 for such things ; and therefore they are ex- 

 cusable for their neglect. But this is a mis- 

 Itake. The real difficulty arises from a feel- 

 ing of which some are scarcely conscious ; and 

 which few are frank enough to acknowledge. 

 Is it not to save ourselves a little trouble 1 

 Is it not self-indulgence ? To be plain— is 

 it not indolence] And does not the indul- 



