Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1851-08-08
Something for Young Women.

Albany Female Academy, on the ID inst the
! Rev Or. Sprague, in the absence of the Ppsi.
| dent OF the institution, Hon. w. l.. Marcy. ad
dressed the Graduating Class. In the course
OF the address, he made the following remarks.
which are worthy of every yonug woman's re-
Iusal. The doctor did not recommend toe
Boomer costume! By the way, how Hannah
More would have looked in it.
would recommends YOU as an impoytant
means of improving AMI eleyating your clRrac-
tiers, to study, as you have opportunity some of
the brightest models of female excellence |
have happened, though am not sure that il is
very modest to speak of it here--I have happen
ed TO know personally a number of the most IL
ins'rlous female characters of the age, anC there
Is one among them whom would recommend
toyour earnest contemplation & imitation above
all others. And what name are you expecting
me TO pronounce? Do you suppose it was the
venerable Joanna BailIie? She was indeed
beautifully primitive in her manners, and every
thing she said was said with inimitable sinplic-
lty, and evlnced high intelligence as well as an
exceedingly gentle spirit but it was not She
Perhaps you would not think it was Mrs Opie--
No, it was not Mrs Ope ; and yet her good hui
mour, her boundless bpnevolence, her fine So
ca qualities, in connection with her Quaker
language and Quaker simplicity left grateful
impression on the mind, which shall always
loudly cherish Was ii then Maria Edgworth?
She was indeed star--in her external appear
ance there was nothing winning, unless it was
an AR OF strong an unmistakeabe honesty born
and educated as she was in Ireland there was
not particle of barney in her nature; bu; there
was Irish wit; and so remarkable were her
powers of conversation, that YOU would have
liked 10 talk with her, pen in one hand that YOU
might carry away with you all her bright thoughts
and pquant expressions; but neither is Miss
EdgcWorth the model that have in nv eve
And finally, is it good old Mrs Grant, of Iaoran,
who nearly a century ago was passing her child
hood here in this very city of Albany, and who
at the of eighty-sX or seven. told me shat She
was quite sure that she could still recognize he
Old elm tree at the corner Of State ard Pearl
Streets if she could be set down bcsideil? She
was truly noble type of woman; YOU felt
that there was much of the old Roman in her;
nobility was impressed upon her form and feat
ureS, you saw it in the movement of her body
ard the movement of her mind; and You NAV
read 1t IN the whole story OF her cvcntful life
looked upon her as tall majestic old oak which
had WithstOod the storms OF almost a hundred
winters, and was green and furnishing sll and
could not but feel that though her earthly ca
reCr might be included within Il century. She had
made provision to pCrpetuatc not only her in
tluencc, but her name, through successive CEN
turtles. She was indeed a splendid old woman
education, nature, circumstances, adversely, pros
perity, all contributed to make her so. Bat she
was not, after all, the beau ideal of female char
acter which wish to recommend to vou-t4at
is no other than Hannah M0re-a name which
seems to have become the acknowledged SYM
Dol OF the highest female dignity and excellence
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tree and after the grasshopper had became bur-
den, but before there was any visible waning of
her noble intellect. ! felt an awe UPON my spir-
it as approached her, but before vs. aware Of
it, had forgotten her iilustrious name in her
winning gentencss and her benignant smile
Her figure slight but we'll porportioncd
her features perfectly regular; her expression
as bright and serene as beneyoence and intel
ligence could make it; her conversation which
run chiefly upon the past, was lively and agree
able, occasionally brilliant and fascinating. And
when she referred to her better and higher in
tercsts, she did it with such manifest sincerity
and humility, and there was evidently such
kindling of the spirit at the thought of the glori-
Gus realities III the world unseen, in which she
was so soon to mngle, that her chamber seemed
indeed privileged place. quite on the verge Of
Heaven. 1t was the Synm@tryO OF her character
as exhibited In htr appearance and conversation,
that most impressed and delighted me and if
mistake not, this is the quality that will impress
you most in the study of her life. Yon will find
nothing contradictory or Liberal; nothing but
what tells you of bright intellect and an cX-
allied spirit; and though in her earlier days, the
religious principle seems to have been but impcr-
fecty developed yet in mature years, and under
her Heavenly Fathers gracious discipline, she
exhibited strength and ripencss of christian
character, Of which it is rare indeed to find
specimen, remember the hour Ispcnt with her
as among the most favored in my lire and if it
were in my power to reproduce upon your minds
the impression that she left upon mine should
feel sure that | had said something at least, that
you would always remember.