Shaming The Ladies

To poiní at the follies of the female sex, and cry, Shame ü rafher a risk} undertaking for most men. Yct we find a correspondent of the Michigan Farme attempting this hazardous feat; and as -ve happen toknow him to be a man of Consid erable talents and good ssnse, who has travelled extensively hv the we cannot resist the temptation of extracting a part of his good matured lecfure for the benefit of our female readers, especially as they znay be more disposed to listen when they learn that he is a young man, and one whose business rnay possibly induce l)iin to cali at tltcir dwellings. In reference to the fear the young Jadies have lest they should be caught at work, he says: "With sorrow I confess, and am forced '-o acknowledge, that you have gorie f ar astray from your original usefulriess - that you have almost entirely departed from your former worlh - and now are grove] Jingbeneath your onceascribed dignify. Í visit your homes and find you Jespisers of your dömestic duu'es. Is this, indeed true? In what respect? For several months I have been unable to catoh a young lady over the wash tuh U it because washing has been dispensed with? Certainly not; but it is because farmers' daughters liave goi above their business. This. my dear girls, you cannot deny; for how oftcn I haye had a glimpse of your departing iigurp, as you was ilying into the cellar, bed-room, or stairs. How beautiful!- palpably absurd! How.perfectly ridicuious! - How unbecoming Amencan ladies! Do you think me destitute of ordinary sense that you do this? -Do you suppose it will give me a grcater estimale of your valué1? Tt cnnnot be Contrast yours wiíh the practice ofyoui se.x in the days of our ancostors - -"the times that tried men's souls," and for many years after the Revolution. Mrs Washington, the wiíe of the Father o our Country, at the time her husband was occupying the Presidential Chair, and in the enjoyment of the greatest honor tha jAmerica could bestow, was in the dail) habit of doing all kinds of domestic work - washing, ba kin g, knitthig, and, in short discharging all her household duties. In the hou.se of such a woman there are rea and siibstantial comforts - but in the house of one who is ahvays ready to run and forsake her accustomed lator at the approach of a stranger, real happiness cannot be íbund. Oñ-times I have entered the farmer's house, and found the gir-ls out, well satisfied that the moment before I entered., the daughter was engaged in mopping, scrubbing, washing. or doing some similar business - w-hen, in a few moments, out site comes with a., gen-teel dress, and a busting bustle; the sight of which would, to say the least, disturb any sensible man's equanimity."