Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-10-12

the various scenes u OuSineSS VI iOSe,
of hate, Of erj,yment, and of misery,
the tones Of til: voice, and they only,
denote US trulr. 4.
! From The FANNY Nrni,or, BY ). A. james
| II ME.
| To ens:re as far as possible, the So
cietv of herhusband. at his own fire.
side. ct thevife be 4 axe per at home,"
and do all ii her power to render that
fre-side ss attractive as good temper,
nes,ness, and cheerful, affectionate con-
versation can make i; let her strive to
! make his own hon1e the soft green on
which his heart loves to repose in the
sunshine Of domestic enjoyment. We
can easily imag ne, that even IN para
disc, when man had no apparition Of
gu II. no visions of crime, no spectral
voice from troubled console zee, to
make him dread solitude, and fee from
it. that even then, Adam liked not. on
his return from the labor Of dressing
the garden. TO find Eve absent from
their bower, but wanted the smile oil
her countena c. to light up his own,
and the music of her voice to be the
meIoly Of his soul. Think, then, how
much more ia his fallen estate, with
guilt upon his co,science, and care press
ing nDo, his heart. does man now, on
conf from the scenes Of anxious toll
neei the aid Of wonsn's companions
ship, to drive aw,v the sv1rn of buz.
zing cares that light upo, the heart to
sting l.; to smooth the brow rnfficil
W.T. sadness; TO tranqnIilze the bosom
agitaieI with passion; and at once Ia
reprove and comfort the mind that has
/ in some measure. yielded tote-nptation.
u. woman! thou knowest the hour
when "ihe gooI man Of the house,
will return at midday, while the sun
is vet bowling dow the laborer with
the ferceness Of his beams. or at even
ing when The heat and the burden OF
the day are pas d not let him, at such
time, when he is very with exer-
ton, and faint with discouragement,
find, upo, his coming to his habitation,
that the foot which should hasten to
meet him, is wandering at distance;
that the soft hand hit should wipe a.
way the swea, rom his brow, is knock
ing at the door Of other houses; nor
let him find a wilderness, where he
should enter a garlen; confusion, where
he ought TO see order; or filth that dis
gusts, where he might hope to behold
neatness, that delights and attracts. II
this be the case, who can wonder, that
in the anguish Of disappointment, and
in the bitterness Of a neglected and
heart st. icken husband, he turns away
from his door, for the comfort which
he wished to enjoy a. homo, and that
society which he hoped to find in his
wife, and puts up with the substitutes
for both, which he finds in the houses
OF other men, or in the company Of
other women.
i United to be associates then, let man
and wife be as much in each others So
ciety as possible: and there must be
something wrong in domestic life,
when they need the aid Of balls, routs,
plays, card parties, to relieve them
from the tedium produced by home
pursuits. l thank Col, | am a strang-
err to that taste, which leads man ia
flee from his own comfortable par!our,
and the society Of his wife, from the
instruction and recreation contained in
q we'll stored library, or the evening
rural walk, when the business Of the
day is over, to scenes Of public amuse-
ment for enjoyment; to my judgment,
TIE pleasures Of home, and home So
ciety, are all that could be desired, are
such as never coy, andneed no change
but from one kindred scene 10 another.
] am signing AMI longing, perhaps in
win, for period " hen society shall be
81 elevated, and 80 purified; when the
love Of knowledge will he 40 intense
and the habits Of life will be 50 sim.
pie; when religion and morality will
he 80 generally ditinsed, that mems
homes will be the seat and circle oi
their pleasures; when in the society Of
an s1ectidpsts and intelligent wife, and
O. we'll tdncated children, each will
md his e6test earthly delight; and
when II WILDE felt to be no more ne
cessary to happiness to quit their own
nre-side Tor the bail room or concert,
than It 10 to 60 from the well spread
table to the public feast, to satisfy The
cravings Of a@healthy appetite; then
will it be 10 longer imposed upon us 70
prove, thstpublic smusements are i'm
proper, for they will be found to BE
t1lNecefs1,y.