The farmers' vindicator. (Jackson, Miss.) 1873-1???, 1874-06-26
For the Farmers Vindicator.l
Miss Tabitha Charity Brown.

/ have been waiting since the recep
ton of the INDICATOR of the 10th
of May, for an ADLER pen than mine,
to meet the queries and assertions Of
Miss Tabitha Charity Brown giving
her the information she desires of how
many girls Of the present day can
"make a bed properly, cook a meal
decently, make pair Of pants, or a
pot Of soap alone Sister Bessie Car
ter gives her, as she says, good
"food for reflection" but does not re-
flute her charges, which almost any
country girl can justly do. | am not
one of the "young ones,' that Miss
Tabitha calls on for a reply, but of
another class she sneers at. | am a
married woman, farmers daughter,
wife, and mother; and ~ thank my
stars / have had a liege lord" for
nearly twenty years-not to " rule me
with rod of iron, and worry the life
out of me-" but to lead with the hand
of affection, and help me bear the wor-
ries of life, peculiar to this mundane
sphere; and | trust we may be spared
to each other, several twenty more,
Miss Tabitha to the contrary. Now to
the point. Miss Tabitha Charity says:
"Let us hear, through the Fireside, Of
one SUCH" etc. Lean tell her, not only
of one, but dozens aye, hundreds, and
if she will come to good old Claiborne
and Copiah, stew them to her. And
besides the above mentioned accom-
plishments, they can milk the cows,
and make such luscious butter as Miss
Tabitha never dreamed Of, even when
she "was young And when father
and brothers are almost swamped in
grass, by reason of incessant rains, or
some other hindrance, and can get no
other help, they can take hoe, and
lend helping hand (and without de-
parting from their maiden dignity,
Just as father and brother assist them,
when need requires. Then when night
comes on, and the weary labors Of the
day are past, can sit down to the piano,
and not "scream and bang" but be-
guile the evening hours, with music
sweet, causing the annoyances of the
day to be numbered with things Of the
past; and.if in their leisure hours they
choose to amuse themselves, making
picture frames, and other ornaments,
10 adorn their homes, even if the flies
and dust do light on them, why is it a
crime? Their hands use the duster
md fly brush. Miss Tabitha was GER
,ainly never in country home. Tell
her to come and see us, and partake Of
jome of the "decent meals" and lus-
,ious butter, prepared by our girls, and !
without mothers aid too, and it will {
perhaps neutralize some of the acidity {
n her composition. Miss Tabitha {
made a mistake in preparing her arti-
lie for the VINDIoAToR. 1t is Grange {
,aper. We Changers do not know a
ither class of young people of whom ]
he writes. Have heard there were
UGH in large cities, where all kinds of \
ddities exist. Were such finale" h
r female to come amongst our hard $
brown faced, honest boys, or Il
oble girls, they would be looked on, b
ot only as a "rarG Gvis," but equal to n
circus, or monkey show. LIDO not
our girls accomplishments, t
hat Miss Tabitha may advertise them il
)r matrimony, as she SO kindly prom b
es, for some of them are scarcely in tt
heir teens; nor is it their aim to be n
ccomplished, solely to entrap the c.
wise" and wary bachelors" but to Il
e ornaments, as we'll as useful MEM p
srs of society, which their "Creator g
srtainly intended them to be-" / Il
link Miss Tabitha's parents made a RI
ost egregious mistake in giving her the p
lme Of Charity" MATRoS. ii
PattOna Grange, No. Al, June 8, "A. Of