The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-05-28


Mr.. Jones owned neat cottage, Of which, with
its acre garden lot, he made his d lighter a
marriage present; and III re, on the termi-
nation of the wedding tour, they took up
their residence. The good Mrs. jones had
put everything g to rights" Il was in the
most exquisite "apple pie order" and no
young couple, just beginning housekeeping,
was ever any better fixed.
Mrs. Jones, gond soul, had always done
her own work. Help was dreadful bother.
Charlotte hid been carefully educated. She
could do ever, thing; that IS, everything that
= aVar ianeht TO young ladi She Gnnld
do all kinds of fancy work. Her worsted
cats and waxfiuwers were wonderful: so
were her water-color drawing, aud her mo-
no-chromatic sketches were high art"
Everybody said So.
But, somehow, Mrs. Jones. from thr Il ,bit Of
doing everything herself, had not given Mis-
Charlotte fair chance in Kitchen and laundry,
and IN other housekeeping accomplishments; !;
while Charlotte had vague idea that all
those common things were perfectly easy,
and as they were not taught ar schnul, she
concluded that they came by nature. Sn she
commenced her housekeeping in dream OF
blissful anticipations.
They tonk possession of their own nice
little house one fine summers evening. Mrs.
Jones saw them all properly fixed, and had
gone home.
They wakened with the early birds. DR..
Simmons dreamed that somebndy was thun-
dering On the door, 10 call him up TO see
a patient. II was his horse, paving to be
fed.
"Well, Lofty DEAR said the grave Doc
tor, who was IN his went, third year, to hi.
wife of seventeen, +" shall we make begin
ming now rise earis, and.attend to bu>i-
ness :"
20, by ii means 81 imp up. d grt
breakfast"
And I'll feed Ponp aud we-d ,as gar-
den.''
So the Doctor waterea and led MS horse,
and hoed HI potatoes 4 iltir. aud ook !
peep into the neat iilti kitchen, to .ee hn~
the >. Darli Lofty" va, getting o. With
breakfast Her face "a, .eIy red, aud hei
hands very black her hair was powdered
with ashes 1t was plain that she had trou.
BILE but she spoke pleasantly, for all that.
when she said
do 20 waY, Charles, that's a dear, til
you hear the bell ring Breakfast will saor
be ready"
Well, he waited. He read, then he whis
tied, then he hgetted, then lie wound up ~
clock, then ne lnokrd a, his new case OF III
strument, and wondered how SON hr shout,
cut oil III. ir,t leg Then he got very hun
gr,, and Al last the bell did ring. aud b.
vent TO breakfast.
The Darling Lofty was looking litlt
better. but sill rather anxious.
Have you had hard time, darlingf" IN
quired the Doctor, cautiously.
90, not very. The fire did no, kindi
. we'll at first, and the stuye smoked
Did you open the damper:"
"Damper why no. Has il got damper
Well, I'll remember next time. Now nav
| some coffee"
Tie Doctor took his cup, stirred il abou
, looked rather hard al il; aud then at Dar
ling Lofty.
aWelI, what is it, I'm sure don't kno'
, what makes il iull Of thosr spreks, boiled
aud boiled IT.
Yet, II fon't seem to be settled. Di
you put in any fish skln:'
No. turgot."
No matter il will do very well. Now
. Darling Lntty, I'll take an egg Why II
) as hard as brickbat."
..Hard Now, how can they be hard
when the, we're boiling all the time | va
making Tie coffee aud Ihr % st:'
"Ah toast; let Us try that. A littl
burned, nut very gond; here, don't cry
darling, i'll be ~ right next time"
! After showers co " slnsht'e, aud this "nf
/, cleared on. The Doctor laid aside hi 'lts
! nifty, and helped wash the d,brs: and The
put his horse ~ the new sulsy. tonk u
| new saddle bags, and drove of furl'u. "
/ see sune imaginary patents, tall dime
i time, while Darling l.ntty blocked out
wnrsted parroqurt, that bid far e be "
! wonder &c her next winters parties. ba
: this, like all pleasures, come to an end, 10
: there was dinner to g.t, and that dinner
a make up for the breakfast. The Dncto
{ liked nice dish Of boiled sictuals-sn 81
! made FIRE. aud peeled the p'ta'oes, bsets
carrots. turnips, par,nips. aud put then
E with nice S are RIB or fresh pork into IN