No. 10. 



Order — Carefulness. 



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quires? Do you not see itl If you do, then 

 rouse up to your duty; and set a better ex- 

 ample for the future. For do you not re- 

 nc.ember that whenever you have done so, 

 how pleasant has been the result! Shall 

 the example of a wise Providence be lost 

 upon us, and shall we not be improved by 

 what was intended for our instruction as 

 well as our benefit! Observe the operations 

 of nature ! How beautiful ! How admira- 

 bly adapted to their end! — the order — the 

 regularity — the wonderful economy ! nothing 

 in vain — nothing wasted — nothing lost ! 



But you say you have not time to attend 

 to these things : are you aware how much 

 of your time, as well as your property, will 

 be saved in the end! In laborious matters 

 we may be industrious, and yet omit small 

 ones through negligence. 



You rise early of course, but is all your 

 time employed to the best advantage ! Do 

 you note the fragments of it that are wasted 

 by yourselves, and by those around you 1 

 You see then it is not for want of time ; it 

 is for want of properly employing it — it is 

 for want of method ; and no one can fill up 

 the full measure of his usefulness without 

 it. You are saving of your money, then why 

 not economize your time. 



We should all remember that it is our 

 duty, and indeed our interest, to instruct 

 others as well as to improve ourselves; and 

 it may be truly said, that he who can accom- 

 plish and teach others to perform with ease 

 a double amount of duty, is as much a bene- 

 factor as he who causes the " two blades of 

 grass to grow where but one grew before." 

 To assist you in the object contemplated, 

 provide a small book with but two leaves, 

 and as they occur to you, note in it such 

 little matters as may require care ; you will 

 then be able to attend to many things which 

 are now neglected, because not thought of 

 at a leisure time. But this book must be 

 examined daily, and cleaned up as often as 

 possible ; for if the items are sufl^ered to ac- 

 cumulate, the book will lose its virtue. 



Are there not some other things to be 

 looked after ! Where are your implements 

 of labour — your ploughs; your harrows; 

 your hoes and your shovels; your forks; 

 your rakes and your scythes] Are they in 

 good condition, and in their proper places; 

 or are they scattered about and exposed to 

 the weather, and some of them mislaid, or 

 lost! 



Have you a tool-house ! Have you a work- 

 shop ! If you have not, there must then be 

 some disorder; and is not that the cause! 

 For a deficiency of care in one respect gene- 

 rally leads to it in others; and it is the habit 

 of care you must acquire. 



Would you know the secret of having 

 things keep in their places? then provide 

 suitable places for them; and have a distinct 

 and separate place for each. 



But these places must be convenient and 

 easy of access; and the articles must be ar- 

 ranged with some taste, and so as to produce 

 a pretty effect. This will be pleasant to the 

 eye, and will awaken a feeling of interest 

 in those in your employ, and each one will 

 take pleasure in promoting the object. To 

 ensure success, however, you must go fur- 

 ther. You must mark in outline the exact 

 shape of each article upon the wall or parti- 

 tion against which it may be placed. Try it 

 and you will be astonished at the result; it will 

 act like a charm in restoring things to their 

 places. And from it you will derive a fur- 

 ther advantage, as you will thereby be en- 

 abled at a glance to see exactly what imple- 

 ments and tools belong to you, and more 

 pains will be taken to keep them fit for use. 

 And if at any time they should be left out 

 of place, or be lent to a careless neighbour, 

 you will be continually reminded of it until 

 they are returned, and thus often saved 

 from loss. 



The good effects of the plan will not stop 

 here, for its successful operation will be a 

 valuable example in the neighbourhood, and 

 a practical illustration of the beauty and 

 usefulness of order. 



It will also serve to fix in the minds of 

 those about you, a principle applicable in 

 various other forms, and it will gradually 

 produce an efl^ect upon their habits that will, 

 more or less, influence all their conduct. 



MlQUON. 



Note.— The diagram at the head of this ar- 

 ticle is a copy of a closet recently fitted up, and 

 comprises most of the tools that would be need- 

 ed for a family. For a farmer, a greater variety 

 would of course be required. But the de- 

 sign of the plate, is to show that any set of 

 tools or implements may be so arranged as 

 to present a symmetrical and tasteful ap- 

 pearance; by selecting some prominent arti- 

 cle as a point or centre, and radiating, or 

 otherwise arranging the others around it. 



The tools are secured in their places by 

 staples made of wire, and by small brass or 

 iron hooks, or by nails. One of the awl 

 handles is hollow, and contains about a do- 

 zen blades of different shapes, each of which 

 will fit firmly into the other handle. The 

 shape of the tools as there represented, was 

 marked out by a small stiff brush, and with 

 ink. The cost of the tools at retail price, 

 was $8 67. 



The foregoing remarks of our worthy friend may 

 eerve as the heads of half a dozen chapters. They 



