Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1888-01-19
The Farm ers Wife,

Whenever you find a prosperous,
industrious, self-respectlng farmer,
you will observe that his chosen
companion is an energetic, progres
slve. economical and well-balanced
woman, you will find the home a
center from whence radiates, the
prosperity noticeable about the en-
tire place.
In this well-ordered home the
children are carefully trained to hab-
its of industry and self-restraint.
They are taught 10 respect their
elders and superiors TO regard the
laws of the land and tn love their
country.
In this household the servants are
respectful, quiet and obedient, CIV
ing good and honorable service il
return for kind treatment and gener
Gus remuneration.
To this sacred ret. eat comes the
head Of the family at the close of
days hard toll, and here finds resi-
peace, happiness.
Home making ia essentislly ",
mans mission. 1t is the end ann
plan of her creation. A helpmeet j.
she, for him who was first formed.
and who would be a miserable crea
ture without her ministratIons.
A man can build four walls neatl,
and symmetrically, but without th'
help of woman he cannot make o
home. He may fill these walls with
costly furniture and shelter himself
beneath the roof, but without th'
presence Of woman. 1t is bleak and
dreary place, splendid, empty
shell. Were l asked what influence
was, and is the most potent in build
ing up an excellent state of society.
in encouraging industry, and in fos
tering morality, 1 should without
the slightest hesitation make answer.
THAT which emanates from country
| homes, and is welded by the farm
er's wife
Her sphere, it is true, may some
times seem narrow and circumscrib
ed, her patient toll may appear IL
be bringing little or no reward; yet
her never swerving attention to
duty, her faIthfulness, her utter
self-forge.fulness is, next to the sac
rifice made by the Saviour of man
kind, the most sublime and beautiful
thing ever seen in this world.
Her charity Is broad and tender;
1t covers with it's soft, white wing
not only every member Of her house
hold, but 1t reaches out to the brute
creation and pitylrgly regards IT.
sufferings, and strives te render aic
and relief IN this sphere. Her hons
Is the shrine of cleanliness, and th'
refuge of comfort. Its atmosphere
enwraps and makes happy every
living thing within its reach.
Her taste does not often run in
the direction of japanese brio a
brac; every pillow does not wear 3
sham, nor all the chairs wear tides
In fact there Is very little shaD
seen about the farmers home, eithe,
in It's adornment or in the character
of its inmates; all Is plain, substan-
tlal, natural ard good.
In matters of dress, the farmers
| wife looks to fitness and comfort
rather than to show. Her children
may wear homespun and home woven
cloth, but they will wear it with
something of the grace which char
acterlzed George Washington when
he was inanguraled first president
of the United States, clad in a suit
of clothes manufactured from the
raw material, in that model home at
Mount Te,7aon.
Her table will not always be sup
Piled with dainties but there will be
an ample sufficiency of good, whole
some, we'll cooked food.
From such homes as these come
forth-well equipped for the battle
of life-the men and women who
ever rank highest IN the worlds es-
TEEN. History grows with The ra-
dance reflected from these humble
unpretentIous domicles; and the
modest influence of the farmers wife
moulds the destiny of nations. ''The
hand that rocks the cradle, is the
hand that rules the world No
sentence ever penned is truer than
this, and yet, strange to say, there
are women clamorlng for the ballot.
Home is the realm of woman. Her
husbands love is her crown, her
childr. are her jewels. Like the
| mo dest wood violet she may seem
| born to blush unseen by the great
outside world, yet the sweet frag-
rance OF her gentle life, continually
upraises toward heaven, and she is