The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-03-16
by REQUEST.
COUNTRY GIRLS.

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Meta Victoria Fuller in tt - Ohio Guilt
vator, in sfsterly way, thus talks to coun-
try girls:
The farmers daughters are soon to be
the life, as we'll as the pride of the country;
a glorious race of women. which ne other
land can show. l seek not to flatter them,
for before they can become this. they will
have to make earnest efforts of one or two
kinds. There are some who dePreciate
their condition; and some who have false
pride in it, because these demand more con-
sideration than they merit. A want of
intelligence upon all the subjects of the
! day. and of a refined education, is no more
excusable in country. than town-bred
girl in these days of many books and news
papers.
Many giIls are discouraged because
.hey 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 pro-
pery educated at home. And this educa-
ton can be had wherever the desire is not
wanting. A taste forreading does wonders.
There is farmers daughter" in this
room in which / am writing, a beautiful.
refined. and intellectual woman in whose
| girlhood books were not so plentiful as they
are now, and whe obtained her fine educa-
ton under difficulties which would have
discouraged any but one who had as true a
love for study.
Twill state why think the country girls
are yet to prove the hope of this country.
| The women in towns and cities are becom-
ing so universally unhealthy and So almost
universally extravagent. foolish, and fash
ionable, that men are almost in despair of
! getting wives who are not iRvalids, and of
providing them with what they demand
after they have married them. Unless a
| young man has the fortune (good or bad)
to be the inhertar Of wealth. he must spend
the best bloom of youth in acquiring enough
Ito start upon" as people are expected to
| begin now days. Men, even in high
places. would go to the country for their
choice, if they met there equal refinement
and intelligence. Women are preparing to
take a noble stand in history, and they
cannot do it in ignorance.
T"wn girls have the advantages of more
highly polished manners and greater &C.
comrlishments but country girls have i'll
fnitely more to recommend them as rivals
of their fair city sisters. They have more
truth, household knowledge and economy.
health (and. consequently, beauty, sim
pliclty, affection. and freshness of impulse
and thought. When they have cultivated
! minds, they have more chances i'll their
favor for good sense and real ability, be-
cause so much is not demanded by the friv-
~ities of society. The added lustre of
| foreign accomplishments could easily be
caught by such mind, from a very little
contact with the world.
would not speak though our farmers
| daughters were deficient in education.
Many brilliant scholars and talented women
Inuy be found among them in New Eng
land this is especially so but 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.
A sweet Country home, with roses and
honeysuckles trained to climb over it with
good taste, intelligence, and beauty, within;
toll enough to insure health. and leisure
enough to court acquaintance with books
and flowers, and the loveiness of nature ;
! with peace, plenty, and love is surely one
of the paradises which heaven has left for
the attainment of man.