The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-01-08

seed upon ths waters" aud truly did abe
find II shsT many dayE" L wRs Ike The
poisoned UPss-bsry, taking root and spring
Ing liltho deadly tree casts ilS destructive. In
aavnee on those poor wrelehsS who sat bS-
meath ils branehss
And numberle6s eases similar 10 such a.
these eHist, wherg women. without any posl-
lively yieiou, conduct but merely by the vice
Of an ill-eondtionsd nAiure--by want Of
Judgement, resulting from want Of the deli
cate perception arising fron-a delicate Hnd
kindly nature, destroy happinsss nnd produce
woes as completely a. IL their acts we're re-
probated by the world
The wife Of Boydell, for instance, was veil
spoken of society could uut see the innsr
working Of her externally blameiess conduct.
Society ralsed Ia yoies against her husband
blaming his temediy for bis first Ices, tho
loss of money. his want Of selfeotrol and
nalutal weakness for the second, loss Of rsa-
son, The world In rs blind judgement com.
pa',i i.H,G lis Vife and sympythiEOd with Der,
in her unmsritsd poverty.
Before the reverse Of fortune fsll on her.
she had committed the too common error Of
purposrly keeping herself In ignoFsuts Of her
husband. commercial Aaaru.
Il care nothing for these things" shs ssid.
when anxious and distressed he sought TO
eonhde 10 her his doubts about the spseula-
ton he had entered on. 'thsse corn and stock
exchange discussions are quite out ofmy way
woman must keep IN her own province. and
leave business mariers,{o her husband. And
pray do not annoy me aud trouble yourself
~ilh rarliamenIs sayings or doings--thry
are supTemsly uninterestIng assure yau-"
Alienation and want Of confidence we're
bego,ten by hcr-aud the offspring turned on
her and sutnR her TO her hsprti for although
Eonien need not sit in Parliament. or address
The people from the husiings, or 10 10 the
stock or corn exchange and make iheir pur.
chases, instead Of to thu butchers and bakers
yet Il does enter into thrir spl ere of do.
ly-and it quite compatible with their sex
and call Ing, that they should partially under
,tand the business Of the corn and stock ca.
changes, and even have some knowledge OF
the legislature of the land, Il their husbands
have an interest in either the ons or tho
other. A wife il very safe anl wholesoms
'rds,i,e for q man--and wifc's opinion,
formed in the seelusion Of her own home. may
he OF value to him yet, ii she ia mere do
nestle drudge--knowing nothing more than
how to make n pudding or pvltieoat, (very
useful knowledge in its way, but not eompr,.
hensive euough1o be satisfactory how can
she be competent 90 advise, or even offer an
opinion on any subject, even II unlike Boy
lrll's ~ilc) she he Inclined to give 4? Be
sides, such kpoNlrdge viii make her moto
crsditablr aud agreeable com pauicn f.r her
husband and enable her to take a higher
intellectual position both With him aud ii,
friends.
The following instance exeinpiics, this
Mr, Josiah Brown Of Blank Street in Lon.
don, Mas an energetic man. Now, Intelligence
and energy enable the po,sessor TO get on
very we'll They did in that instance. Mr..
Josiah Brown became thriving man. Quick
7'Ic rtvvrr -thir-gT, nc rratiiiy rou1rre-
headed the bearing Of any transaction. Iiis
mercantile speCuati"ns succeeded, and hs
grrw to 1r rJrTI fTIaf5. Tfi#ttsF ~ eJHFse
hc enlarged hi, house and his acquaintance
a"d took from those enlalgemens aud hi.
wealth sn enlarged position 4ff society.
Bot his wife remained the nonentity sho
had ever been. "Read the papers," he said
to her, "for goodness sake do try to under.
stand what your guests are talking about.
lou never say Que word when political or
intellectual subjects ore discussed, aud on!r
become eloquent on the subject, Of servants
and butchers meat"
And very good subjects too" answers
the wife. II should like TO know where yuu
would have been il had not thought about
the servants aud the hatcher. meat, m YOU
call it, \ nice household you would have,
sir, il spent my time Ike Mrs. what.Gy,-
cdll'her reading the debates in the morning
and writing for some stupid thing or other in
the afternoon! a pretty sort Of a wife she is
--doesnt know rump fran bceisteak, IN
bc bound. She bought piece Of roast trrt
for her mothers dinner with a big blade.bohS
sticking through it-beheving all tho time
| that it was 'sirloin. II wasn't any more sir
lon than I'm sirloin, only the hatcher saw
he'd fool to deal with, and sold !! for such.
There, Sir-theres your clever vire-who
reads The debates AID talks about riem 10
her guests-and pretty mess she makes of
housekeeping. Defend me from such, say
but she'd suit your book perhaps"
Il think she might" whispered Josiah, az
he moved out of the.way of the irate. lady.
Il think she might A man can buy a house
keeper FOR twenty pounds year, a wife costs
something more than that--he should have
value received for his money" p.
There was immense truth in his remark.
A man wants companion n-companonship
is natural requirement Of human nature,