The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1854-04-29
Who Men should Marry.
BY MRS. PEARSON.

rich if you can, surely it is of the utmost
importance that you should marry woman
capable of assisting you in your Efforts
She should, therefore, be possessed Of sense,
goodness, and industrious and frugal habits
DO not, therefore, suffer yourself to be daz
zed by tasty dress, or fall in love with
pretty face. or run crazy after accomplish
inents. though none of these are to bel
desplsed when accompanied by solid sense
ana useful requirements. Suppose now, as
you are just beginning life, you marry a
young pretty creature, who knows nothing
OF house keeping or plain sewing. You
must immediately hire one or more servants,
and your wife will not be able to direct
them, or even decide whether they are pru-
dent and capable. Whereas, if you have
the right kind of a woman, she will take
pleasure in doing the little work which is
required by two persons, and will always be
neat and cheerful at the same time. Thus
YOU will save the wages, the board and the
waste of hired girl, who in so small fam
i.y is a useless and troublesome supernumer-
ary. Your wife will be more healthy and
cheerful, for the light labor and care of her
household and depend upon it, an inexperi-
euced wife does better than an inexperienced
servant So take a womans advice, every
man of YOU who earns his living by the labor
Of his head or hands, and expect of your
wife the performance of the little labors of
your household. 1t will not iniurc her
health or impair her beauty, but will save
her from thousand little managings it
will prevent her polluting her soul with the
vile trash of the novelist, with which idle
ness is fain to ''kill the precious hours of
existence 1t will prevent her becoming
, gadder and a scandal mOnger; it will keep
disorder and waste from your kitchen, and
sorrow and shame from your soul. By the
time that an increase in your family renders
help necessary your wife will be well quail
fed TO oversee and direct, and will know
what her expense ought to be, and be able to
udg, what amount of labor woman is
able to perform. Her habits of industry
and management will be learned, and she
will be help to you as long as you both
live. Meantime it will be your duty to make
her your confident in all things. Tell her
of your success, her JOY will make it doubly
precious to you. Tell her of your trials, re-
bufs and disappointments her sweet sym
patty and gentle words of hope and cheer,
will take all pain and bitterness from your
heart. Every sorrow thus shared will
strengthen the bond of love, and knit your
hearts more intimately together, and in the
perfect confidence of such blessed union,
YOU lean on each other and know no fear
mo bitter grief.
Suffer no ridiculous pride to induce you
to assume the appearance of wealth, which
yOu do not possess. Prove your indepen-
denoe and true nobility by living within
your means and letting the world know it.
If you know a girl who will be TO you such
a wife as have been recommending, you
need not fear TO marry at once. You will
find the expenses of your household less than
you now pay for the cold and comforts of
bachelorship. And there are plenty of girls,
who notwithstanding false educational theo-
ries, will feel happy and honored to fill this
true womans sphere at your side. Active
duty is ever agreeable when it has worthy
object. We enjoy self respect, sense of
our own Importance in the world, an in
ward appreciation in the discharge of our
duty, which when crowned by the loving
approval of your dearest friends, constitutes
the most perfect happiness. Therefore, if
you would desire to have your wife good and
happy, make her your confident and assis-
tant, and be assured you will soon find your
self prosperous and possessing fulness of
content, which is far better than passionate
and fuctuating happiness.
Can there be anything more deplorable,
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