Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1843-12-16
nENPECKED flUSl,ANn

Ff" "far tle han,r OF henpecke.
FPlle' y 'ntn, Who, bav, z The good VI, /.
ne I" % unltea 10 womtn OF siron, ..,;s..
lm'su'' tlem,ili all matte ! Of iu,nor,.n.
ana lollo Their advice. As tor onrsslye.
"a max he nlckname mlsapplied,n.,,
'SfS' ana 'lai we Can distinguish. al firs,
'4ll,a ltmllF Whore there is w.m,,
ai'h mn tact, aud as il we're with >,
'n.ul'lve ql'ekness ofprrcep,lon, and eve,
irn nlore sdbl"ci 10 error.
tiistorlaps nave often ram arked ~, \,
great api distinguished men were u
loo'ed tor their c,ry EDUCATION 10 ercal.
itni malhers. Tacitus rel,,es Of M NJ
'aent Sa2ens that hey PAID TIE h,rhr., j F..
'p1''s '" ~ c"uhsel ID their wo,nen |; tina,
'ney aeRrT commenced war, OF under,
TOOK any enterprise II importance. with
mi aamiIt'aE tn"Ir wlyes 10 their cooncils
| lhrlr adVicr appeared 10 ,hrni sacred he.
| lleyInE mat nstnre had endowed wanna,
NIlh the faculty 0i Ioreseelng tutlre eysn,s
no dmn', because they knew how 10 in
! "P''S Wv 'S"'S '" 'Huil iHru Win conn.
deuce; viii that und,uo,ed courage which
iespses every danger, even death: ana
which as such, wall, uIne tines in ten, H.
sure success.
Ina state Of baIblrsm, women are
treated like slaves, aud tho men are ipI.
better than brutes. As society graduaIL
becomes improved and refined, The ,utf,.
encr OF women increases; they become III,
qIals and associates OF men, whose mau.
rr they soften aud improve.
Il the most polished circles, for in,
stance, at cou:ls; II ~ not ALWAYS birth u,
yea n, but women to assign 10 each maj,
~ rank which he ls TO hold IN that soc,-
cty. No man OF sense wlll ever altpma
. yern his family by arbitrary con
nan ), nor will a sensible woman ODE,
Hem;lt Will on ' get her inexhnustabI,
INSERTION al work, aud after all she vii
=. ,s she pleases. #
for the editication Of those who think
bey can penetrate The desiGos Of HE Ia
d,e- We have translated a hule story irun
! F-cnch volune on oriental manners.
| 90 understand this story, We have to IN.
oriQ ar readers thai, among the orien'als
% Is customary snirnS Trends, or man 4
ms Hf', 10 sIpu.atc certnln time; per
1aa- 4 week or Il month; during which
.aey vii not accept any thing from euci
gg3ler without first pronunclng the word
Dade.te; or II they omit. TO pay forfeit
which may, perhaps, have been tho origin
i somewhat slmlr custom amung our
selves. II may be supposed hat each par
ly pracIses The greatest ingenuity TO throw
The othe, off MS guard.
y philosopher, residing IN that coun'r,
wh' WAS by 10 mrans InseuslbIc To iemaI,
charms, had often wurshipped al .aen
shrine, aud AZ often, as he thought, sui.
cred trom Their villas and caprices. But
he determined to get wiser; ne cnllccle,,
many stories OF female cunning. " hich h.
copied IN book, and carried IL with hui,
To consult as occasions might require.
One evening while passing through az
Atah camp, he noticed, 1T the entrance Of
'"e oil The tente, ielnal. al Uncommon
beauty. She salnrd him as h. passed
Il made hun the Gus omary offer tln,
a" nlgnt est himSti'li faugnrd. Scare,
h,d h. raken hrs ,rnr on the carpr,
49, mar - brauuiuI creature; when h..
crlme ,larmrd. he drew his yoI,un,
.on htS ,urke,, and continued In r.,n
F., hoh tsrlug t, cnst , srnsls elanc. a
: upautilul aflgDbor.
That nus be a charming book, SAID
.ue la.y. "whlcn can ear,gs Your whol
denton .o."
Indeed i, a." repl.d he phloauher
~bul II contains secrejsp Eli
oWa,ea ven eermnI, wonId no. ron
reai i,om mgg" SAID the Iady. vith snr.