The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1862-11-04
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are 81 aside e.h 4 SGD. and may be
tear. ~ The lslf uttered wish weIls
up from It's heart. ,i.at Jamie, o.
George, Or FroI might ESP from rs
iuaeia8s swests but thev. dear fel.
bows. think themselves lnckg 10 eti
enosgll good wholesome fool 10 app
psasc their voncious appoliies, with.
out hardly eating a tl.olehi upon
lie sHretmtais They know are prob-
ably being prepared a. home, and
which operation lAey once loved 50
well to watch But cheer UP. wives,
aad mothers, and sisters Of the brave
mea who base gone 70 help save tie
aDcar old Flag from destruction, re-
member the fall work must be done,
and shall our women falter because
the men afc away, because their
loved ones are n0bly doing their du
tyg No never bat with true heart,
lei every woman 10 her usual share
o. work, and more also, il need be,
aud leave tie result with the All
wise Father, who ruleth over all
things. The pleasant month Of Sep
TENDER glided quietly away, and soon
October viii be gone. With presery-
ing and picking, sewing and cleaning,
remaking, removing and rcmodelling,
che farmers wife has no spare time |
upon her hands She Is never at a
loss about dispoiag Of The hours, but
sometimes wonders how SO much work 4
can be done IN so little time. The
sere leaf is ratdins u the ground, and
each day she has rew proof that vim
Ter viii soon. with cold fingers, clutch .
al within his icy grasp. Much is to
be donc, ere he succeeds. Sometimes |
she gets almost discouraged, but as
one job after another il disposed Of,
Size becomes cheerful and happy, and l
with eager step performs her round Of
duty
Q, for one more sight Of farmers ,
kitchen fity years ago. The open
fireplace, with It's rousiug back log,
sending bright flashes Of ruddy light /
over the white sanded floor. Its long
strings Ct golden pnmpkius hung to
dry, it, rack Of apples, cut and corel
and drying also by the rosy fire, iis
punches Of ''I,crl,." lung high above .
the reach Of miscbieyous boys and /
girls, lis hooks drove strongly into the
plaslcring overhead and supporting
slim strips Of wood, upon which
things can be spread to air or dry
while on the ends swing "the hats Of
all, both great and small when the
owners 10 not need them on tlicir
heads II was picture bright with
love and comfort, bat It's gone, and I
see only small, Nafm kitchen, with
It's polished cooking aud well
arranged appauenanees.
I've sometimes thought ! would d's.
card all modern Improvements, aud
60 back half century, bot oh, me
we modern women could not stand
one half the wear and lear our grand
mothers did, and L is wen, perhaps,
COR US that We I've ia such IN enlighl-
end age, when everything goes BY
steam SARAH.
Yves, Amesbury, Oct. 1862
-9le Englaad Farmer.