Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-03-06
ate %@.uliiog of Tho mind brings on intellectual i'll

ate stufiiag Of tho mind brings OH intellectual III
digestion and feeb!eness. &
We're 1t practicable, aud we see 10, why
90 object If constant solicitile with parents ant
instructors so 10 iaflaeucs the natural temper 0
a daughter. as 10 impart 10 i, tie CREATES. drgret
OF cheerfu!Brss, aid readiness 10 submit and &c
con,modaic themselves to tile sarious IFS tbs
: flesh il heir TO- That a cof,telited Disposition
may be n matter Of aelnifoI,eut, "n have the al.
thrrity Of d great Aposi!e--.l il,se learned sal,
ST Paul, in whatever state ] am, therefsit i to il,
content and laay we no. believe Of the ytr'u'
Of caeedalness, on which happiness 81 much de
ponds. what Seneca eay4 Of siiluc III gehefet-
Mature giseth not write, il Is an atl TO becotat
good'
We must not forget however. ihai to prenar,
the pihd ofa woman TO iIeul with f~cI.i.ude tin
r~cscraes to whtc', Too NOISY are exposed, 80
must invoke add drrena aaop, The more potent
cid Gad hiEd!ier influence VI religion, 10 which .he
female hears is 20 fpucli t,srrn susceptible ,i4ail
| that Of Ddr fe&. II is not 10 be datlied, ila. rgii
| gioR and civil institutions exercise much e.vay
over tho natural temperament, hence We see whole
na,ions marked by tho strdngeg. characteristic
differences. These have been dellueatcd with
| inl,ni.ab!e accuracy by O ldJmillh OF all .,loso
palioGal portraits, we confess most 10 admire TIA.
of LA Belle France. All other tbiags tho sam,
who aouIa not gIse preference to that
Gay sprighHy land Of nis,h AMI soclA cassf'
We aire said that IN 10 country more Than
ouJ8 dees 1t behovc those who have any agency in
The formation Of f niats character, to cndcavor 90
lmbuo il with checrtu'ness and philosophy 10 bear
up under adverse changes Of fortune; for Though
the freedom Of orr institutions. and The safety
valve Of the ballot boz saves Us fsom sanguinafy
civil brolis; and bloody revolutions tia, have
stained lie Annals Of all a,bittary governments,
ye! the uncertain isSGcs Of cctnmefcial pursuits,
and The frequent Partitions Of landed property
under DOR laws, bling about freGuen! s~ssct8es Of
condition, overwhelming tho children OF. n~puicnCc
to day, with Poverty and ruin 10 rD0rion; and
al! mothcrsf reflect COR your daughters, how I!ucb
The s,ipg of adversely is sharrcncd, when, os too
often happens, the whole scope Of her education
has been to make her q foe Lady, skilled only in
the fashions of dress,thc graces u tae may dance
and all tie various arts End hfsc.ations os cor
quctry-when all tia, has been done IN fashion
her managers and to aiimuIsie her ambition, has
been predicatcd on the notion tina, her chief oh
iecl in life is 10 get d husband! without leading
her 10 contemplate the probability that the umo
will come wheu the happiness Of her family, and
her own honor aud comfort, may demanl The ex~
er.ise Of lhcse useful requirements, and shat stern
resignation Which rarely belong to superficial
minds! Let your daughter then be taught essry
day to look ferward to a state ofthings when they
may have to care fJr the happiness of tive at
lfas, instead Of one, and when The subsistence Of
her offspring may in some measure depend on her
Own practical knowledge Of the use OF seissors and
the needle, and Of all the arts and manufac~
lures that appertaiub thrifty aud good house.
~i:ery.
Need VIC enforce .he virtue of domestic econo-
ny and q practical knowledge Of the arts Of house
keeping by any higher example Than that Of the
wife of our own iilrs,rious WASH gton! She
.aos an excellent economist aud manager, and
had SO fine a tact, and go good q method nf man.
aging her establishment, that she hook from her
husband, says her biographer, much Of the esfs
Of entertaining his numerous guests, The number
Of whom kept constantly increasing as long as
he lived La The year 1885 the General himself
wrote to a iriend inqpiring. Tor q houeekeeper,
whom he says he, wishes to relieve Mrs Washing.
ton from the d~rodgery Of ordering and eeaiag
the table properly covered, and things economi-
cally used.'
We may conclude these hasty remarks, by re-
commenting 10 Off fair readers the following Gu
House between the celebrated Iaiiey sand and a
French Countess. See wha. a picture of fine
temper and resolution uale, the most awful re-
verse Of circumstances