Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-03-18

l. notonly pne &c usefulpess. bul u 10
also very stable and independent. Farm
ers seidom fail: We may say never, o.
hardly ever, "a they attend 10 their Ie-
climate business. Certainly the risks
Of aerieultsFe ssp isss than those Of Obj
er csIIings. TIE lsrmeT may not have
the wealth and displsy he style Of the
merchant and manufacturer, but bis
wife dpesDot I've = fear Of Rnies and
ShesiGs Visits TAe I'll slwsys re-
spends generously 20 generous culture,
and her cellar apd pantry are never
empty. She IL sure Of comfortable
living. LET trade Be ever 80 much dss-
turhe@ IL The grain ard roots cannot
be sold u y prp6t, they can be censhm-
ed In NE house and barn, and the Farm
will be aIl the n ore productive for such
consumption. neutrality-suspicious. and
freedom from risk are far more condu-
cige tOhsppiaess than sll the wealth.
with ~ eertOdieg rsses--whieh railToad
stocks boaeht add soId hare ever earned.
live had dozen daughters. We should
consider them more fortunate u COM
lortsbly settled Oh farms than Unmarried
10 rich Wall Street brekeFs. =. ss,s
While thus appseeiaAiag the natural
advantages % the wife Of farmer, We
wish 10 add that TIE comfort and use-
lulness or her position depend largely
upon the sympathy snd c0-opersiion OF
her husband. Sore FARMERS, we are
sorry "a ear. freet shein wives - though
thew were beasts o. bmxdens made TO
bear children and Do d.udgery. In-
deed. we have knows those With whom
the horse seemed 20 Be 6Fst and the wife
second. Some s0uls are 50 cold, selfish
and penurious that 10 save few dollars
in the wages ofhired help they are will
ling 10 Ief their wives break down in
health ssd 10 see their children born
with feeble constitutions in consequence.
Ignosnnce, doubtless, in many cases,
may be pleaded in palliation Of such
cruelty. bot ignorance 10 sin which
God and man may have walked at in
the baFbarous ages and portions Of the
world, but better things are expected OF
husbands IN this enlightened country.
The original meahing ofthe word wtft
is a weaver, and q lhrmer's wife, though
not now compelled 10 throw The shuttle.
should be y woskes: bst IN her work
she should have the sympathy Of her
husband, and Il Is bis bouaden duty 90
see that her ambition does not lead her
to overwork. The unieeling wretch
who, standing OF The COTS Of his wife,
said, 81 wopIa fsthef have lost my best
cow" would very likely not have been
a widoVer u be lad been - careful Of
has vile rs OF his COW. He certainly
did not deserve. another wife, though he
IS said tc have seeafed one in three
months.
If the position ofa farmers wifi in-'
wolves peculiar labors and responsible
ties, as minated, then she is entitled
also to peculiar consideration on the
part Of her husband. If she Is emphai-.
icalIy q partner 10 bis business. she
should be consulted in all business mat
tiers, and, her advice treated with all
proper respect. The days have gone
by when a woman has no rights in the
conduct Of business which n husband Is
bound TO respect. There j. none so ma
selfish, and at the same time so Inter-
ested a counselor for any man as hi~
wife, and We are persuaded that those
business men are most successful who
confide their affairs to their wives and
ask their advice. lf this is the case IN
complicated mercantile and msssiac-
turing business. with which women are
not expected 10 be familiar, much mole
is it true in farming. with which. in
some Of is branches at least, the wife
has much to do. when We End that q
young farmer has secured wife. and
treats her as partner in has business,
we feel Gar more confidence in his sue
cess than when he il backed up by
rich father or large capital. and we are
that many OF the mistakes
which we have known farmers 10 make
would have been avoided itsthey had
taken their wives into their counsels.
There is no henpecking in tbs: il is the
part Of wisdom, and whatever IL wis.,
dom's part ~ true manhood.-.7Ier.
Hyde AZ NJ X. Tees.