The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1859-06-28
A VERY NICE FAMILY.

NOled "an lhtoiclahIe nuisance. Not haV
ing their share of the real harlshps Of this
world they compensate themselves by make
ING the most Of minor ones. TO the Sy.
baritc the crumhled rose. leaf might have
been real TORMENT. Some people having
nothing better To annoy them. spend half
thoir lives in scol'ing their servants, and
all to no purpose, as they innoccntly as
sure you. "lI's 10 uso speaking Of course
it isu't, if il is only 70 say the san thing
over and over again--Why waste breath
AMI trmper3 If You have been unlucky
enough to get a bad servant, either get ril
Of bim or her at Oncc--or, if that be incon.
vonicnt, make the best of the bal bargain
as long as il lasts. All the alchemy of
Scoding in the world will never transmute
a tcn-pound buttons, into fifty guinea but.
tier, OF teach the plain cook to toss up au
omolct like Soycr. Gils will have follow
cis, glass will break, AMI china chip, as long
as the nature of all such fraiI vessels 10
mains unchanged. If such trllcS arc too
much ior yo,r temper, there j. ~ remedy
but to keep m establishment Of one eyed
Gorgeous, apl drink out Of wooden bowls
Servants arc "yhc greatest plague in life"
We have hcald pretty often; some day ii
the march Of c!ucatlon COOS on and wo all
take to writing acknowledgements. we NAV
hope to have tie servants, opinion Of the
masters and mis,r,scss. Then acair, how
miserable some people make themselves
thor children, hy II perpetual worry about
trih,s they adopt an insane view of the
merits If the order and regularity. aud sac
raicc their own m! every other comfort to
~ at1mp' to regulate tie versatile human
instinct Ike a piece Of Il ckvark. one,
spent "a week in one of .hg,a we'll o,Ior,I
luuiIir,: II wa:a Great punishment T., me.
hops aLo jn sona degree 90 uy cnle.
tliacrs The ron rulc Of that house wa,
- place G,s .enthiuL and everything in
It's place wasn't. The dl-Gr.ra NV
,umcwlla, ,agiant habit ,cd m. iptn these
was dreadful. The very first morning
uporcl patcfamilies's ncw>r,rsr which
was always laid in one particular spot upon
the breakfast table. never to la violated
10y any hand hut ms. There | stood with
my back 10 tn" lire coming the ouSprcal
sheets, and "odIing = e.. cl!ul good NOR
ninr to my host when he entered had
tn" hatdiho"d even To read 10 him out of
his own paper. the last Indian despatch
very politely, as t1uugh ght--aul TO ro-
quest his assistance to docipher The possible
place intended by dozen letters which the
telegraph clerk appoared TO have selected at
random. To do him justice, he bore this
inroad on his rights with tr.erablc out
ward composurei bat | was formerly made
aware, OH the grt opportunity, 10y Ms. T.,
of the outrage Ia' committed. AMI mtlo
to feel ar anrnm ll.aJIc rs | dc-rycd. Thcu
| left my handkerchief on rh' dining room
tIoor, one glove on the library room table
another in the gov'rnerncs~'> pnrasol, which
certainly wa, not tho p!aco Tor it AMI how
1t got thct have no conception, AMI was
formerly pic'"nted with each Article separ.
atoIv. ani IN account Of It's discovery, in
the presence of the whole family assembled
for dinner.
One day the whole house WAS under
strict cross. examination as to who had como
Into the drowin" room with dry shoes
was tho caIplii, IF course. bat | WA, to
great coward to confess: b. ,i es the la,ly
know perfectly wyll who II was. hu, was |
polite enourh to entertain the fiction ,hat !
sucl conduct WAS impo,.iblo in any well.
bred person. it must have been enc Of thc
children or ,ho hou.,mail Of course: and
the whole Investigation was intended fr
nv solemn waning and inprcy,m,ut; iu., |
a, they used to whip liur hay y;cor;5u,.
" to .ir,he terror int, mi>Aoha.iny EttI, |
princes. Then tho terrible ranc.ualit
which made slaves Of an of ns, and kcr, /
ma always looking ai inv watch AMI n I
was afraid Of b,in~ late f,r sometime. ss
indeed ! WIS once Tor ,liuner in ,uite of nj I
prccautions--inur minutes anl = half rcy7c |
tlv. Shall | ever forget it? If they only |
hal the charity to sit down ou,tly without .
mc---if they had put me OF with SCUM. cold
li,h. AMI the las, RAGGED en-, or ,hc mu,ton
Iii they had sent mo to bel without any
dinner AT al. aS once hnpucrol to mo whom
was little bov---or inflicted rpru no any
other reasonable and humane form The nun.
ishmcut: but no; there tl.cy were all wait.
inc for me in the drawinr room. MI .tanI
ing NJ. the door stood wilc opcn. and the
head of the family opcuiry fir, upon mo
nj once, before was well inside il, with. /