St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-07-29

DO you in reality think that delicate
being could endure the fatigue O
cooking a dinncr?"
A far more healthy and salutar>
exercise than reading trashy boz Ks
that awakens, that calls forth all til,
SymPathcs and scnSibiIitics Of ;
wasted mind for the false and untrue
while the real and every day want:
OF life arc scIlishly set aside. Youl
daughters answer to Willie was ;
sad specimen of this"
" But she is SO delicate and nervous,
| do not like to have her feelings dis,
turbcd it almost always makes her
III. She cannot endure anything"
And what, Mrs. Ashland makes
her the uervcIcss and useless thing
that she is y And uncle John spoke
with calm severity. Yourself, mad
am. She has been favorit. child.
and you have spoiled her; and never,
never ROW will her weakened and i'm
hcclIc mind attain that true formation
and that innate strength, we'll rcgula-
ted and rightly directed, that was
originally its portion, it's birth-right
inheritance, unless some mighty
change takes place, some deep atflc-
tlon to wake, as from the dead. the
native energies slumhrring there, will
she, like the prodigal son, return.
Only III that is there any hope for hen" "
Mrs. Ashland's face was crimson.
But she answered as calmly as her
excited feelings would allow her. She
did not care to offend uncle John.
>ho knew that they were dependent
0p'n linn for many favors, and often
even for pccuniary assistance.
My daughter, trust, sir, will not
"ccd your advice upon this subject.
Her education, which is highly supc-
r!or, has been finished in this home"
" Highly superficial, madam. would
he more like the TRUTH" And there
was a lurking scorn in his words.
And then be resumed, with the stern
seriousness SO characteristic Of him.
' She has been taught some few of
the snowy and ilimsy accomplishments
Of the day, such as may be attracting
in a ballroom assembly, such as win
the admiration Of the exquisite. such
rs might captivatc the lover. such rs
might find favor with the fashionable.
That is all"
"Ny daughter, sir" quickly an
swcrcd Mrs. Ashland, has had an
education that few can boast of. And
yet no. 50 thoronghly, scientific, per
physical powers been stronger, had
her constitution been less delicate.
She cannot endure what Eva can"
And what, may | ask" was CON
tinucd solcmnly, has made her the
weak and imbccile being that she is ?
She has been your idol Her life has
been one Of selfinlulgencc. Your
own blind partiality could not bear
that she should ever be crossed or
thwartcd in one single thing, or feel
one momrnt's uneasincSs. She must
have her own will and way. Her life
has been all Of romance and self
indulgence. And an undue sclf-indul-
ccnce, of whatever nature, when long
continued in and yielded to, wholly
units the mind for sylf-cXcrtion, that
sclf:cxcrtion and sclf-reiancc that will
render it strong, hardy and vigorous
and not the weak, puny and sickiy
thing that this insidious and excessive
excitement renders it.
"Yicturinc has yielded herself TO
this intoXication, and now she is
wrctchcd and irritable unless sur
rounded by company, or has some
witchnig work to call forth her sym
pathics and scnsibiitics on which to
expCnd them but not for objects Of
charity, for real suffering, fOr life rs it
is
Oh. no, sir" the lady answered,
and still with an offended air, "Nicto-
rinc is so very, very aifcctionate.
She always kisses me when going
away for any length of time, and
when returning Eva, your favoritc,
though learned in all the arts and
sciences, never does this. She has
not half as much depth of feeling and
tenderness of heart, after all, as Nicto-
riuc."
Eva's feelings are better disci-
plincd, better controlled. Her af.
tections are awakened for reality, not
romance. Hers is a sclfncrving
spirit. She has learned to discrimi-
nate between the false and the true
She is all artless, and innocent, and
pure. She is not affcctation, form and
ceremony. Oh, how early can the
mind be biased and bent, how early
/ il can be made wreck of, with its
strength and vitality forever destroy
ed. The feelings Of Eva are deep and
/ hidden. Those Of Eictorine are Who'll
/ ly upon the surface. Her scnsibilitics
and sympathics are called forth fol
! the imaginary. have seen her weep
over the high wrought ideas OF the
painter and the poet ; but the suffer
ing that is all around she hecds it not
| am speaking plainly, Mrs. Ashland
and would ask Your pardon for thus
doing, but it is all in kindness. 4
mothers blind partiality for her child
rem renders her disregardful of very
many defects that ought to be timely
corrected. And you was speaking OF
Nictorincs manifest affection for your
self; and yet, how much of it is mock
cry. is romantic foible. Two years
ago, Mrs. Ashland, you were i'll fol
some weeks of a fever And who
cared for you, who ministered to you
who watched by your bedside then:
Which of your daughters exhibited
the most true affection, manifested
the most love for you then? Two
years ago and Eva was but child
And vet, hour after hour she watched
by your bedside. For long weeks
she was there a ministering angel
She was there anticipating your ever,
want and wish, and thus revealing t.