10. What paper have we taken, and why have we taken our children to church and had them sit with us?
HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY.
Keep clean, body and soul. Remember that weak minds, diseased bodies, bad acts are often the result of bad food.
Remember that you can set a good table by raising fruit, vegetables, grains and your meat.
Remember that you intend to train your children to stay at home out of bad company.
Remember that if you would have their minds and yours clean, you will be obliged to help them learn something outside the school room. Remember, that you can do this in no better way than by taking a good paper—the New York Weekly Witness or The Sabbath Reading, published in New York, cost very little. Have your children read to you from the Bible and from the papers.
YOUR NEEDS.
You need chairs in your house. Get boxes. Cover with bright calico, and use them for seats until you can buy chairs.
You need plates, knives and forks, spoons and table cloths. Buy them with the tobacco and snuff money.
You need more respect for self. Get it by staying away from street corners, depots and, above all, excursions.