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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Oct. 



the dark clouds of winter have passed, the ener- 

 gies of nature, unlike those of the human soul 

 impaired and prostrated by the palsying touch of 

 vice, will revive like the energies of a healthy per- 

 son strengthened and refreshed by sleep. 



Has it ever occurred to our female readers, how 

 important are the duties imposed upon them by 

 their domestic and social relationships ? How 

 momentous are the consequences that may ensue 

 to the young of their household from even a par- 

 tial neglect to satisfy those obligations which they 

 should habitually recognize in practice, and the 

 performance of which ought to constitute the first 

 and sweetest pleasure of their lives. A late writer 

 has observed that, "In the basement cells of ine- 

 briety, many youthful forms are sitting for their 

 portraits. The demon artist of lust and intem- 

 perance, is gradually moulding them into fiends. 

 The young may steal secretly into those hells of 

 inebriety and lasciviousness, and their friends may 

 not suspect their wayward proclivities. But vice 

 cannot long remain concealed ; the soul has no 

 place in which to hide. Soon the foul flame — 

 through some vent or fissure of the body, will find 

 expression. The inmost loves, affinities and de- 

 sires of the soul, will mould the plastic child into 

 a corresponding likeness. The body is a flesh and 

 blood statue of the spirit, and the countenance 

 the play-ground of the spirit." 



The influence of woman is great. Who can es- 

 timate, adequately, the aid and comfort they are 

 capable of furnishing their husbands and brothers, 

 simply by manifesting an interest and sympathy 

 in their labors? Nothing sweetens toll like sym- 

 pathy. The richest reward of the farmer's toil is 

 not bread alone. It is the approbation of those 

 whom he respects and honors — self-respect and 

 the cordial approbation of his fellow-men. 



Home education, where there is a union of sen- 

 timent between the parents, leaves its impression 

 vividly and strongly stamped upon the soul and 

 heart, and can never be totally obliterated. If the 

 example of the father is in unison with the teach- 

 ings of the mother, the most determined mind 

 will, in every situation of life, be influenced by it. 

 It haunts us through every stage of its pilgrimage, 

 like a good genius, and ceases only vrhen the 

 mind itself, changing beneath the mystic cloud, 

 ceases to appreciate and respond. During the long 

 evenings of winter, the altar of home should be 

 illuminated with its brightest lights. The mother 

 should labor to form to usefulness and happiness, 

 the minds committed to her charge, and to pre- 

 pare them by the best moral training possible, for 

 the duties and trials which await them in the 

 trial fields of life. 



We have sometimes feared, that among the many 

 innovations of modern refinement, those healthful 

 influences which the young so much need in form- 



ing their minds for usefulness, might be too much 

 neglected, and finally become obsolete. The ro- 

 mance of home-life, like every other kind of ro- 

 mance, will, in time, wear out ; the heart will be 

 disenchanted, and the merry sports of Christmas 

 and the "Old Oaken Bucket that hung in the 

 AVell," as well as the realization of "Love in a 

 Cottage," become a picture of almost fabulous an- 

 tiquity, and exist only in rural fancy. 



The changes occurring everywhere around us, 

 naturally lead to the train of thought in which we 

 have indulged. Spring, with her genial sunshine 

 and showers, will restore the verdure which au- 

 tumn frosts have now laid low — but the blight 

 occasioned by neglect and vice, may require years 

 of culture and repentance to restore the charms 

 of peace and satisfaction to the blighted soul. 



"Solemn, yet beautiful to view, 

 Month of my heart ! thou dawnest here," 



to beautify, instruct, and prepare for a winter of 

 rest to the vegetable world. Let us apply this 

 lesson of nature to ourselves, and so live that 

 "our vutues shall blossom in the dust." 



Our Teeth. — They decay. Hence, unseemly 

 mouths, bad breath, imperfect mastication. Every- 

 body regrets it. What is the cause ? It is want 

 of cleanliness. A clean tooth never decays. The 

 mouth is a warm place — 98 degrees. Particles of 

 meat between the teeth soon decompose. Gums 

 and teeth must suff'er. 



Cleanliness will preserve the teeth to old age. 

 Use a quill pick, and rinse the mouth after eating. 

 Brush and Castile soap every morning ; the brush 

 with pure water on retiring. Bestow this trifling 

 care upon your precious teeth, you will keep them 

 and ruin the dentists. Neglect it, and you will 

 be sorry all your lives. Children forget. Watch 

 them. The first teeth determine the character of 

 the second set. Give them equal care. 



Sugar, acids, hot drinks, saleratus are nothing 

 compared with food decomposing between the 

 teeth. Mercury may loosen the teeth, use may 

 wear them out, but keep them clean and they will 

 never decay. This advice is worth more than 

 thousands of dollars to every boy and girl. 



Books have been written on this subject. This 

 brief article contains all that is essential. — N. Y. 

 Independent. 



Think. — Thought engenders thought. Place 

 one idea upon paper, another will follow, and still 

 another, until you have written a page. You can- 

 not fathom your mind. There is a well of thouglit 

 there which has no bottom. The more you draw 

 from it, the more clear and fruitful it will be. If 

 you neglect to think yourself, and use other peo- 

 ple's thoughts, giving them utterance only, you 

 will never know what you are capable of At first 

 your ideas may come in lumps — homely and shape- 

 less — but no matter ; time and perseverance will 

 arrange and polish them. Learn to think, and 

 you will learn to write ; the more you think the 

 better you will be enabled to express your ideas. 



