The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-09-08
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4 PLEA ron HA1NEk8s DAroo118A
We hsss board good old people ls.ess
ths vass of what they eall rifeiy qualities
il The young dAssels Of the pressst Tine
Ihey are charged With - osss-fondssas
fos dress-they doo's riss early esosgh-
shsy read pevess-sAsy e est u gssdy bss
ssesmf srtAt!s eioshes-sbsJ are fearful Of
sss. barring their eosrlsxioes-shey Bises
their serds-t tsJ a1scs sass ard dignisy
10 their sais--shey compress their bodies
By iseinG. Nov, oil shess things are Erses-
oas fssI,s; bss can they be esred By
grunbIisg? Some very old ladies have
told a. that their mothers sod fathers con-
plssned ioss - Of then. And vs havs %
doubt that our great Srasd-nosAe's we're u
their day ssd generation, . source OF seAa-
sion 30 Industries and frugal parents-
Ridieu.s .odsrs styles Of dress - re ns!:
they are sosAiss compared y the fsiiiss o.
cor anessfofs.
Let a. com. more directly 70 The point
This 10 not 10 sge Of donkiss or fillioos, on
which q en- and women 60 days joarney to
market riding double. This 10 sos 40 aEs
10 which women are expected 70 pios, 70
reap, to chop wood, TO carry brick and NOR
TAR to masons. IL 10 nos IN age 10 when
little smas.sring Of reading and wiring
completes . somso's education. lou c.n-
no, "a axe people live according 10 The rules
which prsvsiled hundred ye.rssgo, unless
you turn The world back 90 iis ais bun
dr~d wears. Womaa must be educated--
il you deny her tbs opporionhy 10 me
eaun,ry, sas will seek il eisevBrre. Ihe
time has come when she can support bsr-
ssig. IL man will insist on csfsasn condt-
sions - necessary to marriage, there VIII be
an slaruinz Increase 10 the Eanber OF mar
rlagsabIs unmarried people. Does II make
- woman lees &, for the duties OF q vile, TO
be we'll educated Are those farmers and
mechanics The upst shriftl~ss Who are the
hes, educated And Why snould not sdl.
cation operate on . woman just the same -
90 q man? Are the girls Of New England
law? Hs:-bradlng, shoe binding, tailor
ing. in the winter months, who does this 2
L. i. the pipe-smoking. snuff dipping, badly
educated girl Of the laboring class in the
CaroAnas, or the philosophical, as,ronozni.
cal, geographical, mathematical, newspa-
psr.reading lass Of New England ? Say,
wbch is i,l Besides their factory wages,
besides the sales Of their butter and cheese,
the women Of the land Of tbs Poritans earn,
each year, more than twenty millions Of
dollars. And this is nearly all clear prois !;
and does OF include the salaries OF school,
teachers or Of book keepers. Does educa-
ton disquahfy oman for the active duties
Of lief
But intelligent, country girls are liable to
be carried or by sownsnen. Very true
but who is to blame Young farmers, it is
you. Are you preparing comfortable
homs On thirty or forty acre lot for some
farmers Daughter? Not BIT Of it. You
are expecting the "old man" to furnish you
with ,so horses and a wagon, pillow and Il
harrow, forty bushels Of iced wheat, and n
SOW with litter Of pigs. You are expect
ing TO .'reui" half a section, or TO 20 dudy
out West. You are expecting the future
Mrs.---- to do nil the the cooking for your
harvest hands next year; TO cook, bake
and wash, for you and your hi.ed men, all
tho time to split her own kindling- wood,
and kindle her own fires to be the last to
20 to bed and the first TO rise; to go out,
through rain or storm, isto the filthy cow
yard and milk to feed the calves, or slop
the pigs, or carry in wood, or run with two
big buckets to the spring, through the mud
and rain, and with shoes that will keep out
neither mud nor rain 10 nurse two cross
babies and patch your old breeches as her
evening" recreation. You don't expect her
TO do all these things, don't you? Very
we'll, let US see-you know they must Nil be
done--you will do none Of them yourself !;
end you will not hire anybody else to do
them. Miss---is well aware Of all this.
She never knew Of your working half an
hour in the garden-she knows that you
don't kindle fires in the morning for your
lntirm old mothsr-that you nevsr placed u
sod in your muddy hoass.yard, nor a show.
el-fail Of gravel on the: miry walk-that
you never planted a tree--,hat you are Just
about skiilfo' enough to drive ten penny
nail into n pine board, and no more-that
you have no books, and don't care about
having any--that you have neither taste nor
energy. She knows all this and do you
think i, strange that she should hesitate to
enter upon destiny in which she will be a
drudge SIX days IN the week, and have no
rest on the seventh ? Do you marvel that
she has no taste for becom ng an "old wo.
man" at ,hiFty-Gve? You will, at any rate,
have rainy days for rest. and Sundays i, and
your DAYS work is over when night comes
Not so with her, poor thing. "A year passes,
aud some young fellow from town-per-
hap, a house builder, OF cabinet maker, or
n,aebinis,, or book keeper takes fancy to
your lady love makes Der acquaintance !;
''cu,s you OUT marries her. And you
what do YOU do? A. 10 honor and in duty
bound. you vow eternal hatred against both
Of them and you persuade yourself ,ha,
his "geod clothes" ruined your prospects.
No sueh thing, young man. The girl mar.
ried your rival because you we're not worthy
OF her. She sighed at the thought Of leav-
ing ths country. She wanted to be farm.
er's rife. but not farmers Stare.
FsFmers,-old men, We mean, amt you
somewhat to blame in thi. matter? DO you
not, a. general rule, wholly neglect the
agricultural education Of your bows? How
many Of you give your boys patches Of
ground which they cultivate and call their
osu9 How many Of you train them to
plans trees, TO sod house yards, TO gravel
walks. 10 lay gu, bordrs-how many2 All
you who do not are shsmsfally neglectiny
their education How many books have
you in your libraries ? What pans have
voa taken to make your home, pIeassn,
srsaiHs resorts for your own boys? Wo-
men are quicker TO perceive such defects in
education than we are ard co wender-for
they are the sufferers bv eur ignorance.
Very much Of ~oman's comfort and hap
r'nsss depends on the kind Of house she
lives IN. VIVA, proportion Of farm houses
are eailt With references tn the w,fs's con.
vsnsrnce s-~one in sseg We think not.
Tiers 10 10 subject more worthy Of stsen.
ton than this. There IL no suhjee, 40 much
nsglsessd. Farmer. pass i; By almost with
Ga, thought. and their dsus aoek into
towns. Teach Gentry bows how to make
comfortable homes. and the girls will no,
look elsewhere for domestic haPriness.
~ TIL. census takers fad great difficulty
10 ssesrssjns the ages Of girls, . large
majority OF sasm being only sixteen. 10
enc family in a nsigheorrng State there
we're feani TO be s-sivs sirls between ten
and sixteen years Of age.