The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1859-02-16
Written for the north Iowa Times.

Home.
the three most lovely names of our beautiful
| English of these three none sounds upon
human ear more harmoniously, than does home.
This name causes smiles of pleasure to fit
across the visage of him who wanders far from
his native roof, and not unfrequcntly wins the
transgressor from errors ways.
Home is place of rest, wherein its inmates
| may remain. secure from outer intrusion. in the
| society Of those in whom they feel an interest,
and for whom they entertain feelings of respect
and love. Inasmuch as most spend the greater
part of their early life within the influence of
the family circle. the character Of home becomes
indelibly stamped upon the mind, and be home
what it may, it is advertised abroad when its
| inmates speak TO, or move among their fellows
rs they wander to and fro in their worldly
| spheres. How important then that every home
| should he a nursery in which those characteris-
| tics are taught, and those manners practiced,
which render one agreeable to his associates.
and endear him to all who cross his path in life.
| Home is emphatically the place in which aspir-
| ing thought should be INDUCED, and expressed
in language that would not stain an angels
tongue, nor sound harsh upon an angels ear
One has said that the language of home should
| be at once the beauty of youth and the wisdom
of age. To make home truly agreeable, pleas.
ant surroundings are necessary, for say what we
| my, these exercise an influence upon US, be-
yond which we cannot escape.
| Few indeed app Ollr mprican hpuooa Which
exhibit all those attractions which they might
| possess, did their mistresses study more thor
| Oughly the effect of colors and order upon the
| spirits Of the inmates Of home, subjects which
haze given rise to popular essays from able
| pens.
Home is thought by most to be woman q
sphere, the truth of which is apparrant when
we picture home destitute of mother, a
sister or a daughter. Are there many whose
chief aim it is to make home attractive, beneath
whose gaze this simple essay may fall, who can
| say my home is all it can be that there is no
room for improvement in language, thought,
surroundings or manners? Happy indeed are
they who can thus remark, but judging from
homes in general, this number is small
Home should be type of peace and rest. and
the voice OF Duty urges every inmate of the
home circle to make 1t such. In a community
| in which most are actuated by impulse rather
than principle. home should be donbly attrac-
tive in order to keep its inmates within the
scope of its influence, for when its attractions
fail, others are resorted to, the odor of which
falls not unfrequenty arbeneath heaven.
| Few are those who can wander from home
in which no discord is found, to take part in the
midnight debauch, or to seek for happiness in
circles, the direct influence of which is to crush
| the noble part of man. When this view is
| taken of home, a view which we claim 10 be
| oh,
us to endeavor to surround our homes with
| more attractions, to have kind words their
ruling language, and union their password
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