The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-04-15
mCor,nirY Girls.

Most young ladies (and young gentlemen, ,too)
think that the expression Country Cir" i'm
plies something not altogether creditable, and
generally associate itwith coarse IDEAS and vul-
gar manners, bile on the contrary,a City Girl 7
is a term TO be proud of; aud The phrase carries
with il ideas of elegance, beauty aud refinement
And country girls are not among the least SEN
sitvo on this subject. Their modesty "a charm
ing qualification, too often overlooked by the
city girl) leads them to dlstrust their own abil-
iies,a quietly and noiseessly,us the bud ushers
into being the full blown rose do they distrib
ute their gifts of thought and pearls of affection.
Biography, experience, and observation, alike
teach us that the leading talent Of the world
in both branches Of the human family takes its
rise among those who toil--mainly among those
known US country folks But We will confne
our remarks strictly TO females Prominent
among them in our own time and country, stands
Mrs, Gsge, a native of our own State, who was
" country girl " in the fullest sense OF the term;
and she rightly Tributes her present remarkable
physical and mental power in great measure
to the fact that her earlier days were spent in
the open air, aiding her father in his farm abors,
Mrs. Bloomer, who has worldwide reputation,
and whose talents, are vastly superior TO those
of ieering men who have delighted In tradu-
cling her character, because she sought to in
troduce fashion that would take precedence
over one which had ruined her own and the
health of thousands of her sex, was a
g country girl" Mrs, Vaughn, whose literary pro-
ductions are eagerly sought after by the publish
ers Of popular papers and magazines, was a
country girl Lucy Stone, whose eloquence,
and strong reasoning faculties have been admired
by the millions whom she has addressed was a
g" country girl" And thus we might go on With
cur enumeratlons, until the category OF female
celebrities was almost exhausted and all would be
found to have picked the feathers on which they
reposed We have been led to these reflections
by the following sentence which is contained in
a note accompanying the g Lines on the death
of Little Sister, which we publish on our frs
i page ssu.i . r3sa1ur rr
+" But what could you expect from coutry
girl, with limited education, whose hands are
more intimate with the dis'-coth and duster,
than the pen whose mind is more occupied
with house cleaning and geese picking than
with thoughts of the beautiful and who has
more time for darning stockings and mending
elbows, than she has for noting down the loltier
thoughts that do float through her Imagination? 2
"AIleen " has fallen into the common error
and evidently thinks country girls have poo
|. opportunities for Intellectual advancement. Il
is not true. They have time to think, and after
S all, that is the essential element in all intellect
: ual Improvement We have no doubt tina
. Alleen" thinks much, otherwise she could no
have such control over her thoughts, and he
i composition, instead of being smooth and beau
ttul as it now is, would be coarse, rough, ant
5 unscemly. Reading is good when stored ava.
II in The mind by reflection, but without this it i
J. of little benefit and the lrivolities which consi
/, tute the principal characteristics of genuin
d city girls" leave their possessors soon to b
it forgotten, along with their. useless and de ceit
full ornaments.