The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-03-12
A short patent s.rmon.
| will give you sermon to-day drawn
from the following text:

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from the following text:
'.The lady who beside & tub
Is not ashamed to ring or rub;
: Or on the floor ashamed to scrub,
And cares not who calls in TO see,
Her laboring so industriousiy,
Will make a wife for you or me.
Nv Hearers-lt was ordained by Heav-
en-not by the devil--that every man
should have wife, and every woman be
blessed with a husband In the begin
ming God made Two of the genus homo
of opposite sex. The one elected posi-
tively, the other mega lveiy; so that when
they proxitrated, their mystical effect
would be produced one to another The
how, the why, the wherefore, no mortal
has yet been able TO understand neither
is it necessary that he should. That the
sexes naturally approach and adhere to
each other, through sonie mysterious in-
/ f1uehce, admits OF 10 solution. Let 1t
suffice that il is So When the Creator
made Adam, he saw that it was nor good
for him to be alone, So he nesmeriZed the
man-dug rib from his side without The
least particle OF paln-and t'om 1t nade
Eve. to be nepnarc for III, as we'll as
fancy playthimg Now without know
lug what love was, they couldn't help
loving, the moment they set their eyes
on one another lie cast sheep eyes at
her in the distance, ana she threw some
i killing gIances on him in return that fred
! his soul, aud set his heart vibrating Ike
splinter upon chestnut rail in SOU,
weSGer They frally ca,ue together just
as natural as Il couple OF apple seeds
swimming in basin OF water. But sit.
ed as they were at first, and having
little or no manual labor to perform-Evc
could be of little utility to Adam. and
Adam couldn't be great deal for Eve
Still they loved aud were ready to assist
each other in case of any emergcut caus
ualtv, and so when they found that
aprons were necessary they set TO, and
with the needle worked together for mu-
tual good Eve ouly understood pain
>ewiug,-she knew nothing about your
embroidery, lace working, aud piano play
ing, and cared not about the same. The
couple were perfectly happy in their rude
state until the oIdserpent got among them,
aud even then stuck TO each other through
thick and ,hin--thlougn. all the bramb-
linz vicissitudes Of life-frum Pa, ,adIse to
Perdilion
Nv brcthren since You know that mar
rase is il divine institution, and that
every one o. YOU should have a wife, what
kind of IA rib would YOU select? y pret-
ty little useless doll, OF woman big and
/ sruukv enough 90 wreSlle with bear and
come of, first best imagine you would
not care much for either extreme; but
you would look for personal charms o
YOU foolish idUators at the shrine of
beauty . Know you not that thousands
Of husbands are made miserable by hand
some wives, and that thousands are ha3 3py
in the possession of hOmcly ones Home
ly without, but beautiful WITHIN. Alas
what is beauty Il is a flower that willis
and withers as soon as it Is riucked a
transient rainbow; q fleeing meteor; a
deceilful wiil,o' the-wlsp; sublinated
moonshine.
The kind of wife you want is of good
morals and knows how to mend trowscrs;
who can recunciie peeliug potatoes with
practical or fashionable picty who can
waltz with the churn dash, aud sing with
the tea ketrle-who understands broom
oIony, aud the true science of nopping-
WHO can knit stockings without knitting
her brpws, and knit up her husband ;
raveletl sleeve of care-who prefers sew
ing tears with her needle, to saving tares
Ct scandal with her tongue. Such is de
cit}edly a better half Take her up If y0u
can get her-let her be up to her elbows
in the suds Of the washtub or picking
geese in 0w-StablC.
My hearers-My text speaks of lady
at a washtub You may think it absurd,
but let me assure you that ii feulae can
be lady beside washtub or in kitchen
as much as in drawing room or in a par,
! lor. What constitutes lady 1t is not
costly dress, paint for the cheeks, false
hair or still falser airs but it is her de,
pertinent. her intellectual endowments,
and that evidence of virtue which com,
maud, the silent respect aud admiration
of the world She would be recognized
as lady at Once-it matters not where
or in what situation she were funnd-
whethcr scorching bed bugs with red hot
poker, or hoilering hailelujah at a camp
meeing All that | have further to say
fellow bachelors, Is. that when you mar
ry, see that you get lady inside and out
-oue who knows how to keep the pot a
boiling, and looks we'll to her household.
So mote it be-Bacheior Sr.