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Ax\D GAUDJ^NER'S JOURNAL. 



1-417. 



Connecticut, n.c naunji wii!ch nre flo^'.ined, with- 

 t prejudice lo nny of tiioir UistingiiJoard conteinpu- 

 i-'3 cir piu'cejsors, i■^ ocupy the iii2lic:?t nichus of 

 lii'ii:);- Ja liio reLMids of American A^nculiure. 



Pliysical l!]diicutiou« 



{■ist tho:t daughters? Huvo a care of their body. 



EcCLteiASTICl'S, 



The inhnbiinntg olong the shore in :he o'd Bny 

 ii'-, arc becoming less robn^t and hnrjy ihun thi-ir 

 u<r3 wore. The piescat generniion has less vigor 

 1 bealih thin the- biat pi>3se--8od. The caneca are 

 .ib'Jeis many — and not a Tew of them are hidden. 

 n a ha.^ty glance at sncieiy will disclosy Bome de- 

 rlurce of the present generau'on from the habits of 

 13 past ago, which obviously tend lo debibiate. The 

 psenesa of our dwe!bng8, rendered di'tiroble by the 

 \y\x prices of fviel, cau-^eg ws lo breathe n b.es pore Qli 

 isphcrs; thnn peivadud the dwellings of the yeoinau- 

 in the times when tiie chimney corner would hold 

 If a ecnre of children; the extensive subsiitinion of 

 flee and ten for milk, b;:an p-irrJdge and the like, 

 ve brought mii n degree of feebleness; — the genera! 

 9 01 fin; wiiC i't-Mi fl nir ins'.cad of tbecorirse rye and 

 Jim of former iluys has over loaded and weake-.e I the 

 jesl>.'e organs in many onsL'd; — '.lie fashion which 

 eludes the thick .shoe and b )ot, and exposes the foot 

 c>ld and wc', has helped to bring: on many malo- 

 — '.lie abandonment of wrestling and other games 

 luiring great muscnlur eiF)rts, (ihovigh pcrbiips the 

 andonment is wise,) may bo a cause of the incieat-e 

 feebleness. In short, less of hardship and more 

 cury in mode3 of liv ng, have e.xcrtei their encrva- 

 g in'ducnce upon our coinmnniiy for ton last quar- 

 of a century. And though we are still a vigor- 

 !, energetic and enterprising people; yet, as thise 

 aracteristics are becoming h-gs prominent, it is pro- 

 for us to inquire int>ihe can^^es and help lo stay 

 r operations, Wc feel the disiy inru:nbent, be- 

 la.- we think that :!.e iniellectMal, moral and reiigi- 

 s ciiaranter of indiVidunU and nations, has a close 

 i intinutie cmnf.'ctlon wiih the health and strength 

 .he boily. Toe public good, ("not its prosi-erity in 

 •ney making meieJy) — tiu; public sood — in the 

 ;hesl, broadt^!-:t. dee.'Cet sense of the terms — !sc!o;f'. 

 iiuerw.ivon w t!t the general health J.nd strength 

 .ha pei;ile. Therefore necessity is laid upon those 



w.;U;J ha faithful p'lbbc ter,c!i.T?, to discounte- 

 ice ntl customs which tend '.> bring on general 

 blenobs. 



iVe commenced with a fiu)titK<n fi^m a wise nmn 

 )lden tinned — '* Hisi t;r>ii laugl.' rs? Have a circ 

 -heir body;" and it was oar purpose to say dis- 

 ;tiy, that th? physical eHncition .)f those wlr* are 

 )e the mothers ol the next gene: niion, is the first 

 7 01 parents: yes, wf. d Himctly put this branch of 

 ication first; for wiiile we would have habits of 

 th and obedience t-nrly formed, wc are persuaded 

 t these an! other enod habits are of much less 

 rth to the world when foun:) in one of feeble con- 

 utiim, .than wht-n c()nn<*cic ! ■.villi a healthy frame, 



1 has power to act out the promptingrj of the soul. 

 -ketltethild hardtj; and to do this, the food must 

 simple, the clothing loos^- and comfortable, and ex- 

 ure to the weather in all its slates, must be ha- 

 lal. The dirt, and wet and cold into which the 

 Id will rush with delight, are all contribut rs to its 

 Uh and energy of character. There is much im- 

 deni p>!idrnre\x\VQ'*-\n\\^ ch!ld-en wiihln doors — 

 ch CTucl kindness in keepiig them from r-xpnsure 

 aach wrjnkening piison \n i\ie hcilfJiful t/clicacirs 

 dished for their feeble digestive organs. Let kind- 

 's to your odspring be far-sighied. Let it remem- 



that health is promoted by vigorous exercise and 

 'e air. Let it not forget that winter's snows ant] 

 omer's suns help to harden and strengthen the 

 wing body. 



Veserve the child from immoral habits and exer- 

 i little more restrn'-^t ih m is necessary for this, 

 .il the foundation oi iirm health is apparently well 

 1. There has been a tond.'ncy for a few^ years past 

 rorceihe gro vth ofth': intellect in advance of phy- 

 il growth; but this is a contravention of the 

 rse of nature, nud muslin many iuatancea bring 

 ler death or debility. He who formed the myste- 

 as connection between the body and snul, has ob- 

 uely designed that the growth of the former shall 

 cede that of the latter; and any course which shall 

 maturely develope the mind and call it into bigh- 

 ^igoroua exercise in early childhood, is necessarily 

 • ■nded with dani^er of destroying the body. 



3ut we designed to speak particularly of the phy- 

 *il eJucaii )n of daughters. Let them be accusiom- 

 *-o regular and vi|^oroue exercise, and that too in 

 *1 ojjcn ai; , It is Decerning olmos*. barbarnjue to 



send the girls to the milking stool and •,<> the li;;l;ti'r 

 work m the fiold. \Vu arc not without n share of 

 the feeling on this subject which purvados this vicin- 

 ity; and yet looking at the future and roJisonin:^ from 

 well known fac's, the cmclusion is irre/i-tililc that it 

 would be b.nu'r — far Iie'ler — better fi<T ihcm and bet- 

 tor for the noxl generniion, that tmr daiiiihtcrs should 

 engage in the out-door labors which their grnndmo- 

 thers performed. ThL-n a frcabcr bloom would spread 

 over their clierks, and more healthful blood would 

 llow in ail their veins. Tht-y would discharge their 

 household duties with more desjintch and less briigue. 

 Their spirits, graduated i:y their health, would dif- 

 fuse more life into the family circle — and 'the mind, 

 sympathizing with the body, would be clearer in its 

 perceptions, more p-ompt in its decisions, more clii- 

 cieni in all its operations. 



Looking forward to the future, we see not bow it 

 is possible for any o:hcr than a feeble race lo be pro- 

 duced from the pale faced girk', of compressed forms, 

 that are growing up in bnh city and country. The 

 subject is one of delicacy, but it is so closely conncct- 

 ted with human welfare, that s -me obvious truths 

 connected with it should not be suppressed. We say 

 that the same laws by which, in brutes, the offspring 

 paitakeot the characteristics of the pn;ent8, operate in 

 the human species; and no iL-ma'c can txpect to be 

 the mother of a healthy family of children, who has 

 not a firm robust con.-litution. The wcaknes^ea pro 

 duced by stimulanis, by unwholesome food, inac:ivi- 

 ty, irnpui'eair, tight lacing, thin shoes, ora\oidnnce 

 of vigorous exercise, will be transmitted to their 

 children. The Sins of the parents are visited iipnn 

 the chddren for generations. These truths teach a 

 I.-sson that should ho heeded. Could the young ol 

 cither sex, but be made acquainted with ihe fnct^ 

 which wc have wiuios.^ed, they would learn that the 

 marriage relation often — very niten rtsuhs in a famdv 

 ol fcf Die antl inriricir-nt children, and this too in con 

 I sequence of such wecdtii-f^s in the pnrcnts thatshou!'' 

 have deterred them fro.M entering into theinairicd 

 elate. For we bold it to be wrong for any intelligent 

 being to bo voluntarily instrumejital in bringing oth- 

 ers into existence, when the probability is strong that 

 the children vv-j!] inherit such weaknesses as wi [ren- 

 der them imh!ipiiy or burdmsome lo eociety. 



This pubjcct ofpbysi'^nl education is more closely 

 connscten with human welfare than almost any other 

 that can be agitated. We have not discacscd it; but 

 the hints here given may cause some of our readers to 

 make it a matter of serious anil useful relleciion. 

 Shi'uld we but feel it a duty to dlsclopc all our con- 

 victions relative to this subject; and could our aiiviec 

 be t-tken, many of the yount; of each sex would ::o 

 d*-»wn to t'.ieir graves nnwedded auH childless, and this 

 loo. not ofmer from any fnults of their own, than from 

 iLe faults of parent" and of fnpbion. which have ren- 

 dk^red thei.i premature'y feeble. -^^V. E. FcTmor, 



The \Voikiii??-35an's Dweliirsg* 



'* When v/c Die.^n to IiuiM, 

 We flrat survey the idiil, then 'Iraw the model ; 

 AiiJ when wc see the figure if the licuse. 

 Then must we vote the coslui' :hcerec;ion " 



Kiv^ Iltnry IV. pnrt 2. 



There is such a sntisfaction in having n house oi 

 one's own, that most Americans begin to think of 

 budding as soon as ihcy are rich enough. It is pro- 

 verbial that this becomes a mania, even in the coun- 

 try, with men of wealth. In riuimliiy, thercfoje, we 

 have no lack: the defects are in the qu-ility nf uur ar- 

 chilectuie. For want of observing the plain dictate 

 of reason contained in my motto, many grest houses 

 arc finished less splendidly than they were begun. As 

 I seldom take a walk without eeemg the dwelling oi 

 some mechnn'c go'ng forward,' I am anxious to make 

 a fi^w suggestions on i!iis point. 



A good site is almo^t cveiy thine: in such a land as 

 ourg, few are compelled to build in bad situnttons. Yet 

 half the houses we see in the couniry aic disadvcntn- 

 gcously placed. How Utile advaningo is taken of na- 

 tive g:oves ! I have in my eye a very costly edihce, 

 iust near enough to a bea\itiful copse to tempt the be- 

 lief that the proprietor wished to avoid its shades, 

 while he is making a strenuous eOort to bring H-irward 

 £ome starveling trees in a miseiabfe clay before his 

 door! The general design is next in i.iiportance; 

 this is what strikes the dte:ant beholder. The eye is 

 shocked when, in a clever budding, the door has three 

 windows on one side and five on the other. The pro- 

 potions of length and height, the pitch of roof, the 

 number, and size, and arrangement of light:^. are ail 

 matters which demand cartful study, in order to pro- , 

 duce a good effect; but in most cases they are left to 



chunce or wli m. Syn.nietry is as rbea atj ditpropor- 

 t.on, and ricli men should not uioiiopolivx- all r.cntncea 

 and taei'.'. A good plan giv^s bcr.my to the pbiinert 

 materials, while n-i expense can render afabe [iropor- 

 lion elegant. A well-dct?ignod cottage, of the hum- 

 blcfit diimmsio::? and simplest fah.-ic, fills the eye, and 

 gives repose to the nund. But finery camv-t hide bad 

 taste; it often betrays it. Wo may hcie apply Crabbc'a 

 couplet — 



*' Faults Uia*. in duHty p-etures rest unknown, 

 Arft in an in^*t;iiit through ihc varnish shown." 

 Men who come suddenly to wenlth are greatly in dan- 

 ger of falling into this trap,* Tut showy in nrchitcc- 

 tiirc is usually coupled with the vulgar; juet as in 

 dres-^ the finest are not the trii'y well bred. Pope baa 

 satirized this abuse of ornament: 



" I^nd eotr.c vain church with old theatric stMe, 

 Turn arcs of triumph to a gurdcn eate ; 

 Kcservc your ornaments, and hr.ny them all 

 On sc:me putcli'd dog-hole eked with cads of wall 



*' Then cisp four slices of pilaster on't, 

 Tliat !a,-od with I i^s of rustii: m.ikcs n from, 

 Shall call tl.c winlathrough long arcadea to roar, 

 Proud to catch cold .it a Venetian door." 



Some of our builders, I hope, vvlll read these es- 

 says: 'heir inlbience is of great numicnt. Jf well in- 

 Riructcd, they will tell sueh as apply to them, thnt the 

 word Architecture Is not confined to the massy pilesof 

 pubbc eddlces, bul that the very game principles which 

 draught ihe Birmingham Town Wail, or the Made- 

 lame, can descend to plnn the cottage or the rustic 

 bridge. These principles ought t- be studied, not (m- 

 ly in our colleaeei, but our lyceums, and other institu- 

 tions for the mstiueiion of uur working-men. Books 

 of K.ehiiectund plans should be compiled and absiract- 

 cil from ihe moje cottly Kiiropenn j-uhbcaiion?. 1 nm 

 euie anyone who ie familiar with the Tailor's luiisa- 

 ZJHC, Will grant thai there is no insuperable obstacle 

 in ihn way of a buiiderti i eriodiccl. And not archi- 

 tects alone, bul all planners and proprietors should fa- 

 miliarize tiieir eye to the contemplation of good models. 



The day it is to be Loped will come, when even the 

 day laborer wdl not think it necessary to lie elovcnly 

 bL'cauee be is poor, and when ihc miiat incessant 

 drudjics f>hnll be^in to see that there &re 6( me good 

 tilings be--.iJtB coin and baiik-n^'les. The p,-cciical 

 man v.diose views are enlarged, will not fail to tee that 

 ideaeur^s of imngina'ion ami inste havealso their price. 

 Decoration iioluroHy comes after use; we bui'd our 

 bouses before we decorate them. But in the advance- 

 ment of society, there is a stage at which men slwaya 

 set a v;due upon oiaa'ncnt; and though tlese cirruni- 

 stflncGfi may breed luxury, ilu y have if uits which are 

 desirable, sueh as iiicrt.t.'cd cnnieatnicnt, placid j'<y, 

 refined lasio, cheerful refleoti'-n, and ;he love of home. 



Along the baidi of a h;df-;;nislied canal 1 faw, the 

 other dny, a Hetilemcnt, which, at a (urlong's dieiance, 

 '^aowcd the origin of its lenr.nts- Exltmpornnenus 

 huts, barrel clii'iui- ys, fioors v iihout boan's, windows 

 without glaas, and a dunghill at the entrance; these 

 afford d the synii toms of a horcl. Here was no deco- 

 ration, and I arL'ue concerning this seu'ement, that 

 tl.ere arc no intel'eemal pleasmes, no taste, no gende- 

 nce.=', no fires. do hoppinets. 



Let me ch»:ngt the Fcene. I know a fajnily of Fng- 

 lish people, no richer than those jiTsi noticed, \^ho bved 

 in a dwelling no larger than one or these — but how 

 diJi^Tent I 1 see it yet in memory, i'.s wh icned pa- 

 dngs and beaten walk to i!_,e door, its tight sides and 

 eiose roof, and eipccially iin edge ol summer fiawers 

 arountl a plot of the cleancs'. ifiais, anil its roses raid 

 woodl>ine (creeping over e-ejy w'ndow. They were 

 pO'-r, but they were tidy. Mmc than this; they were 

 Ond i''^ natural boau:y, and lond of home, and there- 

 fore alway^^ aim ng to niul:e hnrnc lovely. 



FJvcry reader has nnaiy tim'-e seen the same thing, 

 and eonie have already learned the connection between 

 Himple decoration nn*i domestic virtue and peace. — 

 Why does an English cottage strike on American 

 vvi".h surprise 7 Why does he look, aa at a strange 

 thing, upon the Fri neh peasantry taking their eve- 

 ning repast beneath ihcir trees and vines ? Eecause 

 wc Americnns are t-r* pccuhf'riy practic:d, and so pi »- 

 eessed of the demon of trade, that nothing is valuable 

 which connot be sold. Value is becoming cqulvolrnt 

 to vendibility. Valuable means saleable: wnrlh mrana 

 money. If a fiower, or a hedge row, or a cascade, or 

 a bust, or a prospect, add to the price under the ham- 

 mer, these things are valuable, and are straightway in- 

 serted in the lithographic tiew of the auctioneer. They 

 are useful. Usefulneos is that quality oi" things wb«T8 

 by th^ bring money.— Tr(yWKjt,ilfi(m, 



