Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1848-11-10
Home. Sweet Home.

place like il. And the song is right
But how few homes there are in the world
Or how many homes which are no
homes !" II is enough to make person
sick to think Of it, No, one home in ten
is deserving the name. And what won
derl Look al il.
A young man meets pretty face in the
ballroom, falls in love with il. courts il,
"msrries'' il, goes to housekeeping with IL.
and boasts Of having home to go to,
and wife. The chances are nine to ten
that he has neither. His pretty face soon
gets 10 be an old siory--or becomes faded
or freckled, or fretted and as that face
was all he wanted. all he "pad attention
to-" all lie safe up with, all he bargained
for, all he swore 10 "loye, honor, and pro-
tect, "-he gets sick Of his trade knows a
dozen faces he likes better gives up stay
ing at home evenings; consoles himself
with cigars. oysters. whiskey-punch and
politics and looks upon his "home" as
very indifferent clearinghouse.
A family Of children grow up about
him but neither he nor his 'face" know
any thing about training them so they
come up heller skelter, --made toys Of
when babies, dolls when boys and girls.
drudges when young men and women and
so passes year aiier year. and no, one quiet,
happy, hearty, hOmeiy hour is known
throughout the whole household
Another young man becomes enamored
Of fortune" He waits upon it to par
Ties, dances the polka with il. exchanges
billet douI with il. pops the question TO IL.
gets yes" from il, is published to il. takes
il 10 the parsons, wcds it. calls il wife"
carries il home, sets up an establishment
with il, introduces il 10 his friends, and
says, poor devil, that he too is married, aud
has got home. It's lie. lie is not
married and has no home. And he soon
finds il out. He is in the wrong box, but
il is too late to get out OF il. He might as
well hope TO escape from his coffin
| Friends congratulate him, and he has 10
| grin and bear il. They praise the house,
the furniture, the cradle, the cupboard, the
new bible, the newer baby, and then bid
the fortune" and him who Husbands" il.
good morning. Good morning. As il he
had known a good morning since he and
that gilded "fortune" were falsely declar-
ed TO be tone"
Take another case. A young woman is
smitten with pair Of whiskers. Curled
hair never before had such charms. She
sets her cap for them.
They take. The delighted whiskers
mako an offer, first one, then the other,
} profTering themselves both in exchange for
her one heart The dear miss is overcome
; with such magnanimity, closes the bargain
carries home her prize, shows il TO her pr
aud ma. calls herself engaged to il, think,
there was never such pair [of whiskers]
before, and in few weeks they are mar
ried. Married Yes, the world call it so
and we will. What is the result! A short
honeymoon, and then the unlucky discov'
cry that they are as unlike as chalk and
cheese. and not 10 be made one, tho all
the priests in Chrisiendori pronounced
, them so.
There are many other kinds Of i'll assert
ed marriages" and they all result in IN
happy "homes." What else could be ex
peeisi. Young felix's &c; their ideas Q
the hottest relation Of life from the novel
Or when this Is not the case. they, in mos
instances, have no ideas at all Of il, but ar,
governed in their choice aud conduct b.
! their feelings, their passions, or their imag
ined interests. Thus the marriage unioi
isl prostituied throughout the civilized
world, and the terrible reiribution is seei
), in myriads Of discordant and disorderes
: households. Home. which should be III
: most beautiful OF places, Is Stunned b,
i thousands as pest house. Children, find
b ing no enjoyment beneath the parental rooI
8 seek for i in places Of public resort, be
come corrupted in their manners and NOR
e ais, and are ruined. To this cause NOR
I, than TO almost any other, can be trace
, the immortality Of our youth. Look at thi
e town. See the hundreds Of dirty face
brats which swarm our streets, and insu
ID every passer by with iinpunity Have the
o homes which arc honest No. The
81 have places where they stay o'nighls. ca
W get scolded, and whipped but as for I'll
& purifying influence OF home. they are sirar
10 gers TO il. Their fathers and mothers AZ
I'd no more one, than light and darkness Al
I'd one, or FIRE and powder. Ii is so in all ou
p, towns. Il is So everywhere. W
e, Oh what a delight il is.--if il were onl
9. for the rarity OF the thing.--to enter
I'd house, where husband and wife are on,
I'd and the whole family are united iogeih,
er in love There always is peace. there a
ways is heaven ITSELF Sorrow there vi
be, Of course, for shade is everywhere
pc inevitable as sunshine; but alike in sorro
~ and in joy,-possibly more in sorrow thi
w. in ioy,-the true home, the home which
q, home, is a scene of The utmost beauty.
% is this pure domestic influence which d
., world mainly needs FOR is puri6calon.
~ These noisy sects, these swelling partie
OF these conceited orators may all do requi
~ ed ork.-but the one thing needlol is q
r.. s..A.