The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-06-18
TIPToN, CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA, JUNE1s, 1859.

educate their daughters, teaching them
oily to be bur,hens to be borne, and we
have state Of things whSfc significance
i, would be wisc to study.
How arc such young men md women
to enter into marriage relation, with
any reasonable prospect OF ianpyand
pros porous homess In order to succeed,
the frs. lesson is, to unlearn tho whole
experience of the previous life, or at
least to get rid of its results, . thing not
often, or easily done. The idea of two
young persons uniting hearts, hands, and
efforts for the purpose of bnilding up to.
cether homa and fortane, seems to be
discarded by most.
4 home endcared and ccnscncrated by
the memories of early struggles and self
denials for each other and their children,
followed BY devoted success, crowning
u a1lyand v III lnly eifort,a trsining which
puriGcs the heart and lays the foundation
OF firm aud lofty charactcr.a discipline
which created she e.apsa'r a.sa the glory .of
our early American homes. these are be-
coming impossible in our present methods
of life.
Those frugal homes Of our country,
and especislly those which, far from the
city, nestle in the snnny spots Of hill
and plain and valley, where mutual love
makes labor light, and self denial pleas
ant, these are tho spots where children
are trained to habits of industry and
economy go that when able to earn for
themselves, they have already learned
the art of saving, an art far more difficult
than that of obtaining money.
Very many of our successful meu who
are now in middle life, and in prominon.
positions, seldom had in their boyhood as
much as dollar at time in their posses.
sion, or If they had, it was long and care
fully boarded for the purchase OF scmc
useful article.
In such homes they learned industry
aud economy together, and in such school,
our noblcst men aud women have been
trained, they who have been the preserv-
ing salt OF our country.
But now amidst the false life, Of which
we see so much in our cities, when the
Christian rule Of economy is scorned. u
Young san must have fortune earned or
ho;red, or some lucrative business at com
mand, or what hope can he have in the
married relation? An ordinary salary,
probably, will support himself alone how
then shall he add TO this the fashionable
charge Of wife? The idea of help
mate in wife seems faded ont in good
society; she is one to be supported, in
the opinion Of many. Under such cir
cumstances, too, marriage is often delay
ed until, on both sides, the young aTcc,
tions have run to waste, and the freshness
Of the heart is gone.
The course of fashionable life, and the
expense for the qualification Of pride and
vanity tend to divest home Of the holy bap-
tism Of early love, and sink to lower le' cl-
in the idea Of wife Substitutes society
seems disposed to, woman 10 be main
! tanned, for q wife who should be IA helper
/ and supporter; let a hotel take the place
Of houe, with its charmed circle of do.
mostc cares, trials and joys, and add the
modern views Of divorce; and the who.
/ basis IF Christian marriage, home ard
family, are swept away, Gods holiest and
! dearest institution is subvcrtei, aud what
have We left but the idea of womnn
+ KEEP: according to law for time, unit
one or the other tires Of the contract, Oh
! bas discovered some new affinity?
We think that useless expenses arr
among the chief causes Of failure ano
crime with young men, and that fashion
uble extravaganza is subvcrtn4 the very
basis Of American homes - Cincinnati
| Ld.etts.