Year: 1877

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1t is not every woman, or man
either, who will fully agree with the
sentiments expressed in the following
which we find in the Domestic Monthlv
still there is great deal of truth in it,
and it may suggest other truths
equally as important; hence we recon-.
mend it, especially to those contem.
plating matrimony:


In domestic happiness, the wife, in.


iuence is much greater than her hus.
bands, for the one first cause-mutua]
love and contidence-being granted,
the whole comfort Of the household
depends upon trifles more immediately
under her jurisdiction. By her man.
agement Of small sums, her husband :
respectability and credit are erected
or destroyed. No fortune can stand
the constant leakage Of extravaganza
and mismanagement; and moro is
spent in trides than women would
easily believe. The one great expense,
whatever it may be, is turned over
and carefully reflected on, ere incurred;
the income is prepared to meet it; it
is pennies imperceptibly sliding away
which do mischief and this the wife
alone can stop, for it does not come
within a mans province. There is
often an unexpected trife to be saved
in every household. It is not in econ
omy alone that wife's attention is so
necessary, but in those matters which
make well regulated house. An un.
finished cruet.stand, missing key, a
buttonless shirt, a soiled table-cloth. a
mustard pot with its old contents
sticking hard and brown about it, are
really nothing but each can raise an
angry word or cause discomfort.


Depend upon it, there is a great deal
of domestic happiness in well. dress.
ed mutton'chop, or tidy breakfast
table. Men grow full of beauty, tired
of music, are often too wearied for
conversation, however intellectual, but
they can appreciate a well.swept
hearth and smiling comfort. A woman
may love her husband devotedly-may
sacrifice fortune, friends, family,
country for him-sle may have the
genius of Sappho, the enchanted
beauties of an Armida; but-melan-
choiy fact-if with these she fail to
make her home comfortable,
his heart will inevitable
escape her. And women live. so
entirely in the affections that without
love their existence is void. BeJve.:
submit. then, to household tasks. how
ever repugnant they may be to your
tastes, than doom yourself to a love.
less home. Women OF higher o, der
of mind will not run this risk; they
know that their feminine, their do
nestle, are their first duties.


Breaking Coils.


In t.e first place you cannot begin
too soon. When they are week old,
begin to handle them gently, to gain
their confidence. And as you handle
them, if there be a heat of man or
boy in you, THAI heart will begin to
warm as the lanimal yields his conf.
dence, and INDUCES in his playful ma
ture. But never allow them to be
tricked or plagued, as they can easily
be taught to be cross and spunky, as
we'll as kind and tractable. Next, put
cords on their necks ard noses and
lead them gently about. Halters and
brides come next-exercising the ut
most kindness and patience. Colts are
not naturally balky or sullen, unless
they are taught it by bad management.
It is much easier to handle and teach
a colt three months old than one three
years old. The lesson has to be taught
and always recollected. When by pa.
tience and kindness the colt has been
taught the use of the halter and bri.
die, then begin with the harness. It
is not important it should fit. The
collar first; press it against the shoul-
der. See that nothing is done in a
hurry or carelessly to frighten. Let
them smell of it, and satisfy them
selves that it will not hurt them.
Sometimes these operations tickle
their tender skin. See that they are
not fretted thereby. When they are
used to the collar. put on gently more
Of the harness. Press the collar against
the shoulder. When they get used to
this, take hold of the tugs and pull
back gently while they are induced to
step forward. In all this operation
never get excited, and, above all,
never strike colt. All they need is
confidence, and to know what you de.
sire them to do. Naturally, they know
all they ought to. With their power,
did they know more, they would not
be such faithful and obedient slaves.
A colt or horse, spoiled by bad man.
agement or bad treatment, is ten times
as hard to make tractable and useful
as to subdue and make useful a wild
horse from the pampas of the south.
Whenever you see tricky or balky
horse, there has been bad management.
There is difference in the temper and
disposition of colts, but it is the duty
of the one training to study that tenn
per and disposition, and proceed in
his operations accordingly. Acolt can
be so thoroughly trained by the time