The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-11
From the Boston Olive. Branch.
y TRIALS OF HOUSEKEEPING.


ambitious. Among otI,er blessings they
had fair daughter, Miss Carrie, who was
90. pretty and charming that the smartest
young. man in the place fell in love with
her. He was medical student in the doc
tors office opposite her residence. AS he
sat there studying or mixing medicine, he
could see Miss Carrie in the parlor or gar.
den, could hear her play on the piano and
sings could see her doing all sorts of
worsted and crochet work, and at last came
to think That parlor was one Of the most
delightful places in tho world. We'll, it
was,a love affair. All mated and pleasant,
ealls, moonlight, music, blets, bushes, bo-
quets, long Sunday evenings, and finally
".Ask Pa" and then wedding.
But of course the diploma came first, and
the petted of the successful carpenter, be-
came Mrs. DR.. Story.
DR.. Story had received the honors Of
a medical college rather young. lie raised
all the whiskers lie could l,y Industrious
shaving, and a course Of Macassar. With
these and a pair of spcctacles he made him
look old enough to commence business in a
small growing village in a ncighLoring
country, where, as it happened, Mr.. Mason
owned a neat cottage, Of which, with its
acre garden lot, he made his daughter
marriage present. There. on the tcrmina-
tion of the wedding tour they took up
their residence.
The good Mrs. Mason had put everything
"to right" 1t was in the most exquisite
"apple pie ordcr;" and no young couple,
just beginning housekeeping, was ever bet
ter fixed. Mrs. Mason, good soul, had al
ways done her own work. Help to her
was dreadful bother. Carrie had been
carefully educated. She could do every
thing that is taught TO young ladies. She
was a little acquainted with nearly all the
sciences and languages. She could do all
kinds Of fancy work. Her worstcd cats
and wax flowers were wonderful Her watc,
color drawings, and her mono-c -cl,romatic
were "hgh art" everybody said so.
But Mrs. Mason, from a habit of doing
everything herself, had not given Miss Car
rie any chance in kitchen, laundry and in
other housekeeping accomplishments. And
besides, Carrie had a vague idea that all
those commonplace things were perfectly
easy. As they were not taught at school, she
concluded that they came by nature. SO she
commenced her housekeeping in dream
of blissful anticipation.
They took possession Of their fine little
house one summers evening, and next NOR
ming wakened with the early birds.
"Wcll, Carrie DEAR" said the grave doc
tor,-who was in his twenty first year,-to
his wife of sixteen, t." shall we make be.
ginning now, rise early and attend to bust
ness?"
"oh, by allymeans. I'll jump up and
get breakfast"
"And I'll feed Romp, and weed the gar
den.",>
So tie doctor watered and fed his horse,
and boed his potatoes little, and then took
apeep into the neat little kitchen to see how
.'Carne" was getting on with her breakfast
Her face was exceedingly red, and her hair
wsa powdered with ashes. 1t was plain
that she had trouble, but she spoke pleas
aptly. for all that, when she said
"D6 go away, Willie, that's dear, till
you hear the bell ring. Breakfast will soon
be ready" - 81.
We'll. ahe waited. He read for awhile,
then he whistlgd;;st then .he fdgeted; then
.hsswound up tbs stosas; iAhen he looked at
Iis<nemcase Of .iastfumesfs, and wondered
box soon he. should use them !. he got very
hungry, :but at last the beB did ring, and
ile went to breakfast Carrie was looking
alitlsbetter, but still rather anxious.
..sHaye you had hardtime, Mrs. Story ?''
inghifadythe doctor, cautiously.
''e1eeh, not very. The fire did not kinne
we'll at FIST, and tile stove smoked"
;aaDid you open the damper 2"
e" Dsmper! why no; has It got dam
peri Well, II! remember next time. Now
.aiaye some coffee"
The doctor took his cup, stirred it about,
looRM rather hard at it, and then at Car
Tie.Tf% -
Jewell, what.is IL TIN sure don't know
+. What! !makes'it full of those spects. l boil
,aDd boiIed'it.",
'.ssYst i don't seem to be settled. Did
y6nspptsin any fish skin r.
...sHSgi forgot.
NO mater. kwilI do very well. Now
Carrie, I'll take an egg. Why it is hard
asa bicksBt.n
lard N can it be hard, when II
IN B0ilItg al the time wasnakInp
shs SSl5ss and Tie toast se -: y
ASs toasH let.me have some Of that
Akys bntpt, but very good there, dom.
ory; iltbe all right next time.p
Att& ~ Shower comes sunshine, and
- 80 ~