Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-01-18

| l nave Oeen mere, tnere mas Deen no water
in my room, aud l have had to come down
10 the morning and get It for myself.
Oh, motherl That is too bndi To
think that Margaret should have been so
careessl The daughters face erimsoned.
Now, IL you had been q careful house.
keeper, or thoughtful one, you would
have visited my chumber, to see that ell
was right there You would never have
left your mothers comfort dependent on the
uncertain administration Of a servant--
Next, the room bss'ut been busted twice
since I've been here My fingers are soiled
with every thing | touch, and am sure, IL
hasn't been swept under the bed, or bureeu
for a mouth Bot this only affects your
guests--is only so much taken ON thdf
comfort. Let Us look 10 some things that
involve the comfort of your husband; for
these are Of the highest consideration.
You asked him, yesterday morning, to get
you some piuk lined envelopes He brought
them at dinner time. He asked you to
darn a rent in black alpaca coat so that
be could wear IT, Did you do as he re-
quested2 No, you read, and toyed with
fine needle work ell the morning but never
touched the coat; and when he asked for il
what reply did you make? Oh you hated
darning above all things, and told him he'd
better direct his tailor to send for il. The
day had become unusually warm, and he
bad 10 go out, after dinner wearing thick
cloth coat, just because you had almost
wilfully neglected to perform so light SER
vice for your husband. Do you imagine
that he never thought Of what he askedf
That he did'ut feel your indifference to his
comfort. Yonr kiss, depend upon it, Mar
tha, touched his lips coldly; aud your low
ing words, if any were spoken, we're as
sounding brass and tinkliug cymbals in his
ear. He looked past all lip affirmations,
and saw the failure in deed.
Aud failure, indeed, seems to be the rule
uuder your administration of his household
Instead of the exception Most especially
is this the case in what appertains to the
diniag-room and kitchen. The meals are
always badly cooked and served. The slo
venliness with which Margaret sets the table
is disgrace to herself, and a standing re-
buke to her mistress. havn't seen really
clean dish-as regard cleanliness
) | have been here Not clean knife or
t fork. Your cruet stand / off ensive to the
e eye. There is smeared mustard bottle,
with smeared spoon-a ketehup bottle
t with half an inch of tomato ketchup at the
bottom, aud an oil bottle empty. Pepper
and vinegar bottles l will not describe
t The cruet stand itself, is as dark as lead
and the napkin rings and spoons are no
y much better.
Pray, stop, mother! said Martha, inter
ar posing, with face rather nearer to scarle
III than white.
Is No; must say word farther. Ca
these things be, and escape your husband
en- observation Can such things be, and NJ
p prove daily offence and annoyance to hiu
ie Can such things be, and not irritate him, ,
!; times, into unkindness? He would be moi
4 than mortal, my child, were he temper-pro
III against assaults upon good nature, lii
re these.
ID Martha was not a fool-though thei
p are too many in her position, we are sorI
le to say, to whom the word most signiGcan
er ly applies She saw through her mother
81 clearer vision, the blindness in which sh
'e had been, and the folly Of her defecliv
q household administration; saw that in hol
ID ing herself above domestic duties aud mar
'r ipulntions, she was governed more by prid
and Incidence than q just regard for WIFE
% or womanly dignity; saw that to hold fas
her husbands love, she must do something
p more for him than to offer loving words; 70
e life being real aud earnest, demanded earl
n est work from al-.from the delicate wife n
a well as from the most enduring husband
; On the next morning, as Edward fteC
n his cup to bis lips he said. with smile o
al pleasure:
N What fine coffee, Martial 1 don't know
p when have tasted anything so delicious
IS Your handiwork, inferH And Edwar,
ID looked from his wife to her mother.
le No, replied Mrs. Barton; it is none Q
: my handiwork.
ID But it's mine, said the young wife, VIII
n could not keep back The Acknowledgements
1t her pleasure in seeing her husbands plea
~ sure was so great
IN YoursH Edward set down his cup, an
is looked across the table in real surprise
d. Yes, mine. l made the coffee this morI
ne ing.
to You dd2 Well as I said, it is delicious
It. l wouldn't give this cup of coffee for q
nd the stuff that has been made in the hou
gu since we entered it.
The steak was praised next.
Did you cook this, alsot asked the hr
as band.
lot superintended the work, was answe
Ter ed.
ID 1t is only necessary for some people
look at things, aud they will come all rig
on said Edward, and shouldn't wcnder, MI
IS, tina, If you belonged to the number.
rk, There was a compliment and q repre-
rts in the sentence, and both we're felt.
he Do / need to say another word, !
il daughterl said Mrs. Barton, when she v
3 alone with Martha again.
OF think not, mother was answered. Sin
Id. our talk yesterday. / have been looking
MT my place, as young wife, from new sta
nat point, aud 6nd that have not undersIo
nst my duties. But they are very plain d
'se, and shall not need another reminder.
asy Young girls fall into strange notions abC
i'm a wife's condition. They think Of it
our something more ornamental than useful
alls invested with a more queenly dignity th