Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-09-09
MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY.

II is extremely notifying 10 the sober, insius,r-
Gus and productive men,beIs Of society, to witness
the constantly increasing false pride of the younger
classes in New England, even where, last Of all, it
was expected TO have prevailed, except, perhaps,
in the purseproud noblity Of some OF its wealthy
cities 1t is high time that the truly respectable
and iaborjous parents, whose lockshave grown gray
with care, and their fingers become thin by unemit-
ing labor and application, should awake from this
indifference, and cnfo,ce by precept, what they
have taught by example. In this instance, contra
ry TO what might have been anticipated, example
has failed, in great degree, to exert its usual III.
fuence. Letparents and guardians ponder well
the following sententious remarks. They are FROM
fragment OF a paper, just picked up on the side
walk.
"False pride whispers ssit is not gentecl 10 work.
How banefully is thi. illustrated.
tsDoes the successful merchant make his son a
! mechanic! Very seldom.-Does the professional
mai make his son mechanic! More seldom still.
Bot does not the fortunate mechanic make his son
the guardian of clothes and caiicoes! Why is
this! Is the yard stick moro honorable than the
jack plane !-fhe goods quill more dignified than
the type! But, unfortunately, the absurdity runs
further! Look back fifteen or twenty years, and
behold the barefootcd adventurer, at the present
| time rolling in wealth, or spending his annual in
come Of some three thousand per annum in manu-
featuring ladies of his daughters. Does he teach
them the useful .adiments of houscwifcEy! VERY
| rarely. Is it because the healthfu exercise Of
domestic duties is disgraceful! Oh 80! False
prido says ii would be ungentecl for ladies 10 WORK
-as IT, would tanish the fair hand and the DELL
cate fingers that bring such sweet sounds from the
piano, 10 dust the gorgeous instrument itseE.
s'How supremely ridiculous is this illesiumate
pride! Thousands of daughters whose mo'nefs
have been raised in kithen, and their iat,ers IN
horse stabIe-xould feel insulied If asked II they
had ever made loaf of bread or washed ouia pock
ct handkerchief! They would be more likely TO
prate about 'sgood society," 'mixed con'a"y,
and the dignity Of their ancestors: lew years
more roll around, and the thrifty but lm'udeM
parent dies; and then comes the scramble ioi some
| ten or twelve divisions of his hard canned es,ate.
/ What excellent observations might have foiowed
the above, know not, for this is all which me tat
tcfed remnan, OF some valuable article Confined.
Should its insertion in that Mercury. be the me ans
bringing it before the eyes of industrious yost as
well a. venerated age, and prerent them IRON ia,i-
ing into the errors, SO wildly portrayed, our oo-
iect will be attained. Distant, far distant indeed,
he that unpropitious period, when the descendants
of tho hardy yeomanry ofthe Green Mountain, state,
shall be overcome by the false pride and s,mper-
ing delicacy ofan unproduciive nobility; and deem
it uneenteci or didtonorabte, to s'labor witt own
hands, In scanning bread,'' even, SOY the swear
Of the face, the s'curse' will be found "bessing
I Ve.mouf Mercury! CLEANER.