Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-01-09
Duties of the Farmer to his Family.

Order and neatness are among the marks
of good farming. Where these are want
ing in the arrangements about the house
and farm buildings, they will be wanting on
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 neatness, which shall lead to
the instant detection and removal of every
nuisance, are among the good habits in
which children should be brought up from
their infancy. Tho health, the comfort,
and the respectfully of his family demand
this at his hand. t
Among the provisions which the farmer
should make for his family, are all those ar
rangements and utensils which are calcula-
ted to save time, labor and strength. There
is much hard work to be done in the family
of the farmer, and on certain days and at
certain seasons, the females are tasked to
the full extent OF their strength and power
Of endurance. Now, l would not recon-
mend that you should get every new pattern
of cooking stove, or churn, that you may
see advertised in the newspapers. But l
would have you keep those in good order
that you have, and in condition always
ready for use. Have them in convenient
place, and so arranged as to save steps and
strength as much as possible.
Provide for the happiness of your family
Many little attentions to their comfort, and
arrangements by which their labors may be
facilitated, contribute much to promote
their happiness. The mistress of the family
has many things in the care of her family
to exhaust her strength and try her feeling,
and the good wife will not fail to appreci-
ate all the arrangements you may make for
her relief by increased patience and sweet
ness of temper.
Never require the females of the family
TO do those things which belong tp the 9th
erscx. They should not be required tc
split the wood, or even to carry it into the
house TO shovel the snow from the clothc.
yard, or to sweep the paths and alley:
around the house, or carry pals of food tc
the hogs, or dig potat oeS for dinner. Many
a farmers wife has been, and now is, subject
to drudgery Of this sort. But it is to be
hoped that the days Of such service arc
nearly ended. All such labors should be
considered part of the daily business
Sof the farm, and should be attended to il
their season. The man who loves his wife
and wishes to make bis home q happy one
will regard her feelings, and never subiec
her 10 modification or degradation. Natur
has implanted in the heart Of every woman
desire to appear well in the eyes of 9th
ers; this desire should never be opposed
hhIeasi itlokersteps the Bounds. Of propriety
but should be indulged SO far as your mean
.yilfjustify. It IS associated in her min'
With the foeling of self respect, which, is on
,sof aho safeguards Of virtuous character
Never, by unremittng toll, render that fai
t-and open codntenance and those delicate fea
lures coarse and harsh, and cause that beau
atful, active symmetrical form to becom
bowed, crippled and distorted by ineessan
fdrideeFy. Romember that woman is no
endowed by nature with the same muscula
strength and power of endurance which wa
given te1pars Her strength consists in he
weakness, which appeals 10 you for supper
and protection, and in her beauty and gen
tlencss, which appeal to your love and affec
.tion. And in all the arrangements of tn
household, you should remember that ih'
duties of woman are not to be accomplished
by muscular power and brutal force, bu
rather by skill, by tact, by perseverance
and in proportion to the extent Of her Ia
s'bors and cares, should he the facilities an,
aids supplied to her. Thus will her strengtl
l9be spared and her time saved for the cult
yation Of her mind, for the instruction a
s5her ehildren,a and for the performance Q
ythose gentle CHARITIES that 50 beautify an
adesaS the female character. And hol