Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-09-11
NUMBER 50.

mind all the worthless names of the
heroes. heroines. maids and pages. | had
learned the class. order or genera Of plants;
IT. instead of remembering the exploits of
Fergus M'ivor. Ivanhoe or Hawkeye, |
had looked over the Nestiges of Creation.
or walked with Lyell through the Geology
OF our Earth; it, instead of learning songs
and sentiments. treasuring up the wild
ride of Mazeppa. or the comical one of
Tam O'Shan,er. had searched the mys-
'eries of the rule Of three. and solved the
| problems Of Euclid it, instead of learn
ing to apos,rophse the moon and stars,
had become one
..of those worthy godfathers of heavens lights,
W no give name to every fixed STAR
do you suppose | should have made
worse wife or less faithful mother,
But, read on. on, on, until | was mar
RED, without mingling one useful book
with the amusing. Father sometimes told
me read too much fiction. bu, he put
nothing better in my hands 10 fill up the
vacuum Of mind that must be filled What
| girls mind has not its vacuum. that must
be filed with good or evil! When mar
RED, as IT did not suit my husband. nor
seem quite right as a wife 20 do So quit
reading novels. What filled the vacuum
then! will tell you. girls. how tried
to hli 1t. by embroiderns baby frocks,
working blankets, stitching collars, en-
beilishlng aprons. darning lace, &c Did
this satisfy the longing spirit! Not a biz
of 1t. II hled up the gaps Of time, but
gave no ease TO the yearning spirit Still
did not think for myself. and no one
told me. that woman might and ought
to devote her mind to poblcr and better
ings in those days. and educated women
reported as bad housekeepers, and cold.
selfish mothers. And so ! worked on. on.
on. til was ,hirty.three years old. NV
children often came with despondinc faces
to beg help abou, their lessons, bu, could
not teach them.
One fine summer day two of my bows
came running home from the ncighborinp
brook with a very singular shaped and
colored stone. They were full of plea.
sure and excitement, and of coprse RIM
first to mother. See, ma. what we have
found; what is il! where did it come FRONT
what is il good for! All the answer
could give was. Idont knoac. How tho
shade fell over the bright faces Of my bows
as they seated themselves with their IRON.
sure on the door stone. "Well," savs
sheE' mot by a long ways,' was the
reply, "she never can tell us any thino
when we ask her; if was as old as she
is, guess ''dknow all about these th;n.s.',
Oh. how painfully that ar,less child's re-
mark fell upon my heart. had fallen in
the eyes Of my children; was no longer
an oracle. Somebody else knew moro
than mother. and hencefor,h her influence
was weakened. Even at eight wears old
they were asking questions that mother
could not answer.
Suppose had been able TO tell them the
probable history Of that stone; suppose.
when they brought beautiful wild flower
from the wood. had been able To analvze
It tor them. teaching them by litle and
little the mysteries of science; suppose
could have taught them the use OF their
lungs. the formation of tho hand, or tho
: complex machinery Of the nerves and
muscles. must | of necessity have ne
; elected TO wash their faces or cooked their
dinner! Need ! to have neglected nv
husband, his interest or his happiness. or
TO have held myself his superiorl Need
to have become coarse, masculine or
formidable. even i'll could have taught nv
! boys lessons on political economy, or
scientific farming, while darned the socks
E or tnended the coat sleeve during long
winter evening. while they were cniovin.
their ''Pop corn and apples,
II every women could be learned or
educated, not as young ladies' are now
educated. but CLEAN knowledge when or
wherever they find it, adding to it all the
.. erudition they can CLEAN at school. all
these objections, strange and absurd.
would be forgotten. And those things
which are attained only by few men,
, would become as common nursery tales,
and all rank and conditions. from palace
to cabin, be made wiser and better and
consequently happier.
! Now. my dear girls. and even 10 wives
,, aud mothers. | would make the appeal
DO read something besides stories; gather
; up every fragment of the useful and true
aud good that lies scattered by the wav
side. and iii this age when books upon all
subjects are sirewn around us as thick as
autumn leaves. if we make the right effort,
we cannot help being somewhat educated, !,
though we may have never seen the inside
of a seminary or learned one lesson Of q
+. master
/. But. dear me. how | DO run on. Here,
Eveline. come and lay out this square for
me; that's a good girl, and I'll quilt as
hard as | can and let the rest Of you talk
! now.-Ohio Cuzftrator.
ADVENT OF LORD BRouGHaM Il don I
know whether you 'on the other side oi
: the wafer are prepared for visit from
the eccentric Chancellor, Lord Broug-