Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1850-11-25


dust--cover my head with soiled nigh
: ifcap- puton slip-sbod shoes--and strea
: Enyl ancles with dust and dirty water.-
? Then, if, he'pops in opportunely, | con 50
g with Shakspeare-anended-- ~ sztt ai'F
)l. g4s.tSl - sEa aiEu am IN slips, .sijE
+ Slept in 80 far, that, should l. " de nomofe.
} Returning were as fsaious as 90 der, ) 81
And, then, husband has. no choice but
: retreat to q chop-house, and leave me {
d Ez7 Bnt The chance for grand saturnalia
tbestswhen Mr.. Smith goes from home 70
I'd day or two. Then lean deny myself t
ihvisitors-take full license --set the hydran
running, and puzzle the water commission
ers with nn extra consumption Of Schuvl
killaitMyi last exploit in this way ..wa.
rathers disas,erous; and 4 am patiently
waiting for, its rnemoryao puss AWAY, obe
fore venture even to think Of repeating
it.s Mr.. Smith had business in N ew Y orh
E--im2erative business, he said, but l. de-
believe il might have wnited, had not Jen.
ny Llnd's first appearance taken. place
just then . This by the way. He went
and | was rejoiced to improve tho opportu
nifty, for it occurred percisely as Il was de.
visipg some method 10 get myself so fairly
committed TO soap and brushes, that 7o5jsc
tiona or. interdict would be toe late. vesrs
Never did pack his carpet-bag with
more secret satisfaction than on that morn.
ing He was entirely unsuspicious of my
lntention-though he might have OWNED
it but for having secret of his own, for
Kitty : wa,er-hea,ing operations spoiled the
breakfast. q There was more than q taste
of "overdone" to the steak, and the whole
affair, rayen TO me- was intolernble--me,
who hadlhe pleasures Of honsc-cleaning in
perspective to console me. q The doorowas
scarce shut behind him. when ! entered In
10 the business con amore. | was .resol.
we'd TO begin al the very attic and sweep,
scrub and wash down. s. Old boxes and
,runks were dragged out of their places,
aud piles offofgo,ten dust swept out The
passengers in. the street had a narrow
chance for their beavers and fal. bonne,s,
(or every front window had IN extra plasl:.
ing. Mr. Smith has several times urged
me 10 permit him 10 introduce some Yam.
kee fashion which he highly recomends OF
having professional window cleaners.
with their whiling and brushes, who could
60 through the house with half the iIouble,
and none Of the litter. There's nothing
like water. ..g,1tz5 }.gs9.a5.tz7 . IS ,ssss.s-ss
+ The first days work sufieed to put the
house into thorough confusion, and iretir-
ed 70 bed--bai not, to FEST, for my fatigue
was too great to sleep in comfort. My
neglected child rested as i'll rs myself, and
when rose the mex. morning, it was with
the oppressive weight Ola weary day be.
fore ne Ihad the consciousness that the
work nust be 5eemple.edl before my .hus-
bands return; and he had engaged to be
with me attGinner. l fsl,il an imperalive
duty 10 welcomelhim with q cheerful house,
and a pleasant repas, after his journey !;
bu: as the time Of his arrival drew near,
was more and more convinced of the i'm
possibility. Like a drove: Of wild, beasts
forced into corner by hunting Party,ye
forced our unmanagoabie matters to- a
crisis. The area for old brooms and brush.
es, tubs, litter and slops, WINS at last mar.
rowed down TO the kitchen, and all that. re-.
mained of our house cleaning was to put
that place into something like the semb.
lance of an apartment devoiedeto culinary
purposes. ,aDinner, as yet, unthought Of
but the house was clean! y5 s.szs'ss, sE.7s.xy
sg, Wearied rather than refreshed by my
night Of unrest, my arms sore, aud my
limbs heavy, labered with double zeal 10
get up an excitement which would carry
me through the remainder. of the day.
My head began to feel sensations of giddi.
ness-for had hardly eaten since my bus.
band left. OF the pleasures ofhouse-clean.
ing ! had q length Of surfsii; when ring.
which | knew among oil others, surprised
me. looked ut the clock 1t was. pas,
four and the kitchen still in confusion, and
the hearth cold. e4sgg . Gs1e-;lsssa s.z.yl
l., 1 sank in chair-in swoon from sheet
exhaustion. " hen Isawoke TO conscious
ness, an overturned pail Of water was be.
ing absorbed by my clothing, my nose was
rejecting with violent aversion the pungen
| cy of a bottle of prime Durham mustard
to which Kitty had applied as the bestsub
stitute for salts which the kitchen afforded;
J andm husband, carpet-bag and cane ir
hand, was pushing his 4way toward me-,
with more haste than good spead, as tht
obstacles witnessed, which he encountered
and overturned. g asSaa& *laaa aatf
81 was confined to my room week.
which L could. notconcsal from Mr.. Smith
But he does not even yet know the who'll
amount Of the breakage, and thank for
tune, he is too mnchsof1a man to ask.7
am only. afraid that he will succeed in fore
ing lme, 20 admit, that what he calls hi
Classical proposition istrue; thatto cleai
q house does not require the feateof a Her
cules, to wit; turning asriyer through it.
SINGULAR EcoNoMY.-A dutch farme
down on the Mohawk had just built nev
barn, and while the operation Of .shinglin,
was going on, he one day mounted to th
roof to overlook operations; he soon dis
covered what he sagely considered greu
}piece Of extrayagance in the workman
and that was, that while they drove b.
one nail in the small shingles, they inv,
riably put two in the wide ones. Mynhee
said nothing, but while the boss and hane