The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-05-20

tie ylItS TO their stakes, weed, hoe ana water
widow whose husband had left Il nursery
on her hands, said she INTENDED to get her ly-
ng by cutivating berries for market, and the
self sustaining occupation struck me as pccu
iarly appropriate, both on the score of heal h
and an honorable avocation. To me il seems
consonant with the female character, for her
to r1vidc and prepare delicate and palatablc
dan,ics and tablo-luxurics. BY common
consent size makes our lies, tarts, and pre-
serves. Then why not set out, tend and pre-
pare that most dainty of dishes, strawberries
and cream!
And this berry culture is very lucrative.
y woman can surely tend Il half acre, and
this will give her at least hundreds Of dollars.
In what could she earn as much with as little
labor? The rcd Antwerp, well tended, has,
for several years, yielded 500 to $500 per
acre Straw berries often do this. Other
fruits are almost equally lucrative. AS
branch of female indus ~ what could be better?
And why not also the raising of vegetables
proper for women? Would the most refined
woman necessarily violate any human func-
ton by sowing beds Of onions, bccts or | als-
nips, or wedding or gathering them! In Con-
ncclicut the Wethcrslied girls SOW, and weed
and gather ship-loads Of onions. And would
adding squaShes, tomato;s and potatoes, be
improper! Let husband and sons do up tie
heavier farm work, while mother and daugh-
ter plant and tend the vegetable and fruit
garden. This will give them that exercise for
lack OF which they are now so weakly or sick
ly, so nervous, so discontinued, so cross.
. Exercise, to be profitable, must be ple"$ure-
allie. And how pleos,reotlc the nurture of
luxurious to cat of the products of our cun
toll g That same faculty which deli III s to
sec children improve under our tutolagc. also
delights us to see animals and plants grow UNI
der our culture. Woman has this feeling
stronger than man. Let this he nature S
warrant for her exercise Of it on flowers, veg
etables, berries and trees.
Besides, outdoor is pleasant, is healthy
Yet far less so when there is nothing outdoor
we specially lore. But you plant Il seed.
This fact bcgets in you lore for it. This
love draws you out to nurture it, and this
pleaSmaLle exercise ofmusclc is beneficial.
Woman, catechisc the inner rccesscs ofyour
own soul. Consult your interior instincts.
Has man more innate horticultural instinct
than woman! Has he as much? Do you
not naturally lore horticulture? Is this not
latent natural propcnsion? Then exercise it,
You feet its workings. Obey them. Try the
experiment. Fix, Or have fixed, for your
special cultivation, a few square rods Of sell.
Plant it yoursclf.-Kccp down all weeds; WA
ter with the Stops of your chambers and
kitchen. Try its effects on your health, and
especially spirits. See how it will rouse your
powers to new life. See how much better it
will render both digestion and sleep, and Ill
your other functions.
Above all, how much more brisk. bright
and healthy will it render your prospective
children. Cultivating your own muscles,
w III w llitiii,
their brains strong and their minds active. |
know no form of exercise as hcalthiul or as
good every way, as ho"ias. Every stroke and
scrapc gives action to the abdominal muscles,
and this to the stomach, liver ;,limentarv ca
nal, and all the visccral organs, and, judi
ciously taken, has no equal in improving and
curing the organs of your Sex, and thereby
clothing you with womanly beauties and
characteristics Only try it, and words will
not enable you to describe lis benefits. II will
regcncrate you physically in one year. And
mentally because physically. And affection
atcly likewise, by rendering you so much
more lovely and loving, because 50 much moro
healthy and happy.
Husbands, fathers, to you nature appeals
to inctc and sustain them in this reform. 1t
will bless you and your unborn children more
even than her. 1t will obyiatc human ills and
miscries by whoIesMe, by multiplying their
cause. Try the experiment. and next fall re-
port the result Phtcn0lOnicM Journal