The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-03-02
~ JEREMY LOUD.

- JEhEE1 I'cCb.
God bless them. is cur most tistHral
exclamation. The fresh, rosy. fair COM
plexioned creatures, wearing their souls
in their eyes and their hearts in their
hands, robust and bouncing, vigorous
and hearty, full Of activity. and life. and
health, and real bcanty.-lon can stop to
call them "coarse," and all that, but the
charge is more than half conventional
There is one thing about them we like:
they are simple. and tinlid. and natural.
Better q thousand times for the hope
of the world that the mothers OF unborn
generations be too awkward than too III
tirn, affected. sentimental and dowding.
The boys and girls who have not yet
opened their bright eyes to the day. will
live to thank the country girls Of this
generation for their blessed inheritance
of physical health and activity. The
giant projects of the coming years viii
owe their final success to the stout con-
stitutions and the high spirits that the
lnailens of or LAY are capable of hand
ing down to them at ther their birth.
You can find them back from the
towns and cities now; on solitary cross
roads; in loH;-roofe,l houses, mile away
from one another; On sreat E,rns, sllper-
vising the dairy, tb2 poultry, Or the
kitchen department; girls not exactly
put out to a term Of hard service. nor yet
kept in for similar purpose; bat quietly
and happily attending to domestic duties
in a domestic way; contentcd, because
contcntmont brings bliss; trustful with
their affections; inclipcd 70 look at the
bright side Of things, fUN Of singing from
morning to night; with red cheeks both
in summer and IN winter; attracted with
feeling Of devotion to home and all its
endearing associations and Just the
brightest beauties, ali considered, that IL
Illuminate the pathway Of parents and the
ncighborhoo,l Such are our farmers
daughters, The best specimens Of them.-
They are not all after this picture; but
then, the exceptions are te%, Those
that we have studied. as you can find
them all along through our Northern
States, AMI in New Ensland especially,
are the mol,l5 Of their sex. To lie sure,
they ere & tgiiie Ton tiuid; they may noa
yet feel exactly at their case in all sorts
Of society; nor may they be illy aware
Of the ,leciClei! iaduty-ioY nature alone
offers the enviable onIowmcnt-that
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'ioi5s' " are I,t''' '.} E1"D. too II - So
Jus. let Us can y ~ az ti'S NICE oIa iarm-
'!o"Se 'IA' . i'est'e'' ilGIo "i'y.o' nc ii'iI-
s'0o' al" Soe 10" '4 4, tlu 'a''' 9'FS 1--WE
--N"''' '''"s '"'" ,,.....a--"4at ,4ey BUSY
themselves about--and CHAT a moment
with them On matters in which their
sulIeiess hearts Ieei The deepest interest,
There, for example, are three lively
youns creatures unoer the same root.
Tie farmer himself welcomes You warm
W. and then with a knoo%"r...nirs ned tell:
YOU that the woman Oh the other side Of
the table. with Ion. checked apron on.
is his wife. Aud a farmers wife is $ me.
bodv that ro lo,ae IN the country knows
how to do without; Then in come. first
Jane next Lucv.arti lastly Be.sev. Tacy
adhere to the oll3 ola names, yo1 see.
The Girls dyon $ very ,imi,l courtesy. fall
to fussinc over their Wristbands or col
lars, and run about the room in quest Of
something to do that shall make the yisj-
tor more Comfortable. even when he is
we'll enough already.