Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-11-14
Thu CrS6n Mountain Beauty;
OR,
1HlE pAWYTEs uNEDUCATED BRIDE.
~ NINA CARA.

~ NINA CARA.
1ward Bowers was q young gentle !
tlel kn Of education and Of wealth, but
he possessed many peculiarties Of char
acter, which caused his friends to call
him very eccentric, and no>one. trait
seemed more marked than his belief in
tho utter nonsense, as no term@ it, Of
eultivoting the female intellect uss,
nevertheless, there was touch Of ro-
nance about him.
tsIf ever I marry wife" sid he,
.she shall DO as beautiful in form%rd
features as those bright fairy beings ny
imagination pictured in my bcyll1od.
Her checks shall wear the tint Of the
rose, and her mellow blue eyes shall
light with love ut my coming. The
tones OF her voice shall be sweet md
low, as the notes of the Nolisn harp :;
her costume shall not be heavy and
bnrdensomc to her, hut it shall Goat
and wave around her symmetrical form
as if 1t feared that contact with the
beautiful being it covered, would cause
hef dissulution."
"You will think differently Of these
things by and BY, Ned" said Calvin
Eatun, married fried. IA bali
room relic an! q fire side ccurpaalion
ore two diHerent things. Believe nc,
when a fcw yesrs hare passed over
Your head, md you Of winters vven-
ing druw up your arm chair in front Of
the crate, you will wish you had wife
that could tplk with you OR subjects in
which you feel m interest. Now mind
~hus 1 tell yuu, Ned, II ycu marry
Amy Tur~ord you will wish yourself
III hSuven more than ouce before ytnr
hafr is silvessd,"
The young man sddressed cclursd .,
trihe, aud then driving himself up to
his full height, he remarked, ''Why,
shs is BIS haudsrns as IN hour, Gal,
Nth those soft creamy cyes Of hers,
aud ttHt aiatustgr chest fr~m which .
voice CONES up so sweet that sometimes
I am half persuaded that sine il Of tho
angelic tribe now. Of hste to geo =
woman sretlastingly pouring over looks
or scrlhblirg With q pcnl Il she be
poor and expects to become the wife Of
a poor man, let her study how TO turn
their scant pittance to the best ADVENT
a:s; Let her learn how to wash and
irtn, darn stockings, make guod bread,
ard keep the ehildren'e faces CLEAN"
''And suppose she has q little lvis.
ure after oil thas Is done-what then5"j
"Why, let her 60 out and take tea
With hsr nsighbcrs. What 10 the use1
Of her knowing anything shout gram
fhar or dlgsbrs, Or what speeches the,
Rtmans used to mske in the forum, or
1hd Hrst applied steam to m achinry y
All nonssnse, Cal, I'll nonsense 70 try
- teach wJmen 80 much about books.
Half Of The poor wives nov viii cit
sud resd snd let their home &c " de-;
struction.'
"Well, suppose . wife has no nsvl
Is labor, Ned, her husband, hsrlls
enough Of CHS rurld's wealth for the
support Of al bcme ccmforts."
"Then let her dres. tastefully snd
sing and dsnre, snd draw around her /.
light hearted merry circle, that will
cheer her husband wien he seeks his
hume and wishes to fec from care and
thu wofii outside. When he comes in,
: Wife ought lot to begin to quote;
Greek snd Latin phrases and reheurse
tamages faom Shakespeare, Milton and
BJrun, or get the weekly paper and be-
Sin to fuad the Presidents Meysags to
him. Oh, out upon your blues Give
ltrs dancing, singing, little beauty
thas vencrates inc FOR my superior in
eeilect snd e!ucatiun, and then there
VII be variety in my way Of life i
Sober reality outside Of home, and iii |
SMILES and sunshine WITHIN. Why, 4
GSlTin, ne never rsad OF Ewes having
shy sducsncn but Whist she grasped
from chs buuk cf Nature and vet If
mssry te true, Adsm loved her With
l1is rhcls soul"
"Tfue, Ned; but Adam knew no:
mort han Ete-their inteIlecss and
edncssicns were equal, but il is not 90
@1th yUn ind Amy. You have been,
brought up IN city, and moved in its'
bsss society. graduated ss old Harvard,
and asu NOW settled down an upper ten
member Of Che bar. am sure 1 can-
hus tsll whathss put it into your brain to
fnurTy that rosy checked little rustic
from the Green Mountain State, who
csne here but . few months since To
livs WITH lrur wealthy old aunt"
"Nm /, either, Calvin, bu, I have
fnsde up my mind she shall be Mrs.
B6Nvls, snd that within few weeks,
I'D !; ~ It il Of no use " remind TAG
81 hsr poor educssion. She knows
sausla . .skv me happy, snd that h
a1f I ~ IF wife"
aWvQ, rush on to your own desnuc-
ton, Ned, !" continued his friend, rising
q lguss the ufice *Bue mark nv
w1J6, Jour mind will como bayk 20 this
/ cunvsrsatiUm more tltsn vsce, befvfr
Amy h. beun Mrs. Bowrrs mcay years
lnurisa knvducstsd vumaa, one tl,st
dev1es much II her fine 70 books, ordi
h4yU mt rvgrested II; For mob only
~ ! lUvshsr, bus friandsuf solid WORTH
nltS - md prsiss her wisdom. nv.
~, wllois pUUr rnsn, mar;gd ail
oduustd wumM, and many times nfter33
hF duties hsrs ben attended to, and
~ kubsnd h wssEy q sick, she tokss;;
- piscs = tts disk, ind posts az
ca1uts, makn out bills, Nc l ncsgrs
hslM him oil her hue nor does he'll
SCI tnhappy." ]
y Is : nIoment Nr. Bowers appeareds
RI ailuuuCsstsd, but as he gsve noi
snG0 s1ys ssmile, no further rsn, arfss
wers j npUn The sui; scs, and fuws
JOG y sl5er Mr.. Bowers mas In hisl