New-York tribune., 1869-03-05
AGRICULTURE,
FARM WORK FOR WOMEN.
IPRoN AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT

10 devote themselves TO the Improvement OF their fams
81 is well to ask the industrious poor IN cities ana
towns can 20 out rural and healthfu life There are
great many instances whore they are connected by
blood with dear IN the country Perhaps they left
home under circumstances thatmake Acknowledgements
necessary assistance and welcome back again
words OF confession soliciting and would make glau
tie hearts Of great many aged fathers ana nOlhers
whO after patiently tong long, long years to raise
large family sit alone and sentby the hearth stone
There are also brothers and here and there VINO
gladly would welcome back dear ones TO the ola ho
steads OF their youth Would not this be better tn"n
struggle against poverty and sickness capita" au'
mcnopoEesi Go back, heartsick lonely man, vi "o'''
10 the quiet occupations OF your cblldnoou ~ 4" ~
late I'm re,n nucb Of the buOyancy OF youth III s ho'
too late To carry Joy to the hearts OF thoSe "io "
and loving you. We keenly appreciate 'no i"o - ~
thousands Of women toiling IN crowded to"hS anu 0
FOR mere existence would gladly find more remuheIa
tive ana heahful employment but know nothing ol INC
rst stems necessary to make the change They pine LOT
pnre air for sunshine, and song birds HOW can inc!
get away from the weary tread'mul OF llet We ohoo
knew young girl, seamstress, IN large CITY ohe va"
supposed be in the last stages OF consumption " =
duced TO single change Of garments and 81 90 IN
In her darkened narrow chamber she bau N9iono -
green meadows dandelions. and butter cups brought ~
NAV be- by mnistering angels. The sweet pre"'h Va
May mornings and June roses passed Oeloe ner
Rhe reasoned logically that youth was entitled 10 ne anu
health She had faith that sunshine, pure air milk ana
berries and new mOwn hay, would give health ana
strength.
Her ybspered entreatie availed and she was carried
20 the cars one dollar and twenty-five cents pald her
fare fifty miles Just think of H. OH ye SICK ana weary
sixty miles in June morning, OF corn heIas ana i'S
and sweet meadows Too feeble to walk she was carried
20 an omnibus and tenderly supported by strangers.
"where did she go BY force Of circumstances she was
n sewing girl in great city, but Christian, and making
Enquiry for some Of like faith, was carried 10 the
Now pennless, SICK almost helpless yet rich IN truth
fuues and faith Of her fathers, she was Ie at 'o
house of Christian obtained her cup OF milk ana Dreau'
companonshp with children, birds, and flowers ana nay
fields recovered health strength and the means OF ed
cation and usefulness the State where she resided IN
this instance the agency Of book popuar the Genoi
nation OF which she was a member, was gwen 70 Hel
The profit on the cash sales made while she was d" III
valid paid generously for all the trouble she naue' NU
Che expenses incident TO her recovery
In similar ways and by the aid Of societies ana lhu
xidpaIs a great many women and girls can leave 'he
,ies :, they will only try House work in country OF
city heahful and profitable compared with seuen'ary
ecupations that exclude exercise and pure air.
In the East the general opinion is that those VINO "orh
thouse work cannot put money at interest 1t is mis-
AXE man or woman working at an average OF u u
seek and board can little by trying Inc VIE VI
q thrifty farmer IN Western New.Nork was orpnaheu
when 70 or 10 years Of age With good sense she de-
eded to do house work. three years. for board clothes
and three months schooling year Then she hau very
low wages but her amiabe disposition and trustW0rth-
ness won for her many gifs from the family ana thelr
guests She was promoted from place TO place IN inc
house until her wages raised to 81 so week she
saved scraps peced quilts, for herself Her wages
were put at interest and the interest added to the pTne
nal Years passed on and when a full grown and ma.
tured woman she married Beside good clothes and an
outfit that daughter might have been proud Of she had
cash 10 buy and stock sOacre farm 800 miles distant
from her Of service. She is now living the mother OF
beautiful children She has befriended land saved more
Ir1o f,ona
ac1uaintance. "She openeth her mouth With wisdom;
aud in her tongue the law Of kindness She looketh
well to the ways Of ber household and eateth not the
bread of ideness"
How many girls orwomen whoare ashamed todo house
work and persist in trying to make "a gentee living"
by needle work. will accomplish half as much as that
Here is WIDE open door Of usefulness and success
through which thousands may escape from close shops
and dingy atties the enjoyment Of all the beautiful
There are other poor having families TO support
They teach paint emhroder sew az nome nom anu SuS o9
the day. There are others who wash, SPIN NeaNe anu
to make the year come around but are & nervous 10
country villages can II they Try get me use or
18TH. stb Or4th OF OF land ready powed ana na
plant It with potatoes corn and cabbage; add few
hardy flowers. One hour each morning ana eIening,
work Of eight ten hours at the house Of some one who
owns team VII pay TOT having % y tICOg To9a coT Se
sold or put in cellar for home We do not forget dear
suffering sister, that you sick You must try to work
toward the light II natural life you need, not medi
cine II You would dress as lightly your six year old
girls are dressed or adopt the american costume you
would gain life forces much than you In an
ordinary dress the free bird viii be stronger than the
An average Of one hour a day at outdoor work IS
enough. the first year. for those wholly unaccusOmed TO
II. Take your children TO help you, every time.
The principal benefit 70 be derived the first year
personal introduction 70 Mother Nature In her wonderful
faboatory lust under the ground where life germs
quiokeDed and sweetest perfumes are elaborated One
hour In the morning after the dew has drled ana one at
evening, followed up all through the season OF plant
growth, viii brighten the color IN cheek ana hP-wiH
harden ana brown the muscles OF the arms and hands
and send rosy nts the inger-tps. You will have
keener relish for food. The pupil of the eye, dated
70 twice ITS natural size, will soon assume its natural
VIM You try tf Very well, commence now, tins Spring
Next year you can tell best what will pay potatoes or
pansies. Secure fifty hundred each Of three
four varieties Of small fruits Read, ask questions,
do. Take good Of every seed and plant you put
an the gronnd love them, make pets Of them; the early
your cO-wOrker; the dews your plants the vital
forces Of nature help along the work Of your hands the
round harvested moon Will look lovingly down, and the |
stars stand guard over your work.
Cannot you have courage Well do we remember the |
anAous @ nous ana sleePess nights when. 1860, we
spent days seeking employment as saleswOman or ac
conntant The rights OF were not talked of as
NUN taen as t1y are now AZ onehalf the wages paid
TO men we could not obtain situation. Eight wears later
we are glad Of It, We were compelled by IN health and
poverty TO go TO the garden spade asd pull weeds We
nave been a0nndanty rewarded You will be.
OteI~ofKed nerysus, weary women, tOing in buzzing
TINS wide, beautiful world il teemipg.wjtb heaitlfu life
& noS nave night TO share H. away from slavery
and confinement; take any place bowever humble. |
watch for opportunities they viii surely come where Won
& ciurs Earn f pleSa-e9nrage-heath Of body and mind
io DOCKS and music and study This ia not mere
nSy. we, we pave personally tried it, aud are now daily
"OrAer "i'h our hands. MRS c. i. YoUNG.
NoIE-Ihe reader may be interested in learning
that MrS' Young was formerly known in the West as
MISS 'arle ilklns; that IN 1854 she established
temperance yen paper In Indiana called The Wesfau
O''re braNeh that she canvassed Indiana for Ere
IL Df0.