Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-10-07
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to meeting and hear Mr. Spooper preach
Herw oudstry the iempera tfia much more
,sainllys woman than Aunt sRelly and keep
ber on dtlle, rack He might Just as well
! put red pepper 10 her eyes, .ss TO
keep her kifcbfn always somked up
with green brnsh. Her eyes always
look red, and il il nothing under the snu
but that smoky Kitchen trHe draft Of The
chimney isaDoDe Of he bes,, bat THAT
would be rcmedied with web seasoned
wood. Nov you see that man had christian
marriage, but be- dpn't care no more for,hjs
wife. than for dumb 5animal,lJ guess he
would lift q sheep ou, Of the ditch, especial.
ly in these times, when wool is a dollar a
pound. But he keeps his wife 10 ibe ditch
about all The while. aud never suspects that
she is a biz uncomfortable. He thinks he
saves something 10y burning brush, bdt'it
tdoh't pay you have q machine to
| chop il, up 6ue,s; and KEEP, ii nnder cover
pnnl itge.l diy.s 10 MOI kit up With abe
Ak into fuel for stoye,. costs more than
il is worth, IL it lies on the ground 10 the
woods, it ro's, aud makes q good n snu,e
without any expense Then if you have II,
or any other wood green, there is a matter
Of uncertainty abo0t meals. which throws
The whole work of the far N into confusion
and puts everybody out of fthuDorsal d9iw
But this is only one way in which wife
is kept uncomfortable. 1t does seem as if
some men took less care of their wives than
of be dumb cattle 10 their fields. II The
rooms in their houses had been thrown 10
gether by chance, they coald not huve' been
more inconvenient. A good arrangement
of the rooms saves one.haH the labor
Sometimes the sleeping room is on the sec
Oud floor, and there is many a'journey mp
and down stairs during the day, for, a ,wo-
man, already overburdeaed' with care
Sometimes the sto GROOM is in. ibe gatret,
and olh,r journeys have to be made daily,
for supplies for the table. Everything that
she needs for her work should be upon be
6rst floor, and close at hund. There is no
unnecessary waste of strength then in filing
her place as hou,tkeeper. cock, dairy maid,
! laundress, wife aud mother. for many a
farmers wife is expected TO fill al these
Offices, and 10 be always cheerful and hap
lpy, aaitiug for the coming of her liege lord,
as if she had nothing else 10 do but 10 be
wife. i''''pp ''' 90 ''7 %
TIE lot of q farmers wife, as it generally
runs, is raj her a hard one, aud is made hard
very often from the want of attention to
little things. mananeeds wenty cords
of wood for The year., sito costs no, mote 10
get it IN the winter, in. time of leisure,
and TO hayeit chopped, split aud packed
under cover, than 10 get it a load III q
time. and have Ibe torment of slow Ere
all the while This pot ouly makes more
labor, but it frets and worries. which is u
good deal worse than work Dgy wood is
one of the secrets Of comfortable wife =
That is what makes Mrs Bunker so bale
aud handsome. past sky, She says she
wouldn't know howto keep bouse wliheu'
dry Nood. guess she wouldn't. for she
has never had anything else
Deacon Smith Is good man, and means
well. but he does not kaow bos to use q
wife. - His. well has hard water, that wou't
cash, and all The water on washing day
has 10 be brought from the brook. more
than forty rods from the house. To be
sure, be keeps servant. but il makes a
world of work for servant sndghowekeeper.
He might have eistern that wouldn't cosl
over twenty dollars, and it would save
more than that value of labor every year
| He has roofing enough to keep il supplied
with water all the while. And then, the
Deacon carties on q lsige farm, and keeps
half dczen hired men, and boards and
lodges them ell in bis own house Now
What burden this brings upon d woman,
when hey might be much Better sccomtn0,
dated in small farm houshes Of theireowa
l., is quite as easy TO. hire psrt of abe
labor needed ou the farm, from bose ma G
ried, as from those who have no homes d
their own. This leaves q farmers wife witt
no family but her own 10 attend 10, which
is much more pleasant.
.TheuI guess a man bas to do something
to himself as well as 10 his house, 10 max,
every thing go smooth with his wife, She
bargained for a man when she got married
aud she has right to be Disappointed II
she 6nds q he has n thing but a-working
animal, always jsded aud unit for social
life. ] know Of rems. farmers who rarely
go anywhere but to meeting aud 10 mar.
ket. They feel that they cannot, sford
the time 10 dsess up aud 60 aud see their
friends. aud dine u or take "a cup OF teas
They have so slid out of society that their
friends rarely come 10 see Them Toey
are so hurried With work that they do not
make friends very Welcome They seem
to have no appreciation of life. bnt as al
opportunity to make money, They .puze
work for This end. and time that isn't
turned into money is lost to hem. Their
muscles not only become hard, but their
hearts grow hard and ausyDpa.h'ziog. -
They lose their taste for Ieadlug, if they
ever had it, and very soon fell asleep if
they attempt to read, or hear reading
If they are active In the field. they ere
stupid aud doll in the house, like aired
auinslsI in their stalls sTherel is mo men,
tai growth. no deyelopement Of maphood
in their lives. This discovery think
makes woman more uncomfortable thsu
green wood aud smoky 6res She married
q msn--s cteatutea Of Intelligence and AZ
feclions---and, she has, ths right TO th,
companionship Of man while she remain,
a faithful wife, No nau has . tight ls
prostitute himself TO mere money gesIing,
20 matter bow honestly. OF to turn' q