Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1850-09-26
From of the Ohio Cultiyator.
Mrs. Jones Experience, Or the Art of
Living Easy.
BY FRANCIS d. GAGE.

and you have less help-5ut you are always in
time-come when will, l find thing in good or
der-no bustle fuss or confusion Now we all
work from morning TO night, at our house, and
our work is never done. There must be some
witch work about it-some secret: do tell u.s.
won't you -
Why, Ellen, do not know that there is any
great secret about it all | can tell is that don't
seem to work very hard, but some how | do get
along very easy, you say, with all that seems to
fall to my lot"
well we know that, Mrs Jones, and we know
too, that you do more reading and writing than any
Of the rest Of US, and visit the sick more, and find
time for everything that is good-oh, there is
cret, know there is, and you must tell me all "a
bout it,
." Yes, Ellen, l will tell you all | know about il,
for you're real smart girl, and will make first
rate wife for our Fred, some day, but you must
first promise to try and make my secret of practi
cal use to yourself and teach every body else"
Ellen blushed, and almost wished she had not
been so mpertnent. But Ellen was good SEN
sible girl, and was impressed with the idea that
Fred would want wife somewhat resembling his
mother in domestic matters; so she stopped down
and tied her shoe, 10 hide her confusion. Mrs.
Jones laid down the cheese knife, (for it
y in the morning) took up the baby which her
kind heart and arms had taken home, and picked
up basket of green peas that were to be sheed
for dinner, and sat down TO nurse her little orphan
to Sleep take the peas out Of the pod and tell her
the story.
Won ie i,,ett tbi .,E,ho Iro
out to shake the table cloth, always bring in a
stick wood, or when nurse the baby shell the
peas or read my newspaper; or in other words
economise time; seldom take two steps where one
will answer, and try to do everything the shortest
and easiest way. | pulverise saleratus enough 10
last month at one time, keep it in a convenient
vessel, and then il is always ready for use-no un-
tying papers and scattering the floor and cup
board, table, no rolling pin, morter TO clean,
but once instead Of beating my eggs with knife
or spoon, have whip made OF pieces of wire
bent in an obong shape like tassel, ard tied
with bit of twine to a hcory handle, and | can
beat the whites Of six eggs to standing foam in
two minutes, easily you could in half an
hour with a knife. Any body can make a whip
that can white stick or find piece of wire, if
they cannot afford to buy one. l only mention
these things as samples of my time saving. But
if you will not be offended will tell you little
story"
Offended not I. It's the sest thing in the
world to get offended, particularly at those who
wish to do US good. The doctor often has to ad-
minister unpleasant drugs to effect cure"
"Well then, Ellen, was taking Tea with neigh
Dor last week, and we went into the milk room
and cheese room to see the cheese and as we
came back we stopped a few minutes to chat in
the Kitchen the lady told one of the girls that
she might make some flannel cakes, or grddle
cakes, as some call them, for tea. She started off
on the bound to her duty. First she ran down
cellar and brought up the buter-milk jar holding
almost pailful; then she ran back for the eggs,
united half pound of saeratus, scattered spoon
ful on the floor and another the table, rolled it
and tied it up; next turned her butter milk out and
spattered new dress all about the waist splashed
it all over the table on divers things, SAID oh
shaw picked mp the saleratus from the floor,
cleaned her dress, and caught plate and ran to
the meal room; came back with a heaping plate
of -four, threw ii into the pan and stirred away,
back and forth, till it was all submerged and all
Jumps. There was not flour enough away she
ran again, brought little more there was still
not enough, and the third journey had to be made,
in all was dashed, and stirred away till her face
glowed like peony all at once she thought of her
eggs, and broke them into the batter. She had
forgotten the salt, and ran the fourth time TO the
meal room. Now her batter was too thick and
more butter milk had to be used, and consequent
ly the saleratus paper had 10 undergo another op-
Grafton. FINALLY, after much labor and toll, and
an expenditure of much time and waste Of mater-
al, the lumpy batter was ready for use But here
was new trouble the fire that was just right
half an hour before exhausted the griddle
which had been set on the stove in the beginning
burned rough the kitchen and ante rooms full of
the unpleasant smoke and odor Of burnt grease
the cakes stuck fast to the iron-and two messes
were wasted before the griddle could be rubbed
smooth the dish cloths were all in sad plight,
and the young lady had expended as much actual
labor would have prepared the whole meal, set
the table and all"
Oh, dear-that was me- any body might know
that picture But how would you have mana
ged -
" ] should have taken my pan and spoon, put
my saleratus into the pan gone down cellar, and
with my cup, which keep in the jar for that pur-