Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-09-10
Farmers Daughters.

A recently published article BY Dai.
sey EyeJrigh on this subject, ELECTS re-
ply from a member Of the class concerned,
who thinks there is something to, be said
on the parents side, even when daugh-
ter does have to do considerable hard
work without payment in money:
The parents love their daughter-do
everything in their power for her--haye
uursed her through the diseases incident
to childhood, and guarded her from evil
during the years of early girIhOod, when
she was of comparatively little help and
now that the mother is getting old aud fee
bic should the daughter strike for wages ?
Can mothers love and care be estimated
at its money value =? If i, could, on whose
: side wcN;d be the balance-the mothers
or the daughters? Has the daughter
worked moro for Der mother, or the moth.
er more for her daughter? / am farm.
er's daughter. Can | ever repay my pa.
rents for the kindness and love they have
lavished on me? Can | repay my moth
er fer the hours Of watching when was a
sick babe-for the tOiling and sewing when
| was growing girl ? | may work for my
parents from morning till night, all my
lite, but I can never pau then. Ard now
should | ask for ,cages? feel as if |
ought to earn money for them, instead of
asking them to pay Inc for doing my du-
ty. IF, as it is to me, housework IS disa.
greeable, girl can try something else,
with her parents consent But because
her brother forgets to be grateful, should
she' Is it any more ennobling to be ''iu.
dependent il it is independence to leave
ones parents when they need one most
| am for 'Woman's Rights, and think
girls and women who must support them
selves, and very often their families,
should have Just as many chances to earn
money, and receive the same pay for the
same work, as boys and men; but that is
no reason why girl should adopt her
brothers faults. 1t is not that she is less
Independent. but that she is nobler, and
of more loving nature, that girl re-
mains at home without pay. Parents
have rights, too-as well, Should think,
as their children.
"lfa girl has pocket money, it will
generally make her more economical. But
can parents ever pay for their children's
lore? That is something which cannot be
bought with money. The all.pewerful
dollar is useless here. Love can be bought
only by love, and no heart is SO hardened
but that true, unremitting love will bring
ost its best feelings. Too much true love
never yet spoiled child. How eften is
q son or daug liter called upon to take the
place of father or mother, or both, With
his or her younger brothers and sisters
How often does the oldest brother spend
the best Of his youth, and all his strength,
to provide for them! How often does the
Oldest sister give up her prospects in life
to become mother of the poor orphaned
children Can this ever be repaid by
money? If the father lives, can he pay
his daug liter for this sacrifice? Is her
lore something to be bought and sold ? If
so, | congratulate Mr.. Vanderbilt and
the rest of the millionaires of the country,
for what an amount of love they must be
able to buy! No. Love is above money,
and above rights, and can be repaid only
By love-