The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-07-30
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HOUSEKEEPER,S DIARY.
~ MRS r. D. GAZE.

TINS cterHal drudgerv OF housekeeplug,
said fairy young girl this evening il
our hearing; +" dust, dust ; sweep, sweep
clean, clean, wash, wasa, week. in ,.aat
week out. without stop or rest, only o
ono lies down at night to sleep; aud be-
fore kind natures sweet restorer has
bali accomplished her mission, to BE-
aroused again by the cry Of, Come, girls
it's getting up time They sny that ev,
cry one is fitted for some especial calling,
and will love it and work willingly 10 it.
1t n ny be true but if so, | am out Of my
sphere as far as a strong minded woman
sailing ship would be, for l hate td
wash dishes, scour knives, pick chickens
aud peel potatoes. =
Somebody must do those things, my
dear, said her mother o
II know it," answered Bette, "but |
don't like it. like 10 create, to have
my work show, to see Tomorrow what !
hsvs done to day; but here I p!od-
From morning sun till dinc'
simply to put back in their places the
thugs that have been misplaced, to
cleanse what has been blcmished. may
scour those old knives a lifetime, aud
they will meyer again be new or beautiful;
aud three hundred anb sixty,fve halt
hours in year spent on them won't add
one jot or little to their value
But it Is useful nevertheless, and
adds to the comfort Of the home
All! Father and Ned and jack like
nice knives TO eat with But % they
ever think of the minutes and hours it
takes to make them SO? II woman7s $
work was app eciat, 4, if after had spent
whole day putting things to right,
they would not come in and tell of their
great days works, while they kick Of
their muddy boots on the carpet, spit
over the nicely polished hearth, throw
their old hats upon the table, and when
l demonstrate tell me cooly that a girls
time Is Of no account, and they need a
little exercise now aud then, aud Mcy
could do all tbs work l have done to-day
and not tire little finger I could staul
il
"Well. well, Bette, We must be pa.
tient. Our work don't show like stack
Of wheat in harvest, Or sixty acre corn
field, Or a steam engine"
"No! I know that. But l would like
to know mhcre the wheat stacks would be,
if these boys had to cook their own din
ners, make their own beds, wash their
own clothes, mend and sew on buttons,
anu starch all their own shirt collars for
one day. A few hours work puts in the
acre of wheat, and there it is left for
mother nature to perfect and finish fer
half year, and when her work is done Il
few hours work viii har rest it, and there
it stands IL golden luxuriance. thing to
be proud of /; to be told of in tae ucwspa.
pers, to be coanted in the statistic tables;
to be Dragged Oh. -s.
"But all these long months. three
times day, all this household work
Sweep the house and make the bed,
Cook ;ae dinner, bake ...s bread.
Wash the dishes scour the ki,iyes.
Is the t4te oi maids and wives.
Aud when the end comes, when the wheat
is turned into bank bills or golden eagle,
did you ever hear father, Jack or Ned
say Didn's We raise nice crop, Bet
tie?' Not bit of it; but-'it takes al
| can raise to support the girls Just
as if we lad doue nothing all the season
to help support them. Whcw. bow
hate housework."
o" No, child, you don't bate housework
you only hate the want of appreciation Of
it."
:, That's it, exactly, If they would
only give me credit for having helped raise
the crop, or building the engine, or put
ting up the barn, (apd I now worked
as hard last fall as Ned,) then Id as lic
do housework as anything. / believe
Solomon never knew what he was abou;
when he said, Give her Of the fruit o
her Lands, and let her own works praise
her in the gates ,"
Just then Bette went to get pail o
water. ~~@.~
Juno l6th.--Bettie ceased her talk
ing, but l did not cease thinking, ane
long after she had brought her. water, a
wa, singing as merrily over her dish par
as the Cat bird in the cherry tree, | wal
pondering the reasons in my own mind
why i. was that useful active labor, sucl
as must be performed in order to max
all classes of society happy and comfort
able. is so often called drudgery.
The farmers son begins to talk abou
the drudyery Of farm life, and wants t.
be of 10 the city. "xhere he can earl
his money easier" and sometimes h
slips out, rs did Bette, the true reason
'sfarwers' boys amt nobody, 10 how.
| Young clerks, with white hands and tigh
/ patent feathers, seem more acceptabl
even to their own sisters 1t is want Q
appreciation, want Of praise, that make
many young II an throw down his spad
and hoe, aud rush to the city. where h
thinks he will be more noticed and es
teemed The young mechanic canno
quite secure the place he desires in wha
be calls first circles SO bids good-b
to jack plane and saw, fixes NJ. D.. ID. ID
or t.. D. to his name, and ten years atte
wishes sfrem the depths Of his soul he ha
stuck to the plow handles, which woul
have at least given him bread for vii
and children.
| Now word with you all, girls an
boys. Learn to appreciate yoursclve
remembering that it is net the cailiu
that makes the man or woma,f honorable
but the man orc woman that eleyates an
disni6cs the calling. Find out, BETH
if you possibly calf, what you can do bes
what you have the highest talent 70
and then with steady, rsrsevcrir ( enc
sy and cheerfulness, take hold Of it, a
preciatc youp own work, and you vi
make others do the same. But, mir
don't 1eNreciatc house work. nor cal