Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-02-13

tor OF such family.
Jennie is younger than Fam, but she is
a minister's wife, SO she feels at liberty
occasionally to preach to me. Now she
said q 3ai a fil $500
kitty there is truth in what you say;
but invective is so easy, I never hear one
person condemning another in this whole
sale way without wanting to ask. Where
is the remedy? There is no use in drag
ging faults into the light to leave them
there. One ought always to have either q
mantle Of charity prepared to drop loving
ly over them, or cure that will com.
mend itself to the good sense of others.
If these self made. foolish women, as you
call them, are so culpable, then pray tell
US how the thing is to be prevented"
Now, there never was person who ran
full tilt against moral grievance who
was ready to answer this question. 1t
has been very easy to expose MrS. Tup-
per; indeed, 1 thought derived great
deal of credit for having spared her when
| might have said so much more, cnly
for fear Mr.. Murray would rather dcspiso
me as a slapderer of my sex I. and hesi-
tated. think 1 bhshcd. when I found
my glibpess had forsaken me; but 1 raj
lied as I saw a queer look settling in the
corners of Mr. Murray's mouth. .gs
Remedy of course there is remedy"
I said, boldly. LET every woman dis
,ipline herself. Let her acquire early
sensible views Of life. let her learn that
she is neither an angel or a'drudge. Make
her feel that in this earnest world she, has
an earnest part to play; lift her above
the pretty employments which fortn 50
great part of her daily care, by show
ing her that nothing is pretty which
makes home happy aud good that's
what is wanted glorily a woman's work
to her. II isn't Tcddy's old torn pants
that she spent so many weary hours in
mcnding she has been implanting in that
boys heart, with every stitch she had ia
ken, love Of neatness and order, spir-
it Of refinement, which one day, humble
as the means now seem, shall help to make
him true gentleman. Lucy has become
confused and troubled over that difficult
lesson it is trying to put aside the book
from which the mother is deriving so
much pleasure and profit, and teach the
child: but Lucy will learn to-day a les
son which shall open the door Of her mind
to whole world of intelligence and cul-
tivation.-That is nothing but crying
baby, whom the hired nurse should keep
quiet, but the nerves Of the. family are
unstrung by it, and, when mother hush
es it, even though her husband has come
home weary from his business, "and
should take it quite as mucn as she," yet
she does her duty more nobly. She is a
greater and better woman than Florence
Nightingale, amid the sick at Solferiao.
"Alas it is these very small duties,
cheerfully and faithfully performed, these
little crosses humbly borne, 50 little that
no one sees. admires and says, Behold the
martyrl that make the true heroine l
do not wish to exculpate man from all tho
sin there is prevalent in the world. be.
lieve he does his full share; but ! do
wish women would, in the sanctity of their
homes, look well to themselves, and be
sure they are responsible in some degree
for the sins which one day they must pre-
vail" .r1 a. s.8 r H."
The others were silent. l thought l
had succeeded in my answer, at least par
TALLY. and so asked Mr.. Murray to 60
on with the reading which had inter-
rupted; but he had become interested in,
the question, and said, with that dogged
common sense which is the worst of all
antagonists: ,a .giJ
"That sounds we'll Kitty, but will you
tell me who is to glorify this work ? /
am sure if / were to feel myself Obliged
every time l see Jennie looking pale and
wearied to 60 into minute Inquiries as to
her occupation, and, to trace the connec-
tion between it and something great and
glorious in the future, / should have
harder task than in any Of the practical
differences of my sermon; only think oft,
Jenniel', and to my chagrin the married
people looked in each, others faces, and
smiled. a4.s 4l -.a,.4 81
"You may smile, if you please, I said,
resignedly. I am glad you to are SO
happy, and find your glory all along your
daily path: still I maintain that the av-
erage life Of woman is life belittled..
Let girl and boy begin life together
on equal terms, let them have the
amount Of native capacity and let il bo
developed in precisely the same way,
I saw Mr.. Murray was ready to interrupt
me, and Iknew for what; so I said, "No