Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-10-30

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Mrs. Victoria Fuller in the Ohio o1iti.
tyator, in q sisterly way thus talks 10.
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The Farmers daughters are soon 10 be
the life as well as pride of the country /;
q glorious race OF women which no other
land can show i seek not 10 fatter-
them; for before. they can become this,
they Will have to make earnest etfos,s OF
one or two kinds. There are, some who.
ldepreeiate their condition, and some who.
have q false pride in it, because they de,
Imand more consideration than they merit.
a want Of intelligence upon all Subjects
Tof the day. and Of refined education, is
no more ina country than in a town bred
| girl, lin this age Of books and newspapers.
Many girls are discouraged because
they cannot be sent away from home to
boarding schools; but men Of superior
minds and knowledge of the world, would
rather have for wives, women well and
properly educated at home. And this
education can be had wherever thedesire
is not wanting. : A taste for reading does
wonders, and an earnest thirst after know.
ledge is almost certain to. attain a sweet
draught of the "pierian spring" There
is farmers daughter in this very room
in which l am writing, beautiful, rein.
ed, and intelligent woman. in whose girl
hood books were not SO plentiful as nowe
and who gained her fine education under
circumstances which would have discour.
aged any one but one who had as true
love of study. al es &giFs ao
win state Why think the country
girls are yet to prove the hope Of the
country. The women Of towns and cities
are becoming so universally unhealthy,
and SO almost universally extravagant,
foolish and fashionable, that men are al.
most in despair of obtaining wives who
are not inyalids, and providing them with
what they demand after they have mar.
ried them. Unless the young manlhas the
fortune (good or bad) to be the inheritor
OF wealth, he must spend the best bloom
of his youth to acquire enough " to start
upon" as people are expected TO begin
nowadays. Men even in high places
would go to the country for their choice
if they met their equal refinement and
intelligence. Women are preparing to
take noble stand in history, and they
cannot do it in ignorance.
Town girls have the advantage OF more
highly polished manners and greater ac-
complishments; but country girls have in.
hnitely more to recommend them as rivals
oftheir fair sisters. They have more truth,
household knowledge and economy,
health. and consequently beauty, sinpIi.
city, affection and freshness of impulse
and thought. When they have cultivated
minds there are more chances in their ia,
yor for good sense and real ability, be.
cause so much is not demanded by the
the friyiolities of society. The added lus.
tre Of foreign accomplishments could ca.
silly be caught by such mind from We,
ry little contact with such music.
would not speak as though our far.
mers' daughters were deficient in educa-
tiun. Many brilliant scholars and talent.
ed women may be found among them !;
in New England this is especially SO but
I would seek to awaken the ambition of
all to become that admired and favored
class which they ought to be. if they will
but unite refined culture with their most
excellent graces.
Asweet country house, with roses and
honeysuckles trained to climb over il; {;
with good taste, beauty and intelligence.
and leisure 10 court acquaintance with
books and flowers. and the loveliness of
nature. with peace, plenty. and love, is
surely one Of the paradises which heaven
has left for the attainment of man.
ovEsE1Oss FOR wIyE.-Do you re,