MEMS OF AN OLD REFORMER. [From Punch, January 28.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 921, 31 May 1854, Page 4

MEMS OF AN OLD REFORMER. [From Punch, January 28.]

Men. To give up the filthy habit of smoking as soon as I possibly can. Mem. To harden myself against the insinuations of snuff, and to put my hands ia ray pockets whenever a pinch is offered to me. Mem. Never to stop out later tbnri eleven o'clock. zy Mem. To answer my letters directly they arrive. Mem. To summon every cabman who is impertinent or neglects to give me a tichet. ! Mem. To tutor myself in better habits of | punctuality, so tbas when I am h"ited out | I may not arrive an hoar after my time. ! Mem. Only to buy those things I positively want, and never to buy anything until I have the money in hand to pay for it. Mem. To take some energetic means to get, once for ali soul s oul cf the debt cf my tailor. Mem. To deal with my own tradesmen, instead of allowing the servants to order all the things for me. Man. To insist upon having ell my accoanta sent in regularly every week. Mem. To entertain ths deadliest hatred, and to wage the cacst relentless war, against that most ruinous of all systems — Credit. Me,n. To try the experiment for a short time of seeing that the cellaret, in which my wine and spirits are kept, is locked. Mem. To examine more carefully my washerwoman's bills, and to check them always when they come home. . Mem. To ascertain what stock cf liaen I have. Mem. To discontinue the folly of giving money to beggars. Mem, To stop drinking when 1 feel I have had enougn ! ! ! Mem, To forswear unlimited 100, and learn chess. Mem, Never to ba in bed later than eight o'clock. Mem. To walk always a gaod hour before breakfast. Mem. To begin to think seriously about marriage, and the policy of insuring one's life. Mem. To cultivate good friends and pure thoughts ; to endeavour to gain the esteem of all worthy people ; to live regularly and respectably ; to wind up my conduct with my watch every i night before I go to sleep, and to examine whether it is too " fast " or too " slow," to abandon all divans and billiard-rooms, to shave off my moustaches ; and throw away my latch-key. Mem. (most important one of all). To put into practice the above resolutions the moment I get a little more settled.