Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-01-28
How to rIanage a Husband.

Farmers institute held in the Court House in
Emporium Cameron County Pa on Jau. 10Th, |
1901 and at Mitchells Opera House. in Drift |
wood, Cameron County, Pa, on Jan. 2lst, on the |
above subject:
This being Farmers Institute" it would be
most natural to expect something along that
line; but on thorough investigation | discover
that more people are engaged in the business of
matrimony than in any other occupation; and 1t
is the hardest way on earth for woman to get
living, unless she understands how to manage
man. And no woman should be married until
she is thoroughly posted in this branch of her
education After over thirty years of experience
it would be dull scholar, indeed that could not
give some useful information.
HeIpIessneSs of Man.
In the very beginning it was decided by the
highest possible authority that if was not good
for man to be alone, and we don't wonder at it
when we look about us and see how much some
men expect oftheir wives We read somewhere
recently that: "Of all creatures in this world
man is the most helpless alone. A chicken two
hours old can take better care of itself than a
man can. of course n woman wrote this and
the next conclusion is that woman washed her
husbands neck and ears ever since she had him
and has made him just the helpless creature that
he is.
Selecting n Husband.
As rule husbands are just what you make
them (of course it won't do to tell them this and
the better material you haveto start onthe better
job you can perform with the same amount OF
labor. If you have bump of cheertulness
developed in your nature don't marry tomb
stone. Altogether he is about as genial as an
iceberg and you will go podding through life
with him to the march ofhis own laden thoughts.
You may be distinct aud dignfed, you couldn't
freeze him any colder than he is. You may love
and pet him, Its waste of ammunition. He
can't be thawed out Above all things don't
marry a dude he is q weak minded, contempt
ible apology for man. God created him man,
therefore let him pass for one. But one good
honest industrious young man is worth all the
floating fops in the world. Unless they can
choose wisely or learn to manage man, girls
had better set their affections cats and poodles
and let matrimony alone.
The Family.
The family is the oldest and the most valuable
institution earth. 1t begins properly with
the first offspring. In reality there is no family
until the husband can say to his wife two times
one are two and one to carry makes three; and
the little third party often brings the husband
and wife rearer together than anything else
could possibly do.
rIutuaI HeIpfuIness.
Every wife should be q hep-mate to her nus
band. For instance if you had the pleasure of
ious task of going to the city, or taking trip
through the country; change work with him,
and let him help you wash in the forenoon, and
you help him ride in the afternoon. A good
wife will deny herselfto entertain her husband,
especially on wash day; but some men will say,
"when come to that | will hire it DONE" We
find no fault in hiring it DONE but as to coming
down to help woman, my dear sir. who created
you so far above woman that you have to con-
descend, to come down. know the Bible says
that the husband shall be the head of the house
hold; but it also says that the wife shah be q
crown to him and you know that the crown is a
| little higher and above the head. SuCh being
| the case, come up gentleman on level with your
| wives and assist in the home whenever you can
| do so, without infringing upon larger and more
important duties,
Is r1arriage a Failure.
The question is often asked SIS Marriage q
| Failure" We say no, if you don't ex pect too
| much of it, but don't run the risk of trying to
reform man after marriage. In all probability
| YOU will be disappointed il you do.
| If your husband used tobacco when you mar
ried him, the Bible forbids all curtain lectures
| afterward, for 1t says "He that is filthy let him
| thing if you will only look till you find it. If
! your husband smokes, be thankful he doesn't
| chew; if he smokes and chews both, be thankful
he doesn't drink if he does all three be thank
| full he won't live long. 1t has been said, BEST
men are moulded out of fault, but it is not every
| one that has the ingredients in her makeup to
| do the moulding The main difficulty is, that
| people demand of marriage all of the universal
virtues of patent medicine, warranted to cure all
| intirmities The marriage ceremony does not
| remove q womans faults a mans crooked dis
position; they are exactly the same people they
were before they were married, only little
we measured it in the pint emp of our experience
and found out many things which our youth and
| inexperience fondly disbelieved? Have YOU ever
| found perfection in literature whether clim ate
your friends, or anything in this world? Then
why demand of marriage more than of these
| other things. Behold the innocence of the
young lady who told her father she was not par
! ticular in her choice OF a husband; she only
wanted one who used neither tobacco, strong
| drink nor profane language, who would spend
| his evenings at home and be wholly devoted to
| her. My child. replied the father, Your a
! stranger here; Heaven is your home"
The New Woman.
We hear much about the new woman of to-
| day and am glad we have women who are not
afraid to leave the beaten track OF their grand
mothers and step out on a new line for them
! selves. In former ages woman was little else
! than cook, and domestic of general house
work, but she has added to these her personal
| liberty and higher education. 1t has taken this
world over eighteen hundred years to discover
! that n woman amounts to s)methnB aui per
| haps in eighteen hundred more It will be willing
TO give her the same privilege 1t gives the ignor-
! ant foreigner who can't tell tnehngIish language
| from porous plaster. Although may not care
to vote it is just little humiliatlng to know the
| only ones denied the ballot are the criminal, the
| lunatiC, idiots and women. Whatever the all
wise Creator gave woman abilityand intelligence
to do is positive proof to my mind, that He iu-
tended she should do, if she wanted to. And
| when man has toied, step by step, up the
| ladder of Fame he will be sure to find woman
| at the top. As a rule women are not so very
anxious to vote but they do want the men TO adj
NIT tina: they have intelligence enough to do 80.
The Wife's Horse.
Another imposition that ia often practced on
the woman; the farmers wife especially, is; II
| there is an old rng-boned, spawned. crippled
| horse that is stoven up generally and good for
no earthly use, it is kept for the women to drive.
| While we urge in these modern days that a
-
| starts for given point, her clothes will not get
| out of style before she gets there.
Training of Children.
If the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand
that rules the world how important that she
cultivate tn ose qualities that noble and grand
| and lead to true happiness. Fifty years hence
the cradle babies of to-day will be on deck of our
! Great Ship Estate Let them be we'll trained
| for we are going to leave big contract on their
| hands. In one of these homes the unConcious
! President of the future is perhaps at this NOM
! ent teeth ing and bowling in dead earnest and is
perfectly justified too. In another the future re-
| nowned Astronomer is winking an d blinking
| with but languid interest in anything outside
| the "Milky-Way;" and in another perphaps our
| future Great Historian is lying, and doubtless
| will continue to lie till his earthly mission is
! ended.
Matrimonial Responsibilities.
When l see so many people rushing into matri-
mony, and rushing out again, think of that re-
markable piece of Scripture, MANY are called,
| but few are chosen" Man is fearfully and
wonderfully made but with proper amount of
wisdom you can study their dispositions There