Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-01-10
DUTIES OF THE FARMER TO
HIS FAMILY.


Order and neatncss are among the marks of
good farming. Where these are wanting in the
arrangements about the house and farm build
ings, they will be wanting Oh the farm. The
farmer is bound to train up his family in good
habits of order, by Which everything shall be kept
in its place, and everything done in its proper
connection and habits of ncatness, which shall
lead TO the instant detection and removal of ev
cry nuisance, arc among the good habits in
which children should be brought up from their
infancy The health, the comfort, aud the re-
spectahlity of his family demand this at his
hand.
Among the provisions which the farmer should
make for his family, are all those arrangements
and utensils which are calculated to save time,
labor and strength. There is much hard work
to be done in the family of the farmer, and on
certain days aud ASCERTAIN seasons, the females
are tasked to the full extent of their strength
aud powers OF endurance Now, would not
recommend that you should get every new pat
tern of cooking stove. or churn, that you may
see advertised in the newspapers. But | would
have you to keep those in good order that you
have, and in a condition always ready for use.
Have them in a convenient place, and 50 ar
ranged as 10 save steps and strength as much as
possible
Provide for the happiness Of your family
Many little attentions to their comfort, and ar
engagements by which their labors may be lacl-
itated, contribute much to promote their hap
piness. The mistress of the family has many
things in the care Of her family TO exhaust her
strength and try her feelings. and the good wife
will not fail 10 appreciate all the arrangements
You may make for her relief, and increased pa
thence and sweetness OF temper.
Never require the females of the family to do
those things which belong TO the other sen
They should not be required 10 split the wood,
or even 10 carry it into the house TO shovel
the snow from the clothes yard, or to sweep the
paths and alleys around the house, or carry pals
of food to the hogs, or dig potatoes for dinner.
Many farmers wife has been, and now is, sub
iected to drudgery of this sort But it is to be
hoped that the days of such service are nearly
ended. All such labors should be considered Il
part Of the daily business of the farm, and
should be attended 10 in their season. The
man who loves his wife, and wishes to make his
home happy one, will regard her feelings, and
never subject her TO modification of deerada-
lion. Nature has implanted in the heart OF
every woman desire to appear well in the eyes
of others this desire should never be opposed,
unless it oycrsteps the bounds of proprieiy, but
should be INDUCED so far as your means will
justify. 1t is associated in her mind with the
feeling Of sei.respect, which is one Of the safe
guards Of viruous character. Never, by unre-
hitting toll, render that fair and open counter
ancc aud those delicate features coarse and harsh
and cause that beautiful, active, symmetrical
form to become bowed, crippled and distorted
By hcessant drudgery. Remember that woman
is not endowed by nature with the same muscu-
lar strength aud power of endurance which was
given 10 man. Her strength consists in her
weakness, which appeals 10 you for support and
protection, ard in her beauty and eenlleness,
which appeal To your love and affection. And
IN all the arrangements of the household, you
should remember that the duties of woman are
not to be accomplished by muscular power and
brutal force, but rather by skill by tact, by per-
severance; AMI III proportion TO the extent of
her Iabors and cares, should be the facilities and
aids supplied to her. Thus will her strength
be spared, and her time saved for the cultiva-
lion of her mind, for the instruction of her chill
dren, and for the performance of those gentle
charities that so beauty and adorn the the female
character. And how much more cheerful, ave
and successful too, will be the la5ors of the field
when the sweet and happy smile ofthe content
ed wife meets YOU at the threshold, and sheds
sunshine throughout your dwelling.
Another more high and important duty that
the farmer owes to his family, is to supply them
with the means of moral religions and intellect
ual culture. Let your children be trained from
their earliest Infancy to be kind, obedicnl truth
tnl, INDUSTRIOUS and as fast as their intellect is
developed, let it receive appropriate culture
Never grudge the cost of books, periodicals or
papers, or taxes for institutions of learning. -
Money paid for the education of your children.
is the best investment you can make for them ;
and rmember, that as the world advances in
knowledge, and the comforts and convenences
OF lie increase, the standard of education mus,
be elevated from generation TO generation. 1t
Is not enough that your children are instructed
IN those things that you learned in the schools
OF your boyhood They must be taught those
that you now, in your manhood, feel that you
need to know. There has been, as you all know
great revival of interest in the cause of edu-
cation within few years past. Catch this spirit
and let 1t enter into all the arrangements for the
education of your children. But must Gu,
short my remarks upon this copious theme. and
will only add, that you cannot afford TO dipense
with the institutions of religion, for to these we
IN New England are greatly endebtod for our
worldly prosperity. Teach your children to
reverence the sacred word, to remember the Sab.
bath, and to do to others as they would thai
others should do to them and never forget thai
IN all these respects, your own example is the
most efficient teacher, and that the lessons they
are Tins taught, will make the deepest impress
sion upon their minds. -Northern Farmer.
" Some Of the domestic evils of drunken.
ness" says DR.. Franklin, "are houses with.