Litchfield enquirer., 1843-03-02

And you pickle and preserve very nicely, Of
course !!
/ Uncle -
Don; be offended, Cecilia, at my asking
the question. have so little confidence in
your young ladies' finishing shops of the
present day, that almost fenre,i such good,
old fashioned, useful branches of education
were not taught in them. Bot see TINT |
have do:e them injustice. Well, YOU can
roast piece OF beef we'll, can make pies and
buildings, pickles and preserves. And OF
course you can make good loaf of bread =
| :. declare, Uncle, this is too bad l.
'Ah right again, see But come, come,
| Cecilia, you must not look so indignant.
mean well, you know. There is no accom-
piishment, can assure you,Iike that of knew
| ing how to make a goul loaf Of bread
Bread, you know, is the staff Of life. But
say good bread is the staff Of life. The vile,
heavy and sour stuff brought to one half OF
the tables in this city, is enough to kill the
people. 1t really gladtens my heart to
think that my niece hns learned to make
what may truly be called brend. How wise
have your mother and teachers been in this
mntter. Your husband and children will
never be cursed with the modern disease,
which springs from modern ignorance of
housewifery, Dyspepsia. And you can cut
and fit your own dresses, with little aid
| from your mother ?
Uncle. cannot. and will not be cate
| chised in this way--I-'
Hush Keep your lively young feel
ing, as cool and calm as the bosom uf lake.
You kC"w that your old Uncle loves you,
aud questions you thus for his own sutisfac-
ton. And if you knew the delight he expe-
r,enced in finding that such important
| branches tor your education were not neg
| lpCfpd ,nA nSit
iveness. Every young lady should know
how TO make her own dresses, for when she
gets married and has family, she Gun make
or oversee the making of not only her own,
but the garments Of the different members
OF her family. Millinery, TOD
why, Uncle Peter That is too bad
i did not question, my dear Cecilia, your
knowledge of this useful branch of educa-
ton. was only about speaking OF. it's inn
portance, not so much in the light of an ac-
complishmenl, as means whereby, in case
of any future reverse in life, you might he
able 10 make an honest and comfortable liv-
ing. Dress making, too, is all important as
II branch Of female education, looking 10 this
very end. For in this country, there are so
many ups and downs that no one knows
when his or her time may come 10 be thrown
upon the world, with no dependence but in
individual resources. have known many
instances in my ti,ne.-
But, Uncle
Many instances, I was going to say,
Cecilia, where young ladies, rich and fash
ionable young ladies' but with education
sadly neglected, who, by the unexpected foil.
ure OF their fathers, have been compelled to
go aud learn the millinery or dress making
business, by which they have afterwards
maintained themselves, and in Some instan-
ces set up the business, and assisted to edu.
cate their younger broihers and sisters, ~
i would die first, Uncle z Cecilia ejecu,
l-AAA ...iaia diGnAAi emDhnSis,
Rather than not thus devote your Knuwf.-
edge and best energies to the support Of
your brothers and sisters, were your father
so unfortunate I! Noble girl How much
credit my sister deserves for her judiciouS
care over you +! And you have also beep
taught something of your requisite duties III
TO act in case of q sudden attack Of q child, in
the middle OF the night, with that dreadful
disease, the Group? In what manner to pro
coed should a child get anything in Its
throat You understand ali this, too!
Indeed, don't understand n word OF 1t,
and don't wish to =
Cecilia /! said the old gentleman in tont
Of well affected 81 rprise.
Well, don't then, can tell you Ano
don't Know now u W any W VIZ SO''''''
servants and serving woinens duties' you
have been talking about
what not how to make bonnet!
'Nov
Nor your own dresses!
'No!
Nor how to make bread :?
mo, indeed don't / That's servants
work.
Nor to pickle or preserve?
Nor how to make buildings and pies =
Nor
Nor how to roast meat, and do the gener-
al cooking of a family?
mo! no no!
Poor girl /! calculated Uncle Peter, with
look of profound sorrow and establishment.
She is about finishing her education, and
vet knows nothing of any useful employ.
ment. All me what will become Of her f!
You are disposed to be facetious. Uncle
Cecilia now said, recovering herself by an
effort, for although she felt provoked at him
she did not wish to be so, and therefore en-
deavored to put away such unkind feelings.
Indeed, then, my child Uncle Peter
said, his tone and manner entirely changing.
| arm serious when say that your finished
education will be of little use to you, II all
the branches have named be neglected.
| Il am sure cannot understand you, Un-
cle.'
Then will try to make myself compre-
hended. What do you expect to be or to do
when you become woman
| When become woman Why, am
| not woman now?
"A woman !
Yes. a woman = And Cecilia drew her
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