Household Hints (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...is answerable for the consequences arising from debasement. Casual charity is much to be deprecated, for the objects of it are ever undeserving, and it serves only to create, to perpetuate, a lost race. The rule is, that human beings are born into the world with a capability of selfdependence, if they please to avail themselves of it, and the exceptions are so few as not to be worth providing for beforehand. To help those who arc helping themselves, or who only want a fair start, is most praiseworthy and beneficial. To relieve the few, whom unavoidable calamity has utterly overwhelmed, or overtaken too late in life to have a chance of retrieving themselves, is a gratifying duty; but to lay down any general rule that the old are to be maintained, the fatherless to be provided for, the sick to be taken care of, is to render null God's ordinances in favour of prudence and foresight, in the shape of the ordinary changes and vicissitudes of life. A wise man counts Ms minutes. Hints to Travellers. HEREVEE you are, it is good to fall into the customs and habits of the place; for though sometimes they may be a little inconvenient, it is generally much more so to run counter to them. Those who will have their own way never succeed, but at a much greater cost than success is worth. Those who are subject to rheumatism or cough, or have suffered from inflammation of the lungs, should beware of riding on the outside of a coachr in any season, especially in cold weather, during the night: a stoppage of perspiration, and an exposure of the membranes of the fauces and trachea to a current of extremely cold and damp air, will subject the pulmonary passages to dangerous inflammations. The art of packing a trunk well is very necessary to the comfort of...