The Litchfield County post., 1826-07-25


 feaehing themind the pleasure ofNffmOunt- inr the obstacles in the path of lnowledgc. IeSd sit to a more sablime victory over ils internal foes. The danger of being super iiciaI is to be guarded againSl, because its tendency is to nourish vanity, that indige- nous productions cf the ss hearts light soil. 2 Some have supposed that by substituting the solid pursuits of science for the tinsol of showy aeconpIishments, aIl undue ef- fervescence of mind will be effectually checked. Yet we apprehend that a lady may be as vain of repeating the technical phrases of the professor, or of the chatter ing in a foreign language, as of rattling the keys of her piann0 in the finest style, or dancing with the grace of Vestris. In each
 case the passion for display is gratifed.
 The antidote will be found less in the pG- ture of her studies, than in the dcpth of her knowledge.
 Yet it will usually be of slight avail for the instructor of females to devise the most
 iudicious system, or with common skill a-. dapt it to the varieties of taste, temper, ,and talent, unless there exists some degree of domestic co-operation. To elevate the mind for few. hours, and then plunge it into an atmosphere of frivolity, $ like. training the young vine upwards, and then unclasp its tendrils to cover 1t with dust. A powerful intellect may indeed conquer this revulsion, and secure both develope-l ment and nurture. Yet still it is the sanc-s tuary ofhome, where the elements ofchar- acter in all stages of their combination, are exhibited without disguise, that we are to look for the culture of the affections, and the regulation of moral principles. With out these, we only sec a tree unstable at the root, fruit unsound at the core, the watering of Apollos on the planting of Paul, without the increase of God.
 1t is also in the domestic sphere, that physical edIcation generally receives itsl attention. We know not why itl should ever be disioined from intellectual and moral culture, or why it so often knowsl the helplessness of infancy, or the dangers of early childhood create. Great suferings frequently ensue, from the neglect of those early habits which increase strength, and fortify the constitution. The unfemenine character ofthose gymnastic exercises which in Europe have been successfully pursued by male students, entirely preclude females from their benefits. Yet regularity, or at least some appearance of system, may be given to those exercises which are cOnge- nial to their state. Health of body has inI their case not only the same influence over vigor of mind ,as nthat of the ss lordly sex,' but is moreover enhanced by that class of| which constituted their sole1 value in the scale of being according to the gradations of the polite Lycurgus. Reg ular habits of walking or riding on horse- back, should be encouraged as far as possi-a ble, and in unfavorable weather their hol-' ses might be made their gymnasia. Mod- ern education might be improved by al slight infusion of the Spartan contempt of hardship. x x s ts.s
 It is presumed that young ladies would find their health promoted by attending to the entire arrangement of their own apart ments and that also by relieving theirdo- nestle guardians of part oftheir pressurel of care. the better dispositions ofthe heart would gain salutary expansion. Were itl not for the danger ofbeing accounted Gothsl pr Vandals, we should venture to recom- mend the long banished article of furniture,I Inc great spinning wheel ss seeg
 Should any sprightlv young lady honour .hese pages with her attention, we imagine ye can trace the sheer of contempt alreadyt 'ising over her polished brow, and curling Ter ruby lip. Nevertheless, we proceed n our praises of this despised instrument, ,atronised in ancient times by noble mat rons. and fair princusses, and often nj la | ter days " discoursing most eloquent mu- sic, to thc ear of tho thrifty husband. An anticipated writer once demomipated it 1" Hygeia's harp, ,''and our descant upon it's merits is confined toits affinity with health. We have known its moderate use for d few summers, in daily lessons of an hour each, exceedingly useful in counteracting ten- dency to pulmonary complaints, by the l erect posture. prominence of chest, andl general arterial circulation which it indu- ced. We are the more sensitive on the | physical welfare, because we are confident that the course of city educationl too generally, nourishes a sickiy delicacy, which if sooner or later assume not some form os morbid temperament, will yet be 1 sure to lay its whitening hand upon energyl of character. While the daughters of our mother country, their cheeks glowing in tho brisk air of autumn, are performing what we should consider equestrian feats. our own fairest and dearests, may be found
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