he constant habit of fault-finding concerning little petty trifles, when indulged in by either husband or wife, in the presence of others or by themselves.There are men who never come to the table but they will find fault with the dishes served upon it. If roast beef is the chief dish, they will say: --"Beef! beef! why didn't you have chicken or turkey? I am tired of this everlasting beef!"Or vice versa. No matter what the wife may have provided, such a man will always evince a desire for something else.Now, were the gentleman accused of fault-finding, he would indignantly deny it; and he may be a kind and good and true husband and father, and only have inadvertently fallen into this habit of not being satisfied with what has been provided.A good way to cure him, would be for the wife to hand him a pencil and a card every morning as he leaves the house, and request him to put down what he desires for dinner; so that the daily fault-finding can be, in a measure, averted. This would convince him of his practice of picking flaws in the mnage; and go far towards effecting a reformation in it.Half of us find fault from habit; but some of us, we fear, do so from an inborn ugliness of disposition.Of the latter class we have little hopes; but the former can cure themselves -- "'an it pleases them."Bad habits are very easily acquired; therefore, young persons must take special pains to avoid them.We are always disgusted with sons and daughters who do not show a marked respect to their parents, elders, and superiors; and who do not scruple to contradict them, and set up their own opinions, with the utmost pertinacity, against those of their parents.And why should our young men put aside the honored name of "Father," and substitute for it the objectionable words "Governor" or "Old Man?"Some persons may reply: --"What signifies a name?"A great deal; and Father is a holy name, given to us directly from God, the Father of all mankind; and he who atta...
