The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-08-26
rIThe NEW pispensation.

az least some OF the OOutnern, people ndFe
D disposition to meet the new order of
things in the, right, spirit, The overthrow
Of slavery makes a, radical change in the
management ofhouseholds-and plantations
The ,customsof having a d host of servants
about the houses never more than half emr
ployed, will be brokenup. .voA smaller num-
berl will be found toTdoathe work more quiz
city, thoroughly and promptly. People.
will learn to give q little more personal at
tention to household affairs and in this, as
in many other particulars they will find
themselves gamers by the change Eds.
(" Economy in labor will lead US to use
all the unemployed hands at our control,
and of those dependent upon US, in order
that in this way thefewest possible mouths
may. have to- beJfed, and fewestr possible
backs to be clothedsIoO Our ownliands have
been accustomed to lie, idle, while work in
the compass Of our abilities, has been per-
formed by others; and we fear the innocent
children in our midst will be ready to lift
up their voices against us, for suggesting
to their parents that their hands might, IN
q much greater degree, be honestly and
more usefully employed than they have
been, in assisting their parents, whose they
are, and to whom they owe service at least
for a well determined and definite period
of their age. But as our object is to speak
fearlessly the truth, not for the injury, but
for the benefit, ,lof all, 1--WE must be permitted
to say that much of the labor about farm
and alhousehold, which has been formerly
committed to slaves and hired persons, can
be more pleasantly, economically and efec-
tually performed by our own hands, or those.
of q our ur' children. Will our people attend to
this matter al AS reasoning persons we
know that they willg"d mao no ra9n % ,ss7od'
The mistress of the house will find a
great change in ber own duties, and though
it is disagreeable to have ones accustomed
habits and routine broken up she will soon.
discover that, though different, her cares
are not SO much more increased as she am
ticipated The diminution OF the number
of the family, will found bymany house
keepers a great relief That long row of
unsightlyl negro cabins, that have spoiled
the general appearance Of her home, and
which were q constant eye sore to one ap-
preciating neatness and order, can now, be
torn down and removed. lIOne or two rooms
will be quite denough for the necessary
household. servants, and these it will cost
little to make externally tasteful andlkeepi
painted. On her will no longer 9falli ad-.
ditiont0the materialecare other oWnobabes,
the nurture ofevery child born on the plan
tation, not over one in ten Of whichfcould
be reared, if left to their .thoughtless and
Indifferent mothers. She will likewise be
relieved from the care of the sick. Some
one of the negroes was sure to be ailing,
and they were sure to demand some kind
of attentionoTinedicine from theirmistress.
She will be- relieved too, from the daily
over sight and worry she has hereto, expe-.
fenced in, keeping those of, her house ser
wants able to work, ,usefully engaged and at,
neace with each other. On n'country planta-
lions She will feel still more relieved, for
the Cutting out andpahavnga made up the
vast7piles of negro clothing required to-
furnish every soulnupon the place, for win
ter and summer, use, no longer falls to, her
share Tom and Jim and ,Sambo must now
buyp or steal their own clothing and provide
it also for their own families. for mistress
has nothing Farther to do with it. Dem
Yankees have been and done and set9mlss
sus free.n es--
With the reduced number Of servants,
she will find that she will get just about as
much Of her own work done as before, and
ifangthing isneg elected or missing, she %llp
know now VIII ON to charge with | he delln7;
queneysdr With the gang Of little negroes
turned off, there is some change of the famnl57l nj
ly itself enjoying large portion OF the pro- pro
ducts of st6ieir" orchards and garden. !,
But in her own household especially in
Townsville duties of the mistress 1willb
inereased;11 as5fhintedo in the article
above, itowill be no injury to her children
to cali upon them for help tiEhe girls can
take care of their, own chambers, and the
family rooms, and to require them to do it,
will be lifelong Benefit to them. Ifthey
havento pickup and arrange what they
have icaarelesslS scattered, to remove the
dirt and ditter ithey bring in, they will SOON
be educatedtone neat and orderly habits, and
single active house servant will then be
uuite sufficient 10 ordinary families, to 90
the absolutely. unpleasant but needfpl
hfo1u1sehold drndgery outside the kitchen.
Sbe can then Justly be held responsible for
wtate is missing g out of the house, In
the way of those articles of clothing and
little things generally that negro house
servants areiin the habit of picking UP and
appropriating, but, never know awiRbatr wHiRbr has
become Of. If young children are are proper per:
" managed, it is all nonsense keeping them
in a nurses arhis all the time. Ihey need
their daily walks or rides in the open air,
bat "a large part ofthe timeif the eye Of the
mother is,on them; they are better otbaln
their cribs oron thefoor,, crawling or tum-
bling about, than in q nurses .arms.b Ithey5
need little attention, comparatively, II noI 10
spoiled the first few weeks, Those children
Who are kept as much as possible from ne
pr6 influence, while young, are more likely
to become worthy men and'womeng thanlLi
brought up among the yonngs nheathens
which we have always keptswarmlng about
our back Yards ready rFallmanner OF mis-
chief and deviltry. tsiid udob-en sE's4
The arrangementlofou our dwellings, and OF
the necessary Offices or buildings about
them is, unfortunately, such as vastly to
increase the amount OF household labor
The kitchen is SO far, from the house, that
Il is a great task for the mistress to- ven
ture there, and Aunt Chloe, who seldom
Aesred her presence, has ruled supreme
therein. and her demands for Shour, lard,
sugar &C., all duly shenoreda have hitherto
been iuststwice that which was really .con-l
sumed by the family. Those mistresses
who. when sugar, &C., became SO dear, took
TIE fmakibg of their cake and pastry into
their own Hands, have found, that with half
thesamount of oeachi ingredient, they are
able tonit anpd better dessert than the
cook used to do. Our cooks have noteVens
done as we'll by US as the English one pic
tired by Punch, who, when called upon to
explain Why, With such enormous butcher
and grocer bills, the family never had any
thing fit to eat, repliedy III sdidnot know,
but he was sure they never had anything
MICS, in the lkj Kitchen butt what they sent
some iSf It gqp stalrSo3 Iood,a 90 . ao,,as'
The kitchen being thus distant from the,
dining room, the well or 7. sprlpg y PeElaPs