Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-03-06
From the Newark Daily Advertiser


/, has been one Of my most serious aP.
,prehensions, that in the multitude OF our SO.
.ris,ies and public combinations men land
women might chance TO forget that they
have any thing TO DO Ind'V'dualiy.--.
We have societies TO take care OF
our health, and societies to take
care of our kitchens. Aims giving,
so far as done at all, is done by Wholesale,
Perhaps we may see the day when We shall
dine together, like the Spartans, and when
all family cookery and education shal! be
done upon the large scale.
These thoughts were brought to my mind
with greater force thaL common' few
days since, upon my making visit 10 the
house of Mrs. Nelson, the wife Of a reputa-
bic farmer, few miles from our village. II
| were to attempt portrait OF this excellent
lady, 4 should fill a volume | can only
give sketchy outline. Mrs. Nelson's, in
the American as we'll as the English sense,
assaac woman. Temperance, early rls'ng'
industry, and above all serene cheer'u'uess
OF soul, have left on her cheek a, forty, those
roses which iasion and excitement often
blast before fifteen. But what took my
pen 10 sotce, was lha, truly femenne aad
Chris ian trait OF my good friend-she is
keeper at home. Though | have been
church going man many years, DO not re-
member to have heard any one OF our
clergy enlarge upon this Scripture phrase;
and We: the older grow the more meaning
their SEEMS to be III II. The best women
in thu world are those who stay at home.
snch is the opinion OF the best judges, to
wit. their husbands. The worst women
are those who have no home, or who have
no home, or WHO love oil oler places bet.
ter such is the verdict Of those Who meet
them abroad. A wife in the house is as
indispensable as stecrsmcd att The Wheel.
Wby can count up the cases where poor
fellows have been ruined by their wives
This is hard saying, but if 1t were SOL
,eucd, j, would be less true. Surely it is
no disrespec. to the better sex 10 point al
these rare exceptions, which like the dim
tarpish on the face of tie moon, make the
other tracks lock all 'he brighter. After
YOU shall have exaggerated to tho utmost
the number and the faui;s Of the gadd'ag,
eossipping, and idle women, we still have
million of American housewives, brighten
ing a million homes and hearts. Mrs. Mel
soI is one of them. Her husband is not
the meekest man IN :he country, for by ma.
ture the most hospitable, but she makes on
for all, like the credii side Of an account. In
the exercise f,he passive virtues, she finds
her creates, happiness. She hclts 1t to
be one Of the very 6rs' dulles Of life 10 rem
der her home delightful, drst 70 her husband,
next 10 her children, and then to all who
may enter her hospitable doors. Early in
life, she observed that several OF her hus.
bands intimate acquaia,ances were becom-
ing irregular In their habits, she and Nelson,
talked it over at length. He being rough
man, declared it be his intention TO break
off all intimacy with Lang and Shepherd,
on the spot. 'Ouo husband said she,
hat would b. cruel, remember the pro.
verb { A soft word breaketh the bons.' Let
me alone to bring them % their bearings at
any rate give me- month fos an eSeeri.
ment." You Mary he exclaimed in
s.s'onsnnea.. you amaze me surely you
- ~ci .oto~ item 10 he bar room, as
i;--,:.,:.:;: *:a:p"y does her goodman" :"
- - - u.if, I.;ugTns," 0ut We wo.
i:.,s:s ,.>y 3u,:', s-c.v:s :eil sill. Wait but
.. .il'y!. Z.
f"e month rolled round. Nelson had
j hard work to refrain fr m falling upon the
tive men violently, but he Va ted 10 see the
issue, and even kept out of their way that
the incan!at on might be uninterrupted. At
the close ofless than three weeks Lang and
Shepherd were two of the most quiet; Or
derly, and domestic men in the neighb r.
hood. "Why Mary" said Nelson, what
in the world have you done to tht m?"-"ll
husband : have not exchanged words with
them for weeks" "Then you have had
some wtchcraft at work. "Not l." she
replied 81 the story is soon related. ! had
observed for a long time that their homes
were growing dismal, and | often told Mrs.
Lang wnat feared concerning her hus-
baud. Indeed had heard you tell Of his
repeating over his glass tina, abominable
saying, 'the devils at home.' After my
conversation with you. set to woIk-not
on the husbands but their wives. Simple |
creatures they scarcely knew what me. mt. |
They wished indeed that the men would
spend more time at home, aud even wept
about their late hours and rum drinking.
But they were not prepared for my telling
them that they must redoube the attractions
Of their own 6reside and table-make the |
cheer betser--,he fire brighler-the chill.
dren cleaner--lhe welcome heartier call
IN a pleasant neighbour to :ea--have little !
sipging 10 the evening, and even invite to