Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-02-05
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4 Few Hints for "Gutta Percha." !"

Inc cuptioH- A1'"'' 'oi ''iooe "''N
need them. By Gutta Percha. -
| When l first read the article, mus,
confess it raised my dutch, considera.
bly,-Q am proud that am Of dutch
descent. But my object in writing
is to give a short review Of those
Hints"
i The writer starts out by saying as
much as that most young ladies think
of nothing, from twelve to eighteen,
but marrying; "and if they happen
to reach that period without finding a
fool to love them, they are almos,
ready to commit suicide" Well, |
declare, that is an extensive assertion
Now just look what an awful lot of
fools there are in the world, if her
view Of the subject is correct.
don't care fig for young man that
won't pay bis respects to a young la
dy Of sweet sixteen" to eighteen
Them's my sentiments But she
| (Gutta Percha,) talks about girls fall
ing in love at 12 years Of age! Well,
~ .
I suppose she must have commenced
loving at twelve and got through; for
l don't believe she cares anything a.
bout the opposite sex, by the way she
writes. .....
Madam then goes on to draw a
hard picture of house kept by a
careless, dirty Housewife /; and oh!
what sight she would make Of i'll
And, worst Of all, she seems to insin-
uate that --:ast young wives live just
SO. Now, I'm going to try to show
the bright side of that picture, and I'll
try not to colour it too highly. Go
to an establishment" like the fol-
lowing, (you can find plenty of 'hem)
and show changed the scene u
There sits the young wife, by cheer
fal fire, plying her needle or making
the knitting-needles fly as fast as an
old maid sometimes does when she
gets to meditating upon her condition.
There sits (may be two or three) little
ones, with clean, bright faces, watch
ing to catch the first lessons Of lbor
from their mother,-or reading the
little book that "Papa bought." = -
Now look in the cupboard (through
the glass doors) and, instead Of finding
such a muz as "Gutta Percha" FAM
cied she saw, you SEQ plates, dishes.
cups and saucers, bowls, knives and
forks, all neatly arranged on the
shelves and there on the top shelf
are glass jars of preserves, nice
to look at! "Peep into the bureau.
boxes, and baskets" says "Gutta Per.
cha, 4 wouldn't have thought Of the
like if she hadn't.) Well, look, and
there you find clothing,-in the top
drawer the husbands papers, &c.,
in the boxes and baskets you find
patchwork, needles and thread, &c.
Go into the back room and you will
find the extra clothing Of the family
hung up in the big closet or on the
clothes press, all clean and nice. On
the shelf in the corner are quilts,
blankets, &c.; some Of those quilts
have cost months Of labor. The car.
pet is clean and bright; the window.
curtains almost transparent; the wood
work in this and all the rooms looks
almost like white marble. Now let's
go into the kitchen. CHATS where
Madam wouldn't go,-oh! no; that
would have shocked her modestyt y
Well, I'll take glance at the kitchen; /;
for the good lady has just gone out to
get supper, and l want to see her new
stove. Well, there it is, it has just
been blacked, and it shines like a
new boot! She opens the door, and
there are chips and coal. all ready to
"6re up" There, at one side, is a
big closet, containing the cooking ap.
paratus, all carefully slowed away
On the other side is another closet,
and there are little sacks of garden.
seeds, buttons, scraps of cloth, &c, all
hung up around the sides, while the
crockery.ware, and some such things,
fill up the shelves. There is a stand,
with nice worked cover, and in the
drawer are the combs and brushes
There, in the corner, is another cup.
board, containing she table ware that