, 1842-02-12

will not step over it, shall have the offer O
my hand. They passed from the splendid
saloon to the grove;-some stumbled owe
the broomstick and others jumped it. A
length young lady stopped, and put it il
its place. The promise was fulfilled. She
become the wife Of an educated and veal
thy young man, and he the husband of {
prudent, Industrious, and lovely wife. He
brought a fortune to her, and she knew how
to save one. 1t is not to decide which wa
under the greatest obligations. Both were
rich, and each enriched the other.
When a wife asks for an expenditure, and
comes with the argument, "Mrs. Neighbor
has it," she cannot be resisted. Few men
have sufficient strength Of principle TO study
prudential lessons or do justice under such
an appeal. The article is sent for ard the
creditor put of. But those other words OF
a prudent wife" can do ,cith0ut n'-have
saved many a husband from doubt. despera-
ton, debt and ruin. There is no greater tn
al TO a man Of delicate sentiment than to de-
cline or defer the requests of an endeared
wife. Those requests, therefore, ought TO
be iudicious and adapted to the circumstan-
ces and ability Of the family. A thoughtful
lady will mutually feel that great responsible
itv rests on her in the premises.
Ajudicious writer has said, there is moth
ing which goes so far towards placing young
people beyond the reach of poverty as econ
omv in the management of their domestic al
fairs. 1t matters not whether a man furnish
little or much for his family; if there is leak
age in the kitchen or in the parlor, it runs a.
way he knows not how, and that demon
waste cries more like the horse-leech's daugh-
ter. until he that provided has no more TO
give; 1t is the husbands duty to bring into
the house, and is the duty of the wife 10 see
that nothing goes wrongtullv out of it-not
the least article, however unimportant in IL
self-to establish a precedent, nor under any
pretence for il opens the door for ruin TO stalk
in, and he seldom leaves an opportunity unim-
proved. A man gets a wife to look afierhis af-
(alrs,& to assist him in hisjourney through life
10 educate & prepare his children for n proper
station in life. and not TO disiT ate his property.
The husbands interest should be the wife's
care, and her greatest ambition should carry
her no farther than his welfare or happiness.
together with that of her children.
This should be her steady aim. and the
theatre of exploits in The bosom Of her fam
ilv, where she NAV do as much towards ma
king 4 fortune, as he can in the workshop or
the counting 1t is not the money earned
that makes a man wealthy--it is what he
saves from his earnings. A good and pru-
dent husband makes a deposite Of the fruits
of his labor with his best friend; and if that
friend be no, true 10 him, what has he
TO hope? If he dare not place confidence
in the companion Of his bosom. where is he
Ia place it? A wife acts not for her self only,
but she is the agent of the man she loves.
and is bound to act for their good and not for
her own qualification. Her husbands good
is the end 10 which she should aim-his ap.
probation is her reward. SelEgratifcations
in dress. or indulgence in appetite. or more
company than his purse can well entertain,
are equally pernicious. The first adds vani.
" to extravagance-the second fasiens a
doctors bill to a long butchers account
and the latter brings intemnerance, the worst
of all evils. in its train.