Litchfield enquirer., 1844-04-11
't II From tie IMaYtsoscer.
TRIALS OF A HOUSEWIFE.


As dinner time approached. / sent word into my
kitchen to have it set on; but, recollecting the
state Of the heads of department there, soon fol-
lowed my own orders. found the tin oven stand
ing in the middle Of the kitchen, and my cook seat
ed IL Turk in front Of it, contemplating the
roast meat with full as puzzled an air as in the
morning. ! once more explained the mystery Of
taking Il off and assisted her to gst it the plat
| ter, though somewhat cooled by having been 80
long set ont for inspection. ] was standing hold.
ing the spit in my hands, when Kotterin, who had
heard the door-bell ring, and wa, determined this
time to be in season, ran into the hall, and soon
returning, opened the kitchen DIOR, and politely
ushered in three or four fashionable looking ladies,
exclaiming, Here she u.s. As these were stran.
gers form the city, who had cUme to make their
frst CALL this introduction was far from proving
eligible nne--the look of thunderstruck astonish.
fnent with which greeted their first appearance,
- stood bsandishing the spit, and the terrifed
snuiiing Of Poor Mrs !ibbin:' who had rec9nEae
! to her "a pocket handkerchief, slmcst entirely
vanquishsd their gravity, and i was evident that
they were on the point Of brood anghs 70, recov'
sing my self possession. aposegixed' and led the
IL III q ~ N s a(r-cf
,vay 10 III p..s Incidents Be epecimsE Of the
i Let - weeks that spsnt with the helps,'
fou.E which time I did almost 90 much work,
Nth twice a. much anxiety. az when there was
nobody there, and yet every thing went wrong be-
sides. The young gentlemen complained Of the
patches OF starch grmmed to their collars, and the
'stveaks of black coal ironed into their dickies,
while one week every pocket handkerchief in the
house was starched so stiff that you might as well
have carried an oarthen plate in your pocket, the
tumblers looked muddy, the plates were never
washed clean or wiped dry unless attended to
each one, and ~ to eating and drinking, we expe'
rienced variety that we had not before consider
ed possible. i, ,, ..
At length the old woman vanished from the
stage, and was succeeded ny knowing, active,
capable damsel, with temper like q steel.traP,
went of in fit Of spite. To her succeeded a ro-
sy, d.natured merry lass, who broke the crock
ery, burned the dinner, tore the clothes in ironing
and knocked down everything that stood in her
way about the house, without at all discomposng
herself about the matter. One night she took the
stopper from barrel OF moiasses. ana came sing
ing Off up stairs, while the moIasses ran soberly
out into the cellar bottom all night, till by morn"
ing It was in state Of universal emancipation. -
Having done this, and also despatched an entire
Get Of tea things by letting the waiter fall, she one
day made her disappearance
Then, for wonder, there fell to my lot tidy'
efficient trained English girl, pretty. and genteel
and neat. and knowing how to do everything. and
with the sweetest temper in the world. Now,
said to myself, Il shall rest from my labors. Ev.
cry thing about the house began to go right, and
looked ~ clean and genteel a. her own pretty
SELF. But alas this period Of repose was inter
rupted by the vision Of clever Trim lookne
| yo.sng man, who for some weeks could be heard
scrapng his boots at the kitchen door every Sunday
night, and 1t last Miss Mary. with some smiling
and hushing, gave me to understand that she must
leave in two weeks.
why, Mary said /, feeling alittle mischievous
don't you like the place.
'Oh, yes, ma'am. -..
Then why do you look for anotherP
9 0oinW To another place.'
what, Mary, are you going to learn trade?
sNo ma'atn.' ,a5 s.
.Why, then, what do you mean to do
sIexpect to keep house, myself, a'am'' said she
soh Sor aid /. that's it, and 90 in two weeks
Lost the best little girl in the world; peace to hel
AffeS this came an interregnum, which put M
| in mind Of the chapter in Chronicles that ! uset
| 10 read with great delight when child. where Ba
sha and Elau, and Tidni and Zimri, and Omri. ON
after the other came on to the throne On israel a
one old woman ssho stayed week, and went .
ygay with the misery IN her tooth, one young wo
| nan Who ran AWAY and got married. one cook, WIZ
came At nieht and went 81 before llght 10 IN
mosning, one clever girl, who stayed month an
then went away because her molner va sacks an
cher. who stayed six weeks, and was taken witl
he fever herself and during all this time. who eal
speah The damage and distraction wiopent N TN
domestic paraphsrnaliA by passing through thea'
1 mnlsinliad hanAsl - F.
WA shail re DO. shan We 20 for slavery. o
shah sse eire up houses, have no furniture to taxi
care Of, keep msEely bag Of meal. Posfioee-po.
rnd pn1d;ne stick and sit in our tent door 10 rea
cesr;srchal inaependsnce. What shall We do
A LEAP YEAR ANEcDoTE
The editor Of the Nantucket Telegraph over
heard the following dialogue on Nsw Years night
"will yoartake ny amp said sAllans %
youag laay. aassT tn dance hsShsHP,
~fa. yss; end Ssu ~, aoslns 4 b lesp year.