The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-06-14
Household Hints for the Men-folk5

0OuSeuOIu E1IAtS IOE LL4s DAen-LOAhS
a lady writes: spray do print the
enclosed slip, which / cut from tho
american AgricuttUrist, years ago, and
which / suppose both you and good
part Of your old readers have long since
forgotten. When it came out, husband
said you meant it all for him, but, as
you did not call his name, he could not
take it as personal afront. We have
kept the slip neatly, as you see, and ev-
cry word has been needed. 1t aboi-
ished aldull shears, knives, etc. l beg
you to print it for the half million or
more OF new readers, and suggest to
every housekeeper to show it to her
husband the frst time she finds him in
a particularly pleasant mood" III We
deter to the judgement and wishes Of
our fair correspondent, and give the
items. The husband who reads it will of
course not understand this is aimed at
htm-we are speaking of another man
EDS. ...-
On "a recent evening we happened in
TO his house, (the other mans house,)
and saw his wife trying to cut out agar
ment; or, possibly, it was patch for
coat for her boy or her husband; but it
was hard work, and ragged edge was
left. She made sundry efforts, and, BY
clipping several times, it seemed to come
into about the desired shape. The fact
was, the rivet was loose, and as for o
cutting edge, that was worn cff.months
ago. We noticed that she looked at
her thumb and fingers to see iftheY
were histered. Three minutes with >
hammer, to head the rivet, and griIit[
stone, milestone, or even file, to giyS
cutting edge, Sould have made ALI
right, saved the wife several hours Of
time in the course of each week Or
month, and enabled her to do her work
much more easily, and to patch more
neatly. But her husband was a "hard
working man," and hadn't the three
minutes time. Having some business
with him, we found him at the store,
sitting in his accustomed place on the
counter.
The wife went to fix up the wood fire,
and attempted to lift up brand with
the tongs, but the legs would turn and
slip By each other. After several vain
trials she pushed up the fire, and swept
up the Goals that had scattered from the
falling brand. One minutes time, with
a hammer, would have tightened the
Joint and made the legs meet square.
A daughter was trying to cut hash or
mince meat, but the thug, thug, indi-
Gated that the dull knife was only mash
ing and not cutting the meat, The
tired girl showed plainly that she had
been at it for an hour or more. Three
minutes with the grindstone, or whet-
stone, or file, once a month, would
give that knife a sharp edge, and save
many pound of elbow grease, many
wearisome hours, give that daugh-
ter a little extra time to read the Ameri-
can Agicalturist, (only the other man
don't take it, and the finely cut tough
meat would be far more digestible than
when swallowed hurriedly in large piec-
es. "a Hales meat cutter, costing 81,
would cut the hash for a large family in
four minutes, or in less time, and do the
work excellently.)
One Monday we took dinner at the
house of this ''other man." The bread
was not in smooth cut slices, butappear-
ed as ifhaggled off from theloaf with tho
back of a scythe. The dried beef, in
stead of being in nice thin shayings, nice
to look at, and nice to eat, was in thick,
scraggy pieces, as if chopped off with a
very dull hatchet. The table knives
appeared to have been sharpened on the
shovel handle, or on the stove edge, so
long, and were SO rounded of, that, ex-
cept from the shape, it would have been
difficult to tell on which side the edge
had BEEN Five or ten minutes with
the grindstone would have given gooe
edge on one side of every knife i
house. How much work 4 ,tn..r t:.es Gull and
saved in the kitchen, III p5oo
cutting up meats, p""'r 800.
the reader mar Master Commissioner Com Court
ter was the.s.
would tat,G.-5w-pf s1470.
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