Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-29

7 fiiend Of his own to the family table without
his fathers permission; neither could ho
nor his wiic, for any convenience of their
own, anticipate or retard tho fixed hour for
dinner, or order that meal to be served in
their apartments.
All lhsir expenditure was regulated for
them, pair Of carriags horses keP, at their
disposal, their servants wages paid even
their subscription to tho theatre provided for,
their dress and pocket monoy-being twenty
dollarsa month to the heir Of this noble house
and TO his wife fifteen. This was consider
ed very liberal Al the disposal Of the in.
come o; the imly-vcry large in reference
to the country it was reported to he nearly
%, 900 dollars I ciOOOI year--all insight
into the accounts and expenditure, was eSclu.
,i,cly reserved Tor the old mlrch,,s. Who
would have resented any hint or any advice
. from his own son - unwauantablc Iicr.
ference
. Analhrr strange species Of coercion that
seemed generally Kept up in families Of ihi,
stamp, was in the selection Of Christian
names 70, the younger branches. !, is not
an uncommon thing to hear Young mother
lamcn, the uucouih aPPclla,ions bestowed up.
on her offspring. and saving. with a shrur OF
the shoulders but wha, is to be done Il,
isan old family name, and my suoesra would
have H.
The veIa,ious tyranny exercised by the
mo,her-in.law, the suoScra, has almost pas.
sed into prov-rb, rs the source Of innumrr,.
DE evils; We, such j. tho force Of custom
amonrs, the Italians, that Il a son were pos.
sessed Of independent fortune, and established
himself away from the ralernal roof, he
would be exclaimed srains, As uudu,iful IN
the extreme.
| could tell Of many sld instances Of uu.
happiness Produced by the suorccra'' inhu.
cncr. In the FRS, place, she is alm,s, nra-
rahly ignorant, rrciudicri, and birolrd +,
such being lha charac'srisiIcs u the greater
part Of llllsn women, born aul educated
some fly ycars ago, and ss,s her face stub.
boruly against everything ,lat is not pre-.
c.sely according to her code, whether It re-
Ia,rs io politics, ,he management of her
household, or the ,roa,men, or her grand.
children. neart a laly hcrselfrecounl how
she lost five children in succession, owing IN
their being sent out to Be reared by rough
rsasan,.women IN the country. They were
delicate infants, ani could no, stand The "a.
p1sure aud van, ofcap to which they we're
'ubcc,ed and 80 they died oa, one a0er the
other, their roor mother vaiuly attempting to
move the conlessl TO allow her 1, have a We,
nurse in the house.
In her day persisted the unrclcn,ing wo.
man, children were bruugh, up is the eoun.
try. aud NJ, should o. hc otherwise uoN
and shs had authority enough over he; son,
TO compel him TO resist bis wiic's pteous
supplicauons. ONen h.s she said Ms five
children were sacrificed to a suoc-n's pow
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