The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-11-04

bands of these frail "lilies of the field,
who toll not, neither do they spin
but TO the daughters themselves.
Look at them--lOok at yourselves,
young ladies where is the round,
plump, solid arm and cheek of your
grandmother, at your age2 Where is
her power Of endurance, her exuberant
spirit, depressed by no circumstances;
her energy and self-rolianCo, equal 70
every emergency--and where, ia the
future, are you 10 obtain strength TO
pass unscathed through the perils Of
maternity, as she did2
Look around you at the young wives
and mothers, what pitiable specimens
Of feminine humanity, what disCOur-
aged and disheartened objects Of com.
miseration; what traces of pain and
illness are written upon their shrunken
visnges before the ffth anniversary of
the honeymoon.
Look at the unhappy oountenanoes
of half the young husbands you meet
Do they not speak Of pleasing antici.
patiOns, followed by unpleasant reali-
ties2 How many a husband, who, in
his bachelor days, fondly dreamed of
blithe, cheerful, neat housewife, whose
lark k-like song should testify each morn
ing that household duties were we'll
spring of pleasure, has found, by sad
experience, the difference between ro-
nance and reality. And how many a
young man Of manageable age and
fne prospects, seeing the rude dispol-
ing of former companions dreams of
domestic enjoyment takes warning,
and holds himself steTnly aloof from
all matrimonial entanglements. I as
sure you, ladies', know many a young
man, considered by calculating mammas
and eligible daughters as decidedly a
good match, who, in confidential con-
versation, does not hesitate to say that
he does not dare to get married.
"Why," said young man Of wealth
and position to me, but last week, "when
| marry / want a home; and I have
been looking for the last five years for
a wife, calculated by nature and educa-
ton to make home for me, and true
mother for my children, but in vain, so
far. Is not health needed? But how
can the frail louuger and dawdler, to
whom the midnight glare of the chan
delier is far more familiar than the
morning sun, have health for herself,
or to bequeath to her children2 Is not
a cheerful disposition needed? But
how can this bo acquired or kept by
those whose lives are but one constant
round of selfish frivolity? How can
one gain habits of care and applica.
ton, without having even the care of
her own room? How can one super.
intend the details of housekeeping, sc
as to minister to the comfoct of the
household, to whom every item of that
housekeeping is not only unknown, but
positively 'hateful'2 No, I tell you
Fred, although I may be able to sup
port an animated parlor ornament, ye
my taste does not run that way; and
so I choose to remain a bachelor, uu.
til I find an intelligent girl, with do
mestic accomplishments"
Is not this a common sense conclu
sion, ladies? Whether it is or not
many of the most desirable younl
men for husbands are thus resolved
and more are coming to think so.
MoRAL.--YOung lady, if you wisl
your mothers life prolonged, help hei
about the house. If you wish healtl
and lasting beauty, do housework. II
you wish a good husband, and wish t
make him happy don't "hato house
work -