Civilian & telegraph., 1860-07-05
5HisreIlaneQua.
BLU L MON DAY.
A Sketch for HOuSekceperS.

Clouds Just as gray as lead. / warrant it
will rnin-it always rains on Mnnday-l wish
there wasn't any such day in the calender -
believe it was only invented to punish Eve
for eating that miserable applel Now, here
are those trowsers to be mended-a good half
houw work, an Nh Sage hurryiug me the
whole time, till FIN SO nervous don't know
whether | have got = needle or a crowhar.-
lie never tinGs out that anything wants doing
except ON Monday m"rulngs-the very day
IN hurried aud worried to death He don t
see why Monday is worse than the rest of the
week, lie says-l wish he had to stay at home
and superimtend the washing for once
Starch is al! gone, mun!" OF course it
is; that's just Irish calculation. Why could
not you have told me ui it on Saturday, Bid
dy? Now, wonder what I'm to do F,r
ncrcy's sake what's all that scrcaming p
Tommy iallen duWn stairs and bumped his
head My children Arrays select Monday
N, ruings tu tumble dow n stairs III ! Where S
the cauiplor bottle? Who's that knocking
rs il he meant { burst the bas neut door in?
Tue ice, mani Tell him I'm busy; III pay
him to-nio row. lie wont wait. U, dear me,
now there's got to be Il search for my porte
mouuaie. Does any body know where it is?
What's that, Tommy The last you saw ul
it, the baby was trying to swallow III o. here
it is under the cradle. What will PLACE
to order for dinner? Goodness gracious =
believe | shall 90 distractedl Il mt care
il we never have any dinner. Beet and
green's, ! suppose; they're the least trouble
Of anything. v hat does make the baby 80
fretlul it seems ss 1t lac K CIV it Was 'blue
Monday There isn't no bread, mum, aud
tie lax T. hasn't been here this morning -
declare, | viii dis,harg" that uau !; he's no
business to Tail liz on Monday nl"ruiug -
What's the tlouhle nov? Bnidy and Nurmh
have qlarr,lrd about the soap down stairs.
and Bd,iy says she won't stay III the hu,is,'
another minute. Was ever poor creature
80 beset with troubles before? Now We just
got to lay everything asine, and 60 down To
play cook myself. while baby swallows but
tols and needles and such thugs. and rum-
my raises budam generally. Perhaps | can
keep him quiet ior a few minutes. with a bowl
Of bread aud milk The cat lus knocked
the milk pitcher over! Well,th Corresponds
with the rest Of the day cnarmingly. Rain
ing hard might have prophesicd il, aud
all the fiue clothes out on the lines. Mercy
un us, two o'clock why. where has the day
slipped to2 Mr.. Sage will hc here in fifteen
minutes, camoriug for his dinner, and every
thing is behindhand!
There, that's just like you. Sage suppn .
you think its manly and generous to Gnarl
like cross dog, because theres nothing but
beet and greens f r dinner. You never did
like 'en? Sage, don't believe ynn know
what you do Ike on Mondays. You wish
Mondays were abolished? SO do Sage;
and I vi.b cr,.o husbands y,pre tnnt van
seem to suppose have no trials There,
he's gone; and know I've been pettish and
lost my tenper--hut who could help it, I'd
like to know I'm always half crazy on
Mondays Poor. dear Sage; know he can't
eat greeus-he shall have something hot for
supper, If have to cook it myself Ifthere's
any one thing that tries wonan's tern pof
more than another. its blue Monday