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■ NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



pecially foi the imparting of confidence and con- 

 sistency to one's views upon such matters, some 

 practical acquaintance with diawing will be found 

 of the highest service. The lofty, intelligent tone 

 of public taste in England at the present day, on 

 the subject of art, may be ascribed, in a great de- 

 gree, to tlie wide extent in which the use of the 

 pencil has of late prevailed among intellectual men 

 and lefined and reflecting women in every rank of 

 life. Criticism on art, except from one who knows 

 the elements and laws of art, as they only can be 

 known through use, is of little value, but, unfor- 

 tunately, of very common occurrence. 



IiETTBR PROM "LUCY"— WASTE OP 

 TIME. 



Mr. Editor: — As my former missive met with 

 favor, I thought it would not be amiss to send you 

 the following letter, written to one of our girls, 

 hoping it may be a word fitly spoken to some of the 

 farmers' daughters who read your excellent paper. 



Dear Susan : — I have been long thinking of 

 writing to you about making a better use of your 

 time, and you know me, and love me too well, I 

 trust, to consider what I may say as meddling or 

 fault finding; then be assured once more that it is 

 "much easier to praise than to blame," and I only 

 say this with a desire to promote your happiness. 



Have you read Emma Jane's letter in the Ru- 

 ral of July 3lst1 and do you remember what she 

 said about having your work-basket in the corner 

 where you usually sit down? Now, if yours was 

 on the table, how many stitches you might take in 

 one day when you aie just sitting there chatting 

 with Mary, and it would be resting you just as well 

 — and how many good books you might make your- 

 self acquainted with, that you now regret you have 

 not time to read, if you would lay one before you 

 every time you sit there with your head upon your 

 hand, dolefully thinking of nothing in particular. 

 You would then forget your little troubles, and 

 have your book read through in a short time, and 

 the only danger would be of forgetting the other 

 work. It is always best not to sit down much un- 

 til the work is all done, or you get very tired, but, 

 when you do sit down, do not fold your hands. 

 Let your motto be, "never be idle a moment." Dr. 

 Beecher has some excellent thoughts in one of our 

 late periodicals, which you must read the whole 

 of, when you come here, but I cannot forbear quo- 

 ting a single paragraph. 



"The young abhor the last results of idleness, 

 but they do not perceive that the first steps lead to 

 the last. They are in the opening of this career, 

 but with them it is genteel leisure, not laziness; it 

 is relaxation, not sloth; amusement, not indolence. 

 But leisure, relaxation and amusement, when you 

 ought to be usefully employed, are indolence. A 

 specious industry is the worst idleness." 



I have quoted this, not that I think you are lazy, 

 but to show you a good man's opinion of the dan- 

 ger of taking the first half step in the wrong direc- 

 tion; the downward road is so easy, and it is so 

 much more difficult to take a step back than for- 

 ward. 



Another thing, dear Susan — how much time 

 you spend running to the window. What if that 

 fine carriage was passing? It was no one that you 

 knew, and if it had been, why should you run? 

 There is no use of complaining that we have not 



time, when we suflfer these moments that the long 

 days are made of, to run to waste. Why, Susan, 

 I read all our periodicals, besides much other read- 

 ing, just when I am tending baby, and mine does 

 not get more tending than any baby should have. 

 The little fellow has become so accustomed to my 

 paper that he seldom offers to pull it, and if he 

 does, I have only to take hold of his little hand 

 with one of mine, and if he is rebellious I hold 

 fast, thus saving the time and quietly teaching him 

 a lesson of obedience. 



I do not think of anything more I wished to say, 

 and here is, perhaps, as much as you will remem- 

 ber. I shall expect an early reply, to know you 

 are not displeased. 



Yours, most affectionately, Lucy. 



— Rural New- Yorker. 



THE YOUNG WOMAN'S INFLUENCE. 



The character of the young men of a communi- 

 ty depends much on that of the young women. If 

 the latter are cultivated, intelligent, accomplished, 

 the young men will feel the requirement that they 

 themselves should be upright, and gentlemanly, 

 and refined; but if their female friends are frivo- 

 lous and silly, the young men will be found dissi- 

 pated and worthless. But remember, always, that 

 a sister is the best guardian of a brother's integri- 

 ty. She is the surest inculcator of faith in female 

 purity and worth. As a daughter, she is the true 

 light of the home. The pride of the father often- 

 est centers on his sons, but his affection is expend- 

 ed on his daughters. She should, therefore, be 

 the sum and centre of all. 



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