Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-04-09

ithem to be saying-it may keep youl
gray hairs from going down in sorrow
to the grave. If you are poor. teaci
them to be saving-it may make then
rich. Bu, in your efforts to do this
don't blight their happiness BY teach
ing them niggardliness, Young hearts
are generally benevolent. Do moi
stunt this principle, only direct it intc
a proper channel. Ifyou would pur
sue some such plan as the above, you
would find your daughters of twelve
and fourteen studious and intelligent
with well proporsioned forms, rosy
cheeks and happy countcnances. =.
Now they are prepared to enter school
to advantage. Place them where
they will be required to think, write,
analyze, to learn sseH all that they un'
dertake to study. When they have
gone as long as you think necessary,
take them home,-not to mince round,
keep their hands white, and entertain
company,--but to be assistants in the
household duties. And afterthey have
learned how to superintend the affairs
uf the house and kitchen, if good
chance should offer. and they feel so
inclined, let them marry, for I contend
that woman can fill no higher sphere
than that Of wife and mother, and
whenever she aims at this, she loves
the most loveablc traits that ornament
the female mind.
I have no respect for the reverend
Misses, the noisy, bns,ling lecturers,
and would-b -be-presidents ofmy sex.-
I am ashamed of them all. They re.
mind me ofplanets thrown out of their
orbits. They get tired Of moving
round and round in one little circle
they want to be seen and known eve.
ry where, and the consequence is ,hey
do little or no good any place. Now
| don't wish to be misunderstood here.
| do no. wish to deprive woman of m
iota of influence. | would rather it
we're increased four.fold. But want
to see that influence running in n lie.
gitimate channel. I would like to see
every woman in our land educated,
not in name but in reality. She can
not be too well informed, or too tai.
ented to fill the station which unper.
verted reason assigns her. to be the
sympathizing friend of her husband,
and the guide and iustructress Of her
sons aud daughters. O! tits delight,
fal to see a woman of intelligence aud
refinement gliding about in the dis
charge Of household duties, keeping
everything in 'neasncss and~-order'
meeting her husband with smiles,
soothing his sorrows. dividing his cares
and planning his happiness in a thou
sand little deeds of love. Aud ii is e.
qualIy pleasant to see her bending o.
vcr her chernb infant, folding it in her
arms, kissing its chubby face and i'm
parting to it thoughts from her own
bright eyes. And if there be such a
thing as pure happiness in earthly en-
ioyments, such a wife and mother pos
sesses it.
Blu, there are some ladies' that do
not wish to assume the responsible
ties OF married life. They look upon
marriage as very solemn affair."
Seeing but few who live happily in
that state, they have resolved to keep
away from it, and seek their happiness
in assisting others to wade through h its
difficulties. Such arc willing to help
train up children, to bo nurses for the
sick, friends to the stranger, daughters
to the widow, aud the clothers Of the
poor and needy. And, reader, what
reward do you suppose this class re-
ceives for such acts of kindness E
Why they are laughed at, sneered at,
wrote about, and nick-named, and that
too by the very persons whom they
have often befriended! If you don't
believe this, pick up bundle of pa
pers, sit down and examine them
How many in the package can you
find in which something is not said in
n 6elitAing way about Old Maids E
And yet would like to know how
the world would get along without
them. But have said enough upon
this subject. perhaps too much, hui
pardon me this time, for do not in.
tend to trouble You again with "hints'
or "principles' about these matters
so after paying my most respectful
compliments to Miss " Fanny" Mr.
Find Out" and Mrs. Davis, l will
retire from the arena. Adieu.