The Feliciana Democrat., 1859-04-16
From LIFE Illustrated
MATINEE FOR YOUNG MOTHERS.

LABOR LAW OF NATURE.
An anteduvan friend wants to know what
| mean by husbands and wives working togeth
cr? She had thought great deal on the sub
iect, but for her part she didn't see the use Of
n girl getting married if she'd got TO work
That she was sure that if her daughters lived
to arrive at that important state of matrimony,
she didn't intend to have them marry any
young men who couldn't take care Of them
Not she! Another said, that she hoped
wouldn't promugute that idea for there were
enough lazy husbands now, who were glad to
have their wives take boarders take in sew
ing, and almost work themselves TO death, so
that they might lead an indolent life.
replied My friend, far be it from me to
add one feather to the weight in the scale
where woman's life-hnppiness is retarded; but
there are general trnths that apply equally TO
both nun and woman when we consider them
in the aggregate as human being. There is
one great law stamped throughout the universe
in ndelble characters, comprehended under
the term labor.
1t is declared that by the Sweat of his
brow" man shall eat his bread. This heavy
command rests upon him wheresocvcr he goes
Man, as living being, is nocestated to eat
or starve The one grand idea from his birth
then shouM be to fit him TO supply these nsa
tiate demands God made the world and saw
"that it was good.' He then created man c
enjoy and possess it When mans necessities
press upon him sorey he aronses his energies
and develops faculties that have lain dormant
There are many who look forward to a life o
ease life of happiness, but if there can he one
rcdeeming trait in prison life, it is that thu
doomed are obliged to drown thought by hare
labor. No sleep is as sweet aud refreshing a'
that which comes from the weariness Of toll
The daily laborcr swings the heavy axe, han
dies the blacksmth's hammer, laughs at dys
peptia, and enjoys n reposc at night that man,
an indolent man mi ght well covet. We would
that the twain.hrothcrs of death" might al
ways rest on the weary eyc.lds of the son
and daughters Of care and trouble, and bring
peaceful slumbers to their souls
One need not he versed in the nomneclatur
OF science to perceive that human organism
vary; that the races ofmen have idiosyncraSie
peculiar to the climate that gave them birth
The Mongoian would not be willing to change
places with the Circassan; the Frenchmal
would never lay aside his characteristics O
birth and become an EnglShman. The Anne
rican certainly would not overst.p the honnd
that make him native of the land of Was
isas iH,tee teet, tbteotno III, Arabian or Chinese
There are natural differences that time o
change of locality may modify, but can nevc
entirely oblterate. Then if this nationalit
suits people, why can there not be handicraft
or versatility of occupation sufficient to satisf
every descendant of Adam? Occupation shou
be controlled by the law of fitness. Man
strive to attain what they have no natural pre-
dilections for doing Ifevery one followed th'
business for which he is best adapted, he nigh
become master in his calling Success vii
always attend concentrated efforts, provided
there he a natural fitness for the work.
A minister who abors because his family
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