Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-17

whichf she has been reared. She IL
taught TO believe that any poor man,
however honest, upright and high.souled
he may b, and however much power Of God
given genius he may posSess, however deep
the holy love and veueratiou the pure soul
may feel for a noble woman (for such usually
have been blessed with noble mothers and
sisters as bright examples Of What women
should be), nevertheless he is TO be consid-
cred beneath the rich mans daughter, whose
noble instincts, and pure feelings Of heart,
have been obscured By the poisonous vapOrs
arising from the atmosphere of such home, |
even by the parents whoproiess to love their
child and TO be seeking her welfare. Yet
she has been taught that she must marry to
establish herself in life, to secure fitting
worthy Of such q jewel. nv. '.'. "N
Of course young ladies born and reared in
such an atmosphere, with selfshness the con.
trolling NEGATIVE of life, cannot be expected
to become noble wives Though fully worthy
Of the man who would choose such a one),
neither pure, conscientious mothers-aud thus
the wrong extends itself to the innocent vic
Tins Of a false principle. Do not the men
who cry the most loudly against vanity, and
the ruiDous practices Of the modern god,
fashion, yet seek its most devoted adhereBts
to worship Is not his, eye his ear his
interest 1--WE cannot use 30 pure word as
love 10 connection with such), won by these
same falsely fair ones, who haunt like painted
butterflies from flower 70 flower in the con.
servatories Of fashion. Knowing we'll that
the adulation Of the other sox is the greatest
/ incentive these poor creatures in life possess,
doeshe fail to bestow tbe peeded stimulant to
tempt her to excess in expenditure, fiat.
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She is admired. For this she lives and
moves and has her being And does not
many one Of these aatterers 60 home to
lecture his prudent wife, mother, sister or
daughter, who is already retrenching in every
available manner, because business is said to
be dull and fuctuating, and the selfish cres-
ture must not DO denied Ms cigars, his con.
vivial associates, his concerts and club, and
it is better to draw the curtain. Aud it
is argued, to save such from msallance, we
must 60 forth like "Aunt Keziah" armed
with our umbrellas and pepper-boxes" aud
clothed in suitable clothing for a vigorous
campaign, pitching our tents near the strong
holds of the enemy, and by sheer force of
might compel the men to see that we are
come forth as their delivers, to set the captive
prisoners free, to pluck them as a "brand
from the burning" etc. gT
No, thank you, the bait is not sufficiently
tempting to one of my taste, aud | fear he,
: the biped, would very much resemble the
the nobler quadreped, and rush back into
the flames from which we would seek to res
cue him. Thank God not all the meu, not
not all the women are Of this misguided
: class. Then let such as are blessed with
, common sense and noble reasoning faculties,
seek to shun the errors of the senseless throng,
and try in their own homes beside their own
firesdes, beneath their own "vne aud hg
tree" to reform society, by educating your
sons and daughters to be pure in principle,
industrious in habit, frugal, generous and OF
good report. Teach them to trust in God
and honor their parents and, to fully under.
stand that the most exalted sphere is thai
attained by him who accomplishes the great.
est amount of good done to his fellow men,
r without vain glory, envy or strife and thai
none are worthy Of their choice as lie com
0 panions who do not possess the above quail
fcatlons.
4 How do any one class become strong, i'm
movable in principle, impenetrable in for
= tress BY training the children in all doc.
!, trincs regulations and principles, teaching
:. them that it is honorable to die striving, but
y never to succumb to the moral foe This il
:. how the Romanish Church has been perpet
= uated, extended aud made its power felt all
: over the earth. And shall not we, if W
= wish anything more than a giant rebellion
= terminating in stupendous disaster, seek Z
!, time our words and concentrate our action
:, upon some given point (being sure that vi
, are right aud then throw all our euergie
y. into the work, not expecting immediate sue
a cess, but constant progress Let there be
concentrated, cooperative movement, let maj
" and woman, hand in hand, as they were des
- tined by their Creator to labor, aim for tn
y, ~ abolition of wrong and the propagation o
- right beginning at the altar, the Preside, tn,
:, nursery, the school aud sabbath school, TEN
y perancc societies, churches etc, having on on
~ banner They that trust in the Lord shAl
~ be as Mount Zion that cannot be removed
;" and III love them that love me, and the
that seek me early shall fud me-" .'..-,
y This banner never makes retrograd
nc movement. MAY A. HAMLIN.
d. Jackson, Maine.
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