Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-09-02

! sprinkled them with my tears. What a 7
labor it was! How often ! thought Of the
weekly replcniShing Of my prc>ses with
clean ClothcS-i never bcstowng one thought /
Oh the labor they cost. My Ironing turnrd
ont better than hoped. took infinite
pains, YOU my he sure, and when felt the
glow Of success, aud MY husband thanked
me heartily, / fell TO ii little moralizine, and
came TO the conclusion, tina, the humblcsl
services may receive certain dignity from
the motives aud feelings that attend them.
"Vhc great domestic problem at present
10 BE- solvcl is, how shall provide my fam
lily with soap. ! have abundant materials
left by the squalters on our place, but, though
| have attended three courses of chemical
lectures, know no better than Biddy does
how they should be combined; and she could
as easily transmutc lead to gold, as ashes and
fat To soap.
"Mv prospects, however, are Frightening.
Mis-. Gates has promised to lend me her
daughter Louisa, for IA month. She is to in
struct Biddy and nc. Louisa is what now
call an accomplished girl. Depend on it
the mcening OF terms changes with our cx-
pericncc. At this moment, would give all
my acconplishmens-all my knowledge of
French, Italian, Grammer and Music, Tor
Louisa Gates ability in household matters.
You will say, perhaps, that exaggcrate their
Importance, owing to my present unfortunate
position. Believe me, my friend, it can
scarcely be exaggerated. A wife mus, be
responsible for the domestic comfort Of her
husband and children. 1t is important to
our concerns, that my husband should give
all his time TO his own department of bust
ness, but he is every day interrupted by
some domestic necessity that do not know
how to supply, or some petty embarrassment
that cannot relieve. ! feel that am not "A
hefp-mcct to him. He has no home COM
forts. He is most kind and iorbearing, and
I am doing what can be done at my age, to
rociity the errors in my education.
{" shall not regret my miserable expert
ence if it induces You and some other of my
friends in town, to think seriously on this
subject. The result Of such reflection, am
sure, will be that ii is essential to the WELL
being Of young girls, that they be thoroughly
instructed in domestic economy"
In Justice to the writer Of the foregoing,
shall give ii shoit extract from letter writ
ten BY her after residence IN 'tlIc west Of
some four or five wears:
You, who were informed Of all our do
nestle difficulties in which was involved
by my ignorance, when first came, would
be delighted aow to sec how comfortably
get on. thought for some time it was I'M
possible TO have any domestic comfort in the
west; hut impossible. il not as Napoleon
said, 'ihc adjective Of FOOLS is that Of imbc-
Giles. | was determined, as far as | could,
10 make my husband and children comfor,a-
bic, and | resigned myselllo being a house
hold drudge for the rest of my life.
'lIonsoh}ld work, cannot, as some mag
inc, be done cStcmpor", nor is there roy
at road 10 domestic economy, any more t1an
to any other art or science. l applied my
strength, my min conscience, to tie husl-
ness. often tailed, bnt learned from fall
"'e as wei as rom success. fractIce made
easy that WhIch at !Irst seemed impossible.
can n"W d'Spn'ch BIZ OF work IN the time
III HFN' consumed IN Hghlng over 1t and
"ilen INA my hands ar" performing their
WORK IKE hihcHInery, """c my mind IS wan
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