Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-09
From the Ohio Cuitivato-.
Common Sense in Home Affairs.
Gr ms. META VICTORIA VICTOR.

have sometimes thought that there were
some people who never did exercise COM
mon sens and though have met many men
whose aping alter ioiies made them little
else than apes yet | confess it with NOR
tlhca'ion th.t it is among the women have
found he greatest lack TT tGe wisdom which
ma kes home what it should be and life
what 1t should be, and the heart what it
should be- DTop down in the midst OF any
little circe. " here, apparently, is muc h
real worth and exercise OF truth, and observe
for yourself. o reader!
Here i, Mrs.-, quiet, sweet little
body, hose heal;h is quite gone. She is
still working, s:ill tmbtious-for what!-
Fer position; for living as we'll as her neigh
Dor Of the stone house! and in this reck less
race she has sacrificed the dearest boon God
gave to her--heaith No Use for her to
say, 'uthers DO it, sgy husband expected it, ,
my child en- would not have been noticed
iihout it, for zone OF these excuses suffice
for positive sacrifice of happiness, real
suicide Common sense would dictate no
sacrifice Of lie treasures upon the shrine of
commun usage; hut wou rather dictate
such prudential steps as would not have
compromised Dody y-cosfort and soul cul
lure.
There is MrS.--. gay, lightiy-step-
ping creature, the very peisonincation Of
rosy health and lie enjoyment. Bu', be moi
nasiy in conclusions. She has home and
q hn bo nd and children; bat that home lack,
the quiet uir and exquisite presence whi' b
renders it what it should be-a Paradise in
III inialure; ana the husband is Just as hap
py in his Counting room as at his fireslGe;
aud the childien think little else than Of the
dresses TO wear, the day to spend, and the
party at night. There Is. to the c.ose OBJ
server. an a most total want of SOUL culture
in hat home; and The gHyety OF the mother
is won at the expense OF the truer happiness
of her husband, the nob!er aspirations Of
her children, and ii e higher sphere of her
own usefulness.
ANA then there is Miss who You
you'd think was pursuing the true life by
avoiding vaia show, parI'es-who practices
economy 5nd d modest style in all things;
ene, you tHiHk, Is eDGOWeu WIFI EdES NlI-
tue OF doing what she knows to be right
Ii m1y be, but not in its fullest degree; SIZE
does not realiz. that life is given for ac-
comp piishment that true happiness cot
sists 10 developing all her mental treasure 5
To their utmost, and therefore, with all her
well meaning. she is not exercising the
common sense which God has endowed hen
with, when she passes through years oi
comparative listlessness ard ease.
So on through the cacndar,-we might |
enumerete the positive faulls OF our SEX
1t may bt the oth,r sex have as many, or
more shortcomings, but it is no excuse far
US, who are TO be the mother of a race, and
who shouId be the ornaments of society. A
true life consists iii first rendering home
Joyous, veil ordered beautiful, and al in it |
and around it perfectly at home; second, in
the practice Of such thoughts and feelings
as,harmoniza. instead OF dividing, society. so
tia; ali may lie friends who are good and
respectable, wiiheut regard to their wealth:
third. in SO cnjowiug The mind by study and
reflection, as to render lis. converse one oi
intelligence and usefulness, and its tastes
elevated. When women learn to practice
such common sense, this life will not have
So many sad records TO write, and so many
obstacles TO overcome in reaching Heaven.