Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-07-23

o. A lady Of our acquaintance says,
|,hat tho following, from Mrs. Swiss.
helms .iLetiers 10 Country Girls, +"
ought to be handsomely printed, fro,
med, and ihungupting the chamber, of
every young woman in the land. l','
ig aif sFILIALI!PIET li&'e1. .
y.Sayyylba y.Sayyybaa,-auotlle,r. ll,s,f lecture" lfau /" Yes,
girls, ano.herlecture. j thought long
AGO thatI shouldhaye to read to. you
/ along one about minding yaurmolh.
srs. Pof course you all know The Di.
yins 5s2coim command, "Honor thy father and
thy mother" but very few obey it.:
An An undutiful child is an odious char
acter,yetifew young people feel The
affection for aud show thetrespect
and obedience to their parents that
are becoming, right, and beautifal.-
Did YOU 5r I eve eeyof T Sit and think about the
anguish lgiih lyi,I. your mother endured TO give.
YOU, beingl Did you ever recount g
The days and nights of care, toll, and
anxiety you cost hers Didyou ever
try to measure the love that sustained
YOUR infancy and guided your youth !!
Did you ever think abou, how much.
more re- You You owe your mother than you
will be able to pay? If SO, did you
look sour and cross. when sho asked
you to do anything-did you ever vex,
even ave. disobey her? If you did. it is q
sin inc Of no common magnitude, and q
shame which should make your cheek
burn every time you think Of it. Il
lis sinithat will be sure to bring its
reward in this world. Inever knew
an undutiful daughter make a happy
wife and mother. The, feeling that
enables ! any ono to be unkind TO- q
mother, e Iwiill. make her who indulges
IN it ,wsrretched for life. If you should i'd
lose your III mother, you little dream
how the memory Of every unkindlook
or aundutiful word, every neglect OF
\ her wishes, will haunt you. could
never tell you how I sometimes feel
in remembering instances Of neglect
to INV mother SRI !; / and yet, thanks to her
care, j had the name Of being good
child, She told me, shortly before
she died, that / had never vexed her
by any act Of disobedience and |
would not resign the memory Of her
appreciation for the plaudits Of q
World, l even though l knew it was her
Iloye that hid the faults and magnified
all that was good. Iknow how many
things l might have done to add to
her happiness and repay her care,
that 1: did not do; but tho grave has
cut off all opportunities of roctifying
mistakes or atOning for neglects.-
Novvor,; never lay past yourself the
memory of an unkindness to or neg
lect Of your mother. If she is sick,
how can you possibly tired Iyait-
lug upon her? How can you trust'a-
| nv one else to take your place about
Eherl No one could have fllediher
place to your peevish infancy and
| troublesome childhood. When she is
lin herusual health, remember that she
is not so young and active as you are.
Wal. upon her. If she wants her
knitting, bring tito her, not because
she could not get it herself but to
show thatiyou are thinking about her,
and love to do something for her
Learn to comb her hairfor her some
times. 5TIt will makey you love to be
near'her. Bring hera drink, fix her
cap, pin oniher' 'kerchief bring her
shoes, get her gloves, or do somo1oth.
er little thing for her. No matter
how active and healthy she may be,
or how much she may love to work,
she loves to have you do anylittle
thing that will show you are thinking
of her. How / should love nowIto
get down on the floor and put the
stockings and shoes on mothers dear
fat, white feet, or, to stand hall, ,an
hour combing and toying with her
soft, brown hair! Girls, you do not
know the value Of your mother, ifyou
have npotlosth her. Nobody loves you,
nobody ever will love you, as she does
Ia, not be. ,ungrateful for that love, d.
not repay spa it with coldness, or curse
Of coldness will restupon you, which
YOU vol can never, shake of. Unloyed
and unloying you will live and die, il
YOU do not love and honor your father
land mother. no ia. .Iar gtlT
One thing. never call either cold
man." or "old woman" 1tis quite
a habit in the country for youngpeo-
Eple to name their parents thus; Thi:
lis rude, impudent and undutiful.-
ANY aged person is an old man or ar
lold woman. There should be some
thing sacred, something peculiar ii
1.-The word that designales parents
The tone of voice in which they are
addressed should be ufectionate and
respectful. A short, surly answer
from child to q parent falls very
1harshly on the ear Of any person who
|has any idea of filial duty. Be sure
girls, that you each win foryourselve'
tho name Of q du,iful daughter. It Is
so easy to win, that no one should be
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