Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-10-13
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greeable companions. Anu eudosO ss -
make home happy. when they assume sne
moro responsible duties OF wives ana
mothers. To sing sweesIy-lo under
stand instrumental music-to be able 20
speak French and I,alian-are no doubt
desirable accomplishments; but they 90
not constitute all that is required to give
delight 10 the domestic freside. There
are G certainly family duties which should
be tanehr BY every mother to her female
ofrsprijg. Besides inca1kaiiag religious
and moral principles, il Is the duty of4ne
n other 10 have her daughter instructed IN
every thing necessary to constitute them
good housewives; for unless young lady
understands how to superintend house
hold affairs, she will make but an indiff.
erens wife, and may prove hard bargain
70 some worthy man The proper man
agement of household should be made
part of female education, and is more
necessary and useful accomplishment,
than 10 know how to fingera guitar or pl>
ano with skill, or 10 sing in the modern
fashionable, but Ineligible style. In the
Eastern states, we understand, the whole
routine of domestic duties is taught TO
young females, and hence they make not
able wives and mothers. TITS great.
mistake to suppose that the gentleman con.
slider industry in ladies degrading. the con-
trary, the man of sense will always give
the preference, in the selection OF wife,
to the girl of domestic and industrious
habits. He does not want doll to be
perpeluaIly stuck up full dressed in his
parlor, nor u wife who will consider it
trouble to look after her children, or her
house affairs. He marries for happiness
which he connot obtain by uniting him.
self to female who is fonder of admira-
| lion than of discharging her duty: or who
calous TO the calls of maternal affection.
1t is of more importance TO their future
welfare than young ladies generally imag-
inc, TO become conversant with domestic
arrangements and duties-for, many an
excellent man has been converted into a
bad husband by neglect of these parlicu-
lars. OF those wives who manifest want
Of feeling for their offspring, and unfor-
tuna,ely there are too many Of this class
who spend their time in novel reading
]. X. Paulding, in one Of his tales, thus
speaks. s.Shc who resists and conquers
the first fond yearning of a mothers heart
need never hope 10 be overcome by any
other impulse of duty or affection: for her
| fate is ever afterward 10 s.arve on empty
pleasures, and never to know the pures,.
mos. sacred, most delightful and absorb
ing of all The cares and enjoyments that
fall to the 10. of woman. She may con
slider herself forsaken Of her God, for she
has abandoned the post Of honor in which
he had placed her by acting in direct OPP
position 10 that heavenborn instinct which
impels even The wild beasts of the forest
to nurse and protect their offspring in the
days of their helplessness.'
The Clock TRADE.-Our readers are aware
that our ingenious Yankee brethren have fal.
len upon new item of export to England, in
the article Of excellent but cheap eigh,-day
clocks. A paragraph in the New York Her.
aid has some interesting particular the sub.
ject, showing that the trade has already be-
come important in extent as well as largely
profitable 10 those who are carrying it on: p
"The clocks in question have brass works
Get by machinery, out Of brass plates made ior
that use in Connecticut. They are fitted up
in polished mahogany frames, in neat man
ner, and when finished, form an eight day
time piece, which cannot be rivalled in the
world for accuracy. These articles have long
been known to the public Of This country, but
are strangers to Europe, until introduced there
in the spring of 1871, by the firm Of Sperry
and Shaw, No. 8, CORTLAND street. The frs,
invoice was taken as an experiment. The du.
~ is 20 per cen, in England. The aslonish.
ment will, which, these specimens Of Ameri-
can work were viewed, was very great, not
only for the beauty and excellence of the
clocks themselves, but the beautiful and en-.
durind polish Of the cases excited great adj
mlra,on, and is a perfect novelty there, aud
cannot yet be initiated. This first invoices
sold at from 4 to 81 each, or about $50; since
that time not only has every packet 10 Eng.
! land carried an invoice, but large quantities
have been sent TO the north Of Europe, and the
late India bound ships have also taken large
quantities. They are also finding their way
into all the ports Of Europe at a grea: prof, "a
the enierprlsing i1aSers. The amount ship.
ped since the first experiment in 1871, has
oocu "oo' 7VsoVV C'oChSs Witctis AZ @IU, reach
es the important sum OF $500, 900, and stands
next to the article Of rice in exports Of Ameri.
can produce. The number OF these clocks
manufactured annually in Connecticut, is 800.
600 Messrs. Sperry and Shaw turn GU. SOC
per week.
| SNARLlNa.-For man to enjoy him>
self. he must take the world as il is, un-
mixed with thousand shades and thou
sand spots Of sunshine, cloud here and
there bright sky-a storm TODAY. and