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


, tyings.' By the time | got to Ms. Gate
h my feelings We're somewhat subd ned; 4
that ! asked very meekly how 10 use III
|. Mfnpikesl
.sGracious mel exclaimed the goo
woman, i thought you kneg as much 4
thai flushing confessed | did no
and she gave me the directions. | wen
home, kneaded up my bread, and thu
evenings meal, oh the nlae leaf of my ow
making, WINS II seems TO me, one of Til
h~appiest of my life. l r =
NY greater difficulty was. overcome
but every day and hour I experience th,
evil of my ignorance. have obtained {
raw Irishwoman.--She il strong and vii
ling, but more ignorant than one of ouI
sasages. IT, only knew how 10 direct
she could execute. Yesterday my HUSBAND
had some pork sent him |, without much re
h%eclion, expected il to come as from tbs
market, all cut up and prepared; but to
my utter horror, the animals were whole.
| am sure the family, consisting of my
husband, myself, Pat, our raw freshman,
Biddy and Rose, in joint couneiI over the
swine, were a,tgrotp for Hogarth.h
o."Ah, my friend, you who live at home
at ease, little know the trials of ladies in
the West. My husband had last week to
go to Chicago, to meet some gentleman
from Philadelphia on business. These
Shifts said he, showing me the linen done
up, (undone, rather,) by Biddy, ARE too
bad 10 90 among civilized people. Could
you con,rise my dear wife, to have or
two decentIy ironed for met has ! "
s VI faintly answered, Yes Biddy is
quite competent 10 Wasting. so ] gave her
MY orders, and then asked Rose as d par-
iicular favor to IRON the shirts. She replied,
pettishly, that she could not do every
thing and |, nat accustomed, you know,
to submit toaany inpertinence from my
people, retorted sharply. The conse.
qaence was, she fell to crying. IF she
could not please me- she said, she could
leave tme--it was Anne had invited her 10
come and live nil the same as a sister with
her; and sure, that would be more pleasing
than living at service, and not giving sat-
isiaction--there was no need of living a
servant any way in a new country, where
there was room for all, and plenty
Il was terrified at the idea of her leas.
ing me with the care Of my children, in
addition Ito every thing else; so choked
my .griefs and ~apologized, and sooth
edgneAh, my friend, it is one Of the neces
sary and notifying effects OF our domtes.
nc ignorance and simbecility, that they
make Us completely subsseryiept TO those
we, employ. ,aaFEs eAa iaoer q ~ ii 81 yai4 2ys9
taEi qamn wearying you. but / must write
Of what my hands and head are. full. HI
the shirtsfmyseIf-and shall | con.
fhss itl-I spfinkled them with. my tears
How oftsnI thought Of the weekly replen.
ishing Of my press with clean cloihes-~l,
never besloWing one thought on the labor
they cost. My ironing turned out better
hoped. i took infinite pains, you
may be sure, and when | felt the glow Of
success, and my husband thanked me
/ fell to a little morallzing, and
came to the conclusion, that the huinbIest
may receive a certain dignity
from the motives and feelings that attend
them. a9asl Esd zadg ~ @5t s |za4aei
1.-THE great domestic problem at present
10 be solved is, how | shall provide my
with soap. Ihave abundant mate.
rails left BY the squatters on our place,
but, though | have attended t1ree courses
Of chemical lectures. | know no better
than Biddy does how they should becoIn.
bined; and she could as easily transmute
lead to gold, as ashes and fat 10 soap.
N@"My prospects, however. are brighten.
Gates has promised TO lend me
ner daughter Louisa, fofa month. She is
10 instruct Biddy and fhe. Louisa is what
now call an accomplished girl. Depend
On it, the meaning of the term changes
with our experience. At this moment, |
would give all my accomplishments-all
my knowledge Of French, Italian, gram
and music, for Louisa Gates' ability
n household matters. You will say, per-
1aps, that ! eaagefate their importa nee,
nWipg to my present unfortunate position.
Believe, me, my friend, it can scarcely be
exaggerated. A wife must be responsible
or the domestic comfort finer husband
md children It is important TO ouf con.
Germs. that my husband should give all his
inc TO his own department of business.
,ut he is every day INTERRUPTED by some
necessity that | do not know
low TO supply, or some petty embarrass
that | cannot relieve. feel that j
I'M not n help meet to him. He has no
comforts. He is most kind and
orbearing, and am doing, what car b
lone at any age, to rectify tho Errors in
ny eduea'iohr. offs 20 AT
- ! shall not fer..er my miserable expert
nee i it lr...uces you and some other of my
r...endsiu town, to think seriously on the sub
ect. The result Of such reflection, ! am
'ure, will be, that it is essential to the we'll
,eing Of your girls, that they be thoroughly
Instructed iH domestic economy"
In Justice to the writer of the foregoing, !
shall give a short extract from a letter writ
by her after a residence in /" the West,'
if some four or five years. 5Isa1
"You who were informed of a domestic diff
i~cultles in which / was involved by my igno-
.ance when | first came, would be delighted
10 see how comfortably / get on. /
thought for some time it was impossible to
nave any domestic comfort in the West, but
IMPOSSIBLE if not, as Napoleon said the at-
ectises of FOOLS is that of imbeciles.' I was
determined, as far as l could, to make my
and my children comfortable, and !
myself to being a household drudge
or the rest Of my life. ssat@ adj i, uFss4, al
'a1Houseefhold work cannot, as some imagine,
be done extempore, nor is there a royal road
10 domestic economy any more than To- any