Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-03-06

-MRs.- SAvEALL,S- ExPERIESCE.-ln- the
editors's table of the Knickerbocker for
November is the following good hit at Os-
tentatiOus charity.
Mrs. Savcall has been recording her
experience" and setting forth her char
acter in the New York Picayunc. She
can't "do" for the whole Of her sisters
family, but she is willing to do what she
can. Hear her.
"There's Marth, now she's different
She's past fifteen and very steady. I've
heard her mother say that she was the
only help she had. Il think Ill adopt
Martha. She can sew very well, and she
can do oil my plain work evenings after
she has washed the tea things; for of
course l shan't keep girl after taking
such an additional expense on my Shout
dcrs. Then girl like that, lounging
about, will be glad Of something to do,
and there's pile Of coal ashes in the Gel
lar, that the last tenant left there, would
have been carried out q of&k..ago, only
they charge me two dollars for doing it !;
she can take it out in pail(uls, and it will
. be good exercise for her. Then the fences
in the back garden need whitewashing,
and she can practice on them SO as to
learn; If she is smart she can save me a
good deal of money next house cleaning,
and it would be her duty to do so after
all I've done for her, or rather all I'm
0Oin0 to do. Won't she have that nice
little bed room off the basement to sleep
in, with nothing but the wash-tubs and
an old stove or two besides her bed and
trunk in itH Can't she wash her clothes
when she does mine, and use my lines to
dry 'em on? And can't she 60 to church
every Sunday eveningY-thcre's a privi-
lege many poor mans daughter don't
have.
And th< I shall bring her up as she
should be brought up. won't allow her
to read silly novels and that trash.
shan't let her toss herself off in 'tinery |;
she shall comb her hair plain behind her
ears and wear slip aprons. Let me catch
her letting any young man wait on her
as she gets older. There's an advantage
she will have with mel shant let her
have o chance to make fool Of herself !;
though Of course she'd never think Of
leaving me after all my sacrifices.
don't know as l do myself justice
when assume such n responsibility. But
1t is ones duty to help ones relations, and
have always been self-srcriicing since l
was q child. Ill write to Cousin John
before sleep. There, the let
ter is sent How grateful they will feel
to mel It does one good to be generous.
hope they will send her soon, for the
poor pavement wants washing, and the
brAsses want cleaning, and some one must
take that wash kettle to be mcnded, and I
want to have the carpets shaken next
week. and really ought to have help !;
besides, l like to be doing good. = =
Bless my sOull-I never was so astonished.
How can people be so Utterly blind to
their own interest To think of Cousin
John refusing my offer point blank. And
how can Anne Jane call herself a mother
when she neglccts such opportunities for
her daughter, only because she "can't
spare her" Well, there's one consola-
ton. I've done my duty. was willing
to least my bread upon the waters" as
our ministers Say-I meant to take that
girl and do well by her. It's not my fault
that didn't. Ali mark my words-the
time will come when they will oil be sorry
for it."
What good, generous old soull