The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-08-24

alytic and utilitarian age a. strip common lie
Of ~ proprioty aud the household suffers with
the rest We live for the future whether in i
Hwiso sruso on not h the question, 10 live
truly Tor the funr. ~ must live in The prrs
rut "lhr liir that now ir' i- the kcy uf the
future, Certainly ~ f0mo period uf Uur rA-
i.irnru VIZ must undergo n moral and sVTitU-
AT probation With express reference t0 our
ultimate moral and spiritual state nature
srrir iu have appointed che domestic circle,
in all ~ cnglucHr ui relation, 0pcuuta- Oi viz
ION, aud cmmionnl incident a. the infant
-rhup lur eternity Later We are lragslrrr-
rd tu q more advanced uT enlarged seminary
on thr same plbH, where, iu due time, W.
take thu ViHrr ut trnrtrr tluuUlI W. are -iill
lcarucrs, tpn, repeating un a larger scale the
lessons uf thr household, What o bruvhrcut .
arrangement, 70 we would hut enter into it /
l.-rF44I .4i ',-.r t-,it'-'t''r
irlluw-trrliug, iu piciS ia -rl-dcnial'. What
srdupli iu union, what ruuinrl iu mutual re-
lance, aud thc uuNaNcring confidence ois syu,-
putly
The uu-ophi.ticalrd imahinnlion delights
10 tir unliln al thr household, IT, apclusinus.
which o. not solitude, d. exclusions, which
are not iuhu-pitulity, IL. unity which implir-
variety Children know thu, as when Two
uf thtm will .it down under q great basket
aud lork round ~it, tooing of dcli'iou.
suupuos-, saving, 'thi- t. our house, ur with
even less to aid the fancy, -ct riulr of
chairs iu p"r-uuutr q humr. supplyiH the en-
iluiuu walls out of 'thr stun that dreams are
made ul' and pretending gp through q dni-
Is routine NJ significant nottups which tu
thcir minds constitute home, The little girl
takes small pleasure in her dolls lill she can
establish ihrm u something that Seems like q
i. a. ia
dressing, going "a bed and getting up. setting
nn sofas, entertaining company, and lmudiu4
tra, We have svru rhildrvn ia the country
that would nlt a diRWng-ruom out ul an
+ old dccnycd stump, hanging the lttlr hulloW-
with mu',c-, for curtains; plain lnt- ut broken
, china tururnnmyuts and table iuuiiurc, aud
i pretty Aulc piles ut red leave, or Hover. for
, fires, with thimhlrs iugcuiou.lN hung uu
threads, .u.pcndri over the murk black with
mu,k dinners ou them The talk that acrum-
/, panied all tai. was household talk
d tiom8n Nrsi,', 1a-ly r'5l.-
Z Transient -lrruv., .wplr Nlp..
, rmi.e, balm, lo,,-kN.,., ,rar ANA mllo.,
very rcHcN oc the homo sccucs II Is for
I ih- thar q family of dolls should alNay- hr
allowed an important place iu the nursery,
% not was dolls that must ho laid dav.,y, and uu-
10 is taken out "a have their ewes pulled open
aud shut hN nglIs Of a stlluG-hAr nuthiu@-uu
= the earth or under th, earth, bui guFl service
j ALL, l,hv-, that can bc dressed and uudrr,s-
. eel. have their l,ro- washed o'ca S.@sal1i, aud
, even be- whipped, whcu tho lttic uaiG5 Is in
r. the mpdr for domestic discipline The fash
!, "u oi -vu,liur children 20 sChoUi ataNri1 cit.
% IA arc sAultenA ihn-d doll period Iu4 l4.4.eL i4l
uur idDis, We would proloug ii almpI iulriiu-
- .itylN, t,r the sake ut the home element Girl-
" canuot have the "details of domestic life tuo
- firmly tNcd m their minds. Ave cannot hylu
- feeling pity not wholly munecd with COM
u tempt, Wheh W" hear Nouu. ladies Publishing
e. their total ignorance ut huuschuld minutilr,-
IhvN seem tu NJ shurn of our at the mulvst
II glprics ot womHnhuod. II we wcrr entrusted
- with the making mp OF q bride, irouns,ou, We
: should hc sure "a put u couple of real (uut
J. makc-hrlicNc) aprons, for making cake and
'- custard Uneven ii'thcu' wcrr point lace veil
- 10 rs thcrc iz un inggn4Eu!ll Ia ll4--t4r-ti---
ihriU l. nu domestic ulllrr however trivial oi
II toilsouc, that is not capable Of being exalted
o. to some degree of dignity, hy the sentiment
u of spirit ia which It i, performed, as there D.
: none which may not be- degraded hy sordid
= thoupht-. Thus, arIeiius "a sspit,,. ..i.s
IA Lady VI. ", Nt,,--i-sglic, and We would add
e. under certain. circumstances
cooking one, Is not ntcrrly uivlcrTlg Rpppp"r
q hot preparing for tho rciftghNti,i NNplpy&
P, urc OF those we love, while the rites ofhp.ui
Z lality in their nirst graceful and imposing
I, form are every day protautd 10y the mcan,6,
d tcutatuus, or uaihrAing ,pirit which ptomp,
4 them.
b" We Touched ON authority MS the ha,i. of
household happnvs~-a proof how antquatc,
are our notions. But it the ,cry mention ot
y authority, even in connection with the train
y ing of children gives an air Of uustiuc- tn uul
: pagc. How shall we face the Reader ni.tud1,
81 when We a,ow that Wc iudgc-uo family to l.,
truly and nationally happy, unless the hca,
~ OF it possess absolute authority, in such scns,
4 that his known wish. is laW-hi> cNprcs,r,
' will imperative l. this an aur-dcmocrati,
scntimcntr BY uu means. The ideal idmil,
T. surnoscs a head who is himsclfundcr law.an,
W that ot the most stringent aud ine' table Kind
II II suppuscs him To- hold and exercise. authori
" " under deep SENSE of duty aS being some
l. thing with which God clothed him when h,
made him husband and father. and which h,
lis, therefore, on no occasion or acCount,n lib
, rrty tn put uH or put aside rs n thing iHlitlcr
" Tent This power is necessary TO the full de
~, yclupmrnt and exercise of that beautiful ,ir
y tue OF obedience, without which the human
= will must struggle on hopclc,sly forever, be
(; ing forbidden by its very constitution Il
:! know happiness on any other tertaA, u j
" nm i'll sign of the times. that the Old fash
: ioucd promise OF obedience in the marriag,
= ceremony, is now onl y a theme for small wit
: thosr wise fathers who placcd.it there kncv
. the human heart better than we SUPPOSE
~. They knew that a. surely AZ man and a,ii,
~ are one so surely do they thus united bccon
y, Ccrbcrus-hkc master il they retain mor
x than one head. The old song says,
\, conc ofu. two must uhcy---
At j. it man or womnn, sryt'
20 \ house in which this question remains un
o- decided, is always a pitiablo spectacle, TO
10 both nature aud religion are set aside there.
We had not dared to touch on this inccndi
,e AIRY topic if we had not been sure of sucl
a support as admits not of gainsaying. Shakes
ic prars shrcwdncss, his knowledge of the hu
ID man heart, his high ideal Of woman as wifi
rs and mother not to speak Of his poetic apprc
n citation of the beauty of fitness render his o
i pinion peculiarly valuable on this uckliSl
f point Hear him:
v "Tby hu.ind is thy or,l, thy life thy Keeper,
,e. "a, 49,. .. H., -. go. -,