Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-10-05
T'he uatcll.ygaking Mother.
Dr 4. Z ".

There are different grades Of match ma
kars. The fssi we shall nouce would
,hiak it dong ihsm great injustice TO hat
thatlhev belong - Ihis dea0mlnaHon; ana
}, matters n5t h9w unhappy their daugh
,ers are m.jo D. uucongenial maFn-
asss, thsy mover DIRE, shn th1y are
biam1bie.
Tie dausl,,ef Is brough, on. before she
is capable OF gs1riins her heart ogsin7'
,he sanger ol loving un~orlhiiy' and' ere
the ,arsnis are aware. she Is engaged IL
,asfe is wealth or CjstiDguished ancestry,
or both, OF tie lovers side, no objection
is made. and the ten isr plant lhat should
aavo been carefully nufinfcd Tor several
xetrs, is gwen up - assume the fest"Isi-
biii!ies tia, her young Imagination never
dras,ned q; RESP nsib.lis.es that, sise years
hs.ce. sic shos.d enter upon with ieaf aid
trembling. Scare ely q thought Is gwen
whether or not this man viii render her
tappy; she has. rs The world says, done
well; this is suffice lew years
prove it 10 be al unhappy unioi.. WAC Is
10 blanc!
Anoihsr class ta,lgh not so numerous
=. = !, -. .z.ssss \. ...s ',.sts. ant ni'iiy
u,,re Tns daagl,ct Is trained that The
ultimate end OF every accom- s1iishGlent IS
10 please the opposite sex. ID win ior
har,elf lndsome settloment, is The les
son. Sle Is taught all the feminine ats
.b,,w w,m N Is cap,blo OF teaching ana
learning. ami every thought IS concenira-
tel in this ali important eyons, every act
done With an eve >iugie 10 lis advahce
g,,nt. II matters not how The poor fellow
"a secured. 81 he is s ,iely bound with the
g.ymeneai halter. Waiie there are many
other cau,es lur broken hearts an bllghled
fopss. careful observation tells us that
ina chic! cause IS internal luiluence. -
ID no, start, 1lher' Il tok around you,
and say. are we to1 severe! how many
Interesting girls can you call to rolnd, CT
,,nbls OF filing its highest provinces oi
wom4I, ruined by wrong educatlon! -
Woman, as l, n0;her, has never been tui
ly ar oused TO her duty. To her are com
n,i,lel the daughters at our laod, mud she
Is responsible Tor their safety. As she ed
uca,es them, they vii educate another
generation. Then how impnrtaut that
she should train them to piely and useful :
ness with higher. q holler motive Than
that of securing wealthy husbands! In tact
,hev should not be teugnt TO secure them
at all If at proper oge their happiness
will be advanced Dy IN trrlaga with wor-
.hv men. ,hen. with PRAYERS Tor their safe
~. let them marry. Bat d, no, teach
that there is 10 other sphere in which wo.
rnaa can be happy ani use'ul than that OF
wife and m jlher. FtIaem for any sta
lion cf iiie. and in any station they WI!
fad a m sson 10 execute; and fell !y5
Us execution.
Perhaps no one ever pTofessed greater
qualifications for matchmaking than did
Mrs. Os8oo5. She was hot a weak mind
cd woman, IKE many OF lhis class; there
fore she .sas better calculated 10 accom-
plsh her purpose. She knew how TO deal
with the refined and unrelined, having too
much sense to e, So far as TO disgust the
fDrmer. and jusl enough 10 lead the lat
ter at will. She was an ambitious proud
and self wiled woman The establishment
Of her SIX daughters hai been her constant
study evsr since Jane, the eldest had ap-
preached womanhool
Mr.. Osgood had suffered his wife to hold
The scsp,re until he dlrel not reach forth
his nanj To tnke i; lie had never seen
his error fully un,il jane grew up, and ne
was informed by the mother that she was
eng ged, without ever asking his approval
TO a man utterly unworthy tie notice of a
woman OF refinement Yet he was im-
m m,nsely wealthy, ind with Mrs. O.good
every other c,nsi ie alton sank into in
sgniicancs. Jane Gii Mt love this man
she hld only passivsly yielded to her mo
thsr's wishes She was tinId, and could
not summon courage 10 speak 10 her lather
On sucn a subject.
A Few days aliel his wife bad informed
him OF the engagement Mr.. Osg ,od re-
ceve1 a visit al MS ii @ from Mr. How
ard, soliciting the hand of hs dave veh.er.-
lie was decidedly refused. This enra ged
How lrd's i.npetuous temper, and he de
terminod to marry her al all events. Mrs
O.good scoded and persuaded, blt oil to
10 effect To her surprise, her husband
W. not 70 b. moved He vas fully a