Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-12-02

20 NOT ialt, must make up ifielr account
having some times confusion and disord,
inltheir establishments; Is neglected Chi
dren and dlspleased husba nds; to findin
they have been imposed upon, or, what
far more painful, that they have been NJ
Just 10 Their doniestcs. How ~ this to
ayoidedl--Only,b y on ~all.conquer,ng sens
y Of duty on The part of the patent, or by tn
combined sense and virtue ofa self tfain
ing Daughter aatsH aaAz #s h=1
To show the disastrous and mortifyini
consequences Of emitting this must hare 9
m American girls education, we pnblis
extracts from the letter of an accomplish
ed friend who, after keeping lionse 70
twelve years at New York, removed 500
after3a commercial crisis, 10 one Of tn
Western States. s592 asA i hai19s
After describing the richness and exqui
site beauty of the country about her, AM
the change ii her husband from extern,
election TO cheerfulness, in consequence
of The happy change in his pecnniary pros
poets. she ssvs--'But what does all tthi.
avail mel / mr. q miserable, mortified
woman. Don't BIZ alarmed by my Ian.
gnagc. Ihaye not yet broken any Of the
laws Of the land, nor lost my husband al
fectlens, though ] am sure Ideseise isalose
them; but read on and Pity me. You
know, | determined TO be siftuously econ.
e%inicnl. so ] brought but two servants with
me. This was rhlher II reduction from
my usual establishment Of SIX; but our for
tune was reduced, and | wished 10 conform
to my husbands circumstances. Anne
was. to be, my oma Of all work; shewas
eountry.bted, and highly recommended;
children nurse.
1--WE sent on Anne some weeks before.
rs to unpatk the furniture and get The
house in order, and when we arrived, in
nice order il was; and Anne had found
time TO do up q courtship, and the very
day W arrived, she set off to be married
10 a. young farmer at the head of the ri.
yer, telling me very coolIy, that she should
think | might have expected rs much
that all girls that came to the West. calcu-
lated 10 be married tt"''5 ,t Sd 6,4U NJ
Il sdbmittcd--f could do nothing else
Rose had been brought up to nursery.work,
and was almost as ignorant as myself of
all household work, and besides, her hands
were full, with my baby who was cutting
her eye teeth.
THE first morning after-ou arrival. |
determineddto he energetic, and dofHfy
best to make my famiIy comfortable Till
I Gould supply Anne ) place, u, + hurried
on my, dressing gown. and went down. 70
The kitehhfpstt make lcoffee,- Blu, how was
il to be 4mpde2 = Ioran up 10! ask Rose.
She had s'alwaysgseebsit made in a gree
qne;' so had L, hut we had.npne. Thought
ift let it soak long enough In boi ing wa
ter, if'would be as good as if poured through
Il grecque. Accordingly, | soaked il tilt |
had every thing else was rcca,dy.2 Anne
bad left some little nice trout all prepared
to fry. | put them in a utensll that
knew was called a frying pan, and there,
they dried away Ia a coal. In attempt.
ing TO cat the bread cut my thumb. it
has been ever since nearly useless to me!
What stuff is thur asked my husband
when poured out the coffee. | burst in
e tears, and confessed my ignorance
You should have boiled it. my DEAR he
said The next morning | did boil it, but
1t was so thick II could not be drank.
How TO clarity it none Of us knew@-we
drank tea for the present.. ! have my
beds to make, my rooms TO sweep, and my
tables to set, but am well and strong, and
should not mind it, (for | really feel better
aftef the exercise if / only7knew how.
Anne left us a large baking of Thread. |
lookedaforward with dismay to The time
when that should be eaten up. We were
reduced to the last loaf, and | begged my
husband to ride over to the nearest neigh
boris, 1.-TWO miles) and get some leayen-
for, | knew that bread req aired l~eaven,
though not how to make it, and tnfortu-
nately my receipt book was in alpaekage
ofbooks not yet arrived. 5. 2ta5 e X3
.7fhie good dame sent me some hard,
bitter cakes; which she called turnpike.
eamptyings How to apply them | did
not know. but | grated them into my -four.
and | rose in my own esteem: but, alasl
my bread did not rise! You laugh, my
dear friend: | 1adgh too, some times; but
| assure YOU that | cry %oftener. AL day
and all night, [ waited for the dough to
rise. In the morning, it was the same
lump as when | mixed n.-My husband
suggested thatsjt might rise in The oven;
this seemed to me a bright thought, and
into the oven itswent; but, alasl it came
GUS even more solid than il went in. Ny
children were actually crying for bread.
and l had nothing better than a stone 10
give them. went TO my room. My
beautiful Petrarch was lying on the table,
| looked at it for a moment with a sort Of
loathing. i would gladly give all nv
knowledge Of l.a..iao q which have felt
pro..a., 10 know how to make bread But,
said my conscience, you might read ltgl-
ian. and make bread too. The time spent
in getting half a dozen essons.-wopld have
sufsced to acaaaint you with this essential
art. sta e.j isaa aj eE55 #5s0@
a"Do you remember how we used to
laugh at Uncle. John, when he came down
from the country, and would tell US that
we did not know anything2 Yain-glory-
ing as we were in being the first scholars
in Madame C's. school: .Learn to make
bread, girls" he would say, the staff of
lifs--learn to make bread!' 80 .s.a s.g1y E
"But know how TO make cake, Uncle
you replied. Fiddle de deeT said Uncle
John, that is an easy matter-but learns|
TO make bread, Did you ever hear,sguls,