The gazette and Democrat. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1860, 1860-04-12


for tie neighbofs--sumrlimes kind Of
bar.room for lbe idlets who love 10 sit q.
bout. with shW, pipes in ller mourhs,
gossip. and spit on the hearth VI foor--
ne it comes auditr. TIE picture IL n. t
Without t'u'h, aud good deal Of il. too.
Few indeed aie III, country kilci ems in
10 which stranger or a chance Traveller
can bsushered. and Look around him with
delight 10 leel b'mssf wholly of Gome.--
They are barracks Of places. all ous.of.
doors, entertain visi'ors IL just the casual
way described, and ure furnished with
All old spinning ~ heel, tout of use now,
an ugly lsbl., three or four higIrbacked.
lard bo'tCmed chairs, aud huge FIRE.
p!a e; for, as they say in Virginia, the
hle is 'erlaiDly iece Of furniture, aud
the prrttirst ppce in the room. These
very imp ant apa' tments are not apt 10
be inv ting 10 the stranger; where's, #
the hpusnhold is we'll ord red. ID The
f"od and CO king are What they ought TO
be, the kitchen would BE- the GENRE piece
in the whole domestic picture.
An old fashioned farmers kitchen 10 a
desola ion; old cities Of the Bible are
not more 50. Sn"ke and ashes about
thr.hru plac-; wa or Oh tie hearth; grim
on the ao"r; The 20 = end kettle. Iav .ng
an Sr'tns'Us looA, Ms l businrss WAS Carl
ed on with their help or the ca'iIe, father
lIiau for human beings; tfc windows h.o.
ken snd utird ou with hats, Or SOM.
IN ng: the f"r gaping, seamJ, a. d all the
W. lie brIchlng up the wihd; hr door sag
ying on its IDges. and ere king. or scrap
ing, every lime It is "ptn'e, ,--whcr~ is
The en'cem' nj in a picture | ke ,his?--
Who, with an ordinary amount Of sen,i-
men,. would evrrseriOusly think bring
ing his household gods and setting Them
p rmanen,ly in a place Of this dvscrir-
toni
Vt penple cannot forget that rs tl,is
department Of the housed old is ordered
and Conducted. so are the meals prepared
and daily set b,fore the hungry. If We
WIS, ed to know what kird Of house
keeper q Woman is. We would first Of all
ask to take look into her kitchen. The
DISCLOSURES ofer, d there would very SOON
enable us 10 make up Judgment. Never
thoose your wife III her "wu oarlor. She
NUT needs be taken of her gu,fd liirIe; /;
you must see her when her hair is in p :
psis-ur at nine o'clock in the morning
IN Saturday-or just as she is IN thu
b al and hurry Of iit,ipg out for an tv IL
inp p rly--or WHEN she IS winding q
skein Of silk. or yarn. aud has 20, every.
thing into tangie; these are the proper
lines in which lo test u wonan's quail y
IF temper. And SO II is, loo. with h I
cooking--her a. tilude for genuine house
witery-aud hsr general domestic make.
up.
Farmers are pcprlarly supposed TO live
ON the "fN Of the lanc;" but they cont d,
II. To their shame be it sp"ken We
do not QUESTION that somr of ih, m, her,
and there. are up to such luxury; but
the body Of them are content 10 drudge
and delve along in the lie uf sel' impustd
servnuds, working only for oh, RS, be
cause they give over tie b 81 Of what tn y
raise to others, and live on The poorest
themselves. There is no liallucinati"n il,
ChrIslendom exactly like it. II hey were
stinting tltmselyrs, for the far OF com
ing short al q me not very distant day,
or il they were putting themselves and
their families on short diet, in obpdi
euce to the positive ord,is uf the near-sl
physician, hey could hardy DO more, or
r.ther l'ss. Than they DO in TINS pin h.
ing, and SkInclling, and sarving, their
f,mllirs.
a thrifty agiiculurist as his Thoughts
on his arm aud his family ,arly md lat,
morning, noun aud evening. He viii
not carr, OF the money h. skins from his
laud, 10 invest in railroads, fash banks,
and paper 10 s; but he purs 1t into his
ground. his cattle. his implements of hus
bandry, and hiS bui ngs, turning it over
aud over rs a shrewd and far.~ring mer
chant does. Therefore hr looks out fnl
his h m. AMI family first. as he should
He will lay out good garden, and u'lair
irum it an sbuudsn, supply ufv gables
an sma frui 8. He thinks that iher,
may be- something lse TO live On thar
pork and po aturs; &c hr raises wha'ev'
pie srs tie palate, r. tr shes the Juices o
til ply ic System, aud assists digestion
His f,mily are heal. .hy, 'nh Of course
happy. He is bot cred with no duc'o-'t
bills. incurred 10y the skillfu pr'longa'
ion of liule a'lme nts aud disaffrclions
for his childI+n have brar'y laughs for li'
ars. tI,eir faces are rnddy. and their eye'
speak language far more eloquent thar
poetry
The farmer in the Interior lacks for I
good market. We know. There is no 9th
~ variety for him 10 make Sci, ctiol
from. than that which he is disposed ,C
create Tor himself, out Of his own gn,deu
yarus, oops. and shamblrs. If he wait
be-f. be ra,sp. it: II mutton he gets it il
tie sam, independent way; If hr viii con
tlnue to dis ase himself with pork, he turn'
the great grunt, rs out Of his own slys II
be l'ulch. red; OF il h. incIines to NOR,
pur,l, vegetable diet, his own hcres sup
ply his wants with a bopnleous g..n-roSi
W known to no class Of men but those win
rut faith in Provld ne and seed in lh'
soil. Thus they are In sonse insu'at"'
from all mankind. and Ma self'rriian
in tnr matter Of supplying his own table
e knows very we'll the quality of Wha
he eals; md need have no fear. that lie i
either going to bp chsats' or poi'oned.-
He 9 truly h" lord Of lie own lands: fil'
his own barns; peoples his avn srHlls. an