The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-06-07

| TO be sure A1ybedyq would snppos
that she had kept a.diary ofmy uniuck,
observations for year, Why, she 4 hai
them all at her tongues end !" though
4 the individual addressed, though he dit
not see fit to make any immediate ne
EjoinderaYo0 f7aidsk 81; l. Z5E
The. Squire had but little appetite
his wife remarked the, fact and hoped
"that the simple exercise of gettih.
breakfast, had not taken it away, "a
the Squire was in the habit of asserting.
The gentleman WINGED, and prepares
himself a generous slice of bread ana
butter, which he proceeded sto dispen
of asthongh he had lacked it for weeks
When the morning meal was conclu
ded, Mrs. Crosby, donned her bonne
and. shawl, and remarking that she woult
send home the dinner left the house
50 Our hero was now alone. and. coult
carry on operations without an eye tt
witness which, he observed, g was niucl
Epleasanter. u rtl-.,53 .aeggTaf1s as,t ~
r.. .. q Now well consult the list, he add
ed, !. aloud, and have things go on il
regular order. Here goes get break
fast, clear table, wash dishes, put clos
cts in, order,- wipe down shelves, -clea1
knives, cleanse sink,i rub silver, blacl
stove, keep fire, attend to door bell
sweep hall brush stairs, sweep parlor
dining ROOM and kitchen, dust furni
ture, trim lamps, do chamber work
wash meat for oven, clean vegetables
stew cranberries, make pudding, and en-
tertain visitors if they happened tt
call /" df' Bless me, is that all ~ criee
our housekeeper. -i' bho sieFaas Ira J
4" [ call that making great fus.
about a little matter. L sounds larger
than aitreally is.s 1 think I'll clear the
table, to begin with, as that is put down
next ,.r.gf eHF hua hs-sGErH yt5iis d
So at it he went, knocking things
hither and thither, at great hazard o.
their demolishment. As the idea didn't
occur to him that he could carry a
waiter of articles at one time, he made
great many journeys between the di-
ling room and kitchen, which necessari-
lys consumed considerable time. The
dish-washing proved rather an awkward
affair, and did not progress soirapidly as
he could have wished He couldnat
wipe the s cups handily; the saucers
seemed bungling, and the plates would
slip back into the water; but after break
ing cut glass tumbler, (which he felt
certain of matching the next day. J
knocking off large piece ofa platter,
(Which he resolved to paste together
while dinner was cooking,) and break
ing a pet dish of his ,wife's while setting
up a pile. of plates, the matter was
broug hit to closer. The knife cleaning
was another thing altogether there
#eaIldn2+ be- any dun gsr9off break etSs, eS
and he could "put 'en through Quick
But the black spots were set deeper than
he imagined, and5required the exhibition
of more elbow grease /" than he had
any idea of. He contended longest with
thescarying knife, which, IN consequence
of being SO awkwardly handled infict-
ed deep cut, slight, token of remen-l
brance. This was a mistake which
caused MANY other mistakes during the
day, owing undoubtedly, to $ the clumsy
bandage' which the Squire had wrapped
about his hand. e., l--18 b. z..asq si&s.ss'
1t may be we'll to remark, y that the
list was carefully put in ateonspicuous
positions and frequently referred q to-
He attended to the silver, and then TO
the clock. :, The hands pointed to, an
hour that, admonishes that tStiIne waits
for, no man, - and had no particular
sympathy: with inexperienced house.
keepers. nl. .=sgG4'.t s''iG si7 - - 1la+
s"TWhat's next on the docket, / won
der, y he thought consulting his memo
randum. "Ah, stove to black Well
[ must, admit thatIthe coffee. that boiled
over hasn't. hnproYedi its appearance
much, I'll look up the brush. ''ls' L ,ssil
So saying he prepared for the opera
ton at onee.o The stove was quite hot
and he could not work to advantage;
The more liquid he put ION the more it
would sputter about andshy off with "a
cracking noise.a He thickened the hq-
uid, but it wouldn't adhere to the stove
and he began to think it: was bewitched
/. At this state of affairs, he happened
toirecollect that somebody had saidkthat
milk was the best thing to wet the pow
der with so he hastened to 1.-The pam
try, and pouring geut a quantity app
piled it to the refractory stove. That
didn't mend the matter muchs and the
smell Of burned milk began to be ldisa-
greeable. The room. was filed with
smoke the floor around the. stove was
dotted with backing, and the SquireIs
hands were certainly not the cleanest
that ever was, when violent ring of the
bell resounded through the house and
made our hero start asIif he had been
surprised in some dishonorable act. -. z,
/ He looked toward the door and then
at his hands, and finally large stain on
his shirt bosom attracted his notice, 1t
bore'a strong resemblance to backing
az won't go, they may ring all day
if they like, p he exclaimed impatiently,
going to the wash basin and trying to
bring his hands to their accustomed
color, but ring without warned him
that some person had a mind not to
" give itupso.H fi52as.ta s59sH1 esit :.
= HConfound that tintinabula /. II
suppose it is some old man after boots,
clothes, grease or rags. IF heodoes it
again i IL bring suit against him for
assault and battery cried our incipi-
ent house keeper making a few des-
perate dashes at the dishcloth, which he
mistook for the towel, and hurrying to
ward theidoOr, he opened it Witha trem-
bling handsiI fclJise1 Ts2HoFIz ~ woH
ri t<TAh good morning Squire - said a
we'll dressedgood looking young lady,
who evidently expected to see somebody
elseaa" Is MRS. Crosby in. nal3k zi32aa
% ''Y Yes-no, sheisn't in,' hestaammer-
ed = for truth to tell 1the Squire was
thinking 5hore, of his personal aFpearande
than-his wife's absence ! sbesidesashe
Imagined. thattthe' young ladylookedsat
hims with some curiosity, and this en-