Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-05-23

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WOMEN AND AGRICULTURE.
BT. L. vIRsIsIA FREScH.
You don't see the sense Of that 2" Per-
haps you think | ought to have said " women
| psTsas agriculture" Well, but / choose to
have /. my own way, for this once, and so letit
| stand ss It is, the two words connected con-
junctively and in perfect harmony with each
other, as shall endeavor to shes you that the
subjects are capable Of being also, and before /
/ have Z" said my say" trust that you will be
able to " see the senssD Of It. You may have
| it ladies versus agriculture, !" IL you will, but
| am talking about that nobler, purer, stronger
and more perfect type OF feminity-ioOmGa.
A young and beautiful Northern friend lately
meHtionsd to me as a somewhat singular ca
price, that she had " subscribed for an sgrieul-
tural journal, devoted entirely to Southern in
/ terests.5 To me It was not a matter OF sur
prise lmerely looked upon Il as another proof
| of my friends intelligence, sound sense aud
eminently practical mind. There are thous-
snds upon thousands Of Southern women who
take from one to six journals devoted entirely
to Northern fnterests-why, then, should not
oar fair Northern sisters 8 reciprocste, to a de-
gree, at least. And as to women devoting
portion Of their time to the agricultural and
family paper" / cannot believe that the mo
nents 80 spent will ever be regarded as lost.
Take the case Of my young friend, for in
stance, whose lines" Of life have fallen In
4" pleasant places,o who is an only daughter,
beautiful, wealthy and finely educated, and who,
it would seem, is, If any one can be, relieved
Of all seeessity OF further /" improvement" But
] am deceived in my present IS iGate Of her
character if she does not find Information, in-
structioa and amusement in the journal which
she mentioned to me, and that Improvement
which Hlast necessarily wait upon them. She
knows not yet whittier her star OF destiny
may lead her-she may one day be called upon
to manage a large household, or to preside over
an extensive domsia-she may, even, (ss mar
riage seems fatality attending young, beauli-
ful and gifted grls) take It into her pretty head
to enter as lady OF the manor" the home
steadD Of some gallant young Southron, thus
devoting her sweet self " entirely to SouthsTn
Interests" "a " planters Northern blidti .
Who knows?
believe that woman " has call,'' to be an
agricolturist. In its pursuit there is scope for
the development Of the nOblest faculties Of her
mind, the purest impulses OF her soul, and the
best qualities Of her heart. In i. she may ac-
quire health Of body, grace OF manner, and
fTeedom Of thought. Il appears equally to her
taste for the practical, and her love of the
beautiful. In it she can be phiianthropst, a
philosopher, and a Poet-in it she is taught
both love to humanity and love to God.
You may never have noticed It, and yet !
think that all will allow it to be true, that
taken on an average, those women who have
entered upon agricultural pursuits have more
beautiful and Well-arranged farms and home
steads, according to their means, than the other
sex. This springs from woman's innate love
of beauty, convenience, and order, hence we
see the orns mented lawn, the neat garden, the
shady ysummer-houss-ths poultry yard, dairy,
Offices, &c, with which, as she can command
the means. she loves to surround herself. In
deed, believe that ali women have an intense
desire towards this beauty and order-theiT
great trouble general y is that they hnd 50 much
d .fhculty IN urging upon the guide man " the
pecesslty Of " brushing Dp the place" Men,
naturally, do not appreciate 90 keenly this
beauf aud order, and the reverse does not 30
deeply offend their tsstes-if it did, we would
see fewer old tumble-doWn houses, fields full Of
dead standing timber, half made fences, bald,
bleak, and brown dOor-yards, and piggen'es di-
rectly in front Of the dwelling.
Woman has royal precedent, (R precedent
be necessarily for her love or agriculture.
The good Josephine" herself the daughter
Of planter, devoted much time to planting,
aud ornsmsntation OF ground at Nevsrre, and
Malmaison; and Victoria Of England is said
10 uptIlNNeuu personally Tue Lh1un IElltllh VI
her Z" model farm" Indeed, the danes Of Eng
land generally make the agricultural inter
est " one Of their own. An American gentle
man, Henry Coleman, who has visited Europe,
for the purpose Of studying its agriculture,
speaks 10 glowing terms Of the interest mani
Tested by all classes Of omen, from the state y
Duchess to the humble cOttsger, in agrieultu-
raj and domestic avocations. He mentions
some energetic women" who undertook the
arnariufauaauea ~ of tarua Auriru
the absence Of their husbands, and others who
exhibited their fine, bl1oded stock at the % Cat
tie Fairs,o and bore of the premiums as grace
fully, (perhaBs more SOL as though they bad
belonged to the harder sex. He says the
ladies y went about at the Fair Grounds, in
specting the implements, and the cattle, with
catalogues in their hands. and showing the
remarkable points Of the animals with as
much skill and ssgleity, as il they had been
experienced " agriculturists." The greatest
painter Of cattle, horses, and farm animals,
now living, Cor perhaps that ever has lived,)
is the beautiful and delicate looking Rosa Bon
hear, French woman The heroic Madame
ROLAND assisted in the improvement of La
Platiere, and when La Fsyette visited that in
comparable woman, Mary, the mother Of
Washington" he found her g with q straw hat
on her head at work in her garden"
But it is not necessary that we should 60
either to the past, or TO foreign lands, for ex-
smples Of noble women who have shown their
love for such vocatiOus and proved themselves
Gsle and successful agriculturists- Tue "Prem
ium" plantation on be ''coast" Of louisiana
from whence is shipped the irst-and from
whence is always expected the finest speci-
mems of Lousiana's ''grest staple, }" sugar, is 4
broad domain, containing thousands Of rich
acres all bought, paid for, managed and culti-
waited by a woman-the convenient mansion
house, beautiful groves and extensive gardens
were all planned, and are all superintended by
the same woman-M'me H. l. Vaughan. II
you run your eye over the premiums awarded
at the Agricultural Fairs of West Tennessee.
you will invariably fad that the one individual
who receives the greater number Of prizes is a
woman-Mrs Geo. L. Holmes. Whose name
is so widely known In connection with the
great Fairs of Central Kentucky, as that Of
| the honored and venerable Ms. Gay 3?
The women Of Tennessee are not the last in
/ the noble pursuits Of agriculture, horticulture,
the fle arts, and domestic manufactures, one
has but TO glance over the reports OF our State
or County Fairs to be convinced. The daugh-
ters and nstrons OF West Tennessee are es-
peciallY noted for their energy taste, and en-
! thusissm 10 this regard. The names Of Holmes,
Bond, Pope, RoYster, Rivers, and lie Master,
1 have all obtaiRed State, and some OF them
transatlantic reputation, while TO us they are
"familiar as household words" This impOr-
/ tant interest has recently met with great loss
/ in the death of Mrs. Eliza Williamson, wife Of
| Gen. B. ". Williamson, Of Somervills. She
was a most lovely woman, active, energetic,
/ and practical, and her name, which was once
/ so prominent, and so welcome to our gaze,
amid the Fair reports, we shall hereafter look
/ for in vain.
But am again trespsssing uPon your pa
/ tience. Jus. allow me to say one woTd' TO the
- Ladies'" (as the gentlemen say at the con-
clusion Of their political speeches y and | will
have done. only want to tell them that be
lieve an acquaintance with agriculture and do
nestle management combined, would be Of ad-
vantage even to them. If they would spend
more time in the garden, the carpet ilst in front
Of the mirror would not be wOrn out 30 soon
II they would use the patent Extract Of HOt
Hdadle instead Of Arsenic, their beauty would
be enhanced, and "pink saucers' 90 dJwn-ii
they would ride out over the farm every morn
ing with General Improvement as a cavalier,
they need suffer no apprehensions from the nov
persistent attentions OF General Debility; i
they would pick vegetables for dianer they
might be persuaded that "eucumbers' doa'
" grow in slices" and finally, if they would bu
eondescend to preside for day or two In the
dairy department, they might be able TO deter
mine for themselves " IDhich iDas the eOU fhd
gdVs the batter milk!''
The Hon WArER.-The Vicksburg Wal
Of the 18th inst. has the following;
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