Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-24

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A woman rises early in the morning
while her lazy husband 10 in bed snoring
of the beer be drank last night She
must have his breakfast in time for him
10 reach his daily toll ketimes She gets
| breakfast--brinE a. in wood. often having
70 hunt II, saw and split it--tags at ths
we'll rope, lugs from the spriog, or isbors
| at the pump When the meal IL ready
she must loose the enjoyment of it from
| iumping up from the table for this and
| that. Breakfast over, she clears OF the
table; washes and wipes the dishes; sets
the pantry 70 rights, sweeps and dusts
| the room and furniture, makes the beds,
| Tugs in more wood aud water, and before
the morning chores are done, It is time
to prepare dinner Thus the forenoon
passes away. The afternoon is devoted
70 washing dishes, sweeping the house,
baking, fixing something nice for sup
per, and get slieked up ever 80 little, so
husband or brother wdn not call her q
SLOUGH. Supper ovef--dishes wasbed--a
lialc nending done--ths s0ork 10 put
seway ttU 10 m0ryOl0. U.s.
II Der hair 10 not always smooth, hus-
band growIs II her dress is not tidy,
he sc0lds III the children be not clean,
be ewears If ihe viciuals be not cook
| cd, be gFumblas. IL the beds are not
well made, he complains IL the meals
are not ready OF just such times, be -
annoyed and is petulous III bis wife
| does not keep the house neat, be goes 70
the saloons. II his wife Is not fresh,
clean, well dressed, and does not greet
him with smiles, no matter how tired
and fatigued, he seeks the society Of
othAr saanaars and ss-4@s:-s.s ITO ~ kavio z
q better time than be wonld have at
home la4 AAat~ H. ~ HI
In the winter her husband snorea till
1.-The favor Of coffee wakens him, while
The wife or sister kindles Gre, contracts
disease Incidental TO her sex, wears her
life Cut ADD the bloom from her cheek
| attempting to get along" ia life. She
does get along toward her gravel
And men protesting to be kind, atten.
| tive, and unsel6sh see these things 90
on day after day A man at one arm
full could bring enough woodto last
half d0y, and one or two turns at the
we'll rope would not impair his effieien-
CT or decrease bis health, while il would
greatly relieve tho poor woman, whose
delicate, lovable and beautiful mold OF
form cannot long resist the wear Of ex-
cessive labor and strain upon the mus
Giles OF the chest attending the Juggling
work she has TO perform, from child car
rying, 70 wood bringing, market going
and water hauling. We do not wonder
women grow old and die sooner than
men, when they have no one 10 stand be-
tween them and excessive labor.
Men do not realize these things They
have too much besiuess--too much poll
itics--too many visits 10 saloons-too
much unmanly selfisbness TO pick MP
market basket, an empty water pail, or
to I'll On empty 8oodbox for & weary wo-
man whose work 10 never dous The
man who has Il not in biz heart to look
out for these little things, ia unworthy to
have wife. sister, mother or sweetheart
Yet every day We see these petty wrongs
all over. We all abuse the Indian Who
marches of and leaves his sqaaw TO lag
the food and baggage, yet AJAX our wives,
mothers and sisters 10 do more for the
cares Of q white woman-heg family du
ties, etc.--give her more labor and steps
thar. ever fell 10 the lot OF an Indian
wife, who has no cake to make, no ahiris
10 iron and keepin buttons, no stockings
to darn, no furniture to keep 10 order, no
bed clothes TO wash and care for, no
such endless variety of duties as falls to
the lot Of the abused aud ovorworked
women Of America.
II the Of creation would be more
manfy-more attentive to their wives
more careful Of the women they loved
more ready to make home pleasant aud
tAemseipss loUed, there would be fewer
unfaithful women-Eswer funerals
more happiness and more coutented
homes than now. Woman cannot love
unless her love 10 returned, no more than
man can, and rs she is a creature Of
more heart than man, che Graves more
love--works harder for Ii and becomes
more reckless at not receiving that 10
which she is so justly entitled. When
woman loves q man she loves with ell
woman's devotion, aud IL his heart re-
spends through the little actions which
make life pleasant, abe will follow him
to hell itself Failing to receive this
leve and attention, she casts herself
ahoat and drifts, she cares not whittier,
waiting only 10 find come true heart to
rest on, some loving embrace to take
refuge in when the aoul is tossed on Bit
ter Seas" Brick" Pomeroy,