The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-11-10

THE PARLoR.--There is not ouy tendency now
to life in hotel but 10 perversion OF family ar
engagements into an imitation Of the same model
Families do not possess that Wilderness which they
once had bat broken Into as many fragments as
there are persons in them. chamber was once
reom to sleep in il has become place to live IN:
aud the paror il deserted Yes, that charming spot
the attractive centre II all the members oi
household; the scene Of much gentle industry, ii-
noceut diversion, instructive and agreeable ccnversa-
tion and swee, and Unaffected intcrmngling OF soul
and mind, abandoned fashionable callers for the
most part where aeartess talk occupies the place Of
genial interchange Of feeling, and style and exhibition
have banished enjoyment and repose
According to the present mode, the various men,
hers Of family convoked together from their iso-
lated apartment scarcely more than once or twice
nay dinner generally, and sometimes perhaps, like
militia platoon firing, 4, tea. Breakfast as scatter
ing affair, which every ives, as he does NJ
church, Any time during the morning Many Of these
habits remind strongly Of penitentary arrange
ents, where the occupants OF the cells are separated
from each other at ali hours tot al meal times. There
10 rarely general muster Of the tensnty Of all the
stories, more than there 10 OF hremcn, except on
the ringing Of the bells and their appetiies
are exnguished, they siiuk back again into their re-
treats.
Are these the manners, We would ask, which
likely TO attach The members Of q household to
q
rem, and promote sobriety and conten'nenti The
propensity to spend the evenings away from home is
growing general. What is the reasonf Need we
lock for explanation beyond the fact that there ia
20 little intercourse and social pleasure and amase
Eent in the domestic circle, that PLEASURE, even Of
the most innocent kind, which the heart naturally
Graves, is there dencd1 The house is consequently
deserted nightly, first for the theatre ball room,
then for the debAuch and tap-rOom. When such cor
ruption does rot follow, there is want Of heartness
and strength in natural affections, which, wisely
cultivated form the basis Of substantial and
solid happiness, end much OF our prosperity in life.
We would not advocate bigoted restriction Of our
socisl nature 10 the narrow boundaries Of our
roof By means. But the fire, that IS not kim
died on the hearth stone viii not be felt beyond the
outward waik. There he genial expansion
where the centre is dead and cold. We believe
ciety be divine institution, and the family lisa-
ment the fundamental, The strongest and most ta
portion OF the whole structure. IL will he difficult TOT
to mania in our present form OF government, and
liberty which secures, without preserving the little
prinordal germ Of whipped up in the family circle.
Foreign nations will struggle in vain Tor the perma-
nent attainment Of what possess BIZ inheritance,
till the elementary constituent members OF such
tenn, comprised in family governments, shall
be recognized and established.
What tends to impair the beautiful structure Of the
family its con;cnment and satsfactons, should meet
with such rebuke is due only n mischief, which
is undermine virtue, and the very foundations OF
republican edihoe.-Newark Advertiser.
ABEAurrFUL PIcruRE.-The man who stands
upon his own soil, who feels that by the law of the
land in which he ves--by the law of civilized ia.
tions-he is the rightiu aud exclusive owner of the
land which he ts. is by the constitution OF our ma
under a wholesome iniiuei not easily inbibcd
from any other He teels--o,her things being
equal-nore strongly than another, the character o.
q the lord of an inaninae world. OF this
great and wonderful sphere which, fashioned by the
hand Of God, and upheld by His power is rolling
through the heavens, Part is his--his fom the
tire to the sky. 1t is the SPACE which the genera
ton before moved in its round OF duties, and ne feels
himself connected by link with those who follow
hiun, and to whom be is TO transmit home. Per-
haps his farm has come down him from his father.
He has gone to his long home! bat he trace his
Footsteps the OF his daily labors. The
roof which shelters him reared by those to whom
he owes has being. Some interesting domestic ua-
dition ID conCeced With every enclosure. The iayo-
rite fruit tree planted BY his fathers hand. He
sportsd 10 childhood beside the brook, which still
wIads through the meadow. Through the field hes
:he path 70 the village school Of earlier Days. He
still hears from the window the voice Of the Sabbath
bell which called his father the house of God and
at hand is the spot where his parents laid down
10 rest, and where when his time has come he shah
be laid by his children. these the feelings OF the
owner OF the soil. Words cannot paint them. They
flow out Of the deepest fountains o the heart, they
The life-sprins OF iresh healthy and generous
national character. Edward Everett.
MAKE ONE HAPPT HEART.-Hare YOU made
one happy hearr to-day, How calmly can you seek
your pillow, now swefty sleep. In all this world,
there ~ nofi,'ns 80 sweet giving comfort the
distressed, AZ getting sun-ray iuto gloomy heart.
Children OF sorrow meet wherever we turn--
There lie no moment that tears not shed and sighs
uttered.
How GIRLs NAY AVOID BAD HusBAxps.-
I. Never marry ior wealth. womans life con
sisteth not in the things she possesseth.
2. Never marry fog, no struts about
ady like, IN has silk gloves aud Ff4es, with silver
ed and rings his fingers; beware, there is o
trap!
). Never marry close listed mean, sorhid wretch,
who saves every penny or spends grudgingy- Take
care lest he stint YOU To death.
4. Never marry stranger, OF one whore charac-
not known " tested. Some females jump right
into the fire, with their eyes wide open!
5. Never marry nope Or drone, one who draw!s
aud drA,gIes through life, foot after another and
let's th ings take their own course.
s. Never marry man who treats his mother or
sissers uakindiy in,lferently Such treatment is
a sure Indication OF a mean and wicked heart
z. Never, on any account, rnarrya gambler, pro-
fame person, who in the least speaks lightly Of
God, or religion. Such man can never make
g. Never marry 4 sloven, a man who is negligent
hf his person dress, and is filthy in his habits-
The external appearance is the index the heart.
9. Shun The fake a snake. viper demon,
70. Finally, never marry man, who uses tobacco
in any FORM or who is addicted the Of ardent
Spirits. Depend upon it, you better of slone,
than YOU would be, were you tied 10 man whose
breath 10 polluted, and whose vita!s being gnaw-
Cd out BY alcohol.
PRrcocIous WIr.-There was some unconscious
wit and deal Of childish philosophy, in the reply
which little girl pretty, bright child, not quite -four
wears old--made to her father. She annoyed at
some old shoes, which she was anxious should be
phoed by new cues, and was venting her indignation
ia rather q more boistefoHs manner than her father
thought proper.
.What's the matter there. Coral have yss sps a
ST." T.
.No, papa, they dent 6t me at an" said she. And
hen ,he all the faults Of the shoes in set
erms. and reached the climax thus, ''Why, they
ont even squeak when walk out