New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-09

the m whne 'ney were IeungDg ID DIX easy 'ho'f
still, perhaps they would think that they were h'-
treated if VIC did not chew the meat FOR them
worked hard when first gathered with the Sa'u','
! had 10 walk two miles 10 my labor and the sun sel
dem if ever shone my WORK before had my tHoii
in Il hand. and buslly eng aged. and rarely lati
down NY tools 80 long a. ! could see 10 Use them. Ia
the morning would get up AMI feed my COW anu
milk her. and do the other out door chores while my
wife would be- preparing breakfast. My pig was III
the pen ana would gather little here and htur
tl-Ie, and "a day would net pa without IL having
sufficient food. Why 90 You rot think Of these thnssi
Because YOU will not.
Sisters. II You cauno; properly attend to your bread
making and manage L. not irt any more Hour De
wasted, te a string around oae Of Your fingers 80
tight ilnt viii huTt you, and every tIne YOU tnA oi
The string, think Of what Br. Brigham tells You.
When The rmptyug- in the -four, think oi ne
string Glro when the bread put IN the Oven ana
ycu stil alrGio that you vii. forget IT, me
string a little tighter. And after yolr brad l.
beautifully baked DO not let cruInO If Il be- wasted.
When your Husband brings home meat, eXeTcse SUIT
cieIi judgment 10 enable you 10 such portion as
viii be teen which is IA better than much placed
upon the table that large part OF Il Will be wasted.
II eu tai of that winch remains uucOoked, put
little salt upon it and pu; q cool place where II
will keep few deys. and you VIII hot be Obliged -
throw half Of 1t away.
You nav hear some women here saying, husband,
can you not to the store and get some ribbon
Walt bonnet, pair Of new shoes. Can you net get
ne some lining for q bonnet | wish you would get
ne q rev dress; / have not had one for whole
month, ard want 20 60 Nlsiilngi cannon Dear 10
wear these old dresses 20 often. want few aprons
and few pairs Of stocking-. The man, then, has to
buy the bonnets the Innings, tie dress patterns, etc.,
ard altO to HE them made; aud lie has 10 buy
aprons shoes and stochnC and even the gaItcrs that
ere worn on the stockings. There l. not judgment,
economy and force enough III some women 10 kilt
their own gGittTs.
Let me tel you one thing, husbands, determine this
wear that YOU viii stop huyiCg these things, ard say
10 your wife, here l. come WOOL knit your own
.tooki1 gs or You will not have any. You Will have
"to prepare tie cloth fu Yourselves aud children |
"will provide the wool, the wheels, &c, and Il you
twill ny make the cloth, you may go without Also
raise fax and prepare 1t for the women To- mGnuhc-
tuIe into Summer clothing. remember going into
firIG's house one afternoon, when was quite young,
/ think was about fifteen, and pretty soon couple
of neIehbOring woman came in to writ. They had
not been in the house more than twenty minutes be-
fore the women Of tine house went aud brought out
pillow ard began 10 rail against her husband, saying,
"he il Il dirty, nasty man. he J. the htle-t man IN
"the world; that is the pillow he sleeps on |
thought, you miserable fool, why do you not wash
that slip Those women see that the blame rests on
you ana not on yCur husbands ana she cUntlnued tell
lhg them how nasty, filthy aud lazy he was. knew
enough about q family at that early age TO know
where tie fault lsy At the same time there was
plenty OF wool and flax lying in her chamber, for saw
them, and Il wheel ana the other implements were on
hand all of which the husband had tOicd for. lie
had also provided the cows, Hour aud meat IN abund-
ance but besause he did not do everything he was
nasty, lazy man." He must feed the hogs, spin the
Wool wash the plow-cases and sheets, aud DO every
thing else or be bemeaued by his wife. | said 10 my
self ] expect / shall be married when | ann old
enough. and il get such an animal as you are VIII
put hooks in her nose to lead her in way you have
not thought Of
lave seen a great many persons live in the neglect
of all the comforts of lie because they would not
take hold and make themselves comfortable Others
do not know what to do with the comforts of life when
they have them. have been in places where people
had an abundance and yet they lived, hgurative!y
speaking, at death door with regard TO food.
i recOllect once walking up 10 house III Illinois
where young woman sitting Just within the door
dressed up might say, within an inch OF her lie, IN
calico thar cost ten or twelve cents yard in my cOun
Try and she was, according 10 her ideas, ttvated out
to the ninety mines. Fourteen mix cows with calves
by their sides, feeding the prairie. | first
n1ked her. can buy some butter here "No, Sir"
Can buy little milk "NO, Sir | then asked
her whether her father owned those cows. d" Yes,
Sir" Do you milk them ." No, Sir, only a lttle IN
the morning to put IN the coffee" wanted to laugh
in her face but pollteness forbid NE. There stood
fourteen new milk cows and not drop OF milk i'll the
house nor pound Of butter, and everything else was
in keeping An abundance OF good things was around
them and yet they had nothing comfortable aud
wholesome.
WHAT THE SAINTS Gould DO If THEY KNEW
1t is Just so with some people here. Every facility
il in the possession OF this people for living in the very
best manner if they would only learn how and prac-
flee upou that knowledge How much do you have
TO nav for your COW running the range, or for the
use of lotl Nothing. How much rent DO you pay
for your land Not any. What binders you from
resipg something TO feed COW Nothing. Who
binders you from planting your garden with corn, and
saving the fuckers and the fodder Who hlnders You
from raising carrots parsnps, squashei, &C. to feed
COW with through the winter This You can DO on
little more than quarter of an acre: but VIII you do
III No, many of you will not. Docs any one hinder
Won No and yet some of YOU complain that you nVe
poorly, and lay the blame upou me aud Bro hmoal
and Bro. Wells and those men who dictate the Puohc
works
We pay the public hand, higher wages than they
earn and If they obgedt live on bread alone from
GAY to day. i is for want of economy and proper man
agenent. Am | TO blame! No WI milk your
cows for youl No VIII buy butter for youi No.
we will give you all that is brought IN on tting, ana
when we have done that yOu may calculate to DO
without or make your own butter. Aho" ialHl'leS
that milk for eight or ten IN the fanny ana
vet have butter the table al the time ana OCCASION
ally sell Il little. Others have Elk or eight COWS ana
seldom have any butter in the house they 90 not lake
care Of what they have.
Instead of peoples being poor, we already have TOO
much unless We take better care Of H.. heard man
who living in this city, one who mas always oeen
well or state that he used 10 keep twelve cows Wheh
he first came here and often nearly destitute OF
milk and butter. After a few years tue number ol nis
cows was reduced to six and he SAID that the ak did
him more good than the twelve had done IN TWO
years more they were reduced 10 Two, anu lhe '"o
cows have done him much more good than Tue we've
or the six did for they could be and were ore prop
crly attended 70.
Let me have the privilege of debating every ch1re
about NY house, and would soon put e1Ir!thns
right. ! do not have that privilege lor l h I ~
many and so much around me that have 10 depend
upon others During the past six years nave seldom
kept in my yard less than thirteen COWS Tor tne ue oi
my family, and there has not been one year VI tnaI
~. tIat W. have had much more than milk enough
the year round to put in the tea and coffee nave a.
Ietted the men who feed lay COWS to take couse 10
prevent such Il variation in the supply " MIX nave
told them 10 feed the thus aud 90 T. give tueui
80 much in the morning and much al night ana %