The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-03-10
MlSCELL AN EOUS s.
Written tor the Sunday Times.
OUR S SERvA MT GIRLS.
BY MARY KYLE DALLAS

BY MARY KYLE DALLAS.
Did you ever hear of a housekeeper
who never had any trouble with her
servants l never did. From the
fashionable lady, whose "laundress,"
cook and 'chambermaid' are consider
ed by herself to be lower order of be-
ings, to the mechanics wife, whose
help eats at the family table, and
sleeps with the children, one and all
utter the same complaints. Ishould mt
wonder if Queen Victoria herself had
some fault to find with her mistress of
the robes or ladies of the bedchamber !;
and l know that I, Emma Psalter, am
worried out of my life bv those dread
ful girls-I declare 1 am! There is no
use of Psalter advising me to keep
cool, and not make FUSS How can
l help it, l want to know?
can't remember many particulars in
relation to the half.dozen of girls l had
before Jane Ann came. They were all
either stupid or saucy. or both; all wore
plaid shawls and bright pink calico
aprons, and invariably smashed half the
china in the house. In fact. they were
just what every one expects girl to
be, and boasted on striking peculiari-
ties but Jane Ann was aracter-an
individual among the crowd.
We really have secured treasure,
my dear! l said to Psalter, the night
after Jane Ann CAME to live with us:
a perfect treasure-capable and willing.
l wouldn't be afraid to trust her with
untold gold, or the baby Fanny was
a little thing in long frocks then: and
such an ironer never saw in my life !:
she is what I call model of servantl'
We'll, I'm glad to hear it + said
Psalter for really, Emma, I thought,
" hen | first saw her, that she was in
the habit o.
Psalter left his sentence unfinished
Why, what did you think . l ask
ed. But Psalter would not tell me wha,
his suspicion had been and go l told
him, It lie had harbored one thought to
her disadvantage. he had done her great
injustice, for such girl we were never
blessed with since We bega" housekeep-
ing. She is just the kind of woman |
nave SO often thought Of l said "a
dear. good, faithful soul wnom W. can
attach 10 US. by kindness. as sort OF
amliy servant-iike those old refrain
eIs We read of. think it is SO touch.
Ing and ~ very charming TO have ser.
Want grow old with her mast sr and mis-.
.iess, ~ snare their fortunes through
lie, and stand by them under all cir
cums.ances-as feel sure this dear
SOUL will do. And then. when we have
grown very old. and you are q landed
proprietor, my dear, We can settle a
nice little pension on her. To compen
safe Tor her services and trustworthi-
ness, and all that, cant we?'
Wouldn't IL be more economical my
dear Einlna, said Psal,er, TO make
her sort Of supper-nurse for our
grandchildren, or to install her in the
otice OF knit,er Of stockings and patch.
er OF wearing apparel for the family
generality
But | would not be laughed out oi
my scheme for attaching Jane Ann to
US. and SO told him.
Jane Ann went on wonderfully for a
week. at least : no one could have pick
ed fault with her. She was middle
aged woman. and very neat creature
cleanliness itself: so much better thar
. chit sf girl flying in aud out. snt