The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-08-25
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W. 'eN' ~ ~'''
next, First we will allow the genlleme
to talk, and herewith introducc"Oscnr,
who comes out like q man und tells hi
wants
Nm. EpIroR:
soc in a stay number Of tho Homo
Journal that you have rendered n column
of that valuable paper TO the use o
Young ladies', gentlemen, widowers, anc
old bachelors. Well, as come undc,
some Of those latter heads, | shall ovnj
myself OF tho opportunity offered, to SCI
vi can get me q wife, and ! have buI
lillc doubt Of getting one, for am mol
hard TO please. In the fist place want
one that is perfectly acquainted wI'h
household and domestic affairs, and has
industry enough 20 work-not work her
self, but to have ii done and done we'll.
so she has a tolGrab1o education, It will
do. Il don't care abonl her being too
smart.) Nov, isn't Ste prctty?' is the
remark that | want 10 hear made WHEREBY
or sho goes. She may dip snuff If she
wants to, bat must not smoke, have lap
dogs, nor wax dolls, for want an IndI'
yiJuaI heart. One that can sing well,
nnl above all, n that will sew buttons
on my s,'F'' "nvc d Pn'0''.y '"' wv
"'"I'' ''"'1 " ,Iaan.; una or yo,,
humble servant. The girls about home
saw ,tat am good looking. have jet
black haIf, hazel eyes, a modest nous
'acEc, anu S"'''c' ~ ,
H"Vpt" ' D. ,nl, an, Lnuso
corncn,cr. have a hone Of one dpy
living an easy life. If any Of the lady
readers oil the Home journal WIZ answer
NY "cS.'''"o' %'.Ir' %'' IN
r non,o ooJ ,,oat ,mco o;II s9onl
bu my ambrotync and other particulars.
Yours, OscAn.
Now ladies', here's a chance. Oscar
talks like a man, and as he is a house
caro,atar, can, doubtless, make a good
living. And he certainly would be more
lenienl towards his wife than we should
be il wc had one. flo would allow hcl
to din snuff Great goodness! Blu,
he is right nbou, wanting her to under.
stand household and domestic du,ics.-
Deliver us from INV woman who don't.
Were we rich as Crmsns, we should
w,r, ou, w;r, N know Louc In Jo work
ol,bouoh unnecessary and unnskr1. w,
should want one whose mo,hcrhad lean
cd her to iron clo,bcs. to sweep. 10 sew
to wash dishes. bake bread, skim milk
&,. Ear MI of ,hcsc du,ies are liyhl An
would burt nd Girl LIVING. bu, be an ad
von,ape TO her in other respects tina
health. And oslooc "a spch girls canno
hc (ornd we Jo hon, from tho ho,,om ,
m, hsor, ,b,, fine lie, NJ LocLcIorq vii
increase each wear, for thew are c~crtainl
ho,,or oT !, Thai, ccIibocv Than the,
would be i Unmarried to some girls we hap
pcn 10 know. The fac. is, girls nova
Jovs, many Of them, arc too much given
n ,be ,eodtno Of novels. p,aying on tho
oi,no, 0~i,inr. &c.. TO mike good wives
And their matchmaking mamas certainI,
miss tho mark when they expect ,ucl
nimsy, gcw.gaw ACCOMPLISHMENTS to wiz
sensible men. Let them learn habits o
industry TO their dangh,crs and thos
do,ch,n,s ,cLrowlcl,c w;,h n,ilc ,bo
.hom.-L .., e.. t..
""'' -" WIN '"'- ''' "''' w. y ~
married l''' Will be "oPP'cr' an" 'hcr'
will be fewer bachelors, and less djSsjp0'
ton thronghou, the land. The women
,ho ocomnon;, ,ho ,;I,,;m fathers du.
I ~.
mug ."0 "'S' MS
ana the ho0Ie ma hefo'c women OF the
Revolution are Ii! models tor those Of
the present day ouc'l women as Mary
and Martha " ashIngton, Mercy Warren,
Lucy Knox, and many others need no
o,bor culorv than n faithful record of
h":..T.eL nh;.L - oaI.., Lamn
'nc'' "'''o'' W ""''" " '"'''' '"'''' W
oil Americans we refer TO them with
emotions but little less than odoralion,-
Oscar ;s riob, obou, wanting n woman
49,, ,lE,..
WIN o""''9"''' "'o''"''' ""'''
Ne1t we give a letter from IhIl0mnth,
who seems not only lover Of leorning,
ne III. name indicates. but also n lover Of
women. W. know Philomoth we'll, ant
Lnov linn f., he n sober. sn,ort. inJnstri
ons, and clover fellow, and whenever he
mofries. he has promised to LET u, be his
waiter. We recommend him. unhesira.
,~ingly, as a number one chance for the
women, and that he is anxious to mary,