Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1851-06-28
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Warning the hosts 10 meet
But ah! let mine. womalI's breast,
With words Of home-born love be bless'd.
She, too, who sleeps beneath the bopia-tree
in Burmah, whose courage and constancy no
hero has transcended, how rapidly hasshe
been followed IN the same self denying path,
by others who counted not their lives dear
unto them,' if they might bear to the perish
ing heather the name and love Of q Redeemer.
And one stilllives, the wonderful Scandin-
avian maiden. whose melody now holds oar
own land in enchantment, and who exhibits, on
scale hitherto unknownin the worlds histo-
ry, rare endowments. boundless liberality, and
deep humility; Gods grace held in subserv-
ence to the good of her fellow creatures
Through the power of song, which, as the
compeer of the nightingale, She possesses, and
with singular freedom from vanity and self
ishness, she charms and ,elevates, while with
the harvest of her tolls she feeds tie hungry,
clothes the naked, comforts the desolate, aids
the hallowed temple to uplift its spire, and the
schoolto spread its brooding wing over the
children of future generations. saas 55s.r5E
One there lives, who doth inherit =, g.s /,
b. Angel gifts with angel spirits.
Bidding streams of gladness flow 5s}fbBse
Through the realms Of want and woe, .
M mid lone age and misery's lot, =
81 Kindling pleasures Tong forgot, a5z1w-1
Seeking minds oppressed with night
l. And on darkness shedding light, -
She the seraph's speech doth know,ll bua-
t0 She has learned their deeds below; -,
10 So. when ser this misty strand i.'4 7tF"
al She shall clasp their waiting handsy itt 3
h. They will fold her to their breast, - -
Is as'' More sister than aguest 20 +t'' b
If all true greatness should be estimated
by its tendencies, and by the good it performs,
4 it is peculiarly desirable that woman's claims
to distinction should be thus judged and
awarded. In this young western world, es-
pecialiy in New England, her agency has been
ladmitted, and her capacity tested, Of mingling
a healthful leaven with the nation's character.
Here her presence has been acknowledged,
and her aid faithfully rendered, from the be-
! ginning There is beautiful tradition, that
the first foot which pressed the snow clad rock
of Plymouth was that of Mary Chiffon, a fair
young maiden, and that the last survivor Of
those heroic pioneers was Mary Allerton, who
lived to see the planting Of twelve out Of the
thirteen colonies, which formed the nucles oi
these United States. sil5 sd g. easialii $3.50 TT
In the May Flower, eighteen wives accom-
tpanied their husbands to waste land and un-
habi.ed, save bv the willy and vengeful savage
In the unfoored hut, she who had been nuf-
tured amid the rich carpets and curtains d
the mother land. rocked her new born babe
and complained not She, who in the home
of her youth had arranged the gorgeous shade
of embroidery, or, Perchance, had compound
ed the rich venison pastry as her share in the
housekeeping, now pounded the coarse Indian
corn for her children's bread, and bade them
ask Gods. blessing, ere they took their scanty
portion. " hen the SHOWS sifIed through theiI
miserable roof-trees upon her little ones, she
gathered them closer to her bosom; she
taught them the bible, and the catechism, and
the holy hymn, though the war-whoop of the
Indian rang through the Wild. Amid the un-
told hardships of colonial life, she infused new
strength into her husband by her tirmness
and solaced his weary hours BY her love. She
was to him,
i Ia An undergoing spirit to bear up
/ Against whate'er ensued."' ts4
I During the struggle of our Revolution, the
Epriyations sustained, and the efforts made by
women, were neither few nor ofshort duration
Many Of them are delineated in the presen
volume, and in other interesting ones of thu
same class, which have found favor withith'
tpublic, y Afaas1 sdi o. ids41tdsacaiy D
j Yet innumerable instances of faithful toll
and patient endurance, must have been cover
ed with oblivion. In how many a lone home
whence the father was long sunderedl by
soldiers destiny, did the mother labor to per
form to their little ones both his duties ant
herown, having no witness of the e)extent o
her heavy burdens, and sleepless anxieties
save the Hearer of Prayer. s.rs. qH.z
IA good and hoary headed man, who ha,
passed thellimits of fourscore, once said 10 me
my father was in the army during the Who'll
eight years of the Revolutionary war. at frs
as common soldier. afterwards as an Office
Ny mother had the sole charge of US, four liz
, tie ones. Our house was a poor one, and ia
from neiehbors. have keenfemembranc
! of the terrible cold ofsome of these winters :
The snow lay SO deep aud long, that it we
: difficult to cut or draw fuel from the wood
and TO get our corn to mill, when we had an!
: My mother was the possessor of coffee mil
In that she ground wheat and made coars
!, bread, which we ate, and were thankful. 4
; was not always that we could be allowed S
, much. even,of this, as our keen appetites cray
> ed. Many is the time that we have gone
: bed, with only drink Of water for our suppe
Z in which little molasses had been minglet
5, We patiently received it. for we knew ou
e motherdid as well as she could, and hoped I
n have something better for US in the morning
Y Sheswas never heard TO repihe; and ysun
e as we we're, we tried to make her loving spir
e and heavenly trust, our example. 1ag
I when my father was permitted to com
! home, his stay was short, and he had nj
much to leave us, for the pay Of those VII
$ achieved our liberties was slight, and 'ii-regI
9 larly rendered Yet when he vent my mott
5 er ever bade him farewell with a cheerf
n face, and not to be anxious about his childre
g for she would watch over them night and da
B and God would take care Of the families
10 those who went forth TO defend the righteo,
, cause Of their country, Sometimes we wo
4 dered that she did not mention the cold weat
er, oT our short meals, or her hard work, til
= we little ones might be clothed, and fed, al
" taught. But she would not weaken his hand
d or sadden his heart. for she said soldiers i