Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1842-11-05
TO FARMERS DAUGHTERS.

Feeling much interest IN the welfare oil
the community to which have the honor
TO belong, l like now and then to say q
word to the young females attached 10 it
Youth is so confident in its own powers, SC
fearless of danger, and as this very fear
lessness is the cause of many difficulties
it meets; those who have more age and
experience, may with propriety give lit
tie advice.
Girls as well as boys, generally think
they know more than their Grandtathers,
Grandmothers, and all the rest of the
world put together, but we will hope fol
the best, and think there are many daugh-
tiers of the Farmers of our country, whose
minds are open to receive all good i'm
pressions, who will profit by any instruc-
ton given, and will act in accordance
thereto. We wish to say good many
things to them in a spirit of love, with an
earnest desire for their happiness. And
first, as friend, would most earnestly
recommend, that this Fall and Winter you
take all necessary care of your health. -
In the last two or three years have wit
messed much much neglect of this import
ant matter, and much suffering arising
therefrom, and in talking TO young gay
girls, it is the first thing to which | direct
their attention. have seen so many of
the young and beautiful, who in a few
short months have lost all the bloom and
sprightliness that had rendered them most
engaging and interesting, and have seen
them linger on in sickness and sadness of
heart, till they were weary Of earth and
earthly things. Ask what had wrought
such change? You are told of some
exposure, some imprudence in dress, per-
haps for few hours enjoyment in ball
room. ] look further back, to my early
days, and call mp the remembrance of
dear young friends, who gave promise Of
all the sweetest virtues that adorn our SEX
They were the pride and hope of yearn-
ing parents; ask, where are they? They
were cut down like tender flowers and
laid in the lone grave. We are tempted
to question why they were so soon called
from earth? The only answer can be,
they valued not those rich gifts, health
and constitution; they trifled with these
blessings bestowed in love by the Crea-
tor; they trifled until deprived of them,
and then could only weep bitterly, and
wait till their end should come.
There are others with whom | associ-
ate, who have survived the wreck of heaIth,
and instead of being comfort TO surround
ing friends, are burdens TO themselves,
and the sources of constant anxiety TO
those they might have aided in the Jour
ney through life. If you wish to avoid
every thing that will render you useless
and your friends unhappy, study the pro-
per course of action, study what is pru-
dent, rather than what suits your fancy.
Let good sense have the upper hand of
vanity. You know most of girls have
fondness for displaying a nice little foot in
a nice little thin shoe, summer or winter
it is all the same, be it dry or muddy, you
find young lady who prefers a fine ap-
pearance to a comfortable one, in her
slippers and thin stockings. Instead of
this, let prudence prevail, have good
yarn stocking of your own knitting, with
leather shoe. Dress at all times in &C
cordance with the weather; it looks more
becoming, and shows a woman to be pos
sessed fgood sense. Good sense is al
ways shown by avoiding every thing i'm
proper, by pursuing a correct and consist
ent course. This includes a scrupulous
attention TO health, in the enjoyment of
which we can have the happiness of know
ing we. are useful to those who love us;
but by neglscting which, we may cause
them much sorrow and inconvenience.
As dress has been mentioned, 1 will go
on a little further. Farmers no doubt
feel the pressure of hard times as much us
others, for this reason, their wives and
daughters should set good example in
superfnities; we should study
what we can do without this winter, rather