Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-05-19


man. It is similar community of inter
esis and a personal converse with III,
whole world that makes The honest tar
wh"le-suled man, friend of Lis species
~ whatever port he meets them but tn,
rrinier IS his superiopin one respect tn.
held Of letters. the garden If science. ant
lihe very foun,a;n IF Learning ssse ia hi,
range and measurably under his control
With scarcely an exception, there is no
one Of the profession that a good mar
might NOT he proud to take by the hand a.
Az associate and friend. or that the
statesman might not take into his counsel
with Satisfaction to himself and benefit to
the w0iid.-Mobile Herald.
| RELIGION are not Of those who think
that religion consists altogether in the peculiar
forms and ceremonies Of any particular creed.
Such ohservances are doubtless correct and
jucti6able with many denominations Of chris
tians, and their neglect or omission is often
dissonant with the spirit Of snch creed. Bu,
where one may deliberately deiraud his fellow,
either through falsehood or stratage,n, and the
next attend church, clothed with sanctity Of
mien. and wander through all the parapherna-
liza, we are apt 10 suppose the said individual
an arrant hypocri,e., We do not love these
wolves !" Sleeps clothing. and like the SER
pent Of Eden. deceived whilst they proffer
wisdom aud humanity. What is real good
ness and purity Of principle. il not sufficient
TO discover. Az seifinterest is tho test Of
friendship. so il is the ordeal Of integrity -
Place man in some situation. OF other. where
IN he one hand he may perform an act of nn-
questionable generosity. and upon the other
me that will add 10 the weight Of his Golfers.
1t he hesitate even fDr moment, you can dis
cover at once the bent Of his disposition, and
consequently the dye Of bis principles. This
Is by far the better test of religion than tho o.
servance Of ceremony. We have seen a
strange sort Of character in our course through
life, who would consider it the darkest crime
10 violate some triaing custom which he or she
practiced from childhood, yet in many cases
those characters have not scfOpied to resort to
the most hei0ous methods 0f defrauding at a
moment of emergency. i is seldom, howev-
coas . L.. sfs poet a .sa sf: ali
evil Lingering around the heart there is
some avenue 10 feeling, some access t0 SYM
paihy. The most desperate villains are ever
blessed with one kindly virtue, which glinI.
mers from the darkness Of heart with sunny
influence. After all the dogmas and creeds. il
is the heart alone which gives force and char
ac,er to virtue and Integrity. What merit is
there in the perfor nance Of good action i
we do il for selfish motive! What merit is
il that a man abstains from vice il he does II
from superstiiious awe Of the future Bles.
sed as our hemisphere is with the light OF rev.
elation and of promise. we often marvel that
so much iurpitude and vice should disGgure
the human character. The performance Of a
good action has reward IN itself which no
seI6sI, OF mercenary end can equal. And talk
az the world may, there is narrowing and
fearful responsibility attached TO crime, which
preys like an adder upon the heart.
Foa You've MlN AND WomEs.-We clip
the following article from The Offering" ed
tied by the Factory Girls Of Lowell. Mass
I. breathes forth the true spirit; let it be read
ny every mother and daughter, father and son.
10 all young men who are taking preliminary
steps for entering the married state. we would
say, cut this out and hand il TO your intended.
There is an ignorant prejudice TO certain cir
cles Of society against homes, labor which must
be eradicated. and that too from the minds of
those who style themselves intelligent peo-
pie: Chicago Dem.
From whence originated the idea that it
was deroe a,ory to lady's dignity, or blot
upon the female character. 10 labor and who
was the first 10 say, sneerngly. . Oh. she
works for a living - Surely s"ch ideas and
expressions ought not TO grow on republican
soil. The time has been when ladies Of the
first rank were accustomed 10 busy themselves
in domestic employment. Homer tells Us Of
pr,ncesses who used to draw water from The
Syringe. and wasi, with their own hands the
finest of the linen of their respective families
The famous Lucretia used 10 spin in the midst
Of her attendants; an6 the wife OF Ulysses.
after the siege OF Troy. employed herself IN
weavinv until her husband returned IL Ithaca.
Aud IN latter times, .he wife Of George Ill. Of
EnulanJ. has been represented as Spending an
even;no in hemming pocket handkerchiefs,
while her daughter. Mary, sal in corner darn
inc stockings Few American fortunes will
sunport woman who is above the Gale OF her
family: and a man Of sense, in choosing
CON panion 10 jog with him through all the ur-
hills of life, would sooner choose one who had
10 york fur living. than one who thought II
beneath her TO soil her pretty hands with man.
ual labor. although she possessed her thou
sands. ~ be able 10 ear" one's living ny la
boring with her own hands. should be reckon
I'd among female accomplishments; and hope
The time is not far distant when none OF my
cuun,rywomen will be ashamed 10 nave y
known that they are better vefsed in useiul-
ness. than they are ia mental and Improbable
accomplishments.
s..,y.rrsH.-..Ah!' - said a Duichman. "ov
=, a. sl,eli 6shes in de- worlt. zour krout ish
~ nsst nit 'e.n oil -. Och, ya fool. re-
n,;ed pat, ..i,s nothing TO be kimpared to .
u,s,ey pratie -
Mr.. Farnham, The Oregon Traveller. has 10.
Gated himself az Alton. (:il. in the practice OF