Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-03-19
The Farmers Wife.

ht,aer article was never penned,than 'h'
s,,lou;no. which we take rom the Spr'ngfsi'
Republican. We C mnend it to the ser'
ous consideration of fathers husbands an
b,o,bers and ask them to remedy Inc evi
complsiued Of. Just as far as in them mes
Th. evil is radical. So long as farmers
.onsept to be iliterate und ignorant, the.
nd their families will be mere beasts o. 6ur
s,n Give us Agricultural Schools and give
f,ruers sense enough to appreciate a'd pat
,an,,. them, and forming will not be all druid
,.rv Their hedrts and brains viii be O. use
avail ss mere snin.al muscle:
1.-THE life Of the farmer is SO often made
the subject of complimentary remark so Of
,e,-praised for its peacefulness and inde
,.rdsrce that The farmers wife might, 7ery
5sticp.lly, be supposed to be the hapPies
,,o,n.n i, The word From her relation tt
tho aIords of the soil" she should be the
LADY of the soil, peaceful, healthy indePen'
der, woman. Tha, u g reverse oil THIS il
the eenefsl- fact, will be universally coEced
ed BIZ the wives ef the farmers.
A Young farmer arrives al the age Wher
ta ,l.;,k il time for him to get married, anc
DE-, 10 down. He has had respectable
educ .tion, and wants woman VINO is BIS
ecuol. lie looks about him, ard MAKES Ms
cl.;.. she sa qi,l bred beside him IN
the country, has been well sdnea' ed reared
hve,reful parents, and Is, IN Inc trhes'
,s,se I,ay. She loves bucks. possesses
skill and ,ss,e in music, andis: IN all poiil's'
fitted 10 reign ihe queen ct a haPPy nome
She b.ccmes the wife OF the iarmer''S am
b;,;eps ,o 90 as much as her neiehbors, a1ic
hey hu,bsrd il coon avariclous enough T.
.liow the woman of his love TO become his
most devoted drudge. From ihenceiorlh'
her life is one sf the most unremi''ng to'i'
Iii nothing but mend and patch COOK ane
h.ke. yeeh and iron, churn Rnd make cheese'
MIX up CHRIS and draw water, bear chiidren
and nurse Them. The family eniarses' the
husband grows wraIthy, becomes imPortan'
in community, rides in town every d'y' taxes :
his ease when he chooses; but Inc cares o'
his faded and broken down WIFE, know nc
relaxation. She may outlive her husoano
but rarely does and, rot un'Tequen''y'
.acond wife comes in TO shnre in the money
that should have been enjoyed by her pre-
secessor. ,hrOush-e quiet old rye oi rest.
This is 10 fancy sketch it Is drawn ron
life; and. in every country town ana nelsn
borhoed, its'tru,hiulre<s uiil be recoenizef
Now We despi.e the eo.d.!or-no'hingS o.
fashionable life, as much as any one, ant
have no affection for Grones in ary hive
We are aware that circumstance some'
time. demand extreme labor Of the iarr.er'
wife. but in New England, these clrcum
stances do not prevail. And while we
vould leave no woman TO eat the brea'
of idlene,s, we would see the class OF whicf
we ar. speaking, released from that elTcl' .,
Of everlasting drudgery, which dePrIves then
OF The privilege of relaxation for Gay, an'
the time which they would gladly devote t'
tho maternal education Of their children
Fren this life, The girls OF our cay ar'
learning 10 shrink not because they arc
I.zy, but because they know they are 10 %
sacrificed. Not because the calling ef TN
farmer is not respectable, but because the,