Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-07-13

1 That domestic life is the sphere Ct
woman, which Of us has not been
instructed from his youth up, and
which OF us has not at some time,
and in moments OF callow sentiment.
INDUCED in gentle platitudes concern
ing sweet guiding stars, the angels
of the hearthstone. and the like, or
drawn pretty little views, i'm mild
water-colors, OF the ivy, or other pic
turesque vegetables, clinging with
grateful helplessness to the strong
and rugged oak Neither is the
darker side of the picture at all un-
familiar, and the ivy, unlimited by
the oak to adorn his majesty with
her pleasing verdancy, is left in the
imagination or tender hearted essay
lists, to trail uselessly and aimlessly
about the world Therefore, al
though certain schismafic fellows OF
the female sex have been rife OF late
years, moving seditions respecting
Woman's Rights aud Mans Tyranny
in way to make old-time and con-
servative hairs stand on end alike
quills on the fretful porcupine." we
win view these wiles, Of the Emanci-
pated with smiles of cynical indiffer-
ence, and start with the hypothesis
that domestic life is the sphere Of
woman. Does it not then follow that
she should in her education pursue
those studies which viii fit her to-
shine in that sphere, and cultivate
the art Of applying the knowledge
acquired to domestic uses7 Take as
tronomy as an instance. In pursuing
this study, can we not, by . short and
easy course Of reasoning. teach a
young lady that she, in the social
system is analogous to a planet and
that she must learn deferentially to
revolve about some fixed star, from
whom she shall receive all her en-
lightment and whose glory she is to
reflect with grateful devotion? And
even il drawn by solar attraction
within the orbit OF an Ursa Major,
does it not appear as plain as an ak
iom that the fault is hers, with so
many grand Orion and brave Per-
seus from which to choose? But, for
fear this might fall under the eye OF
star of the first magnitude, or some
planet as yet without an orbit, We
will drop this branch Of our theme.
Beginning with elementary princi-
pies, then how closely need young
lady to study the fundamental rules
Of arithmetic to make her quarterly
allowance meet her not circumscribed
ideas of dress, and how often In ad-
dition, as she subtracts a bill from
her purse, and considers her multi
Piled wants, is she divided In mind
whether TO have or not TO have
this or that? And how Of
ten ioes she fail TO work complete
equation at the quarters end, and
finds her means represented by the
= rather than the 4? And when the
course OF young ladyhood has been
run, and the hypotehnuse has been
skilIfully drawn about the neck Of
some blissful victim, who, with beri-
ed knees forming rightangles. en-
treats her to enter the circle of his
arms and let her life run parallel with
his till death does them diyerge-ere
the matrimonial circumference in
closes her marriage finger. mathe-
matical precision goes to the COM
pounding OF the wedding cake: pyr-
amids are constructed i'm ice-cream.
and cones in confectionery, which
the bridal-party shall shortly reduce
to frustums OF pyramids and comic
sections. And when the marriage
formula has been recited, by which
two fractions are reduced TO CON-
mon denomination equalling unit, the
future = that mysterious unknown
quantity-extends before them, to be
measured not alone by months and
years, but bright hopes and noble
deeds. But she viii undoubtedly
find in life many knotty problems and
obtusel theorems. and will need to
rule her own conduct by straight
line. She may find it always safest
to study and measure the angles Of
her husbands disposition before pre-
ferring request for few parallelo-
grams in the form Of greenbacks, lest
he show signs of going of on a tan
gent. Above all. as years roll on,and
cares and duties incrcase, will she
need 70 study the proportions and
progressions OF the characters OF her
little polynomials, working long
equations to eliminate The evil and
multiply the good. In that section
OF her, sphere known as the social
circle, she may demonstrate the high
er powers of love and goodness,
drawing others within the arc of her
influence by the chord of affection,
and radiating blessings in inverse
ratio to the square OF the distance.
Thus, if she be a positive quantity,
she may be a efficient member of
society and the exponent of all that
is lovely; and so, filling woman's
sphere. which none can measure. will
she exert an added influence on all
who come within the radius of her
power. Then. to reduce this mixed
quantity, to its simplest terms, she
may, at the end of this long problem
OF life, as she graduates' from this
school and enters higher where is
the focus ofall these converging lines,
while the key lies open to her, find
that she has a good standing, and no
unexcused failures against her name.
in the Great Account Book
He that tears away a mans good
name. tears his flesh from his bones.
and by letting him live, gives him on
ly cruel opportunity OF feeling his
misery, of burying his better part,
and surviving himself.
sMamma said l;tfla Nou eo..~h<