The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-07-07

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judging from this episode, what would |
my father have done to me. if | had
ever have uttered in his hearing one
of the fat, sickly things these g two
year-olds" say in print nowadays? In
my opinion there would have been a
case of infanticide in our family.
BOTH SIDES OF THE QUESTION,
The cool nights of the country in
sumner we must have. The days there
we acknowledge, are sometimes as
hot as summer days in the city, but
always there is pure air, always sweet
odors; and this is to be remembered
as an offset to the trouble cf NOV |
ing" Husbands sometimes say, "Why
should we go into the country, when
we are just as cool in town." That
is looking at it from a husbands
point of yiew.. It is mainly the re-
lief from housekeeping cares during
the dog days, that wives need and
want. The pinch does not effect the
masculine boot, hence the inability to
see the necessity of !" moving" Then
again, husbands do not have to devise
amusemens for the children during
the long, languid, hot days, when they
must be kept off the burning pave
ments. and when a five-foot square
brick city yard is the only alternative
in the way of playground, save the
nursery. -, .f.sz5e.. s5......i .,-..,.s}
Clearly man in this case, as in
many other similar ones, looks at the
subject only through his own specta-
cles. d If he says honestly I cannot
afford it," that is another thing; but
even then, perhaps it would be as
cheap togo to a sensible inexpensive
place in. the country, as to pay the
doctors bill in the autumn. Nobody
can fail to see the difereee in children
who are nturned out to grass" for the
summer, and reyel in the natural and
heaithful delights which are included
in that phrase, and the city child, who
must look at dandelion with one
leye ON q policeman, after dragging
through stretches of hot streets to
reach q park. -i l.a;, t'.snlssaI
Watering, places and, the like, are, of
course, no place for children. That is
understood by all who best under
stand them. The slavery to dress, for
both parents and children, which such
places involve, is too absurd for fur
ther comment, when the ostensible
object in going to the country isrest! !!
| Restl with ones head in a trunk all
summer! pinned to piazza and a
long train dressi Resti when ones
fpillow is not reached till twelve or
one o'clock Rest! when ones bones
ache just looking at the loads of dry
goods other women carry on their
backs!
/ If q wife means to tell husband
that this is going to the country, ]
don't wondert the good man shifts al
it. don't wonder he himself prefers
being solus at home. -; satai''z
| But really to go to the country! tc
wear any old dud one likes; to sit
down on a stone fence, or on the grass
or walk in proper shoes, through !
lonely road, without once thinking oi
ones clothes but only of the bird.
and the bees, and the waving gras;
and shifting shadows, and to thank
God for. the gift of; life at every sweet
breath-ah that is quite another thing
as even q man might see!
u And then the, children-in clothes
made for crest" How rapturous arc
the bugs, and the pigs, and the chick
ems, and the toads. and the frogs! Cry
: ing dolls and Noah's arks are, nothing
to these. And how the children's ed
ucation is silently going on, with wis
g Nature for a teacher! !, Z Never a ferul,
, or rod, or fools cap mo whim
pers, or sulks, or pouts! She whis
pers softly with blade of grass, or :
bright leaf, and thcyylisten,'oiII NOR,
reverently than you know. Sh
9 spreads soft carpet when the littt
> limps give out, and entices them tt
try it, with little flowers tucked il
here aud there! Oh! she understand
children,-No stiff benches for herl Z
And what a wealth of sweet reco1
lections the little ones lay up for tn
I winter. Hear them talk about th
barn and Towser and the old hors
while the snow beats against the win
dowsl How can you defraud then
of all these innocent delights for a.
the fine clothes that were invented fo
, human torture? It is mainly becaus
you, madam, are so unwise, that hus
bands hate the farce of "going to th
! county," 3 FANNY FERN.
r Mrs. PARTINGToN says that TX,
e having become enamored of a siren i
: Boston, has led her to the menial a
ter. He didn't appear the least de
- composed On the back OF. his wed
}. ding cards were ittles cubits wit
n wings.
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9 SOMEBODY suggests that the mai
i riage service should now be change
n to read, "Who dares take this We
II man ?" And the groom can then al
0 swer, "I dare IF he feels courage
e ous enough when the crisis comes.
d 'sas BuB, is your sister at home ~
/ eyes, butshe won't see you tonight
v "Why?" Because she said she ws
: going to have one more mess of OF