Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1845-01-13
WHAT Is PROVIDENCE?
BY MRS. sEDGwICK.

Take for example young girl, bred
deilcately in town, shut up in q nursery in
her childhood-in a boarding school thro'h
her youth, never accustomed either 10 air
or 10 exercise, two things that the lar of
God makes essential to health She mar
ries; her strength is inadequate to the de-
mands upon it. Her beauty fades eally.
She languishes through her hard Offices Of
giving birth TO children. sucking and
watching over them, and dies carly
+" What a strange Providence, that moth
er should be taken, IN the midst of life,
from her children" Was it Providence
No! Providence had assigned her three
score years and ten; term long enough
TO rear her children, and to see children's
chiidrcn; but she did not obey the laws on
which life depends, and OF course she los,
it.
A father, too, is cut off in the midst Of
his days He is useful and distinguished
citizen, and eminent in his profession.
general buzz rises on every side, of ooh,
what striking Providence!' This man
has been in the habit of studying half the
night, of passing his days in his office and
the courts. Of eating luxurious dinners and
drinking various wines. He has every day
violated the laws on which health depends
/ Old Providence Gu! him ot'l The evil
rarely ends here. The diseases of the ia
ther are often transmitted; and a feeble
mother rarely leaves behind her vigorous
children.
1t has been customary in some Of our
cities for young ladies to walk in thin shoes
and delicate stockings in mid winter. A
healthy blooming young gIrl, thus dressed
in violation of Heavens laws, pays the
penalty I; a checked circulation, cold, fever,
and death. What a Provdence!" ex-
claimed her friends. Was it Providence,
or her own folly?
A beautiful young bride goes, night after
night, TO parties made in honor Of her mar
rlage. She has slightly sore throat, per-
hapS, and the weather is iRcle ment but
she must wear her neck and arms bare
for who ever saw bride in close eve-
ming dress She is consequently seized
with an inflammation of the lungs, and the
grave receives her before her bridal days
arc over. "What a Providence +" OK
claimed the world. "Cut off in the midst
Of happiness and hope!'' Alas did she
not cut the thread Of life herself?
A girl in The country, exposed to Our
changeable climate, gets a new bonnet in
stead of getting a flannel garment. A
rheumatism is the consequence. Should
the girl sit down TRANQUILITY with the idea
thai Providence has sent the rheumatism
upon her, or should she charge it on her
vanity. and avoid the folly in future
Look, my young friends, at The mass Of
diseases that are incurred by in,emperance
in ealing or in drinking, or in study, or in
business also being caused often By neg
lect of exercise, cleanliness, pure air. by
indiscreet dressing, fight lacing, &c, and
is quietly imputed to Providence! Is there
not impie,y as well as ignorance in this ?
Were the physical laws strictly observed
from generation 10 generation, there would
be an end to the frightful diseases shat cut
life short, and of the long list OF maladies
that make life torment or trial. Ii is
the opinion of those who best understand
The physical system, tina: this wonderful
machine, the body. this "goodly temple.
would gradually decay, and men would die
as If falling asleep.
The factory girls of Lowell talk Of esta-
blishing a large factory to be worked by them