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ANDY Is larger thar ours. ana roS - lsss
4 help-but yon erekaInags il t;me-laae,e
3Iwhen i viii, 4 fn things Il csod o@5sr
! H. hustle or cs1fuvi4n. Nov 81 Eori 80,
morning to nightysi err house. ana sur
rerk l. neye! do There must keluiteh
rsfk about i' @5 re secrets a. tel Is,
q W. u So ~ 81. Ill. Y.
\ any great secret absui il ali / can leli. Is
| | don1i work very hard, but somehow / as
Ct along very easy, as yeu say, with all that
| seams TO fall 10 my lot
III Il Wall, we eli know that. Mrs. Jones. and
I'VE knsw, too1 that ven a. more reading and
| whiting than any Of the rest Of Us, and visit
| thh siek mere, aad fnd time for every thing
that q goed-ob, there Ii, and you must tell
me ALL about III
Yss, Ellsn WIN tell you nii | know 1.
lbeht ll for ysd'fe real smart and win make
Aafslfale wli for Fred come day, bat you
mast hfsl promise 10 tFy and make Wy 30.
efdt q practical use 10 yourself, and leAeh
eVtFyhhdy else
Ellen blushsd, aBd almest wished lii had
nei been % impairment hut ELLEN was a
COED sensible GIL, aud Was impressed with
the Idea that Fred would want viii, aome,
what 5ssmhlihg bis neither, In domestic
masters so shp stopped down and tied her
shoe, to hide her confusion Mrs Jones
laig down the cheese knife, (for il was early
in khe gAmOrnine) took up the babe, which
her kind heart and arms had taken home.
and picked up q basket Of green peas that
were ioHbe shelled for dinner, and sat down
70 purse her orphan to sleep, take the peas
outiof the pod, and tell her story.
!. Ven, Ellen, my secret is Just this -
wlenI go out 10 shake the table cloth, II al
WAYS bring in q stick Of wood; seldom take
two steps Where one will answer, and tty to
Dc tEerything the shortest way. Ipulverize
salitatus enough to last d month at one time.
keen il In a convenient vessel, aud thenit is
always ready fbr use--no untyine papers
ard scattering the Aeor and cupbeards no
hbla, rolling pin, or mortar to clean but
bnee:; instead 81 beating my eggs with
knife Or spoon, | have whip made Of wire.
bent in % eblsng shape like a tassel, and
tied with q bit Of tWine t. hickory handle.
and can beat the whites Of six eggs 10
standing foam In two minutes, as easily as
you Nillin half an hour with knife. ANY.
bsdy. can make an egg whip that can whittie
. stick. or find . piece Of wire, If they cam
pot ggsEd IL buy one. only mention these
.ysn sill nat - effsiia5s5y r;.-----sf.
little story
Offended Net I. It's the silIiest
thing;in the world to get offended, particu-
lsrlyI with these1whe wish to Dc us good
The Doctor often has 10 administer unpleas-
ant drugs toleffset q cure
well, then, Ellen, i was cut taking tea
with neighbor last week, and We went into
the milk room and cheese room 20 see the
cheese; and as We came back We stopped 4
few minutes to chat in the kitchen, the lady
told the girl she might make some flannel
cakes; or griddle cakes as some call them,
for tea She started Off on bound tb do
Her daty. First she ran down to the cellar
and brought up the buttermilk jar, holding
alnost pailfuls and then she ran back for
the eggs, united half pound Of salaratus,
scattered spoonful on the floor, and anoth-
er ON the table, relied il and tied it up; next
turned her buttermilk out aud spattersd .
new dress all shout the waist, splsshed it
over the table On divers things, said oh
pshaw, picked up the salaratus from the
foor, cleaned her dress, and brought a plate
and ran to the meal room /; and came back
with heaping plate Of -four, put it into the
pan and stirred away, back and forth, till it
was all submerged in Jumps. There was
net -four enough away she rau again,
brought more there was still not enough,
and the third journey had 10 be made, Ii IL
was dashed, and she stirred hBsy till her
face glowed like penny all 1T once she
thought Of her eggs, and broke them into
lbe batter She had forgotten the salt, and
ran the fourth time inlo the meal room. -
New che batter MAS Toe thick, and more milk
bed to be used, and consequently the lhla.
tatus paper bad 10 undergo another opera.
lien Finally, hiief much laheF and Tell,
and en- expenditure VI mueh time, aud waste
II material, the lumpy halter was ready faF
|. nae Hut hers was new trouble The fire
lhRtIrTA Just right half 80 hour beieFa, was
now Exhausted the gfIdale which had been
lel upon lhs aleFe ID The beginning, was now
burnt rough, The klleheH and lha ante fpom
full Of the wnpleaHant SMOKE and addr 81
burnt grease-the cakes stuck fast I'd the
| iron---twe mesBaa were wasted before tht
| kriddle could ID smooth The dish olbthl
WV w Nuu Ill|Ntl AUN WV fNuu| tHu y
had expended a. much actual labor ~ wbuld
have prepared vhole meal, ayt she thbls
and an
20 dear-thai va me anybody nigh
know The pIssnFs Hat how would Yor
! tsve managed . -
! tIahoald hsxs taken ny pan, gone dpwr
i ths .sllas, and viih ny cup. which | keel
n ihe jar for that purpose. dipped lhe but
termilk without SCATTERING u, into my apap
then broke The Eggs osrolessly into the mill
4 gene from there u the meal roam and Eiflel
the proper quasiily Of -four n, and stikreI
j. esreiulIy. thus bestinf The eggs While
stirred in the -four dropped II 4 iiiile sall
and returned g t1e kitchen. I'll - fira min
p,ss: uithout having ons lhine out Of place
except the ess shells. ard those I zhthl,
have rsmexet sons ether lime. Soyonsel
inste<d of four jsnFneTs q ths cellar, Tn
r. carry back a4i four % tIe meal room.
shoold h.v> demo ihe whale work. saved ~
strength. .rci ~ wear and tear 81 NJ
fheef ter,i iLe soii e ~ dress saved ii
Are. he 1nncJ11ce. 11l iho css1 l.,f len
10 lels<i1;nI lI&t 41i 1.l better Ne. I
4kcs 1r supper ~ u. t.r1.;1 Ard ~;