The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1850-12-19

people aIc social bei She ls partial 90
her own class, and doc. boi care 20 car.
~ her confidence oa. @! -. She hs.
several intimate friends whom she j.
fond Of meeting tu, beside. that she
!. sort of frcrmasou in her way, and
fnds out every day people by the word
and ''gn. Rank has very little 10 do
with this society, as you will find il you
observed her sitting at cottage door.
where, in purchasing drAughl Of milk,
She has recognized sister. II these
two everyday married woman had been
rocked ia the same cradle, they could
not talk more intimately and, indeed,
they have heavy matter. to ,alk
about, for Of all the babies ,ha, ever
cams into this breathing world, theirs
were the most extraordinary babies. -
The miracle i., tina, any Of them are .x-
isnt after such gu, rageous measles. and
scar!e, fevers. and chicken.poaes -
prophesied Of, so 10 speak. even before
their birth, by memorabilia ,hs, nigh,
have alarmed DR.. Simson. The inter
!ocu,ors par. very well pleased with
each other the co,tagcr proud TO find
TINT she has so much in common with
a real lady, and the lady pronounc,ng
the reflection Of herself She had met
with to be most sensible individual.
The every day mar
red lady is the inventor Of a thing
which few foreign nations have as yet
adopted, either in their houses or Ian
guages. Thi, thing is Comfort. The
word canno, wcll be defined, the items
that enter inio its composition being so
numerous, that description would read
like catalogue. We all understand
however, what i, means, although few Of
US are sensible Of the source Of enjoy.
meni. a widowcr has very little COM
fori, and a bachelor none at all while
q married man--pro,ided his Nitc be
m everyday married lady enjoys it
in perfection. But he enioys it uncon.
sciou.ly, and therefore ungratciully it
is n thing Of course---a necessary, n
right. Of the want of which lac complains
without being distinctly sensible of lis
presence. Even when il acquires sufli-
cicnt intensity 10 arrest his attention,
when his features and his heart soften,
and he looks round with half smile on
his face, and says, ;" This is comfort!'
it never occurs to him to inquire where
il all comes from. His every day xiie
is sitting quietly in the corner: it was
no. she who lighted the fire, or dressed
the dinner, or drew the curtains, and it
never oc ,urs TO him to think that all Of
these, and hundred her circumstan-
ces Of the moment. owe their virtue 10
her spiri,ing, and that the comfort which
cnrichcs the atmosphere, which sparklcs
in the embers. which broods in the shad-
owy parts of the room, which glows in
his own full heart, cmanates from her,
and encrclcs her like an aureola. We
have suggested, on former occasion.
that our conventional not IONS Of the sex,
ia lis gentle, modest, and rc,ireing char
ac,eristics, are derived from the every,
day young lady and in Ike manner We
venture to opine that the everyday
married lady is DE English wife Of for
cigners and moralis,s. Thus she is {
national character, and personagc q
history and yet there she sits all The
: while in that corner, knitting something
or other, and thinking to herself tha
she had surely smelt Puff Of tar rs sl'
=, was passing the pantry.
The curious thing is. tha, the dispen
, ser Of comfort can do with a very small
=, share Of il herself. When her husban.
does not dine a, home, it is surpr,s in
a what odds and ends are sufficient Il
make up The dinner. Perhaps the bes
. part Of i, !. large slice Of bread-and
:. butter; for it i wasting the servants
time 10 make them cook when there
nobody TO be a, the table. But sh
= makes up for this at tea that IS con-
n Portable meal for the everyday marie
:, lady. The husband "A matter-oi-iac
:, impassive fellow, swallows down b
=, two or three cups in utter unconsciou
10 bcss Of the poetry OF the occasion
willie the wife pauses on every ~
=. drinks in the aroma as well n the II
!. fusion, iills slowly ard lingerins'y ou
:. and creams and sugars as If her han'
=. dalied over labor Of love. With b.
-, daughters, in the mean time, grown u
h, or even half-grown up, she exchang'
49, word. and looks Of motherly and m
a sonic intelligence she ismou!d.ng the
,o to comfort, Initiating them IN erery-da
L,. lem aud as their heads bend iowa
i, each other, you see at glance that I
-, girls will do honor TO their breeding
:, The husband calls this dawdiins. a
Ls already begins TO fret. Let him.
!, knows nothing about il.
=, II i. surprising the affection OF
80. daughters for their everyday moth
,l Not that the seniimen, Is steady a
hs uniform in i,s expression, for 'om. I'm
-, one nigh, suppose mamma to be i'rg
" ten, os at lcas, considered only ia
=, necessary not requiring any sPee'ai
-. tee. But wait all gr'ef comes,
,.'i mark 10 " hat LosOm IA the panIing Z
;n fiies for refuge and comfort; see I"
wa wha, abandon she filings her arms ro'
. :" ,ha, r.icrnal neck, and with wha'
80, passionate burs, the hitherto repres''
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