The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-06-08
A DISSERTATION ON WoMENsS
!. RI: Il. Duty >.::.

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VIZ hear d great deal said in these days.
about the sphere Of women, and not na-;.
Frequently soi1le wo0Ia-bass;ise the0risf,
tells us that woman was fever INTENDED
by God or nature for an outdoor iife.s
Her sphere Is II. Tie home, aui so FORTH
10 The: end Of VII that elIspterUf Senti..
mes!&utfty. =. :, +. !. : F.. ~.
~: New, Nc hare not the least wish 20 takE
.1iaaseit DIS III tt2s horne a. dSglfAy lis,
beHetfIi fals sous: Of lIaEinosly, that should
exist v thin It's borders, BIT. We do wish
to look at ibis ulStteE without having the
distOrliBg rtliwghS Of conyeatieHahsn
hanging between us and the truth: Home
is the appropriate sphere Of woman, but
do not the garden, the bariryard, the
Held, the forest, the hillside, all belong 10
THE homer II we hunt for testimony as
TO what God and nature inteaded, we
think We shall lind il Oh on the side Of
out door employments for women. s.:y
God put the first woman into a garden
as u helpmate for man: of course, us his
work Was amoug the plants OF that beauti-
! full and happy Eden; II was Ewes busi-
ness TO help him: We do not fnlf one
word upon record Of her being shut IN
doors with an airstight stove and listed
/ windows. SaraF seems TO have made long
Journeys and pilgrimages with her lord
| in the open air, and Rebecca is introduced
/ TO us drawing water nc the we'll, and CIV.
/ ing dPiHk hot only to the servants u
| Abraham, but to his camels also. Rachel
! kept her fathers sheep, and Ruth thu
beautiful and faithful, gLoricd in the
4 fields. i: :: =. =,
! Solomon said of the yiFtuous woman:
! Her price is above rUbies, =. =.
! She spekcth wool and fax aud worketl
wlIt1lstg with. her hands.
! She is like the merchants ship: shC
4 brihge tiI~her food from afar ~.
4 She riseth also while II is yet night anC
eivctil meat to her household, aud q por
tion to her ilaidGnS.
i She coasidercth a field aud buyeth it
4 AMI with the fruit Of her Own hands sh,
pIaftsth vineyard >.~ -. *-:'
i She girtfeth her loipSwitl strength an,
! strengtheneth her arms -. e.. - =.
| We. will not continue the quotations
but refer our readers to the last chapte
OF Proverbs, and particularly 10 the las
verse. e., T.. a., .......:..- -. -
! Through All history we find women q
all nations engaged, in part in agricu
: tIlre. -. a. :-.-. .s..-. ..i ! -
The Spartan mothers TILED the sol
while the fathers Won the hOnors on th
battlefield T. ....-.. -. -, .. f.
y In England aud France, where there
: said to be the highest culture and refine
! ment. there is far more attention paid 1
' outdoor labor by women than in ia
: United States. i: 49,.
; One fact is everywhere patent, tia
where women do live IN ihe open ali
: either to perform labor, or enjoy spor
there Is hardier race Of both men an
women, than where they con6ne then
tseiyes to the house. -. -.... =
Il No woman need desert one heceSsar
home care, by miDgling horticulture {
agriculture with her daily Iabors. bro
4 OF the unnecessary in.doGr work, and II:
|, the time thus gained for the outdoor dat,
: II will soon give SO much additional healt
aud yigOr, that even the indoor toll wi
4 seem much less Feeble aud delicate pc
: sous mast OF course make small efforts
! | the beginning, that the end may be q
J entire success California FGtMs, T.,