St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-12-27


for her household, a great while before
day, words of truth and gentlcness
shall fall from her lips, and from her
fingers shall drop butter and honey"
Jessie has POLITICALLY informed you
Of my choice" said Mary, laughing,
Next week | expect to marry far
mcr, and remove to the West, where
he has prepared home for me"
What ~ exclaimed Lucy Brown,
" "a farmer. coarse farmer :"
" Is there anything, Lucy, in the
pursuit of farmer that must ncccs
sarily render him coarse and rude in
his manners, or ignorant and unfit tc
claim an educated wife ~
81 don't know, | am sure replied
Lucy, "but farmers, that is all | have
ever seen, wear very coarse clothes,
and have HARD, ,wcathcrbeatcn faces"
And great, rough hands y inter
ruptcd Kate Rice.
That may be true Of the great ma
iority of those who dignity labor by
participating in it themselves, but dc
these affect the man after all What
are these mere cXtcrnals? ? They dc
not affect, in the least, the character,
nor add one real particle to the sum
Of our happiness"
But farmers arc not intellectual,
said Flora Martin.
NO, nor brave and spirited :" ad-
dcd Libbic Waters.
Surely, girls, you forget the histo,
ry Of the past, and knowledge Of the
present or You could not make sucl
assertions. Our best statesmen, on
bravest generals, our most Learned
professors, our richest and most sue
ccssful merchants, our most ingenious
mechanics, men who have adorned on
nation since the landing Of its cOnr
agcous founders, themselves farmers
remember, have been largely draw
from this class. Witha few excep
tions, they are the most moral portion
Of community, and furnish the mos
examples Of right principles and sount
patriotism Their calling, if rightly
pursued, demands habits Of ncatness
order, system and patient industry
these incline the mind to reflection
and habits of investigation, and,
not literally educated, thcy are ccI
taiuly intelligent and wcll-iniormct
The church and the school-housc ar
the first care of our farmers, after tn
t necessary comforts Of life are prov
dcd, showing their sturdy determine
ton to furnish their children the ad
vantagcs they have themselves cr
loved. Some of the minor luXurie
and rcluemcnts Of life they may lacl
but if is well, for these too often ten
to chill the heart and enervatc til
mind. The necessity for labor, d.
volving upon all, keeps the bod
sound, the mind cheerful and happy
and nowhere shall We find broade
and warmer love to man, combine
with u deep reverence for God am
obedience to his commands, than i
the farm homes of our country
Miss Wood has treated us to quit
homily,' said Gcorginc, with
snccr. minds seek their Level, an
it is hmt natural that hers should ia
, into its own low grade. But, {
course, they have no power to dra
, others to the same positIon-nor ca
" they hope to occupy two grades
4 once. So, as school girls and womc
are two different things, Miss Woo
, may expect that |, for one, shall 10
ever disappear from her orbit, as 500
\. as tomorrow establishes our social p
t sitious. | claim no acquaintance Wit
farmers wives"
$ The call of the bell for study hor
Y checked the murmur of indignatic
L with which this coarse remark w;
v received by the assembled cIas
o Jessie threw her arms around Mary
neck and kissed her cheek warml
;. For moment the color mounted
o her brow, and tears gathered in h
a eyes. But checking them, she l
= sumed her books, and WAS soon inter
II upon her studies.
CHAPTER II.
It A pleasant social circle was gat
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