The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-09-19

The brightoycd, light-hcartod little girl
dreams not Of iufcriority, hence we find her
in so many cases cclipsing and bearing a.
way tho palm from these Of the opposite
sex, who are even older than herself But.
ALAS too often, here at this important period
in her intellectual struggle, a strange sy:-
tenn Of education is commenced; the child is
taught tc consider herself woman, before
she is one, either physically or mentally
before she knows scarcely anything Of wo-
mans duties. Alta period when her mind
is just preparing to reason and ph,losophisc,
she thinks Of other things. Ii the daughter
does not think of marriage, father and moth
cr will be pretty sure to think Of it for her;
a chance presents itsclf-"better take it,
so reasons half tue worid) you may never
get another, and perhaps live and die an old
maid, and oh! that would be horublc,
Al, fond parents, could your dousbtcrs S
future life pass in panoramic yicw before
your eyes, You would think there were some
conditions even worse than that Of being an
old maid The lretCul, pecysh wife, with
overtaskcd energies and ho,t-performcd du-
ties, is worry often the result of these early
marriages. Even if her home education has
not been neglected there are many duties
Of which she knows nothing. The bcouti-
Gul blossoms Of early promise are choked up
with the weeds of veXation and discomfort,
and in time such minds are very apt not to
ascend much higher than the smoke of the
cooking-stove,
There are exceptions to this rule, among
those who make early marriages. and they
! show the natural strength Of womau's char
actor, Some have been surrounded by IA
vorablc circumstances, aud had but few
cares others are possessed of SO much In
tcllectualty and energy Of character that
the mind will unfold itself in spite Of adverse
circumstances; yetin many cases their phys
tical strength gives way, and they sink into
early graves.
As we mark the cyancscout rays Of such
aspiring genius, We form some idea Of what
rich legacics Of thought such women would
have boqucotbed to the world, what bright
stars thoy might nave cleaned III the lntet
Iecluol sky,lt they had only waited TIL then
minds were better matured before they tooh
upon themselves so many new duties
lH's subject is universally ACKNOWLEDGED
to be one OF the greatest importance, affect
ing as 1t does IN d great measure not Only
the mnd OF woman but ol man--noI only
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mon sons Shauo" 'or'h What the No'hoi
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