The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-01-06

the present the school will be conducted b
two female teachers, under the special super
vision OF DIR. X. Ii. Ewing, who has been trans
ferred from the Academic department of TIL
College of St. Paul The College department
until spring, will be in the charge of Mr. II
Hayes a graduate of Bowdoin College, Tn
School will be opened on Monday, January S
1893. Pupils are requested to present them
selves, possible, on the first day of the term
C She Always Made Home Happy,
Such was the brief but impressive sentence
which friend wished us to add to an obituary
hotlce OF one "who had gone before"
what better tribute could be offered to the
memory of the loved and lost? Elouuence
with her loftiest eulogy-poesy with her mos
thrilling dirge, could afford nothing SO sweet
SO touching, so suggestive Of the virtues of tho
dead, as those simple words" She alway.
made home happy"
Hear this, mothers, wives and daughters. and
think OF your own duty. How many could
have the same said of them with truthfulness
ana sincerity? Ask that woman whose splen.
dld residence attracts the gaze of every passer.
by. Thousands have been lavished on these
imposing walls, long colonnades and high, arch
ed windows; and now then you obtain O
glimpse OF costly hangings, rich carpets and
tall mirrors, which dazzle with their maenifi-
cehce. often you pause moment. and look
wlstfully in through the halfclosed blinds and
murmur to yourself as you pass on: Il should
think the pOSsessor of all this might enioy
life."
But you are sadly mistaken The dove OF
Peace never folds her white wings by that fire.
side the gentle spirit of content never sheds
her holy influence there. The master of the
mansion thon oh in hic
turely old; there is an expression of habitual
suffering around his firmly compressed lip, and
his broad brow bears many trace of care
All !. there is a vulture at his heart, which like
the hero of the olden story, he would fain con-
ceal. Ten years ago he married beautiful
girl, with a thousand beautiful visions of do
mcstic quietude and bliss. But his dreams
have faded; the rosy hue of romance is lost in
the cold, gray dawn of bitter reality.
His wife presdes over his household with
surprising gracefulncss; she is the idol of soci-
ty and a leader of fashion. She goes and comes
through those spacious halls, dressed in gar
ments that might beft a queen she gives bril-
liant dinners, where she shines the brightest
star, and parties, which every body pronounces
charming. But she is never the kind, devoted
comprehensive loving, trusting helpmatc
sharing every joy and sorrow. cheering him
when he desponds, and counselling in trials
and perplcxitics with winning delieacy and
tenderness. In short. she never makes home
happy. But it is not alone to the frivolous thai
our subject speaks the language of reproof ani
instruction there are others to whom it may
be applied with equal force. Ask the would
be reformer of the nineteenth century, whose
loftiest aim is to step beyond her appropriate
sphere, how she performs her duty in this re
spect. She is often seen in the debating hal
and lecture room. where strife and confusion
prevail. Her voice is heard ringing out in de
fence of the rights of her SEX she allows he
name to be banded about, linked with tn,
coarsest epithets she takes long and tedious
Journeys in behalf of the cause she has espouset
You may hear her talk enthusiastically of al
that is pure and elevating in woman's mission
and sublime in her destiny. Indeed she ap
pears ready to suffer any hardship or privatiol
if she can only aid in the glorious work of re
deeming oppressed females from their terrible
thraldOm.
But you do not find her the "bright, presid
ing genius of tome." Her smile and cheerful
welcome do not greet her husband when he re
turns from his daily toll her hands do no
draw his rm-chair to that favorite nook he
society does not charm away his WEAKNESS an,
make him forget his cares. When he is ill, sh
is seldom near to smooth his pillow, or bath
his favored cheek or whisper of hope and con
ISOLATION.
Can it be, that she, with all her pretended re
gard for the best interests of humanity. cve
realizes her own responsibility: Alas! W
fear not.
Ask the peevish, complaining wife, if she ha
ever thought seriously of this matter. What
neat, cosy little cottage hers is How man
comforts she has. Her two bold-looking boy
and their fair sister are as beautiful a trio G
children as ever graced one household he
husband is kind and indulgent, but her fretfu
disposition will not allow her moments tran
guilty. She is in perpetual anxiety some
times it is one thing, and again another, tina
causes inquietude, but she is never at res
The children yearn fol-. the sunshine, which the
see in the homes of their playmates, and inver
all kinds of excuses to get away from the tro,
bles which haunt their mother. They have a
ready learned that pleasure cannot be fOun
under their own roof-tree, and the gambling
hall, the theatre, and the club-roOm hold o,
temptations, which they can scarcely resis
Ave- think of these solemn considerations ar
be wise.
"She always made home happy VIII
more fitting inscription can be engraven on Il
tombstone of the estimable woman of which til
was said? 1t will stand, perchance. in son
church-yard, where birds MARBLE and iowe
open their starry eyes, all unmindful of the
lent sleepers below. Other monumental ia
lets will rise around it. bearing the hgh-soun
ing epitaph, but nothing there can speak
sweeter lesson than the briefsentencc, e" She
ways made home happy"