, 1859-02-19
A VERY NICE FAMILY.

Mackxood:
But tue fact ia, that to some people, every
thing they don't happen 10 like is at once vot-
ed ian intolerable nuisance.7 Not having
their share Of the real harlsaipa OF this world
they compensate themselves by making the
most Of minor ones. Te the Sybarite the
crumpled roseleaf might have been real
torment. Some people having nothing better
to annoy them, spend half their lives in scold-
lug their servants, and all to no purpoee, as
they innocently assure you. "1t's no use
speaking" Of course it isn't, if it is only to !
say the same thing over aud over again
Why waste breath and temper? fyou have
been uniucky enough to get bad servant, |
either get rid of him or her Mt oncc-or, if
that he inconvcliet, make the best OF the |
bad bargain as long as it lasts. All the al
cheny OF scoldisg III tile world will never
transmute ten.pound buttons into fifty
guinea butler, oryteach tue plain cook to toss
up m omelet like Soyer. Girls will have
followers, glass will break, and china chip, Us
long as the nature of all such frai1 vessels re-
much for your temper, there is no remedy
hut to keep an establishment Of ouc eyed
Gorgons, and drink out Of wooden bowls
Servants are "the greatest plague in liie',,
we have 1-ard pretty often some day il tue
| march of education goes on, and ne ill lake
to writing our autobiographies, we mny hope
| to have the servants, opinion Of the masters
aud mistresses, Then, again, how miserable
some people make themselves oud their chill
drcn, by perpetual worry about trides-
h.y adopt an insane riew Of the merits Of
order and regularity, and sacrafice their own
and every one clse's comfort to an attempt
| to regulate the versatile human instinct like
picce of clockwork I once spent q week
| in one OF these we1l-ordered families !; it was
great puuiEhmentto to me Il hope also in
some degree to my entertainers. The iron
! rule Of that house WIS ga place for every
thing and ercrytAing ia its ce,"-I wusn't.
| The Disgrace my somewhat Vagrant habits
| led me into there was dreadu The very
first morning opened Paterlumilias's news
paper, which was always laid iu one particu-
lar spot upon the breakfast table, never to be
violated by uny hand but his. There stood
| with my back 10 the fire coming the outspread
sbects, aud nodding cheerful gOva n'vl nlns
hood even to read to him ont OF his own pa-
per the last Iud au despatch-very politely,
as tbought-and to request his assistance TO
deciphrr tue possible place intended by q doz-
en- letters which the telegraph clcik appear
| ed to hare SELECTED at random. To do him
Justice, lie bore this inr0ad on his rights with
tulerahle outward comDosure but was
formerly made aTarc, on tue 1rst 0pI'urtun-
ity, by .dre. P, of the outrage had commit
ted, and made to feel Us uncomfortable rs l
| deserved, Then lett my handkerchief Oh
the dining room floor, one glove on the
library room tai e, another in tue govcrncss':
parasol, which certain}y was not the place ior
| il. and how it got there have no conception,
and vas formerly presented with cach arti-
clo scparately, aud all account of lts dlkcor-
ery, il the presence Of the whole family Us
eemllcd Tor dinner.
One day the whole house was under strict
cross. ex animation as to who bad come lr!o
the drawing room with dirty shoes. was
tue culprit, of course, but was too great 4
coward to confess besides tue lady knew
I perfectly well who it was, but was puiitc
enouca to entertain tic fiction that such con-
duct WAS impossible III any well:brcd person;
it must have been one of tue children or tue
louscmaids OF COURSE aud the Whole invcsti-
cation was Intended Tor my solemn warning
and Improvement !; just as they used to whip
a little loY vicariously to strike terror into
misbcnaying little princes. Then the terri.
ble punctuality which made slavcs OF all oI
!. US. and kept hit aiwaya looking as ny watch
i md always atraid Of being late for something
as indeed WAS once for dinner, in spi,e d
| a]t nrecau1ions-tour minutes and huff cx
actly, Shall I ever forget it ii they only
had the charity to sit down quietly withou
mc-if they had put mt off with no soup, coli
ISL, aud lhe last ragged cut OF the m4tton-
ifthey Ind sent NE 10 bed without uny dime
ut all, US once happened to me ~l1cn Was
little boy-or inflicted upon me any othe
reasonable ard humane form OF punishment
lut no there they were all waiting tnr IN
in tue drawing room, all standing up, th
door stood wide open, and the head Of III
family opening fire upon me at once, beior
Twas well inside 1t, with, now, Nj. -, vi
Won take ia Mrs. r" or course, I hammc1
cd and etammcred over IN apology" quit
uniuteutional," and so forth. " Gu, Of cours
they knew 1t must be quite unintcntional
only'-1u seml-shispef Mr. F. did nj
Ike wulting for his dinner" There was q
abomipable child, too in the family, the vel
incarnation Of premature method and o1oe
All tue other children had redeeming poin
of carelcssness mad lcstruotiyeress abo
them; and We Adoon established a afreemaso
10 keep each oiher out Of Ecrapes as much
possible; they conveying to nc private war
ines rs to how soon the prayer bell won
r. ring In the morning, and in how many mi
utes tue carriage would lie at the door, a
furnishing me with much valuable secret
trll:.cnce as to the encu1ys i weak points. 4
tLe Interpretation Of the LAWS Of the Net
unI refsians, to whom I was IN captlvit
e aud finding substitutes for impoun1ed p
ellis, mending broken Cupid who carried
wax matches in his quiyer, brushing the bo
Il, clothes altcr bird:-ncsting, before mamma $
li,eu," ard actually cutting up tue ribbon
nv eye glass into sAoeties for one you
q lady who was generally In trouble upon t
score. But as to the imp speak Of, he =
frrcproachablc. If I Lett the door open,
cot up aud shut it, not quietly, you und
DE atand, but ofdciously and reproachfally.
took down volume from itt shelf, and it
nv hand tor one moment, II be eee:ali ee:al1ia gci
:. it, 1t was up in its place ngain before H
~ whnt had become Of it. took courage
cold morning, there being no one but be
/ in tue room, to stir the fire, and put
- poker. when / had done with it, under
;Ra crate (which take TO be the natural p
- for pokc1), when up jumps this we'll -beha
~ little monster, md arranges it by rule
~ measure where be had been told it ough
be. take credit to myself for very 8
asaon to1bea1anee-he and being alone-th
Foraps checked IN inclination to punch his head
sn. 1t. sit excusable In any rational beln
nut themsclyes under such . lifelong pen
- as this, and to bring up their children,
force the unhappy stranger whom they
within their gates, to do lkewlee1
I11E Americans Presented TO the Emp
!. n-.. and Empress OF France.
nds Of rp.,5. of tho IutetRso