What Young People Ought To Knew

The best nheritaneo wliioh pareuta can give thair children is the nbility to help and take euro of themsulves. Thi.s is better than a huadred thousand dollars- apieee. In any trouble Of difficulty, they have two exoullent servaiits in the shape of two hands. Those who eau do nuthing, and have to be waited od, ara hülplcss aud easily disliearteued in the niisfortunes of life. Those who are active and hardy ra?et troubles with a cheerful face and easily surmount thom. Let young poople therefore, learD to do as uuiny things as possiblo. Every boy should know how, sooner or later: 1. Tcj dress himself, black his owu boots, eut liis brotho'r's hnir, wind a watch, saw on a button, make u bed, and keep his elothes in order. 2. To barness a horse, grease a wagon, and harnees a team. 3. To carve and wait on table. 4. To rnilk the cows, shear the sheep, and dress a veal or niutton. 5. To reckou money and keep accounts correctly, and aceordiDg to good book-keeping rnies. 6. To write a neat and appropriate, briofly-expressed business letter, in a good Land, fold, and superacribe t properly, and write contracta. 7. To plow, sow grain and grasa, drive a mowing machine, build a ueat stuek and pitch hay. 8. To put up a paekage, build a fire, mend brokeo tools, whitewash a wall and regúlate a clock. Every girl should know how,- 1. To sew and knit. 2. To mead clothes neatly. 3. To inake beds. 4. To dress her owuhair. 5. To wash the dishes and sweep the arpets. 6. To mako good bread and perform 11 plain eooking. 7. To keep her rooms, dravvers, and losets in order, 8 To work a sewing machine. 9. To rnake good butter and cheese. 10. To make a dresa and chiidren's lothini. 11. To keep accounts and calculate interest. 12. To write, fold and superseribe letters properly. 13. To nurso the siek efficiently, and not faint at the sight of a drop of blood. 14. To bc ready to render efficiënt aid aud comfort to ihoso in troubhi, and in au unostentfUiou way. 15. To reccive aiid entertain vistors, in the absence or siokness oí her mother. A young ludy who cao do all these tbjnga well, and wlio is ulwuys ready to rendor aid to iho afflioted, and mitigate the perplexities of those arouad her, will bring more comfort to others, and happiness to herselt', and bo more esteemeii, than if she only knew huw to dance, simper, sing', and play on tlie piano. -