New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-06-29
The render Hearted servant.

The following true story of lady friend of ours,
we NAV safely give as the circumstances narrated
occurred some years ago We substitute names for
convenience sake.
N Mrs. Brown, being newly married. young, unso-
phisticated in respect to housekeeping, and more
Ignorant still in respect to the management of
wants settled with her husband in pleasant little
cottage in the upper part of the city Their only com
panion was an Irish servant girl, whom Mr.. Brown
had picked up at an intelligence Office the day
that he sent up his furniture. This girl being about
forty years old was, as might be supposed, rather
knowing girl; and finding her mistress to be very
verdant, contriyed to nstil into her mind the idea
that she had the best servant in New Orleans Bridget
could cook and wash to satisfaction, that was true
but she managed, by skilful soldering" to make
three hours work last whole day, and whilst pre-
tending to be pushed and fatigued would wear such
an air of resignation that her innocent mistress often
fancied she took pleasure in making herself martyr
to labor. Bridget was, besides, very fond of her
young mistress-ever ready to jump at her smallest
WISH and perpetually God-blessing her sweet young
face and the kindness of that DEAR good soul, her
husband. The total of all which was, that Mrs.
Brown fancied she was a model young housekeeper,
blest in the possession of model servant. ell
4 Mrs. Brown, Of course, visited around among her
friends and relatives proper occasions One day,
being on visit at the house of friend down town,
she made the acquaintance Of middle.aged married
lady, to whom she took very great liking. In the
course of gossip Mrs. Jones displayed beside kind
and genial DISPOSITION a knowledge OF housekeeping
affairs which rather won upon Mrs. Brown feeling,
as she did vague consciousness that she was not as
well posted up in practical matters as she ought to
| ba. And when. casually. the conversation turned
/ upon servants, Mrs. Brown was all ear. r
aNerroes,n ssid Mrs Jones, are always the best
servants If people wish to get along comfortably,
let them buy negro; if they can't buy one hire one;
/ If they can't hire one let them do their work with
their own hands and thty can't do that then they
! NAV take a white servant But for my part should
never under any circumstances, don't care how bad
1 take girl from one Of the intelligence otfiers.' ID
a Indeed ~ exclaimed Mrs. Brown, surprised
! tWhy nv Bridget was found in an intelligence Office
and better servant I'm sure it's impossible to get
anywhere" And the young wife warmed up in ex-
patiation upon her model of n Bridget Co.,
q palayeripg Jade, TIL bet" said Mrs Jones, mot
worth house.room It takes experience to tell whether
a servant ia bad or good and wouldn't be bit sur
nrsed Mrs Brown if your Bridget should turn out to
be one Of the worst sort inst from your description
If her have tolerablv pood Girl. Int it's only be-
c,use rne her with rod of iron It's not in the
nature Of these girls to continue good servants under
what tley call good mistresses An unsuspecting,
good natured woman. such as / take YOU to be, Mrs.
Brown. NAV be imposed upon in thousand ways, all
the time she thinks she has one of the best servants in
town. I'd like to see that Bridget of yours--f she
came from an intelligence Office know there's some
thing wrong about her.
4 Well if there is its more than can discover
said Mrs. Brown; and servants were dropped for the
all-engrossing topic of drygoods. Mrs. Brown went
4 home with very high opinion of Mrs. JONES' not
withstanding that lady,s skepticism as to Bridget
She was so good.humored and so sensible, that she
felt sure she would like to cultivate her acquaintance
and nut her down on the list Of her friends And
that evening, when Mr.. Brown came home and took
his seat at the snug little teatabe opposite his snug
little wife she gave him with her other adventures
of the morning round an enthusiastic account of Mrs.
Jones, and her odd remarks about servants. Whilst
they were still talking, Mrs. Brown observed that
Bridget, whom she had occasion to call from the
kitchen was in trouble Her eyes were red, and she
made great endeayors to conceal that she had been
sweepug. a
"what's the natter Bridget 2" asked her mistress,
/ in concern.
4 "Och nothin ma am that should trouble We wild,
God bless yer innoshent heart It's little ye know OF
the wiekedness that's in the wurruld.'
But you must tell me, Bridget. II there is any
thing about here to make you cry, must know what
it Isl. Mrs. B. liked to speak authoritatYely in her
/ husband presence.
"Well, ma am, though it's me own affair entirely,
1 I'll tell yez It's the grrul next dure, maam she's
been pickn at me for two DAYS past ma'am over the
fnce and through the fnce; and can't go into the
ward sure without the cature tormenting me in some
| way She hung some drthy rags over the fnce,
ma'am and whin passed them back, wild a polite
requeslt to her to kape them on her own side she
abused me, ma'am Yis, ma'am, she called me
more dirthy names than We could think of, and bate
the haythens intirely. I'm able to houd me own y
she continued, sobbing, with the likes o. her any
time but God bless ye ma am, I'd put up wild every
thing and cut me tongue ont before I'd raise dis
tnrbance in the neighborhood, ma'am. Don't mind
/ me, ma am I'll soon be use to it, God bless ye''
Shouldn't wonder observed Mr.. Brown, after
4 Bridget lett, N your new friend was Fght ABOUT
Bridget don't like these pahverlng, anectonate
servants and dtd get Bridget at an intelligence
# Office"
"Why, William how can you think sou was Mrs
Browns increduous response.