The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-10-11
Our New Servant.
by GRACE GREENWOOD


| think I must tell the children and their
| mammas OF wonderful servant we have had for
about two months past. She is not Irish, or Ger
man or African, but that exceedingly rare bird, o
cute Her virtues are manifold. In the first place,
she is wonderfully quiet silently and steadi,
her with neatness and dispatch" She ia good
tempered-is never con the rampage" never fnso-
lent, never unknd to children. She has no follow
never 'blunders, don't drink, and don't break the
| eighth commandment. .-' z" A''' 'G'''"''
1 call her servant, but she seems to be more
she is but soulless thing, after ala mere Won
derful @ piece OF human mechanism; she is-ote Of
WI4co1 coz Gt5os' adn.ia6le Se,oing Machines.
was very late in ayailing myself OF the services
| OF this great, benefcent. hand-maiden Of modern
womanhood. have longed for one vaguely for
years, and made many resolutions to procure one,
but have refrained, from painful doubts Of my
own ability to manage o creature that seemed to
me 80 ?earfully and wonderfully made.n Being
on! modestiy endowed with mechanical ingenuity
and insight, dreaded the trouble and vexation Of
friends were always for the most simple invention.
ing for that Of Wilcox & Gibbs, at last decided
I began my acquaintance with Il with some tre-
pidahon, hut i soon put me quite ut my ease. We
were capital friends OF once, and, yet have had
and manufactured nm article Of clothing yery ere.
ditably that very morning.
The simplicity Of this machine is only equalled
by the 1nerring, accuracy with which it works.
Our Little daughter, after very few trials was
able to manage it nicely, and the two are now on
excellent terms The only trouble is that mamma
SEQ II hungriy devour the tedious long seams
which we're once her aversion, and then lick up the
little seams, hens, tucks and fels with such appa-
rent relish.
All, mothers and wives, when work presses-
when muslins linens and prints oumber your
drawers and little ones clamor for spring ''tog-
waits, ever to help you, silent, trusty friend OF
iorty sewing women power Is wondrohsly sustain
And while the novelty lasts, ut least O. sowing
family. Restless little girls delight in a kind Of
woIk 80 exceedingly like play; and boys even take
To it sna think Ill., oad sport" to be able to
cona. ns ior myself 1 must confess have not yet
stu d amnses mo am still experimenting with IT,
nnd wondering st its Puek-like swiftness. T de-
nght. 70 set 1t at long seam and see it go like
gfeyhound on tho scent-lille Flora Ton1pie on the
eoa eoSrse e n ahog don't believe there win be
goods hold opt-- The Little Ptgrira.ic;5 IL 70 -,
l. -+A'.H:! t-tt------e< issf IL: 4
THE BUTTER swrNDLE.- people OF philadel-
paie ore subject TO as gross oxtortion as wo are
papers Informs us that on Saturday last there we're
several persons, supposed to- be human ibef1 ra Il
sad the SSeisBag fhlea a S5 one e
ss oaeta9llar apq twenty FIVE eents per pound for
submit ted hut there wore many who coulil welL
have afforded it who refused to Be cheated BIZ an
infamons, attempt at ,extortion. These prices eI-
iceed the highest demand during the war, when the
nigh ptdce OF gold was tho excuse. There lie not
the senae cause now, and yet the prices demanded
are hlgher than were asked at tho most extrava-
CANT period There is no good cause for this in
crease In prices in drouth, destruction Of crops,
OF any other cause. It 10 simply the result Of COM
hination, and want Of Coincidence on the part Of
country people, but moro particularly Of tho huSk-
sters: There 10 but one remedy that We know of,
and that We advice In these werde-don't buy IL
PtHsblsy Gazette, Sept. %,