Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1855-07-05

Iitde. thsy win be wiling 70 carry them into
practice. One Is, that II men. especially 10 our
rural districts, would consent TO knou a little
more AbOus indoor NOrk 70 do listle more IS
occasion requires. to learn BY aetual experiences
that the being pePeSuAlly shutuP to it Is not al
ehild's play. 70 see. with their own eyes, and
feel, through al their bones the want Of few
simple inexpensive futures aDA implements to
facilitate Woman's labOrs, and shorten her con-
6nement. Il would open the way TO important
dOmestiee improvements.
The other IL. that Il the women il our Tura,
districts would eOusenlto be little informed 8
bout the interests and labors Of thsir husbands.
and brothers, and IL they would occasionally
60 into the 6eid (nOt 70 labor all day and get
sua- burnt that Is not what We mean We
do not desire the same state u things that ex-
lists in the mother countries, where you cannot
distinguish = woman from a man BY looking
into their face or at the feet, bat only BY the iu
terveniug vestiture. )say TO carry out the lunch
70 sit under the col Olshsde and help eat it, to
take hold Of the PlOw or scythe Just lOng
enough te see Wbata woman can, or cannot
do. 10 breathe the pure air, to see how differ
eul from the odor Of the sink room is that Of
the newly turned soil and the freshly made
bay, to expand the chest, 10 drink in the joy
business Of nature, to laugh instead Of sigbing'
and to bloom in place Of fading, il would be
a wonderful improvement.
This arbitrary division-we will not say Of
labor-for we do not wish the distinction Of
heavier, rougher work for men, and Of lighter
cleanler work for women to be broken in
uPon-but Of a knowledge Of the wOrksi in diff
ferent parts Ofthe same establishment, dIVi-
sion more rigidly observed among US than
among any other people, so that we know little
more about our wives cares than a goat does
Of the fine arts, and they hardly as much Of
ours as one of the small! footed Celestials does
Of farming on a western prairie, is a Wretched
hindrance to the pleasures Of domestice life.
Away with it
We have now gone another step towards
solving a most important problem, proposed
some time since why our women are the
frailea physically Of all Ewes daughters ?
A miserably low estimate of rural employ
ments, conventional usages, and above all
false taste, as if it we're indelicate for them to
know much, and absolutely degrading to care
any thing for such vulgar matters as the gar
den, the Geld and the farm stick, have kept
them ignorant Of many things they ought to
knew, taken away their rational liberties,
abridge the excitement essential to health. i'm.
prisoned them, blancbed them, unnerVed them.
unmuScled them to make word, } make them
what they must not be. if the race is worth
preserving.
The everlasting scrubbing of floors, sweep
ing carpets, washing dishes, sewing up rips,
tending responsibilities, getting breakfast. din
uer, supper. going to bed, getting up-thls is
wOman's sphere is it Very good. But it
should be enlarged little. There must be
more variety. more excitement; more outdoor
inspiration. Riding out now and then amounts
to nothing, unless it be on horse and
how many Of our farmers wives and dsugh-
ters were ever Oa top of grand mothers side
saddle Z? We doubt whether they would dare
mount il, unless it we're placed on bex in the
garrett"
If Prof. Nash desires an answer to this last
question let him come to the West and see for
himself. II "our wives and daughters" do not
get con top of grand mothers side-saddle," 1t
is because they have saddles Of their own.
The Yankee girls might do as much. if the
Yankee gentlemen would stop their senseless
pirate about "2rOpriety," which makes their
woman the slaves Of goblin tyranny. When
we we're at the Vt. State Fair at Montpelier in
1863, we asked Why the women were not en-
couraged to show their hOrsemanship. The re-
ply was that il woman should thus appear in
public, she would be driven from the field by
the obscene jests Of the gentlemen ~ We
hope for the hour Of our native State thisis
not true, but we must confess there is to much
reason to fear il is. Many ofOur Western wo-
men are confessedly better equestnans than tie
men, and Ihis'vithOut rendering them one whit
less modest or lovable. in all that makes mod
esty desirable. or lOvAbleness worth posses
sing. We hope Prof Nash will follow up this
lecture to bis Yankee constituents, Of both sex
ss.--What We WiSh most to promote by our
hequent advocacy Of this matter, is the home
practice Of equestrian exercises. which has the
double good effect Of encouraging the cultivG.
tiOn OfgOod horses. and the still better effect
Of promoting the physical condition Of our wo'
men. On this subject We cannot refrain from
introducing an extract from late No. of the
Warren (Trumbull Co. } Chronicle. one Of the
editors Of which paper. Mr.. G, A. Adams. We
have long known as a most accomplished