The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1867-09-13
lrrom tho AmerIcsn AgriralluFisi
Eousskeepsrs with Small Children and
Smaller Eelp.


Smaller Eelp.
A LADY correspondent at the west I.
puts The following question:
SIN vnnr reply to the Southern lad,
wlolai determined TODD her own work
after speaking OF the arranged ki'ci'
cn--vou add: Fitted ont with these
srrlianccs. u woman in good healtli
and without small children. can offer
do her own work with less worry with
out q servant than with one Now.
here let me ask: What would va
man do with very few Of these arpli
anccs. and six or eight small children
say under ten years old!
II these essays | have met with y
good many things that coincide with
ms experience. my th;nsings, plan.
nirgs. and doings--and yet when ]
have read thcm through. have felt
a. though there was something want
ing. A wish came MP that some one
who had elk or eight small children I"
care icr and do FIR. in addition TO he,
other duties, would write on tie sub
ject
Ii seemed TO me | might learn many
a lesson. | wish to make my system
~ housekeeping as COCO as | can I'M
der ny present circumstances.
But Tor want Of snch paner. in
TN to make the most OF those put-
lIshc -
As the woman with eight small
children is likely 10 lie busy for some
time. we will answer for her. for this
c,se demands immediate ,onsiicra
ton. Eight small children and no
help, Ii i a liari case, and reptiles
considerable philosophy, and some
pie,v. 70 get along with il smoothly.
Do not despair. Nonr case might bc
worse in two particulars; you might
have no children at all, and yon
might have more. We know OF Il
woman who has twenty five. all come
IL and doing we'll. The sadiest pco-
PIE we know Of are chldlcss husbands
and wives. aud the most cherries
homes are those where there is no
cradle to rock. and no plaything 10
pu. mp when evening comes. Better
a dozen than none. You need the ell
ucaiion which w II come of training
them to thrifty and v;rtuous habits .--
ID, MT doubt Tor moment that they
will live, grow mp. and be useful and
happy. and that they will all rise mp
and call von blessed. The kind Prov
icence that has given them being. has
work for them to do, and will III
some way provide for their training
Do not worry. Worry kills great
many mere people than work. There
must necessarily he different stand
ard OF attainment in such a home
from that which prevails where money
anil servants are plenty. There can
not I've so many or so fine dresses.
rlaytlings, books and amuscmcnts 49,
They can not be kept in such absolute
cleanliness and order. as it each child
had nurse. and a governess devoted
her whole time TO their cducation.--
Ii yon do the best You can under the
circumstances. duty il discliargcj-a
matter OF thanksgiving.
LOOK AT THE SUSNy She There
il such a side in every lot in lite
MIST children grow ~ in homes
where there are no servants. and turn
ont passabIy well. Men and women
Of the highest culture and social po-
sition, more often than otherwise. he.
gan life in this condition. and the ear.
IL habits of self help and industry
there formed. determined their char.
ac,crs and success. To bc born III al
ffnencc is generally a calamity
The children Of The ricl, are most APP
prcpriatcly objects 1T compassion. ~
What shall be done for such, 70 make
them useful and happy. Is much
more difficult problem TO solve than
the proper training OF the children 81
the poor. Thc men who make our
laws and mould public opinion, rs a
rule. grow up under the necessity Of
labor. Their mothers filled the offices
o. nurse, cook. and Iaundress in their
10 mes, and 10 this day it is The hon.
20 conviction Of these distinguished
men, thar their mothers were The hest
women and The most savory cooks in
tho world.