Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-10-25

+ TEACH THE WOMEN TO SAvE.-There
the sacret A saving women at the heat Of
asfamily the very best savings bank yet1es-
tabhsbed that receives deposits daily
and hourly, with no costly machinery to
manage it. Tho idea of saving is a,peas
ant one !; and if the women would Guilt
vate and adhere to it !; and thus when
they were uotaware Of it, would be'layiug
the foundation of competent security in
STORMY time, and shelter iii rainy day.
The woman who sees to her own house has
large field to save in. The best way to
make her comprehend it is for her to keep
an account of current expenses. Probably
not one wife in ten has an idea how much
are the expeditures of herself and family.
Where from one or two thousand dollars
are expended annually, there is chance to
save something if the attempt is only made.
Let the housewise take the idea, act upon it,
and strive over it and she will save many
dolars-perhaps hundreds-were before
she thought it impossible. This is a duty
not prompting Of avarice-a moral
obligation that rests. upon the woman as
well as the man; but it is duty, we are
sorry to say, that is cultivated very little,
even among those who preach sthe most,
and regard themselves as examples in most
matters. Teach tho women to save is
good enough maxim TO be insert ed in tho.
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MODEL oFzA WIFE.-It is her happines
to be Ignorant Of all that the world calls
pleasure; her glory is to live in the duties
of a wife and mother; and she conse--
crates her days;to ,tho5epractice of social
virtues. Occupied in the government of
family, she reigns over her family, she
reigns over her husband by coniplaisance,
over her children by mildness, over be,
dornestics by goodness. Her house is the
residence of religious sentiments, Of Alial
| picty, of conjugal love, Of maternal affec-
,ion,of order, peace, sweet sleep and good
health. Economical and studious, she
prevents want and dissipates the evil pass
ions the INDECENT who present themselves
at her door are never repulsed ); the icen-
tious avoid her presence. She has a char
acter Of reserve and dignity that makes her
esteemed. She difuses around her mild
warmth, pure light, that vivify and illum-
inc all that enc;tcle her.
Happy the man who possesses such
wife, and can just appreciate her worth
happy the children justly appreciate her
worth happy the children who are nur-
turcd by her care and modelled by her coun-
sci! happy the domestics who await her
commands and enjoy her beneyolence and
happy the society which holds in its bosom
being worthy Of a better world
WoMANs WnoSG-A proper moral
training-.onc that shall educate the con-
science to pronounce its verdict unhcsita-
tingly upon the thoughts as well as upon
acts, coupled with mental discipline that
shall assimiate to all truth and beauty and
harmony, and weigh all things, whether
moral, or intellectual, in the balance of
right and purity-thcse are the great safe
guards-as they are the noblest adornments
of female loveiness.
And upon the mother, chiefly, devolves
the high responsibility. Commencing with
, the first dawn Of intelligence in the infant
and pursuing Ler steady course Of discip-
line up through the passiveness of child
hood, the impusiveness, Of youth, and the
vigorous individuality of maturity, she may
mould the nature 10 her own model. or, at
least, preserve it from the distor tions of
vice.
Happy is the mother who fulaIls her mis-
sion Her name may bespnchronicled in
story, and the wide worldfmay never learn
lisp it; but on record far more epnobling
it shall stand enwreathed with the ex.
alting well done Of her approving Mas
ter, and her children's ~ children shall rise
up and call her blessed. .
| -S
BRIEF srEEou.-when. President. .Da-
Wis reached Fairfax station, upon his re.
turn home recently, he was greeted With
cheer after cheer by the kp6ps in that vi
cinity. Nothing would satisfy them but
speech, and he respondedsas follows:
Soldiers: Generals psauregard and
Johnston are here, the orators OF the day.
They speak from the mouths of cannon, of
muskets, and of rifles; and when they
speak the countryAistens. will he ep 81.
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