The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-03-20
Timothy Titcomb,s Lotters 10 Young
Women,
NullufR TuRrE

lt Is matter Of special importance 10 YOU
. that You comprehend and thoroughly appre-
e'ato the difference between ACCOMPLISHMENTS
. and scientific and literary acquisitions, A
, woman may have many acquisitions, and mo-
accomplishments, In the usual meaning Of that
word, and rice rc,sa, A. the life Of woman
goes iu this country, these acquisition, per
form their most important Office IN the proc
ess by which they are achieved that h the
great work which they do for woman Is that
Of training and disoiplning her mind. Many
a woman thoroughly learned Algebra ~
Achnol, with decided advantage to hcrsclf.
who never makes q practical use Of Algebra
She may have been q good Latin or Greek
scholar but, having no important use for her
acquisition in practical life, she suffers her
knowledge of those languages 20 fade out
In short there are very few Of hertext-books
which In five years after leaving school she
would not be- obliged to review with the se-
ycrcst study before she could ro-ncqulre the
credit she won in her last examination. A
woman may have pet acquisition which she
. Transforms, by her manner Of treatment, into
an accomplishment Botany Is thus trans
formed not unirequenlly into very graceful
thing.
An accomplishment differs from o science,
i ar system Of truth Of any kind, acquired
irhulug the process OF education IN that il
n9cds to be permanent aud so Gr rs possible
perfect TO be Of any use 10 the individual or
to society Music, drawing, conversation,
composition, the French language, dancing
all these in America are regarded as accom-
plishmentsi yet Of d0y women who acquire
either Of them, or all Of them not more than
two retain them.
Miss Gcorgiano Aurolia Atkins Green was
an intimate friend Of mine, or, rather, per
haps ! should say, her mothers brother board.
ed my horse and | bought my meat Of her
father 1t was the determination of Mrs.
Green that her daughter should be finished
lady. During the finishing process saw but
little OF her It occupied three years, and
was performed at fashionable boarding
school, between the ages of fifteen and cigh-
teen, regardless Of expense NAcn ,hc was
finished of, She was brought home in triumph,
and exhibited on various occisious to crowds
Of admirng friends | went one evening To-
see her, She was really very pretty, aud
took up her role with sltSit, and acted it ad
mi@bly. saw portfolio lying upon her
piano, and knowing that Was expected TO
'r-zc upuf, u nj oticr, did su, uguiust Niiys
Green's protcstaiions, which she WAS expected
to make, of course. found in il various
pencil drawings, q crayon head Of the infant
Samuel mud , tprrfII, sL,v,,r.,L "a; T,,,t; ;.,I,
The sketches were not without merit These
were all looked over, aud praised, Of course
Then came the music This was some years
t;f;4;;
ed u Dolce CoBceHto with the variations, aud
The Battle Prague, the latter OF which the
mother explained TO me during its progress
The pieces were clcycrly executed, aud then
undertook to talk with the Young woman. !
gathered from her conversation rhdt Mrs
Martinez, the principal Of the school where
she had been finished, was lady OF" so much
style :" that Miss Kit,leton Of New York was
the dearest girl in lhs -AGhoal aud that she
(Gcorgiana) and the said Kittleton were such
tr1ir7ryii5 t71t trry Ttv-yy JTCvyrd UtrKCj and I
that Miss Kttlcton's brother Fred was amag
niiccnt fellow The last was said with blush,
from the cmbarrussncnts of which, she cs- i
capped gracefully by stating tb4AR old Kit
tlcton was a banker. and rolled in money.
1t was easy to sec that tlS parents of this {
dear girl admired her profouA Adly. | piticd 4
her and them, and dctcrminAl l. as a matter ,
Of duty, that Iwoud show her jHst how much c
her accomplishments were worth. | accord !
iugly asked Of my wifc the favor to invite the !
'rfru- tutrutv TO tru, ruIrt WY frey UtE-
came. on the appointed evening. and after tea 5
was over, | expressed my delight that there
was ono young lady in our neighborhood who =,
,ould do something to elevate the tone of our
society I then drew out, in a careless way, 7
1 letter had just received from French
nan, and asked of Gcorgiana the favor to l.
cad it to me. She took the letter, bushed, =.
vent half through the first line CORRECTLY, -
hen broke down on n simple word and con- 4
Csscd that she could not rcadi il. II was n a
title cruel but l wished to do her good, aud I
proceeded with my experiment took up n ! |,
,iecc of music, and asked her if she had seen :,
t. She had not. | told her there was a pleas ~
'ro in store for both OF us. l had heard the p,
ong once, and would try to sing it if she II
would play the accompaniment. She declar- q
ID she could not do it without practice but 8,
told her she was too modest by half SO
ragged her, protesting, to the piano. She II
new she should break down. knew she -,
fould, and she did. Well, would not let nj
er rise, for Mr. and Mrs. Green we're fond a,
f the old-fashioned church music, and had -,
cen singers in their day, and in their way .,
selected an old tune, and called them to the n,
iano t. assist. Miss Green gave us the key, n,
nd we started off in fine style II was race =,