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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



ernor — think of her as one like unto yourself — per- 

 forming-all life's holiest duties cheerfully, carefully. 

 I have heard some of you sometimes say, that such 

 a one was as "proud andstuck up, as if she was the 

 governor's wife." Now don't slander the govern- 

 or's wife any more — go imitate her quiet domestic 

 virtue — be faithful to your duties, create around an 

 atmosphere of beauty and usefulness — live plain, 

 simple, truthful, earnest lives. Think less of the 

 trimmings of your dress, more of the garniture of 

 the heads and hearts, and more of your yards and 

 gardens. For the sake of those you love best, do 

 this. How can your sons or your brothers grow 

 up coarse and unrefined, if you throw around them 

 a panorama of beauty and harmony? Fill your 

 gardens and yards with fruits and shrubbery — toll 

 the birds to your bowers, and let them sing their 

 merry harmonies at the threshold, and by and by 

 you may have a home of your own, each one of 

 you, that will fill the heart of the sojourner within 

 thy gates with hopeful happiness. 



FEMALE EDUCATION. 



Shame on us, that we, who boast of having raised 

 women, in the nineteenth centuiy, to the position 

 in life which she ought to hold, so educate her 

 that not one of her powers, physical or mental, can 

 ever attain a full and healthy action. Better go 

 back to the days of our great grandmother, and be 

 content with Dilworth's spelling-book, and Assem- 

 bly's Catechism; — nay, better go to far earlier 

 days, when neither catechism nor spelling-book de- 

 tained the damsel from the distaff or the loom, 

 than rear for the coming generation a race of ner- 

 vous wives and sickly mothers. 



When the boy runs merrily after his ball, or 

 chases in the race, or leaps over the bound, the 

 girl must walk demurely in the garden, because, 

 forsooth, running and leaping and jumping are un- 

 graceful in the girl. When the boy runs freely 

 over the hills or through the woods in summer, or 

 coasts down the hill or skates merrily over the 

 pond in the winter, the girl, untrusted, unbenefited, 

 walks pensively by the side of her teacher, to the 

 village, or takes a two-mile airing in a sleigh once 

 a week. She never pitches the quoit, never throws 

 the ball, never slides down the hill, never roams 

 through the woods, because, save the mark! these 

 are deemed unfeminine. — In fact she never thor- 

 oughly exercises her body at all, and in conse- 

 quence soon becomes unable to endure any kind of 

 physical fatigue. 



"Fit only for boys," said the principal of a large 

 female institute to me the other day, when I re- 

 monstrated with him on the importance of this and 

 other like exercises for the girl. For boys, in- 

 deed! And has not a girl a physical system to be 

 developed and matured and invigorated? Has she 

 not fatigue to bear, obstacles to encounter, hin- 

 derances to overcome, enterprise to carry out, du- 

 ties to discharge? Has she not the burden of life 

 to carry, and its toilsome road to travel by herself! 

 In her own sphere does she not require, through 

 jife, all the energy, strength and endurance of 

 which her system shall be capable? It matters not 

 whether she is to live in the midst of fashion, or 

 to move quietly in the circles of country life, or to 

 find her lot on missionary ground, or to struggle 

 against unforseen adversity, — all that can be made 

 of her during her years of education, physically, 

 ^^vniiy ^p^ intpjlectnallv, she will need. To 



every woman, whatever situation she may occupy, 

 life is a /f/rt, stubborn, earnest, real, to be shaped 

 and moulded by her own eflbrls, or to be borne and 

 endured by her own fortitude. Happy is she who 

 is prepared for it, not by her own despairing efforts 

 in after life, but by the judicious, careful, and 

 thorough discipline of early education. — iV. Y. 

 Com. Advertiser. 



THOUGHTFUL KINDNESS. 



It is very easy, oftentimes, to do an act of kind- 

 ness impulsively, and on the spur of an occasion. 

 And as so done, it may be often both useful and 

 gratifying to the recipient; may confer a real favor, 

 and merit thanks and the feeling of gratitude. But 

 how much more beautiful and noble than this, and 

 how much sweeter and happier in its total influ- 

 ence on life] and character, is that kindness which 

 is thoughtful, considerate, anticipatory; which bu- 

 sies itself with contributing to the good of others, 

 which thinks beforehand what their wants are to 

 be, and how they may be met most pleasantly and 

 efficiently; which thus sows the seeds of happiness 

 and progress along the commonest waysides of 

 life and sheds an influence of refreshment and peace 

 on all the circle. To such a friend, the affections 

 turn with an attachment which is full, overflowing, 

 most intimate. Around such, grow up inevitably 

 all beautiful associations, and grateful memories. 

 For such friends there is nothing we would not 

 bear, or attempt to accomplish. They are en- 

 shrined in our warmest and sweetest affections; 

 and heaven itself takes a new chaimfrom the hope, 

 of there meeting and communing with them foi 

 ever. 



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