Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-05-06
FARMERS GIRLS.

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/ We have long since said that the best wire,
in the world are made from farmers girls V,
believe it true. Not but that many mechanics
merchants, and bankers girls make good wiye.
and exelienl women. The rule is that farmers
gills healthier, fresher, f;lircr. more useful
and sensible than any other class Of yol,rg wo-
men " hat is girl good for that has no health
no vigor of body, whose waist Is ike q wasu's
whose lungs are cramped into hall their proper
size, whose spine is crooked and diseased, whose
nerves are weak a spleeny old woman :
whose physical organism is so weak and un
strong, that every wind gives her cold, every
change in the weather neuralgic attack. every
accident a hysteric fl, and every spider that
sets foot in her pathway a frantic terror? What
Is girl good for that has no useful information.
whose hands can serve no useful iurn, can nei-
ther make bread nor butter. clothes, nor wash,
nor nurse, mend?
" ives live to some purpose. or ought TO.
Theirs is great mission They have field
to occupy. They have. noble service of hu-
manities TO do. They have to preside over the
Interests OF thousand OF homes tla. dot our
country. The dress, the comfort, the taste, the
health, the happiness, the intelligence the viz
tue OF our homes are not little in their keep
ing. All the interests that cluster around the
hreside are confided TO them. Not TIE politi-
clans at Washington, nor tie professors in our
colleges, not cur men of commerce in our sea-
ports, not the bankers in our cities, not the
mechanics IL our shops, not the men Of our
professions, not even our ministers of tke COS
pei have committed TO them a grander or hoIier
charge, or have in their keeping interests Of
greater Importance than the wives Of or couu-
try. Our civilization. our intelligence our viz
tue, our Progress III all that is great and good,
depend as much upon your wives any other
class of community. They should know how
to do something that will be of service to their
families. To cook, to wash, to make, to mend.
to pickle, to preserve, to cure, 10 nurse, 10 in
struct to please, to bless, to entertain, 10 serve
to encourage, to cut to knit and sew, are some
of the Offices devolyiug upon a wife If she
knows not all of these things she must fail in
some OF her duties il she cannot pat her own
hands to these services she cannot fulfill her
mission. To do these things she must be we'll
stocked with common sense and useful inforIua-
tion. To cmbroidcr, 10 finger musical instru-
nurse fiower-Fots and lap-dogs, IS 40 part of a
wite's mission. To 90 into Mysteries over the
last novel, 70 weep over newspaper dogecrcl,
to study tie fashion plate, to feast on the Ladys
Rook as though it was solid food, to snufiie over
loye-stories and be delighted with coxcou.b lit
erature, arc accomplishments Of very ques-
tionable character IN wife 4 half grain ,f
common sense sYTInkldd into a few hours of
occupation is worth more than all of them. And
because farmers daughters are frcer from these
toolcrles, are soUnder in health, and are trained
TO more useful employments, is the reason why.
as a general rule, they make better wives Al.
true accomplishments are to be priced; but the
first and best and -to-bc-estecmed accom-
plishnents-.o be useful. This always makes
one agreeable--always makes one hcnored-
When usefulness Is joined with intelligence
virtue and graceful manners, it couaulnmates
the character Of good wife.