Litchfield enquirer., 1830-04-29

knowing their meaning ana Ieafning 70 thump on the piano, without particle ot taste for music. But she imagined she had been brought up ladys and felt desi- rous of supporting the character. ..
 Madalena Muddleford was now seven- teen: she had finished her education, and was at liberty to think off settlement for fife. She was pretty. and many a young fellow looked upon her with an eye of conn placency, ifnot offender regard. But this was not all. She was justly considered IS a it match for nobody, while she thought herself match for the best. She was too ignorant and too wrong headed for man ofeducation, while she imagined herselftoc much of a lady for the young farmers and mechanicks of the neighborhood. These hardy sons of the field and the shop, on the other hand, considered her what in fact she really was, totally unfitsto become the miss tress of family. And though her per- sonal attractions won her considerable ate tention, no man thought seriously of ma king her his wife. The farmer, the me- chanic, wanted companion, who could employ her hand in duties of domestic fife, and help them forward in the business of acquiring a comfortable subsistence.-- The professional man, and the man of easy fortune. wanted wife who knew now to regulate the concerns of a family-to guide in the kitchen or adorn the barbour, lin short to be prudent, judicious, and intellectual companion. Madalena was fit for neither of these conditions: and in con- sequence of being brought upa lady, run lsA1, ael lxSE os.%sn ,aIA
 But her charms of person prevented so grievous disaster; and a respectable man, whose love had got the better of his reason,. led her nothing 10th to tho altar of Hymen, But sad indeed was his disappointment, when conducting her to his well furnished house, to find, that although he had plenty of beef and hams and fowls in the larder, his dear wife knew not how to get his break fast. Though he had the finest of flower, she could not make bread and the best of coffee, yet she could not epare cup of that excellent beverage. She could not make shirt, nor darn a stocking, nor hem cravat. In short, she knew nothing of household matters. s | Love could scarcely subsist on such terms. Before the first quarter of the honey moon, that of Madalena's husband began to cool; and he was sensible too late of the
 folly of marrying girl who had been
 brought up lady. Of all household
 goods, he became painfully convinced, that
 a vain, idle and ignorant wife, was the most
 worthless. Though an enterprising and industrious young man, he was unable to maintain wife for mere show. Instead of helping him forward in the world, she was a perpetual clog upon his exertions; and instead of dividing his cares and increasing his joys, she aggravated the former and an- nihilated ths latter.
 On such terms, we have said above, love could not subsist. For Cupid, blind as he appears, is not destitute of sight and though he may seem careless, to the casu- al beholder, he is in reality very particu- lar little gentleman in relation to matters of dress. and personal and household neat ness. Accordingly, after one or two war nings, he raised his wings, ,and left the dwell ling of Madelena, where he has not been seen since. As love grew cool, disgust succeeded, conjugal differences stepped in, poverty stared the married couple in the face, the husband died weary of life and disappointment and Madalcna, with five children, returned to be 8 burden to her parents. "@
 | Of the other two daughters, the one married travelling preacher, who, un-
 mindful of his profession, committed forge " and was sent to the states prison and
 the other was united toa dancing master, who had wife in every State in the Un-
 ion, and in n fortnight abandoned the last
 to marry another in one ofthe Territories
 The parents have since declared, that, had ! they thousand daughters, not one of them
 should be "broagI up lady."-M Y
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