Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1848-01-14
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HOME EDUCATION.
A STORY OF EVERY DAY LIFE.

all ) uOHe. L "dHl you ~ tdhc Tue Culi-
dren to the square for couple of hours
this afternoon"
"Yes, ma am, I II try TO get through
in time, though don't feel quite as smart
as common this morning, as | was up SO
late last night ironing"
"Now, Kitty" said Mrs Makedoo,
. that's the very time to work - when
YOU don't feel like it. Make that a rule
through life, and you will always find
yourself doing something you don't like
to do; it will be such a satisfaction to
you to know how much you can accom-
plish in that way
"The dear knows" said kitty, I've
had to practice that hard rule from neces-
sity long enough. But what shall do
about bringing down the breakfast tray,
as Miss Arminta has not yet breakfast
ed ?''
so she hasn't, Kitty; and | guess i
might as well run up and wake her now,
as it is ten o'clock. Poor thing she came
home so late last night from the party,
that told her to sleep as long as she
could this morning. | really wonder if
the girl ever gets well rested; II go and
see if she wants her toast and coffee in
/ her ROOM"
With these remarks the doting mother
assembled the staircase on her errand of
! inquiry.
In the meanwhile, Kitty makes loud
and impatient music with her pots and
kettles, and thus soliloquises:
YES, b baking to do. dinner to get
the front room to clean, = it s all mighty
easy talking. Then when my fine lady
gets up, she s got TO be waited upon
very likely she II send me Oh some GRAND
to the miIliners, and when l come back,
she II want dress pressed in minute, to
walk in. Yes, Kitty can do TIT S
nothing for Kitty; but guess if she had
kitty's weak back and tired feet, she d
Law abed for a week, and send me for the
doctor
Kitty !" screamed her mistress at the
top Of her voice, from the head Of the
stairs.
Ma am ~
"Are there any eggs in the house?'
'No, ma am there it is again now
wonder what they want with eggs this
time of day.'O
"Step out somewhere, Kitty, and buy
a few; Arminta thinks she could eat one
on her toast.'
Yes, ma am but how can leave the
bread that s Just ready to bake %
80, be night quick, Kitty, and the
bread won't suffer-
Away went the distracted housemaid
for the eggs, and when she returned, she
cooked one, and took it up to the young
lady's room, where she had the satisfac-
ton of hearing from that individual that
it WASH. half done and more than that,
she had waited so long that her appetite
was all gone, and she could not bear the
sight of it.
Well, after much labor, the work was
pretty well through with, and the dinner
served at the usual hour. Arminta man
aged, with the help of her mother, to
dress herself, and thereby was enabled to
make her appearance in the dining room,
with her blue eyes, and dress to match,
Y
about the time of her fathers entrance.
Her appetite being unusually good, she
contrived to smell bit of roast beef, and
succeeded in eating three Lima beans, af-
ter gracefully taking the skin off of each
one.
"Pa," said she. languidly, Il heard
some one of the party last night, speak
ing of a delightful ghost story = Hamlet,
| believe, is the name of the man that
saw the spectre, and | do wish you
would get it for me if it is in two vol
| umes, YOU need not mind about it. Who
knows but what ii Is as interesting as
| Dombey =
1t would not be to you,' replied her
father, gravely.
Then don't trouble yourself about it,
Pa. You know my taste, and can easily
| Judge; but do wish another number of
Dombey would GOMEZ IN so anxious to
know If sweet Florence has heard from