New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-06-15

selves, planned by prisons OF sufficient thought
to meet the wants of the place and iime, instead
Of copying New. York or Boston, will c"rIec.
THIS mania. Instruction The children wa:t u
enable them To prof; BY the great natural acvan-
taxes OF their position but inetfncs copied from
the education of some English Lidy Augusta,
are as III suited to The daughter Of Illinois far.
Iner as satin shoes II climb the Indian mounds
An elegance shc would difnsc around her, II her
nnd were opened TO appreciate elegance Ii
mgr, be Of d kind new, original. enchanting. az
different from that OF the city belle as That OF the
ptolrie ;orc!i-.oHcr from line shop wofn article
that touches the cheek OF that lady within heI
bonnet.
To ii girl really skilled TO make home beau;i.
tul and comfortable, with bodily strength 10 CO.
loy plenty Of exercise, the woods, the streams, d
i"w studies, music, and the sincere ana 'amllia!
intercourse, far more easily 20 be lnet here Tran
ELSEWHERE, woLid afford happiness enough. Hei
eyes would not grow dim, nor her checks sunken,
IN the absence OF parties, morning visits, anG
mncTs' shops
As 10 muse, wish | could see in such places
! Tue guitar rather than the piano, aud good vocal
nnre than inslfnnenta! music.
TIE piano many cary with them, because II
tie iashonaDie instrument IN the Eastern cities
Even there, it is so merely from the habit Of unl-
ti,ing Europe tor not one IN thousand Is wll-
ting 10 give The labor requisite to ensure any
valuable use of the instrument.
Bat, out here, where tue ladies' have so much
less leisure, it is still less desirable. Add to this,
iilcy never know how to tune their own lnstru-
lnents and as persons seldom visit them vino
can 90 80, these pianos are constantly out OF
tune, and would spoil the car of one who began
by having any.
The guitar, or some portable instrument which
requires less practice, and could be kept III tune
By themselves, would be far more desirable for
most of these ladies. 1t would give all they
want Us u household companion to fill up the
gaps of life with pleasant stimulus or soace,
and be sufficient accompaniment TO the voice IN
social meetings.
Singing in parts is the most delightful family
amusement, and those who are constantly to-
gcthcr can learn to sing in perfect accord. All
the practice it needs, after some good elementary
instruction, is such as meetings as summer twl
SIGHT and evening freight naturally suggest
And, as music is an universal language, we cam
ao but think {. fine Italian duet would he as much
II home in the log cabin as one Of Mrs. Cores
novels.
The sixth July We left this beautiful place. IL
yvas one of those rich days of bright sunlight
varied by the purple shadows of large, sweeping
clouds Many backward look we cast, and
left the heart behind.
Our journey to-day was no less delightful than
before, still all new, boundlcss, l;mitlcss. Kin
mont says, that limits are sacred that the Greeks
were in The right to worship a god of limits.
say, that what is limitlcss is alone divine, tina;
there was ncithcr wall nor road in Eden, that
those who walked there lost aud found their way
Just as we did, and that all the gain from the
Fall was that VIC had wagon to ride H. ] DO
not think, either, that even the horses doubted
whether this last was any advantage.