The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1858-11-25

Exactest work Of heaven He i'll deserves
Or love- or pity friendless let him see
Uneasy, tedious days, dcspsed, forlorn,s
As stain Of human race but may the man
Thatche5rfully recounfs the females' praise
* Find equal love, and loves untanted sweets
Enjoy With honor.
We are farfrom supposing with the poet, that
woman's position upon the farm, as described last
month, is owing to any special depraylty deFel-
sopet1 byrurallife Factswarfant the belief, that
the tone of moralsis higher in the. country han
In the city. It is as much the result OF lnatten-
tion and Ignorance as of any rural cause, and
woman is oftentinles as culpable as man for her
position It can hardly be expected that the
Young husband, afterthes romance OF conrtshlp
and the honeymoon is over, will be more thought
full other welfare than she is herself; or that he
will assign her place in the household that she
has no conception Of and that she is not prepared
to FILL
In anew country, like our own, where the great
majority are intent upon the struggle to live, it
is not strange, that many grave errors are COM
-mifted Woman is oftentimes as much concerned
in this struggle as her husband, and is quite as
ambitious Of bearing her full share in the burden
of achieving pecuniary independence. In the
great majority of cases, the young farmer and his
wife begin life poor. They have not capital
enough to purchase and stock the land they
cultivate They must incur debt for q part of
both these objects, and the farm is mortgaged to
give security to the capitalist who accommodates
them. The most they can hope for, with the
blessing of Providence, is, to raise this mortgage
by the time they reach middle age They have
stout hands and strong hearts, and witha pros
pect of enjoying competence at no distant day,
they are willing to work.
The young wife and mother knows, that sue
cess in life depends quite as much upon her good
management in the house, as upon her husbands
on the farm. She is willing to assume great
responsibilities to oVertask her powers for the
attainment of the common object-a home free
from debt This Willingness to peril health and
life, social cultivation and enjoyment for wealth.
is common to all pursuits in our country We do
notregard it, then, as any indication of want of
affection on the part of the farmer, that the wife
and mother in his home is oyertasked with the
drudgery of procuring living; that her energies
go more for the development of muscle than to
the cultivation of the higher graces that adorn
the female character. If she is too much mere
servant, so is he If she uses her mind too little
in the great work of life, so does he They both
have imperfect views of economy and need
stronger faith in their capacity to direct labor
and make itpay
This, we imagine, is to be the beginning of the
improvement of woman'S condition upon the
farm. She must understand her position in the
family, and define the limits of her own peculiar
work. One woman can not do everything that
needs to be done in the household Beside the
ordinary duties of housekeeping, the farmers
wife, oftentimes, has superadded the dairy which
is legitimately a part of farm business and ought
to be made to pay for its own labor 1t WILL if
properly managed, and the woman who has upon
her mind the cares Of growing family should
be relieved from this drudgery, as much as from
the labors of the hay feld-at least, in great
majority of cases. If 1T is economy to have all
the help that is needed in the field, it will pay
quite as well to have help in the milk and in the
cheese rooms No course, in the end, is found to
be SO expensive as the everlasting of the physical
powers. Whatever needs to be done in the
house or the field will pay for all the labor re-
quired to accomplish it, Labor bills never impair
a mans fortune SO seriously as doctors bills
AS upon the farm, so in the house, every adj
vantage should be taken of labor-saving expe-
dients. These are already numerous, and con-
stantly multiplying The corn-sheller, in brief
time, will do up the work which once required a
whole week of Winter evenings. The thresher
accomplishes in day, the labor Of weeks. The
mower and reaper is equal to a half dozen men
in the field, in the busiest season of the year
The husbandman who attempts to do without
these improved implements, will find himself
distanced by his neighbors They will grow
their crops cheaper than he can and crowd him
out of the market
In the single invention of the sewing machine,
mechanical skill has probably done as much for
the relief of household toll as it has done for the
labors of the field, in all It's inventions combined
The drudgery ofthe needle is painfully felt, for
comes after other exhausting tolls, and is al
ways present tofll up any moment that might
otherwise be taken for the recreation of body or
mlnd. me sewing in family is always a great
burden, and presses its thousands into the grave,
every year. The want has long been felt, and
has occupied the inventive ceuius of the country
for score of years. The amount of inventive
talent concentrated upon this object NAV be
judged of by the fact, that some two hundred
for sewing machines have been issued within the
last few years. Some of them ful6n all thew
promise, do the work of twenty sewing GIRLS and
cost nothing for board and clothing They never
tell tales out of the family, are always modest and
well-behayed. and bear any amount of hard
work without breaking down Such. an institu-
ton is a godsend in any family, and without
doubt, is destined to do great work forthe, ele
Walton of woman upon the farm, as elsewhere. ~
1t would Immediately relieve one of her greatest
burdens, and give her opportunities for that re-
creation and social cultivation, which, alas to
multitudes never come This friend in need is
now within reach of almost every thriving farmer
IN the community, and while he is ayailing him.
sell OF every thing that saves labor in the field,
he should tenderly consider the wants of his help
meet In the house. "A small expenditure here
will give her fresher health more cheerful spirits
brighter children, a happier home, and longer