dust my whole house and clean everything thoroughly.

Sunday, I will go to church and Sunday school. I will take my
children with me. I will stay at home during the remainder of the
day. I will try to read something aloud helpful to all.

QUESTIONS THAT I WILL PLEDGE MYSELF TO ANSWER AT THE END OF THE
YEAR.

1. How many bushels of potatoes, corn, beans, peas and peanuts have
we raised this year?

2. How many hogs and poultry do we keep?

3. How much poultry have we raised?

4. How many bales of cotton have we raised?

5. How much have we saved to buy a home?

6. How much have we done towards planting flowers and making our
yard look pretty?

7. How many kinds of vegetables did we raise in our home garden?

8. How many times did we stay away from miscellaneous excursions
when we wished to go? What were our reasons for staying at home?

9. How have we helped our boys and girls to stay out of bad
company?

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.

You need to stay away from these excursions to keep out of bad
company, out of court, out of jail, and out of the disgust of every
self-respecting person.