Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-09-08
RETURNING HOME: THE SPHERE
AND DUTY OF WOMAN.


In the course of a week or two, the great
MINORITY OF our citizens, who, with their fam
lilies, are absent at watering and bathing .pla-
ceS, or in the country, will again be among
us. They will doubtless return improved in
health, anxious tn meet their numerous
friends, and to mingle once more in the &C.
tivity of trade. The delights of home are
never so fully appreciated as after an abb"
sence of few weeks. Other places may
present temptations and facinations for a
time, but happy home is the real haven on
this side the grave. Wander where you will
the heart in its moments of calm and medi-
ta,ion, will return on the wings of thought to
the scenes of our domestic retirement and
contentmcnt, the little parlor in which the
family group are in the habit of assembling,
TO the tasteful garden, the kindly neighbors.
the constant friends, and the thousand name
less associations which centre round and rem
der home the spot of real enjoyment. How
important, then, that those who may be re-
garded as the ministering spirits of the do
mestic circle, should constantly etldeavor to-
render home n scene of sunshine and ioy, II
retreat from the veXations Of the outdoor
world, place of refuge in the hour of sorrow
and vicissitude. All harshness and unkinc-
ness should be avoided, with every thin;
calculated 10 irritate or wound. Home i.
sphere in which she may dispense smiles
and gadness, the scene in which she may
shine as an angel of mercy, to cheer up the
Responding and pour balm upon the wounds
of the afflicted. Her policy, as we'll as her
duty enioins, that she should exert herself to
render it more pleasurable in every aspect,
than any of the many resorts that invite the
footsteps of the youthful. tempt the discon-'
tent Of the unfortunate, and seduce the falter-'
ing and weak minded. Then, it wilt indeed
become all that it should be. But let her
| render it an arena of contention, let home be-
darkened by clouds Of anger, and disturbed
by petty iealousies and idle wranglings, and
instead Of being sought for at the close of the
day as the choice spot in life, it will be
Stunned and turned away from with appre-
| hension.
But the whole duty in this matter does not
devolve upon woman. The master of the
house may exercise happy influence or an
unhappy as we'll as the mistress. There are
| we fear, among our citizens, individuals who
hoard up all nnkindness and irritation of the
day, and give vent to their bud feelings, only
when amid the circle Of their own household.
Even the mischances of trade are visited up
on some unoffending member of the family;
perhaps the wife, if She be meek and patient
Of spirit-perhaps son or daughter. Life
in its richest moments is thus rendered pain
full, while the circle that should be charac-
terized by harmony and good will, becomes
continued scene of Immature and peevishr'
ness of spirit. We trust, however, that such
cases are rare. The man who is willingly a
source Of trouble in his own fannilys may be-
said to poison the very fountain Of human
happness.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
EDIToRs.-Captain Maryatt writing on the
manner in which newspapers and magazines
are got up, thus alludes to their editors -
What a life of toll, what an unnatural life,
! must theirs be, who thus cater thro' the hours
Of darkness for the information and amuse-'
ment of those who have slept thro' the night,
and rise to be instructed by the labors of
their vigils The editors of these must have d
most onerous task. II Is not the writing of
the leading article itself, but the obligation
Of writing that article every day, whether in
clined or nOt-in sickness or in health, in
af1liction, distress of mind, winter or summer,
year after year, tied down to one task, re.
manning on one spot. 1t is something like
walking thousand miles in a thousand
hours. have fellow feeling for them, for
know how monthly periodical will wear
down ones existence. In itself it appears
nothing-the labor is not manifest nor is il
| tho labor-it Is the continual attention it re-
quires. Your life becomes, as it were tho
magazine. One is no sooner corrected and
printed than on comes another. 1t is the
stone of Sisyphus-an endless repetition of
toil-a constant weight upon the mind-1
| continual wearing upon the intellect and
spirits, demanding all the exertion of your
faculties, at the same time you are compell-
ed to do the severest drudgery.' -
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