Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-08
Yaoies' Department.
kor the vERHOHT FARAER.
SILLY TALK.

declare it is too bad, the way people tOiH
talk OF course all who read this will read
lily assent 10 the assertion, and of course they
will each i'm medately proceed to do as they
have been doing all their life long-do some
more Of this horrid talking which wO are all
SO ready to condemn.
But / did not take up my pen this morn
ing TO preach u sermon on the siniulness Of
talking too much so / will try 10 confine any,
self little more closely to my subject,
though it hinges upon that of the everlasting
talk, talk, talk-about the neighbors-with-
out which it seems as though some people
would be as much out of their element as
a fish upon dry land. Why is il that no
| young gentleman eau look at young lady
more than twice without having it whisper
ed-audibly-all over town that there is go
ing to be "matchp" Why is it that can
not attend AN evenings entertainment in
company with n gentleman friend but Mrs.
Grundy Immediately sets herself to figure
ON the chances Tor "matchp."
think our system of education is wretch
edly imperfect; l do not relor to school edu-
cation in particular, but everything that we
learn; our bringing up" We must get rid
OF this idea that the chief end of women Is
to marry well, and that men want nothing
of women except to make wives of them
1t should excite no more remark If l walk
or drive or attend concert in company
with II gentleman friend than If my COM
panion were my brother or my father. The
Almighty has created the two sexes to as
sociate with each other; he has fixed IN tho
nature of each All impulse that desires and
enjoys the presence ol the other The intiu
ence OF refined female society upon man
tends to make him more moral, more mild
and kind in disposition; it wears off the rude
angullritiss And uusesmly excrescences, and
makes the pathway OF life more smooth and
pleasant. On the other hand the inuhence
of gentlemen upon their lady associates
teaches them tirmness, svli-reliance, and
traits of true nobility and loltiness of soul.
The highest amount oi social and mental
enjoyment possible cannot be obtained with
out the co-mingling ot pure-mindod persons
Of both sexes, each 10 exert u modifying ILL
fluence upon the pcculiarities of the other.
This endless slang and tom-foolery when
ever gentleman aud lady 80 much rs speak
| 10 each Other Is nelLner Wlst nOr WHY ~ 10
simply ridiculous, and those who indulge III
1t make themselves the laughing-stock Of all
sensible people. am heartily sick and tired
OF hearing such expressions rs "Thcre 30
Mary and her fellow" Guess George and
Miss A. have had IA falling out; he took Nj ISIS
b. to the lecture last night" &C., ~ il the
parties in question were not fully capable Of
attending to their own affairs, and free to act
as they choose. A young couple ~ some
where in company once, and Mrs. Grundy
has them courtlng; twice, aud they are in
love; three times, and they are surely engag-
cd.
How long will ii be before we can divest
ourselves of the notion that every thought
aud action of an unmarried person is calcu-
lated with an eye to matrimony. Let us
have liltle-just II little-more common
sense, and n few less Mrs. Grundys talking
about their nuighbors, and we shall all be
happier. LEoLA.